Obituaries

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...

Roger Gwynn Wade, age 58, of 2402 Mountain View Rd., passed away at 1:00 AM, Monday August 28, 2006 at his home. A native of Caswell County, he was husband of Helen Robbins Wade and son of the late Dewey Thomas and Doris Helen Fuqua Wade. He was a hosiery mill employee working at B &...

Burlington Kenneth Ray Faucette, age 62, of 2722 Berkley Rd., passed away Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at Duke Medical Center in Durham. A native of Alamance County, he was the son of Julia Dickie Faucette who survives and the late Millard Faucette. Mr. Faucette was a self employed farrier and was formerly a dispatcher with the...

Burlington, NC Peggy Sharpe Simmons, age 76, of 1879 Bellemont-Alamance Road went home to be with the Lord on Monday, June 18, 2007 at Moses Cone Hospital. She was a native of Alamance County and the wife of 62 years to Harvey Simmons who survives. Peggy retired from Lucent Technologies after 20 years and was a...

BURLINGTON - Rebecca "Bebe" Hooff York, 70, of 2805 Pinewood Trace, died April 10, 2006. A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, April 15, 2006, at 3:00 p.m., at the home of her son, Clint York, at 2907 Longpine Rd, Burlington, NC, followed by a covered dish dinner. She was preceeded in death...

Pam Small Boggs, age 64, of 671 Boone Road went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 12, 2007 from her residence while surrounded by her family. She was a native of Alamance County and the wife of Joel Larry Boggs who survives. Pam was a graduate of Pleasant Grove School, was employed with...

Mebane, NC Mrs. Mary Kathyrn Marks Best, 57, of 4206 Carriage Ct. passed away peacefully Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Best was born February 23, 1950 in Alamance, County to the late Wallace C. and Lela Tew Marks. She was retired after many years of service from General Electric and was...

BURLINGTON- Mrs. Carolyn Hart May Hinson, 70, of 615 Grace Ave. died Saturday, April 28, 2007 at her residence after a sudden illness. A native of Alamance County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Clarence E. Hart and the late Iva Sloan Hart and was married to the late Conrad Paul May and the...

Noah Edward Ed Pratt, 81, of Turner Smith Rd, passed away Thursday January 11, 2007 at Duke University Medical Center after a brief illness. Born May 18, 1925 at Hindman Kentucky, he was the son of the late O.W. Pratt and Bonnie Amburgey Pratt. He was preceded in death by three brothers and one sister; Truby...

Aileen Duckworth Hall, 87, formerly of Burlington, passed away peacefully on Friday at Carrington Place in Daleville, VA. She was the wife of the late Alvis Hurley Hall and the daughter of the late Robert William and Mary Rash Duckworth. Aileen was a native of Avery County. She was a member of Bellemont United Methodist Church...

Elon Mr. Herbert Howard Gentry, 85, of Elon passed away Saturday, March 31, 2007 at Twin Lakes Center. Mr. Gentry was born in Easley, SC on August 18, 1921 to the late Thomas Herbert and Rosalie Howard Gentry. Mr. Gentry was married to the late Katherine Walker Gentry for 62 years until her death in June...

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...

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...

Mark Lee Robertson, 46, of 2728 Kirkwood Dr. went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, July 25, 2007 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. A native of Alamance County he is the husband of Diane White Robertson and the son of the late Arthur W. Pig Robertson and Peggie Gerringer Robertson who survives. He is survived...