Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Richmond county


Lloyd Thomas Simmons

Lloyd Thomas Simmons

Mar 17, 2008

Lloyd Thomas Simmons, 62, of 165 Center St. Cordova, died Monday, March 17, 2008 at his home. Mr. Simmons was born October 22, 1945 in Richmond County, a son of the late Hannie and Mary Moore Simmons. He was a graduate of Rockingham High School and had been employed as a flooring installer. His sons, Tommy and Christopher Simmons and...

Margaret Lowdermilk

Margaret Lowdermilk

Mar 15, 2008

Mrs. Margaret Ellerbe Lowdermilk, 84, of 127 Westmore St., Norman died Saturday, March 15, 2008 at First Health Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. She was born October 10, 1923 in Ellerbe, a daughter of the late James Wesley Ellerbe and Elsie Allen Ellerbe. Mrs. Lowdermilk attended Coker College and Kings Business College and prior to her marriage, worked with Farmers...

Glennie Bowles

Glennie Bowles

Mar 15, 2008

Mrs. Glendora ‘Glennie’ Fay Humber Bowles, 80, of 423 Leak Street, Rockingham died Saturday, March 15, 2008 at First Health Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. She was born July 26, 1927 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Ethel Lucille Ackerman and Jack Humber. Mrs. Bowles was employed for many years as a floral designer with Ethel’s Flower Shop....

Herbert McCormick

Herbert McCormick

Mar 12, 2008

Mr. William Herbert McCormick, 79, of 161 Puckett Rd., Ellerbe died Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at First Health Moore Regional Hospital. He was born February 2, 1929 in Ellerbe, a son of the late John William and Laura Jane Talbert McCormick. Mr. McCormick was a farmer and had worked as a machinist with CSX Railroad and worked previously as a...

Phyllis Rummage McDonald

Phyllis Rummage McDonald

Mar 11, 2008

Phyllis Eloise Rummage McDonald, 76, of Ellerbe passed on in peace to be with her Lord, Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill after a long illness of Crohn’s Disease and Sclerosing Cholangitis. Phyllis was born May 23, 1931 in Ellerbe, NC a daughter of the late Willie “Bud” Harris and Pearlie Mae Moore Rummage. She graduated...

Lendon Sanford Chavis

Lendon Sanford Chavis

Mar 7, 2008

Mrs. Lendon Sanford Chavis, 66 of 180 Eli Drive Rockingham died Friday, March 7, 2008 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Chavis was born May 7, 1941 a daughter of the late Robert and Margaret McCaskill Sanford. She was a homemaker and was a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church. Funeral services will be held Sunday, March 9, 2008 at 1:00...

Charles Barber

Charles Barber

Mar 3, 2008

Mr. Charles Onway Barber, 81, of 286 Cartledge Creek Rd., Rockingham died Monday, March 3, 2008 at Sandhills Regional Medical Center. He was born October 17, 1926 in Richmond County, a son of the late Lena Williams Barber and William Richard Barber. Mr. Barber was a member of Community Church, where he was recently recognized for having twenty years teaching...

Rufus Monroe Morrow

Rufus Monroe Morrow

Feb 29, 2008

Rufus Monroe Morrow, 74, of 158 Morrow St. Rockingham, died Friday, February 29, 2008 at McLeod Medical Center in Florence, SC. Mr. Morrow was born May 4, 1933 in Iredell County, a son of the late Floyd and Lillie Lambert Morrow. He was a member of McDonald Baptist Church and the former owner and operator of WestSide Garage. He was...

Jimmy Zack Brigman

Jimmy Zack Brigman

Feb 28, 2008

Jimmy Zack Brigman, 69, of 130 Brigman Road Ellerbe, died Thursday, February 28, 2008 at his home. Mr. Brigman was born September 28, 1938 in Richmond County, a son of the late Arthur and Ethel Holder Brigman. He was of the Methodist faith, had served his country in the US Air Force and was a drywall contractor having worked all...

James Millard Short

James Millard Short

Feb 27, 2008

James Millard “Jamie” Short, Jr., 46, of 110 E. Main St. Ellerbe died Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at his home. Mr. Short was born February 22, 1962 in Montgomery County, a son of the late Rev. James M. and Mary Katherine Smith Short. He had previously been employed in retail sales. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM...

