Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Richmond county


Betty Lou Norton

Betty Lou Norton

Nov 8, 2009

Mrs. Betty Lou Tucker Norton, 82 died Sunday, November 8, 2009 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital. She was born December 20, 1926 in Union County a daughter of the late Lonnie and Edna McManus Tucker. She was a member of Cartledge Creek Baptist Church. She also worked as a clerk in retail sales. She was preceded in death by her...

Norris Dawkins

Norris Dawkins

Nov 5, 2009

Mr. Norris Lee Dawkins, 80, passed away Thursday, November 5, 2009 at his home after a brief illness. He was a lifetime resident of Richmond County, a son of the late William Lee Dawkins and Virginia McCaskill Dawkins. Mr. Dawkins was the owner of Dawkins Produce, a wholesale produce business. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, where he...

Hazel Phifer Smith

Hazel Phifer Smith

Nov 5, 2009

Mrs. Hazel Phifer Smith 79, of 904 Richmond Road, Rockingham, passed away Thursday, November 5, 2009 at her home. Mrs. Smith was born Aril 23, 1930 in Anson County, North Carolina, a daughter of the late William Raymond and Arranna Parker Phifer. She was a member of Park Avenue Presbyterian Church where she was active in many activities. She was...

Robert Carpenter

Robert Carpenter

Nov 3, 2009

Mr. Robert Lee Carpenter, 98 of 1906 Fenton St., Rockingham died Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at Britthaven of Hamlet. Mr. Carpenter was born September 2, 1911 in Anson County, a son of the late William and Ella Meacham Carpenter. He served his country in the South Carolina State Army Guard. He was a supervisor in the textile industry. He was...

Alfred Chillious Davis

Alfred Chillious Davis

Nov 3, 2009

Mr. Alfred Chillious Davis Jr., 82 of 115 Gibson Drive Rockingham died Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at Rockingham Manor. He was born August 4, 1927 in Richmond County a son of the late Alfred C and Jenny Thomas Davis. He served his county in the Army during WW II. He was a supervisor in the paper mill industry. He was...

Ronnie Blue

Ronnie Blue

Oct 30, 2009

Mr. Ronnie Blue, 47, of 1157 Airport Rd., Hamlet died Friday, October 30, 2009. He was born February 9, 1962 in Moore County, a son of the late Mary Alice Sparks Blue and Perry Harold Blue. Mr. Blue was a member of Outreach for Jesus, where he was very active in the church bus ministry. He had been employed at...

Mary Melton Kanipe

Mary Melton Kanipe

Oct 29, 2009

Mrs. Mary Melton Kanipe, 82 of Rockingham died Thursday, October 29, 2009 at her home. She was born November 22, 1926 in Richmond County a daughter of the late Willie and Lee Paul Melton. She worked in textile as a mender. She was a member of the Community Church in East Rockingham. She was preceded in death by 2 sisters...

Audrey Smith Morgan

Audrey Smith Morgan

Oct 24, 2009

Audrey Smith Morgan, 80, of 1376 Millstone Road, Ellerbe, died Saturday, October 24, 2009 at her home. Mrs. Morgan was born October 27, 1928 in Scotland County, a daughter of the late Joseph Lee and Carrie Cleveland Caudle Smith. She was a member of Rourk Presbyterian Church, a graduate of Ellerbe High School, Class of 1945, a homemaker and a...

Wilbur Eli Richardson

Wilbur Eli Richardson

Oct 19, 2009

Rev. Wilbur Eli Richardson, 78, of 114 Eastern Ave., Rockingham, died Monday, October 19, 2009 at his home. Rev. Richardson was born June 30, 1931 in Richmond County, a son of the late David Clinton and Easdale Shaw Taylor Richardson. He had served his country in the US Army during the Korean War, was a retired Baptist Minister and a...

Mary Ellen Saunders

Mary Ellen Saunders

Oct 18, 2009

Mrs. Mary Ellen McLean Saunders, 66, of 872 McDonald Church Rd., Rockingham passed away Sunday, October 18, 2009 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. She was an English teacher with Senior honors students for many years at Richmond Senior High School. Mary Ellen graduated from Hoffman High School as valedictorian of her senior class. She graduated from St. Andrews College in...

