All Obituaries

Wade Barber Jr., lawyer, judge, and son of Chatham County, died at home Friday, May 13, 2022. His family was with him—his wife Marina, his daughters Claire and Liz, their partners Lois Bukowski and Danny Spiegel, and his son James Riley. He is survived by his grandchildren Fanya, Yaakov, Simi, Maayan, Sam, and Levi, and beloved nephews and nieces.  He is remembered among lawyers in North Carolina as a leader. In 1916, his father (Wade Sr.) founded a law practice in...

Edward Monroe Screws was born May 2, 1933, in Hamlet, NC. He is pre-deceased by his parents James M. Screws, Jr. and Annie Screws, three brothers and two sisters. After graduating from Pittsboro High School, he joined the United States Air Force where he served from 1951-1955. He retired from UNC Chapel Hill where he worked at the Physical Plant. In his younger years he enjoyed quail hunting, square dancing, traveling with his wife and friends, and UNC Basketball. He was a member of...

Robert Patrick Perretti, 85 passed away peacefully on Monday, May 9, 2022, at Cambridge Hills Assisted Living in Pittsboro, North Carolina. Born March 9, 1937, he served six years in the United States Navy and Reserves and 27 years on the Toledo Ohio Fire Department where he retired as a captain. Robert "Bob" was born in Plainfield New Jersey to Joseph Perretti and Eva Yannacone and moved to Bedford Michigan where he attended Bedford H.S and played basketball and...

Bertha Foy Riddle Mann passed on May 4,2022 in the Jim and Betsy Bryan Hospice Home in Pittsboro surrounded by her family. Foy, known as Mema to all, was a life-long member of Hanks Chapel United Church of Christ.  She was a homemaker, a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother.  Her love in life was family.  When you entered her home, you became part of the family. Foy is survived by her children Bertha M. Smith (Arthur), David Mann (Donna),...

William Brandon Poindexter, 84, of Pittsboro passed away suddenly at home on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, while working in his beloved garden. Bill was the elder son of the late William Henry Poindexter, Jr. and Hilda Wilson Brandon Poindexter of East Bend, NC. He grew up helping to run the family farm and received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture Education from North Carolina State University in 1959. After teaching high school at bo th Chatham Central and Jordan-Matthews high...

Heaven gained an angel, Monday, May 2, 2022 when Patricia Louise Britt, 74, closed her eyes while surrounded by her loving earthly family, only to open them in the midst of her loving Father and eternal family. A native of Orange County, Pat was born August 26, 1947, to the late Elbert and Wilma Hardee. She worked at the University of North Carolina for 17 years and was an avid Tar Heel fan. Pat enjoyed applying makeup and cosmetics, a day of shopping, playing with poodles and having...

Marie Thylstrup, 92, passed away peacefully on Wednesday afternoon, April 27, 2022 at the Jim & Betsey Bryan Hospice Home in Pittsboro, NC surrounded by family & friends. She was born Alfonsina Maria Barbone, to Gabriele Barbone (1893-1994) and Silvia De Mita (1893-1993) on July 16, 1929 in the small village of Nusco in Campania, Italy about 1 hour from Naples. Like all members of the Barbone family, she was born at home, in a building at via Roma 5 which has been in the...

Mary Frances Dahl was born to parents Jack E. and Aleta M. Dahl at Sartori Hospital in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on February 17, 1927. Mary Frances attended Public Schools in Cedar Falls and graduated from High School in 1945. She was known as “Frana” throughout her life. She reflected on many fond memories of Cedar Falls, where the Dahl family had started a furniture store as German immigrants and later founded and operated Dahl Funeral Home in Cedar Falls for several generations....

Wayne Reid Frye, age 64, of Sanford (formerly Pittsboro) NC died Saturday, April 23, 2022. Wayne was born January 14,1958 to Billy Junior Frye and the late Alma Sanders Arnold. Surviving relatives include his father, Billy Junior Frye and step-mother Betty Frye of Pittsboro, one brother, Scottie Frye of Moncure, NC , one sister, Marilyn Grant (Warren) of Apex, NC, special nephews Kevin Spivey (Natasha) of Sanford, NC and Bruce Colmon Collins III of Chapel Hill, NC, niece Victoria...

Mary Madge Cargill was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at the Jim & Betsy Bryan Hospice Home of UNC Health Care on April 21, 2022, at the age of 75. She is survived by her loving husband and high school sweetheart of 58 years, Roland Cargill, daughter, Melissa Pernell (Tommie) of Spout Spring, VA and son, Jared Cargill (Holly) of Apex, NC. Also survived by six grandchildren: Stefanie Hutchins (Stephen), Amanda...