Obituaries

Kimesville James Earl Sharpe, 78, died Wednesday, April 19, 2006 at Alamance Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. He was the husband of Lou Jones Sharpe who survives and the son of the late Earl DeWitte and Mozelle Isley Sharpe. A native of Alamance County, a member of Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church. He was...

Burlington, NC Edgar H. Ted Shepard, age 78, of 307 Christopher Drive went home to be with the Lord at his home on Friday, December 30, 2005. He was a native of Guilford County and the husband of 56 years to Alene Long Shepard who survives. Ted retired from Copeland Industries after 42 years and after...

Prospect Hill - Edith Shockley Gammon, 84 of 559 John Russell Rd. died on Monday, March 6, 2006 at her home. She was born in Dublin, VA, daughter of the late Elmer Price and Ethel Bowman Shockley and was married to Oscar William Gammon, Sr. for 66 years. Edith was a homemaker and attended Powerline Church...

Burlington - Grace Mae Burch Fuqua, age 96, formerly of S. Beaumont Avenue and more recently of The Oaks of Burlington went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 8, 2007 after four weeks of critical illness. She was a native of Newberry, South Carolina, the wife of the late Fred F. Fuqua and...

Cassie Kennedy Lineberry, 99, of 4208 Alamance Rd. died Saturday, April 8, 2006 at Alamance Regional Medical Center after three weeks of a critical illness. A native of Moore County, NC, she was the wife of the late Arthur Lewis Lineberry and the daughter of the late Charles Luther and Nettie Garner Kennedy. She retired from...

Kenny Lester Foster, 66, of 1416 Overbrook Road died Friday, March 10, 2006 at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital. He was the husband of Gwenette Taylor Foster and the son of the late Lester and Alice Petty Foster. Kenny retired from the Burlington Housing Authority and was a veteran of the US Navy and a member...

Claudy A. Fowler, 79, passed away Sunday, February 17, 2008 at his home. A native of Burlington, NC, he was the son of the late Zeb Auburn and Grace Mae Faucette Fowler. He was a graduate of Burlington High School and Elon College. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War and retired from Sears,...

Mary B. Scheible,86, formerly of Scotia, N.Y., died on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 at Edgewood Place in Burlington, N. C. She was born in Schenectady, N.Y. and was the daughter of Herbert N. and Clara C. Buechner. She is survived by a son, Paul Patricia Scheible of Mebane, N.C. and a brother, William Catherine Buechner of...

Birdie Wagoner Crutchfield Scott, 83, of Laurel Hill Dr. passed away Sunday, November 6, 2005 at Twin Lakes Center following two years of failing health. She was the wife of the late Allie C. Scott and the late G.C. Crutchfield, Jr. and the daughter of the late William Currie and Jesse Pearl Horner Wagoner. Birdie was...

Hilton Lee Yow, 87, of Dick St., was a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ and went home to be with his Heavenly Father on Monday, March 12, 2007. He was a native of Guilford County and was the son of the late Henry Robert and Blanch Flynn Yow. Hilton was married to the late Cora...

Burlington Mrs. Mozel Smith Foster, age 92, formerly of Long St. passed away Monday February 19, 2007 at Alamance Health Care. A native of Alamance County, she was wife of the late Eldred Calvin Foster and daughter of the late Don M. and Bessie Isley Smith. She was a member of Emmanuel United Methodist Church and...

Effie Mae Linker Lemons, 73, passed away Monday, April 9, 2007 at her residence. Mrs. Lemons was born September 21, 1933 in Concord, NC to the late Walter Alexander and Carrie Burris Linker. She was the widow of the late James Rufus Lemons who preceded her in 2001. She worked for Aramark at Elon University and...

R. J. Beane, formerly of Burlington passed away unexpectedly and peacefully at his home. He was born September 19,1915. He was retired after 45 years with Burlington Industries. He was a lifetime member of the Bula Lodge # 409 AF & AM and was an active member of the Order of the Eastern Star. He was...

Daniel Danny Ray Leath, 43, of 4731 Pagetown Rd. died on Friday, June 22, 2007 from the results of an auto accident. He was born in Alamance County and was the son of Ronald Ronnie C. and Shirley Cox Leath. Danny was employed by QI-Renn Building Products in Greensboro, was a volunteer fireman with Altamahaw-Ossipee Volunteer...

Mary Frances Bailey Beam, 78, of 206 N. St. John St., died Monday, June 18, 2007 at her home. She is survived by five daughters, Janice D. Beam of Burlington, Sarah Teausaw of Henderson, NV, Martha A. Bays of Stafford, VA, Frances E. Meekin of Pahrump, NV and Ruth Cardwell of Graham; and two sons, Kenneth...

Lonzie Edmond Jack Foster, Jr., 78 of 1432 NC 87 North, died on Friday, February 16, 2007 at Duke University Medical Center after a sudden illness. He was born in Alamance County, son of the late Lonzie Edmond Foster, Sr. and the late Myrtle Dodson Foster. Jack was married for over 53 years to Helen Holt...

Burlington Ann-Marie Lashley, 40, of 801 W. Davis St. died on Thursday, November 10, 2005 at Duke University Medical Center. She was born in Coventry, England. Ann was entering her 12th season as the Associate head coach of the Elon Womens Basketball team where she received the AFLAC National Assistant Coach of the Year Award following...

Roger John Beauchesne, 85, of 2522 Pitt Rd., died Thursday, March 15, 2007 at Rehabilitation and Healthcare of Alamance after a brief illness. A native of Manchester, NH, he was the son of the late Oliver Beauchesne and the late Lumina Beauchesne and was married for over 65 years to Onie Allison Beauchesne, who died in...

Ernest Curtis Beckom, 73, of Burch Bridge Rd. passed away Sunday August 13, 2006 at D&M Family Care following several years of declining health. He was the husband of Margaret Sykes Beckom and the son of the late Ernest and Bertha Ross Beckom. Ernest was a native of Alamance County, retired from Culp Weaving and was...

Joseph Paul Joe LaVancha, 71 of 212 S. Marshall St. Graham passed away Saturday December 3, 2005 at Alamance Regional Medical Center following a courageous battle with cancer. He was the husband of Myona Ross LaVancha and the son of the late Maurice and Caroline LeFleur LaVancha. Joe retired from Alamance Regional Medical Center and served...