Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Richmond county


Nancy Marlene Long Smith

Nancy Marlene Long Smith

May 3, 2016

Nancy Smith Nancy Marlene Long Smith, 69 of Cordova passed away May 3, 2016 at Hospice Haven. She was born July 8, 1946 in Richmond County a daughter of the late Samuel Leon Long and Ella Louise Pankey Long. Mrs. Smith was a charter member of Beverly Hills Baptist Church and was retired from J C Penny. In addition to...

Billy M. Thompson

Billy M. Thompson

May 1, 2016

Billy Marshall Thompson, loving and beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed away Sunday May 1, 2016 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Thompson was born December 12, 1936 in Richmond County, a son of the late George Daniel and Monnie Kate McInnis Thompson. He had served his country in the United States Army during the Cuban Missile Crisis...

Rickey "Richard" Dean "Catfish" Martin

Rickey "Richard" Dean "Catfish" Martin

May 1, 2016

Rickey “Richard” “Catfish” Dean Martin, 59, of Cordova, passed away Sunday, May 1, 2016, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Martin was born July 26, 1956 in Ogemaw County, Michigan, a son of the late Curtis Edward and Bonita Joy Thomas Martin. After his parent’s death he was raised by his grandfather, Franco Martin. He had been a...

Janie Sue Lynch Brigman

Janie Sue Lynch Brigman

Apr 30, 2016

Janie Sue Lynch Brigman, 82, of Cordova, passed away Saturday, April 30, 2016 at Richmond Pines in Hamlet. Mrs. Brigman was born November 12,1933 in Darlington County, SC, a daughter of the late Caleb and Daisy Jernigan Lynch. She had retired from Sandhurst Hosiery, Safie Plant. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William...

Lerida-M Eclevia Razon

Lerida-M Eclevia Razon

Apr 27, 2016

Lerida-M Eclevia Razon, 42, of Rockingham, passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. Lerida was born March 16, 1974 in Olongapo City, Zambales, Philippines, a daughter of Delfin Eclevia and the late Virginia Parro Eclevia. She was a mathematics teacher at Richmond Senior High School, a member of St. James Catholic Church and attended...

Bebe Thacker Dobbins

Bebe Thacker Dobbins

Apr 26, 2016

Bebe Ann Thacker Dobbins, 80, of Rockingham, passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Dobbins was born June 2, 1935 in Dorchester, Wise County, Virginia, a daughter of the late Richard Arnim and Dollie Penland Thacker. She was a member of the Christian Jew Foundation and a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...

Thomas Hadley Little, Jr.

Thomas Hadley Little, Jr.

Apr 23, 2016

Thomas Hadley Little, Jr., 68, of Ellerbe, passed away Saturday, April 23, 2016 at his home. Tommy was born June 4, 1947 in Richmond County, the son of the late Thomas Hadley and Nita McInnis Little. He had served his country in the US Navy, during the Vietnam War, was a graduate of Ellerbe High School, a member of Jones...

Helen Louise Covington Ratliff

Helen Louise Covington Ratliff

Apr 22, 2016

Helen Louise Covington Ratliff, 87, of Rockingham, passed away Friday, April 22, 2016 at FirstHeatlh Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Mrs. Ratliff was born June 5, 1928 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Thomas Everett and Bertha Lee Williams Covington. She had retired from White Poultry Company and was preceded in death by her children, Peggy Ussery, Lynn...

Juanita Davis West

Juanita Davis West

Apr 19, 2016

Juanita Davis West, 87, of Dunn, passed away Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at her home. Mrs. West was born October 21, 1928 in Marion, South Carolina, a daughter of the late Robert Benjamin and Edith Mae Goude Davis. She had been a member of First Baptist church in Dunn since January, 1970 and had been active as a deacon, a...

Betty White Stogner

Betty White Stogner

Apr 17, 2016

Mrs. Betty White Stogner, 85, beloved wife of the late John Robert Stogner, died Sunday, April 17, 2016 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. Mrs. Stogner was born January 5, 1931 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late John H. and Connie S. White. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Rockingham. She retired from Richmond County School...

