Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Richmond county


Sharon Levander Blue

Sharon Levander Blue

Oct 31, 2010

Mrs. Sharon Levander Blue 54, of Rockingham died Sunday, October 31, 2010 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. Sharon was born September 9, 1956 a daughter of Laura Mae Brown and the late Arvid W. Levander. She was a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church and a member of the ladies auxiliary of East Rockingham Fire Department. She drove a school...

Edman Wright

Edman Wright

Oct 27, 2010

Edman Wright, 89, of 467 Fox Rd., Marston, died Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at home. Mr. Wright was born March 21, 1921 in Jefferson County, Alabama, a son of the late Henry and Rebecca Clark Wright. He had served his country during World War II in the US Army and was a lifetime member of the Disabled American Veterans. He...

William Lloyd Johnson Sr.

William Lloyd Johnson Sr.

Oct 26, 2010

Mr. William Lloyd Johnson Sr. 96, of Rockingham died Tuesday October 26, 2010 at St. Joseph’s of the Pines in Pinehurst. Mr. Johnson was born January 11, 1914 in Chesterfield County S.C. A son of the late John W. and Mattie Wallace Johnson. He was a member of Roberdell Baptist Church and retired from Merita Bread Company as a salesman....

Barbara Threadgill Gathings

Barbara Threadgill Gathings

Oct 23, 2010

Barbara Jean Threadgill Gathings, 65, of 105 Duncan Rd., Hamlet, died Saturday, October 23, 2010 at her home. Mrs. Gathings was born September 25, 1945 in Anson County, a daughter of the late Jasper and Viola Brock Threadgill. She was a member of Crossroads Ministries and had been employed as Supervisor of Glenwood Rest Home. She was preceded in death...

Cicero "Pleas" Pleasant Poole

Cicero "Pleas" Pleasant Poole

Oct 23, 2010

Cicero Pleasant “Pleas” Poole, 83, of 145 Poole Rd., Rockingham, died Saturday, October 23, 2010 at his home. Mr. Poole was born December 17, 1926 in Montgomery County, NC, a son of the late Cicero Leonard and Gladys Boyd Poole. He was a member of Crestview Baptist Church, where he cared for the grounds and was instrumental in the construction...

Pearl Evans Thomas

Pearl Evans Thomas

Oct 22, 2010

Pearl Evans Offt Thomas, 76, of 137 Wiregrass Rd., Rockingham, died Friday, October 22, 2010 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. Mrs. Thomas was born August 23, 1934 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Asmond Jefferson and Myrtle Poplin Evans. She was a member of First Assembly of God where she was a diligent worker in various activities and...

Villa Hancock Webb

Villa Hancock Webb

Oct 13, 2010

Villa “Billie” Hancock Webb, 80, of Norman, NC, died at St. Joseph’s of the Pines in Southern Pines on Oct. 13, 2010. Born on Aug. 23, 1930, in Richmond County, Villa was preceded in death by her late husband Horace B. Webb, and her parents John D. Hancock and Nellie Wilson Hancock, all of Norman. Mrs. Webb retired from the...

Billy Ray Maner

Billy Ray Maner

Oct 13, 2010

Mr. Billy Ray Maner 67, of 159 Maner Rd. died Wednesday October 13, 2010 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Billy Ray was born February 4, 1943 in Richmond County a son of the late Julian P. and Ida McDonald Maner. He retired from Clark Equipment where he worked in the maintenance department. He served his country in the...

James E. King

James E. King

Oct 12, 2010

James Edward King, 85, of Pinehurst, died Tuesday, October 12, 2010 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. King was born March 1, 1925 in Richmond County, a son of the late M.J. and Ida Barfield King. He had retired from the United States Air Force and was a member of the Intercontinental Church of God in Fayetteville. Surviving...

James (Tim) Henry Peek

James (Tim) Henry Peek

Oct 11, 2010

James Henry (Tim) Peek, 76, of Rockingham, died Monday, October 11, 2010 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Tim was born November 28, 1933 in High Point, NC, a son of the late Emory and Beatrice Meacham Peek. He had served his country in the US Navy and the US Army. During the Korean War he was stationed on...

