Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Richmond county


Jack Belton

Jack Belton

Jun 4, 2008

Mr. Walter Jack Belton, 79, of 319 Lawson Lane, Rockingham died Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at his home. He was born May 29, 1929 in Patrick County, VA, a son of the late Walter and Molly Rakes Belton. Mr. Belton was retired from Hooker Furniture Co. in Martinsville, VA. He, also, served in the U. S. Army. Funeral services will...

Leslie Whipple Hammann

Leslie Whipple Hammann

May 31, 2008

Mr. Leslie Whipple Hammann, 92, formerly of Deweese Ave., Rockingham, died Saturday, May 31, 2008 at Rockingham Manor. Mr. Hammann was born April 8, 1916, in Wooster County, Mass., a son of the late Alfred and Bertha Whipple Hammann. He was a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, a textile designer with Hannah Pickett Mfg. Co. and an...

James Mabe

James Mabe

May 31, 2008

James Mabe, 78, of 2558 N. US 220 Hwy Ellerbe, died Saturday, May 31, 2008 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Mabe was born April 15, 1930 in Stokes County, a son of the late James Everett and Elsie Lorene Mabe Mabe. He had served his country in the US Army during the Korean War, attended Saron Baptist...

Jayne Helms Bennett

Jayne Helms Bennett

May 29, 2008

Jayne Myers Helms Bennett, 64, a resident of Britthaven of Hamlet, died Thursday, May 29, 2008 at Britthaven. Mrs. Bennett was born May 16, 1944 in Champaign, IL, a daughter of the late Isaac Jay and Mary White Helms. She was a graduate of Rockingham High School, Class of 1962, a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel...

William Brooks Allred

William Brooks Allred

May 23, 2008

Mr. William Brooks Allred, 79, of 3411 Hwy 220 N, died Friday, May 23, 2008 at Sandhills Regional Medical Center. Mr. Brooks was born January 22, 1929 in Richmond County, a son of the late Ira and Myrtle Burns Allred. He worked at Richmond Yarns in the card room and was an avid fox hunter. A Graveside service will be...

Audrey Bailey Pate

Audrey Bailey Pate

May 20, 2008

Mrs. Audrey Bailey Pate, 80, of 491 Haywood Cemetery Road, Ellerbe, died Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Mrs. Pate was born February 20, 1928 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late D.B. and Myrtle Gaddy Bailey. She was a member of Pee Dee United Methodist Church, one of the original Southern Bell Telephone...

Harold Dawkins

Harold Dawkins

May 19, 2008

Mr. J. Harold Dawkins, Sr., 84, of 114 Dawkins Street, Rockingham died Monday, May 19, 2008 at Britthaven of Hamlet. He was born June 9, 1923 in Richmond County, a son of the late Guy and Emma Hussey Dawkins. Mr. Dawkins was the owner of Dawkins Grocery for thirty-two years. He was a life long member of East Rockingham United...

Welford Maples

Welford Maples

May 13, 2008

Mr. Welford Olin Maples, Sr., 91, of 1309 Ann Street, Rockingham died Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at The Hermitage Retirement Center in Rockingham. He was born November 9, 1916 in Richmond County, a son of the late William H. and Dora McCumbee Maples. Mr. Maples was a lifelong member of West Rockingham United Methodist Church. He was the co-owner of...

Dora Mae Shoe

Dora Mae Shoe

May 13, 2008

Mrs. Dora Mae McCarthy Shoe, 88 of Shannon Drive, Rockingham died Tuesday May 13, 2008 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Shoe was born October 21, 1919 in Australia a daughter of the late James and Annie Palmer McCarthy. She was a housewife and was preceded in death by her husband Horace Shoe and son Garry Lucas. Funeral services will...

Ruby Foyles Henderson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...