Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Richmond county
Raymond Leo Floyd
Oct 22, 2008
Raymond Leo Floyd, 88, of 143 Center St. Cordova, died Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at his home. Mr. Floyd was born March 15, 1920 in Richmond County, a son of the late Evander and Mary Maner Floyd. He served his country in the US Navy, on the USS North Carolina during World War II. He retired from the Card Room...
Lynn B. Perkins
Oct 22, 2008
Lynn B. Perkins, 51, of 126 Fairfield Dr. Rockingham, died Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Ms. Perkins was born May 6, 1957 in Richmond County, a daughter of Bobby and Betty Cox Harris. She was formerly employed with Kentucky Fried Chicken for over 20 years. Surviving are her husband, Danny White of the home,...
Lib Ratliff
Oct 18, 2008
Mrs. Elizabeth ‘Lib’ Wrape Ratliff, of Rockingham died Saturday, October 18, 2008 at her home after a period of declining health. She was the daughter of the late Marvin L. and Grace McRae Wrape and was predeceased by her loving husband, Roy Ratliff, her precious granddaughter, Susan Elizabeth Ratliff, and her sister, Margie Wrape. Surviving are her son, John Roy...
Michael Lee Johnson
Oct 15, 2008
Michael Lee "Mike" Johnson, 61, of Lady Mary Ln., Rockingham, died Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at Rockingham Manor. Mike was born September 18, 1947 in Richmond County, a son of the late Betty Goodwin Andrews. He was a member of Sweet Haven Church, graduate of Rockingham High School and had retired from Clark Equipment Company. Mike loved to play Santa...
Charles Dawkins
Oct 14, 2008
Mr. Charles Dawkins, 65, of 253 Lakeview Trail, Rockingham died Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at home. He was born April 19, 1943 in Scotland County, a son of the late Katie Mae Rozier Dawkins and Elijah Claude Dawkins. Mr. Dawkins was of the Baptist faith. He had been a machine operator at Hood Packaging Co. and, also, had previous employment...
Deborah Ruth Martin
Oct 11, 2008
Deborah Ruth Martin, 56, passed away at her home in Longs, SC on Saturday, October 11, 2008. She was born June 5, 1952 in Richmond County, NC, a daughter of the late Floyd Martin and Gladys Lee Raines Jordan. She was employed for many years in Richmond County as a bus driver, and cafeteria worker for Richmond County Schools and...
Anne English White
Oct 10, 2008
Ms. Anne English White, 66, of 104 Blewitt Ave. Rockingham died Friday, October10, 2008, at First Health Moore Regional Hospital. Ms. White was born November 8, 1941, in Scotland County, a daughter of the late Melvin and Shirley Robinson English. She worked as a furniture finisher and was a member of New Hope Free Will Baptish Church. She was preceded...
Onie Painter
Oct 7, 2008
Mrs. Onie M. Painter, 88, formerly of 914 US Hwy 220 North, Rockingham died Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at Autumn Care of Biscoe. Born October 22, 1919 in the Stories Creek Community in Person County, NC, she was a daughter of the late Jennie Lynn and Charlie Painter and wife of Lester ‘Red’ Painter for sixty four years before his...
Robert Cole Gilliam
Oct 6, 2008
Mr. Robert Cole “Bub’ Gilliam, 80, of 217 Ledbetter Rd. Cordova died Monday at his home. Mr. Gilliam was born May 20, 1928 in Richmond County a son of the late George and Claudia Lear Gilliam. He worked at Burlington Industries before going into the auto mechanic field. He served his country in the U.S Army. He attended Cordova Pentecostal...
Arthur Green Richardson
Oct 6, 2008
Arthur Green Richardson, 87, of 1025 Bruton Rd. Ellerbe, died Monday, October 06, 2008 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Mr. Richardson was born July 27, 1921 in Rockingham County, a son of the late Joseph and Nanny Via Richardson. He was a member of Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church and had served his country in the US Army...
