Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Richmond county
Larry Joseph Shankle
Apr 7, 2015
Larry Joseph Shankle, 70, of Pinebluff, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Larry was born May 20, 1944 in Multnomah County, Oregon a son of the late Albert and Catherine Broomes Shankle. He had been employed in NASCAR Racing, was the owner and operator of Shankle Engineering and A-1 Towing. Surviving are his...
Walter Wayne Parrish
Apr 6, 2015
Walter Wayne Parrish, 65, of Rockingham, passed away Monday, April 6, 2015 at FirstHealth Hospice in Pinehurst. Mr. Parrish was born December 28, 1949 in Richmond County, a son of the late Nelson Willard and Annie Elizabeth Nolan Parrish. He had served his country in the US Navy and had retired from Men’s Name Brand Shoes in Rockingham. In addition...
Frison Etric Sims
Apr 3, 2015
Frison Etric Sims, 70, of Rockingham, passed away Friday, April 3, 2015 at his home. Mr. Sims was born June 17, 1944 in Lee County, NC, a son of the late Etric Brown and Frankie Vaughn Sims. He had served his country in the US Air Force, was a member of the DAV, and a retired correctional officer with Morrison...
Bobbie Sherrill
Apr 2, 2015
Bobbie Smith Sherrill, 84, of Rockingham, went to her heavenly home, surrounded by family on Thursday, April 2, 2015. Bobbie was a homemaker and was a member of the East Rockingham United Methodist Church. She is predeceased by her parents Marvin and Sally Smith, husband Robert B. Sherrill, brothers, Bud, Paul, and Lin Smith and a sister Lib Usher. Surviving...
Shannon Nicole Hooks
Apr 1, 2015
Shannon Nicole Hooks 42, of Rockingham passed away Wednesday April 1, 2015. She was born July 16, 1972 the daughter of the late Catherine Delane Bryant in Richmond County, NC. Memorial service will be held on Monday April 6, 2015 at 2:00 pm in the Colonial Chapel of Carter Funeral Home. The family will receive friends and family following the...
Betty Cox Harris
Mar 31, 2015
Betty Cox Harris, 78, of Rockingham, passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at the Levine-Dickson Hospice in Huntersville, NC. Mrs. Harris was born March 20, 1937 in Anson County, a daughter of the late Noah E. and Addie Vaughn Cox. She was a lifetime member of Community Church and had retired from textiles. She was preceded in death by her...
Charles Kenneth Webb
Mar 28, 2015
Charles Kenneth Webb, 83, of Rockingham, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2015 at his home. Mr. Webb was born September 21, 1931 in Richmond County, a son of the late Elmer and Alma Lisk Webb. He was the retired owner and operator of W&W Auto Sales in Rockingham. Surviving are his sons, Kenneth Jeffrey Webb of Rockingham, Charles Daniel Webb...
Christopher Bryan Terry
Mar 26, 2015
Christopher Bryan Terry, 47, of Polkton, passed away Wednesday, March 26, 2015 at his home. Christopher was born June 21, 1967 in Richmond County, a son of the late Clarence Melvin and Doris Faye Baxley Terry. He was a truck driver and was preceded in death by a daughter, Alexis Terry. Surviving are his children, Kristy Williams of Greenville, NC,...
Kenneth Lee Long
Mar 24, 2015
Kenneth Lee Long, 55, of Rockingham, NC, passed away on March 24, 2015 at Hospice Haven of Richmond County in the warm embrace of his family. Ken is survived by his beloved wife, Lori Tanner Long, with whom he shared 35 years of marriage. He was a loving father to Austin Long and Breanna Long in whom he passionately instilled...
Rodney Dwayne Brigman
Mar 22, 2015
Rodney Dwayne Brigman, 38, of Bennettsville, SC, passed away Sunday, March 22, 2015 at Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia, SC. Rodney was born August 15, 1976 in Richmond County, a son of Richard Brigman and Diane Davis. He was an electrician and was preceded in death by his brother Richie Brigman, Surviving are his wife, Crystal Jacobs Brigman of the...
