Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Richmond county


Jimmy Gibson

Jimmy Gibson

Dec 26, 2006

James N. ‘Jimmy’ Gibson, 72, of 218 Green Lake Church Rd., Rockingham died Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at his home. He was born February 17, 1934 in Richmond Co., a son of the late Gladys Watson Gibson and Jasper Gibson. Mr. Gibson was retired with the Department of Transportation as a Surveyor. He was a member of Ledbetter United Methodist...

Grace Thompson Godfrey

Grace Thompson Godfrey

Dec 21, 2006

Mary Grace Thompson Godfrey, 80 of 737 Capel Mill Rd. Ellerbe died Thursday, December 21, 2006 at Firsthealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mrs. Godfrey was born March 8, 1926 in Anson County, a daughter of the late Archie F. and Mary Lou Maness Thompson. She was a member of Concord United Methodist Church, a graduate of Ellerbe High School,...

Mary B. Ezzell

Mary B. Ezzell

Dec 15, 2006

Mary B. Ezzell Mrs. Mary B Ezzell, 76 of 436 Old Charlotte Hwy. , Rockingham died Friday December 15th at First Health Richmond Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Ezzell was born September 24, 1930 in Bladen County, a daughter of the late Ada Guyton and Nathan Dowless. She was a member of Faith Freewill Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by...

Lois Treece

Lois Treece

Dec 15, 2006

Lois Treece Lois R. Treece 87, of 331 Crawford Rd. Ellerbe died Friday, December 15, 2006 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital. She was born May 8, 1919 in Montgomery County a daughter of the late Tom and Belle Chappell Rush. She worked as an Inspector in the Textiles Industry. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Ellerbe....

Dennis Beck

Dennis Beck

Dec 8, 2006

Dennis Lamar Beck, 63, of 237 Ledbetter St., Cordova died Friday, December 8, 2006 at his home. He was born May 5, 1943 in Richmond County, a son of the late Robert N. and Bertie Stewart Beck. Mr. Beck was a member of Cordova Baptist Church and was a retired engineer with CSX Transportation. Funeral services will be conducted 12:00...

James Stuart Pace

James Stuart Pace

Dec 6, 2006

James Stuart Pace, 47, of 145 Memory Lane, Rockingham died Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at First Health Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. He was born January 6, 1959 in Wake Co., a son of Juanita Albright Pace and the late Charles Wayne Pace. Mr. Pace was employed with Pepsi Bottling Ventures in Rockingham for twenty seven years, having last worked...

Annie Benson Brady

Annie Benson Brady

Dec 4, 2006

Annie Brady was born on November 28, 1919. She moved with her parents, David and Pearl Marie Walker Benson from Bladen County and lived all her adult life in Rockingham. She grew up in a family of eleven children. As a young girl she was responsible for much of the care of her brothers and sisters. She talked of ironing...

John Malcolm Thompson

John Malcolm Thompson

Dec 3, 2006

John Malcolm Thompson, of 614 N. Washington St. Hutchinson, KS, formerly of Hamlet, died Sunday, December 3, 2006 at his home. Mr. Thompson was born May 31, 1945 in Florence County, SC a son of the late Lonnie Malcolm and Kathleen Munn Thompson. He served his country in the US Army, was a member of West Rockingham United Methodist Church,...

Eulla A.M. Ickes

Eulla A.M. Ickes

Dec 3, 2006

Mrs. Eulla Thomas Ickes, 93, a resident of Britthaven of Hamlet died Sunday, December 3, 2006. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time.

Connie McCracken Little

Connie McCracken Little

Dec 1, 2006

Connie McCracken Martin Little Little formerly of Richmond Road, Rockingham, NC died December 1, 2006 at Britthaven of Hamlet where she had been a Resident since March 2003. She was born December 12, 1911, in Iredell County, one of nine children to the late John Mack and Annie R. Hall McCracken. Connie graduated from West End High School, Class of...

