Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Richmond county


Doris Bostick

Doris Bostick

Oct 8, 2009

Mrs. Doris Brown Bostick, 78, of Rockingham died Thursday, October 8, 2009 at Sandhills Regional Medical Center in Hamlet. She was born April 14, 1931 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Elma McLendon Brown and Homer Jennings Brown. Mrs. Bostick was a member of Pee Dee United Methodist Church and was retired with Burlington Industries. Funeral services will...

Clifton Rankin McLeod

Clifton Rankin McLeod

Oct 7, 2009

Clifton Rankin McLeod, 90, of Ellerbe, died Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehursrt. Mr. McLeod was born December 31,1918 in Richmond County, a son of the late Lazelle B. and Marjorie Rankin McLeod. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Ellerbe, had served his country in the US Army, was a charter member...

Vonnie Watts Hines

Vonnie Watts Hines

Oct 7, 2009

Vonnie Watts Hines, 72, of 283 County Home Road, Rockingham, died Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mrs. Hines was born November 1, 1936 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Grayer and Thelma Jones Watts. She was a graduate of Rohanen High School and had retired from UNITE.She was preceded in death by...

Benny Pond

Benny Pond

Oct 5, 2009

Mr. Benjamin E. ‘Benny’ Pond, 63, of 118 Pond Brothers Rd., Hamlet died Monday, October 5, 2009. He was born October 23, 1945 in Richmond County, a son of the late Espie and Gladys Gibson Pond. Mr. Pond was a member of Outreach for Jesus and had been employed for thirty eight years as a Lab Supervisor with Delta Finishing...

Esther Gilroy Schaefer

Esther Gilroy Schaefer

Sep 28, 2009

Esther Gilroy Schaefer, of Deland, Fl, formerly of Moore County, NC and Paoli, PA, died Monday, September 28, 2009 in Florida. She was born November 24, 1919 in West Chester, PA, a daughter of the late Clinton and Lucy Gilroy. She had been employed as a Tour Director and was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Her...

Joseph Maske

Joseph Maske

Sep 24, 2009

Mr. Joseph Maske, 66, of 209 S. Randolph Street, Rockingham died Thursday, September 24, 2009 at First Health Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. He was born September 4, 1943, a son of the late Ellen Cooper Maske and Harold Hampton Maske, Sr. Mr. Maske was a graduate of Rockingham High School Class of ’61 and attended East Carolina University. Mr....

Faye Williams

Faye Williams

Sep 20, 2009

Zelta Faye Williams, 83, of Rockingham, died Sunday, September 20, 2009 at Morrison Manor in Laurinburg. Miss Williams was born November 20, 1925 in Bismark, Arkansas, a daughter of the late Jim and Ora Matlock Williams. She attended the Church of Christ and had retired from ECKO Mfg. Co. Surviving are her brother, Bill Williams of Rockingham. Funeral services will...

Robert Kenneth Melvin

Robert Kenneth Melvin

Sep 17, 2009

Dr. Robert Kenneth Melvin, Ed.D, 78, of Rockingham, died Thursday, September 17, 2009 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Melvin was born September 2, 1931 in Bladen County, a son of the late Erma Singletary Melvin Allen and Charles Wayman Melvin. He was a graduate of Tar Heel High School and North Carolina State University, where he received...

Kay Roberts Smith

Kay Roberts Smith

Sep 10, 2009

Kay Smith Mrs. Kay Roberts Smith of Rockingham went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, September 10, 2009 after a lengthy illness surrounded by her loving family and friends. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister. Kay was well known and loved in the community through her years of service with Belk’s in Rockingham...

Miya Faith Cassidy

Miya Faith Cassidy

Sep 5, 2009

Miya Cassidy Our precious Angel, Miya Faith Cassidy born May 21, 2008 went home to be with the Lord on September 5, 2009. Although she is with our Father in heaven, she will live forever in our hearts. Miya taught us that love has no boundaries. Even through all the pain, she has touched us all. We have been forever...

Nicki Moore

Nicki Moore

Sep 4, 2009

Margaret Leak Moore, 65, of Rockingham died peacefully Friday, September 4, 2009, at Hospice Haven. She was born January 20, 1944, in Wadesboro, a daughter of the late Peggy Nickels Leak and Thomas Randolph Leak. Ms. Moore was a 1961 graduate of Rockingham High School and a 1964 graduate of East Carolina University. She was a dedicated educator of forty-four...

