Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Richmond county
Walker Coward
Feb 28, 2010
Walker Coward, 85, of Rockingham, died Sunday, February 28, 2010 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Mr. Coward was born January 31, 1925 in Richmond County, a son of the late Coy and Eliza Smith Coward. He was a member of Jesus First Free Will Baptist Church where he was a deacon and head trustee. He served his country...
Doris McNeil Leviner
Feb 28, 2010
Doris McNeil Leviner, 79, of Rockingham died peacefully at her home on Sunday, February 28, 2010. Mrs. Leviner was born April 13, 1930 in Granville County, a daughter of the late Ben and Ella Chandler Duke. She was a textile worker and retired from Sara Lee Corporation in 1993. She was preceded in death by her son, Byron Daniel “...
M. Andrew Milligan
Feb 23, 2010
Mr. M. Andrew Milligan, 21 of 109 Crown Court Rockingham died Tuesday, February 23, 2010 as the result of an automobile accident. Andrew was born July 20, 1988 in Richmond County, a son of Chad and Cara Milligan Bennett. He was a Plumber for Pride Plumbing in Mt. Gilead and was preceded in death by his grandfather Liston Milligan. A...
Edna Leviner Lyerly
Feb 16, 2010
Edna Leviner Lyerly, 85, of 108 Luther St. Rockingham, died Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at Britthaven of Hamlet. Mrs. Lyerly was born February 24, 1924 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Neil Archie and Beulah Greene Leviner. She attended Sweet Haven Church and was a homemaker. Her husband, John T. Lyerly preceded her in death. Surviving are her...
Jerry Chappell Wallace
Feb 14, 2010
Jerry Chappell Wallace, 64, of Ellerbe, died Sunday, February 14, 2010 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Wallace was born July 18, 1945 in Richmond County, a son of the late Herbert E. and Ola Chappell Wallace. He attended First Presbyterian Church and the Samaritan Colony. He had worked with Richmond County Animal Control for 15 years and...
James Garland Kanipe
Feb 13, 2010
James Garland Kanipe, 104, of Rockingham, passed away Saturday, February 13th, 2010, at Kings Wood Nursing Home, Aberdeen, N.C. Mr. Kanipe was born August 17th, 1905, in Alexander County and was a native of Richmond County. Son of the late A.B. and Artie Kilbey Kanipe. He married his sweetheart, Wilma Hudson Kanipe on Nov. 8th, 1924. There was nothing he...
Margie Stroud
Feb 11, 2010
Mrs. Margie Stroud, 69, of Rockingham died Thursday, February 11, 2010 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. She was born July 19, 1940 in Darlington, SC, a daughter of the late Richard and Jessie Kirkland O’Neal. Mrs. Stroud was an active member of Church of God of Prophecy. She was employed for many years in textiles and was a caregiver in...
Christopher McDowell Gibson
Feb 11, 2010
Luther Christopher McDowell Gibson, 38, of Chicago, Il, died Thursday, February 11, 2010 at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, Il. Chris was born June 7, 1971 in Scotland County, NC, a son of Joseph Gibson, Jessie and Melinda Bullard McDowell. He was owner and operator of LCM Home Improvement and a member of Kingsgate Church International. Surviving are his companion,...
Lillie Reynolds
Feb 9, 2010
Mrs. Lillie Mabe Reynolds, 81, of 157 W. Page St., Ellerbe died Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at First Health Richmond Memorial Hospital. She was born April 22, 1928 in Stokes Co., a daughter of Lemmie and Lucy Stevens Mabe. Mrs. Reynolds was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Ellerbe and retired from Commonwealth Hosiery. Funeral services will be conducted...
Ruby Goins Carpenter
Feb 9, 2010
Ruby Goins Carpenter, 77, of 254 Cargo Rd., Ellerbe, died Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mrs. Carpenter was born April 20, 1932 in Surry County, NC, a daughter of the late Willie Elmer and Rosa Culler Goins. She was a longtime member of New Hope Baptist Church, where she had served as a Sunday...
