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E-mail to 693-8870 Orange LISTINGS Mcquiston, Matthew Glen Metzger, of ChaDurham pel Hill. PREPAID OBITS (919) 419-6640 Allen, Roy 'Pig', of Morgan, Mary, of CarDurham. Ellis D. Jones rboro. Walker's Funeral Funeral Directors (919) Home of CH (919) 942- 688-1323 3861 Brown Carl L.

Person 'Cooley', of Durham. Funeral Home (919) Hicks, Margaret Gentry, of Roxboro. Brooks 682-1171 of White Funeral Home Evans, Ransom Gilbert, Durham. Fisher Funeral (336) 599-3171 Parlor (919) 682-3276 Rogers, Lisa of Roxboro. Jones Funeral Grabowski, Genevieve, of Durham.

Hall-Wynne Home (919) 967-3288 Funeral Service (919) Vance 688-6387 Harris, Jeannette, of Dur- Spence, Debra Ann Dunn, ham. Cremation Soc. of Henderson. Flowers of the Carolinas (919) Funeral Home (252) 571-3300 438-4717 Hilliard, Eleanor of Wright Joseph Frank, Durham. Clements of Henderson.

Funeral Services, Inc. White Funeral Home (919) 286-1224 (252) 438-5139 Morales, Saul Solis, of Durham. Ellis D. Jones Wake Funeral Directors (919) 688-1323 Pandiscia, Joseph Joe' Ross Billy Linwood, Anthony, of Cary. of Durham.

Hall-Wynne Griffin Funeral Service Funeral Service (919) (919) 542-3057 688-6387 Worsham, Frankie, of Shaw, Calvin High, of Garner. Cremation Soc. Durham. Hall-Wynne of the Carolinas (919) Funeral Service (919) 571-3300 688-6387 Elsewhere Sprinkle, William 'Bill' Melvin, of Durham. Cremation Soc.

of the Dennis Jimmie Carolinas (919) 571- Reginal, of Oakboro. 3300 Hartsell Funeral Home Waters, Chester G.T., of (704) 983-1188 Durham. Jones Funeral Harris, Renee Lisa, of Home (919) 967-3288 Vass. Knotts Funeral Younge, Dearia Ann Home (919) 776-4345 Ratliff, of Durham. Moss, Eva Cornelia, of Fisher Funeral Parlor Wilson.

White (919) 682-3276 Funeral Home (252) 438-5139 Chatham Smith, Kenneth Gray 'Kenny', of Washington, Ellis, Michael, of Pitts- Paul Home boro. Cremation Soc. (252) 946-4144 of the Carolinas (919) Weaver, Mary Catherine, 571-3300 of Newport News, Penny, Raymond Va. Clements Funeral of Pittsboro. Jones Services, Inc.

(919) Funeral Home (919) 286-1224 DURHAM North Carolina, where he worked with the Physical Grabowski Plant. He taught drafting classes at Durham Tech Genevieve DURHAM Genevieve Grabowski, 90, died on Tuesday, September 30, 2008. Genevieve is survived by her husband of 61 years, George Grabowski; daughters Eva Hoke and Elizabeth Paterson. Memorial contributions in Genevieve's name may be made to Holy Infant Catholic -Church, 5000 Southpark Durham, NC 27713. Please include 'Genevieve Grabowski Memorial' on the memo line of your check.

A Mass of Christian burial will be offered at 11 a.m. on Friday, October 3, 2008 from Holy Infant Catholic Church, 5000 Southpark Durham. Burial will be held at Chapel Hill Cemetery. Friends may visit with family one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are entrusted to Hall-Wynne Funeral Service.

Billy Linwood Ross Sr. DURHAM Billy Linwood Ross died peacefully Wednesday morning, October 1, 2008, in his Durham home. Mr. Ross was the son of the late Ernest L. and Melissa Boothe Ross.

Born in Charlotte in 1916, he recently celebrated his 92nd birthday on September 27. Mr. Ross was a faithful member of Berea Baptist Church, where he sang in the choir and served as deacon. He graduated from Lowes Grove High School and attended N.C. State College.

