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Glen Frederick McNeil
Aug 17, 2025
Glen Frederick McNeil, age 91, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on August 17, 2025. He passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by loved ones. A beloved husband, father of three, and grandfather to many, Glen was known for his unwavering work ethic, dedication tohis family, and witty sense of humor.
Glen’s life was marked by many...
Margaret Williams Kivett
Aug 17, 2025
Margaret Louise Williams Kivett, 86, passed away on Sunday, August 17, 2025 at Beacon Place in Greensboro. She was born in Rockingham County on February 10, 1939 to the late Charlie and Mary Williams and was the wife of 59 years to the late Percy Calvin “Jack” Kivett.
Margaret was a 1957 graduate of Reidsville High School and continued her lengthy...
Christopher "Gage" Franklin
Aug 15, 2025
Christopher “Gage” Franklin, who was just 10 years old, passed away peacefully at home on August 15, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. Born on June 13, 2015, at Duke University Medical Center, he was the beloved son of Christopher Frank Franklin and Melissa Carol James.
Despite the physical challenges he faced from an early age, Gage lived with incredible strength...
Nancy Tickle Owen
Aug 15, 2025
Nancy “Granny” Tickle Owen, 86, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 15, 2025 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born and raised in Gibsonville and was the daughter of the late Howard and Hazel Tickle. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 67 years Clarence “Pop” Owen, Sr.
Nancy retired from Rego in Elon on...
Linda Wright Cook
Aug 15, 2025
Linda Faye Wright Cook, 82, of Elon, NC, passed away on Friday, August 15th, 2025, at AuthoraCare Hospice Home, surrounded by those who loved her most, after a short time of declining health.
A native of Alamance County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Leroy Wright Sr. and Audrey Layton Wright. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased...
Ann Barber Harris
Aug 14, 2025
Ann Cornelia Barber Harris, 68, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 14, 2025 at the Hospice Home. She was born and raised in Alamance County and was the daughter of the late Henean Cornelius Barber and Myrtice Jolley Barber. She was married for 43 years to her beloved husband, David Ray Harris who survives.
Ann graduated from...
Frances Barber Tomerlin
Aug 13, 2025
Frances Barber Tomerlin, 90, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born in Alamance County to the late Howard Barber and Cora Lee Violet Wrenn Barber. Frances was married for over 63 years to her beloved husband, Thomas Edward “Sonny” Tomerlin who passed away on December 15, 2021.
She was formerly...
Patricia Dawn Langley Burke
Aug 12, 2025
Mrs. Patricia Dawn Langley “Pat” Burke, age 85, of Burlington, NC, passed away on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at Alamance Regional Medical Center after a brief battle with cancer.
A native of Alamance County, she was the daughter of the late Daniel Herbert Langley and the late Ethel Susan Burke Langley and was married for 67 years...
Concetta Giardinella Breen
Aug 11, 2025
Concetta Dorothy Giardinella Breen, 91, affectionately known to all as Connie, peacefully departed from this world on Monday, August 11, 2025, at her home surrounded by loved ones. She was born on March 14, 1934, in Queens, New York to the late Ferdinand and Corradina Giardinella. Connie met the love of her life, the late William John Breen, at Western...
John Coleman Murrell
Aug 10, 2025
John Coleman Murrell, 79, of Browns Summit, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 10, 2025.
John was born February 8, 1946 in Guilford County to Ernest and Gertrude Murrell. He served for 2 years in the U.S. Marine Corps. After his military service, John worked as a truck driver and was also the owner of several convenience stores. In his free...
James Vernon Moore
Aug 10, 2025
James Vernon Moore, 84, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 10, 2025 surrounded by his family. He was born on January 22, 1941 to the late James Debs and Alma Dewel Hinshaw Moore. He was the husband of 57 years to the late Peggy Smithey Moore who died in February.
Vernon was a carpenter building houses with...
Tammie Plott Readling
Aug 7, 2025
Tammie Ann Readling beat cancer for her fourth and final time at 11:02 PM on Thursday, August 7, 2025. She was at her home in Brown Summit, NC surrounded by her family with love, prayers, tears and rejoicing as she peacefully met her Lord and Savior allowing her faith to became sight. Mrs. Readling will be missed by everyone who...
Lowell Allen Hatcher
Aug 6, 2025
Lowell Allen Hatcher, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away on August 6, 2025, at Alamance Regional. He was born on February 1, 1941, in Rockingham County to Leslie Edgar Hatcher and Martha Gauldin Hatcher. Lowell’s journey began in the heart of a close-knit family. He dedicated a remarkable 57 years of marriage to his cherished wife, Pamela...
Sarah Grayson Keck
Aug 6, 2025
Sarah Ladella Grayson Keck, age 93 went home to her Lord and Savior on August 6, 2025. She was born on August 19, 1931, in Bald Knob, Arkansas to Ernest and Sarah Grayson, and eloped and married her husband, Billy Joe Keck of 74 years on May 21, 1951.
She is survived by her sister, Esther Grayson Brannon of Conway, Arkansas,...
Melvin Daniel "Bud" Barber
Aug 6, 2025
Melvin Daniel "Bud" Barber, 91, passed away peacefully on August 6, 2025 at the Hospice Home in Burlington surrounded by his family. He was born in Ossipee on December 7, 1933 to the late James Harlon and Minnie Jones Barber. Around the age of 4 the family moved to the Barber homeplace/farm on Osceola Ossipee Road and he spent the...
Milton "Jack" Junior Whitley
Aug 6, 2025
Milton “Jack” Junior Whitley, 89, passed away on Wednesday, August 6 2025 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Nash County to the late Milton Hugh and Cora Jane Pittman Whitley. Jack was married for 59 years to Annegret Hensel Whitley, who survives.
Jack retired after 30 years with the Burlington Fire Department as Chief of Operations....
William Earl Jaggers
Aug 5, 2025
William Earl Jaggers, 71, passed away on Tuesday, August 5, 2025. He was born on December 18, 1953, in Louisville, Kentucky, to Billie Ernie Jaggers and Emma Eloise Jaggers.
Earl is survived by his loving wife, Debra Jaggers, and his son, Josh Jaggers. He is also survived by his brother, David Jaggers, and David’s wife, Phyllis Jaggers; his sister, Susan Mitchell; and his sister-in-law, Judy...
Ralph William "Mac" Howell
Aug 5, 2025
Ralph William “Mac” Howell, 84, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at Alamance Regional Medical Center surrounded by his family. A native of Alamance County, he was born June 5, 1941 to the late Daniel Rucker Howell and Dora Brammer Howell and was the husband of nearly 54 years to Judy Simmons Howell who survives.
Mac was a loving...
Clayton Elwood Williams
Jul 31, 2025
Clayton Elwood Williams, 71, affectionately known as Elwood, passed away on Thursday, July 31, 2025 at Wesley Long Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on June 16, 1954, in Galax, Virginia, to the late Rhudy Foster Williams and Edith Sexton Williams and was the husband to Lisa Marie Williams who survives.
For over 42 years, Elwood made a...
Harriet Jane Vogt
Jul 26, 2025
Burlington, NC- Harriet Jane Vogt, a beloved mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at the age of 89. Born on September 24, 1935, in Ellwood City, PA, Harriet enjoyed a childhood surrounded by loving parents, David and Ethel Van Gorder, two older sisters, aunts and uncles who enriched her early years on "Wiley Hill."
Harriet...
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