Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Richmond county


Welford Maples

Welford Maples

May 13, 2008

Mr. Welford Olin Maples, Sr., 91, of 1309 Ann Street, Rockingham died Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at The Hermitage Retirement Center in Rockingham. He was born November 9, 1916 in Richmond County, a son of the late William H. and Dora McCumbee Maples. Mr. Maples was a lifelong member of West Rockingham United Methodist Church. He was the co-owner of...

Dora Mae Shoe

Dora Mae Shoe

May 13, 2008

Mrs. Dora Mae McCarthy Shoe, 88 of Shannon Drive, Rockingham died Tuesday May 13, 2008 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Shoe was born October 21, 1919 in Australia a daughter of the late James and Annie Palmer McCarthy. She was a housewife and was preceded in death by her husband Horace Shoe and son Garry Lucas. Funeral services will...

William Alvin Braddock

William Alvin Braddock

May 11, 2008

William Alvin Braddock, 51, of 466 18th St. Cramerton, NC died Sunday, May 11, 2008 at his home. Mr. Braddock was born August 25, 1956 in Pennsylvania County, VA, a son of Betty Jo Blackmon Braddock and the late Arthur Jack Braddock. He had served his country in the US Army and was a former radiator specialist. Surviving are his...

Mary Alice Airington

Mary Alice Airington

May 9, 2008

Mrs. Alice Wilson Airington of 1704 W NC 73 Mt. Gilead died May 9, 2008 at her home. She was born in Montgomery County a daughter of the late John D. Wilson and Lilly Epps Wilson. She was preceded in death by her husband Wilbert W. Airington and her young son Ronald E. Airington. Funeral services will be held 11:00...

Hill Carter

Hill Carter

May 4, 2008

Richard Hill Carter, 70, of 116 Sixth St. Ellerbe, died Sunday, May 4, 2008 at his home. Mr. Carter was born July 21, 1937 in Richmond County, a son of the late Eldridge Martin and Mary Ann Meacham Carter. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Ellerbe and was a Kentucky Colonel. He was the Owner/Operator R.H.Carter Farms,...

Elizabeth Davis

Elizabeth Davis

May 3, 2008

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Wright Davis, 97, of 405 N. Randolph Street, Rockingham died Saturday, May 3, 2008 at First Health Richmond Memorial Hospital. She was born October 24, 1910 in Stanley County, a daughter of the late Montgomery Bostick Wright and Lottie Lowder Wright. Mrs. Davis was a member of First Baptist Church in Rockingham. For many years, she was...

Diane Will Berry

Diane Will Berry

May 2, 2008

Diane Will Berry, 60, of 159 Dyan St., Rockingham died Friday, May 2, 2008 at Firsthealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mrs. Berry was born January 15, 1948 in Little Falls, NJ, a daughter of Edward and Juanita Barnes Will of Columbia, SC. She received her Associate Degree in Business Administration from Columbia Commercial College in Columbia, S.C. and was...

Virginia Silvestri

Virginia Silvestri

May 2, 2008

Mrs. Virginia Elizabeth Tilley Silvestri, 77, of 159 3rd St., Ellerbe died Friday, May 2, 2008 at First Health Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. She was born October 27, 1930 in Stokes County, a daughter of the late Pose L. and Anna Smith Tilley. Mrs. Silvestri was a homemaker and a member of First Presbyterian Church in Ellerbe. Funeral services...

Mary Jay

Mary Jay

Apr 30, 2008

Mary Margaret Gunter Jay, 82, of 359 McNeill Rd. Rockingham, died Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Mrs. Jay was born April 14, 1926 in Lexington County, SC, a daughter of the late Olin and Gracie Stone Gunter. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Hamlet and had been employed at Rohanen School...

Edna Pittman Gerringer

Edna Pittman Gerringer

Apr 29, 2008

Edna Pittman Gerringer, 91, of Rockingham, died on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at Rockingham Manor. She was born July 18, 1916 in Cordova, NC, a daughter of the late Ira and Virginia “Jennie” Hicks Pittman. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Rockingham. A graduate of Rockingham High School, she completed secretarial courses at Wingate College and became...

