Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Richmond county
Bural "Alex" Alexander Watkins
Mar 3, 2014
Bural Alexander “Alex” Watkins, 86, of Rockingham, passed away Monday, March 03, 2014 at his home. Mr. Watkins was born September 13, 1927 in Richmond County, a son of the late Henry and Anna Mae Porter Watkins. He had served his country in the US Navy, was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and had retired from Laurel Hill...
Reann Taylor
Feb 25, 2014
Reann Nikole Taylor, infant of Rockingham, passed away, Tuesday, February 25, 2014. Memorial services will be held at 2 pm Saturday at New Life Church in Rockingham.
Bud Grant
Feb 25, 2014
Bud Grant, 81, of Rockingham, passed away Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at Kingswood Nursing Center in Aberdeen. Bud was born August 19, 1932 in Dorothy, West Virginia, a son of the late Elmo and Hazel Lunsford Grant. He served his country in the US Army during the Korean War, was a member of Temple Baptist Church, the Richmond County Bee...
James "JJ" Forrest Jackson, Jr
Feb 19, 2014
Lt. James Forrest Jackson, Jr. 72 of Rockingham, went to be with his Heavenly Father Wednesday night, February 19, 2014 following a courageous 3 ½ year battle with cancer. JJ as he was known to his many friends was born May 24, 1941 in Richmond County, son of James Forrest and Ila Britt Jackson. He was a member of Jefferson...
Kathy Raines Wilson
Feb 18, 2014
Kathy Ann Wilson, 63 of 646 Crawford Road Ellerbe died February 18, 2014 at First Health Moore Regional Hospital. She was born March 6, 1950 in Richmond County, NC a daughter of Oma Monroe and Kathleen McDonald Raines. She was a devoted mother and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her father and her son Jerry Martin, Jr. She...
Bobby H. Lisk
Feb 17, 2014
Bobby H. Lisk, 75, of Rockingham, passed away Monday, February 17, 2014 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Lisk was born April 19, 1938 in Richmond County, NC , a son of the late George and Ruby Boroughs Lisk. He attended Maple Street Free Will Baptist Church and had retired from Falcon Children’s Home. He was preceded in...
Rosa Lee Evans
Feb 14, 2014
Rosa Lee “Peggy” Evans, 82 of Rockingham died February 14, 2014 in Sandhills Regional Medical Center. She was born April 2, 1931 in Cumberland County, NC a daughter of Shelly and Boyd Freeman. Rosa’s mother died eleven days after giving birth and Rosa was raised by her Grandmother the late Mary Freeman. She worked as a spinner for many years...
Amanda Leigh Jarrell
Feb 13, 2014
Amanda Leigh “Mandy” Jarrell 35, of 153 McLeod Street Rockingham died Thursday February 13, 2014. Born April 24, 1978 in Richmond County. She was a daughter of Kathy Dean Jarrell and Ricky Jarrell and worked as photography technician at Wal-Mart before health problems forced her to retire. Amanda was an animal lover. She is survived by her parents, brothers; Michael...
Eli William Welch
Feb 12, 2014
Eli William Welch, 97, of Rockingham, passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at Hamlet House in Hamlet. Mr. Welch was born July 9, 1916 in Chester Co, SC, a son of the late Brady and Rosa Feagin Welch. He had served his country in the US Army during World War II , was a member of Sweet Haven Church and...
Harold "Red" Price Shaw
Feb 8, 2014
Harold Price “Red” Shaw, 85, of Rockingham, passed away Saturday, February 8, 2014 at his home. Mr. Shaw was born in Stanly County, a son of the late Harry Price and Cora Caudle Shaw. He was a member of Rourk Presbyterian Church and the owner and operator of H.P. Shaw Garage and Trucking. He was preceded in death by his...
Burgoone Carnes
Feb 7, 2014
Mr. Burgoone “B” Carnes, 91, died Friday, February 07, 2014 at Scotia Village in Laurinburg. The family will receive friends from 10 am Monday at the First United Methodist Church in Rockingham. The funeral will follow at 11 am with the Rev. Mike Sykes, the Rev. Allison Farrah and the Rev. Edwin Needham officiating. Entombment with Military Honors will follow...
Charles Dean Stewart, Jr.
Feb 7, 2014
Charles Dean Stewart, Jr., 83, of Ellerbe, passed away Friday, February 07, 2014 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. Charlie was born August 14, 1930 in Atlantic City, NJ, a son of the late Charles Dean and Ann Hearn Stewart. He was a member of Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church and had served his country in the US Navy during the...
Carolyn Bowles Lampley
Feb 4, 2014
Carolyn Bowles Lampley, 81, of Rockingham, passed away Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at The Hermitage of Rockingham. Mrs. Lampley was born May 1, 1932 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Charlie Bowles and Alice Wilson Brown. She was a member of Southside Free Will Baptist Church, had worked with Richmond Insurance and Realty and retired from Sara Lee...
Anne Nicholson McLeod
Feb 3, 2014
Anne Nicholson McLeod, 90 of Ellerbe died Monday February 3, 2014 in Rockingham Manor. She was born February 23, 1923 in Richmond County a daughter of the late James E. and Juanita Williams Nicholson. She attended Peace College and was a graduate of Women’s College of Greensboro now University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Anne worked with Ellerbe Telephone for...
Bobby Lavern Elmore
Jan 29, 2014
Bobby Lavern Elmore, 79, of Rockingham, passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. Mr. Elmore was born August 21, 1934 in Richmond County, a son of the late Donnie English. He had worked with Beaunit Mills and retired from Richmond Yarns in Ellerbe and was preceded in death by his wife, Linda Jarrell Elmore. Surviving are...
Sarah Gertrude Mudd
Jan 29, 2014
Sarah Gertrude Driggers Mudd, 90, of Rockingham, passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mrs. Mudd was born October 7, 1923 in Marlboro County, SC, a daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. Ed Driggers. She attended Sweet Haven Church and retired from Aleo Manufacturing. She was preceded in death by her husband, Willie...
Flossie Scott Thompson
Jan 27, 2014
Flossie Scott Thompson, 90, of Ellerbe, passed away Monday, January 27, 2014 at Richmond Pines Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Hamlet. Mrs. Thompson was born December 13, 1923, in Lumber Bridge, NC to the late Joseph and Lucy Dean Scott. She was preceded in death by her husband Preston Alexander Thompson, a son Thomas Thompson and a daughter, Shirley Thompson....
April Lace Stone
Jan 27, 2014
April Lace Stone, 29, of Ellerbe, passed away Monday, January 27, 2014 at Firsthealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Ms. Stone was born June 22, 1984 in Phoenix AZ. She worked in retail at Dollartree and Wal-Mart and was a caring loving person. Her parents Bobbi Jo Rummage Allred and Denny Swords preceded her in death. Surviving are her daughter...
William Larry Coleman
Jan 26, 2014
William Larry Coleman, 78, of Rockingham, passed away Sunday, January 26, 2014 at Sandhills Regional Medical Center in Hamlet. Larry was born December 18, 1935 in Anson County, a son of the late Dewey W. and Ethel Gaddy Coleman. He was a member of Rourk Presbyterian Church, Rockingham Masonic Lodge 495, A.F.&A.M and Hamlet Shrine Club. He had worked with...
Elsie Louise McGee Cox
Jan 23, 2014
Elsie Louise McGee Cox, 83, of Rockingham, passed away Thursday, January 23, 2014 at Richmond Pines Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Hamlet. Mrs. Cox was born March 11, 1930 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Lacy and Katie Bell Henry McGee. She attended Rockingham High School, Richmond Technical College and was a retired substitute teacher. She was a...
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