All Obituaries

Colleen Valliant Poer, 95, of Durham, NC died at home on December 1, 2023. Born in Pecos, Texas on August 31, 1928, she was a graduate of Lubbock High School -- Class of 1946, and two years at Texas Tech University where she met Jim Ed, her husband of 47 years. She enjoyed singing in church choirs from the age of 16 to 87, was active in her church, enjoyed traveling and camping with her family, and was a volunteer at Durham County Regional Hospital for over three decades. She also loved to...

Jose E. Rivera, 64, of Benson, passed away on Wednesday November 29, 2023.  RDU Cremation is honored to serve the Rivera family.

Ruby Jane Simmons Musselman, 81, of Apex, North Carolina passed away on Wednesday, November 22, 2023. RDU Cremations is honored to serve the Musselman Family.

Ruby was born January 29, 1942 on Potts Creek in Covington, VA. With loved ones by her side, she passed away on November 22, 2023.  She is survived by her daughter, Delores “Dee” Glasl and son in law, Scott (Apex, NC);  her granddaughter, Sarah Ruth Glasl (Winston Salem, NC); Ruby’s life partner, Mike White (Raleigh, NC); brother in law, David Hamilton (Cary, NC); her aunt, Regina Bowles (Norfolk, VA); her travel companions and cousins, Brenda Smith...

James “Jay” Wesley Bailes, Jr. November 12, 1943 – November 5, 2023 79 years old James “Jay” Wesley Bailes, Jr. passed away November 5, 2023 peacefully at his daughter’s home. Mr. Bailes was preceded in death by his loving wife of 54 years, Mary Dowdy Bailes, his parents, James “Jim” and Evelyn Bailes, and his brother Charles Vernon “C. V.” Bailes. Mr. Bailes is survived by one son, Jim Bailes, III and wife Allison...

Zebulon NC: Benjamin Nixdorf Myers Jr., 59, of Zebulon NC, passed away at the Durham VA hospital in Durham NC on Friday November 03, 2023. Cremation arrangements entrusted to RDU Cremations of Durham NC. 

Greensboro, NC:    Carolyn Jean Mills, 75, passed away on Wednesday, October 1, 2023.  Arrangements are entrusted with RDU Cremations.

Edgar Roe Maready, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina passed away at his residence on November 1, 2023.   RDU Cremations is honored to serve the Maready Family.

Dale Michael Ogborn, 60, of Raleigh, North Carolina, passed away on Wednesday, November 1, 2023.  Arrangements are entrusted to Raleigh/Durham Cremation Services.

Elizabethtown, NC:    Dennis Allen Sells, 45, passed away on Tuesday, October 31, 2023.  The Sells Family has entrusted arrangements with RDU Cremations.