Obituaries

Clara Mae McDaniel Wyrick of 3225 Huffine Mill Rd. went home to be with the Lord surrounded by her loving family on Friday, June 23, 2006 after a courageous battle with cancer for six years. She was born in Guilford County to the late Eddie Henry McDaniel and the late Emma Elizabeth Payne McDaniel. Clara was...

Elon, NC Junior Gray June Knight, age 74, of 3788 Milesville Road went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, January 14, 2006 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Rockingham County and the husband of the late Geneva Wilkinson Knight. June was a retired farmer in the Southern Caswell County. He...

Graham, NC Robert Stephen Steve Wright, age 50 went home to be with the Lord on Friday, September 8, 2006 at the hospice home. He was a native of Mobile, Alabama and the husband of 25 years to Debra Amison Wright who survives. Steve graduated from Theodore High School in Theodore, Alabama and attended Pensacola Junior...

Gaston Lee Roberts, 89, of Turner Rd. passed away Friday, July 13, 2007 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. He was the husband of the late Edith Virginia Simmons Roberts and the son of the late Grady Henry and Oletha Owens Roberts. Gaston was a native of Prairie Hill, Texas, served in the US Army during WW...

Wake Forest, NC Bobby Dean Bassett, age 38, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 3, 2006. He was a native of Cookeville, Tennessee and the son of Paul James Bud King, Jr. and Barbara Ann Vogler Wilson. Bobby was employed with the Water Treatment Plant for the City of Raleigh. Bobby was...

Donald Lee Rogers, 74, of Everette St. died on Thursday, February 15, 2007 at the Hospice Home. He was born in Alamance County, son of the late Albert Hoyt and Bessie Rippy Rogers. Donald was a Christian, a born-again believer in Jesus Christ. He loved spending time with his family as his children and grandchildren were...

Mrs. Dorothy Sutton Lamm, 86, of 8283 Kerr Chapel Rd., died on Sunday, August 21, 2005 at Alamance Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. A native of Alamance County, she was the daughter of the late Arba Sutton and the late Ida Skenes Sutton and was married to the late Junior Edward Lamm who died...

Mebane, NC Theodosia Theo Jane Frazier Rudisill, age 84, of Biscayne Drive went home to be with the Lord on Friday, July 13, 2007 at White Oake Manor. She was a native of Virgilina, Virginia and the daughter of the late Hugh Roland Frazier and the late Bobbie Tuck Frazier. Theo retired as a registered nurse...

Thelma Eugenia Smith Fonville, a resident of Sandy Cross Road, Burlington, NC died on March 1, 2006 at Piedmont Crossing Retirement Center in Thomasville, NC. Thelma Fonville was born in Caswell County on March 8, 1917. She was the third of six children of William Lindsay Smith, Sr., a storekeeper, and Flossie Jane Bridgers Smith, a...

Mary L. LaPlaca, 87, of Westtown, N.Y. died Friday, March 24, 2006, peacefully surrounded by her family at her residence. Mary was born in New York, N.Y. on April 22, 1918, the daughter of Frank and Teresa Lodato Carbone. She was the widow of Joseph A. LaPlaca. Mary was a graduate of the New York School...

Winter Haven, Florida Linwood Roach, age 77, formerly of Burlington died on Saturday, May 20, 2006 at his residence in Winter Haven, Florida. He was a native of Schoolsville, West Virginia and the husband for over 59 years to Beatrice Roach who survives. Linwood was employed with Burlington Industries for many years and later retired from...

Burlington, NC Edna Louise Lou Mansfield Flynn, age 74, of 1153 N. Riverview Drive went home to be with the Lord on Friday, April 20, 2007 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Alamance County and the wife of 56 years to William J. Flynn. Edna retired from Gold Toe in Mebane and...

Dora Snead Wright, age 85, of 4525 Regulator Dr., Burlington passed away at 1:40 pm Monday, August 15, 2005 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. A native of Caswell County, she was wife of the late Howard Abner Wright and daughter of the late Thomas Lancelot and Vergie Parrott Snead. Mrs. Wright was a retired employee of...

Robert Ward Flowers, 64, of Kings Rd. and formerly of Greensboro, walked into eternity on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 at Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet, SC. He was born in Wayne County, son of the late Robert Lee and Margaret Ada Raynor Flowers and was married to Verna Morene Flowers who survives. Robert was formerly...

Burlington - Mary Elizabeth Cheek King, 92, of 1034 Grace Ave. died on Monday, November 6, 2006 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. She was born in Alamance County, daughter of the late Ervin Sherra Cheek and the late Nannie Overman Cheek. She retired from Western Electric after 30 years of service and was a member of...

Joyce Crumpler Wright, passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2006 at Pinelake Health and Rehab in Carthage. She was born in Sampson County, daughter of the late Jefferson and Henrietta Crumpler and was married to the late Herman E. Wright. She was a member of Shallow Ford United Church of Christ and a member of the...

Gary Jerome Baker, 14, died on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at UNC Hospital. He is survived by his mother, Patricia Ann Hornbuckle Flood and his father, Gary Douglas Baker. The funeral will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, February 3, 2007 at Lowe Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Mebane. The...

Gibsonville - Fred Raymond Flynn, 85, of 306 Wood St. died on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 at his residence. A native of Guilford County, he was the husband of Hazel Ward Flynn, who survives and son of the late Frank and Bertha Boone Flynn. He retired from Jake's Bar-B-Q, was a member of Gibsonville United Methodist...

Burlington, NC Ida Curlee Wright, 92, formerly of Ingle Street went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 25, 2005 at Alamance Health Care. She was a native of Anson County and the daughter of the late James Thomas and Viola Livingston Curlee. Ida was employed for many years with Sellars Department Store as...

BURLINGTON- Mrs. Sara Duncan King, 79, formerly of Ridgeway Dr., died Saturday, May 12, 2007 at White Oak Manor after several months of failing health. A native of Chatham County, she was the daughter of the late John Anderson Duncan and the late Sarah Alma Keller Duncan and was married to the late Melvin E. King,...