Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Richmond county


Terry Milo Sawyer

Terry Milo Sawyer

Oct 29, 2008

Terry Milo Sawyer, 57, of 200 Safie 6th St. Rockingham, died Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at Sandhills Regional Medical Center in Hamlet. Mr. Sawyer was born August 5, 1951 in Chicago, Ill, a son of Marilyn Umlaus Sawyer and the late Delmont Sawyer. He was a truck driver for Mountaire Poultry Company and had served his country in the US...

Raymond Leo Floyd

Raymond Leo Floyd

Oct 22, 2008

Raymond Leo Floyd, 88, of 143 Center St. Cordova, died Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at his home. Mr. Floyd was born March 15, 1920 in Richmond County, a son of the late Evander and Mary Maner Floyd. He served his country in the US Navy, on the USS North Carolina during World War II. He retired from the Card Room...

Lynn B. Perkins

Lynn B. Perkins

Oct 22, 2008

Lynn B. Perkins, 51, of 126 Fairfield Dr. Rockingham, died Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Ms. Perkins was born May 6, 1957 in Richmond County, a daughter of Bobby and Betty Cox Harris. She was formerly employed with Kentucky Fried Chicken for over 20 years. Surviving are her husband, Danny White of the home,...

Lib Ratliff

Lib Ratliff

Oct 18, 2008

Mrs. Elizabeth ‘Lib’ Wrape Ratliff, of Rockingham died Saturday, October 18, 2008 at her home after a period of declining health. She was the daughter of the late Marvin L. and Grace McRae Wrape and was predeceased by her loving husband, Roy Ratliff, her precious granddaughter, Susan Elizabeth Ratliff, and her sister, Margie Wrape. Surviving are her son, John Roy...

Michael Lee Johnson

Michael Lee Johnson

Oct 15, 2008

Michael Lee "Mike" Johnson, 61, of Lady Mary Ln., Rockingham, died Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at Rockingham Manor. Mike was born September 18, 1947 in Richmond County, a son of the late Betty Goodwin Andrews. He was a member of Sweet Haven Church, graduate of Rockingham High School and had retired from Clark Equipment Company. Mike loved to play Santa...

Charles Dawkins

Charles Dawkins

Oct 14, 2008

Mr. Charles Dawkins, 65, of 253 Lakeview Trail, Rockingham died Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at home. He was born April 19, 1943 in Scotland County, a son of the late Katie Mae Rozier Dawkins and Elijah Claude Dawkins. Mr. Dawkins was of the Baptist faith. He had been a machine operator at Hood Packaging Co. and, also, had previous employment...

Deborah Ruth Martin

Deborah Ruth Martin

Oct 11, 2008

Deborah Ruth Martin, 56, passed away at her home in Longs, SC on Saturday, October 11, 2008. She was born June 5, 1952 in Richmond County, NC, a daughter of the late Floyd Martin and Gladys Lee Raines Jordan. She was employed for many years in Richmond County as a bus driver, and cafeteria worker for Richmond County Schools and...

Anne English White

Anne English White

Oct 10, 2008

Ms. Anne English White, 66, of 104 Blewitt Ave. Rockingham died Friday, October10, 2008, at First Health Moore Regional Hospital. Ms. White was born November 8, 1941, in Scotland County, a daughter of the late Melvin and Shirley Robinson English. She worked as a furniture finisher and was a member of New Hope Free Will Baptish Church. She was preceded...

Onie Painter

Onie Painter

Oct 7, 2008

Mrs. Onie M. Painter, 88, formerly of 914 US Hwy 220 North, Rockingham died Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at Autumn Care of Biscoe. Born October 22, 1919 in the Stories Creek Community in Person County, NC, she was a daughter of the late Jennie Lynn and Charlie Painter and wife of Lester ‘Red’ Painter for sixty four years before his...

Arthur Green Richardson

Arthur Green Richardson

Oct 6, 2008

Arthur Green Richardson, 87, of 1025 Bruton Rd. Ellerbe, died Monday, October 06, 2008 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Mr. Richardson was born July 27, 1921 in Rockingham County, a son of the late Joseph and Nanny Via Richardson. He was a member of Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church and had served his country in the US Army...

