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James "Duck" H. McLeod
Jan 16, 2020
James Hugh “Duck” McLeod, 92, a longtime resident of Ellerbe, passed away Thursday, January 16, 2020 in Charlotte.
Duck was born March 10, 1927 in Ellerbe, North Carolina, a son of the late Lazelle B. and Marjorie Rankin McLeod. He had served his country as a supply clerk in the United States Army Air Corps. He was a longtime...
Connie Jean Fields
Jan 15, 2020
Mrs. Connie Jean Fields, 68, of Rockingham passed away peacefully to be with Jesus at her home surrounded by her family Wednesday, January 15, 2020.
Connie was born September 14, 1951, in Charlotte, NC, the daughter of James Edward and Barbara Bullion. Connie was a 1969 graduate of Nuremberg Military High School. She worked and loved her career as...
Marjorie L. Otto
Jan 13, 2020
Marjorie L. Otto, 97, Rockingham, North Carolina, formerly of Tipton, Pennsylvania, died Monday, January 13, 2020 at Anson Health & Rehabilitation, Wadesboro, North Carolina. She was born September 11, 1922 in Tyrone, daughter of the late William Harry and Carrie Belle (Trimble) Houck. On Dec. 30, 1940, she married Kenneth M. “Ben” Otto in Cumberland, Md. and he preceded her...
Belinda Chapman Wiggins
Jan 4, 2020
Belinda Sue Chapman Shaw Wiggins, 59, of Rockingham, passed away Saturday, January 4, 2020 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst.
Belinda was born November 26, 1960 in Fulton County, Georgia, a daughter of Dorothy Lee Carter Chapman Smith and the late Robert Hugh Chapman. She was an active member of the Rockingham Church of God of Prophecy and...
Dorthy Janet Lewis
Jan 1, 2020
Dorthy Janet (Adams) Lewis, 80, passed away peacefully at her home with family on Monday, January 1, 2020, following a period of declining health. Born August 21, 1939, she was a native of Arkansas but had been a resident of North Carolina for some 40 years.
In earlier years, she had worked in the restaurant business. She enjoyed...
Leroy Washington Yates
Dec 27, 2019
Leroy Washington Yates, 91, a lifelong resident of Rockingham, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday,December 27, 2019.Leroy was the beloved husband of the late Ola Mae Crawford Yates, with whom he shared 66 years of marriage. He was the sonof the late John Harrison Yates and Katie Knowles Yates. He belonged to a large family of nine children.
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Kathy Dean Jarrell
Dec 23, 2019
Kathy Dean Jarrell, 64, of Rockingham passed away Monday, December 23, 2019 in Florida.
Ms. Jarrell was born October 31, 1955 in Richmond County, NC, a daughter of the late Luke C. Dean and Vanessa Sweatt Dean Pratt. She was a graduate of Richmond Senior High School, Class of 74 and Sandhills Community College, Class of 86. She was...
Ruby Grant Thigpen McKenzie
Dec 22, 2019
Ruby Grant Thigpen McKenzie, 96, formerly of Rockingham, passed away Sunday, December 22, 2019, at Autumn Care in Raeford. Ruby was born in Richmond County on August 9, 1923, and was the last surviving of twelve children born to the late William Birch Grant and Betty Smith Grant. She was also preceded in death by her first husband,...
Bonnie Ann Hudson Shankle
Dec 18, 2019
Bonnie Ann Hudson Shankle, 64, passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2019, at The Greens of Pinehurst following a period of declining health. She was a native of Richmond County, born June 28, 1955, a daughter of the late Ed and Delila Parsons Hudson. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Edward Ray Hudson.
Bonnie was a...
Lillian Bruce Terry
Dec 13, 2019
Lillian T. Terry passed with peace and grace on December, 13, 2019, at Hospice Haven in Rockingham, NC.
Preceded in death in 1994 by her loving and devoted husband, James W. Terry, Lillian is survived by Jim Terry (Sandy) of Greenville, SC and Kathy Mann (Bill) of Cary, NC; Grandchildren: Ashley Henderson, Jay Terry (Jamie), Meredith Cox (Travis), Melissa...