John "Jim" Calvin Webb
Mar 16, 2015
John Calvin “Jim” Webb, 81, of Ellerbe, passed away Monday, March 16, 2015 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. Mr. Webb was born November 12, 1933 in Richmond County, a son of the late Henry Raymond and Bessie Jane Crouch Webb. He was a member of Cartledge Creek Baptist Church where he had served on the kitchen committee. He was an...
Sarah "Libby" Elizabeth Garris Taylor
Mar 16, 2015
Sarah Elizabeth “Libby” Taylor, 79, of Rockingham, passed away Monday, March 16, 2015 at Sandhills Regional Medical Center in Hamlet. Mrs. Taylor was born March 24, 1935 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Milton Robert and Ruth Crouch Garris. She was a member of Roberdel United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Women and had retired from Richmond Memorial...
Effie Lee Lundstrom Pickens
Mar 12, 2015
Effie Lee Lundstrom Pickens, 86, of Rockingham, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, March 12, 2015. She was born on August 21, 1928 a daughter of the late Curtis and Frances Lundstrom in Cairo, IL. Mrs. Pickens was a contract specialist with the Navy and was a member of First Assembly of God. Surviving are sons:...
Sandra Luther McLaughlin
Mar 7, 2015
Sandra Luther McLaughlin, 66, of Winnabow, NC and formerly Burgaw, NC. Mom walked on this earth as an Angel and on Saturday morning, March 7, 2015, went to her Heavenly home to walk the streets of gold with our Heavenly Father. Mom lived everyday by the words in Ephesians 4; 29-32. She loved the Lord and lived a Godly life....
Grace Robertson Bostick
Mar 5, 2015
Grace Robertson Bostick, 93, of Hoffman, passed away Thursday, March 05, 2015 at ManorCare in Pinehurst. Mrs. Bostick was born January 13, 1922 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late William Ernest and Ella Verna Butler Robertson. She was a member of Hoffman United Methodist Church, co-owner and operator of Bostick BP in Hoffman and loved to cook for...
Janie Rae Callahan Bittle
Mar 4, 2015
Janie Rae Callahan Bittle, 84, of Rockingham, passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Mrs. Bittle was born September 25, 1930 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Roy Lee and Mary Melton Callahan. She was a homemaker and was preceded in death by her husband, Dewey Fredrick Bittle and a son, Joey...
Carol Mills Stubbs
Mar 1, 2015
Carol Mills Stubbs, 70, of Hamlet, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2015 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Carol was born May 9, 1944 in Montgomery County, a daughter of the late Zeb Vance and Lela Alma Young Mills. She was a member of Joy Free Will Baptist Church where she was a member of the ladies group and...
Donald Eugene Sanders, Jr.
Feb 28, 2015
Donald Eugene Sanders, 56, of Hamlet passed away February 28, 2015 at his home. He was born November 25, 1958 in Scotland County a son of Rachel Evers Sanders and the late Donald Eugene Sanders. Surviving are: his mother, Rachel E. Sanders of the home; sons Christopher D. Lingo, Robert Ray Sanders;a sister, Carol Stutts; and 11 grandchildren. A Memorial...
Royce Elmer Stutts
Feb 27, 2015
Royce Elmer Stutts, 89 of Rockingham passed away on Friday February 27, 2015 at his home. He was born August 10, 1925 in Marston, NC, a son of the late Barney Franklin Stutts and Flora Lee Efird Stutts. He was married to the late Ophelia Catherine Shaw Stutts. Royce served in the U. S. Navy during World War II, was...
William Franklin Griggs
Feb 26, 2015
William Franklin Griggs, 69 of North Myrtle Beach, SC passed away February 26, 2015 at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center. William was born on June 28, 1945 in Richmond County, NC the son of the late Melvin Durwood Griggs and Kathleen Dean .Griggs. After retirement he was an avid golfer. Surviving are his wife, Martha Griggs; children, James Griggs and...
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