Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Richmond county


Nellie Mae Wood

Nellie Mae Wood

Sep 15, 2008

Mrs. Nellie Mae Shepard Wood, 81, of 130 Nicholson Road, Rockingham NC died Monday September 15, 2008 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Wood was born March 3rd, 1927 a daughter of the late James and Sallie Parker Shepard. She was preceded in death by her husband John Wood. She was a member of Roberdell Baptist Church. She was a...

Margaret Dawkins Williams

Margaret Dawkins Williams

Sep 11, 2008

Margaret Dawkins Williams, 68, of 112 Bullard St. Rockingham, died Thursday, September 11, 2008 at Firsthealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Mrs. Williams was born April 10, 1940 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Maggie Dawkins and was a homemaker. Surviving are her husband, Richard G. Williams of the home, daughters, Vicki Capps and husband Terry of Hamlet,...

Gary Lee Hogan

Gary Lee Hogan

Sep 5, 2008

Mr. Gary Lee Hogan, 50, of Spartanburg S.C died Friday September 5, 2008 as a result of a car accident. He was born January 27, 1958 born in Richmond County a son of Johnsie Capps Broadway and the late Charlie Eugene Hogan. He worked as a body man at an auto repair shop. He was a member of Second Baptist...

Peggy Brigman

Peggy Brigman

Aug 30, 2008

Mrs. Alma ‘Peggy’ Goodwin Brigman, 92, of 269 Osborne Rd., Rockingham, died Saturday, August 30, 2008 at her home. She was born July 31, 1916 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Lacy Gibbs Goodwin, Sr. and Lee Hinson Goodwin. Mrs. Brigman was a member of Temple Baptist Church. She was a graduate of Rockingham High School and a...

Richard Leon Holloway

Richard Leon Holloway

Aug 28, 2008

Richard Leon Holloway, 74, of 17095 Holloway Ln., Rockville, VA, died Thursday, August 28, 2008 at his home. Mr. Holloway was born September 30, 1933 in Darlington, SC, a son of the late Dock and Alice Cox Holloway. He had retired from the Virginia State Capitol Police after 33 years of service, was a graduate of Ellerbe High School, Class...

Mary Smith Holloway

Mary Smith Holloway

Aug 24, 2008

Mary Louise Smith Holloway, 73, of 17095 Holloway Lane, Rockville, VA, formerly of Ellerbe, died Sunday, August 24, 2008 at her home. Mrs. Holloway was born February 7, 1935 in Richmond County, NC, a daughter of the late Joseph Lee and Carrie Cleveland Caudle Smith. She was a graduate of Ellerbe High School, Class of 1953 and had retired from...

Rebekah McLean

Rebekah McLean

Aug 17, 2008

Mrs. Rebekah Nichols McLean (Beck), 88, of Rockingham died peacefully Sunday, August 17, 2008, at home surrounded by her family. She was born September 16, 1919 in Richmond County, a daughter of Robert Louis “R.L.” and Mary Liles Nichols. Beck was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was proud to be a lifelong member of Zion United Methodist Church....

Margie Stogner English

Margie Stogner English

Aug 17, 2008

Margie Stogner English, 82, of 202 Hannah Pickett Ave. Rockingham, passed away Sunday, August 17, 2008 at Sandhills Regional Medical Center in Hamlet. Mrs. English was born August 16, 1926 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Edward and Mary Chappell Stogner. She was a member of Pee Dee Baptist Church and had retired from textile manufacturing. Her son,...

Tommy Watts

Tommy Watts

Aug 16, 2008

Mr. John Thomas “Tommy” Watts Jr., 66, of 313 Old Cheraw Highway, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, August 16, 2008. Mr. Watts was born January 21, 1942, in Richmond County, son of the late John T. and Julia Stevens Watts Sr.. He worked as a mechanic with Burlington Industries. Mr. Watts was a faithful member...

Earl Lee Chavis

Earl Lee Chavis

Aug 16, 2008

Mr. Earl Lee Chavis, 65, of 129 Garrett Street, Rockingham died Saturday, August 16, 2008 at First Health Richmond Memorial Hospital. He was born December 8, 1942 in Richmond County, a son of the late Ruby Page Johnson and James Chavis, Sr. Mr. Chavis was retired from Richmond Yarns, with twenty eight years of loyal service as a Department Manager....

