Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Richmond county


Ronald Griggs

Ronald Griggs

Jan 2, 2010

Mr. Ronald Lindsey Griggs, 56, of Rockingham died Saturday, January 2, 2010 at First Health Richmond Memorial Hospital. He was born August 31, 1953 in Richmond County, a son of the late Jay B. and Dorothy Moore Griggs. For many years, Mr. Griggs was a supervisor with Industrial Sheet Metal in Rockingham. Funeral services will be conducted 1:00 pm Thursday,...

Linda McCormick

Linda McCormick

Jan 1, 2010

Ms. Linda Marie McCormick, 47, of 861 Hwy 73 East, Ellerbe died Friday, January 1, 2010 at First Health Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. She was born August 31, 1962, a daughter of Nancy Simmons McCormick and the late Frank McCormick. Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 pm Monday, January 4, 2010 in the Carter Funeral Home chapel in Ellerbe...

Philip Gene Hogan

Philip Gene Hogan

Dec 27, 2009

Philip Gene Hogan, 70, a lifelong resident of Norman, passed away Sunday, December 27, 2009 at his home, following a 3-year battle with Pulmonary Fibrosis. Philip was born March 27, 1939 in Richmond County, North Carolina, the middle son of Elsie Vernon and Margaret McLeod Hogan. He was a graduate of Ellerbe High School, Class of 1957 and North Carolina...

Dorothy Melton Ballard

Dorothy Melton Ballard

Dec 25, 2009

Dorothy Elizabeth Melton Ballard, 89, of Rockingham, died Friday, December 25, 2009 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. Mrs. Ballard was born August 7, 1920 in Mecklenburg County, NC, a daughter of the late R.T. and Kittie Haywood Melton. She was a member of Jesus First Free Will Baptist Church and a retired private duty nurses aide. Her husbands, William J....

Joseph Oliver Hines

Joseph Oliver Hines

Dec 25, 2009

Joseph Oliver Hines, 79, of Rockingham, died Friday, December 25, 2009 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Joe was born August 8, 1930 in Richmond County, a son of the late John Robert Hines and the late Myrtle Haltom Hines Allen. Joe retired as a Master Sergeant from the United States Air Force in 1969 after 22 years of...

Allie Raines

Allie Raines

Dec 23, 2009

Mrs. Allie Raines, 86, of Ellerbe died Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at Sandhills Regional Medical Center in Hamlet. Mrs. Raines was a member of Sandy Ridge Baptist Church and prior to that, had been a long time member of Bethel Baptist Church. She was a homemaker and was successful in sales with Avon for many years. Funeral services will be...

Helen Swails

Helen Swails

Dec 17, 2009

Mrs. Helen Goodwin Swails, 85, of 187 Cartledge Creek Rd., Rockingham died Thursday, December 17, 2009 at her home of natural causes. She was born June 18, 1924 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Ida Hinson Goodwin and J. W. Goodwin. Mrs. Swails was a life long member of West Rockingham United Methodist Church. She was employed with...

Glennie Williams Hoffman

Glennie Williams Hoffman

Dec 16, 2009

Glennie Frances Williams Hoffman, 84 of Raeford formerly of Rockingham died Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at Open Arms Retirement Home. She was born March 3, 1925 in Richmond County a daughter of the late Memory and Flossie Lee Smith Williams. She worked in textiles and retired from Leggs Hosiery. She was a member of the Church of God of Prophecy...

Sudie Smith

Sudie Smith

Dec 10, 2009

Mrs. Doris “ Sudie” Warner Smith, 90, of 103 Cox Street, Rockingham, died Thursday, December 10, 2009 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mrs. Smith was born November 4, 1919 in Montgomery County, NC, a daughter of the late Minnie Batton Warner Ledbetter and Cell Warner. She was a member of New Hope Free Will Baptist Church and a...

Dorothy Brogden Kalber

Dorothy Brogden Kalber

Dec 9, 2009

Dorothy Brogden Martin Kalber, 88, a resident of Autumn Care of Biscoe, formerly of Rockingham, died Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at Autumn Care. Mrs. Kalber was born August 24, 1921 in Dillon SC , a daughter of the late Charles and Willa Brogden. She was a member of Roberdel Baptist Church and a homemaker. Her husbands, Henry Woodrow Martin and...

