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Arnold Ward
Sep 25, 2015
Mebane- Arnold Lee Ward, 65, passed away Friday, September 25, 2015 at his home. He was born in Alamance County on August 19, 1950 to the late George Compton and Addie Rachel Anderson Ward. Survivors include his sons; Frankie Lee Ward and wife Elizabeth, Danny Ward and wife Jaime and a daughter, Amy Edwards and husband...

Dorothy Bowers
Sep 25, 2015
Dorothy Kiker Bowers, 91, formerly of Orchard Dr., passed away Friday, September 25, 2015. She was born March 9, 1924 in Anson County, NC to the late John B. and Nora Curran Kiker and was married to the late Charles W. Bowers. Dorothy enjoyed doing volunteer work, spending time in her garden and canning produce. Her...
Oscar Gammon, Jr.
Sep 24, 2015
Mebane-Oscar William "Bill" Gammon, Jr. age 74 went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, September 24, 2015 at his home surrounded by his family. He was a native of Alamance County and the son of the late Oscar William Gammon, Sr. and Edith Shockley Gammon. Bill was the owner and operator of Bill's Taxidermist...
Rose Champion
Sep 23, 2015
Rose Lee Smith Champion, age 76, of 3027 Maple Ave. passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at Hospice Home. A native of Durham County, she was the wife of the late William Bobby Champion and daughter of the late Needham Smith and Evelyn Clark Smith who survives. She was retired from American Tobacco Co. in Reidsville....
Doris Godwin
Sep 21, 2015
Doris Ellen Somers Godwin, 88, passed away Monday, September 21, 2015 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born in Alamance County to the late Herman Alexander Somers, Sr. and Beulah Jane Wrenn Somers. She was a former employee with the Dairy Castle and was a member of Ossipee Baptist Church. Survivors include her...
Linda Allred
Sep 20, 2015
Linda Melton Allred, 65, passed away on Sunday, September 20, 2015 at Moses Cone Hospital. She was born in Rockingham to the late Lee and Carrie Bryant Melton and was married to Randy Lee Allred who survives. She is survived by her husband of the home; daughter, Tracy Morales of Graham; son, Brad Allred of Lexington;...
James Patterson
Sep 20, 2015
Elon-James Marvin Patterson, age 74 went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 20, 2015 at ARMC. He was a native of Alamance County and the husband of 56 years to Judy Bowland Patterson who survives. Marvin was a tobacco farmer most of his life and he worked with Kayser Roth Hosiery and retired...
Carl Owen
Sep 18, 2015
Carl Lemuel Owen, 70, also known as the "Big O" and "C.L.", passed away Friday, September 18, 2015 at Moses Cone Hospital after several years of failing health. He was born in Person County to the late Carl Enoch Owen and Thelma Frances Whitfield Owen. He formerly worked with P&S Machine Shop. Carl was a US...
Allen Carver
Sep 18, 2015
Allen Bradford "Al" Carver, 89, of Burlington died Friday morning at The Hospice Home of Alamance after a brief illness. He was born in Buffalo, South Carolina on November 20, 1925 to the late Henry and Leola Carver. Al was a U.S. Navy veteran, serving in World War II on the U.S. Slater. He graduated from...

Nancy White
Sep 16, 2015
Mrs. Nancy Wright White, age 76, of Burlington, passed away on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital after a sudden illness. Born in Chatham County, she was the daughter of the late William Martin Wright and the late Deree Penninger Wright and was married for over 54 years to Bobby Lynn White,...
Brenda Wilkinson
Sep 16, 2015
Brenda Kay Simpson Wilkinson, 56, passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at Duke Hospital following several months of failing health. She was born June 24th, 1959 in Galax, VA to the late Eugene H. and Minnie Lou Collins Simpson. She was married to Norman Wilkinson for twenty-seven years. Brenda enjoyed traveling and camping, spending time at...

Virginia Frazier
Sep 15, 2015
Mary Virginia Ellington Allred Frazier, 87, passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at the Homeplace. She was born September 8, 1928 in Danville, VA to the late Frederick and Thelma Crews Ellington. She was married to the late William C. Allred and then the late Kenneth G. Frazier. She was a member of Holly Hill Baptist...
Rev.Clarence Clough, Jr.
Sep 15, 2015
Rev. Clarence Otis Clough, Jr., age 71, of Burlington, passed away on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at the Hospice Home after several months of failing health. Born in Asheville, NC, he was the son of the late Clarence Otis Clough, Sr. and the late Nellie Marie Smith Clough and was married for over 49 years to...
Franziska Weidemann
Sep 15, 2015
Burlington, NC Franziska "Franzi" Maria Weidemann 80, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, September 15, 2015. She was born December 25, 1934 in Wrtzburg, Germany. Franzi immigrated to the United States and married Werner "Schatz" W. Weidemann in 1957. After living a few years in NY and NJ, they became long-time residents of New...
Dr. Apple
Sep 13, 2015
Dr. Jay Lawrence Apple passed away on September 13, 2015 at Cobles HealthCare at Twin Lakes, Burlington, NC. Lawrence was a man deeply rooted in his Lutheran faith that sustained him throughout his life. He often shared in later years that he had been richly blessed with a wonderful life full of opportunities, achievements, challenges and...
Charles Kunkel
Sep 13, 2015
Burlington-Charles Edgar "Ed" Kunkel, 94, passed away at his home on Sunday, September 13, 2015. Ed was a career officer in the U.S. Army, retiring as a full colonel in 1970, having served on active duty for 28 years. He was a veteran of both World War II and Korea, serving in North Africa and Italy...
James Spoonamore
Sep 12, 2015
James B. "Jim" Spoonamore, 75, passed away on Saturday, September 12, 2015 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. He was born in Boyle County, KY on May 7, 1940 to the late Ernest Osborne and Edith Lanier Whitehouse Spoonamore. Jim was a US Army Veteran serving from 1962-1965. He owned-operated Kentucky Fried Chicken for 20 years, worked...
Chelsea Kirby
Sep 12, 2015
CANDLER, NC- Ms.Chelsea Ann Kirby, age 23, of Candler, NC, passed away suddenly on Friday, September 11, 2015 in Asheville, NC. Born in Lee County Florida, she was the daughter of Ronald Jeffrey Kirby of Whitsett and Tonya Kay Searles Cheverie of Hendersonville, NC. She graduated Eastern Guilford High School and was employed with All Saints...
Nancy Bailey
Sep 12, 2015
Burlington-Nancy Spaulding Bailey, age 68, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, September 12, 2015 at the Hospice home. She was born in Brooklyn, New York to the late Thomas Milton and Pat Lewis Spaulding. Nancy was employed with LabCorp for over 19 years. She enjoyed a variety of music and shopping with family...
Evelyn Greeson
Sep 10, 2015
Evelyn "Lynn" Avinel Hamel Greeson, 82, died September 10, 2015, after several years of declining health in Burlington, North Carolina. She was born in Lawrence County, Arkansas on November 11, 1932. She was the daughter of a sharecropper, and, she often relayed stories of the hard work and determination required for her family to survive and...