Deaths — June 26

Published 12:00 am Thursday, June 26, 2025

• Melvin F. Wright Jr. passed away on June 19, 2025, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home.

• Mrs. Lillie Mae Ingram, 86, passed away on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.

• Nayda Teresa Velez Sanchez, 69, passed away June 18, 2025.

• Mrs. Shirley Wooten Athan, 88, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 15, 2025.

• Colonel Alfred Marion Dillon (Ret.), 93, passed away on June 21, 2025.

• Mr. Lonnie Gray Hepler, 83, of Advance passed away Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at his home.

• Judith Gail (Roncalli) Powers, 85, passed away from this life on Sunday, June 15, 2025.

• Bernard Michael Appleton, 97, passed away June 8, 2025.

• Ned Alan Sigmon, 85, passed away June 16,2025.

• James Brent Vassey, 50, passed away June 12, 2025.