[In Memoriam] Durham Obituaries – Dec. 17, 2024

Nov. 3, 2024

• Jay Joel Farber, 91. Services held on Nov. 5.

Nov. 28, 2024

• Debra Jean Holloway, 71. Services will be planned for a later date.

Nov. 29, 2024

• Joseph Lee Grice, 82. Services held on Dec. 11.

Dec. 2, 2024

• Alice Buhl Bates, 84. Celebration of life planned for Feb. 16 at Yates Baptist Church in Durham after 2 p.m. visitation.
• Deborah Ann Kolesar, 67. Funeral mass set for Dec. 23 at 11 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Durham.

Dec. 3, 2024

• Carl Howard Foster, 90. No services listed.
• Varsha Chiminlal Shah, 84. Services held on Dec. 12.
• Gary Dwayne Singletary, 52. Services held on Dec. 16.

Dec. 4, 2024

• Gregory Gilbert Sykes, 65. Services planned for Dec. 14 at 6 p.m. at American Cremation and Funeral Service in Durham.

Dec. 6, 2024

• Nathaniel Edward Harris, 81. No arrangements listed.
• Valerie Leas-Sorrentino, 68. Service information coming later.

Dec. 7, 2024

• Herman Lee Gibson, 75. Services held on Dec. 12.
• Allen Dale Myers Jr., 53. Services held on Dec. 16.
• Kirit Hasmukhbhai Patel, 58. Services held on Dec. 10.
• Evelyn Dicker Ryals, 96. Services planned for Dec. 19 at noon at Union Baptist Church in Durham.
• James David “Tom” Yarbrough, 85. Services planned for Dec. 12 at 2 p.m. at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Durham.

Dec. 8, 2024

• Austin Albert Arnold, 60. No services planned at this time.
• Llois Laverne “MeMe” Blacksher, 88. Services planned for Jan. 25 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Hudson Funeral Home in Durham.
• Curtis Eugene Calloway Sr., 55. Services held on Dec. 12.
• Patricia Ann Evans, 69. Services held on Dec. 14.

Dec. 9, 2024

• Debbie Kay Buffaloe, 69. Services held Dec. 17.
• Larry Preston Cooper, 72. Celebration of life planned for Jan. 18 at 1 p.m. at the Pleasant Green Community Center in Durham.
• Harrison LaVon Hunter, 75. Services held Dec. 17.
• Wayne Evan Petry, 86. Services held on Dec. 13.
• Mable “Alma” Turner Bridges, 79. Memorial service expected in Spring 2025.

Dec. 10, 2024

• Danny McCoy Daye, 75. Services planned for Dec. 20 at noon at Union Baptist Church in Durham.

Dec. 11, 2024

• Tomeika L. Henderson, 49. Services planned for Dec. 19 at noon at Holloway Memorial Funeral Home.
• Faye Hester, 83. Services planned for Dec. 18 at 2 p.m. at Immanuel Baptist Church in Durham.
• Sylvia LaJuan Winston Hester, 63. Services planned for Dec. 22 at 1 p.m. at Holloway Memorial Funeral Home in Durham.
• Mikel Cochise Johnson, 41. Services planned on Dec. 21 at 1 p.m. at Holloway Memorial Funeral Home in Durham.

Dec. 12, 2024

• James Sullivan Agnew, 87. Celebration of life planned for Jan. 11 at 2 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Durham.
• Alue Jean Landis Jones, 79. Services planned for Dec. 20 at noon at Rock Spring Missionary Baptist Church in Creedmoor.
• William “Allen” McFarland, 91. Service planned for Dec. 18 at 2 p.m. at Bible Baptist Church in Creedmoor.
• Jerry Lee Nowell, 78. Services held on Dec. 17.

Dec. 13, 2024

• Kathleen Irwin, 76. No services listed.
• Sally Stuart Moore, 85. Services held on Dec. 17.
• Orrin H. Pilkey, 90. Memorial service to be announced later.
• Virginia Ann Wall, 86. Services planned for Dec. 18 at 11 a.m. at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Durham.

Dec. 14, 2024

• John “Alden” Hemingway, 88. Memorial service will be planned for a later date.
• Spencer David Matney, 81. Service planned for Dec. 21 at 1 p.m. at Maplewood Cemetery in Durham.
• Sandra Nell Morris, 72. Services pending.

Dec. 15, 2024

• Pete Stovall, 79. Services planned for Dec. 20 at 11 a.m. at Clements Funeral Chapel in Durham.