Obituaries

Burlington, NC John Anderson Shoe, Sr. 74, of 2105 Combs Street went home to be with the Lord on Monday, October 17, 2005 at the hospice home. He was a native of Alamance County and married for 51 years to Sylvia Rudd Shoe who survives. John was employed with May Hosiery, J. Spencer Love, J.P. Stevens...

Richard Chandler "Bubbles" Carter of S. Mebane St. passed away Saturday at his home after several years of failing health. He was the husband of the late Carolyn Solomon Carter and the son of the late Columbus Franklin and Zelma Thomas Carter. He was a native of Pittsylvania County, retired from the Lorillard Corporation and was...

Burlington, NC Billie Sue Cates Barnhardt Miles, age 75, of 536 Central Avenue went home to be with the Lord on Monday, June 25, 2007 at Liberty Commons. She was a native of Rowan County and the wife of William Franklin Miles who survives. Billie Sue was a homemaker and a member of First Christian United...

Shirley Rose Brown Morris,74, of 2111 Holland Ave passed away Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at Liberty Commons of Alamance. Mrs. Morris was born April 23, 1932 in Johnston county to the late Luther Patrick and Eula Gertrude Rose Brown. She was the wife of 56 years to the late James Pete Morris. Mrs. Morris was a...

Cary George Faucette Waddell of Cary, and long-time resident of Burlington, NC was called home by his Lord at 8:10 PM Thursday, Oct. 4, 2006. Georges parents, Ed and Mary Waddell opened their grocery business on the corner of Holt and Main not long after Burlingtons name was changed from Company Shops. Early on, George delivered...

Patricia Pattie Clayton Moon, 54, of 748 Louis Graham Rd. passed away on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at her home. She was born in Person County and was the daughter of the late William Albert Clayton and Zelda Holleman Clayton, who survives. Pattie was married for over 33 years to John H. Moon of the home....

Burlington- NC Ms. Shelby Jean Boyles, 59, of 621 Fairfax St. passed away Tuesday, July 03, 2007 at her residence. Ms. Boyles was born June 5, 1948 in Guilford, County to the late Denton Ray Boyles and Nadine Wyrick Boyles who survives. She was a homemaker and was a member of Gibsonville Christian Church. Survivors other...

Samuel Floyd McKinney, 86, died Saturday, May 27, 2006 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. A native of Caswell County, he was the son of the late William Andrew McKinney and the late Maude Boswell McKinney and was married to Mrs. Mable Dameron McKinney for over 58 years. Mr. McKinney was retired from Western Electric and was...

Lena Bell Jones Lee, 86, of 371 Brafford Lane passed away Monday, November 28, 2005 at Alamance Regional Medical Center following a year of declining health. She was the widow of the late Walter Wayne Lee and the daughter of the late John Henry and Ida Lee Washington Jones. Lena was a native of Merriweather, Ga,...

Mrs. Lona Mae Troxler Wicker, age 94, of 7457 Brooks Bridge Rd., passed away at her home at 7:35 PM Tuesday October 18, 2005. A native of Alamance County, she was wife of the late Slocum M. Wicker and daughter of the late Robert Banks and Daisy Etta Smithey Troxler. She was a former employee of...

Harry Lee Stanley, 83, passed away Sunday, January 28, 2007 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. A native of Guilford County he was the husband of Elsie Preston Stanley and son of the late William Ernest and Berna Nall Stanley. He worked for Coca Cola Bottle Company for over 40 years. He graduated from Guilford High School...

Mary Wilburn Holder, 91, passed away Sunday Feb. 25, 2007 at The Presbyterain Home of Hawfields. She was the wife of the late Reginald Holder and the daughter of the late William Wallace and Ella Inez Wilburn. Mary was a native of Union, SC, retired as a registered nurse from Haywood County Hospital in Waynesville, NC...

Gibsonville, NC Ruth Durham McIntyre, age 79, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Sunday, December 24, 2006 after a lengthy period of failing heath. A native of Caswell County, she was the daughter of the late Walter H. and Nannie Chatham Durham. She married Lawrence Alvin McIntyre on April 5, 1947and they celebrated...

Mr. Adrain Odell Hall, 75, of 2942 Gibsonville-Ossipee Road, died on Thursday, March 8, 2007 at home following a brief illness. An Caswell County native, Mr. Hall was born September 25, 1931, to the late Walter Thomas Hall, Sr. and the late Flossie White Hall. He was the husband of Nancy Barker Hall, who survives, for...

J.W. Busick, 69, of 7910 Troxler Mill Rd. passed away Tuesday December 20, 2005 at Randolph Health and Rehabilitation Center in Asheboro. He was the husband to the late Emma Lois Bowman Busick and the son of the late Cecil W. and Zula Huffines Busick. J.W. was a native of Guilford County, retired from the Alamance...

Darlene Bessette LePoidevin, 63, of 1421 Queen Ann St. passed away Friday, December 29, 2006 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. She was the wife of William Henry LePoidevin and the daughter of the late Earl Albert and Laura May Phillips Bessette. Survivors include her husband of the home, children; Deborah LePoidevin of FL, Kathleen Woods of...

Walter S. Cook, Jr., 53 of 7982 Troxler Mill Rd. died on Monday, April 23, 2007 at UNC Hospitals after one year of declining health. He was born in Rockingham County, son of the late Walter S. Cook, Sr. and Mable T. Cook who survives, and was married to Lisa Summers Cook. Walter was the owner...

Gibsonville Joyce Dalton Troutman, 78, 309 Owen St. went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at her residence. Mrs. Troutman was born June 7, 1928 in Southern Pines to the late David Elias and Lillie Darnell Dalton. She was the wife of Fred M. Troutman for over 59 years....

Mrs. Maude Eller Tinnin Andrews, 90, formerly of McConnell Rd., died Thursday, September 28, 2006 at The Evergreens Senior Healthcare. A native of Orange County, she was the daughter of the late Albert Edgar Tinnin, Sr. and the late Gracie Vincent Tinnin and was married to the late Percy Calvin Andrews, who died in 1978. She...

James Jim Thomas Brophy, 89, of Cedar Ridge Retirement Center, died on Sunday, May 13, 2007 at his residence. A native of Rochester, NY, he was the husband of Evelyn Mary Quetchenbach Brophy who survives and son of the late James J. and Alice Bolton Brophy. Jim was a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church and...