Obituaries

Fred Holt Boone, 50, of Boone Rd. passed away Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at his home. He was born in Alamance County and was the son of William Holt Boone and Wilma Byrd Boone. He was employed by Elon University and was a member of Lakeview Community Church. He is survived by his daughter, Brandy Boone...

Mrs. Dorothy Elizabeth Simmons Wilkins, age 84, of 2151 Wilkins Rd. passed away at 4:30 AM Thursday May 3, 2006 at Edgewood Place. A native of Caswell County, she was the daughter of the late William Roach and Minnie Ethel Miles Simmons and the wife of Glen Wilkins who survives. She was a member of Concord...

John A. Myers, 69, of 2027 Woodland Ave., died Sunday, June 24, 2007 at the Hospice Home after 15 months of declining health. A native of Alamance County, he was the son of the late Cecil W. Myers and the late Beryl McAdams Myers and was married for over 42 years to Shirley Burgess Myers, who...

ELON- Edith Cosby Shotzberger, 86, died Friday, May 11, 2007 at her residence. She was born in Midlothian, Va. but called North Carolina home for the past 39 years. She was a homemaker, and loving, caring, giving mother and wife. She was fortunate to have many friends. She had been active in the Burlington Womens club...

Elon SAMMY WILLIAMS Leland Samuel Sammy Williams, age 31, of E. Haggard Ave. passed away suddenly Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at UNC Chapel Hill. A native of Alamance County, he was the son of Leland Kenneth and Patricia Sadler Williams. He was a member of Stony Creek Presbyterian Church, employed by Kemco of Burlington, Inc. and...

High Point, NC Susan Wimmer Dreyer, age 43, of Eli Moore Court died on Saturday, August 12, 2006 at High Point Regional Hospital. She the wife of David Leroy Dreyer who survives. A native of Burlington, she was the daughter Neil Jackson and Martha Hughes Wimmer. She was a graduate of Walter M. Williams High School...

Burlington, NC Patricia Ann Pat Faucette Matthews, age 74, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, August 28, 2006 surrounded by her loving children at Alamance Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Guilford County and the wife of the late William Henry Matthews. Pat graduated from Gibsonville High School and received her...

Marie McKiever Chanas died Sunday, March 4, 2007 in Elon, North Carolina. She was born June 2, 1919 in New York City, she lived most of her adult life in Union City, NJ. As a young woman, she swam professionally with The Billy Rose Aquacade and performed at the 1939 Worlds Fair in NY. She then...

Margaret Ingle Spence, 96, formerly of Gibsonville, died at Lucy Corr Village in Chesterfield, VA on Friday, October 28, 2005 after a brief illness. She was born in Alamance County, daughter of the late Lacy Saunders Ingle and Rosabelle Hutchinson Ingle and was married for 69 years to the late Robert "Bob" Julian Spence, Sr. who...

Lola Mae Christine Wall, 80, passed away Tuesday,July 24, 2007 at Alamance Regional Medical Center following several years of failing health. She was the daughter of the late George Addison and Lillie Collins Wall. Lola was a native of Wake County, worked for Cone Mills in Greensboro and was a member of United Pentecostal Church. Survivors...

Mrs. Mary Frances Simpson Blaylock, age 79, of 362 Stoney Creek Church Rd. passed away Friday August 4, 2006 at her residence. A native of Caswell County, she was wife of the late William Henry Blaylock and daughter of the late Spencer Thomas and Mary Moore Simpson. She was retired from Western Electric and was a...

James Haywood Jim Swaim, 82, of 5923 Hwy 49 South died on Friday, October 14, 2005 at Duke University Medical Center after a sudden illness. He was born in Alamance County, son of the late Jesse Frank and Ella Horner Swaim and was married for 58 years to Katie Rogers Swaim, who survives. Jim was a...

Avery Bennett Irby, Sr., 65, of 3208 Jim Lowe Dr., died on Wednesday, July 5, 2006 at the Hospice Home after a six year battle with cancer. He was born in Pittsylvania County, VA, son of the late Eugene Irby and the late Bessie Rowland Irby Matherly and was married to Vilda Brewer Irby, who survives....

Vicky Johnson Marks Brinkley, age 64, of 1522 North NC 87 went home to be with the Lord on Monday, February 20, 2006 after two years of failing health. She was the wife of Jerry Ed Brinkley who survives and a native of Alamance County. Vicky was employed for many years at Alamance Regional Medical Center....

Burlington- Russell Vernon Morton, 82, of Burlington died Thursday, June 8, 2006 at the Alamance Hospice Home in Burlington. He was the husband of Hallie Apple Morton to whom he was married 60 wonderful years. He was born July 17, 1923 in Altamahaw to the late Junius E. and Sallie P. Morton. He graduated from Altamahaw-Ossipee...

Hazel Pearl Black Simpson, age 94, formerly of North Church Street went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at the Hospice Home. She was a homemaker and a member of Glen Hope Baptist Church. Survivors include a grandson, Clarence Simpson and step grandchildren, Marie and Joanne SImpson; sisters, Ruby Quakenbush of...

Elon - Evelyn Delores Reese of 1536 Elon-Ossipee Road, passed away on Sunday April 15, 2007 at the Hospice Home. She was a native of Alamance County and the daughter of the late Robert L. and Ola Virginia Steele Reese. Survivors include a daughter, Dorothy Mounts of Allsgood, Indiana; a sister, Linda Viers of Elon; four...

Leona Pierce Willard, 75, formerly of Burlington St. Gibsonville and of Twin Lakes peacefully went home to be with the Lord after a long courageous battle with cancer on Monday, November 6, 2006 at the Hospice Home. She was born in Randolph County, daughter of the late Benjamin Lee "Benny" and Annie Mae Nelson Pierce, and...

Burlington, NC Ruby Allred Hall, age 73, of 2121 N. NC 62 went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 12, 2006 at the Hospice Home. She was a native of Caswell County and the wife of the late William C. Hall. Ruby retired from Burlington Industries Finishing Plant and later worked for Kayser...

Alyse Shug Morton Simpson, age 73, of 2939 Gwyn Road went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 13, 2006 at UNC Hospitals. She was a native of Alamance County and the wife of the late Mack Dwight Simpson. Alyse retired after 30 plus years with the Greensboro City School System. She was a...