Obituaries

Myna Lee Gaydon Hammack, 88, formerly of Elwood St., went home to be with her Lord on Wednesday, July 4, 2007 at Alamance Healthcare Center after several years of failing health. A native of Lumpkin County, GA, she was the daughter of the late William Messer Gaydon and the late Frances Bell Burke Gaydon. In addition...

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...

Kyle Thomas Bowlsby, 19, of 824 Church St., died April 9, 2007 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center after a sudden accident. A native of Fairfax, VA, he was employed by Swissport at Raleigh-Durham International Airport and was a member of The Boy Scouts of America. He was a volunteer at Loaves and Fishes Christian...

Mrs. Margaret Paschal Cole Cheek, 87, of Edgewood Place, formerly of 6815 Paschal Road, died at 3:50 PM Monday January 30, 2006 at Edgewood Place after 5 years of declining health and 8 days critical illness. A native of Alamance County, she was the daughter of the late John Long Paschal and Annie Lee Barnett Paschal....

Martha Strader Wagoner, 57, of 905 N. Park Road, died Saturday, May 26, 2007, at Alamance Regional Medical Center. Survivors include her husband, Ernest Wagoner of the home. Funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 2, 2007, at Lowe Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will be held from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. prior to the...

Robert Orienton Simpson, Sr. wonderful husband, dad, pawpaw and friend went home to be with the Lord on Friday, December 23, 2005. Please join us as we celebrate his life on Tuesday, December 27th at Staley Memorial Baptist Church. Visitation with the family will be held in the sanctuary of the church 10-11 AM followed by...

Clara Mae McDaniel Wyrick of 3225 Huffine Mill Rd. went home to be with the Lord surrounded by her loving family on Friday, June 23, 2006 after a courageous battle with cancer for six years. She was born in Guilford County to the late Eddie Henry McDaniel and the late Emma Elizabeth Payne McDaniel. Clara 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...

Harvey Dean Andrews, 75, of 3521 Old Julian Rd. died Wednesday, October 18, 2006 at his home. He was the husband of the late Glenda Belvin Andrews for 47 years and son of the late Albert Monroe and Lillian Rockett Andrews. He was a native of Guilford county, a US Army Veteran, an active member of...

Mertie H. Long, 96, passed away Friday, June 30, 2006 at Alamance Regional Medical Center following a 3 day illness. She was the wife of the late Millard Long and the daughter of the late James R. and Zue Lena Price Robertson. Mertie was a native of Wake County, and retired from Tower Hosiery Mill, a...

Johnny Evan Page, age 58, of 1341 Pagetown Road died suddenly on Thursday, March 23, 2006 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. Johnny was born on January 28, 1948 and he lived most of his life in Caswell County. He was the first child of Howard Monroe and Mildred Pender Page and he grew up in the...

Clinton S. Hester, age 83, formerly of Oakland Dr., Burlington, passed away Friday March 16, 2007 at Morningside of Raleigh. A native of Guilford County, he was husband of the late Fleta Woodburn Hester and son of the late Clinton S. and Virginia Warren Trollinger Hester. Mr. Hester was a veteran of the U.S.A.F. during WWII...

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...

Addie Mae Sharpe Lockamy, 87 of 3861 Mine Creek Rd. went home to be with the Lord, Friday, July 28, 2006 at Edgewood Place. She was the wife of the late Aaron Maurice Lockamy for sixty-four years. She was the daughter of the late Ira Eucebius and Minnie Neese Sharpe. A native o f Alamance County,...

Burlington, NC Howard Toby Leon Andrews, Jr. age 34, of 1818 Fairview Street died on Sunday, October 22, 2006. He was a native of Alamance County and the husband of Kari Melissa Baughn Andrews who survives. Toby was employed for over 12 years with Carolina Biological. He was a member of the Northern Alamance Athletic Club...

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...

On March 7, 2007, we lost a great friend in Oscar Wayne Hines, to a lengthy battle with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma at the age of 45. He was born on May 11, 1961, to Wesley and Mabel Forbes Hines in McLeansville, Wayne grew up helping his father on the family farm and graduated from Eastern Guilford High...

Russell Vance Litten, Sr. 68 with his wife and children by his side, passed away on Monday, Sept. 4th, 2006 after a long and courageous struggle with Alzheimers disease. With his earthly journey complete, he has gone to spend eternity with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. And God shall wipe away all tears from their...

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...

Gibsonville, NC Edna Cook Groce, 81, of 4350 McIntyre Road went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 at Moses Cone Hospital. She was a native of Alamance County and the wife of the late Lawrence James Groce. Edna was employed for many years with Kayser Roth Hosiery and was a member...