Wilma Erby

Wilma Erby

Oct 14, 2009

Mrs. Wilma Lea Erby, affectionately known as ‘Bill’, age 94, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on October 14, 2009. Mrs. Erby was born September 21, 1915 in Richmond Co., a daughter of the late Walter M. and Sophronia Boyette Smith. Mrs. Erby was the oldest living member of Community Church. She was a loving wife, mother,...

Plumer Keane

Plumer Keane

Oct 11, 2009

Mrs. Plumer Mae Clark Keane, 90, of 1296 Sandhill Rd., Rockingham died Sunday, October 11, 2009 at home. She was born January 6, 1919 in Chesterfield Co., SC, a daughter of the late Elmore and Addie Mae Rainwater Clark. Mrs. Keane was a homemaker. Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 pm Wednesday, October 14, 2009 in the chapel of Carter...

Doris Bostick

Doris Bostick

Oct 8, 2009

Mrs. Doris Brown Bostick, 78, of Rockingham died Thursday, October 8, 2009 at Sandhills Regional Medical Center in Hamlet. She was born April 14, 1931 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Elma McLendon Brown and Homer Jennings Brown. Mrs. Bostick was a member of Pee Dee United Methodist Church and was retired with Burlington Industries. Funeral services will...

Clifton Rankin McLeod

Clifton Rankin McLeod

Oct 7, 2009

Clifton Rankin McLeod, 90, of Ellerbe, died Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehursrt. Mr. McLeod was born December 31,1918 in Richmond County, a son of the late Lazelle B. and Marjorie Rankin McLeod. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Ellerbe, had served his country in the US Army, was a charter member...

Vonnie Watts Hines

Vonnie Watts Hines

Oct 7, 2009

Vonnie Watts Hines, 72, of 283 County Home Road, Rockingham, died Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mrs. Hines was born November 1, 1936 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Grayer and Thelma Jones Watts. She was a graduate of Rohanen High School and had retired from UNITE.She was preceded in death by...

Benny Pond

Benny Pond

Oct 5, 2009

Mr. Benjamin E. ‘Benny’ Pond, 63, of 118 Pond Brothers Rd., Hamlet died Monday, October 5, 2009. He was born October 23, 1945 in Richmond County, a son of the late Espie and Gladys Gibson Pond. Mr. Pond was a member of Outreach for Jesus and had been employed for thirty eight years as a Lab Supervisor with Delta Finishing...

Esther Gilroy Schaefer

Esther Gilroy Schaefer

Sep 28, 2009

Esther Gilroy Schaefer, of Deland, Fl, formerly of Moore County, NC and Paoli, PA, died Monday, September 28, 2009 in Florida. She was born November 24, 1919 in West Chester, PA, a daughter of the late Clinton and Lucy Gilroy. She had been employed as a Tour Director and was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Her...

Joseph Maske

Joseph Maske

Sep 24, 2009

Mr. Joseph Maske, 66, of 209 S. Randolph Street, Rockingham died Thursday, September 24, 2009 at First Health Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. He was born September 4, 1943, a son of the late Ellen Cooper Maske and Harold Hampton Maske, Sr. Mr. Maske was a graduate of Rockingham High School Class of ’61 and attended East Carolina University. Mr....

Faye Williams

Faye Williams

Sep 20, 2009

Zelta Faye Williams, 83, of Rockingham, died Sunday, September 20, 2009 at Morrison Manor in Laurinburg. Miss Williams was born November 20, 1925 in Bismark, Arkansas, a daughter of the late Jim and Ora Matlock Williams. She attended the Church of Christ and had retired from ECKO Mfg. Co. Surviving are her brother, Bill Williams of Rockingham. Funeral services will...

Robert Kenneth Melvin

Robert Kenneth Melvin

Sep 17, 2009

Dr. Robert Kenneth Melvin, Ed.D, 78, of Rockingham, died Thursday, September 17, 2009 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Melvin was born September 2, 1931 in Bladen County, a son of the late Erma Singletary Melvin Allen and Charles Wayman Melvin. He was a graduate of Tar Heel High School and North Carolina State University, where he received...

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