Nov 27, 2023

After a long decline from a stroke in 2019, Eugene Roger Massé (Roger Sr, Rog, Pépére) passed away at the age of 92 in Hospice Home of UNC Healthcare, on Monday, November 27th, 2023, in the presence of his family.

Roger Sr. was born on December 20th 1930 in Central Falls, RI. He is predeceased by his...

Nov 23, 2023

Robert Love Taylor, Jr. died in the early morning of Thursday, November 23, 2023, in hospice care at the Hock Family Pavilion, in Durham, North Carolina. He spent his final days surrounded by family members, including his two daughters, Jennifer and Julia Taylor; son-in-law, Sam Tannous; granddaughters, Sophie Taylor-Havens, Cecelia and Audrey Tannous-Taylor; sister and son-in-law, Carole and Tom...

Nov 19, 2023

Mindy Marcus, devoted wife, mother, sister, aunt, and daughter, passed away on November 19, 2023.  Mindy was born in Paterson, NJ, and raised and educated in Fair Lawn, NJ.  Mindy graduated from Livingston College division of Rutgers University in 1977.

Mindy was an independent, outspoken, strong-willed individual.  Upon graduation from college, she began working at a Datsun...

Nov 14, 2023

John Wilton Williams was a complex man with simple needs.

Nov 11, 2023

Joseph James Abney, 62, of Rougemont, North Carolina lost his battle to cancer on Saturday, November 11, 2023.

Joe was born on June 24 th , 1961, in Phoenix, Arizona, to the late Noriko Nakamura Abney and the late Col. Floyd Abney. Joe’s childhood took him to Hahn AFB, Germany; Phoenix, Arizona; Tucson, Arizona; Montgomery,...

Nov 10, 2023

Michael Thompson Perry of Perry-winkle Farm, in northern Chatham County, died on Nov. 10 after a 10-month struggle with pancreatic cancer. He will be remembered for his kind and caring nature, his empathetic soul, and his genuine love for his family and friends. Michael leaves behind his wife of 38 years, Catherine Jones; his son, Lawton Thompson Perry; his...

Oct 29, 2023

Nicholas Vincent Melomo, eighteen years old and from Raleigh, passed away in his home peacefully while embraced by the love of his family on Sunday, October 29.  Nicholas had been living boldly and bravely with osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer, for nearly four years. Nicholas’ cancer took his right leg, parts of his lung, and eventually his life, but...

Oct 26, 2023

Edward Bowling Roberts, Jr., known as E.B., died at the age of 79 on October 26, 2023, at the Hock Family Pavilion in Durham, North Carolina. E.B., the son of Edward Bowling Roberts, Sr. and Inez M. Jeffries, was born in Mebane and grew up in Hillsborough and Bahama. He was preceded in death by his parents and by...

Oct 21, 2023

Elia Eminet Villanueva Corretjer died at her home in Chapel Hill on Saturday, October 21, 2023. She was known to her friends by her nickname, Emy, and to her students and the faculty at Duke University as “V”.

Emy was the oldest child of the late Salvador Eugenio Villanueva Pintueles and Josefina Corretjer Quiñones. She was born...

Oct 19, 2023

Marvin Augusta Staten was born November 15, 1951 in Plymouth, NC to Lorenzo Augusta Staten and Artelia Peele Staten.

Marvin grew up in Piney Woods community and attended public schools in Jamesville and Williamston, NC.  In 1970 he joined the US Army and was stationed in Okinawa, Japan as a Radio Intelligence Operator.  He was honorably discharged...