Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Richmond county
William Charles Ludlum
Aug 7, 2018
TSGT William Charles “Bill” Ludlum, USAF-Ret., 85 of Hamlet, passed away Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham.
Mr. Ludlum was born February 15, 1933 in Richmond County, a son of the late Ruvin Dewey and Ruth Estelle Lynn Ludlum. He proudly served his country in the United States Air Force for 20 years, retiring in 1971....
Margaret Butler Bryant
Aug 6, 2018
Margaret Ann Butler Bryant, 69 of Rockingham, passed away Monday, August 6, 2018 at her home.
Mrs. Bryant was born August 14, 1948 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Fred and Thelma Steen Butler. She was a member of Mt. Beulah Pentecostal Holiness Church and had worked in textiles. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Dorothy Phillips McFayden
Jul 31, 2018
Dorothy Phillips McFayden, 90, of Ellerbe, passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at her home surrounded by her family.
Mrs. McFayden was born December 21, 1927 in Moore County, a daughter of the late Lonnie Green and Mattie Green Shields Phillips. She was a longtime member of Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church in Ellerbe, where she taught Sunday School and sang...
Betty Ludlum Dawkins
Jul 29, 2018
Betty Ludlum Dawkins, 82, of Rockingham, passed away Sunday, July 29, 2018 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham.
Mrs. Dawkins was born August 2, 1935 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Rueben Dewey and Ruth Lynn Ludlum. She had retired from Richmond County Schools after 23 years of service.
Surviving are her children, Jackson L. “Jacky” Dawkins, Jr...
Cynthia Daugherty Williams
Jul 27, 2018
Cynthia Daugherty Williams, 60, of Rockingham, passed away Friday, July 27, 2018 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham.
Cynthia was born January 31, 1958 in Lowell, MA, a daughter of the late Charles Alva and Joan Lillian Iby Daugherty. She was a member of the Church of Christ and had worked as a secretary. In addition to her parents, she was...
Gary David Fitting
Jul 26, 2018
Gary David "Chef" Fitting, passed away, Thursday, July 26, 2018 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. Gary is the son of the late Eugene and Maxine Fitting of Harrisburg, PA. After high school, Gary attended the Culinary Institute of America. He then completed the Greenbrier Apprentice Program under the direction of Hermann G. Rusch at The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulpher...
Clara McIntyre Donahue
Jul 24, 2018
Clara McIntyre Donahue, 84, of Ellerbe, passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at Riverside Hospital in Newport News, Virginia.
A celebration of Clara’s life will be conducted at 11:00 AM Saturday, July 28, at Ellerbe First Baptist Church with Rev. James Brown and Rev. Andy Pettigrew officiating. Interment will follow in Ellerbe Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:45 – 10:45...
Joyce Cox Brown
Jul 21, 2018
Joyce Cox Brown, 78, of Rockingham, passed away Saturday, July 21, 2018 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham.
Mrs. Brown was born December 14, 1939 in Anson County, a daughter of the late Noah and Addie Mae Vaughn Cox. She was a member of Community Church and had been employed with L’Eggs Hanes Bali, Clark Equipment and UCO Fabrics. In addition...
Kathy Hough Saunders
Jul 17, 2018
Kathy Hough Saunders, 67, of Morven, passed away Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at her home.
Mrs. Saunders was born December 20, 1950 in Montgomery County, NC, a daughter of the late Albert Davis and Peggy Marie Bowman Hough. She had been employed as a babysitter and caregiver for the elderly. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Maude Hughleen Greene
Jul 12, 2018
Maude Hughleen Greene, 84, of Ellerbe, passed away Thursday, July 12, 2018 at Hospice Haven. Hughleen was born August 29, 1933 in Richmond County a daughter of the late Hugh Pate and Pearl Davis Greene. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a brother Hugh Pate Greene, Jr. Grover F. “Bud” Allred, one nephew...
Rodney Morgan
Jul 11, 2018
David Rodney Morgan, 57, of Rockingham, passed away Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.