John Braddock

John Braddock

Nov 25, 2006

John Randolph Braddock, 83 , of Battley Dairy Rd, Rockingham died Saturday, November 25, 2006 at his home. Mr. Braddock was born December 30, 1922 in Camden, S.C. a son of the late John Randolph and Carrie Elizabeth Horton Braddock. He had served his country in the United States Army Air Corp during World War II, was a member of...

Billy Capps

Billy Capps

Nov 25, 2006

Robert ‘Billy’ Capps, 87, of 215 River Rd., Rockingham died Saturday, November 25, 2006 at First Health Richmond Memorial Hospital. He was born January 15, 1919 in Cumberland Co., a son of the late Clyde and Alice Woodall Capps. Mr. Capps was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Rockingham, serving as treasurer of the Methodist Men for...

Rev. J. Willard Singletary

Rev. J. Willard Singletary

Nov 24, 2006

Rev. J. Willard Singletary, 83, of Polkton passed away Friday, November 24, 2006 at Anson Community Hospital in Wadesboro. He was born July 11, 1923 in Halifax Co., NC, a son of the late C. V. and Effie Jane Shaw Singletary. Rev. Singletary was originally from Rockingham and has been a pastor for almost forty years at numerous churches around...

Lillie Lowery Mills

Lillie Lowery Mills

Nov 21, 2006

PAID Lillie Lowery Mills, 81, a resident of the Lutheran Home of Hickory, formerly of Rockingham, died Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at the Lutheran Home. Mrs. Mills was born June 6, 1925 in Chesterfield County, SC a daughter of the late James C. and Eva Mae Lucas Lowery. She was a member of Sweet Haven Church in Rockingham and had...

Lillie Mae Deal

Lillie Mae Deal

Nov 18, 2006

Mrs. Lillie Mae Wilhelm Deal, 95, a resident of Sunbelt Living Center in Apopka Fl., formerly of Rockingham died November 18, 2006 at Sunbelt Living Center. Mrs. Deal was born January 12, 1911 in Iredell County, NC. Prior to her retirement she owned Lillie’s Beauty Salon in Rockingham. Mrs. Deal was preceded in death by her husband, Hugh L. Deal,...

James L. Taylor

James L. Taylor

Nov 15, 2006

On November 15th, the angels came and took James Lloyd Taylor to his new home in heaven. He was born December 23, 1919 in Phythamathe, GA, a son of the late James Albert Taylor and Marthina Taylor. Mr. Taylor was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Rockingham, where he was a past deacon. He was retired from the Roadway...

Priscilla Gathings King

Priscilla Gathings King

Nov 14, 2006

Priscilla Ann Gathings King, 57, of 249 Sneads Mill Rd. Rockingham, died Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at Firsthealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mrs. King was born September 20, 1949 in Richmond County a daughter of the late Gene and Esther Driggers Gathings. She was a founding member of Sweet Haven Church, was active in the Ladies Auxillary and loved...

Mitchell Dolan Webb

Mitchell Dolan Webb

Nov 12, 2006

Mitchell Dolan Webb, 72, of 130 Mitchell Ave. Rockingham died Sunday, November 12, 2006 at his home. Mr. Webb was born September 3, 1934 in Richmond County, a son of the late Elmer Arthur and Alma Lisk Webb. He was a member of Mount Carmel Free Will Baptist Church and the owner and operator of Big K LP Gas Company....

Geneva Martin Jordan

Geneva Martin Jordan

Nov 12, 2006

Geneva Martin “ Mama Wilkes” Jordan, 82, of Pallisades Circle Rockingham, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, November 12, 2006 at Hospice Haven of Rockingham. Mrs. Jordan was born May 2, 1924 in Anson County, a daughter of the late Lonnie and Minnie Martin Martin. She was a member of Abundant Life Church and had...

Tammy Smith Lambert

Tammy Smith Lambert

Nov 11, 2006

Tammy Lorraine Smith Lambert, 37, of 8903 Wood St. Mt. Pleasant, NC died Saturday, November 11, 2006 at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Concord as the result of an automobile accident. Tammy was born January 9, 1969 in Richmond County, a daughter of Clyde and Sylvia Elmore Smith. She was a member of the Cowboy Church in Mt. Pleasant and...

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