Obituaries

John Wilton Williams was a complex man with simple needs.

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,…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Dennis Wayne Baker, beloved son, brother, uncle, husband, father and stepfather, and elementary school teacher, died at age 55 of a cardiac arrest on his way to work on October 5th, 2023. He was born in Freeport, Illinois on April 10th, 1968, and attended Freeport High School. He graduated in 1988 with an Associates Degree…

Nelda Jean (Erickson) Krohn passed away September 27, 2023 in Durham, NC. Although she suffered in later years with dementia, she expressed an abiding love to her family and friends and a lively sense of humor to everyone around her. In the days before her passing she celebrated her 91st birthday and was surrounded by…

Thomas Ranney Henderson, of Raleigh, NC, passed away on September 26, 2023, at the age of 82. Tom was born on Good Friday, April 11, 1941, to Thomas M. Henderson and Ruth Ranney Henderson in Orange, NJ. He graduated from Grover Cleveland High School in 1959 and earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Drew…