Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Richmond county


Blanche Elmore

Blanche Elmore

Dec 6, 2014

Blanche G. Elmore, 79 of Rockingham, NC passed away Saturday, December 6, 2014 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. She was born December 30, 1934 in Buncombe County, a daughter of the late Haskell David and Vennie Cogburn Goldsmith. She attended Hamlet School of Nursing and while attending school she met the love of her life, Bernie E. Elmore and married...

Catherine Janelle Mills

Catherine Janelle Mills

Dec 6, 2014

Catherine Janelle Mills, 73, of Charlotte, passed away Saturday, December 6, 2014 at her home. Janelle was born May 23, 1941 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Noah Hassell and Ina Jones Mills. She was of the Baptist faith, and had retired from Owens-Illinois in Charlotte. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...

Nita Elizabeth McInnis Little

Nita Elizabeth McInnis Little

Dec 4, 2014

Nita Elizabeth McInnis Little, 96, of Ellerbe, passed away Thursday, December 4, 2014 at her home. Mrs. Little was born November 15, 1918 in Hoke County, a daughter of the late Sandy and Elizabeth McInnis. She was a longtime member of Jones Springs United Methodist Church where she sang in the choir and was a member of the WMU. She...

Grace Snead Riggan

Grace Snead Riggan

Dec 3, 2014

Grace Snead Riggan, 93, of Rockingham, passed away Wednesday, December 03, 2014 at Hamlet House in Hamlet. Mrs. Riggan was born September 21, 1921 in Scotland County. She was the daughter of the late Lyon and Bertha Jane Cameron Snead. Following her mother’s death when Grace was 6 months old, she was raised by her Aunt Frances Snead. She had...

Donna Arlene Pigg Whitehead

Donna Arlene Pigg Whitehead

Dec 1, 2014

Donna Arlene Pigg Whitehead, 70, of Rockingham, passed away Monday, December 1, 2014 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Mrs. Whitehead was born May 30, 1944 in Moore County, a daughter of the late Townly Boyd and Mazil Louise Atkinson Pigg. She was a homemaker and of the Free Will Baptist Faith. She was preceded in death by her husband,...

Mary Jackson Carter

Mary Jackson Carter

Nov 25, 2014

Mary Agnes Jackson Carter, age 78, passed away November 25, 2014 at her home in Rockingham, North Carolina. She was born on April 30, 1936 to Eldred Elbert Jackson and Esther Mae Autry in the Cedar Creek community in Cumberland County, North Carolina. She graduated from Stedman High School, Class of 1954 and from the Hamlet Hospital School of Nursing...

Kathy Ann Jenkins Wright

Kathy Ann Jenkins Wright

Nov 19, 2014

Kathy Ann Jenkins Wright, 62, of Ellerbe, passed away Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at her home. Kathy was born April 29, 1952 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late John and Eddie Lee Tyson Jenkins. She was a member of Saron Baptist Church and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her sister, Andrea J. Pickett and a...

Mack Dewey Smith, III

Mack Dewey Smith, III

Nov 11, 2014

Mack Dewey Smith, III, 53, of Rockingham, passed away Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Dewey was born October 8, 1961 in Richmond County, a son of Mary Ellen Slack Smith and the late Mack Dewey Smith, Jr.. He was self employed in home remodeling. Surviving are his mother, Mary Ellen Smith of the home;...

Joyce Powell Millen

Joyce Powell Millen

Nov 7, 2014

Joyce Powell Millen, 70, of Rockingham died peacefully with her family by her side on Friday, November 07, 2014. She was born August 17, 1944 to the late James A. Powell and Bertha Crouch Powell in Richmond County, NC. Joyce was a devoted member of Abundant Life Church and loving mother, grandmother. She enjoyed traveling, dancing and spending time with...

Junior Grant Goins

Junior Grant Goins

Nov 2, 2014

Junior Grant Goins, 79, of Rockingham, passed away Sunday, November 2, 2014 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. Junior was born April 2, 1935 in Surry County, NC, a son of the late Samuel Grant and Lou Reynolds Goins. He had retired from Brown Moulding and was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Hamilton Goins and a brother, Grover Goins....

