Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Richmond county
Nicki Moore
Sep 4, 2009
Margaret Leak Moore, 65, of Rockingham died peacefully Friday, September 4, 2009, at Hospice Haven. She was born January 20, 1944, in Wadesboro, a daughter of the late Peggy Nickels Leak and Thomas Randolph Leak. Ms. Moore was a 1961 graduate of Rockingham High School and a 1964 graduate of East Carolina University. She was a dedicated educator of forty-four...
Martha Hogan McInnis
Sep 2, 2009
Martha Crowson Hogan McInnis 96,of Ellerbe, died peacefully Wednesday, September 2nd, at Manor Care in Pinehurst, NC. Born in Wise, NC, April 28, 1913 to Rev. Kelly Wade and Lillian Little Hogan, she moved to Ellerbe in 1928 with her family. In 1932, she married Miles Lee McInnis and together they farmed until Lee’s death in 1983. Known to many...
Terry Wayne Cockman
Aug 30, 2009
Mr. Terry Wayne Cockman, of Carolina Beach, NC, died Sunday, August 30, 2009 at New Hanover Memorial Hospital in Wilmington. He was born November 16, 1953 in Richmond County, NC, a son of the late James and Juanita Wilson Cockman. As a business graduate of East Carolina University, he had been employed as the Corporate Comptroller of Remington Apparel and...
Edward Leviner
Aug 23, 2009
Edward Leviner, 77, of 78 Mill St. Rockingham, died Sunday, August 23, 2009 at his home. Mr. Leviner was born April 29, 1932 in Richmond County, a son of the late Neil Archie and Beulah Greene Leviner. He had been employed with Goodwin Paper Mill and had retired from Richmond Yarns. Surviving are his wife Myrtis McGee Leviner of the...
Ordry Robert Hall
Aug 18, 2009
Ordry Robert Hall, 82, of Rockingham went peacefully to be with his Lord on August 18, 2009 at his daughter’s home in Charlotte. He was born June 27, 1927 in Stokes County, North Carolina. The son of the late Robert Troy and Alpha Savannah Hall, he lived his life in devotion to his family, mentor to many, always willing to...
Edith Greene Ingram
Aug 11, 2009
Mrs. Edith Viola Greene Ingram, 77, of 3 Trailwood Lane, Newnan, Georgia died August 11, 2009 at her home. She was born June 2, 1932 in Norman NC, a daughter of the late Ed and Janie Brock Greene. She was a homemaker and a member of Hew Hope Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 A.M. at...
Bea Davis
Aug 9, 2009
Mrs. Dorothy Beatrice Davis, 86, formerly of Ellerbe, died Sunday, August 9, 2009 at Del Mar Gardens Continuing Care Facility in Lawrenceville, GA. She was born August 3, 1923 in Richmond County, the 12th of 13 children to Adam and Julie Farmer of Rockingham. Mrs. Davis was a graduate of the Women’s College of the University of North Carolina in...
Onnie McIntyre Parker
Aug 4, 2009
Mrs. Onnie Webb McIntyre Parker, 92, of 603 Gore Dr., Rockingham died Tuesday, August 04, 2009 at the home of her daughter. She was born December 23, 1916 in Montgomery County, a daughter of the late Thomas Green Webb and Sarah Frances Kelly Webb. Mrs. Parker was retired from the textile industry, having been employed with Gilead Manufacturing and United...
Gordon Hupp
Aug 4, 2009
Gordon Winfield Hupp died August 4, 2009 at his home. Mr. Hupp was born October 4, 1924 in Mount Olive Township, Meggs County, Ohio. He was the son of the late Jonathon Ray Hupp and Rose Ann Johnson Hupp. He grew up in Bridgeport, Ohio, and graduated from Bridgeport High School. He was a Life Scout. Mr. Hupp was a...
Martha Bostick Rushing
Aug 2, 2009
Martha Adams Bostick Rushing, 90, of Hoffman, passed away Sunday, August 2,2009, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst following an extended illness. She was born October 15, 1918 in Scotland County, a daughter of the late Samuel and Mattie Newton Bostick. In addition to her parents, her husband, H. Brice Rushing; daughter, Mary Sue Rushing Johnson; granddaughter, Samantha Lynn...
