Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Richmond county


Phillip Hunter Richardson

Phillip Hunter Richardson

Feb 19, 2011

Phillip Hunter Richardson, 47, of Mt. Gilead, died Saturday, February 19, 2011 at University of North Carolina Hospital in Chapel Hill. Mr. Richardson was born April 20, 1963 in Moore County, a son of Rachel Nelson Richardson Wright and the late Otis Lee Richardson. He was a graduate of West Montgomery High School, Class of 1981 and was employed with...

G.C. Goffie Carlyle Luther

G.C. Goffie Carlyle Luther

Feb 19, 2011

Mr. “G.C.” Goffie Carlyle Luther, 87 of Clemmons N.C passed away Saturday, February 19, 2011 at Forsyth Medical Center. G.C was born in Wallace, S.C. February 11, 1924 a son of the late Carl and Edna Mae Luther. He served his country in WW II in the U.S. Army. He was a logging contractor and sawmill operator. He is survived...

Chuck Nuttall

Chuck Nuttall

Feb 18, 2011

Reginald Kenneth “Chuck” Nuttall, 60, of Rockingham, died Friday, February 18, 2011 at his home. Mr. Nuttall was born August 6, 1950 in Richmond County, a son of R.G. Nuttall and the late Josephine Jackson Nuttall. He served his country in the US Army and had been employed in Maintenance in HVAC. In addition to his mother, he was preceded...

Frances Wilson Tuttle

Frances Wilson Tuttle

Feb 18, 2011

Frances Wilson Tuttle, 76 of Rockingham died Friday February 18, 2011 at Richmond Pines Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Hamlet. She was born November 2, 1934 in Mecklenburg County a daughter of the late John and Mary Broom Wilson. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph C. Tuttle Sr. and a sister Jean Jordan....

Ella Ruth Edwards

Ella Ruth Edwards

Feb 17, 2011

Mrs. Ella Ruth Diggs Edwards, 86 went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, February 17, 2011. Ella Ruth was born November 15, 1924 in Richmond County a daughter of the late John and Lula Saunders Diggs. She was a loving and kind Mother who devoted her life to the Lord and caring for and loving her family....

Roy Levern Grooms

Roy Levern Grooms

Feb 14, 2011

Roy Levern Grooms, 71 of 174 Shannon Drive Rockingham died Monday, February 14, 2011 at his home. Mr. Grooms was born December 6, 1939 in Chesterfield County, S.C. a son of the late Archie and Eva McLain Grooms. He served his country in the U.S. Army. He worked in Construction. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death...

Buena Vista Coggin

Buena Vista Coggin

Feb 11, 2011

Mrs. Buena Vista Rankin Coggin, 83, of Rockingham, died Friday, February 11, 2011 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Mrs. Coggin was born January 8, 1928 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Hope and Gladys Thomas Rankin. She was a graduate of Ellerbe High School, Class of 1945, and also a graduate of the School for Executive...

Mildred Smith Martin

Mildred Smith Martin

Feb 11, 2011

Mildred Louise Flowers Smith Martin, 81, of Rockingham, died Friday, February 11, 2011 at Britthaven of Hamlet. Mrs. Martin was born February 11, 1930 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Claude William and Ruth Putman Flowers. She was a member of First Pentecostal Holiness Church, where she had been pianist and a Sunday school teacher. She retired from...

Dorris Ann Queen

Dorris Ann Queen

Feb 9, 2011

Dorris Ann Nichols Queen, 75, of 107 Everett St. Rockingham, died Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at her home. Mrs. Queen was born June 2, 1935 in Lakin, KS, a daughter of the late Clyde and Hazel Pansy Barker Nichols. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Hamlet and had taught piano for many years. Surviving are her daughters,...

James Edward Pressley

James Edward Pressley

Feb 8, 2011

James Edward Pressley, 58, of 103 Plantation Rd., Rockingham, died Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at his home. Mr. Pressley was born January 4, 1953 in Richmond County, a son of the late Boyce and Wilma Sanford Pressley. He had served his country in the US Navy, was a former member of the Disabled American Veterans and the Veterans of Foreign...

