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Jesse Swaim
Feb 16, 2014
LONG BEACH, Calif. Jesse Odell Swaim, age 93, entered this world on September 2, 1920, and went to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 16, 2014 at the home of his daughter in Anaheim, CA. A native of Alamance County, he was the son of the late Jesse Franklin and Ella Horner Swaim and husband...
Linda Sherrill
Feb 16, 2014
Linda Somers Sherrill, 72, of Pagetown Rd. passed away Sunday February 16, 2014 at the Hospice Home. She was the wife of Dennis A. Sherrill and was born February 13, 1942 in Alamance County to the late George Gilbert Somers and Nellie Mae Bowles Somers Warren. Linda had retired from Glen Raven Mills and later worked...
Carolyn Sutton
Feb 15, 2014
Mrs. Carolyn Ann Sutton, 77, of 6482 Burlington Highway departed Alamance Regional Medical Center to be with her savior on Saturday February 15, 2014. She was born March 23, 1936 in the Virginia mountains of Wise County in the town of Coeburn to the late Charles Emmit Willis and the late Hattie Marie Osborne Willis. After...
Helen Bennett
Feb 15, 2014
Helen Varner Bennett, age 96, formerly of S. Joyner Street went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, February 15, 2014 at The Village at Brookwood. She was a native of Guilford County and the daughter of the late Grover Cleveland and Mamie Lynch Varner. Helen retired after 40 years from Cone Mills, Mineola Plant....
Oscar Gammon, Sr.
Feb 14, 2014
Oscar William Gammon, Sr. age 94, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, February 14, 2014 at his home surrounded by his family. He was a native of Rockingham County and the husband of Faye Cheek Gammon who survives. Oscar retired after 30 years as the owner and operator of Oscar's Drive-In in Glen...
Grady Ingle
Feb 13, 2014
Grady Robert "Bud" Ingle passed away Thursday, February 13, 2014 at Duke University Medical Center following several years of declining health. He was married to Judith Dunlap Ingle for forty-nine years. He was born August 10, 1939 in Durham County to the late Grady Vance and Dewey Etta Walker Ingle. Grady worked at Engineered Plastics for...
Carolyn Starnes
Feb 12, 2014
Burlington, NC Carolyn Lewis Starnes, age 73 went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at her home. She was a native of Alamance County. Carolyn retired after working in textiles for many years. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church where she was also a member of the Ready Dorcas...
Richard Jones-LeGros
Feb 11, 2014
Richard Marc Jones-LeGros, age 63, of 312 Cheeks Lane, passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at Hospice Home. A native of Iowa City, Iowa, he was the husband of Tara Angelle Jones-LaGros and son of John Richard and Patricia Ann Partlow Jones. Marc was a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church and co-owner of J &...
Thomas Gibson
Feb 10, 2014
Thomas Kenneth Gibson, 90, of The Village at Brookwood, 1880 Brookwood Ave. Apt. 313, Burlington, N.C. died Monday February 10. A native of Nutley, N.J, Thomas was the youngest child of the late Mary E. Watson and David Gibson. He was preceded in death by his brothers Wallace H. Gibson, David S. Gibson, John Gibson, Rodney...
Steven James, Sr.
Feb 5, 2014
Steven Kent "Cooter" James, Sr., age 64, of Carlton Ave., passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at the Hospice Home of Alamance-Caswell after several months of failing health. A native of Alamance County, he was the son of the late Jesse Cabel James and the late Juanita Cooke James and was married for over 45 years...
Jackie White
Feb 4, 2014
Mrs. Jackie Ann Binkley White, age 77, of 313 Pine St., left Liberty Commons on February 4, 2014 at 6:48 AM and embarked on her greatest journey to meet her Lord in Heaven. Born in Ashland City, TN, she was the daughter of the late Eugene E. Binkley and the late Carrie Lee Mosley Binkley and...
Caleb Brann
Feb 4, 2014
Caleb Ross Brann, 19, passed away Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at his home. He was born in Alamance County on October 21, 1994 to Casey Rex and Lisa Faucette Brann of the home. Caleb attended People's Memorial Christian Church. He graduated from Southern Alamance High School where he played on the Lacrosse team and had a...
Ruth Thompson
Feb 3, 2014
Ruth Ellen Dixon Lindsay Thompson, 80, passed away on Monday, February 3, 2014 at her home surrounded by her family. She was the wife of 22 years to Delford Phillip Thompson who survives. Ruth was employed with Friends Home in Greensboro as a RN. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Elon....
Brianna Robertson
Feb 2, 2014
Brianna Marie Robertson went to be with the Lord on February 2, 2014 at 11:55 AM, due to complications during her mother's pregnancy. She was preceded in death by many loved ones and is now in their arms. Brianna is survived by her big sister, Hannah Nikole Robertson; her mother, Brandie Nicole Sumner; and her father,...
Wilbur Martin
Jan 30, 2014
Mr. Wilbur Douglas Martin, 88, went home to be with the Lord at 6:30 AM on Thursday, January 30, 2014 following six years of declining health. He was born in Pleasant Grove and has lived in Burlington since 1947, where he retired as a supervisor for the city of Burlington Beautification Department after 35 years. Wilbur...
Ruth Harness
Jan 30, 2014
Burlington Ruth J. Harness, 86, passed away Thursday, January 30, 2014 at Twin Lakes Community. She was born in Davenport, Iowa to the late Gifford Joseph Walther and the late Kate Marie Lake Walther. Ruth retired in Human Resources in Raleigh and was a member of the First Methodist Church of Elon. Survivors include her children...
William Donaldson
Jan 27, 2014
William "Bill" Donaldson, 85, 1213 Shamrock Dr., Burlington, NC moved into the arms of Jesus January 27, 2014 surrounded by his family. He was husband to Regina Wright Donaldson for 63 wonderful years. God gave them three beautiful children; Gail Boswell, Ann Fansler and Paul Donaldson. Gail, wife of Eddie Boswell is the only surviving child....
James Underwood
Jan 26, 2014
James "Jimmy" Steven Underwood, 68, passed away Sunday, January 26, 2014 at Beacon Place in Greensboro. A native of Caswell County, he was the son of the late G. Roy and Ruth Aldridge Underwood and was the husband of Ruth Wilson Underwood of the home. Jimmy was of the Baptist faith. He was employed with Burlington...
Dorothy Simpson
Jan 26, 2014
Burlington Dorothy Porter Simpson, 78, passed away Sunday, January 26, 2014 at the Hospice Home after one year of declining health. She was born in Alamance County to the late Melvin Seth Thomas Porter and the late Emma Poole Porter and was married to the late John Wilson Simpson who died in 1985. Dorothy was a...
Dorothy Boggs
Jan 26, 2014
Mrs. Dorothy Councilman Boggs, age 95, of Twin Lakes, passed away Sunday, January 26, 2014 after several months of failing health. A native of Alamance County, she was the daughter of the late Walter B. Councilman and the late Amanda Paylor "Mandy" Councilman and was married to the late Cylvester Alton "Speck" Boggs, who died in...
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