Betty Ruth Davis

Betty Ruth Davis

Feb 27, 2008

Ruth Davis Betty “Ruth” Poston Davis, 77, of 115 Gibson Dr. Rockingham died Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. Mrs. Davis was born August 6, 1930, in Moore County a daughter of the late Raymond and Vallie Bullard Poston. She retired from JP Stevens and was a member of the Friends Club. A graveside service will be...

Van Chappell Rush

Van Chappell Rush

Feb 18, 2008

Van Chappell Rush, 82 of 201 Clayton Carriker Rd. Ellerbe, died Monday, February 18, 2008 at his home. Mr. Rush was born June 15, 1925 in Montgomery County, a son of the late Thomas Boone and Belle Chappell Rush. He had served his country in the US Army during the Korean War and was a Purple Heart recipient. He was...

Ruth Emma Nunn

Ruth Emma Nunn

Feb 16, 2008

Ms. Ruth Emma Nunn, 89, of Ellerbe, died Saturday, February 16, 2008 at Rockingham Manor. Ms. Nunn was born January 10, 1919 in Stokes County, a daughter of the late Samuel James and Louisa Palmer Nunn. She had retired from Stanley Furniture Company. Surviving are nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be held at 3:00PM Tuesday at Mt. Pleasant United...

Peggy Meacham

Peggy Meacham

Feb 13, 2008

Funeral services for Margaret (Peggy) McNair Meacham will be conducted 11:00 am Saturday, February 16, 2008 at First United Methodist Church in Rockingham with Rev. Keith Nanney and Rev. Allison Coltrane officiating. Interment will follow in Eastside Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6 to 8 pm at Carter Funeral Home in Rockingham. Mrs. Meacham died Wednesday,...

Charles Darius McKenzie

Charles Darius McKenzie

Feb 13, 2008

Charles Darius McKenzie, 72, was taken gently by God on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at his home in Ellerbe under the loving care of his family and Richmond County Hospice. Darius was born November 18, 1935 in Moore County, the third of ten children born to Patrick and Magdalene Ritter McKenzie. He was raised in the Eastwood community of Moore...

Herbert Clifford Harden

Herbert Clifford Harden

Feb 11, 2008

Herbert Clifford Harden, 79, of 165 Chalk Road, Rockingham, died Monday, February 11, 2008 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Mr. Harden was born August 1, 1928 in Richmond County, a son of the late Emery and Ida Faircloth Harden. He served his country in the Korean War, attended Outreach for Jesus, and had retired from TNS Mills. His...

William Craven Coleman

William Craven Coleman

Feb 8, 2008

Craven Coleman Mr. William Craven Coleman 74, of Rockingham died Friday, February 8, 2008 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Coleman was born September 26, 1933 in Richmond County a son of the late Horace and Nora Goodwin Coleman. He served his county in the U. S. Army in the Military Police during the Korean War. He was...

Byron Daniel McNeil

Byron Daniel McNeil

Feb 4, 2008

Danny McNeil Bryon Daniel McNeil, 58, of Garden City, S.C., formerly of Rockingham, died February 4, 2008 at Conway Medical Center in Conway S.C. He was born July 10, 1949 in Rockingham to Byron and Doris Duke McNeil. He was preceded in death by his father, Byron Hector McNeil. A Memorial Service will be held Thursday, February 7 at 2:00...

Elizabeth Folsom Jenkins

Elizabeth Folsom Jenkins

Feb 1, 2008

Mrs. Elizabeth “Lib” Folsom Jenkins, 86, of 164 Ellerbe Rd. Rockingham died Friday, February 1, 2008 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Mrs. Jenkins was born February 24, 1921 in Brooks County, Georgia, a daughter of the late Ben and Nell Folsom. She was a long time member of the First Presbyterian Church of Rockingham, where in 1992 she...

Albert Franklin Ludlum

Albert Franklin Ludlum

Jan 29, 2008

Albert Franklin Ludlum, 77, of 582 Gibson Nursery Rd. Ellerbe, died Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at Tara Plantation in Carthage. Mr. Ludlum was born June 17, 1930 in Richmond County, a son of the late Ruven Dewey Ludlum and the late Ruth Lynn Ludlum White. He was a former member and deacon of Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Rockingham, a...

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