Obituaries

Jerry Jackson Adams, Jr., age 71, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, June 2, 2006. Jerry was a devoted and loving husband, father and grandfather. He attended St. Mark's Reformed Church. A native of Opp, Alabama, Jerry was the husband of Bonnie Jean Adams, father of Lisa Adams Baker of Atlanta, GA, Dr....

Sondra Hall Jones, 62, passed away Friday, February 1, 2008 at her residence. Mrs. Jones was born October 18, 1945 in Rockingham, County to the late Melvin and Irma Hall. Sondra was a retired school counselor with the Alamance- Burlington School system. She was a graduate of Elon University and received a master's degree from the...

Irene Sherrill Culbreth, 85, formerly of Pinecrest St. died on Sunday, March 19, 2006 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. She was born in Iredell County, daughter of the late Charles Avery Sherrill and the late Marie Bass Sherrill Goforth, and was married to the late Wilbur Shorty C. Culbreth. Mrs. Culbreth retired from the Burlington Industries...

Wallace Holt Slade, 79, of 1462 Morningside Dr. went home to be with his Lord and Savior at his residence. Mr. Wallace was born March 26, 1927 in Alamance County to the late Lee Wycliff and Lillian G. Slade and he was married to Helen Potts Slade for over 60 years. Mr. Slade was a retired...

John William Baldwin, 68, of Kershaw, SC, and formerly of Gibsonville, died Wednesday, February 6, 2008. He was the son of the late Charles William "Bill" Baldwin and Dewey P. Baldwin who survives. A native of Guilford County, he was a graduate of Gibsonville High School and retired from Spring Mill in Lancaster, SC. He is...

William "Bill" Howard Somers, age 84, 3216 S. Church St., died Saturday, January 7, 2006 at UNC Hospitals. He was a native of Rockingham County and the son of the late Lester and Annie Ross Somers and the husband of the late Evelyn May Somers. Bill was a member of St. Mark's Reformed Church and a...

Gibsonville, NC Kathleen Kate Norris Moss, age 84, formerly of 400 Steele Street, Apt. 32 went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 12, 2006 at the Alamance Health Care. She was a native of Union, South Carolina and the daughter of the late Howard and Hattie Mae Russell Norris. Kate was a member...

Burlington, NC Mary Lloyd Wilborn, age 76, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, January 26, 2006 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Halifax County, Virginia and the wife of the late Thomas H. Wilborn. Mary attended Glen Raven Baptist Church and was a homemaker. She was a loving and...

Burlington, NC Russell Quinton Stovall, 86, formerly of Melody Lane went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, November 5, 2005 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. He was the husband of sixty-three years to Helen Martin Stovall who survives and a native of Rockingham County, NC. Russell retired after 30 years with the US Postal...

Funeral services for Lacy E. Hagood Sr., 85, will be at 11:00 am. Thursday at Lowe Funeral Home and Crematory with Rev Powell Sykes officiating. Colonel Hagood died Friday, 28th Oct, 2005 in Lawton, Oklahoma. Burial with full Military honors will be held at Pine Hill Cemetery, Burlington. He was born June 25, 1920 in Schoolfield,...

Mrs. Iva Sloan Hart of 615 Grace Ave. died Saturday, April 28, 2007 at Alamance Regional Medical Center after a sudden illness. A native of Harnett County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Burl T. Sloan and the late Ida Norris Sloan and was married to the late Clarence Edward Hart. Mrs. Hart was...

Hubert Bud Vernon Isley, 79, of 4557 Ashe Dr. went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, January 21, 2007 at his residence. Mr. Isley was born February 19, 1927 in Alamance County to the late Joseph Hubert and Viola Murray Isley. He retired from General Electric after many years of service, was...

Elon- Melissa Louise Rudd Smithey , 88, of 1050 North NC, 87, died Wednesday, November 2, 2005. She was a native of Randolph County and the daughter of the late George Washington and Goldie Chandler Rudd. She was the wife of the late Samuel S. Smithey, Sr. She was a member of the First Baptist Church...

Peggy Pruitt Mann, age 66, of Tucker Street, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, April 3, 2006 following a courageous eight year battle with colon cancer. She was the wife of Rev. Gerald Mann and the daughter of the late Ernest and Inez Langley Pruitt. Peggy was a native of Guilford County, worked...

Burlington, NC Inez Elizabeth Kelly Byrd, age 88 of Briarcliff Road went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. She was born on November 19, 1918 in Coats, NC to James B. and Ida Fuquay Kelly, the youngest of ten children. Inez was an excellent student and...

Elver Whitt Apple, age 76, of 6534 Pagetown Rd., passed away at 5:30 pm Tuesday January 3, 2006 at his home. A native of Guilford County, he was the son of the late William Earley and Hattie Mae Payne Apple and husband of Hazel Barker Apple who survives. He had formerly worked for Burlington Industries, House...

Burlington Emmie Henry Moore Allred, 100, passed away on Friday, May 11, 2007 at White Oak Manor. She was born in Wedowee, Alabama and moved to Burlington in 1930. She retired from Tower Hosiery Mills after 42 years of service. She was a charter member of East Burlington Church of God, now Harvest Hills Church. She...

Burlington - Eric Drew Doby, 48, of 2823 Charley Lane, went home to Lord, Saturday, October 14, 2006 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. A native of Alamance County, Mr. Doby was born August 10, 1958, to the late Richard E. Doby and Elma Mae Bishop Doby who survives. He worked for Goldtoe in Mebane and was...

Anna Willis Brown, 85, of McLeansville passed away on Friday, March 3, 2006 after two years of declining health. She was born in Guilford county, daughter of the late Eli Rankin and Mattie Gordon Brown. She retired from Bates Nitewear, was a member of Mt. Hope United Church of Christ and the Whitner Sunday School class....

Gibsonville Dale Elbert Billings, 84, of 336 Brightwood Church Rd. died on Saturday, March 31, 2007 at his home after six months of declining health. He was born in Baywood, VA, son of the late Frank Floyd and Lydia Nora Billings, and was married to Rosa Lee Ingle Billings, who survives. Mr. Billings was a homebuilder,...