Bill Curtis

Bill Curtis

Apr 27, 2008

Chief Petty Officer (Ret.) William ‘Bill’ Curtis, 70, of Hwy 220 North, Ellerbe died Sunday, April 27, 2008 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. He was born March 22, 1938 in Person County, a son of the late Payton Travis Curtis and Ethel Bowen Curtis. Chief Petty Officer Curtis was retired from the United States Navy. He had a twenty-two year...

Ruth Emma Lovin

Ruth Emma Lovin

Apr 21, 2008

Ruth Emma Joyce Lovin, 76, of 360 Firetower Rd. Ellerbe, died April 21, 2008 at Randolph Hospital in Asheboro. Mrs. Lovin was born April 23, 1931 in Surry County, NC, a daughter of the late Arthur Lee and Savannah Turner Campbell Joyce. She was a member of McLean Presbyterian Church, where she was a member of the Women’s Auxillary and...

Ronnie Lee Allen

Ronnie Lee Allen

Apr 15, 2008

Ronnie Lee Allen, 69, of 210 Butler Dr., Hoffman, died Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Allen was born July 28, 1938 in Richmond Va, a son of the late George Leonard and Edna Elizabeth Harvey Allen. He retired from the US Army as a Staff Sergeant and later retired from Aberdeen Bag Company....

Elmare Snead

Elmare Snead

Apr 14, 2008

Mrs. Elmare G. Snead, 87, of 278 Ledbetter St., Cordova died Monday, April 14, 2008 at Rockingham Manor. She was born February 5, 1921 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Zack and Lucy Jane Brigman Grice. Mrs. Snead was a member of Cordova Baptist Church, where she sang in the choir and taught Sunday school for many years....

Sammie Goodson Tanner

Sammie Goodson Tanner

Apr 13, 2008

Sammie Goodson Tanner 60, of New Bern died Sunday, April 13, 2008 at Craven Memorial Hospital in New Bern NC. She was born February 20, 1948 in Richmond County a daughter of the late William C and Pauline Hooker Goodson. She was a housewife and former member of Maple Street Free Will Baptist Church. She moved to New Bern for...

J. Ralph McFayden

J. Ralph McFayden

Apr 4, 2008

James Ralph McFayden, 82, of Ellerbe, passed away on Friday, April 4,2008, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Mr. McFayden was born December 15, 1925, in Richmond County, NC, a son of the late Colon Alexander and Etta Freeman McFayden. He graduated from Ellerbe High School, class of 1942, entered Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC, in the fall...

Pauline Leviner

Pauline Leviner

Apr 2, 2008

Mrs. Pauline Lambert Leviner, 88, of 140 Madison Ave., Rockingham died Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at First Health Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. She was born January 18, 1920 in Cabarrus Co., a daughter of the late Roy and Lela Tucker Lambert. Mrs. Leviner was a member of First Pentecostal Holiness Church, where she sang in the choir and was...

Wayne Lee Park

Wayne Lee Park

Mar 30, 2008

Wayne Lee Park, 78, of 141 Gibson Dr. Rockingham, died Sunday, March 30, 2008 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Park was born May 1, 1929 in Richmond County, a son of the late Norman and Vinnie Frazier Park. He was a member of Zion United Methodist Church where he had been a member of the choir, president...

Dolph Young Rankin

Dolph Young Rankin

Mar 27, 2008

Mr. Dolph Young Rankin, 84, of East Main St. Ellerbe, died Thursday, March 27, 2008 at his home. Mr. Rankin was born May 17, 1923 in Derby, NC, a son of the late Robert Moore and Frankie Thompson Rankin. He had served his country in the US Navy during World War II in the Pacific Theater. He was a graduate...

Bertha Parker

Bertha Parker

Mar 18, 2008

Miss Bertha McAuley Parker 84, of 121 Pine Lane Rockingham died Tuesday March 18,2008 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital. She was born November 6, 1923 in Richmond County a daughter of the late Richmond T. and Annie Yarbough Parker. She was a seamstress and loved sewing for anyone. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church. She was preceded in...

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