Obituaries

Gaston Lee Roberts, 89, of Turner Rd. passed away Friday, July 13, 2007 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. He was the husband of the late Edith Virginia Simmons Roberts and the son of the late Grady Henry and Oletha Owens Roberts. Gaston was a native of Prairie Hill, Texas, served in the US Army during WW...

Wake Forest, NC Bobby Dean Bassett, age 38, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 3, 2006. He was a native of Cookeville, Tennessee and the son of Paul James Bud King, Jr. and Barbara Ann Vogler Wilson. Bobby was employed with the Water Treatment Plant for the City of Raleigh. Bobby was...

Donald Lee Rogers, 74, of Everette St. died on Thursday, February 15, 2007 at the Hospice Home. He was born in Alamance County, son of the late Albert Hoyt and Bessie Rippy Rogers. Donald was a Christian, a born-again believer in Jesus Christ. He loved spending time with his family as his children and grandchildren were...

Mrs. Dorothy Sutton Lamm, 86, of 8283 Kerr Chapel Rd., died on Sunday, August 21, 2005 at Alamance Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. A native of Alamance County, she was the daughter of the late Arba Sutton and the late Ida Skenes Sutton and was married to the late Junior Edward Lamm who died...

Mebane, NC Theodosia Theo Jane Frazier Rudisill, age 84, of Biscayne Drive went home to be with the Lord on Friday, July 13, 2007 at White Oake Manor. She was a native of Virgilina, Virginia and the daughter of the late Hugh Roland Frazier and the late Bobbie Tuck Frazier. Theo retired as a registered nurse...

Thelma Eugenia Smith Fonville, a resident of Sandy Cross Road, Burlington, NC died on March 1, 2006 at Piedmont Crossing Retirement Center in Thomasville, NC. Thelma Fonville was born in Caswell County on March 8, 1917. She was the third of six children of William Lindsay Smith, Sr., a storekeeper, and Flossie Jane Bridgers Smith, a...

Mary L. LaPlaca, 87, of Westtown, N.Y. died Friday, March 24, 2006, peacefully surrounded by her family at her residence. Mary was born in New York, N.Y. on April 22, 1918, the daughter of Frank and Teresa Lodato Carbone. She was the widow of Joseph A. LaPlaca. Mary was a graduate of the New York School...

Dora Snead Wright, age 85, of 4525 Regulator Dr., Burlington passed away at 1:40 pm Monday, August 15, 2005 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. A native of Caswell County, she was wife of the late Howard Abner Wright and daughter of the late Thomas Lancelot and Vergie Parrott Snead. Mrs. Wright was a retired employee of...

Robert Ward Flowers, 64, of Kings Rd. and formerly of Greensboro, walked into eternity on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 at Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet, SC. He was born in Wayne County, son of the late Robert Lee and Margaret Ada Raynor Flowers and was married to Verna Morene Flowers who survives. Robert was formerly...

Burlington - Mary Elizabeth Cheek King, 92, of 1034 Grace Ave. died on Monday, November 6, 2006 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. She was born in Alamance County, daughter of the late Ervin Sherra Cheek and the late Nannie Overman Cheek. She retired from Western Electric after 30 years of service and was a member of...

Joyce Crumpler Wright, passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2006 at Pinelake Health and Rehab in Carthage. She was born in Sampson County, daughter of the late Jefferson and Henrietta Crumpler and was married to the late Herman E. Wright. She was a member of Shallow Ford United Church of Christ and a member of the...

Gary Jerome Baker, 14, died on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at UNC Hospital. He is survived by his mother, Patricia Ann Hornbuckle Flood and his father, Gary Douglas Baker. The funeral will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, February 3, 2007 at Lowe Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Mebane. The...

Gibsonville - Fred Raymond Flynn, 85, of 306 Wood St. died on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 at his residence. A native of Guilford County, he was the husband of Hazel Ward Flynn, who survives and son of the late Frank and Bertha Boone Flynn. He retired from Jake's Bar-B-Q, was a member of Gibsonville United Methodist...

Burlington, NC Ida Curlee Wright, 92, formerly of Ingle Street went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 25, 2005 at Alamance Health Care. She was a native of Anson County and the daughter of the late James Thomas and Viola Livingston Curlee. Ida was employed for many years with Sellars Department Store as...

BURLINGTON- Mrs. Sara Duncan King, 79, formerly of Ridgeway Dr., died Saturday, May 12, 2007 at White Oak Manor after several months of failing health. A native of Chatham County, she was the daughter of the late John Anderson Duncan and the late Sarah Alma Keller Duncan and was married to the late Melvin E. King,...

Garland Hitter Bagbey, 75, of 3551 Bagbey Trail died on Saturday, February 17, 2007 at his home after a year of failing health. He was born in Nelson, VA, son of the late Robert Yancey and Sudie Wilkins Bagbey and was married to Alta Jo Rogers Bagbey, who survives. Garland was a tobacco farmer and a...

Burlington- Mr. Martin Keith Riley, 52, passed away Tuesday, June 05, 2007 at his residence. He was born July 27, 1954 to the late Johnny Wade Riley and Valendia Riley Walston who survives. He worked for Glen Raven Mills as a supervisor before his early retirement. Survivors other than his mother, include three sisters, Marsha Riley...

Patricia Ann Jones Riggs, 71, of Wood Ave. died on Friday, April 25, 2008 at her home. She is survived by her husband, Howard Bolling Riggs of the home; sons, Terry Wofford and Roy Shannon Wofford, both of Burlington; a daughter, Kelly Hammond of Mebane and four grandchildren. A private memorial service will be held in...

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...

Bratcher Franklin Riley, age 87, of 207 E. Jackson St., passed away Sunday January 21, 2007 at White Oak Manor. A native of Orange County, he was husband of the late Annie Massey Riley and son of the late William Henry and Sarah Wilson Riley. He was retired from Old Dominion Box Co., an Army Veteran...