Althea Norton Brown

Althea Norton Brown

Apr 17, 2016

Althea Norton Brown, 74 of Rockingham, passed away Sunday, April 17, 2016 at Hospice Haven. Mrs. Brown was born December 26, 1941 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Vernon D. and Ruby Dawkins Norton. She was a longtime member of First Pentecostal Holiness Church, where she enjoyed serving in these capacities through the years—Women’s ministries, choir, youth group...

Ella Mae Roberts Leviner

Ella Mae Roberts Leviner

Apr 12, 2016

Ella Mae Roberts Leviner, 85, of Rockingham, passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at Richmond Pines in Hamlet. Mrs. Leviner was born March 24, 1931 in Wilkes County, a daughter of the late James Pressley and Bertha Douglas Roberts. She had retired from Hanes Hosiery, Sandhurst Plant and was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Stanley Leviner. Surviving are...

Bernie Jordan

Bernie Jordan

Apr 9, 2016

Bernie Jordan 83, of Rockingham passed away Saturday April 9, 2016 at Hospice Haven. Bernie was born May 7, 1932 in Richmond County a son of the late Emmett S. Jordan and Mollie Watkins Jordan. Bernie was a member of Cordova Baptist church and served his nation in the U S Marine Corps. Bernie was an insurance agent with Liberty...

Moses Lee Bennett

Moses Lee Bennett

Apr 9, 2016

Moses Bennett Moses Lee Bennett, 83, of Ellerbe, passed away at his home on Saturday, April 9, 2016 surrounded by his family. Moses was born February 24, 1933 in Stokes county a son of the late James Rotha Bennett and Mamie Bullins Bennett. Moses worked in textiles as a weaver. He was preceded in death by his parents, his brothers,...

Marvin "Kebo" Keith Davis

Marvin "Kebo" Keith Davis

Apr 5, 2016

Marvin Keith “Kebo” Davis, 68, of Rockingham, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Kebo was born September 25, 1947 in Richmond County, a son of the late Marvin A. “Mutt” and Hazel Colleen “Pete” Solomon Davis. He had served his country in the US Navy and had attended Victory Baptist Church. He had...

Hettie Mathis Parker

Hettie Mathis Parker

Mar 30, 2016

Hettie Mathis Parker, 89, of Cordova, passed away Wednesday, March 30,2016 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. Mrs. Parker was born April 18, 1926 in Jackson County, NC, a daughter of the late James and Chassie Dietz Mathis. At the time of her death she was the oldest active member of Cordova Baptist Church. She had worked with Klopman Mills and...

Robert William Black

Robert William Black

Mar 30, 2016

Robert William Black, 80, of Hamlet, passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at his home. Mr. Black was born August 4, 1935 in Piercefield, NY, a son of the late Aloney and Madelyn Brown Black. He was a carpenter by trade, having worked for Alcoa, the Seaway Project and a missle base in upstate New York. Later he was self-employed...

Jasper Junior Threadgill

Jasper Junior Threadgill

Mar 29, 2016

Jasper Junior Threadgill, 86, of Hamlet, passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Mr. Threadgill was born May 24, 1929 in Anson County, a son of the late Jasper Harmon and Viola Cathleen Brock Threadgill. He was a member of Joy Free Will Baptist Church, had worked with Pepsi Cola, retired from Burlington Industries...

Mary Benson Cook

Mary Benson Cook

Mar 26, 2016

Mary Alice Benson Cook Mary Alice Jordan Benson Cook, 99 of Rockingham passed away Saturday at her home surrounded by family. She was born July 31, 1916 in Montgomery County a daughter of the late William Preston Jordan and Martha Brown Jordan. She was retired from J P Stevens and was a member of the Church of God of Prophecy...

Tammy Lynn McKenzie

Tammy Lynn McKenzie

Mar 24, 2016

Tammy Lynn McKenzie, 48, of Rockingham, NC passed away Thursday, March 24, 2016 at her home. Tammy was born June 7, 1967 in Scotland County a daughter of John Wilson Yates and Shirley Jowers Yates. Tammy was a CNA at Pruitt health. She was preceded in death by a son, Christopher Weatherford and a sister, Sherry Ponds. Surviving are her...

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