It is with deep love and sorrow that we announce the passing of Dr. Michael Steven Ross PhD on August 2, 2025 to pancreatic cancer.
Michael had a calming presence that touched everyone he met. For decades, he dedicated his life to psychology, where his gentle wisdom and compassion helped countless individuals find peace and healing. In the early 1970s, he...
Robert Talcott Jolls, 82, died on August 1, 2025, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. After a life of extraordinary good health, he battled multiple health issues in his last years of life and passed away following several hospitalizations. Besides his good health, Bob’s life was marked by the fact that from his late teens it was shared with Cecelia, his...
John Hyde, known affectionately to all as Jack, departed this world on August 1, 2025, in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Born on March 5, 1938, in the sun-kissed city of Tucson, Arizona, Jack's spirit was as vibrant as the landscapes he so cherished throughout his life. From the towering pines of his youth to the gardens he cultivated as an adult,...
Stephen Roland Kilburn, 78, of Cary, passed away in Chapel Hill July 31, 2025 from a brief illness, with his family by his side.
Steve was born October 14, 1946 in Springfield, MO to Bedford Allen and Ellie Marie (Satterfield) Kilburn. The family moved to Tulsa, OK when he was quite young, so that was "home". He graduated from Will Rogers...
James L. Stallings, age 94, died in Carrboro, North Carolina on July 30, 2025. Jim was born in Posey Co., Indiana. He earned a B.S. and an M.S. degree at Purdue University and a PhD. at Michigan State University. He was a proud veteran of the Korean War as an officer in the U.S. Army. He taught economics at several...
Benjamin Witherspoon Dunlap died Wednesday, July 30, 2025, after a long battle with cancer. He was at home surrounded by his family. He was born on March 10, 1973 in Columbia, SC. He spent his teenage years with his family in Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand where he attended the Ruam Rudee School and the Alliance Française Chiang Mai. Ben...
Devoted husband, AT&T executive, craftsman, beloved father, grandfather and great grandfather, World War II veteran John P. McKenney died peacefully on July 30, 2025 at the age of 98.
Jack was the oldest of four children born to E. Paul and Isabel McKenney (Murphy) in Danbury, CT on Flag Day, June 14, 1927. During his senior year of high school, at...
Stanley C. Lettas, age 95, died July 30, 2025, at Galloway Ridge at Fearington Village near Chapel Hill, North Carolina.A transplanted midwesterner, Stan lived and worked in 10 different states before moving to North Carolina in retirement. He grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and launched his business career in Chicago.
In 1951, he graduated...
In Loving Memory of Debra Jane Bailey
November 6th, 1955 - July 28th, 2025
Debra Jane Bailey, 69, beloved mother, daughter, sister, and friend, passed away July 28, 2025, surrounded by family. Originally from Stratham, New Hampshire, Debbie later retired with her husband, Gordon, to New Bern, North Carolina where she embraced a slower pace of life and continued to fill her...