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Betty Jane Carr Pulkingham, 90, slipped away peacefully on Thursday May 9, 2019 at home in Austin, Texas, surrounded in love by family and friends. Born August 25, 1928 in Burlington, North Carolina, Betty Jane received a Bachelor of Science in Music (Piano and Theory/Composition) in 1949 from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Following graduate studies at the Eastman School of Music, she became an Instructor in Music Theory at the University of Texas, where she met her...

Betty Jane Carr Pulkingham, 90, slipped away peacefully on Thursday May 9, 2019 at home in Austin, Texas, surrounded in love by family and friends. Born August 25, 1928 in Burlington, North...

Lucy Bowden

Lucy Newlin Bowden, age 93, went home to be with her Lord and Creator on Saturday, May 25, 2019, at the Presbyterian Home of Hawfields. Lucy grew up in Saxapahaw and spent her adult life in Burlington. She operated her own beauty shop on Beaumont Avenue for over 15 years. Lucy was a member of Webb Avenue Methodist Church (now Emmanuel UMC) for almost 70 years. For 52 years she was the wife of Walter W. Bowden, who passed in 2000. She was...

Lucy Newlin Bowden, age 93, went home to be with her Lord and Creator on Saturday, May 25, 2019, at the Presbyterian Home of Hawfields. Lucy grew up in Saxapahaw and spent her adult life in...

Annie Mae Collins Cheek

Mrs. Annie Mae Collins Cheek, 86, of Graham passed away at her residence on Friday, May 24, 2019 at 2:02 p.m. A native of Stokes County, she was the wife of the late Robert Ross Cheek and the daughter of George Russell Collins and Mary Corder Collins, both deceased. Survivors include seven children, Gaynelle Tidwell (Jerome), Novella Sparrow (George), Mary Holmes (Jimmy), Dewey Cheek, John Cheek, George Cheek, and Carol Childress(Frankie) all of Alamance County; seventeen grandchildren;...

Mrs. Annie Mae Collins Cheek, 86, of Graham passed away at her residence on Friday, May 24, 2019 at 2:02 p.m. A native of Stokes County, she was the wife of the late Robert Ross Cheek and the...

Verna Lucille Hinshaw Williams

Verna Lucille Hinshaw Williams, 97, went home to be with her heavenly Father on May 24, 2019 surrounded by her family. Lucille was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and a friend to all who knew her. She was born in Alamance County to the late Vern Albert Hinshaw, Sr. and the late Rosa Bare Hinshaw and was the wife of the late John Earl Williams for 64 years who was the love of her life. Lucille graduated from Burlington High School and retired from Sellars Hosiery...

Verna Lucille Hinshaw Williams, 97, went home to be with her heavenly Father on May 24, 2019 surrounded by her family. Lucille was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and a...

Mr Russell Read Wilson

Russell Read Wilson, age 78, died peacefully at home May 18, 2019. Russell had been a resident of Burlington for over 50 years and served in numerous community and civic organizations. Russell is predeceased by his beloved wife, Rosella Rogers Wilson (2015), brother Steven Randolph Wilson (1990), and sister Amy Wilson Campbell (2014). He is survived by his children: Mary Kathryn Wilson of Grand Cayman, Russell Stephen Wilson (Kim) of Clovis, CA, Taylor Lynn Wilson...

Russell Read Wilson, age 78, died peacefully at home May 18, 2019. Russell had been a resident of Burlington for over 50 years and served in numerous community and civic...

James A. Richardson

Mr. James A. Richardson, 89, of Burlington passed away at the Hospice Home on Monday, May 20, 2019 at 11:37 p.m. A native of Alamance County, he was the husband of 58 years to the late Esther Sharpe Richardson and the son of Arthur Wilbert Richardson and Ethel Bray Richardson, both deceased. Mr. Richardson was a 32 year member of the National Guard and National Guard Reserves. He retired from Metropolitan Life Insurance Company as an insurance agent. James was a member of Mt. Hermon United...

Mr. James A. Richardson, 89, of Burlington passed away at the Hospice Home on Monday, May 20, 2019 at 11:37 p.m. A native of Alamance County, he was the husband of 58 years to the late Esther...

Leon Carrington Hinton, Sr.

Leon Carrington Hinton, Sr., 92, of Burlington, died Monday, May 20, 2019 at Edgewood Place. A native of Danville, Virginia, Mr. Hinton was the husband of the late Maxine Coleman Hinton and the son of the late Carl Carrington Hinton and the late Bessie Seamster Hinton. Mr. Hinton was a member of New Life at Hocutt Church. He retired from Kayser-Roth and Baby Needs, Inc. as Controller and Treasurer. He has two BA’s from Elon College (now University), 1947 in accounting and...

Leon Carrington Hinton, Sr., 92, of Burlington, died Monday, May 20, 2019 at Edgewood Place. A native of Danville, Virginia, Mr. Hinton was the husband of the late Maxine Coleman Hinton and...

Tempy Kimrey Burlington

Tempy Jo Kehrwecker Kimrey Tempy Jo Kehrwecker Kimrey, 73, of Burlington, passed away on Sunday, May 19, 2019 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. A native of Alamance County, Tempy was the daughter of Mary Ruth Clapp Gaines, who survives and the late...

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Barbara Flack

Mrs. Barbara Glendora Johnson Flack, of Burlington, passed away at Alamance Health Care Center on Sunday, May 19, 2019 following several years of declining health. A native of Alamance County, she was the wife of the late William A. “Bill” Flack and the daughter of Walter Lee Johnson, Sr. and Laura Neta Terrell Johnson, both deceased. Mrs. Flack loved the beach, golf, camping, fishing and cooking. She was a member of the Burlington Assembly of God. Survivors include two sons,...

Mrs. Barbara Glendora Johnson Flack, of Burlington, passed away at Alamance Health Care Center on Sunday, May 19, 2019 following several years of declining health. A native of Alamance County,...

Carol Lee Oakley Holmes

Mrs. Carol Lee Oakley Holmes, 70, of Durham passed away at Duke HomeCare & Hospice at the Hock Family Pavilion on Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 1:35 a.m. following a brief illness. A native of Alamance County, she was the wife of Jackie Anthony Holmes, who survives and the daughter of Robert Lee Oakley and Hulda Kathleen Fitch Oakley, both deceased. She was an administrator with Duke University Eye Center and later Duke University Department of Medicine from which she retired. In addition...

Mrs. Carol Lee Oakley Holmes, 70, of Durham passed away at Duke HomeCare & Hospice at the Hock Family Pavilion on Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 1:35 a.m. following a brief illness. A native of...