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Annie Woody
Apr 14, 2015
Annie C. Saunders Woody, age 88 went home to be with her Lord and her beloved husband on Tuesday, April 14, 2015. She was a native of Alamance County and the wife of 72 years to the late Carl Eugene Woody who died March 28, 2015. Annie retired from Burlington Industries. She was a member of...
Audrey Dickens
Apr 14, 2015
Audrey McCann Dickens, 74, passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at her home after several years of declining health. She was born in Alamance County to the late Leroy Miles McCann and the late Clara Esther Odell McCann. Audrey retired after 40 years with Gold Toe. She was a member of Blessed Hope Baptist Church and...
Hugh Nelson
Apr 13, 2015
Mr. Hugh Davis Nelson, age 72, of Wilkins St., Burlington, passed away Monday, April 13, 2015 at his home after a lengthy illness. A native of Caswell County, he was the son of the late Jack Davis Nelson and the late Estelle Hayden Nelson and was married for over 51 years to Mrs. Janie Irby Nelson,...
Wilma Heath
Apr 12, 2015
Wilma Lea Heath, 56, passed away Sunday April 12, 2015 at Rex Medical Center after a short illness. She was born December 19, 1958 in Alamance County. She was the daughter of Velma and Carlton Cates. She was a homemaker who was a true artist that enjoyed gardening, sewing and many other activities. She loved all...
William Cloud, Sr.
Apr 12, 2015
William "Bill" Robert Cloud, 80, passed away Sunday, April 12, 2015 at the Hospice Home. He was born August 4, 1934 in Philadelphia, PA to the late William A. and Dorothea Cloud. He was married to the late Elizabeth Mae Williams Cloud for fifty years. Bill served in the US Air Force during the Korean War...
Lydia Davis
Apr 10, 2015
Burlington-Lydia Cates Davis, 77, passed away Friday, April 10, 2015 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. She was born in Alamance County on September 10, 1937 to the late Luther Cates and the late Minnie Wilson Cates Russell. Lydia was a member of Shamrock Evangelical Methodist Church. She was a loving mother, grandmother, sister and aunt who...
Janice Saul
Apr 10, 2015
Burlington-Janice Ruth Simpson Saul, age 55 passed away on Friday, April 10, 2015. She was a native of Rockingham County and the daughter of the late Robert Junior and Velma Ruth Depoy Simpson. Janice was employed for several years with Flynt Fabrics and Finishing and was of the Christian faith. She was a loving and devoted...
Dianne Shoffner
Apr 8, 2015
Dianne Goodman Shoffner, age 70, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, April 8, 2015. A native of Newport News, VA, she was the daughter of the late Coy Lee and Frances Fesperman Goodman. After graduation from Western Alamance High School in 1963, she was trained as a dental assistant at Alamance Community College and...
Garland Howerton
Apr 7, 2015
Gibsonville-Garland Daniel Howerton, age 98, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 7, 2015. He was a native of Guilford County and the husband of the late Irene Troxler Howerton. Garland retired after 40 years from Burlington Industries, Williamsburg Plant and was a farmer in the community. He was a longtime member of...
Katye Newton
Apr 7, 2015
Katye Whitfield Comer Newton, 83, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at the Hospice Home. She was born April 27, 1931 in Person County to the late Lester E. and Maggie Mae Long Whitfield. She was married to the late Clinton B. Comer and the late William "Billy" Newton. She was of the Baptist faith and...
Charlotte Wiggins
Apr 6, 2015
Burlington Charlotte Jo Pedan Wiggins, 78, passed away on Monday, April 6, 2015 at the Hospice Home after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was born in Chattanooga to the late Thomas Alton and Bernice May Moss Pedan and was married to the late Oliver Wendall Wiggins. She was a homemaker, a certified dietician and a...
Lona Goodson
Apr 5, 2015
Lona Mae Goodson, 81, passed away Sunday, April 05, 2015 at the Hospice Home after six months of failing health. She was born in Rockingham County to the late Ray Arthur Goodson and the late Thelma Paschal Goodson. Lona was a member of Jimmy Swaggert Media Church. Survivors include her daughter, Brenda Ann Hitt; son, Eddie...
Hazel Loy
Apr 4, 2015
Mrs. Hazel Hudgins, age 96, of Elon, passed away Saturday, April 4, 2015 at the Hospice Home after several weeks of failing health. On January 8, 1919, in Alamance County, Ira Joseph Hudgins and Susie Cates Hudgins were blessed with the birth of their first daughter, Hazel Lee Hudgins. She was, and will always be known...
William Lamm
Apr 3, 2015
William Robert Lamm, 81, passed away Friday, April 3, 2015 at his home after four months of failing health. He was born in Johnston County, NC to the late Preston Finley Lamm and the late Nora Lee Worrells Lamm and was the husband to Mae Barber Lamm of 60 years who survives. William retired from Glen...
Gus Kakavas
Apr 3, 2015
Gus George Kakavas, 79, passed away on Friday, April 3, 2015 at his home after several years of failing health and seven months critical illness. He was born in Greece to the late George Kakavas and the late Helen Scordas Kakavas and was married to Judy Way Kakavas who survives. Gus was the owner and operator...
Pauline Shaw
Apr 3, 2015
Pauline "Polly" Rumley Shaw, age 95, formerly of Garfield Rd., Burlington, passed away after a brief illness on Friday, April 3, 2015. Mrs. Shaw was born in Guilford County to the late Robert Russell Rumley and the late Effie Jane Gerringer Rumley and was married for over 65 years to the late Elmer Leslie Shaw, who...
John Smith
Apr 2, 2015
John Robert "Jack" Smith, 88, passed away Thursday, April 2, 2015 at Alamance Regional Medical Center after several months of failing health. He was born in Caswell County to the late Elijah Floyd Smith and the late Eva Moore Smith and was the husband to Clara Lee Pleasant Smith who died in December 2013. Jack retired...
Patricia Trethaway
Mar 31, 2015
Patricia "Pat" Houghton Trethaway Sept. 14, 1926 - March 31, 2015 Pat passed away peacefully at Twin Lakes Retirement Community, in Burlington, NC on March 31, 2015. A native of Rochester, NY she was born to Donald and Amy Houghton. She attended Mount Holyoke College and then while working at Eastman Kodak met her future husband,...
Mildred Thomas
Mar 31, 2015
Mildred Brown Simpson Thomas, 87, of Routh Rd., passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at her home. A native of Alamance County, she was the wife of John G. Thomas and daughter of the late George Edgar and Bessie Louellen Brown Brown. Mildred was retired from Kayser-Roth Corporation, was a graduate of Altamahaw-Ossipee High School and...
Jerry Splawn
Mar 31, 2015
Jerry L. Splawn, age 85, passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at Twin Lakes HealthCare. A native of Greenville, SC, he was the son of the late Virgil Baxter and Bessie Estelle Stuart Splawn. Mr. Splawn was CEO of Splawn Belting and a graduate of N.C. State University, where he was a member of the track...
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