Larry Keith Thomas
Feb 8, 2010
Mr. Larry Keith Thomas, 64 of 147 Crestview Drive Rockingham died Monday, February 8, 2010 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital. Mr. Thomas was born February 11, 1945 a son of Etta Purvis Thomas and the late Paul Thomas. He was a hair stylist and a member of Pee Dee United Methodist Church. He is survived by his mother Etta Purvis...
Ray McIntyre
Feb 7, 2010
Ray McIntyre, 71, of 322 McIntyre Rd., Ellerbe died Sunday, February 7, 2010 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Ray was born November 27, 1938 in Richmond County, a son of the late William Clayburn and Dolly King McIntyre. He was of the Baptist faith, had retired from Burlington Industries and was a lifelong farmer. Surviving are his wife...
Tammy Moore Noah
Feb 5, 2010
Tammy Lynn Moore Noah, 46, of 108 Wayne Rd. Rockingham, died Friday, February 5, 2010 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Tammy was born March 22, 1963 in Hart County, Georgia a daughter of the late Charles Reid Moore and Peggy Lee Adcock Dick. Tammy was a member of Abundant Life Church and a former flight attendant. She was...
Catherine Carnes Smith
Feb 1, 2010
Mrs. Catherine Carnes Smith, 86, of Rockingham, died Monday, February 1, 2010 at Rockingham Manor. Mrs. Smith was born December 20, 1923 in Lancaster, SC, a daughter of the late Lester and Lillie Mae Twitty Carnes. She was an active member of East Rockingham United Methodist Church, where she had been a member of the choir and had retired from...
Annette Carpenter
Jan 28, 2010
Mrs. Toni Annette Norton Carpenter, 49, of 517 St. Stephens Church Rd., Rockingham died Thursday, January 28, 2010 at First Health Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. She was born January 14, 1961 in Hartford, CT, a daughter of Benjamin Norton and the late Helen Smith Norton. Mrs. Carpenter was a certified nursing assistant at First Health Richmond Memorial Hospital in...
Nelma Myers McLeod
Jan 24, 2010
Nelma Myers McLeod, 88. of Norman, died Sunday, January 24, 2010 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Mrs. McLeod was born May 31, 1921 in Scotland County, NC, a daughter of the late G.B. and Sally Butler Myers. She was a member of Norman United Methodist Church, had worked with the Richmond County Board of Elections and was Town Clerk...
Michael Orr
Jan 18, 2010
Mr. Michael Otis Orr, 53, of 256 Homeplace Rd., Rockingham died Monday, January 18, 2010 at Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast in Concord. He was born October 15, 1956 in Richmond County, a son of Joyce Bogan Orr and the late Otis Olen Orr. Michael was a member of Community Church and was retired with twenty years of service with the U.S....
John Hampton Covington
Jan 15, 2010
Mr. John Hampton Covington, 65 died Friday, January 15, 2010 at his home. He was born June 6, 1944 in Richmond County a son of the late Alton and Nellie Harris Covington. He worked in the maintenance department for the City of Fairhaven, Mass. He severed his country in the U.S. Army. He attended Jefferson Park Freewill Baptist Church. A...
George William Campbell, Jr.
Jan 15, 2010
George William “ Bill” Campbell,Jr. 59, of 320 Lakeland Dr., Rockingham, died Friday, January 15, 2010 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Bill was born July 12, 1950 in Richmond County, a son of Audrey O. Campbell and the late George William Campbell. He was a graduate of Rockingham High School, Class of 1969 and Sandhills Community College. Bill...
Sallie Middlebrooks Vetter
Jan 14, 2010
Sallie Louisa Middlebrooks Vetter, 75, died Thursday, January 14th at Kingswood Nursing Center in Aberdeen, North Carolina after a lingering illness. Mrs. Vetter was born in Macon, Georgia on July 25, 1934, the daughter of the late Willis Price Middlebrooks and Sara O’Kelly Middlebrooks. After graduating from Peabody High School, in Milledgeville, Georgia, where she was the president of the...
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