Joseph Franklin Akins
Jul 30, 2009
Joseph Franklin Akins, 86, a resident of the Hermitage Retirement Center, beloved father and grandfather, went to join our Lord in Heaven on Thursday, July 30, 2009. Mr. Akins was born May 30, 1923 in Decatur, Ga, a son of the late Joseph Uriah and Ethel Mullins Akins. He served his country in the Merchant Marines during World War II,...
Leola Adams Hinson
Jul 23, 2009
Leola Adams Hinson, 97, of 910 N. Lee Street, Extension, Rockingham, NC went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Thursday, July 23, 2009 at her home. Leola was born June 29, 1912 in Anson County, a daughter of the late Tom and Aggie Sellers Adams. For many years, Leola drove a bread truck for Rockingham Bakery,...
Dr. Stanley Vetter
Jul 22, 2009
Dr. John Stanley Vetter, 81, died Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at his home. Dr. Vetter was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee on May 26, 1928, the son of the late John Stanley and Roselle Bird Vetter. After the death of his father, when Dr. Vetter was only 13 months old, his mother moved to her parents’ home in Mt. Olive, North...
Margaret Hicks Williams
Jul 20, 2009
Mrs. Margaret Hicks Williams, 83, of Rockingham, died Monday, July 20, 2009 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mrs. Williams was born September 11, 1925 in Richmond County, NC, a daughter of the late James F. and Nettie Swink Hicks. She was a graduate of Rockingham High School, Class of 1943, and the Charlotte Memorial School of Nursing, Class...
Daniel Nathan Durden
Jul 20, 2009
Daniel Nathan Durden, 85, of 135 Lady Mary Lane, Rockingham, died Monday, July 20, 2009 at Rockingham Manor. Mr. Durden was born January 24, 1924 in McColl, SC, a son of the late Harvey and Florine Lambert Durden. He served his country during World War II in the US Navy and retired from Burlington Industries. His wife, Nettie Durden, preceded...
Jack Dempsey Hines
Jul 19, 2009
Mr. Jack D. Hines, Sr., 81, of 123 Stillwell St., Rockingham passed from this earth to his eternal home on Sunday, July 19, 2009 at his home in Rockingham. Mr. Hines was born Oct. 12, 1927, in Richmond County. a son of the late Myrtle Haltom Allen and John Robert Hines. He was affiliated with Shining Light Free Will Baptist...
Jamie Evans Cottingham
Jul 16, 2009
Jamie Evans Cottingham, 47, of Rockingham, died Thursday, July 16, 2009 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. Mr. Cottingham was born November 4, 1961 in Richmond County, a son of Julia Evans Cottingham and the late Jack Cottingham. He was a graduate of Richmond Senior High School, Class of 1980, a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church and had been a...
Scott Ashley Nichols
Jul 16, 2009
Scott Ashley Nichols, 30, of 1818 Sunset Belt, Rockingham, died Thursday, July 16, 2009 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Scott was born January 18, 1979 in Richmond County, a son of Thomas C. and Patricia Smith Nichols. He attended Temple Baptist Church and had been employed with Richmond Yarns, Appleby’s Restaurant and the US Census Bureau. Surviving are...
Hilda French
Jul 12, 2009
Mrs. Hilda Gainey French, 62, of 188 Tiny Lane, Rockingham died Sunday, July 12, 2009 at Durham Regional Hospital in Durham. Mrs. French was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Rockingham and was a licensed real estate sales agent for thirty-five years. Funeral services will be conducted 11:00 am Wednesday, July 15th at First Presbyterian Church in Rockingham with...
Johnny Hughes
Jul 7, 2009
Mr. Johnny Owen Hughes, beloved father and friend, 53, of Rockingham passed away on July 7, 2009 due to complications in the Burn Unit of Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem. Johnny was born September 21, 1955 to Charles and Martha Currie Hughes. He graduated from Richmond Senior High School and served his country in the United States Navy. He was...
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