Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Richmond county
Billy Wayne Wilkerson
May 30, 2015
Billy Wayne Wilkerson, 66, of Rockingham, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, May 30, 2015 at his home. Mr. Wilkerson was born February 19, 1949 in Richmond County, the son of the late Norry Monroe Wilkerson and Bessie Ann Eubanks Lisk. He had served his country in the US Marine Corps and had retired from the...
Barbara Wilson Eaves
May 29, 2015
Barbara Wilson Eaves, 75, of Cordova, passed away Friday, May 29, 2015 at Sandhills Regional Medical Center in Hamlet. Mrs. Eaves was born December 27, 1939 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Woodrow Wilson and Dorothy Stacy Wilson Britt. She had retired from Sara Lee Manufacturing after 39 years of service. In addition to her parents, she was...
Franklin "Stub" Farrell Craven
May 27, 2015
Franklin Farrell "Stub" Craven, 78, of Norman, passed away Wednesday, May 27. 2015 at his home. Mr. Craven was born October 23, 1936 in Richmond County, a son of the late Artis Banks and Minnie Lee Warner Craven. He was a member of Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church and currently attended Marcus United Methodist Church. He was a lifelong farmer, received...
Charles Thomas Speight
May 27, 2015
Charles Thomas Speight, 85, of Rockingham went to be with his Lord and Savior Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Mr. Speight was born February 16, 1930 in Richmond County, a son of the late Eli Ashworth and Rosa Terry Speight. He had served his country in the US Air Force during the Korean War, was an active member of West Rockingham...
Betty Aycock Smith
May 24, 2015
Betty Lee Aycock Smith, 68, of Rockingham, passed away on Sunday, May 24, 2015 at her home surrounded by her family. Mrs. Smith was born, October 26, 1946 in Durham County, a daughter of the late Theodore and Naomi Mooney Aycock. She was a homemaker. Survivors are her sons Jimmy Smith (Allison) and Bobby Smith both of Rockingham, grandchildren Taylor...
John Phillip Knight
May 19, 2015
John Phillip Knight, 66, wonderful and loving husband, father and papa passed away Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Phillip was born December 23, 1948 in Richmond County, a son of Julia Elizabeth Greene Knight and the late John Clement Knight. He was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church in Ellerbe, had served his country in the US Army and had retired...
Edna Paul Vaughn
May 9, 2015
Edna Paul Vaughn, 84, of Rockingham and Vass, passed away Saturday, May 9, 2015 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. She was born January 5, 1931, one of 15 children of William M. and Marie Pearl Walker Benson Paul. While still in her youth, she met her beloved Tom C. Vaughn to whom she was married for 50 years...
Betty Jo Peek Edwards
May 5, 2015
Betty Jo Peek Edwards, 83, of Rockingham, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at Pruitt Health in Rockingham. Mrs. Edwards was born July 22, 1931 in Moore County, a daughter of the late Emory Ervin and Beatrice Meacham Peek. She had retired from textiles and had also been a sitter. She was preceded in death by her children, Cecil, Jimmy...
Ellen Andrews Reedy
May 5, 2015
Ellen Roena Andrews Reedy, 67, of Rockingham, NC, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. Mrs. Reedy was born March 31, 1948 in Alleghany County, the daughter of Robert Cleve and Laura Lee Smith Andrews. She was a member of Temple Baptist Church in Rockingham and a former member of West Side Independent Baptist Church in...
John Vernon Todd
Apr 28, 2015
John Vernon Todd, 85, of Rockingham, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Mr. Todd was born August 11, 1929 in Whiteville, NC, a son of the late Fletcher and Ceda Mae Cannon Todd. He was a faithful and dedicated member of Maple Street Free Will Baptist Church where he had served as...
Thomas Moody Shepard
Apr 27, 2015
Thomas Moody Shepard, 67, of Albemarle, passed away Monday, April 27, 2015 at his home. Mr. Shepard was born April 8, 1948 in Richmond County, a son of the late Tom and Gracie Thompson Shepard. He had been employed as a supervisor with Wiscassett Mills and as a truck driver. Surviving are his children, Robin Rainwater of Rockingham, Tommy Shepard...
Peggy Parsons Meymandi
Apr 25, 2015
Peggy Parsons Meymandi Peggy Anne Parsons Meymandi, 84, of Rockingham, passed away, Saturday, April 25, at Hospice Haven. Peggy was born December 6, 1930 in Richmond County the daughter of the late Dudley Duncan Parsons and Irene Shelton Parsons. She was a nurse at Moore Regional Hospital and UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Peggy was a loving and very positive...
Edgar Robert Hollingsworth
Apr 22, 2015
Edgar Robert Hollingsworth, 88, of Rockingham, passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at The Hermitage. Mr. Hollingsworth was born June 16, 1926 in Richmond County, a son of the late Gilbert and Mima Virginia Steen Hollingsworth. He served his country in the US Navy during World War II and the Korean War. He was a member of Glenwood Free Will...
Warren Walter Wise
Apr 16, 2015
Walter Warren Wise, 64, of Ellerbe, passed away Thursday, April 16, 2015 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Wise was born December 30, 1950 in Lancaster, PA, a son of the late Raymond Wilbert Wise and Emma Jumbelick Wise Moser. He had served his country in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He was a...
Belton Junior Chavis
Apr 15, 2015
Belton Junior Chavis, 74, of Rockingham, passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at his home. Mr. Chavis was born July 7, 1940 in Scotland County, a son of the late Belton D. and Pauline Jacobs Chavis. He had been employed as a security guard prior to his disability. Surviving are his children, Loretta Lynn Chavis of Laurinburg, Linda Marie Dunlap...
Nancy Sellers McNeil
Apr 14, 2015
Nancy Sellers McNeil, 66, of Surfside Beach, SC passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at Tidelands Hospice House in Georgetown, SC. Nancy was born November 17, 1948 in Richmond County, NC, a daughter of the late John and Emma Millen Sellers. She had been employed with Krispy Kreme in Surfside Beach and was a housekeeper. In addition to her parents,...
Lucy Belle Mabe Shankle
Apr 11, 2015
Lucy Belle Mabe Shankle, 98, of Ellerbe passed away April 11, 2015 at Hamlet House. She was born August 1, 1916 in Stokes County , NC a daughter of the late George Wilkins and Lucy Brown Wilkins. Belle was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church Ellerbe, NC. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death...
Bobbie Jean Paschal Caulder
Apr 9, 2015
Bobbie Jean Paschal Caulder, 79, of Hamlet, passed away Thursday, April 9, 2015 at her home. A native of Richmond County, she was the owner of S&B Grocery that was located on HWY 74 East. Along with owning the grocery, she worked at the Hamlet Gin and the Seaboard Restaurant. She was preceded by her huband; Sim Caulder, Jr. and...
Ernest Carlton Millen
Apr 9, 2015
Ernest Carlton Millen, 83, of Rockingham, passed away Thursday, April 9, 2015 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Graveside service will be held 2pm Monday at Richmond County Memorial Park. Family will receive friends following the service.
Mary Newton Sasser
Apr 9, 2015
Mary Colon Newton Sasser, 99, of Ellerbe, North Carolina, passed away April 9, 2015 at home. She was born January 30, 1916, in Anson County, a daughter of the late Jabie Graham Newton and Mary Downer Newton. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by sons, Ralph Sasser and Kenneth Sasser; grandsons, Allen Burley and David Richardson;...
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