Larry Worth Vuncannon

Larry Worth Vuncannon

Oct 11, 2010

Mr. Larry Worth Vuncannon 66, of 123 Fordtown Rd. died Monday, October 11, 2010 at his daughters home. Mr. Vuncannon was born April 17, 1944 in Richmond County a son of the late Worth and Louise Ford Vuncannon. He was retired from textiles where he worked in the dye house. Larry loved to hunt and fish and work on cars....

Dr. Pressley Robinson Rankin Jr.

Dr. Pressley Robinson Rankin Jr.

Oct 9, 2010

Pressley Robinson Rankin, Jr., MD, of Ellerbe , NC , died peacefully at home surrounded by his family on October 9, 2010. Born on December 7, 1920, in Mt. Gilead , NC , he is preceded in death by his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Pressley Robinson Rankin, Sr.; a sister, Catherine Rankin Scarborough; a son, James Michael Rankin; and a...

Henry John Lauritsch

Henry John Lauritsch

Oct 1, 2010

Mr. Henry John Lauritsch, 89 of Ellerebe, died Friday October 1, 2010 at Rockingham Manor in Rockingham. Mr. Lauritsch was born in Brooklyn, N.Y March 31, 1921 a son of the late John and Rose Petche Lauritsch. He was retired from the New York City Department of Sanitation as a Foreman. He served his country in the Pacific Theater during...

Lester "Butch" Monroe Reynolds, Jr

Lester "Butch" Monroe Reynolds, Jr

Sep 24, 2010

Lester Monroe Reynolds, Jr. “Butch” On September 24, 2010, Butch was given the gift of eternal life after a 22-month journey with cancer. Born on February 20, 1949 in Southern Pines, he leaves his beloved family – his wife of 38 years, Linda McRae Reynolds, son Andrew McRae Reynolds of Matthews and daughter Emily Erin Reynolds of Charlotte. He was...

Bernice Robison Braddock

Bernice Robison Braddock

Sep 22, 2010

Bernice Ellen Robison Braddock, 84, of Battley Dairy Rd. Rockingham, died Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at the University of North Carolina Hospital in Chapel Hill. Mrs. Braddock was born July 19, 1926 in Topeka, Kansas, a daughter of the late Donald and Eda Ray Robison. She was a member of Glenwood Free Will Baptist Church and had retired from Burlington...

Jerry Brown Cloninger

Jerry Brown Cloninger

Sep 21, 2010

Jerry Brown Cloninger, 71, of Ellerbe died Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Cloninger was born May 24, 1939 in Richmond County, a son of the late Tom and Bess Garner Cloninger. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Ellerbe where he had served as a deacon and member of the choir....

William Lee Williams

William Lee Williams

Sep 18, 2010

William Lee (Bill) Williams, 93, of Southern Pines and formally of Rockingham passed away on September 18, 2010, at Manor Care in Moore County. He was born in Montgomery County on August 29, 1917 to Maggie Lee and William Randolph Williams and grew up in Ellerbe. Bill was retired from Progress Energy where he served as a control room operator...

Connell Crisco Wilkerson

Connell Crisco Wilkerson

Sep 16, 2010

Mrs. Connell Crisco Wilkerson, 82, of 275 Old Wix Road, Rockingham died Thursday, September 16, 2010 at her home. She was born April 29, 1928 in Jeff Davis County, Georgia, a daughter of the late Lewis A. and Lucille Manning Crisco. She retired from Abbott Laboratory in Laurinburg and was a member of Faith Free Will Baptist Church. She was...

Martha Roller Singletary

Martha Roller Singletary

Sep 10, 2010

Mrs. Martha Roller Singletary, 92 of Polkton formally of Richmond County died Friday September 10, 2010 at Hospice House of Union County. Mrs. Singletary was born June 15, 1918 in Richmond County a daughter of the late Sam and Lizzie Grant Roller. She was the wife of a Baptist Minister and a housewife. She was a member of Oakdale Baptist...

Charles Woodard Fite

Charles Woodard Fite

Sep 4, 2010

Mr. Charles Woodard Fite 74, of 310 Lakeland Drive Rockingham died Saturday September 4, 2010 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. Mr. Fite was born April 1, 1936 in Hickman County, Kentucky a son of the late Fred and Panzie Woodard Fite. He served his country in the U.S Air Force. He retired from the Banking Industry where he worked in...

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