James Stanton

James Stanton

Dec 8, 2009

James Monroe Stanton of Ellerbe, left this world unexpectedly yesterday December 8th. He was born May 25, 1953 in Elmira , New York to Dorothy Root Campbell of New York and the late Ernest Stanton. He is survived by his partner and best friend of the last 10 years, Carol Anderson of the home; a son and daughter who he...

Charles Albert Martin

Charles Albert Martin

Dec 7, 2009

Mr. Charles Albert Martin, 85, of Rockingham, died Monday, December 7, 2009 at Somerset Court of Hamlet. Mr. Martin was born June 10, 1924 in Cherokee County, SC, a son of the late Luke and Vera Parris Martin. He served his country in the US Army during World War II, was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ, Latter...

Juanita Terry Dawkins

Juanita Terry Dawkins

Dec 5, 2009

Mrs. Juanita Terry Dawkins, 74, of Rockingham, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2009 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Mrs. Dawkins was born August 4, 1935, in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Claude and Pearl Oliver Terry. She was a dedicated member of First Pentecostal Holiness Church of Rockingham, had retired from L’Eggs Hosiery in Rockingham and...

Harold Wayne Webb

Harold Wayne Webb

Dec 3, 2009

Harold Wayne Webb, 63, of 182 Old 74 Highway, Rockingham, died Thursday, December 3, 2009 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Webb was born August 3, 1946 in Richmond County, a son of the late Platt and Alma Diggs Webb. He had served his country in Germany, in the US Army during the Vietnam War. He was a...

Bernice Steen Porter

Bernice Steen Porter

Nov 24, 2009

Bernice Lee Steen Porter, 83, ,of 106 Safie 3rd St. Rockingham, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 24, 2009. Mrs. Porter was born July 4, 1926 in Marlboro County, SC, a daughter of the late William and Annie Melton Steen. She was a member of East Rockingham Congregational Holiness Church and a homemaker. Her first husband...

Ruth McPherson Russell

Ruth McPherson Russell

Nov 22, 2009

Ruth Elizabeth McPherson Russell, 100, of 906 Roberdel Rd. Rockingham, passed away Sunday, November 22, 2009 at Hospice Haven of Rockingham. Mrs. Russell was born August 3, 1909 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late John and Virginia Morrison McPherson. She was a graduate of Berryhill High School in Charlotte, Class of 1925, a member of Ledbetter United Methodist...

Richard Bostick

Richard Bostick

Nov 21, 2009

Mr. James Richard Bostick, Sr., 88, of Hoffman died Saturday, November 21, 2009 at Morrison Manor in Laurinburg. He was born January 16, 1921 in Moore County, a son of the late Samuel and Mattie Newton Bostick. Mr. Bostick was owner and operator of Hoffman BP for thirty years and was mayor of Hoffman for a number of years. He...

Brenda Fulp

Brenda Fulp

Nov 21, 2009

Mrs. Brenda Greene Fulp, 57, of 2661 US Hwy 220 North, Ellerbe died Saturday, November 21, 2009 at First Health Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. She was born November 26, 1951 in Montgomery County, the daughter of Pauline Lockhart Greene and the late Alfred Greene. Mrs. Fulp had been employed in accounts payable with Carolina Eye Associates and prior to...

William Frazier

William Frazier

Nov 13, 2009

Mr. William Frazier, 83, died Friday, November 13, 2009 at Morrison Manor in Laurinburg. Mr. Frazier served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was retired from Dupont in Camden, SC. Funeral services will be conducted 11:00 am Monday, November 15, 2009 at Pee Dee United Methodist Church in Rockingham. Interment will be at 2:00 PM Monday in...

Thomas Larty Powell

Thomas Larty Powell

Nov 12, 2009

Thomas Larty Powell, 83, of Rockingham, died Thursday, November 12, 2009 in Rockingham. Mr. Powell was born October 27, 1926 in Polk County, Fl, a son of the late Thomas Allen and Alma Parrish Powell. He had served his country in the US Army during World War II, was a former governor of the Moose Lodge, a member of the...

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