Robert Cole Gilliam

Robert Cole Gilliam

Oct 6, 2008

Mr. Robert Cole “Bub’ Gilliam, 80, of 217 Ledbetter Rd. Cordova died Monday at his home. Mr. Gilliam was born May 20, 1928 in Richmond County a son of the late George and Claudia Lear Gilliam. He worked at Burlington Industries before going into the auto mechanic field. He served his country in the U.S Army. He attended Cordova Pentecostal...

Audrey Henderson Ussery

Audrey Henderson Ussery

Oct 3, 2008

Audrey Henderson Ussery, 83, of Ellerbe, died Friday, October 03, 2008 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. Mrs. Ussery was born November 24, 1924 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late William R. and Ora Townsend Henderson. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Ellerbe, and was a retired secretary having worked for with the tobacco market, the...

John Craig Webb

John Craig Webb

Oct 3, 2008

John Craig Webb, 55 of 1514 St. Johns Circle, Rockingham, died Friday, October 3, 2008 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Craig was born June 20, 1953 in Wilmington, NC, a son of William and Carolyn Elvington Webb. Many will remember Craig as an avid golfer, as he was a PGA Class A Professional; he was devoted to the...

William Bud Rainwater

William Bud Rainwater

Oct 3, 2008

William Bud Rainwater, 71, of Holiday Village , Rockingham, died Friday, October 3, 2008 at Sandhills Regional Medical Center in Hamlet. Mr. Rainwater was born February 22, 1937 in Richmond County, a son of the late Evander and Cardella Sweatt Rainwater. He had been employed as a driver with Dewitt Trucking. Surviving are his sister, Ellen Garrison of Rockingham and...

Ethel Browder

Ethel Browder

Oct 1, 2008

Ethel Mallard Farrior Browder, 86, beloved mother, grandmother, godmother, sister, aunt, southern lady, and friend to many, particularly those in need, passed away peacefully in the comfort of her home of fifty-eight years in Rockingham on October 1st, 2008. Her family acknowledge with deep gratitude the friends and caregivers, including the Richmond County Hospice professionals. It is agreed that they...

Mary Caulder

Mary Caulder

Sep 22, 2008

Mrs. Mary Britt Caulder, 85, of 151 Thompson Farm Rd., Rockingham died Monday, September 22, 2008 at Britthaven of Hamlet. She was born May 3, 1923, a daughter of the late Ira and Blennie Saunders Britt. Mrs. Caulder was a member of Heritage Baptist Church. She was retired from J. P. Stevens, and then worked with Thompson Sunny Acres Farm....

Wilhelmina Layton Wescott

Wilhelmina Layton Wescott

Sep 22, 2008

Mrs. Wilhelmina Layton Wescott, 82, of 368 Horseshoe Road, Rockingham, died Monday, September 22, 2008 at her home. Mrs. Wescott was born September 8, 1926 in Steelmantown, NJ, a daughter of the late Jack and Emmaline Chambers Layton. She was a member of Temple Baptist Church, the Dorcas Ministry and was a homemaker. Her husband, Marvin Issac Wescott preceded her...

Maggie Reynolds

Maggie Reynolds

Sep 18, 2008

Mrs. Maggie Alice Covington Reynolds, 93, of Roberdell, departed this life on Thurs., Sept. 18, at The Inn at Quail Haven Village. Born on Nov. 10, 1914, in the Ledbetter Community in Richmond County, she was the daughter of the late Alvin Clay and Sarah Effie Covington. She and her husband of 62 years, William Ashby Reynolds, resided in the...

Ronald Clark

Ronald Clark

Sep 18, 2008

Mr. Ronald David Clark, 67, of Rockingham died Thursday, September 18, 2008 at First Health Richmond Memorial Hospital. He was born January 26, 1941 in Alton, Illinois, a son of the late Thomas and Doris Reynolds Clark. Mr. Clark was retired machinist with Owens Illinois. He was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are his wife, Marilin Clark of the home;...

Joyce Morris

Joyce Morris

Sep 16, 2008

Mrs. Joyce Warrick Morris, 82, died Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. Mrs. Morris is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Lucy Morris Allen and Brooks Allen, of Rockingham; granddaughter Blair Allen Ivey and husband, David, of Fayetteville, and a grandson, Gregory Allen, Jr. of Raleigh. She is also survived by her sister Mrs. Lauranne (Tinka) Nuttall...

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