Richard "Ricky" Wade Singletary

Richard "Ricky" Wade Singletary

Oct 31, 2014

Richard Wade “Ricky” Singletary, 61, of Rockingham, passed away Friday, October 31, 2014 at his home. Ricky was born January 10, 1953 in Richmond County, a son of the late Griffin Sam and Cleo Edwards Singletary. He was a charter member of Shining Light Free Will Baptist Church, had served his country in the United States Coast Guard and was...

Theresa McQueen Mirassou

Theresa McQueen Mirassou

Oct 26, 2014

Silvia Theresa McQueen Mirassou, 58, of Ellerbe, passed away Sunday, October 26, 2014 at FirstHealth Hospice House in Pinehurst. Mrs. Mirassou was born August 20, 1956 in Maricopa County, AZ, a daughter of Hattie Boyles McQueen and the late Marshall McQueen. She had been employed at the Hermitage and other nursing facilities as an LPN. Surviving are her daughter, Heather...

Norma Jean Ickes Chunn

Norma Jean Ickes Chunn

Oct 23, 2014

Norma “Jean” Chunn of Rockingham, NC passed away on Oct. 23, 2014 at The Oaks of Mayview in Raleigh, NC. She was 73 years old. Jean was a homemaker and business partner to her husband, Donald Chunn. She attended Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, was a member of the Red Hat Society, and a member of a local quilting club. She...

Luddie Rabon Blue

Luddie Rabon Blue

Oct 13, 2014

Luddie Estaline Rabon Blue, 59, of Rockingham, passed away Monday, October 13, 2014 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham, NC. Mrs. Blue was born June 30, 1955 in Aberdeen, MD, a daughter of Margaret Harrelson Byrd and the late Mayberry Rabon. She had worked as a manager in fast food and retail and was a member of the Moose Lodge. Surviving...

Daniel A. "DA" Coble, Jr.

Daniel A. "DA" Coble, Jr.

Oct 12, 2014

Daniel Archie “Papa DA” Coble, Jr., 71, of Rockingham, passed away Sunday, October 12, 2014 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. DA was born April 2, 1943 in Richmond County, a son of the late Daniel Archie and Bernice Ann McLendon Coble. He was a charter member of Abundant Life Church, where he helped build the current church and loved to...

Judy Ledwell Gwynn

Judy Ledwell Gwynn

Oct 11, 2014

Judy Mae Ledwell Gwynn, 59, of Rockwell, passed away Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Rowan Medical Center in Salisbury. Mrs. Gwynn was born November 13, 1954 in Scotland County, a daughter of the late Billy Gene Ledwell and Frankie Mae Venable Shore. She was a homemaker and had worked as a dietician at Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh. Surviving are...

Kay Williams McFayden

Kay Williams McFayden

Oct 11, 2014

Kay Williams McFayden, 65, of Ellerbe, passed away on October 11, 2014 at her home. Mrs. McFayden was born November 6, 1948 in Marlboro County, SC. A daughter of the late George W. Smith and Margie H. Hilliard. She is also preceded in death by a husband, Carlton L. Williams. Survivors are husband, Darrell Lane McFayden of Ellerbe, daughters Jennifer...

Phillip Blake Gilliam

Phillip Blake Gilliam

Oct 5, 2014

Phillip Blake Gilliam, 62, of Cordova, passed away Sunday, October 5, 2014 at FirstHealth Hospice House in Pinehurst. Mr. Gilliam was born October 13, 1951 in Richmond County, a son of the late Roy and Ila Blake Gilliam. He had retired from Southern Tool & Die Company. Surviving are children, Chris Lynn of Lexington, Stephanie Lynn of Hamlet, Jonathan Lynn...

Donald Gordon Francis

Donald Gordon Francis

Oct 4, 2014

Donald Gordon Francis, 67, of Rockingham, passed away Saturday, October 4, 2014 at his home. Mr. Francis was born October 7, 1946 in Hardin, Ohio, a son of the late James and Rosellia Clemons Francis. He had served his country in the US Army, was a member of the VFW and the Moose Lodge and had worked in construction. Surviving...

Ola Mae Crawford Yates

Ola Mae Crawford Yates

Oct 4, 2014

Ola Mae Crawford Yates, 84, lifelong resident of Rockingham, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on October 4, 2014, after a lengthy illness. She was born April 24, 1930, the daughter of the late Effie Starnes Crawford Causey and Admiral Dewey Crawford. Also preceding her in death was a sister, Mary Lou Crawford Duncan of Jacksonville, Florida and a brother, “Buck”...

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