He retired from the University of during the early 60's. Work was his hobby, especially around the home. He designed and built the home that he lived in for more than 69 years. He was a lifetime sports fan. He attended the 1939 Rose Bowl Game that was held at Duke University.

Having attended N.C. State and working at Duke University and UNC during his career, he rooted for all the Triangle universities. He loved spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He treasured the memories of the many times he got to spend with them. He was always faithful in his dealings with his fellow man.

Mr. Ross is survived by his two sons, Billy L. Ross Jr. and wife, Beth, of Mars Hill, Howard W. Ross and wife, Angela, of Durham; four grandchildren, Stephanie Thompson and husband, Derek, of Matthews, Clint Ross and wife, Heidi, of Pocatello, Brittany Ross and Tanner Ross, both of Carrollton, Texas; and five great-grandchildren, Laura, Julia, Jared, Emily and Carter Thompson.

He is also survived by many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 69 years, Nellie Wynne Ross, who died in February of this year. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Evelyn Ross, and his brother, Leon Ross. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Accu- 919-382-1998 4004 Comfort Lane I Air Durham, NC 27705 Heating Air Conditioning Pa Duke PSNC Energy, 1 ENERGY.

Service and Replacement High Efficiency Replacement Specialists NATE Certified NC License 14660 We Service Most Brands Serving the Triangle Maintenance Agreements since 1989 THE HERALD-SUN DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA OBITUARIES October 4, 2008, from the Chapel of Hall-Wynne Funeral Service with Pastor Jarrod Hill and the Reverend Jay Fogleman presiding. Burial will follow in Lowes Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Friends may visit Friday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at Hall-Wynne Funeral Home. The family wishes to thank the many relatives and friends who brought food and visited during his sickness.

Special thanks to his caregivers, Reathella 'Rita' Richardson and Johnny Wynne. Also, thanks to Bobbi Ad-. ams, Joanne Barker, Callie Council, Frances Pickett and his Berea Church family. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Duke Community Hospice, 4321 Medical Park Drive, Suite 101, Durham, NC 27704, or the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Triangle Eastern N.C. Chapter, 2210 Millbrook Raleigh, NC 27604.

On-line memorials: www.hallwynne.com. Select obituaries. Calvin High Shaw DURHAM Calvin High Shaw, 89, died on Thursday, October 2, 2008. Memorial contributions in Calvin's name may be made to Duke Hospice at the Meadowlands, 1001 Corporate Drive, Hillsborough, NC 27278. Please include 'Calvin Shaw Memorial' on the memo line of your check.

The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. on Sunday, October 5, 2008 from Hall-Wynne Funeral Service, 1113 West Main Street, Durham. Inurnment will follow at a later time. William 'Bill' Melvin Sprinkle DURHAM William "Bill" Melvin Sprinkle of Durham died Monday September 29, 2008. Mr.

Sprinkle was born July 31, 1936 in Marion, Virginia. He is preceded in death his parents Glen and Isabelle Sprinkle. He is survived by five brothers, Greg, Butch, Ken, John and David Sprinkle; two sisters, Nancy Tallman and Judy Evette; children, Juanita, Paul, Tommy, Sheila and Tammy; grandchildren, Kara, Charity, Christina, Megan, Janie and Tiffany; and great-grandchildren, Justus and Camilya. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, online www.cancer.org or mail to 11 Boylan Raleigh, NC 27603. Arrangements by The Cremation Society of The Carolinas.

Chester G.T. Waters DURHAM Chester G.T. Waters passed on September 27, 2008. Chester served in the Marine Corps and he served in Vietnam and he attained the rank of sgt. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 1 p.m.

at Brown's Funeral Home, Warrenton. He leaves to cherish his memories, his wife, Janet Waters; two sons, Donald T. Waters and Bryan V. Waters; daughter, Precious. Arrangements are by Jones Funeral Home and Brown's Funeral Home.

