Obituaries

Rev. Paul Casto Browning, 82, of 3721 Luther Court, died on Sunday, June 25, 2006 at his home after several years of failing health. Rev. Browning was born on August 28, 1923 in Charleston, WV, he was the son of the late Albert Browning and the late Margaret Skeens Browning. In 1942 he volunteered for service...

Oscar Thomas Eugene "Gene" Massey, 67, of 998 Milesville Rd. passed away Saturday November 25, 2006 at Moses Cone Hospital. He was the son of the late John Oscar Joseph and Cora Esther Garrison Massey. Gene was a native of Caswell County, retired from Oakwood Homes after twenty-five years of service and was a member of...

Reba Leo Goodman Brown, 93 of 345 Brann Rd. died on Sunday, January 8, 2006 after six months of declining health. She was born in Iredell County, daughter of the late Azor Charles and Denia Meyers Goodman and was married to the late Everette Joe Brown. She was a homemaker and a member of Osceola Baptist...

Evelyn Nadean Whitesell Solomon, 84, of 1016 Plaid St. went home to be with the Lord Sunday, September 18, 2005 at the Hospice Home. She was the wife of the late Alvis Quint Solomon and daughter of the late Everett and Emma Small Whitesell. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Elon...

Burlington - Dace William McAdams, 87, of 3117 B Commerce Place formerly of Veterans Drive in Elon passed away at Alamance Regional Medical Center on Tuesday September 12, 2006. He was the husband of the late Margie Benintendi McAdams for 63 years and the son of the late Moreland Jackson McAdams, Sr. and the late Lula...

Gibsonville, NC Lawrence James Groce, 84, of 4350 McIntyre Road went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, November 19, 2005 at Wesley Long Hospital. He was a native of Yadkin County and the husband of Edna Cook Groce for over 60 years who survives. Lawrence retired from P. Lorillard Tobacco Company after twenty five...

Burlington, NC Thomas Carroll Haith, age 65, of 1471 Thomas Haith Lane died on Saturday, January 13, 2007 at UNC Hospital. He was a native of Alamance County and the son of the late James T. and Mary Faulkner Haith Chambers. Thomas was a self employed carpenter and a member of Staley Memorial Baptist Church. He...

Ruby "Debbie" Smithey of 2530 Ossipee Front Street went home to be with the Lord Saturday morning at her residence following 2 months of failing health. A native of Cumberland County she was the widow of the late Jack Smithey and the daughter of the late Earl Orlando and Willie Ann Jones Stanford. She was a...

Burlington, NC Judy May Smith, age 64, of 2235 Lakeview Terrace died at her home on Tuesday, January 3, 2006. She was a native of Alamance County, and the loving wife and best friend for 25 years of Ronald F. Ron Smith, with whom she was the co-owner of Haw River Discount Drugs. She was an...

Mrs. Lillie Elizabeth Sutton Brown, 89, of 3121 Huffine Mill Rd. died Friday, June 8, 2007 at Beacon Place after several years of failing health. A native of Guilford County, she was the daughter of the late Onnie Sutton and the late Mary Ida Payne Sutton and was married to the late James Vadis Brown, who...

Mrs. Mildred Jackson Bryant, 89, of 311 Climax St., died peacefully in her sleep on September 15, 2005 at her home after several years of failing health. A native of Waynesville, NC, she was the daughter of the late Charles E. Jackson and the late Martha Adams Jackson and was married to the late James Patrick...

Gibsonville, NC Edna Cook Groce, 81, of 4350 McIntyre Road went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 at Moses Cone Hospital. She was a native of Alamance County and the wife of the late Lawrence James Groce. Edna was employed for many years with Kayser Roth Hosiery and was a member...

Gibsonville- Lillian Carleen Barber Hackett, 96, of 6810 Tickle Rd. passed away Monday, April 9, 2007 at Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Hackett was born November 18, 1910 in Guilford County to the late Charlie Vester Barber and Ella Pettigrew Barber. She was the widow of the late John Henry Hackett who preceded her in...

WHITSETT, NC- Billy Jack Sparks, 80, of 3908 Onnie Rd., died Saturday, March 4, 2006 at Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. A native of Titus County, TX, he was the son of the late Johnnie Pemberton Sparks and the late Lydia Martin Sparks. He was a combat veteran of the U.S Navy,...

Mrs. Naomi Satterfield Matkins, age 79, of 2155 Gerringer Mill Rd., passed away at 2:50 AM Thursday March 8, 2007 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. A native of Alamance County, she was wife of Clyde C. Matkins and daughter of the late William Arthur and Callie Mae Smithey Satterfield. She was a homemaker and a member...

Gibsonville, NC Mr. Marshall G. Red Mays, 89, of 7160 Power Line Rd. went home to be with his Lord and Savior Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at his residence. He was born in Idaho on October 8, 1917 to the late Brady and Dora Mays and was the husband of Edna S. Mays who survives and...

Burlington, NC Robert Bob Theron McAlister, age 92, died on Saturday, February 10, 2007 at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington, D.C. He was native of Greenville, South Carolina and one of sixteen children. He was the son of the late Dr. McDuffie McAlister and Lillie Ann Baker McAlister, and husband of the late Irene...

Clinton Newman Brown, age 70 of 4308 High Rock Rd., passed away Monday August 14, 2006 at Moses Cone Hospital Hospice Unit. A native of Gladys in Campbell County, VA, he was son of the late Porter Wesley Brown and Nellie Scruggs Brown who survives. He was a retired farmer. Mr. Brown is survived by his...

BOZOO, W.V. J. Thomas Tom Brown He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep for that which he can never lose Martyred missionary Jim Elliot. On October 27, 2006, Tom Brown silently slipped the bonds of this life to live forever. Though he loved living among the many people who blessed and energized him,...