Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Richmond county


John Wesley Layton

John Wesley Layton

Nov 16, 2017

John Wesley Layton, Sr., 74 of Rockingham passed away at his home on November 16, 2017 surrounded by his family. Mr. Layton was born on October 18, 1943 in Moore County a son of the late Horace and Louise Barber Layton. He was retired from Community News, where he was press manager, was a member of the National Guard and...

Mickey "Cricket" Ray Bittle

Mickey "Cricket" Ray Bittle

Nov 11, 2017

Mickey Ray “Cricket” Bittle, 55, of Rockingham, passed away Saturday, November 11, 2017. Mr. Bittle was born February 5, 1962 in Richmond County, a son of the late Dewey Fredrick and Janie Ray Callahan Bittle. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Joey Bittle  Surviving are his brothers, Steve Bittle, Jimmy Bittle, Larry Bittle,...

Shirley Hopkins Williams

Shirley Hopkins Williams

Nov 11, 2017

Shirley Ann Hopkins Williams, 62, of Rockingham, passed away Saturday, November 11, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Williams was born November 2, 1955 in Lancaster County, SC, a daughter of the late Nolan Edison and Ruby Lee Snipes Hopkins. She had worked with Richmond Yarns and Lowe’s and had attended Trinity Emmanuel Holiness Church. In addition to her parents, she...

Gayle Brigman Freeman

Gayle Brigman Freeman

Nov 9, 2017

Gayle Brigman Freeman, 73, of Rockingham, passed away Thursday, November 9, 2017 at Carolinas Medical Center in Concord. Mrs. Freeman was born April 5, 1944 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Genoah Brigman and Maxine Jenkins Brigman McCuiston. She was a member of Beverly Hills Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...

Bessie Williams Roller

Bessie Williams Roller

Nov 7, 2017

  Mrs. Bessie Roller, 86, passed away at Hospice Haven on Tuesday, November 7, 2017.She was born February 8, 1931 in Richmond County to the late Memory Gaston and Flossie Lee Williams. Mrs. Roller was employed by J. P. Stevens for approximately 20 years prior to her retirement. She served her Lord since 1952 at the Rockingham Church of God of...

Teresa Carroll Bullard

Teresa Carroll Bullard

Nov 1, 2017

  Teresa Carroll Bullard, 41, of Rockingham passed away Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at Hospice Haven. She was born on December 27, 1975 in Orange  County a daughter of Kay Paul Carroll and the late Jerry Franklin Carroll.   Surviving are her children Chaselyn Bullard and Brenon Bullard of Rockingham; mother Virginia Kay Carroll of Rockingham; grandson, Kaden Bullard of Rockingham; brother...

Helen Melton Shaw

Helen Melton Shaw

Oct 23, 2017

Helen Melton Shaw, 95, of Rockingham, passed away Monday, October 23, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Shaw was born November 23, 1921 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late James William and Lillie Mae Sanford Melton. At the time of her death, she was the oldest member of Roberdell United Methodist Church. She retired from Burlington Industries after 42...

Judy C. Melton

Judy C. Melton

Oct 21, 2017

  Judy C Melton(Nana), 76 years old, went home to be with our Lord on October 21, 2017 after many years of pain and suffering. Although it is hard to understand by those who love her, we have a loving God that knows best and was ready for a wonderful person to take her journey home. She was an outstanding witness...

Sylvia Jean Grooms

Sylvia Jean Grooms

Oct 21, 2017

Sylvia Jean Goodwin Grooms 82, of Rockingham passed away Saturday, October 21, 2017 at Hospice Haven. She was born January 1, 1935 in Richmond County a daughter of the late James H. and Lillie M. Norton Goodwin. She was a member of Midway Baptist Church since 1955, lead the choir since 1965 and was retired from Clark Equipment Company and...

R. Carol McLean

R. Carol McLean

Oct 19, 2017

Rufus Carol McLean, 95, of Rockingham, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 19, 2017. Mr. McLean was born January 9, 1922 in Rockingham, a son of the late Hugh and Josie O’Brien McLean. Carol’s life was centered around Rockingham and the people he knew in the community. He was known as the town’s banker. He began his career as a...