Dearia Ann Ratliff Younge DURHAM Funeral services for Mrs. Dearia Ann Ratliff Younge, 57, of 1507 Lantern Place, will be held at noon Saturday at White Rock Baptist Church, 3400 Fayetteville Street. Fam- ily visitation will be held one hour prior to service. Burial will follow in Glennview Memorial Park, Lakeside Section. Viewing will be held from 10 a.m.

to 6 p.m. Friday at Fisher Funeral Parlor. She had worked as an executive secretary at IBM. She was a member of White Rock Baptist Church. Survivors include one son, Leon W.

Clemmons, II (Joyce); two daughters, Catherine L. Hazelton (Jeffery Franks) and Dearia Denise DavisYounge; one sister, Denise Ratliff Brandon; an uncle, William 'Shorty' Allen (Sadie); four grandchildren, Lekil J. Clemmons, Montrel Caudle, LeiLam Clemmons and Leon W. Clemmons, III; two nephews, Michael A. Ratliff and Corey D.

Brandon; three great nieces, Mikiya A. Ratliff, Denise A. Ratliff and Ameerih Brandon; and a host of wonderful cousins and friends. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to Beacon Place-Hospice, 2502 Summit Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27405. Arrangements by Fisher Funeral Parlor.

CHATHAM Raymond M. Penny PITTSBORO Funeral services for Mr. Raymond M. Penny will be held on Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 1 p.m. Family will receive friends from 12:30 to 1 p.m.

prior to the service at the church, Hamlet Chapel CME Church. He leaves to cherish his memories eight sisters, Clara P. McLeod, Cordie I. Penny, Bessie P. Perry, Lola M.

Penny, Mary D. Penny, Regina P. Seymour, Judith A. Rock and Barbara A. Penny; two brothers, Melvin Penny and Michael Penny.

Arrangements are by Jones Funeral Home, Chapel Hill. Burial will be in Hamlet Chapel Church Cemetery. GRANVILLE Arge C. Seabrook OXFORD Arge C. Seabrook, a resident of 107 Cedar Court, died Tuesday at his residence.

Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at Wright Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in the Morton Family Cemetery. He is survived by a wife, Mary Perry Seabrook; a mother, Cora Williams Morant Seabrook; a father, Theodore Seabrook; stepchildren, Lakeisha Williams, Kayetta Haywood, Elijah Haywood, LaDreama Perry and O'Bria Perry; five sisters, Daisy Lewis, Deborah Taborn, Theodora Smith, Jamilyn Harris and Annette Seabrook. Viewing will be Saturday from 10 a.m.

to 6 p.m. at Wright Funeral Home. George A. Washington OXFORD George A. Washington, 68, a resident of Suitland, died Saturday in Suitland.

He was a retired employee of the Marriott Corporation. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1 p.m. at Wright Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in the Throckmorton Family Cemetery. Survivors include a wife, Catherleen T.

Washington; a daughter, Shiretta D. Warren; five sisters, Elizabeth Darden, Alice Washington, Ernestine Johnson, Carol Washington and Ruth Washington. Viewing will be Saturday from 10 a.m. until the hour of service at Wright Funeral Home. DURHAM GARDEN CENTER www.durhamgardencenter.com Fall is here! The Best Time to Plant! New Shipment of: TREES, SHRUBS, PERENNIALS, HERBS Time to get those fall bulbs planted Nice Selection of Pansies, Ornamental Kale and Cabbage Gifts for the garden gardener Gift certificates HERE! Critter repellents Rain barrels Beginning this Sunday, The Durham Garden Center will be open Sundays 12-4 for the month of October.

4536 Hillsborough Hwy. 70 West, Durham 919-384-7526 Hours: Mon-Sat Directions: mile East of Sparger Rd. on Hillsborough Rd. (Rt. 70) FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2008 in the Person Memorial Cemetery.

Lisa L. Rogers ROXBORO Funeral ser- Matthew Glen Metzger McQuiston CHAPEL HILL Matthew Glen Metzger McQuiston, 18, of Chapel Hill, died on September 30, 2008, in Chapel Hill. Matt McQuiston was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 29, 1990. He spent his early years in Akron, Ohio. At the age of four, he moved with his family to Chapel Hill, where he attended public school.

