Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Richmond county
Ruby Foyles Henderson
May 13, 2008
Ruby Foyles Henderson, 72, of 192 West Page Street, Ellerbe, died Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at her home. Mrs. Henderson was born October 15, 1935 in Greene County, NC a daughter of the late Hardy and Cora Forrest Foyles. She was a graduate of Snow Hill High School, Class of 1954 and Flora McDonald College, Class of 1958. She taught...
William Alvin Braddock
May 11, 2008
William Alvin Braddock, 51, of 466 18th St. Cramerton, NC died Sunday, May 11, 2008 at his home. Mr. Braddock was born August 25, 1956 in Pennsylvania County, VA, a son of Betty Jo Blackmon Braddock and the late Arthur Jack Braddock. He had served his country in the US Army and was a former radiator specialist. Surviving are his...
Mary Alice Airington
May 9, 2008
Mrs. Alice Wilson Airington of 1704 W NC 73 Mt. Gilead died May 9, 2008 at her home. She was born in Montgomery County a daughter of the late John D. Wilson and Lilly Epps Wilson. She was preceded in death by her husband Wilbert W. Airington and her young son Ronald E. Airington. Funeral services will be held 11:00...
Hill Carter
May 4, 2008
Richard Hill Carter, 70, of 116 Sixth St. Ellerbe, died Sunday, May 4, 2008 at his home. Mr. Carter was born July 21, 1937 in Richmond County, a son of the late Eldridge Martin and Mary Ann Meacham Carter. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Ellerbe and was a Kentucky Colonel. He was the Owner/Operator R.H.Carter Farms,...
Elizabeth Davis
May 3, 2008
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Wright Davis, 97, of 405 N. Randolph Street, Rockingham died Saturday, May 3, 2008 at First Health Richmond Memorial Hospital. She was born October 24, 1910 in Stanley County, a daughter of the late Montgomery Bostick Wright and Lottie Lowder Wright. Mrs. Davis was a member of First Baptist Church in Rockingham. For many years, she was...
Diane Will Berry
May 2, 2008
Diane Will Berry, 60, of 159 Dyan St., Rockingham died Friday, May 2, 2008 at Firsthealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mrs. Berry was born January 15, 1948 in Little Falls, NJ, a daughter of Edward and Juanita Barnes Will of Columbia, SC. She received her Associate Degree in Business Administration from Columbia Commercial College in Columbia, S.C. and was...
Virginia Silvestri
May 2, 2008
Mrs. Virginia Elizabeth Tilley Silvestri, 77, of 159 3rd St., Ellerbe died Friday, May 2, 2008 at First Health Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. She was born October 27, 1930 in Stokes County, a daughter of the late Pose L. and Anna Smith Tilley. Mrs. Silvestri was a homemaker and a member of First Presbyterian Church in Ellerbe. Funeral services...
Mary Jay
Apr 30, 2008
Mary Margaret Gunter Jay, 82, of 359 McNeill Rd. Rockingham, died Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Mrs. Jay was born April 14, 1926 in Lexington County, SC, a daughter of the late Olin and Gracie Stone Gunter. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Hamlet and had been employed at Rohanen School...
Edna Pittman Gerringer
Apr 29, 2008
Edna Pittman Gerringer, 91, of Rockingham, died on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at Rockingham Manor. She was born July 18, 1916 in Cordova, NC, a daughter of the late Ira and Virginia “Jennie” Hicks Pittman. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Rockingham. A graduate of Rockingham High School, she completed secretarial courses at Wingate College and became...
Bill Curtis
Apr 27, 2008
Chief Petty Officer (Ret.) William ‘Bill’ Curtis, 70, of Hwy 220 North, Ellerbe died Sunday, April 27, 2008 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. He was born March 22, 1938 in Person County, a son of the late Payton Travis Curtis and Ethel Bowen Curtis. Chief Petty Officer Curtis was retired from the United States Navy. He had a twenty-two year...
Ruth Emma Lovin
Apr 21, 2008
Ruth Emma Joyce Lovin, 76, of 360 Firetower Rd. Ellerbe, died April 21, 2008 at Randolph Hospital in Asheboro. Mrs. Lovin was born April 23, 1931 in Surry County, NC, a daughter of the late Arthur Lee and Savannah Turner Campbell Joyce. She was a member of McLean Presbyterian Church, where she was a member of the Women’s Auxillary and...
Ronnie Lee Allen
Apr 15, 2008
Ronnie Lee Allen, 69, of 210 Butler Dr., Hoffman, died Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Allen was born July 28, 1938 in Richmond Va, a son of the late George Leonard and Edna Elizabeth Harvey Allen. He retired from the US Army as a Staff Sergeant and later retired from Aberdeen Bag Company....
Elmare Snead
Apr 14, 2008
Mrs. Elmare G. Snead, 87, of 278 Ledbetter St., Cordova died Monday, April 14, 2008 at Rockingham Manor. She was born February 5, 1921 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Zack and Lucy Jane Brigman Grice. Mrs. Snead was a member of Cordova Baptist Church, where she sang in the choir and taught Sunday school for many years....
Sammie Goodson Tanner
Apr 13, 2008
Sammie Goodson Tanner 60, of New Bern died Sunday, April 13, 2008 at Craven Memorial Hospital in New Bern NC. She was born February 20, 1948 in Richmond County a daughter of the late William C and Pauline Hooker Goodson. She was a housewife and former member of Maple Street Free Will Baptist Church. She moved to New Bern for...
J. Ralph McFayden
Apr 4, 2008
James Ralph McFayden, 82, of Ellerbe, passed away on Friday, April 4,2008, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Mr. McFayden was born December 15, 1925, in Richmond County, NC, a son of the late Colon Alexander and Etta Freeman McFayden. He graduated from Ellerbe High School, class of 1942, entered Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC, in the fall...
Pauline Leviner
Apr 2, 2008
Mrs. Pauline Lambert Leviner, 88, of 140 Madison Ave., Rockingham died Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at First Health Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. She was born January 18, 1920 in Cabarrus Co., a daughter of the late Roy and Lela Tucker Lambert. Mrs. Leviner was a member of First Pentecostal Holiness Church, where she sang in the choir and was...
Wayne Lee Park
Mar 30, 2008
Wayne Lee Park, 78, of 141 Gibson Dr. Rockingham, died Sunday, March 30, 2008 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Park was born May 1, 1929 in Richmond County, a son of the late Norman and Vinnie Frazier Park. He was a member of Zion United Methodist Church where he had been a member of the choir, president...
Dolph Young Rankin
Mar 27, 2008
Mr. Dolph Young Rankin, 84, of East Main St. Ellerbe, died Thursday, March 27, 2008 at his home. Mr. Rankin was born May 17, 1923 in Derby, NC, a son of the late Robert Moore and Frankie Thompson Rankin. He had served his country in the US Navy during World War II in the Pacific Theater. He was a graduate...
Bertha Parker
Mar 18, 2008
Miss Bertha McAuley Parker 84, of 121 Pine Lane Rockingham died Tuesday March 18,2008 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital. She was born November 6, 1923 in Richmond County a daughter of the late Richmond T. and Annie Yarbough Parker. She was a seamstress and loved sewing for anyone. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church. She was preceded in...
Lloyd Thomas Simmons
Mar 17, 2008
Lloyd Thomas Simmons, 62, of 165 Center St. Cordova, died Monday, March 17, 2008 at his home. Mr. Simmons was born October 22, 1945 in Richmond County, a son of the late Hannie and Mary Moore Simmons. He was a graduate of Rockingham High School and had been employed as a flooring installer. His sons, Tommy and Christopher Simmons and...
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