Obituaries

Joel Paul Tate, 91, of Morningside Dr. passed away Thursday at UNC Hospital. He was the husband of the late Maggie Scott Tate and the late Bessie H. Tate. He was the son of the late Jacob William and Mattie Walker Tate. Paul was a native of Alamance County, a member of Altamahaw Baptist Church and...

Raymond Lewis Hill, age 93, passed away Tuesday May 1, 2007 at Alamance Health Care. A native of Alamance County, he was the husband of the late Dorothy Mitchell Hill and son of the late Charlie Roy and Daisy Odell Hill. He was retired from Glen Raven Mills and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include...

David D. Sutton, 50, of 516 North 2nd St. died Sunday October 2, 2005 at his home after 10 months of failing health due to a brain tumor. He was the husband of Mindy Boone Sutton and son of the late Dallas and Oteleyn Smith Sutton. A native of Alamance County he was a homebuilder, devoted...

Eva Sally Tickle Hall, 88, of 120 N. Gurney St. and formerly of Altamahaw, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 19, 2006 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. She was born in Alamance County, daughter of the late C. Turner and Mary M. Hudgins Tickle, and was married to the late Javey Thomas...

Betty Williams Younger, 73, of 403 S. Joyner St. went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 27, 2005 at the Hospice Home. She was born in Alamance County and was the daughter of the late John C. Williams and the late Sara Bradsher Williams. She is survived by her husband of 50 years,...

GIBSONVILLE- Edgar Samuel Cook, 85, of 723 Dick St., passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 5, 2005 at his home after an extended illness. A native of Pittsylvania County, VA, he was married to Mrs. Muriel Allred Cook since 1942. He was an U.S. Army Veteran serving in the European Theatre during WWII. He was retired...

George Garland Cantrell, 85, of 4046 Burch Bridge Rd., passed away Sunday, October 8, 2006 at the V.A. Hospital in Durham after several years of failing health. He was the husband of Bernice Beckom Cantrell for 64 years. George was a native of Alamance County, retired from Cone Mills Minneola Plant after many years of service,...

Clifton Porter Underwood, 85, of 3011 County Farm Rd., died Monday, July 24, 2006 at the Hospice Home after several years of failing health. A native of Montgomery County, he was the son of the late Zack L. Underwood and the late Nannie Kelley Underwood and was married to Mrs. Margie Loriane Wilson Underwood, who survives,...

Burlington William Bill Glenn Ingle, 87, of 410 Wildwood Lane died at his residence on Saturday, April 15, 2006. He was born in Stanley County, son of the late Edward T. and Pearl Pennington Ingle, and was married to Vera Self Ingle, who survives, for 62 years. Bill was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII and...

Burlington, NC William Big H Howard Leath, age 82 of 3753 Burch Bridge Road went home to be with the Lord on Friday, November 17, 2006. He was a native of Caswell County and the husband of 64 years to Emma Maybud Faucette Leath. Howard retired after over 40 years of service with Burlington Industries at...

Jerry A. Wagoner, 63, of 4346 Altamahaw Race Track Rd., died on Wednesday, November 16, 2005 at UNC Hospitals after a brief illness. He was born in Alamance County, son of the late Carney Alfred and Ruth Jones Wagoner and was married to Anne Kapp Wagoner, who survives. Jerry retired from Ball Corporation in Reidsville and...

Fred Holt Boone, 50, of Boone Rd. passed away Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at his home. He was born in Alamance County and was the son of William Holt Boone and Wilma Byrd Boone. He was employed by Elon University and was a member of Lakeview Community Church. He is survived by his daughter, Brandy Boone...

Mrs. Dorothy Elizabeth Simmons Wilkins, age 84, of 2151 Wilkins Rd. passed away at 4:30 AM Thursday May 3, 2006 at Edgewood Place. A native of Caswell County, she was the daughter of the late William Roach and Minnie Ethel Miles Simmons and the wife of Glen Wilkins who survives. She was a member of Concord...

John A. Myers, 69, of 2027 Woodland Ave., died Sunday, June 24, 2007 at the Hospice Home after 15 months of declining health. A native of Alamance County, he was the son of the late Cecil W. Myers and the late Beryl McAdams Myers and was married for over 42 years to Shirley Burgess Myers, who...

ELON- Edith Cosby Shotzberger, 86, died Friday, May 11, 2007 at her residence. She was born in Midlothian, Va. but called North Carolina home for the past 39 years. She was a homemaker, and loving, caring, giving mother and wife. She was fortunate to have many friends. She had been active in the Burlington Womens club...

Elon SAMMY WILLIAMS Leland Samuel Sammy Williams, age 31, of E. Haggard Ave. passed away suddenly Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at UNC Chapel Hill. A native of Alamance County, he was the son of Leland Kenneth and Patricia Sadler Williams. He was a member of Stony Creek Presbyterian Church, employed by Kemco of Burlington, Inc. and...

High Point, NC Susan Wimmer Dreyer, age 43, of Eli Moore Court died on Saturday, August 12, 2006 at High Point Regional Hospital. She the wife of David Leroy Dreyer who survives. A native of Burlington, she was the daughter Neil Jackson and Martha Hughes Wimmer. She was a graduate of Walter M. Williams High School...

Burlington, NC Patricia Ann Pat Faucette Matthews, age 74, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, August 28, 2006 surrounded by her loving children at Alamance Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Guilford County and the wife of the late William Henry Matthews. Pat graduated from Gibsonville High School and received her...

Marie McKiever Chanas died Sunday, March 4, 2007 in Elon, North Carolina. She was born June 2, 1919 in New York City, she lived most of her adult life in Union City, NJ. As a young woman, she swam professionally with The Billy Rose Aquacade and performed at the 1939 Worlds Fair in NY. She then...

Margaret Ingle Spence, 96, formerly of Gibsonville, died at Lucy Corr Village in Chesterfield, VA on Friday, October 28, 2005 after a brief illness. She was born in Alamance County, daughter of the late Lacy Saunders Ingle and Rosabelle Hutchinson Ingle and was married for 69 years to the late Robert "Bob" Julian Spence, Sr. who...