Nina Nardo Dolfi

Nina Nardo Dolfi

Feb 5, 2011

Nina Ann Nardo Dolfi, 87 of 105 Woodside Drive Rockingham died Saturday, February 5, 2011 at her home. She was born July 23, 1923 in Erie, PA. a daughter of the late Dominic and Mary Yezzi Nardo. She was a homemaker and a member of the Catholic faith. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a...

Carolyn Webb Gulledge

Carolyn Webb Gulledge

Jan 29, 2011

Celia Carolyn Webb Gulledge passed peacefully in her home with family Saturday, January 29, 2011. Carolyn was born into the loving family of Elmer Arthur Webb and Celia Alma Lisk Webb on November 1, 1936 in Mineral Springs Township of Ellerbe, NC. She had seven brothers and one sister. She will be greatly missed by her loving and devoted husband,...

Clyde Woodrow Crepps

Clyde Woodrow Crepps

Jan 24, 2011

Mr. Clyde Woodrow Crepps 97, of 1010 Rockingham Rd. Rockingham died Monday, January 24, 2011 at Rockingham Manor. Mr. Crepps was born February 22, 1913 in Richmond County a son of the late Cullie and Carrie Davis Crepps. He served his country in the U.S Army during World War II. He retired from J.P. Stevens Company as a supervisor. He...

Harold Eugene Lampley

Harold Eugene Lampley

Jan 21, 2011

Harold Eugene Lampley, 75, of Hamlet, died Friday, January 21, 2011 at his home. Mr. Lampley was born December 30, 1935 in Richmond County, a son of the late McKinnon and Julia Webb Lampley. He was a member of Mt. Beulah Pentecostal Holiness Church and had been employed with both Maytag Corporation and JC Penny Company, as a repairman. He...

Jack Harold Smith

Jack Harold Smith

Jan 20, 2011

Mr. Jack Harold Smith, 84, of 904 Richmond Road, Rockingham, passed away Thursday, January 20, 2010 at his home. Mr. Smith was born April 27, 1926 in Union County, North Carolina, a son of the late Horace C. and Aldie Haigler Smith. He was a member of Park Avenue Presbyterian Church and had retired from Clark Equipment Company. He had...

John Floyd Holder

John Floyd Holder

Jan 19, 2011

John Floyd “Johnny” Holder, 64, of 155 Eason Dr. Rockingham, died Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Mr. Holder was born February 11, 1946 in Moore County, a son of the late Martha Washington Holder Edmisten. He had been employed in construction. Surviving are his sons, John F. Holder, Jr. of Bennettsville, SC, Steven Holder and...

Florence Bittle Young

Florence Bittle Young

Jan 18, 2011

Ms. Florence Colene Bittle Young, 71 of Hamlet died Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at Richmond Pines Healthcare in Hamlet. She was born September 19, 1939 in Richmond County a daughter of the late Ed Albert and Willie V. Simpson Bittle. She was a member of Believers Outreach Ministries and retired from textiles. In addition to her parents she was preceded...

Hazel Craven Petty

Hazel Craven Petty

Jan 17, 2011

Hazel Craven Petty, age 91, a resident of Agape Senior of Conway, SC, formerly of the Mt. Creek Community, Ellerbe died January 17, 2011. Mrs. Petty was born December 17, 1919 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Walter Hadley and Blonde Warner Craven. She was a member of Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church and had retired from Stanley Furniture...

Christi Lee Heath

Christi Lee Heath

Jan 16, 2011

Ms. Christi Lee Heath, 45 of Wallace S.C died Sunday, January 16, 2011 at Carolina Hospital System in Florence S.C. She was born April 7, 1965 in Rocky Mount N.C. a daughter of James D. and Clara Jean Millwood Heath. She worked at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Environmental Services. In addition to her parents she is survived by two...

Louise Dutton Guinn

Louise Dutton Guinn

Jan 8, 2011

Louise Dutton Guinn, 91 of Rockingham died Saturday, January 08, 2011 at Somerset Assisted Living Center in Hamlet. > > Louise was born October 7, 1919 in Anson County a daughter of the late Clay Battle and Retta Moree Dutton. She was a very active member of Glenwood United Methodist Church. She worked at Beaunit Mill/Avondale as a personnel/payroll administrator....