Obituaries

Martin Richard Murph, 67, of 6822 Silver Spring Rd., died Monday, May 21, 2007 at Alamance Regional Medical Center after several months of failing health. A native of Guilford County, he was the son of the late John Willliam Murph and the late Ruby Daughtry Murph. He worked on the family farm and was of the...

Burlington Tammy Michelle Demick, age 29, of 706 Huffman Mill Rd., passed away Wednesday morning at her home. A native of Smithfield, TN, she was wife of Juan Tavares and daughter of Carol Strickland Demick Graham and Douglas Arthur Demick. She was a homemaker and attended Peoples Memorial Christian Church. Survivors include her husband, Juan Tavares;...

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,...

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...

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...

Burlington, NC Joseph Joey Patrick Porter, age 26, of 527 Meadowood Drive died on Wednesday, April 19, 2006. He was a member of North Graham Baptist Church and an avid fan of Tarheel Basketball. He also enjoyed playing golf in his leisure time. Joey was survived by his mother and step father, Suzie and Jeff Stearns...

Thomas Joseph Policastro, 69, of South Fairway Drive in Burlington, died Wednesday, February 21, 2007, following several years of illness. He was born August 20, 1937, in North Bergen, New Jersey. He served in the U.S. Army from 1961-1964, stationed in Germany and France with the Army Intelligence Agency. After his military service, Tom was a...

Gibsonville - Mary Elizabeth Troxler Wade, 94, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, January 26, 2007 at Moses Cone Hospital after two weeks of declining health. She was a native of Alamance County and a loving wife for 63 years to the late Arthur R. Wade and the daughter to the late Robert...

Gibsonville, NC Randy Darewood Hudgins, age 56, of 210 Circle Drive went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 5, 2007 at Moses Cone Hospital. He was a native of Guilford County and the son of the late James Darewood and Mary Lou Grigg Hudgins. Randy was employed by several local Textile Companies in...

Burlington, NC Edgar H. Ted Shepard, age 78, of 307 Christopher Drive went home to be with the Lord at his home on Friday, December 30, 2005. He was a native of Guilford County and the husband of 56 years to Alene Long Shepard who survives. Ted retired from Copeland Industries after 42 years and after...

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...

Wanda Collins Glosson, 75, of 109 Allen St. went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, October 30, 2005 at her residence. She was born in Amelia County, VA, daughter of the late Grady Ray Collins and Laura Elva Thompson Collins and was married for 60 years to Claydeen Carlyle Glosson, who survives. She was...

Mrs. Norma Whitesell Mitchell, age 76, of 1323 Springdale Dr. Burlington passed away at 6:15 p.m. Saturday December 10, 2005 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. A native of Alamance County, she was wife of the late James Donald Mitchell and daughter of the late Joseph and Bertha McIntyre Whitesell. She was a member of First United...

Reidsville, NC Cynthia Cindy Diane Paschal Paschal, age 46, of 119 Catawba Trail died on Friday, February 24, 2006 at her home. Cindy was a native of Caswell County her entire life where she fell in love with the man of her dreams, Gil Paschal, her husband of 27 years. She was a loving wife, devoted...

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...

Josephine Diraddo Little, 62 of Herron Rd. passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at Alamance Regional Medical Center following two months of failing health. She was the daughter of the late Joseph and Antanette Deraddo Diraddo. Josephine worked for the Employment Security Commission in Greensboro for many years. Survivors include her sons; Christopher Little and his...

Prospect Hill - Edith Shockley Gammon, 84 of 559 John Russell Rd. died on Monday, March 6, 2006 at her home. She was born in Dublin, VA, daughter of the late Elmer Price and Ethel Bowman Shockley and was married to Oscar William Gammon, Sr. for 66 years. Edith was a homemaker and attended Powerline Church...

- William Mack Hollar, Jr., 47, of 1725 Whitsett St. went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 12, 2006. He was born in Alamance County, son of William "Bill" Hollar, Sr. and Shirley Waddell Hollar. Mack was the co-owner of ACE Muffler Shop and wa

Joseph Charles Chuck Herriott,46, of 402 Riverton Ct., died on Friday, December 9, 2005 after a sudden accident. A native of Franklin County, OH, he is the son of Robert Warren Herriott of Reynoldsburg, OH and the late Nancy Nessley Herriott and was married to Kelly Re-Herriott, who survives. He was the owner and operator of...

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...