Jul 25, 2023

It is with great sadness that we, his family, announce the death of Daniel Textoris.

Daniel Andrew Textoris suffered a cardiac arrest the morning of July 25 and died peacefully that evening surrounded by his entire family at the SECU Jim and Betsy Bryan Hospice Home.

He was born in Cleveland, Ohio January 19, 1936,...

Jul 24, 2023

Glenn Joseph Brown, 90, late of Chapel Hill, passed away on July 24, 2023, at a hospice facility in Pittsboro, NC.

Glenn was born on July 6, 1933, to Marie and Glenn Robert Brown in Detroit, Michigan. He graduated from the University of Detroit High School and University of Detroit Mercy, Jesuit institutions, and earned a Master...

Jul 14, 2023

Sam Elliot Dare was born on February 21, 2006, in Baltimore. From his arrival, Sam meant to be heard. An early talker with so much to say, his voice was low and scratchy, and always ready to share stories, jokes, and facts. A family friend once remarked that Sam as a toddler could hold an adult conversation and sounded...

Jul 8, 2023

Charles James (Jim) Barker, Jr. (94), of Durham, NC, passed away on July 8, 2023.

He was born on October 23, 1928, in Hartford, Connecticut, to Charles James Barker and Kathryn Freeman Barker.

Jim graduated from Rogers High School in Newport, RI, and went to the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, where he received...

Jul 7, 2023

Dr. Norma Taylor Mitchell, 86, died Friday, July 7, 2023 at Croasdaile Village in Durham, NC. A committed feminist whose independence, intellect and strength were balanced by warmth and kindness, she made the most of her life in every area.  She was an imaginative scholar of women’s and Black history, a progressive church and community leader, a dedicated teacher...

Jun 27, 2023

Douglas Clark Long passed away on June 27, 2023. He was Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he taught for thirty-eight years. His family was also devoted to the teaching profession. He was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan to Dwight Clark Long, who was a professor of history at the University,...

Jun 23, 2023

Phillip Boyle, husband, father and proselytizer for democracy and good governance, died on June 23, 2023, surrounded by his devoted wife of 30 years and three daughters. He was born in Cape May, New Jersey on September 16, 1953, and grew up with the love of his sisters, Diane and Cathy. Despite a somewhat nomadic childhood, Phillip graduated from...

Jun 17, 2023

Junior Horne, 74, died Saturday morning, June 17, 2023, at home. He was born in Dillon, S.C. to Leonard Horne, Sr. and Alberta McDaniel Horne, the seventh of eleven children. In 1958, the family moved to Charlotte, N.C. Though Junior would live the rest of his life in Charlotte, he often introduced himself as “a tobacco farmer from...

Jun 15, 2023

“Eddie” was born in the steel mill town of Granite City to Chester Ashley and Dorothea Jansen and was the eldest of the three infamous “Ashley boys”: Eddie, Jimmy, and Larry. These boys were smart and wild, fun, good-looking music-loving guys, and they definitely made an impression on the churchgoers, teachers, coaches and young ladies… At the age of...

Jun 9, 2023

Norma Gray Overman [Blackwell] King, our Mom, died peacefully in hospice after having a stroke. In the last two years, Mom had struggled  with the onset of dementia. Now, both she and her daughters have been spared the ‘long goodbye’. Mom will be missed because she took up so much room in so many lives—her family, her friends, her...