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Teresa GravesBurlington


Ms. Teresa Mae Graves 63, of Burlington, North Carolina passed on May 22, 2024 at Alamance Health Care in Burlington, NC.A full obituary will be provided at a later date.Please keep the Graves family in your thoughts and prayers.

Ms. Teresa Mae Graves 63, of Burlington, North Carolina passed on May 22, 2024 at Alamance Health Care in Burlington, NC.A full obituary will be provided at a later date.Please keep the...

Deacon Carlton MooreBurlington


On Tuesday May 21, 2024, God our loving Father reclaimed the gentle soul of one of his children Mr. Carlton Wilfred Moore, the husband of Dannetta Boone Moore. On June 3, 2024, they would have celebrated fifty-seven years of marriage.Carlton was born on June 9, 1943, to Ernest Moore and Hazel Woods Moore in Alamance County. He was a graduate of Central High School, TIA (Alamance Community College) and Bristol Commercial College (Bristol College) in Bristol, Tennessee. Carlton was employed...

On Tuesday May 21, 2024, God our loving Father reclaimed the gentle soul of one of his children Mr. Carlton Wilfred Moore, the husband of Dannetta Boone Moore. On June 3, 2024, they would have...

Janet Carr JonesGreen Level


Beauty, kindness and grace were all delivered on July 31, 1945 to William B. Carr and Annie Belle Fonville Carr as they welcomed a bouncing baby girl, which they named Janet Elois. Janet was raised in a Christian home with her parents and siblings in the Green Level Community. She attended the local schools and was a graduate of Central High School, Graham, NC. Following high school, she embarked on a career within the beauty industry. She owned and operated her own Beauty Salon, where she...

Beauty, kindness and grace were all delivered on July 31, 1945 to William B. Carr and Annie Belle Fonville Carr as they welcomed a bouncing baby girl, which they named Janet Elois. Janet was...

Alfreda Pettway


Freda, as she was fondly called, was Born April 18, 1943. She loved God and faithfully served Him in spirit and in truth. She truly embraced God, Family and Church.Freda was a founding member at Truth and Deliverance Baptist Church Ministries in Englewood, NJ, where she faithfully served for over 26 years. She was a missionary at T&D and established the 111 West Street Seniors ministry. She was also a deaconess and church treasurer there and was...

Freda, as she was fondly called, was Born April 18, 1943. She loved God and faithfully served Him in spirit and in truth. She truly embraced God, Family and Church.Freda was...

Otis SladeBurlington


On May 7, 2024 Otis Leon Slade of 2649 Altamahaw Union Ridge Road, Burlington North Carolina, the son of the late Dewey Hawkins Slade and Daisy Shaw Slade, was called to rest following several years of declining health.Born on October 11, 1942 in Alamance County, Otis was reared in the Clover Garden Community and attended the local school system. Otis worked for Elon College for more than 20 years in the landscaping department. He loved playing baseball in his younger years, shooting pool...

On May 7, 2024 Otis Leon Slade of 2649 Altamahaw Union Ridge Road, Burlington North Carolina, the son of the late Dewey Hawkins Slade and Daisy Shaw Slade, was called to rest following several...

Bonnie HawkinsWhitsett


Bonnie D. Johnson Hawkins (Also known as Teeny) Passed away on April 25th, 2024 at AuthoraCare Hospice Home in Burlington at the age of 67.Bonnie was born on November 27, 1956 in Caswell County, NC to the late Herbert H. Johnson and the late Nannie M. Jeffers Johnson.Bonnie grew up in the Morgantown community as a child alongside her siblings where she deemed herself "the boss" of them all. She was educated at Walter Williams High School in Burlington, NC,...

Bonnie D. Johnson Hawkins (Also known as Teeny) Passed away on April 25th, 2024 at AuthoraCare Hospice Home in Burlington at the age of 67.Bonnie was born on November 27, 1956 in Caswell County,...

Pastor Robert Corbett Jr.Burlington


Pastor Robert Lee Corbett Jr, 53, the son of Mr. Robert Corbett Sr. and the late Mrs.Faye Corbett was born on May 21, 1970 and departed this earthly life to his heavenly reward on April 21, 2024. Robert, affectionately known as “Rob” was a native of Alamance County and was a graduate of Walter Williams High School of Burlington. He attended college at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) in 1988, where met the two loves of his life: Jesus Christ, his Lord...

Pastor Robert Lee Corbett Jr, 53, the son of Mr. Robert Corbett Sr. and the late Mrs.Faye Corbett was born on May 21, 1970 and departed this earthly life to his heavenly reward on April 21, 2024....

John StephensDenver, Colorado


John Henry “Pappy” Stephens was born on September 10, 1943, in Caswell County, NC to the late Mr. Harry Stephens Sr. and Mrs. Mittie Mary (Warren, maiden name) Stephens Fuller and departed this life on Wednesday April 17, 2024. He was retired as a highly experienced weaver from Culp Weaving in Graham, NC. He had a strong love for fishing and watching old western movies. Pappy was everyone’s go to mechanic. John had a strong, fierce love for his...

John Henry “Pappy” Stephens was born on September 10, 1943, in Caswell County, NC to the late Mr. Harry Stephens Sr. and Mrs. Mittie Mary (Warren, maiden name) Stephens Fuller and...

William VanhookMebane


Mr. William Edward Vanhook 85, of 208 North St. Mebane, North Carolina passed peacefully at his residence on April 17, 2024. He was born in Alamance County, NC on February 2, 1939, to the late Mr. Thomas Vanhook and Mrs. Haur Torain Vanhook. He was educated in the Alamance County School System and worked in textile manufacturing, and he owned and operated Vanhook Janitorial Services. Mr. Vanhook was a faithful and dedicated member of Johnson's Chapel AME Church in...

Mr. William Edward Vanhook 85, of 208 North St. Mebane, North Carolina passed peacefully at his residence on April 17, 2024. He was born in Alamance County, NC on February 2, 1939, to the...

Sarah CooperGraham


Mrs. Sarah Katherine Morgan Cooper was born on December 28, 1936 in Alamance County, NC to Mr. Kime Granville Morgan and Mildred Taylor Morgan. Sarah Katherine as she was affectionately called was educated in the Alamance School System and graduated in 1954 from the famous, Jordan Sellars High School, she continued her education at Alamance Community College earning a degree in Business Administration. Mrs. Sarah Katherine was gainfully employed with GE in Mebane NC and she also...

Mrs. Sarah Katherine Morgan Cooper was born on December 28, 1936 in Alamance County, NC to Mr. Kime Granville Morgan and Mildred Taylor Morgan. Sarah Katherine as she was affectionately...

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North Carolina's First Town. European settlement near the Pamlico River in the 1690s led to the creation of Bath, North Carolina's first town, in 1705. The town's location seemed ideal with easy access to the river and the Atlantic Ocean 50 miles away at Ocraco*ke Inlet.

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Henrietta married Francis A. Duterte, an undertaker who started his own business in 1852. When her husband died, she took over her husband shop in 1858 and became America's first African-American female undertaker and first female to own a mortuary in the nation, which made her a prominent businesswoman.

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Bucktrout of Williamsburg is the oldest funeral home in America. Opened in 1759, Bucktrout began as cabinetmakers in Colonial Williamsburg. When neighbors and friends passed away, Benjamin Bucktrout and Anthony Hay would generously make wooden caskets and provide burial on the Bucktrout farm.

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