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Leo Thomas Busick
Mar 16, 2024
Leo Thomas Busick, 101, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, March 16, 2024 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on October 21, 1922 in Guilford County to the late Jack Thomas Busick and Lillie Chrismon Busick. Leo was the husband of 77 years to the late Vannie Irene Baldwin Busick who...
John M. Cooke
Mar 15, 2024
John Malcolm Cooke, 81, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, March 15, 2024 at the AuthoraCare Collective Hospice Home in Burlington. He was born in Bertie County on June 7, 1942 to the late Robert Glenn Cooke, Sr. and Hazel Spencer Cooke and was the husband of 61 years to Betty Lou Beale Cooke of the home.
John...
Frank R. Jeffries
Mar 15, 2024
Franklin Ray “Frank” Jeffries, 85, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 15, 2024 at his residence after several months of failing health. He was born in Alamance County on July 6, 1938 to the late Carl Theodore and Rose Etta Phillips Jeffries.
A carpenter by trade, Frank enjoyed spending time outdoors, often fishing, four-wheeling or collecting arrowheads. He was also an...
Charles "Ed" Foster
Mar 14, 2024
Charles Edward “Ed” Foster, 91, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 14, 2024 at The Oaks of Alamance surrounded by his family. He was born on October 7, 1932 in Alamance County to the late Sterling Montgomery Foster and Nellie Mae Alcon Foster, and was the husband of 67 years to the late Peggy Knowles Foster who died in 2020.
Ed...
Phyllis Ruth Oldson Perkins
Mar 13, 2024
Phyllis Ruth Oldson Perkins passed away peacefully at Beverly Hospital with her family at her side. Phyllis was born in Salem on August 10, 1930, to Tansy Henrietta Znobia Haggstrom Oldson and Harold Edward Oldson. She attended Salem public schools, graduating Salem High School in 1947. She was a tour guide at the House of Seven Gables, and could still...
Brenda Hensley Borst
Mar 13, 2024
Brenda Hensley Borst, 81, passed away on Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at The Oaks of Alamance. She was born in Alamance County to the late L.A. and Mary Bell Hall Hensley and was married for 36 years to William “Bill” Borst who survives.She was formerly employed by Alamance Eye Center for over 14 years. Brenda was a very active church...
Carol Osterhout Eckerman
Mar 8, 2024
Carol Osterhout Eckerman, 82, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 8, 2024, after a brief battle with cancer.
Carol was born in Jamaica, NY, the first child of Doris Russell and William McKee Osterhout. The family moved often before settling in Clinton, NY for Carol’s high school years. After graduating from the College of Wooster in OH, Carol received a Ph.D....
Ronald Craig Morris
Mar 8, 2024
Ronald Craig Morris, 67, passed away on Friday, March 8, 2024 at his home. He was born in Charlottesville, VA to the late Ronald Ray and Betty Ann Sprouse Morris and was married for almost 30 years to Melinda Gay Brown Morris who survives.
Craig was a very active church member at both Stony Creek Presbyterian Church and Hillside Presbyterian Church....
Wayne Westbrooks
Mar 7, 2024
Byron Wayne Westbrooks, 76, passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2024. He was a native of Alamance County and the son of the late Frank William and Marion Frances Sykes Westbrooks. He is the husband of 53 years to Diane Haynes Westbrooks who survives.
Wayne retired from GE after 25 years of service. He was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church...
James Earl "Jimmy" Graves
Mar 7, 2024
James Earl “Jimmy” Graves, 82, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2024 at his home surrounded by his family. Jimmy had been in declining health for 9 years. He was born on July 31, 1941 in Alamance County to the late Earl Columbus Graves and Gertrude Cole Graves and was the husband of 55 years to the late Norma Jean Bishop...
Shirley Thompson Jahn
Mar 6, 2024
Shirley Thompson Jahn, 92, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at Mebane Ridge Assisted Living. She was daughter of the late Norris Elroy and Marie Tufteskog Thompson. She was the wife of 55 years to the late Darrell Jahn.
Shirley attended Grace Lutheran Church in Durham and began a personnel relationship with Jesus at age...
Jackie Donald Branson
Mar 6, 2024
Mr. Jackie Donald “Jack’ Branson, age 70, of Whitsett, NC, passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at his home with his loving wife, Dona, by his side. For the last year and a half he fought hard to beat the ravages of cancer and mercifully the struggle is now over.
Jack was married to his wife, Dona, for...
Irene Sawyer Wallace
Mar 4, 2024
Irene Sawyer Wallace, 96, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 4, 2024 at Brookdale Northwest in Greensboro. She was born on August 23, 1927 in Chowan County, NC to the late Miles Gordon Sawyer and Nora Catherine Harris Sawyer, and was married to the late Melvin Harold Wallace.
Irene retired from Lowes Foods in Wilkesboro after several years of service. After...
Jerry Lee Greeson
Mar 4, 2024
Jerry Lee Greeson, 69, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 4, 2024 at Blumenthal Nursing and Rehabilitation. He was born in Guilford County and was the son of the late Hoy Gilmer and Hazel Lorene Clapp Greeson.
Jerry was a member of Mt. Hope United Church of Christ and was an avid Nascar fan. He was a loving son, brother and...
Richard "Dicky" Amos McCrickard, Jr.
Mar 3, 2024
Mr. Richard “Dicky” Amos McCrickard, Jr., 75, of Whitsett, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Sunday, March 3 at AuthoraCare Hospice Home.
Dicky was born July 24, 1948 in Martinsville, VA to Richard McCrickard, Sr. and Doris Hill McCrickard. He was a devoted employee of Ciba-Geigy, where he retired after 30 plus years of service. In his free time,...
Virginia Phillips Murrell
Mar 3, 2024
Virginia Phillips “Ginny” Murrell, 78, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 3, 2024 at the Hospice Home after several months of failing health. She was born in Yancy County on October 5, 1945 to the late Carter and Millie Ann Byrd Phillips and was the wife of the late Larry Arthur Murrell.
Ginny was a longtime...
Concetta Nerone Falco
Mar 2, 2024
With a heavy heart, we mourn the loss of Concetta Nerone Falco, who passed away, leaving behind a legacy that will be cherished by all who knew her. Concetta was born in Naples, Italy, on April 22nd, 1934, to her loving parents Biaggio Nerone and Mary Ambrosio Nerone.Concetta dedicated her life to serving as a Columbiette with the Knights of...
Bennie Mason Saunders
Mar 1, 2024
Burlington- Bennie Mason Saunders, 87, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, March 1, 2024 surrounded by family.
He was the youngest of 10 children born in 1936 to the late John Andrew Saunders and Mary Louise Mohorn Saunders in Nash County, NC. He was preceded in death by his wife of 35 years, Patricia Walker Saunders, brothers John Miller, William...
Jim Chapman
Mar 1, 2024
Otta “Jim” Boyd Chapman, Jr., 78 (and doing great!), went home to be with the Lord on Friday, March 1, 2024 at his home. He was born on July 2, 1945 in Greenville, South Carolina to the late Otta B Chapman, Sr. and Esther Lee Chapman. Jim was married for 59 and half years to the love of his life, Sue...
Peggy Hill Handy
Mar 1, 2024
Peggy Joyce Hill Handy, 90, passed away Friday, March 1,2024 at Liberty Commons. She was born in Alamance County on August 27, 1933 to the late Ernest Elmo Hill and Ethel Inez Michell Hill. She was the wife of the late Albert Guy “Captain Handy” Handy, Sr. of 66 years who died in 2017.
Peggy Handy was a wife, mother, grandmother,...
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