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Elmon "Peggy" Strouth Tolbert
Jan 4, 2025
Elmon "Peggy" Strouth Tolbert, a loving mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, gracefully departed this life on January 4, 2025, at the age of 91. Born one of 19 children on August 8, 1933, she was a beacon of faith, love, and strength for her family and everyone fortunate enough to know her. Peggy's nurturing spirit was evident in every aspect...
Major Harley Bowes
Jan 2, 2025
Major Harley Bowes, 88, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 2, 2025 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Alamance County and was the son of the late Joseph Calvin and Mozelle Blackwood Bowes. Major was the beloved husband of 61 years to his wife, Mary “Bobbie” Smith Bowes.
Beginning as a young...
Mary Elizabeth Maynard
Jan 2, 2025
Mary Elizabeth Maynard, 91, a devoted matriarch and a faithful servant of God, passed from this life and leaped into the loving arms of her Lord and Savior on January 2, 2025. She is no longer bound by a wheelchair, pain or sorrow. She was a devoted mother of 5 and loved her children fervently. Mary leaves behind a legacy...
Richard Leon Summers
Jan 1, 2025
Richard Leon Summers, 83, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Alamance County to the late Roy Wilson Summers and Stella Robena Hall Summers. He was the husband of the late Peggy Summers.
Leon retired from textiles, was a tobacco farmer and a former employee...
Mark Edward Bingham
Dec 30, 2024
Mark Edward Bingham, 58, of Yanceyville, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 30, 2024.
Mark was born February 13, 1966 in Alamance County to Dwight and Judy Bingham. From an early age, he knew without a doubt that he wanted to work on cars. He graduated from Alamance Community College with a degree in Auto Mechanics and immediately went to work...
Graham Lambeth Andrews, Jr.
Dec 27, 2024
Graham Lambeth Andrews, Jr., 79, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 27, 2024 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. According to his birth certificate, he was born on August 5, 1945 in Danville, VA to Graham Lambeth Andrews, Sr. and Edith Lockwood Matherly Andrews. According to his mother, the date on the birth certificate was incorrect, and he was actually born...
Thomas "Tommy" Ray Miller
Dec 27, 2024
Thomas “Tommy” Ray Miller, 52, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 27, 2024 at Alamance Regional Medical Center surrounded by his family. He was born on March 27, 1972 in Thailand to the late Donald Ray Miller and Supat Ngaosai Cox who survives. Tommy was the husband of 29 ½ years to Angela Lynn Fitzgerald Miller of the home.
He was...
Harvey Leonard Mangum
Dec 27, 2024
Harvey Leonard Mangum, 79, passed away on Friday, December 27, 2024, at Alamance Regional Medical Center after battling congestive heart failure. A native of Roxboro, NC, Leonard was the son of the late John Terrell Mangum, Sr. and Julia Clayton Mangum. Leonard was married for over 35 years to the love of his life, Carol who passed away in 2019.
Leonard...
William “Bill” E. Gonyea
Dec 27, 2024
William E. Gonyea Jr. of Burlington, North Carolina. Born January 8, 1945 Died on December 27, 2024 William was the son of William E. Gonyea, deceased and Ernestine Serna Gonyea, living in Pascoag, Rhode Island. Bill is survived by eight siblings: Yvette Gonyea Zannini and her husband Joseph A. Zannini of High Point, North Carolina; Arlene Gonyea Moore of Pascoag,...
William "Doug" Douglas Chrismon
Dec 27, 2024
William "Doug" Douglas Chrismon, 89, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 27, 2024 at Beacon Place surrounded by his family. He was born on May 26, 1935 in Guilford County to the late Lester “L.C.” Chrismon and Pearl Apple Chrismon, and was the husband of 60 years to Ruth Evelyn Barnes Chrismon who died in 2014.
Doug retired after 38 years...
