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Patsy Matkins
Dec 17, 2013
Patsy Wagoner Matkins, age 80 went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 17, 2013. She was a native of Alamance County and the wife of the late George William Matkins, Sr. She was an active member of Shallow Ford Christian Church and retired from Bobbitt Labs as a biological artist. Our beloved mother,...
Julia Barbee
Dec 15, 2013
Burlington Julia Goodnight Barbee, 80, passed away Sunday, December 15, 2013 at her home surrounded my her family. She was born in Rowan County to the late Paul Barringer Goodnight and the late Mary Allen Litaker Goodnight and was married to the late Ralph Henry Barbee. Julia retired from Harris Teeter. Survivors include her daughter, Linda...
Thelma Allison
Dec 15, 2013
Burlington Thelma Ellington Allison, 88, passed away Sunday, December 15, 2013 at Peak Resources. She was born in Alamance County to the late Van Ellington and the late Exie Thompson Ellington and was married to the late Alton Isley Allison. Thelma was a homemaker and a member of Temple Baptist Church of Haw River. Survivors include...
Rosie Clark
Dec 15, 2013
Burlington Rosie Bell Hyler Clark, 99, passed away Sunday, December 15, 2013 at Alamance Healthcare. She was born in Rockingham County to the late John Lee Hyler and the late Mattie Roach Hyler and was married to the late Willie Green Clark. Rosie was a homemaker and enjoyed quilting for family and friends. She was a...
Robert Wagner, Jr.
Dec 14, 2013
Robert J. "RJ" Wagner, Jr., 81, of Burlington went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, December 14, 2013 at VA Hospital in Durham after two years of failing health. He was born in Orange County and was the son of the late Robert J. Wagner, Sr. and Kathleen Barden Wagner. RJ was...
Donald Wheeler
Dec 12, 2013
Mr. Donald Forrest Wheeler, age 84, of Springwood Ave., passed away Thursday, December 12, 2013 at his home after several weeks of failing health. Mr. Wheeler was born in Rockingham County to the late Dan Wheeler and the late Ilean Heffner Wheeler and was married to Mrs. Lois Ann Nickles Wheeler, who survives. He was a...
Joy Wood
Dec 11, 2013
Burlington Joy Chandler Wood, 54, passed away suddenly Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at Alamance Regional Medical. She was born is Alamance County to the late Howard Warren Chandler and late Estelle Fiedler Chandler and was married to Everett Paul "Jay" Wood, Jr. who survives. Survivors other than her husband of the home include, a daughter, Emery...
Ethel Knapp
Dec 11, 2013
Ethel Lee Ogburn Knapp, 75, of Burlington died on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at Duke Regional Hospital in Durham. She was born in Emporia, VA to the late Edward Thomas and Willie Ella Daniel Ogburn and was married to the late William Lloyd "Bill" Knapp. Ethel was a former employee with Dr. Walker's Dentist Office and...
Edna Martines
Dec 10, 2013
Edna Whitesell Martines, passed away Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at Moses Cones Hospital in Greensboro. A native of Alamance County, she was the wife of Antonio Martines, Jr. and the daughter of the late James Connie and Gertrude Hawkins Whitesell. She was a retired botanist with Carolina Biological Supply an active member of Gibsonville Christian Church...
Harold Martin
Dec 8, 2013
Burlington Harold Grey Martin, 85, passed away Sunday, December 8, 2013 at Alamance Health Care. He was born in Alamance County to the late Joseph Gordon Hargrove and Myrtle Hargrove Martin and was the husband of 60 years to the late Shirley Whisenant Martin who died December 12, 2012. Harold retired from the US Postal Service,...
Mary Caldwell
Dec 7, 2013
Mary Noble Caldwell, age 86, of 1626 Woodland Avenue passed away Saturday, December 7, 2013 at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro. A native of Alamance County, she was the wife of the late Samuel L. Caldwell, Jr. and daughter of the late Robah Massey and Mary McAdams Noble. She was retired from Holt Hosiery as Human...
Clara Smith
Dec 6, 2013
Clara Lee Pleasant Smith, 83, passed away Friday, December 06, 2013 at her home after several months of failing health. She was born in Person County to the late William Samuel and Betty Briggs Pleasant and was the wife of 63 years to Jack Smith of the home. Clara was a former cashier with Byrds Food...
Dorothy Ritchie
Dec 6, 2013
Mebane Dorothy Douglas "Dot" Ritchie, 87 went home to be with the Lord on Friday, December 06, 2013 at Hawfields Presbyterian Home after 3 months of failing health. She was born in Orange County to the late William George Douglas and the late Addie Riley Douglas and was married to the late Sebastian Albert Ritchie for...
Norma Johnson
Dec 6, 2013
Mrs. Norma Arey Johnson, age 77, of 1915 Meadowview Dr., passed away Friday, December 6, 2013 at Alamance Health Care. A native of Guilford County, she was the wife of Jerry G. Johnson and daughter of the late James Haywood and Viola Harwood Arey. Mrs. Johnson was a longtime active member of Alamance Lutheran Church, ABWA...
Fernando Mendez
Dec 6, 2013
Mr. Fernando Lumen Mndez, 86 went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Friday, December 6, 2013. Fernando was born April 22, 1927 in Lares, Puerto Rico to the late Edelmiro Mndez-Serrano and Aurora Garcia-Gaya. After attending medical school in the Dominican Republic and Barcelona, Spain he enlisted in the United States Air...
Agnes Keatts
Dec 5, 2013
Burlington, NC Agnes Tate Keatts, age 77 went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 5, 2013 at the Hospice Home surrounded by her family. She was a native of Caswell County. Agnes retired after 42 years with Lucent Technologies and was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America. She was a member...
Helen Clark
Dec 5, 2013
Helen Johnson Clark, 86, went home to be with the Lord Thursday, December 5, 2013 at the Hospice Home after several years of failing health. A native of Alamance County, she was daughter of the late William Guy and Ossie Hanford Johnson and was the wife of 61 years to the late Lenwood Eugene Clark. Helen...
Mabel Trent
Dec 3, 2013
Mabel Gann Trent, 87, went peacefully to be with the Lord, Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at High Point Regional Hospital. She was married to the late Lawrence Milton Trent for sixty-one years before his death in 2006. She was born September 10, 1926 in Martinsville, VA to the late Thomas Franklin and Maxie Hawkins Gann. Mabel...
Frances Haizlip
Dec 3, 2013
Elon, NC Frances Pulliam Haizlip, age 76, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 3, 2013. She was a native of Rockingham County and the wife of 40 years to Amos Mayfield Haizlip who survives. Frances was a homemaker and she loved making quilts for her family and friends. She had a gentle...
Robert Northey
Dec 1, 2013
Burlington Robert Earl "Robbie" Northey, 58 passed away Sunday, December 1, 2013 at the hospice home after one month of failing health. He was born in Alamance County to the late Claude Hammett Northey and the late Julia Cameron Northey. Robert attended Calvary Baptist Church. He is survived by his brother and sister-in-law, George and Pat...
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