Rodney was born April 9, 1961 in Richmond County, a son of the late Claude and Bertha Mae Cox Morgan. He was member of Rockingham Wesleyan Church and had formerly been employed with Burlington Industries.
Surviving are his brothers, Claude Morgan, Jr....
Jennifer Dawn Rush Mabe
Jul 10, 2018
Jennifer Dawn Rush Mabe, 38, of Rockingham, passed away Tuesday, July 10, 2018.
Jennifer was born February 22, 1980 in Richmond County, a daughter of Wanda Greene Rush Bruce and the late Doyle Van Rush. Jennifer was a homemaker, a school volunteer and a rec ball coach.
Surviving are her husband Scottie Brent Mabe of the home; children,...
Teddy "Ted" Gene Chance
Jul 3, 2018
On Tuesday, July 3, 2018, Teddy Gene “Ted” Chance, 83, Rockingham, NC passed peacefully while down on the coast. He enjoyed his last dip in the ocean, his last dinner at Calabash, and his last trip with his wife and the boys.
Ted was born November 30, 1934 to John and Mildred Chance. He was an avid fisherman, hunter, enjoyed...
Larry A. Carter
Jun 27, 2018
Garner – Larry A. Carter, Sr., 77, passed away Wednesday.
A native of Ellerbe, NC, Larry moved to the Raleigh area in pursuant of a career in agricultural research. In 2003, he retired as a Plant Pathology Technician with a tenure of 42 years at NC State University. He enjoyed working the early summer mornings selling produce at the State...
Carol Yvonne Furr Solomon
Jun 24, 2018
Jesus said “I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.”
Carol Yvonne Furr Solomon, 67, of Hamlet, passed from this life to His presence on Sunday, June 24th, at Hospice Haven after having been lovingly cared for at Kingswood Nursing Center in Aberdeen for three and a half...
Mildred "Peggy" Bost McFayden
Jun 22, 2018
Mildred “Peggy” Bost McFayden, 89, of Ellerbe, NC passed away Friday, June 22, 2018 at Hospice Haven.
She was born March 5, 1929 in Moore County, NC to the late Fletcher W. and Mildred Wood Bost. She was a graduate of West End High School, a homemaker and an active member of Mount Carmel Presbyterian Church. She was a devoted...
Elsie Gibson Bennett
Jun 20, 2018
Elsie Gibson Bennett, 96 of Rockingham, passed away Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at her home surrounded by her family. Elsie was born September 12, 1921 in Richmond County a daughter of the late Arch Gibson and Maude Sibley Gibson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by an infant daughter Susan Yvonne Bennett. She was a member...
Jean Frazier Hutchinson
Jun 18, 2018
Jean Frazier Hutchinson
Columbia—Jean Frazier Hutchinson, 85, of Columbia, died Sunday June 18, 2018, at Agape Hospice House. She was married to Joseph E. Hutchinson for over 65 years. They are the parents of Janice Hutchinson Poda of Columbia, Timothy J. Hutchinson (Fae) of Hilton Head Island and the late Steve (Hutch) Hutchinson (Avis) of Pawleys Island. She is survived...
Mary Morris Pearson
Jun 16, 2018
Mary Morris Pearson, 77, of Holiday Village Apartments, Rockingham, died Saturday, June 16th, 2018 in her home. She was born June 6th, 1941 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late William and Beulah Morris.
Visitation will be held at Mount Calvary Rock of Ages, 464 County Home Road Rockingham, on Tuesday, June 26th, from 6:00 pm until 8:00pm. A...
Shirley Hooks Huggins
Jun 8, 2018
Shirley Catherine Hooks Huggins, 81, joined Heaven's choir on Friday, June 8, 2018. She passed away in Lexington, Virginia, after a five-month battle with brain cancer.
She was born in Rockingham, North Carolina, on September 11, 1936, a daughter of the late Reverend John Lee and Grace Virginia Hutchinson Hooks. She married Malcolm Huggins on August 22, 1954. As a...
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