William Kimball Partin
Dec 25, 2024
William Kimball "Kim" Partin passed away on December 25th, 2024, at Alamance Regional Medical Center due to pneumonia. Born on March 8th, 1935, in Durham, NC, to Thurman and Marjorie Kimball Partin, he was raised in Chapel Hill, where he thrived in the vibrant college-town atmosphere.
In his youth, Kim demonstrated the strong work ethic that would continue throughout his life....
Mary Sue Ireland
Dec 22, 2024
Mary Sue Ireland, a brilliant chemist, devoted poodle enthusiast, and avid golfer, passed away on December 22, 2024, at the age of 93. She left this world as she lived in it: surrounded by love, laughter, and a beloved furry companion.
Born in 1931 in Graham, North Carolina, her family soon moved to their ancestral farm in Elon. Here Sue had...
Jessie Bryant Wynn
Dec 22, 2024
Mr. Jessie Bryant Wynn, age 89, of Mebane, passed away on Sunday, December 22, 2024 at UNC Hospital of Hillsborough after a brief illness.
A native of Orange County, he was the son of the late Ollie Vernon Wynn and the late Beulah Hatch Wynn and was married for 63 years to the late Vivian Gray...
Gary Lee Dixon
Dec 21, 2024
Gary Lee Dixon, 82, passed away on Saturday, December 21, 2024 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. He was born in Norfolk County, VA on July 16, 1942 and was the husband of 31 years to Terry Lou Dixon of the home.
Gary was of the Methodist faith. For nearly twenty years he worked in Textiles, including Burlington Industries and Flynt Fabrics....
Patricia Ann Rich Hughes
Dec 21, 2024
It is with much love and deep sorrow that the family of Patricia Ann Rich Hughes, of Asheboro, NC, announce her peaceful passing on December 21, 2024 at the Hinkle Hospice House of Davidson County.
She was born on October 15, 1952 in Randolph County. Patricia was a highly dedicated RN who dedicated her life to providing exceptional care to...
Randy Scott Boone
Dec 20, 2024
Randy Scott Boone went to be with God Friday, December 20, 2024, after a few months of health issues. He was born on December 21, 1962 to Ann and James Boone. He retired from Duke University Medical Center.
If you knew Randy, you know he lived his life unapologetically and to the fullest. He loved having a good time, motorcycles, and...
Janet Elizabeth Mildern Gray
Dec 19, 2024
Janet Elizabeth Mildern Gray, wife of the late Bruce William Gray and daughter of the late Herbert and Louise Mildern, passed away on December 19, 2024 at the age of 85. She was the sister of the late Frances and (Norbert) Nassel, Ruth and (Arthur) Armitage, Alford and (Wilma) Mildern, Caroline and (William) Smith, and Herbert and (Agnes) Mildern. She...
Daniel "Danny" David McCarty
Dec 19, 2024
Daniel David McCarty was born April 1, 1982 at Fort Polk, LA. Danny passed away unexpectedly in Smithfield, NC on December 19, 2024. Danny is survived by his parents (Robin and Larry McCarty, and nephew Patrick Guest) of Fayetteville, NC and his grandmother-Betty McCarty of St. Augustine, FL. Danny was loved by many family members.
Danny was a graduate of Bartlett-Yancey...
Ida Edwards Clayton
Dec 17, 2024
Ida Edwards Clayton, 83, of Laurel, Md. and Burlington, NC passed away at Adventist White Oak Medical Center on December 17, 2024. Born on January 2, 1941 in Burlington, NC, daughter of Willis Gaston and Annie Irene Edwards, both deceased.
Ida began working at the National Security Agency in 1963, then left to teach Junior High School in Plattsburgh, NY while...
Jack Carol Pardue
Dec 17, 2024
Jack C. Pardue, age 94, passed away peacefully in the late hours of December 17th, 2024 while at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. Jack was born in Wilkes County on May 27, 1930 to the late Fred Weims Pardue and Bessie Lee Scott Pardue.
Jack loved his family, traveling the world with his wife, “Dot”, farming and being with...
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