Obituaries

Mebane, NC Mrs. Mary Kathyrn Marks Best, 57, of 4206 Carriage Ct. passed away peacefully Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Best was born February 23, 1950 in Alamance, County to the late Wallace C. and Lela Tew Marks. She was retired after many years of service from General Electric and was...

Burlington Judy Hawkins Fuller Mrs. Judy Hawkins Fuller, age 66, of 2222 Woodridge Court, passed away Friday February 23, 2007 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. A native of Alamance County, she was the wife of Thomas R. Tommy Fuller and daughter of the late Claude Chesley and Maude Rebecca Bradsher Hawkins. She was a member of...

Guy Edward Shiflett, age 84, of 4522 Mt. Vernon Church Rd., passed on from this life at 4:20 AM Monday September 18, 2006 at his home. A native of the Blue Ridge Mountains, near Lydia, Virginia he was husband of Antje Butenschoen Shiflett and son of the late Addie Conley Shiflett. He was retired after 33...

James Troy Garner, 84, formerly of Prince Edward Dr., Elon passed away Monday, February 20, 2006 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. He was the husband of the late Elizabeth Curl Garner and the son of the late Oliver L. and Annie Williams Garner. Troy was a native of Alamance County, retired from Burlington Industries Finishing...

Jerry Wayne Furr , 53, of 861 Grey Fox Trail passed away Monday March 13, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Furr was born August 7, 1952 in Mecklenberg, Co. to the late Roy Millard Furr, Sr. and Mrs. Sally Beam Ward. Survivors other than his mother of Burlington include two sons, James Colon "Elizabeth" Furr of...

Gibsonville, NC Oliver Perry Shelton, age 79, of 605 Church Street went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 3, 2007 at his home. He was a native of Guilford County and the husband of 51 years to Carolyn McDaniel Shelton who survives. Oliver retired after 40 years with Lucent Technologies and was a...

Doris Faye Leonard Rector, 54, of 709 Askew St., passed away Thursday October 20, 2005 at the Hospice Home. She was the daughter of the late Kentry and Clara Bobbitt Leonard. Survivors include her son Anthony "Tony" Rector and his wife Angela of Burlington, grandchildren; Hunter Poole, Sage Rector, Jade Rector, sisters; Linda Smith, Cathy Gillespie...

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...

Burlington - Mozelle Garrison Beckom, 89, of 2875 Mine Creek Rd. died on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. She was born in Alamance County, daughter of the late Lacy Lee and Bertha Saunders Garrison and was married to the late James Washington Beckom. Mrs. Beckom was a loving wife, mother and grandmother,...

Burlington- Jacob Willard J.W. Foust , 68, of 851 Deep Creek Church Rd., died on Thursday, July 6, 2006 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. He was born in Alamance County, son of late Geneva Foust Brown and Gurney Lee Foust. J.W. was a member of Maranatha Baptist Church and was employed at Copeland Fabrics until...

Burlington, NC Ival Kenneth Kenny Beagle, age 57, of 11941 NC Hwy 62 South went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 23, 2006 at Duke University Medical Center. He was a native of Alamance County and the husband of 37 years to Remona Gregory Beagle who survives. Kenny retired from Burlington Industries after...

Gibsonville, NC Annie Scoggin Yow, age 87, of 400 Steele Street went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 18, 2006 at Moses Cone Hospital. She was a native of Guilford County and the wife of the late Robert Flynn Yow. Annie retired after fifteen years with Carolina Biological Supply as a lab technician....

Mrs. Broadus Irene Morris Scott, 91, formerly of Austin St. in Albemarle, NC, went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, January 28, 2007 at Carolina Commons Health and Rehabilation Center after several months of failing health. A native of Montgomery County, she was the daughter of the late Guilford Marvin Morris and the late...

Elon, NC Nell Benson Foust, age 94, a resident of Blakey Hall for over 3 years and formerly of W. Davis Street went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at the Hospice Home. She was a native of Albermarle and the daughter of the late Hiram King and Tizra Ann Rickert...

Ricky Thomas Shambley, 51, of 2503 Columbine Ln., died Friday, August 4, 2006 at his home after a lengthy illness. A native of Alamance County, he was the son of Thomas Gordon Shambley, Sr. and Marie Workman Shambley, who both survive. Ricky was a self-employed roofing contractor and also worked for Dougs Towing and Recovery. He...

Harry Ronald Ziegler, Sr. of Elon passed away Tuesday, August 29, 2006 at Moses Cone Medical Center. He was born March 23, 1937 in Reading, PA to the late Clarence and Kathryn Ziegler. Mr. Ziegler retired as a machinist and was of the Catholic faith. He is survived by his wife, Marie Hamaker Ziegler of the...