Jack Parnell Massey

Jack Parnell Massey

Aug 12, 2008

Mr. Jack Parnell Massey, 77, of 120 Sharon Rd. Rockingham went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, August 12, 2008. Mr. Massey was born September 27, 1930 in Union County, South Carolina, son of the late Garland and Ida Arrington Massey. Mr. Massey retired from the U.S. Army after 20 years of service, in which he was...

Kendall Lee Pace

Kendall Lee Pace

Aug 12, 2008

Kendall Lee Pace, 18, of 1932 Linden Dr. Rockingham, NC died Tuesday, August 12,2008 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Kendall was born May 5, 1990 in Richmond County, a son of Christopher Lee Pace and Connie Wix Campbell. He was a graduate of Richmond Senior High School, Class of 2008, a member of Freedom Baptist Church and had been...

Dr. John Allen Jordan, Sr., DVM

Dr. John Allen Jordan, Sr., DVM

Aug 7, 2008

John Allen Jordan, Sr., 90, DVM, formerly of Lexington and Laurinburg, NC died peacefully Thursday, August 7, 2008 at his home in Southern Pines. He was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina to John Clark and Jessie Johnson Jordan on July 7, 1918. He was the second oldest of four children and grew up in southern Scotland County where he...

Judy Swiger Blount

Judy Swiger Blount

Aug 4, 2008

Julia May (Judy) Swiger Blount died suddenly of a heart condition on August 4, 2008 at her home in Rockingham. Judy was born on October 29, 1929 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, daughter of the late Ernest and Joy Pew Swiger. She was a graduate of Duke Universitiy where she served as president of her sorority, Delta Gamma. During summers of...

Thomas Leslie Snead

Thomas Leslie Snead

Aug 3, 2008

Thomas Leslie Snead, 55, of 136 Henry Snead Rd. Rockingham, died Sunday , August 3, 2008 at Sandhills Regional Medical Center in Hamlet. Mr. Snead was born September 21, 1952 in Richmond County, a son of Alice Melton Snead Richey and the late Henry Daniel Snead. He served his country during the Vietnam War in both the US Army and...

Judith Wiggins Fann

Judith Wiggins Fann

Aug 2, 2008

Mrs. Judith Wiggins “Judy” Fann, 72, passed away Saturday, August 2, 2008 surrounded by her loved ones at the Richmond County Hospice Haven in Rockingham, NC. Mrs. Fann was born November 16, 1935 in Rock Hill, SC, the daughter of the late Wilbur Waylon and Della Dorsett Wiggins. She was a member of Temple Baptist Church and for many years...

Tim Reynolds

Tim Reynolds

Aug 2, 2008

Luther Warren “ Tim” Reynolds, 53, of 7841 Hwy 145, Morven, died Saturday, August 2, 2008 at Anson Community Hospital in Wadesboro. Mr. Reynolds was born April 13, 1955 in Richmond County, a son of the late Thomas Leroy and Corrine Williams Reynolds. He had been affiliated with Sweet Haven Church, was a truck driver with Yellow Freight in Charlotte...

Kenneth Russell Edwards

Kenneth Russell Edwards

Jul 31, 2008

Kenneth Russell Edwards, 51, of 133 Fairway Dr. Rockingham, died Thursday, July 31, 2008 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Mr. Edwards was born March 19, 1957 in Wayne County, a son of Russell and Nancy Batten Edwards. He was a graduate of Richmond Senior High School, Class of 1975, a member of the Board of Directors of East Rockingham...

Georgia Hughes

Georgia Hughes

Jul 31, 2008

Mrs. Georgia S. Hughes, 96, died Thursday, July 31, 2008 at First Health Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. She was born March 29, 1912 in Richmond Co., a daughter of the late Robert and Fannie Jones Spivey. Georgia was a dedicated member of Cobb Memorial Baptist Church since 1931. She has been a teacher of the Home Makers Sunday school...

Marvin "Mutt" A. Davis

Marvin "Mutt" A. Davis

Jul 15, 2008

Marvin A. “Mutt” Davis, 86, of 137 Springdale Dr. Rockingham, died Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Davis was born May 1, 1922 in Marion County, SC. a son of the late Benjamin and Edith Gould Davis. He was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church, the Hamlet Masonic Lodge #532, AF &...

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