Betty Jo Brigman
Dec 9, 2019
Betty Jo McPherson Brigman, 69, passed away Monday, December 9, 2019, at Hospice Haven following a battle with pancreatic cancer. Born September 19, 1950, she was a daughter of the late James and Bea McPherson. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Shirley McDonald.
She was a graduate of Rohannan High School and enjoyed a career as...
Charles Edward Higby
Dec 8, 2019
Charles Edward Higby, 71, of Ellerbe, passed away Sunday, December 8, 2019 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst.
Mr. Higby was born December 9, 1947 in New Brighton, Pennsylvania. He had served his country as a medic in the US Army during the Vietnam War. He attended Flinty Knoll Primitive Baptist Church, was an avid hunter and fisherman and...
Emily Rebecca Willoughby
Dec 8, 2019
Emily Rebecca Stokes Canter Willoughby, 80, passed away at her home Sunday afternoon, December 8, 2019, while under the care of Community Home Care & Hospice. She had been in declining health for several years.
She was born in Richmond County of January 12, 1939, a daughter of the late Frank Stokes and the late Rebecca Brock Stokes. Emily...
Charles Edward Jones
Dec 2, 2019
Charles Edward Jones, 82, went home to be with Jesus Monday, December 2, 2019, at his home with family by his side. He was born in Richmond County on February 26, 1937, a son of the late Harvey J. and Lillian Louise Elmore Jones.
He retired as a loom fixer after more than 35 years with Burlington Industries, but...
Terry Ann Cox
Dec 1, 2019
Terry Ann Cox, 58 of Rockingham, passed away on Sunday, December 1, 2019. She was born on August 15, 1961 in Richmond County the daughter of the late Donald and Gail Outlaw Parnell. She worked in the school cafeteria in several different schools.
She is survived by her husband, Larry Cox, her son Alex Cox; grandchildren,...
Pansy Newsome Fowler
Nov 27, 2019
Pansy Newsome Fowler 84, of Hamlet, went home to her heavenly father on November 27, 2019 at her home. Pansy was born on March 4, 1935 in Halifax County the daughter of the late Glenwood and Rosadel James Newsome. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Floyd Franklin Fowler and a brother Gilbert Newsome.Pansy...
Madeline Galloway
Nov 26, 2019
Madeline Louise Lanning Galloway of Brevard, NC, departed this earthly life Tuesday, November 26, 2019, from Elizabeth House in Flat Rock, NC, following complications from a stroke just one week earlier. She had celebrated 85 wonderful years of life. She was born in Jackson County, NC, on August 25, 1934, the third of seven children born to the late Eugene...
Betty Nuttall Lampley Henry
Nov 23, 2019
Betty Nuttall Lampley Henry, 85, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, November 23, 2019, from Hospice Haven in Rockingham. Born March 14, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Reginald Garside Nuttall and Minnie Sheppard Nuttall. The youngest of thirteen children, she grew up in the Hamlet area and attended Hamlet High School. Her career was...
Michael Christopher Parsons
Nov 23, 2019
Michael Christopher Parsons, 60, of Ellerbe, passed away Saturday, November 23, 2019 at his home.
Michael was born May 4, 1959 in Cumberland County, a son of Peggie Joyce English Jolly and the late Kermit Solomon Parsons. He had been a concrete finisher and a mechanic.
Surviving are his children, Michael Parsons, Jr., Christopher James “CJ” Parsons (Whitney), Kermit...
Doris Mitchell McLean
Nov 20, 2019
Rockingham, NC
Mrs. Doris Mitchell McLean, widow of R. Carol McLean, was the daughter of Walter and Norah Mitchell, and was born in Skyland, North Carolina on August 19th, 1925. She is survived by her daughter Susan E. Rossinelli-McLean, her son Dr. Rufus C. McLean, Jr., her grandson Luca Rossinelli, and her granddaughter Marilyn Elizabeth McLean....
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