He enjoyed tennis, ceramics, fishing, and his many friends. He will be remembered especially for his dry wit, his multiple creative and artistic talents, his love of adventure, and the joy he took in life. He selflessly cared for others. He was an inspiration to his brother and a constant blessing to his family, who took great pride in all he did, as well as in who he was. Survivors include his mother, Chris Metzger McQuiston; father, Thomas Hemmert McQuiston; brother, Michael Quinn Metzger McQuiston; grandmother, Mary Ellen Olle; and Thomas Bradley Burnett, all of Chapel Hill.

Funeral service will be 1:30 p.m. October 4, 2008, at the Church of Reconciliation (Presbyterian), 110 North Elliott Road, Chapel Hill. Memorial contributions: send checks payable to Matt McQuiston Memorial Fund, 117 Balsam Court, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. Mary Morgan CARRBORO Mrs. Mary Morgan, 88, Carrboro, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, October 2, 2008.

In her youth she was employed with the business department of the UNC Utilities. She was a member of Carrboro Baptist Church. She is survived by her daughter, Beverly Dickinson. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday, October 5, 2008 in Walker's Funeral Home Chapel of Chapel Hill.

Interment will follow in the Westwood Cemetery in Carrboro. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service on Sunday at Walker's Funeral Home. Arrangements by Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill. Margaret Gentry Hicks ROXBORO Margaret Gentry Hicks 91, formerly of 1530 Red Oak Court, died Thursday morning at the Roxboro Nursing Center. Surviving are two daughters, Linda H.

Hicks and Donna H. Perkins; one son, Danny Lee Hicks; one brother, Bernard Kitchen Gentry; three sisters, Florence G. Perkins, Fadine G. Porterfield and Betty G. Barton.

The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday, October 4, 2008 at the Brooks White Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Brooks White Chapel. Burial will follow vices for Lisa L.

Rogers will be held on Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 3 p.m. at St. Paul AME Church, Chapel Hill. Burial will follow in Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery. Family will receive friends at the church 30 minutes prior to the funeral.

She is survived by three daughters, Angiqune Posey, Anna Rogers and Miracle Rogers; mother, Laura Rogers; father and stepmother, Roland and Geraldine Rogers; two sisters, Sonja Rogers and Chrichinda Rogers; two brothers, Antonio Rogers and Dwaine Frazier. Arrangements entrusted to Jones Funeral Home, Chapel Hill. VANCE Debra Ann Dunn Spence HENDERSON Debra Ann Dunn Spence, 50, of 400 Pinewood Drive, Henderson, died Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at her home. Mrs. Spence was a former waitress at 220 Seafood Restaurant.

She attended Freedom Life Church of God. A funeral service will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at the home, 400 Pinewood Drive, Henderson. Surviving are her husband, Timothy Howard Spence three sons, Timothy Howard Spence Jr, Christopher Lee Spence and Steven Teague Spence; two sisters, Mary Katherine "Kay" D. Long and Joanne W.

Smith; three brothers, Danny Lee Dunn, Dale Ray Dunn and Thomas Phillip White; her step-mother and stepfather, Dorothy Jane and William J. Arnold. The family will receive friends at the home, 400 Pinewood Drive, Henderson. Arrangements are by Flowers Funeral Home. Joseph Frank Wright Jr.

HENDERSON Joseph Frank Wright 34, of 38 N. 39 Loop died Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at Maria Parham Medical Center. He was the son of Dorothy Wilkerson Francis and Joseph Frank Wright Sr. He was employed in landscaping and attended South Henderson Pentecostal Holiness Church. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m.

in the J.M. White Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery. In addition to his parents, he is survived by one son, Brandon Scott Wright; his step-father, Randy Francis; his stepmother, Kirby C. Cox; three sisters, Kimberly Wright, Lisa Kay Mansour and Jennifer Baker.

The family will receive friends Friday from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at J.M. White Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Joseph Frank Wright Funeral Fund, J.M. White Funeral Home, 60 Zeb Robinson Road, Henderson, NC 27536.

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