Obituaries

Linda Lee Woodard peacefully passed away on Aug. 4, 2023, surrounded by family and friends, at the age of 75.

Elmer Gustavus Hughes, 102, of Chapel Hill, NC died July 29, 2023 in Chapel Hill. He was born on Palm Sunday, March 20, 1921 in Tyaskin, Maryland.

Betty Lou Hornaday, 83, passed away Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at SECU Jim & Betsy UNC Hospice Home in Pittsboro.

Like Benjamin Franklin, with whom she shared a birthday,  Diane Dickinson Brown believed in education, democracy, and service to her community and country.

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

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

Tom McNamara, former United States Attorney and Federal Public Defender of the Eastern District of North Carolina, passed away on July 23, 2023.

Charlotte Taylor Cooney, a beloved sister, mother, grandmother, and accomplished woman, passed away on July 18, 2023, at the age of 93.

Norma Lonning Whitney died on July 23, 2023, at her home in Chapel Hill at the age of 103.

Steven Monroe, 68, passed away Sunday, July 23, 2023, after a short but valiant battle with Melanoma. 

George Mario Padilla, 94, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, passed away on July 15, 2023.

Gene was born on November 17, 1939 in Semora, NC to Norman and Elizabeth Wilkins Montgomery.

Nita Hilliard Smith, 73, died peacefully at UNC Hospital on Saturday, July 15, 2023 with her daughters by her side.

Milton Franklin Roberts died July 19, 2023 from complications related to liver failure.

Joy Upshaw Murphy, formerly of Memphis; Houston, Miss.; and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, died July 12 in Miami after a short illness, age 96.

Dorothy Arceneaux Johnston born in Lafayette, LA on April 9, 1934 to Fabian Arceneaux and Annie Richard Arceneaux left this world on July 18, 2023.

Dr. Stanley Warren Black, III, passed peacefully from this life on July 11, 2023, with his loved ones by his side.

Tony Curtis Nolan passed away unexpectedly in his home on July 10.

Margaret Ann Beal Sanders was born in West Palm Beach, FL on February 5th, 1927.

Cornelia (Nina) Green Stutz, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina and Cambridge and Marblehead, Massachusetts, died peacefully at her home in Chapel Hill on June 15, 2023.

Dr. Marlene Bondy Appley, 98, of Chapel Hill, NC, passed away peacefully on July 8, 2023.

Douglas Clark Long passed away on June 27, 2023.

Arthur Watts Clark Sr. passed away on June 22nd at the DuBose Health Center in Chapel Hill, NC, at the age of 100.

Mrs. Jean Neville Saffelle passed away on July 6, 2023.

Jerry Allen Humphrey, Jr. (Jay) of Carrboro, NC passed away Saturday, February 4, 2023 at Duke Hospice after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.

Margaret Ann Beal Sanders was born in West Palm Beach on February 5th, 1927, the only child of Fannie Edna Nesbit Beal and Robert Murray Beal.

John (Johnny) Wesley Stokes, Jr. passed away peacefully in his sleep on March 12th after a 10-month valiant battle with a glioblastoma. 

Henry Alfred “Al” Wilkinson III, 87, of Chapel Hill, NC, passed away on June 28, 2023.

Dr. William E. Bell, known as Bill, age 93, of Chapel Hill, NC, died at the Jim and Betsy Bryan Hospice Home on June 28, 2023.

Betty Jane Brown Prout Renier, was born 1921, and passed in 2023 at 101 years of age.

Dale Alan Owens, 70, of Chapel Hill, NC, passed away on June 23, 2023 at his home.