Obituaries

Burlington, NC James Norman Berry, Sr. age 85 of 1209 Cleveland Avenue went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 8, 2007 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Stokes County and the husband of 63 years to Edith Faulkner Berry who survives. Norman graduated as valedictorian from Staley High School...

Mrs. Arlene Allison Foster, age 83 passed away Sunday January 21, 2007 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. A native of Orange County she was the wife of the late James Paul Foster and daughter of the late George Washington and Annie Horner Allison. She was a member of Front Street United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women,...

Burlington- Mr. Martin Keith Riley, 52, passed away Tuesday, June 05, 2007 at his residence. He was born July 27, 1954 to the late Johnny Wade Riley and Valendia Riley Walston who survives. He worked for Glen Raven Mills as a supervisor before his early retirement. Survivors other than his mother, include three sisters, Marsha Riley...

Mrs. Beatrice Elizabeth Soots Wallace, 73, of 7600 Farwood Rd., died Monday, August 29, 2005 at Alamance Regional Medical Center after an illness of several weeks. A native of Guilford County, she was the daughter of the late Paris A. Soots and the late Emma Parrish Soots and was married to John Junior Wallace, who survives....

Snow Camp, NC Henry Gulley, age 61, of 1470 Walnut Grove Lane died Friday, December 2, 2005 at his home. He was a native of Alamance County and the husband of Virginia Westbrooks Gulley who survives. Henry was employed for ten years with Honda Power & Equipment Company in Graham. Survivors include his wife of the...

Eugene Thomas Dameron, age 87, of 546 Elva Drive passed away Wednesday July 5, 2006 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. A native of Caswell County, he was son of the late Walter Anderson and Lillian Maude Fuqua Dameron and husband of Frances Compton Dameron who survives. Mr. Dameron was an Army veteran of WWII where he...

BURLINGTON- Mrs. Brenda May Meeks Wilson, 64, of 2135 Durham St. Ext., died Saturday, November 12, 2005 at Alamance Regional Medical Center after a short illness. A native of Alamance County, she was the daughter of the late Lonnie Lee May and the late Desiree Hill May and was married to Tony Wilson, who survives. She...

Addison Yarbrough A.Y. Saul, Jr., 68, of 3309 Stoney Creek Church Rd. died on Friday, December 8, 2006 at Moses H. Cone Hospital in Greensboro. He was born in Alamance County, son of the late A. Y. Saul, Sr. and the late Ruth Smithey Saul, and was married to Georgie Irene Crumpton Saul, who survives. A....

Helen Preston Agamemnon, 84, of Graham died on Friday, December 9, 2005 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. She was born in Long Island, NY, daughter of the late Arthur Jerome Preston and the late Alice Cecila Shields Preston and was married to the late George Joseph Agamemnon. She was a charter member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic...

Mr. Lester Hardin Smith, 86, of 6644 Cotton Rd. passed away Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at Moses Cone Medical Center. Mr. Smith was born September 13, 1920 in Guilford, County to the late B.C. Smith, Sr. and Roxie Smith. He was the husband of the late Pearl Smith who preceded him in death in 1988. Mr....

Patricia Ann Jones Riggs, 71, of Wood Ave. died on Friday, April 25, 2008 at her home. She is survived by her husband, Howard Bolling Riggs of the home; sons, Terry Wofford and Roy Shannon Wofford, both of Burlington; a daughter, Kelly Hammond of Mebane and four grandchildren. A private memorial service will be held in...

BURLINGTON- Amos R. Rhames, 76, of 1566 Deep Creek Church Rd., died Monday, January 16, 2006 at Alamance Regional Medical Center after three months of failing health. A native of Auburn, FL, he was the son of the late Angus B. Rhames and the late Thelma Pitts Rhames and was married to Peggy Hart Rhames, who...

Burlington - Mozelle Garrison Beckom, 89, of 2875 Mine Creek Rd. died on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. She was born in Alamance County, daughter of the late Lacy Lee and Bertha Saunders Garrison and was married to the late James Washington Beckom. Mrs. Beckom was a loving wife, mother and grandmother,...

Mr. William Dallas Crabtree, 74, of 817 Stockard St., died Sunday, June 18, 2006 at Alamance Regional Medical Center after a month of failing health. A native of Chatham County, he was the son of the late Dewitt Crabtree and the late Treva Gunter Crabtree and was married to Mrs. Anna Vashti Briggs Crabtree, who survives....

Burlington- Jacob Willard J.W. Foust , 68, of 851 Deep Creek Church Rd., died on Thursday, July 6, 2006 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. He was born in Alamance County, son of late Geneva Foust Brown and Gurney Lee Foust. J.W. was a member of Maranatha Baptist Church and was employed at Copeland Fabrics until...

Alton Ingram Farrior, 86, of 6853 Bethel Church Rd., died Saturday, May 26, 2007 at Moses Cone Hospital after several months of failing health. A native of Duplin County, he was the son of the late Julian Isaac Farrior and the late Eliza Jane Hunter Farrior and was married for 57 years to Mrs. Jeanette Thomas...

Bruce Butler Jackson, age 85, formerly of Woodland Avenue went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, October 11, 2008 at Clapps Nursing Center. He was a native Sampson County and the husband of the late Dorothy "Dot" Elaine Page Jackson. Bruce retired from Turner Transfer Company after 52 years as a general foreman and...

Ellen Frances Moore Whitesell, 80, formerly of Steele St. in Gibsonville passed away Friday April 7, 2006 at Carolina Commons following a lengthy illness. She was the wife of the late James Harvey Whitesell and the daughter of the late Mallie R. M.R. and Betty Sue Alcon Moore. Frances was a member of the First Baptist...

Lydia Marie Patterson Ferrell, 64, of 1719 Elder Ct. died on Sunday, January 7, 2007 at her home after six months of declining health. She was born in Orange County, daughter of the late Robert Lee Patterson and Mozelle Lucille Murray Patterson who survives. She worked for Gold Toe Hosiery and was a member of Peoples...

Gerald Lacy Johnson, Jr., age 54, of 1133 Main Street went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, May 12, 2006 at Duke University Medical Center. He was a native of Alamance County and the husband of 34 years of Jan Brothers Johnson who survives. Gerald was employed with the US Postal Service...