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OBITUARIES
Ida Friday Passes Away at 97
Ida Howell Friday, whose late husband Bill served as UNC System President for 30 years, passed away peacefully at home on Monday. The William and Ida Friday Institute for Continuing Education, named for the influential couple, confirmed the news in an announcement on...
Former CHCCS Principal of the Year Passes Away
A former principal at Seawell and Rashkis Elementary schools has died. Deshera Pamela Mack passed away unexpectedly on January 5 at the age of 61, according to an obituary from Burthey Funeral Service of Durham. Mack served as an elementary school teacher in Orange...
Service Arrangements Announced for Late First Baptist Church Pastor JR Manley
As condolences and memories continue to be shared, the final arrangements have been made for the service honoring the life of the late former First Baptist Church of Chapel Hill Pastor Dr. JR Manley, who passed away on Sunday. Manley was the pastor at First Baptist...
Longtime Chapel Hill Pastor JR Manley Sr. Passes Away
Longtime pastor of Chapel Hill’s First Baptist Church Dr. JR Manley Sr. died on Sunday afternoon, according to a post of the church’s Facebook page. The church’s website says Manley, a Shaw University graduate, took over as Pastor in September of 1946 and led the...
President Emeritus of Elon University Dies at 92
James Earl Danieley, president emeritus of Elon University and who was considered to be a strong advocate for higher education, has died. He was 92. A statement from the school said Danieley died at his home in Burlington on Tuesday. Danieley served as dean of the...
Memorial for Vivian Connell Set for Saturday
The life of longtime activist and teacher Vivian Connell will be celebrated on Saturday. Connell died last month at the age of 52 from ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Family members say the celebration will be held at United Church of Chapel Hill beginning at...
Fatal Crash Kills PlayMakers Marketing Director
Connie Mahan had been a member of the UNC theater community for many years.
IFC Community Kitchen Manager Donna Bradley Passes Away
Donna Bradley, who managed the Inter-Faith Council’s Community Kitchen for many years, has passed away after battling cancer. IFC executive director Michael Reinke announced Bradley’s passing in an e-mail on Friday. Reinke wrote that Bradley “passed away peacefully...
Civil Rights Activist Patt Derian Passes Away in Chapel Hill
Patt Derian passed away early Friday morning at her home in Chapel Hill with family by her side. Derian served as the deputy director of the Jimmy Carter presidential campaign in 1976. After Carter won that election, Derian served in his administration as the...
Former UNC Computer Science Associate Chair Dies
Captain Ralph Alton Mason Jr., the former associate chair of the UNC Graduate School of Computer Science who managed the design and construction of Sitterson Hall, passed away peacefully on March 23 at his home near Chapel Hill. Mason was commissioned as an officer in...
Former Educator and Chapel Hill Alderman R.D. Smith Passes Away
Former Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen member and local educator R.D. Smith has passed away. Smith served as a teacher and assistant principal in the Chapel Hill – Carrboro City School System for more than 30 years, in addition to his more than 20 years of service on...
WCHL Founder, Former Chapel Hill Mayor Sandy McClamroch Passes Away at 90
Roland "Sandy" McClamroch died on Wednesday afternoon at his home in the Carol Woods retirement community, according to family members. McClamroch founded WCHL and put the station on the air in 1953. He also served as Chapel Hill Mayor for eight years from 1961 -...
Former UNC Board of Trustees Member Maurice Koury Passes Away
Maurice Koury, a Burlington native with strong ties to UNC, has passed away. Jones Angell and Roy Williams announced Koury’s passing on the Tar Heel head coach’s weekly radio show Monday night. Koury served on the UNC Board of Trustees, the Board of Visitors, the...
UNC Charlotte Student from Chapel Hill Dies in Virginia Wreck
A student manager for the UNC – Charlotte men’s basketball who was from Chapel Hill was killed in a traffic accident last Thursday night. Local outlets are reporting 19-year-old Austin Rainey was on a weekend trip to Washington, D.C., when the accident occurred....
Remembering Harper Lee’s Impact on the South
Harper Lee, the elusive author whose "To Kill a Mockingbird" became an enduring best-seller and classic film with its child's-eye view of racial injustice in a small Southern town, has died. She was 89. HarperCollins spokeswoman Tina Andreadis confirmed the author's...
Former Orange County Commissioner Gustaveson Dies
Former Orange County Commissioner Norm Gustaveson has died. Family members say Gustaveson died on Friday at Carol Woods Retirement Community. Gustaveson served as the secretary of the Campus Y at UNC from 1964 through 1976 and was the faculty advisor to the UNC...
Former UNC Professor and Longtime Chapel Hillian Vasa Mihailovich Passed Away
Dr. Vasa Mihailovich, a former professor at the University of North Carolina, died this past Saturday at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. Mihailovich taught Slavic languages and literature at UNC from 1961 until he retired in 1995. He lived in Chapel Hill for 46...
Former UNC Linebacker Quincy Monk Passes Away
Former UNC linebacker Quincy Monk passed away on Tuesday afternoon after a battle with cancer. Monk played for the Tar Heels from 1998 through 2001 and finished second on the team in tackles in his senior season. Monk was drafted by the New York Giants in the seventh...
Jonathan Howes Remembered
“Picture a town too good to be true.” That was the theme Jonathan Howes chose for an inter-city visit by community leaders that he led to Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, in the 1980’s. It was the large vision by a largely quiet man, whose extraordinary life and leadership...
Byron Freeman, Former Carolina Coffee Shop Owner, 1931-2015
Byron Freeman, longtime owner of the Carolina Coffee Shop died at his home near Saxapahaw on Friday
