Obituaries

Kenny Lester Foster, 66, of 1416 Overbrook Road died Friday, March 10, 2006 at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital. He was the husband of Gwenette Taylor Foster and the son of the late Lester and Alice Petty Foster. Kenny retired from the Burlington Housing Authority and was a veteran of the US Navy and a member...

Claudy A. Fowler, 79, passed away Sunday, February 17, 2008 at his home. A native of Burlington, NC, he was the son of the late Zeb Auburn and Grace Mae Faucette Fowler. He was a graduate of Burlington High School and Elon College. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War and retired from Sears,...

Mary B. Scheible,86, formerly of Scotia, N.Y., died on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 at Edgewood Place in Burlington, N. C. She was born in Schenectady, N.Y. and was the daughter of Herbert N. and Clara C. Buechner. She is survived by a son, Paul Patricia Scheible of Mebane, N.C. and a brother, William Catherine Buechner of...

Birdie Wagoner Crutchfield Scott, 83, of Laurel Hill Dr. passed away Sunday, November 6, 2005 at Twin Lakes Center following two years of failing health. She was the wife of the late Allie C. Scott and the late G.C. Crutchfield, Jr. and the daughter of the late William Currie and Jesse Pearl Horner Wagoner. Birdie was...

Hilton Lee Yow, 87, of Dick St., was a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ and went home to be with his Heavenly Father on Monday, March 12, 2007. He was a native of Guilford County and was the son of the late Henry Robert and Blanch Flynn Yow. Hilton was married to the late Cora...

Burlington Mrs. Mozel Smith Foster, age 92, formerly of Long St. passed away Monday February 19, 2007 at Alamance Health Care. A native of Alamance County, she was wife of the late Eldred Calvin Foster and daughter of the late Don M. and Bessie Isley Smith. She was a member of Emmanuel United Methodist Church and...

Effie Mae Linker Lemons, 73, passed away Monday, April 9, 2007 at her residence. Mrs. Lemons was born September 21, 1933 in Concord, NC to the late Walter Alexander and Carrie Burris Linker. She was the widow of the late James Rufus Lemons who preceded her in 2001. She worked for Aramark at Elon University and...

R. J. Beane, formerly of Burlington passed away unexpectedly and peacefully at his home. He was born September 19,1915. He was retired after 45 years with Burlington Industries. He was a lifetime member of the Bula Lodge # 409 AF & AM and was an active member of the Order of the Eastern Star. He was...

Daniel Danny Ray Leath, 43, of 4731 Pagetown Rd. died on Friday, June 22, 2007 from the results of an auto accident. He was born in Alamance County and was the son of Ronald Ronnie C. and Shirley Cox Leath. Danny was employed by QI-Renn Building Products in Greensboro, was a volunteer fireman with Altamahaw-Ossipee Volunteer...

Mary Frances Bailey Beam, 78, of 206 N. St. John St., died Monday, June 18, 2007 at her home. She is survived by five daughters, Janice D. Beam of Burlington, Sarah Teausaw of Henderson, NV, Martha A. Bays of Stafford, VA, Frances E. Meekin of Pahrump, NV and Ruth Cardwell of Graham; and two sons, Kenneth...

Lonzie Edmond Jack Foster, Jr., 78 of 1432 NC 87 North, died on Friday, February 16, 2007 at Duke University Medical Center after a sudden illness. He was born in Alamance County, son of the late Lonzie Edmond Foster, Sr. and the late Myrtle Dodson Foster. Jack was married for over 53 years to Helen Holt...

Burlington Ann-Marie Lashley, 40, of 801 W. Davis St. died on Thursday, November 10, 2005 at Duke University Medical Center. She was born in Coventry, England. Ann was entering her 12th season as the Associate head coach of the Elon Womens Basketball team where she received the AFLAC National Assistant Coach of the Year Award following...

Roger John Beauchesne, 85, of 2522 Pitt Rd., died Thursday, March 15, 2007 at Rehabilitation and Healthcare of Alamance after a brief illness. A native of Manchester, NH, he was the son of the late Oliver Beauchesne and the late Lumina Beauchesne and was married for over 65 years to Onie Allison Beauchesne, who died in...

Ernest Curtis Beckom, 73, of Burch Bridge Rd. passed away Sunday August 13, 2006 at D&M Family Care following several years of declining health. He was the husband of Margaret Sykes Beckom and the son of the late Ernest and Bertha Ross Beckom. Ernest was a native of Alamance County, retired from Culp Weaving and was...

Joseph Paul Joe LaVancha, 71 of 212 S. Marshall St. Graham passed away Saturday December 3, 2005 at Alamance Regional Medical Center following a courageous battle with cancer. He was the husband of Myona Ross LaVancha and the son of the late Maurice and Caroline LeFleur LaVancha. Joe retired from Alamance Regional Medical Center and served...

Mr. Mr. Rufus G. Buck Saul, age 79, of 3146 Altamahaw Race Track Road went home to be with family and friends Tuesday January 30, 2007. Buck was an open and friendly man, born and raised in Altamahaw from a family based on a love of God and joy of life. He loved the outdoors and...

Burlington, NC Mrs. Patricia Pridgen Gant Scott, 71, passed away Monday, May 14, 2007 at Springview Assisted Living Center. Mrs. Scott was born January 11, 1936 in Guilford county to the late Robert Hosea Pridgen and Mary Hales Green and was married to the late Alton Brice Scott . She worked as a nursing assistant at...

Mrs. Arlene Allison Foster, age 83 passed away Sunday January 21, 2007 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. A native of Orange County she was the wife of the late James Paul Foster and daughter of the late George Washington and Annie Horner Allison. She was a member of Front Street United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women,...

Addison Yarbrough A.Y. Saul, Jr., 68, of 3309 Stoney Creek Church Rd. died on Friday, December 8, 2006 at Moses H. Cone Hospital in Greensboro. He was born in Alamance County, son of the late A. Y. Saul, Sr. and the late Ruth Smithey Saul, and was married to Georgie Irene Crumpton Saul, who survives. A....

Burlington - Mozelle Garrison Beckom, 89, of 2875 Mine Creek Rd. died on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. She was born in Alamance County, daughter of the late Lacy Lee and Bertha Saunders Garrison and was married to the late James Washington Beckom. Mrs. Beckom was a loving wife, mother and grandmother,...