Obituaries

Grady Keith Starling, age 46 of Bellemont Mt. Hermon Rd. died on Thursday, July 20, 2006 at his home. He was born in Alamance County, son of Grady A. Starling and the late Myrtle Porter Starling. Keith was an employee of Barristers Cafe in Graham and was of the Baptist faith. He enjoyed doing karaoke and...

Sara Lea Iseley Stanfield, 86, of 428 Stanfield Rd. passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2007 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. She was the wife of Herbert Elwood Stanfield and the daughter of the late Clem Wade and Alma Keck Iseley. Sara was a member of Baynes Baptist Church and the Womens Missionary Union. She was greatly...

William Bill Duward Miles, 82,of 917 Washington St. died November 17, 2005 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. He was married to Lula Cook Miles for 39 years and was the son of the late William Jesse and Sue Bramble Miles. A native of Wilmington, NC, he was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church of Mebane and...

Graham, NC Tony Edwin Butler, age 52, died on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. He was the son of the late James Edwin Butler and Bobbie Holiday Butler. Tony was a self-employed welder and a member of East Burlington Church of God. Tony was an avid Duke Fan. He is survived...

Myrtle Porter Starling, 72, of 103 S. Broad St. went home to be with the Lord, Thursday, February 23, 2006 after six months of failing health and five weeks critical. She was the wife of Grady A. Starling for forty-six and a half years. She was the daughter of the late Melvin Seth Thomas Porter and...

Burlington, NC Gary Don Campbell, age 63, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, September 21, 2006 at the Hospice Home. He was a native of Arbyrd, Missouri and the husband of Elaine Marie Campbell who survives. Gary was a veteran of the US Airforce and a member of the VFW post in Gibsonville....

Burlington, NC Hallie Oliver Byrd, 88, formerly of NC 62 South, Yanceyville, passed away on February 5, 2007 at the Hospice Home in Burlington after several years of declining health and three weeks of critical illness. A lifetime resident of Caswell County, she was the wife of the late Johnnie Preston Byrd and the daughter of...

Burlington, NC John Joseph Joe Harris, 78, of Greenwood Drive died on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Alamance County and the son of the late John Weaver and Addie Johnson Harris. Joe retired from Western-Southern Life Insurance Company in Burlington after 30 years as an agent. He...

Burlington Gladys Anna Talbot Steele, 69, of 3023 Leath Rd. died on Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at her home. She is survived by her husband of the home, Paul Kenneth Steele, Sr.; sons, Paul Kenneth Steele, Jr. of Bullock and William Clifford Steele, Sr. of Elon; six grandchildren and one great grandchild. A private service will...

Burlington, NC Mabel Sykes Stamps, age 75, of 2323 May Drive went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 at her home. She was a native of Alamance County and the wife of the late William Earlie Bill Stamps. Mabel was employed for many years with Burlington Industries at the J. Spencer...

Mrs. Joan Carol Farley Stephenson, age 58, of 297 Woodland Dr. Elon passed away on Sunday October 23, 2005 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. A native of Shady Spring, W.VA, she was wife of Rev. Robert W. Bob Stephenson and daughter of Willie Berman Farley, Jr. and the late Regina Dell Sweeney Farley. She was employed...

Mrs. Dorothy Freshwater Hedrick, age 88, formerly of Medallion Dr., passed away Sunday August 13, 2006 at Hunter Woods Nursing and Rehabilitation Center A native of Alamance County, she was daughter of the late Fred and Hattie Freshwater and wife of the late Oscar Wilburn Hedrick. She was a retired hairdresser. Mrs. Hedrick is survived by...

ANDERSON- Hassel Allen Byrd, Sr., 84, of 9894 NC 62 S, died Thursday, January 5, 2006 at Alamance Regional Medical Center after a week of failing health. A native of Caswell County, he was the son of the late Drewry Allen Byrd and the late Vera Walker Byrd and was married to the late Louisa Foster...

Eliga Leonard E. L. Eddie Harris, 72, of 2964 Siler Rd. died on Saturday, September 2, 2006 at Kindred Hospital in Greensboro after 5 months failing health. He was a native of Zebulon and was married to the late May Lily Green Harris. E. L. was a former employee of Electric Service and Sales in Greensboro....

Gibsonville Edna Vivian Jarrett Stallings, age 93, of 410 S. Joyner St. passed away Tuesday December 13, 2005 at Burlington Manor. A native of Randolph County, she was the daughter of the late John Wesley and Connie Beatrice Frazier Jarrett. She was retired after 40 years from Cone Mills and was a homemaker. She was of...

Burlington, NC Dorothy Dot Brown Hall, age 84, formerly of Garfield Road went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, April 19, 2007 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Stokes County and the wife of the late Earlie M. Hall. Dot worked for many years with Burlington Industries and recently retired...

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Shoffner Staley, 93, formerly of Whitsett, died Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at Clare Bridge Nursing Center. A native of Guilford County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas J. Shoffner and the late Nora Greeson Shoffner and was married to the late John Joseph Staley, who died in 1994. She was a...

Mrs. Ruby Mae Johnston Spoon, 83, of 1265 Willie Spoon Lane, died Saturday, October 14, 2006 at the Hospice Home after several months of failing health. A native of Alamance County she was the daughter of the late John Albert Johnston and the late Amy Wagoner Johnston and was marred to the late William Vance Spoon,...

Burlington, NC Louise Bryson, 92, of 3749 Wade Coble Drive at Twin Lakes Retirement Community in Burlington died on Tuesday, July 3, 2007. She had been a resident at Twin Lakes since selling her home in Chapel Hill in 1989. She was a lady of gentle temperament, generous spirit, persevering patience, deep modesty, and stubborn good...

Lloyd Ferrell Bunn, 70, of Holyfield Road, went home to be Lord on Monday, June 18, 2007 at the Hospice Home. He was a native of Davidson County and the son of the late McCollum Pfeiffer Bunn and the late Lydia Idella Farrington Bunn. Lloyd was a carpenter and a member of Altamahaw Baptist Church. Mr....