Obituaries

Burlington Buck McMillion Manuel Buck McMillion, age 96, of 1103 W. Webb Ave. passed away Monday October 30, 2006 at the Hospice Home. A native of Carroll County, VA, he was the husband of Posie Holyfield McMillion who survives and son of the late George and Martha McMillion McMillion. He was a retired state employee working...

Charles Max Fox, 65, cherished husband , father, brother and friend, died March 12, 2007 at Duke University Medical Center after a short illness. Charles was born September 16, 1941 in Burlington, NC to the late James Everette Fox and the late Mary Aleene Stevenson Fox. Charles grew up in the EM Holt community and resided...

Bernice Warren Jobe, 84, passed away Friday at Alamance Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. He was the husband of the late Mildred Bennett Jobe and the son of the late James Wesley and Amanda Sharpe Jobe. Warren was born in Orange County, served in the U.S. Army, retired from Longs Hosiery Mill was a...

Whitsett Wayne David Shepherd, age 71, of Whitsett died Thursday afternoon at Alamance Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. A native of Whitsett, he was the son of the late L. B. and Mozelle Clay Shepherd and husband of Beulah Burgess Shepherd who survives. In his early years, Wayne was co-owner of L.B. Shepherd Radio...

Jean Ann Roddin Bretz, age 60, of 6619 Barton Creek Drive went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, November 4, 2006 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Brooklyn, New York and the wife of 39 years to Kenneth Bretz who survives. Jean was a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church...

Graham, NC Harold Tom Leslie Mix, age 90, of 1220 Ravenwood Drive formerly of Cedar Ridge Retirement Center went home to be with the Lord on Friday, June 15, 2007 at his home. He was a native of Hume, New York and the husband of the late Elsie Sawyer Mix.Tom retired from Republic Steel Company and...

Burlington, NC Roy Albert Lewis,84, of 342 Albany St. passed away Sunday, January 21, 2007 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. Mr. Lewis was born April 3, 1922 in Danville, Va. to the late Mr. Walter Henry and Mrs.Clyde Haraway Lewis. He was married to Muriel Wiggins Lewis who preceded him in 2002. Mr. Lewis was a...

Gibsonville, NC Martha Lorene Aunt Lo Toler Hamilton, age 80, formerly of Gibsonville died on Monday, January 23, 2006. She was born in Danville, Virginia and was the wife of the late Luther Calvin Buck Hamilton, Sr. Martha was a homemaker and a member of Brookwood Baptist Church and over the past several years she lived...

Eden, NC Rev. William Eugene Baulding, age 87, of 1815 E. Stadium Drive went home to be with the Lord on Friday, February 2, 2007 at the Brian Center in Eden. He was the husband of 64 years to Louise Terrell Baulding who survives. Rev. Baulding was a member of the Western North Carolina Conference of...

Gibsonville, NC Irene Troxler Howerton, age 89, of 4074 Gilliam Church Road went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 15, 2006 at the Hospice Home. She was a native of Alamance County and the wife of Garland Daniel Howerton who survives. Irene farmed with her husband and was a wonderful wife and mother...

McLendon Mack Younger, 79, of Gibsonville, died Thursday, May 24, 2007 at his home after several months of failing health. A native of Alamance County, he was the son of the late Sidney Vance Younger and the late Mary Farrier Younger and was married for over 56 years to Mrs. Grace Beatrice Powell Younger who survives....

Mrs. Mary Jane Janie Watson Simpson, 83, of 1813 S. Mebane St., passed away on Thursday, December 7, 2006 at the Hospice Home after a critical illness of several days. A native of Caswell County, she was the daughter of the late Theo A. Watson and the late Lula Barnwell Watson and was married to the...

Elon Mrs. Sallie Roberta Wakefield Pritchett, age 92, of 3243 N.C. 87 North, passed away Sunday July 15, 2007 at her home. Born July 17, 1914, she was a native of Guilford County, the wife of George H. Pritchett who survives and the daughter of the late Thomas and Lydia Sallie Lindsay Wakefield. She was a...

Burlington, NC George Allen Bancroft, age 59, of Country Club Mobile Home Park went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 4, 2006 at his home. He was a native of Lenawee County, Michigan. George was a retired truck driver and a member of Rock Creek Baptist Church. He is survived by his sons...

Burlington, NC Hazel Shockley Cannon, 80, of 1546 Maple Avenue went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 20, 2005 at her home. She was a native of Alamance County and the daughter of the late Elmer Price and Ethel Bowman Shockley. Hazel retired after 30 years with Burlington Industries and was a member...

Mr. Earl Washington Minor, 78, of 1817 Bason Creek Ed. went home to be with the Lord Friday, February 16, 2007 at the Hospice Home. Mr. Minor was born June 21, 1928 in Caswell, County to the late William R. and Laura Terrell Minor. Mr. Minor was a very active member of Altamahaw Baptist Church where...

Mr. Dallas T. Bucky Sutton, Sr. 58, of 2605 Bermuda Trail went home to be with the Lord Saturday, July 7, 2007 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. Mr. Sutton was born March 23, 1949 in Alamance County to the late Dallas and Oteleyn Smith Sutton. He was married 23 years to his wife Patricia Oakley Sutton...

McLeansville, NC Ms. Teresa Terri Stewart Cox, 44, of 4137 Keely Rd. passed away Saturday, February 17, 2007 at Duke Medical Center. Ms. Cox was born July 17, 1962 in Alamance County to Douglas Stewart and Barbara Angel Stewart, who survive. Ms. Cox was a graduate of North Carolina A&T State University with a B. S....

Burlington, NC Roy Madison Caudle, Sr. age 81, of 3154 Garden Road died on Sunday, February 25, 2007 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Rockingham County and the husband of Lessie Campbell Caudle who survives. Roy retired from Western Electric after 37 years and was a US Marine Corp veteran serving in...

Christopher Duffy Collins, 28, of 125 Orange Drive died at his home on Friday, September 16, 2005 after a courageous battle with renal failure and dialysis for two and a half years. He was a native of New Hanover County and the son of Bruce Eugene Collins and Mary Jo Ashby Collins. Duffy was a student...