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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,...
Aidan Ramos
Feb 29, 2024
In Loving Memory of Our Son, Aidan Ramos Aidan was called suddenly onto the Lord on Thursday, February 29, 2024. He was 17 years old.Aidan was raised as an only child by Charles Ramos and Mayra Delgado. His parents moved to North Carolina from Florida in 2015 and even though at first North Carolina was not “home”, he quickly made...
Larry Deon Smith
Feb 27, 2024
Mr. Larry Deon Smith, 80, of Burlington passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 27, 2024.
Larry was born August 16, 1943 in Cleveland County, NC to Roy Smith and Rose Lee Boles Smith. He proudly served in the US Army and upon returning to civilian life, began working for the Defense Contract Audit Agency. He retired after many years of...
Russell Roger May
Feb 26, 2024
Russell Roger May, age 78, of Burlington, passed away on Monday, February 26, 2024 at his home. He was a native of Alamance County and the son of the late Roy Elwood and Clara Mae Smith May. He was survived by his wife of 33 years, Peggy Ann Warren May.
Russell was the owner and operator of...
Betty Scott Riggsbee
Feb 25, 2024
Betty Scott Riggsbee, 95, went to her eternal home on the evening of Sunday, February 25, 2024 at the Hospice Home of Alamance-Caswell after several months of failing health.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd, and her daughter, Sara Mandalinich. She is survived by her son, Scott Riggsbee; son-in-law, David Mandalinich; friends and...
Marilyn Kraus Spletzer
Feb 24, 2024
Marilyn Florence Spletzer, 89, of Twin Lakes Community in Burlington, North Carolina, passed away on February 24, 2024, due to Congestive Heart Failure.
Marilyn was born on September 17, 1934, to William and Elsie Kraus in Queens, New York. She enjoyed frequent trips to the ice cream parlor (Krisch’s), attending opera, and spending time with her beloved dog, Skippy.
She attended Queens...
Jeanette Meeks Conklin
Feb 22, 2024
Mrs. Jeanette Meeks Conklin, 85, of Burlington passed away at her residence on February 22, 2024. A native of Alamance County she was raised in the Glen Raven Mill Village and was the daughter of the late Morris and Lucille Smith Meeks and the wife of the late Richard “Pedro” Conklin.
Jeanette worked at...
Virginia Mae Grizzle Baugh
Feb 22, 2024
Virginia Mae Grizzle Baugh, 87, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 22, 2024 at Alamance Healthcare after several months of declining health. She was born in Russell County, VA on August 17, 1936 to the late Steven and Lenora Owens Grizzle, and was married to the late Donald Lee Baugh who died in 1998.
Virginia retired from Burlington Industries Pioneer Plant...
Melissa Stinnett Singleton
Feb 21, 2024
Melissa Rene Stinnett Singleton, 60, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at Duke University Hospital. She was born in Cocke County, Tennessee to the late Walter Clinton and Margaret Marie Crawley Stinnett and was married for almost 42 years to Sammy D. Singleton who survives.
Melissa loved her church family at Mt. Zion Christian Church...