Obituaries

Nov 6, 2013

Reidsville, NC Harold Dean Somers, age 70 passed away on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at his home. He was a native of Rockingham County and the husband of the late Barbara Sue Fesperman Somers. Harold retired from the Alamance Burlington School System. He was a member of Christian Fellowship Church where he was a member of...

Nov 5, 2013

Burlington, NC Don E. Lesh, age 82, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at the Hospice Home with his wife of 63 years by his side. He was the husband of Joyce Alice Ehrlich Lesh who survives. Don was retired insurance agent with Nationwide Insurance after 45 years of service....

Nov 5, 2013

Betty Sue Drake Summers Allred passed away peacefully On November 5, 2013 surrounded by her loving family. Betty Sue was born in Coweta, GA on December 1, 1926 as the second child of Henry and Evelyn Drake. She and her 4 siblings formed a lively bunch as they grew up in Burlington, NC. As a teenager,...

Nov 5, 2013

Thomas Edward Moody, 87, of Burlington passed away on Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at the Hospice Home. He was born in Alamance County to the late Thomas C. and Maude Staley Moody and was the husband of Rachel Lillie Lutterloh Moody, who survives. He worked for Food World for several years and later retired from Harris...

Nov 4, 2013

Kenneth Lee Page, 53, passed away Monday, November 4, 2013 at Duke University Medical Center. He was born in Alamance County to the late Robert Odell Page and the late Mary Sue Stanfield. Kenneth was employed with Honda Power Equipment. Survivors include brothers and sisters-in-law, Robert "Bob" and Trina Page, Michael "Mike" and Denise Page, Timothy...

Nov 3, 2013

Mary Frances Allen Smith, age 88, of Gibsonville died on Sunday, November 3, 2013 at Liberty Commons after several weeks of failing health. Mrs. Smith was born in Alamance County to the late Charles Felix Allen and the late Lillie Mae Allen and was married to the late William Ellis Smith. She was a member of...

Oct 31, 2013

Oct 31, 2013

Burlington Dustin Domingo Carrillo, 24, passed away Thursday, October 31, 2013 at UNC Chapel Hill Hospital. He was born in Orange County to J Domingo Carrillo of Gibsonville and Kimberly Taft Small of the home. Dustin was employed with Brixx Wood Fired Pizza in Burlington. He was preceded in death by his sister, Heather Smith; maternal...

Oct 30, 2013

Doris Huffman Faulkner, age 84, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at the Hospice Home. She was a native of Alamance County and the wife of the late Edgar Newton Faulkner. Doris was employed for over 18 years as an assistant manager with BonWorth. She was a longtime member of...

Oct 29, 2013

Josephine Estelle Carver Robertson, 82, of Elon passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at Alamance Regional Medical Center after several years of declining health. She was born in Person County to the late Harvey W. and Sallie Faulkner Carver and was married to the late James William Robertson. She was a former employee of Kayser-Roth...

Oct 28, 2013

Adolph "Frankie" Woodard, age 60, of 8250 Hwy. 49 South, passed away Monday, October 28, 2013 at Hospice Home. A native of Alamance County, he was the son of the late Russell Franklin and Lillie Rose Johnson Woodard and husband of Susan Foster Woodard who survives. He was employed at Cone Mills and a member of...

Oct 27, 2013

Julia Miles Apple, 85, passed away Sunday, October 27, 2013 at the Hospice Home. She was the wife of the late Lonnie Harris Apple and was born September 3, 1928 in Caswell County to the late William Boyd and Nannie Rascoe Miles. She graduated from Anderson High School. She was a textile worker most of her...

Oct 21, 2013

After helping to launch scores of astronauts into outer space, on 21 Oct 2013, at the age of 81, Donald John Bower began his own voyage into the heavens his "final journey" to join the Lord in his new eternal home. He was born in Bergen, NY to Fred and Belle Bower. He was the devoted...

Oct 20, 2013

Gibsonville Sarah Ruth Sawyers Durham, 89, passed away Sunday, October 20, 2013 at the Hospice Home surrounded by her family and the hospice nurses. Ruth had been in failing health for one year. She was born in Stokes County to the late Orange Sawyers and the late Elizabeth Fagg Sawyers and was married to the late...

Oct 20, 2013

Oliver Vance Rominger, 77, of Haw River Hopedale Rd, passed away Sunday October 20, 2013 at his home. He was born in Belews Creek April 4, 1936 to the late Henry and Ollie Goode Rominger. Vance served in the Army during the Korean Conflict, and he worked for Burlington Industries retiring after 42 years of service....

Oct 17, 2013

Claudia Whitlow Faucette, 91, of Burlington died Thursday, October 17, 2013 at Alamance Health Care Center. Born in Danville, Va, August 4, 1922, to James and Daisy Daniels Whitlow. In addition to her parents, she was preceded on death by her husband J.W. Faucette and her two sisters, Gaynell Dean and Mary Harrison. Mrs. Faucette was...

Oct 17, 2013

Edsel G. Morgan, 88, of Gibsonville died on Thursday, October 17, 2013 at his residence. He was born in Star, NC to the late Robert Presley and Maude Callicutt Morgan and was married for 65 years to Willie Mae Tickle Morgan, who survives. He was a member of Brightwood Christian Church where he had served as...

Oct 16, 2013

William Thomas "Tommy" Johnson, Sr. 65, passed away Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence, SC following a three year illness with two days critical. He was born September 11, 1948 in Durham County to the late Clarence Willard Johnson and Mildred Wright Dail who survives. He worked for Evans Sheet Metal...

Oct 16, 2013

Browns Summit Edna Brown Michael, age 88, was called to her Heavenly Home on Wednesday, October 16, 2013. A native of Guilford County, she was wife of the late William "Billy" Michael and daughter of the late Luther Van and Lula Jones Brown. She was a member of Apple's Chapel Christian Church, the Helping Hands Sunday...

Oct 15, 2013

Burlington Kathryn Marie Shanechuck Pacanowski, 87, passed away Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at the Hospice Home after a short illness. She was born on April 13, 1926 in Colver, PA to the late Ignaz Shanechuck and the late Anna Zedacka Shanechuck and was married to the late Edward Charles Pacanowski. Kathryn was a retired housekeeper with...