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Wade Pembleton Porter
Dec 28, 2023
Wade Pembleton Porter, 86, passed away on Thursday, December 28, 2023 at Alamance Regional Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. He was a native of Alamance County, he was the son ofthe late Frank Pembleton Porter and Mamie Lee Russell Porter and was married to Ethelene Ray Porter, who passed in 2017.
Wade retired after many years from the...
Frances Sargent Childs
Dec 26, 2023
Frances Sargent Childs, 94, passed away on Wednesday, December 26, 2023 at Coble Creek in the Twin Lakes Community in Burlington, N.C., surrounded by her loving family. She was the daughter of the late James Arnold Sargent and Vashti Bohler Sargent of West Point, Ga., and was married for over 63 years to the late Dennis Asbury Childs, who died...
Ruth Tingen Rudd
Dec 26, 2023
Ruth Tingen Rudd, 94, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 26, 2023. She was born in Alamance County on September 10, 1929 to the late Roy Lee and Eleanor Pierce Tingen. She was the wife of 63 years to the late Doctor Franklin Rudd, Jr.
Ruth was employed for many years with Smith Drapery where...
John Carl Jones
Dec 25, 2023
John Carl Jones, 85, passed away on Monday, December 25, 2023, at his home. He was a native of Alamance County and the son of the late M.B. “Farmer” Jones and Helen Ledwitch Jones. He was married for over 62 years to the love of his life Betty Lowe Jones, who survives.
Carl was a proud veteran of the U.S....
Paul Fetzer Nance, Sr.
Dec 25, 2023
Paul Fetzer Nance Sr. passed into the presence of the Lord on December 25, 2023 surrounded by his family. Paul was born to Martha Layne Nance and Ethel Aaron Nance on April 8, 1936, the 7th of nine children. He graduated from Ruffin High School and Elon College.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 45 years, Frances; brother...
Dorothy Fields Hinshaw
Dec 24, 2023
Dorothy Fields Hinshaw, 88, passed away on Sunday, December 24, 2023 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Arthur Bryant Fields and Betty Pearl Bowman Fields and was married for 29 years to Colon Gilmer Hinshaw, who passed away in 1982.
Dorothy retired after years of waitressing at different restaurants in Alamance County, the...
Frances Ray Reed
Dec 23, 2023
Frances Ann Ray Reed, 90, of Burlington, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 23, 2023, after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Fran, as everyone called her, was born on December 1, 1933 to the late Mary Durham and Ivan Wiseman Ray of Haw River, North Carolina. Most of her childhood was spent in Graham where she graduated from Graham...
Audrey Hunt Brogden
Dec 23, 2023
Audrey Jane Hunt Brogden, 74, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 23, 2023 at UNC Chapel Hill Hospital. She was a longtime resident in Graham, who was born on May 14, 1949 in Granville County to the late Samuel Watkins Hunt and Dorothy Lois Hunt.
Audrey retired after 43 years with the Veterans Hospital in Durham, where she was a...
Michael "Mike" "Perk" Curtis Perkinson
Dec 23, 2023
Michael “Perk” Curtis Perkinson, 71, passed away on Saturday, December 23, 2023 at his home. He was the son of the late John Al and Betty Barbour Perkinson. He was the husband of twenty-eight years to Lisa Kivett Perkinson who survives.
Perk was employed with Camera Corner for many years and later retired from ARMC. His expertise was in the...
Audrey "Janie" Slaughter Norris
Dec 22, 2023
Audrey “Janie” Jane Slaughter Norris, 81, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 22, 2023 at Beacon Place in Greensboro. She was born on August 21, 1942 in Durham County to the late Thomas Irving Slaughter and Dorothy Florine Black Slaughter, and was the wife of 36 years to the late Kenneth Sidney Norris who died in 2010.
Janie retired from...
Rhonda Lea Kidwell Clem
Dec 22, 2023
Rhonda Lea (Kidwell) Clem, a force of a woman, died peacefully, surrounded by family, on Dec. 22 after battling recurrent cancer for the last seven and a half years. She was 64.
Rhonda was born Dec. 8, 1959, in Winchester, Virginia as the second, and middle, child of Roxanna Lea (Haugh) Kidwell and Donald Gene...
Lou Ann Stewart
Dec 19, 2023
Burlington - Lou Ann Stewart, 69, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. A native of Alamance County, she was born March 11, 1954 to the late William Frederick “Fred” Stewart, Sr. and Mildred Marie Hinshaw Stacey.
Lou Ann attended Trinity Worship Center. She worked in the electronic industry for many years in California...
Maureen Pamela Clements Silby
Dec 17, 2023
Maureen Pamela Clements Silby, 85 of Graham, NC passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday 17 December 2023. Maureen was born in Hampstead, England, 4 February, 1938. She was the only surviving daughter of George Henry Clements and Ada Ivy Clements.
She is preceded in death by her beloved husband Ronald Silby, her father, George Clements, her mother Ada...
Ronnie Lynn Wyrick
Dec 17, 2023
Ronnie Lynn Wyrick, 62, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 17, 2023 at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, NC. He was born on September 4, 1961 in Alamance County to the late Willard and Barbara Perry Wyrick.
He is survived by his brother, Robert “Robbie” Wyrick and his wife, Lynn of Gibsonville; cousins: Teresa Hensley (Tim) of Burlington. Cindy...
Charles Edward Rumbley
Dec 16, 2023
Charles Edward Rumbley, 86 of Charlotte, NC, formerly of Burlington, NC passed away peacefully at home Saturday, December 16, 2023 with his family by his side. Charles was born in Alamance County, NC on January 30, 1937. He was the son of Hoyle Crouse Rumbley and Mildred Whitesell Shoffner.
He is preceded in death by his father, Hoyle Crouse Rumbley,...
Violet Ann Hallaji
Dec 16, 2023
Mrs. Violet ‘Ann’ Hallaji, age 62, of Elon, NC, passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2023 at the Hospice Home of Burlington after a courageous battle with cancer.
Born in Annapolis, MD, Ann was the daughter of the late Violet Lawson Hill. She is survived by her devoted husband, Nasser Hallaji, whom she shared 42...
Karyn Mereness Joyner
Dec 14, 2023
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Rita Mansfield Wade
Dec 13, 2023
Rita Mansfield Wade, 65, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at her home. She was born on March 19, 1958 in Alamance County. Rita was the wife of forty-seven years to Donald “Don” Ray Wade of the home.
She is also survived by her daughter, Misty Wade; her mother, Louise Mansfield; a son-in-law, C. David Satterfield; three grandchildren,...
Janice Loman Allman
Dec 13, 2023
Janice Loman Allman, age 81, of Elon, went peacefully to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 13, 2023.
Janice Allman loved the Lord with all of her heart, soul, mind and strength. Raised a preacher’s daughter, she learned early the calling and sacrifice of caring for others. Later becoming a pastor’s wife, she would prove...
John Carter Biddulph
Dec 11, 2023
John Carter Biddulph, 75, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 11, 2023 at Alamance Regional Medical Center, surrounded by his family. He was born in Long Island, NY to the late John Charles Biddulph and Isabelle Gertrude Conklin Biddulph, and was the husband of twenty years to Rubiela Oliz Biddulph of the home.
John was a chef for over thirty-five...