Martha Hogan McInnis

Martha Hogan McInnis

Sep 2, 2009

Martha Crowson Hogan McInnis 96,of Ellerbe, died peacefully Wednesday, September 2nd, at Manor Care in Pinehurst, NC. Born in Wise, NC, April 28, 1913 to Rev. Kelly Wade and Lillian Little Hogan, she moved to Ellerbe in 1928 with her family. In 1932, she married Miles Lee McInnis and together they farmed until Lee’s death in 1983. Known to many...

Terry Wayne Cockman

Terry Wayne Cockman

Aug 30, 2009

Mr. Terry Wayne Cockman, of Carolina Beach, NC, died Sunday, August 30, 2009 at New Hanover Memorial Hospital in Wilmington. He was born November 16, 1953 in Richmond County, NC, a son of the late James and Juanita Wilson Cockman. As a business graduate of East Carolina University, he had been employed as the Corporate Comptroller of Remington Apparel and...

Edward Leviner

Edward Leviner

Aug 23, 2009

Edward Leviner, 77, of 78 Mill St. Rockingham, died Sunday, August 23, 2009 at his home. Mr. Leviner was born April 29, 1932 in Richmond County, a son of the late Neil Archie and Beulah Greene Leviner. He had been employed with Goodwin Paper Mill and had retired from Richmond Yarns. Surviving are his wife Myrtis McGee Leviner of the...

Ordry Robert Hall

Ordry Robert Hall

Aug 18, 2009

Ordry Robert Hall, 82, of Rockingham went peacefully to be with his Lord on August 18, 2009 at his daughter’s home in Charlotte. He was born June 27, 1927 in Stokes County, North Carolina. The son of the late Robert Troy and Alpha Savannah Hall, he lived his life in devotion to his family, mentor to many, always willing to...

Edith Greene Ingram

Edith Greene Ingram

Aug 11, 2009

Mrs. Edith Viola Greene Ingram, 77, of 3 Trailwood Lane, Newnan, Georgia died August 11, 2009 at her home. She was born June 2, 1932 in Norman NC, a daughter of the late Ed and Janie Brock Greene. She was a homemaker and a member of Hew Hope Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 A.M. at...

Bea Davis

Bea Davis

Aug 9, 2009

Mrs. Dorothy Beatrice Davis, 86, formerly of Ellerbe, died Sunday, August 9, 2009 at Del Mar Gardens Continuing Care Facility in Lawrenceville, GA. She was born August 3, 1923 in Richmond County, the 12th of 13 children to Adam and Julie Farmer of Rockingham. Mrs. Davis was a graduate of the Women’s College of the University of North Carolina in...

Onnie McIntyre Parker

Onnie McIntyre Parker

Aug 4, 2009

Mrs. Onnie Webb McIntyre Parker, 92, of 603 Gore Dr., Rockingham died Tuesday, August 04, 2009 at the home of her daughter. She was born December 23, 1916 in Montgomery County, a daughter of the late Thomas Green Webb and Sarah Frances Kelly Webb. Mrs. Parker was retired from the textile industry, having been employed with Gilead Manufacturing and United...

Gordon Hupp

Gordon Hupp

Aug 4, 2009

Gordon Winfield Hupp died August 4, 2009 at his home. Mr. Hupp was born October 4, 1924 in Mount Olive Township, Meggs County, Ohio. He was the son of the late Jonathon Ray Hupp and Rose Ann Johnson Hupp. He grew up in Bridgeport, Ohio, and graduated from Bridgeport High School. He was a Life Scout. Mr. Hupp was a...

Martha Bostick Rushing

Martha Bostick Rushing

Aug 2, 2009

Martha Adams Bostick Rushing, 90, of Hoffman, passed away Sunday, August 2,2009, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst following an extended illness. She was born October 15, 1918 in Scotland County, a daughter of the late Samuel and Mattie Newton Bostick. In addition to her parents, her husband, H. Brice Rushing; daughter, Mary Sue Rushing Johnson; granddaughter, Samantha Lynn...