Robert George Silvestri

Robert George Silvestri

Oct 18, 2017

  Robert George “Bob” Silvestri, 85, of Ellerbe, passed away Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. Bob was born April 9, 1932 in Danville, Virginia and grew up in Greensboro, NC. In 1921 his father, Johnny Orlando Silvestri, immigrated to the US from Italy and married Ida Wann. Bob had served his country in the US Army from...

John Glenn Hill

John Glenn Hill

Oct 18, 2017

  John Glenn Hill, 86, was born to George Walter Hill, Senior and Cora Weddle Hill on February 8, 1931 in Ellerbe. He left for his eternal life on October 18, 2017. He loved fishing and frying fish, Bluegrass Music, hunting, racing from dirt tracks to NASCAR, the Atlanta Braves and repairing and rebuilding guns. He could figure out how to...

Patricia Braddock Newton

Patricia Braddock Newton

Oct 16, 2017

 Patricia Ellen “Patty” Braddock Newton, 70, of Raleigh, went to be with her Lord on October 16, 2017.  Mrs. Newton was born February 28, 1947 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late John Randolph and Bernice Ellen Robinson Braddock. She was a graduate of Hamlet High School, Class of 1967, graduated from Cosmetology School in 1968, and had taken...

Jessie Saunders Williams

Jessie Saunders Williams

Oct 14, 2017

Jessie Saunders Williams, 86, of Rockingham, passed away Saturday, October 14, 2017 at her daughter’s home. Mrs. Williams was born July 23, 1931 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Jesse and Nellie Andrews Saunders.  She was a graduate of Rockingham High School, a homemaker and a member of Mt. Carmel Free Will Baptist Church. In addition to her...

Reginald Garside Nuttall

Reginald Garside Nuttall

Oct 12, 2017

Reginald Garside Nuttall, Jr., 94, of Rockingham passed away Thursday, October 12, 2017 at Hospice Haven. He was born on December 12, 1922 in Moore County a son of the late, Reginald Garside and Minnie Harrison Shepherd Nuttall.  He was a World War II veteran, serving in the U S  Navy. He was retired from Springs Mills, was a Life...

Ronald Lawrence Dineen

Ronald Lawrence Dineen

Oct 1, 2017

Ronald Lawrence Dineen, 65, of Rockingham, passed away Sunday, October 1, 2017 at FirstHealth Hospice House in Pinehurst. Ronald was born November 5, 1951 in Utica, NY, a son of the late Mathew James and Corinne Wilson Dineen. He had attended of Freedom Baptist Church and had worked in sales.   Surviving are his wife, Mary Anne Connor Dineen of the...

Ruby Malloy Edwards

Ruby Malloy Edwards

Sep 29, 2017

Ruby Mae Malloy Edwards, 72, of Hamlet passed away Friday, September 29, 2017 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital – Richmond Campus.  Mrs. Edwards was born June 1, 1945 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Eddie and Mary Graham Malloy. She had retired from Sara Lee Hosiery. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...

Dorothy Allred Snyder

Dorothy Allred Snyder

Sep 29, 2017

  Dorothy Allred “Dot” Snyder, 89, of Ellerbe passed away Friday, September 29, 2017 at FirstHealth Hospice in Pinehurst.  Mrs. Snyder was born December 21, 1927 in Montgomery County, a daughter of the late James Isaac “Ike” and Martha Jane “Mattie” Graham Allred. She was a graduate of Candor High School, received her B.A from Flora McDonald College and her M.Ed....

Dorothy Gainey Snead

Dorothy Gainey Snead

Sep 27, 2017

Mrs. Dorothy Gainey Snead, 74, of Rockingham, NC, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 27, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock on Saturday, September 30 at Freedom Baptist Church, 987 US Highway 1, Rockingham, NC, with burial to follow in Richmond County Memorial Park Cemetery, 1717 East Broad Avenue, Rockingham, NC. The family will...

Virginia Kerns Grooms

Virginia Kerns Grooms

Sep 25, 2017

Virginia Dare Kerns Grooms, 81, of Richmond Pines Nursing Center, Hamlet, passed away Monday, September 25, 2017 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital – Richmond Campus in Rockingham. Mrs. Grooms was born June 21, 1936 in Scotland County, a daughter of the late Newty and Lillie Mae Chavis Kerns. She had worked as a waitress and caretaker. In addition to her...

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