Audrey Henderson Ussery
Oct 3, 2008
Audrey Henderson Ussery, 83, of Ellerbe, died Friday, October 03, 2008 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. Mrs. Ussery was born November 24, 1924 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late William R. and Ora Townsend Henderson. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Ellerbe, and was a retired secretary having worked for with the tobacco market, the...
John Craig Webb
Oct 3, 2008
John Craig Webb, 55 of 1514 St. Johns Circle, Rockingham, died Friday, October 3, 2008 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Craig was born June 20, 1953 in Wilmington, NC, a son of William and Carolyn Elvington Webb. Many will remember Craig as an avid golfer, as he was a PGA Class A Professional; he was devoted to the...
William Bud Rainwater
Oct 3, 2008
William Bud Rainwater, 71, of Holiday Village , Rockingham, died Friday, October 3, 2008 at Sandhills Regional Medical Center in Hamlet. Mr. Rainwater was born February 22, 1937 in Richmond County, a son of the late Evander and Cardella Sweatt Rainwater. He had been employed as a driver with Dewitt Trucking. Surviving are his sister, Ellen Garrison of Rockingham and...
Ethel Browder
Oct 1, 2008
Ethel Mallard Farrior Browder, 86, beloved mother, grandmother, godmother, sister, aunt, southern lady, and friend to many, particularly those in need, passed away peacefully in the comfort of her home of fifty-eight years in Rockingham on October 1st, 2008. Her family acknowledge with deep gratitude the friends and caregivers, including the Richmond County Hospice professionals. It is agreed that they...
Wilhelmina Layton Wescott
Sep 22, 2008
Mrs. Wilhelmina Layton Wescott, 82, of 368 Horseshoe Road, Rockingham, died Monday, September 22, 2008 at her home. Mrs. Wescott was born September 8, 1926 in Steelmantown, NJ, a daughter of the late Jack and Emmaline Chambers Layton. She was a member of Temple Baptist Church, the Dorcas Ministry and was a homemaker. Her husband, Marvin Issac Wescott preceded her...
Mary Caulder
Sep 22, 2008
Mrs. Mary Britt Caulder, 85, of 151 Thompson Farm Rd., Rockingham died Monday, September 22, 2008 at Britthaven of Hamlet. She was born May 3, 1923, a daughter of the late Ira and Blennie Saunders Britt. Mrs. Caulder was a member of Heritage Baptist Church. She was retired from J. P. Stevens, and then worked with Thompson Sunny Acres Farm....
Maggie Reynolds
Sep 18, 2008
Mrs. Maggie Alice Covington Reynolds, 93, of Roberdell, departed this life on Thurs., Sept. 18, at The Inn at Quail Haven Village. Born on Nov. 10, 1914, in the Ledbetter Community in Richmond County, she was the daughter of the late Alvin Clay and Sarah Effie Covington. She and her husband of 62 years, William Ashby Reynolds, resided in the...
Ronald Clark
Sep 18, 2008
Mr. Ronald David Clark, 67, of Rockingham died Thursday, September 18, 2008 at First Health Richmond Memorial Hospital. He was born January 26, 1941 in Alton, Illinois, a son of the late Thomas and Doris Reynolds Clark. Mr. Clark was retired machinist with Owens Illinois. He was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are his wife, Marilin Clark of the home;...
Joyce Morris
Sep 16, 2008
Mrs. Joyce Warrick Morris, 82, died Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. Mrs. Morris is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Lucy Morris Allen and Brooks Allen, of Rockingham; granddaughter Blair Allen Ivey and husband, David, of Fayetteville, and a grandson, Gregory Allen, Jr. of Raleigh. She is also survived by her sister Mrs. Lauranne (Tinka) Nuttall...
Nellie Mae Wood
Sep 15, 2008
Mrs. Nellie Mae Shepard Wood, 81, of 130 Nicholson Road, Rockingham NC died Monday September 15, 2008 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Wood was born March 3rd, 1927 a daughter of the late James and Sallie Parker Shepard. She was preceded in death by her husband John Wood. She was a member of Roberdell Baptist Church. She was a...
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