Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Richmond county


Margaret Adams Lowdermilk

Margaret Adams Lowdermilk

Apr 12, 2007

Margaret A. Lowdermilk, 95, of Johnson City, TN, and a resident of Norman, NC for 59 years, died Thursday, April 12, 2007, at North Side Hospital. Mrs. Lowdermilk was born in Medford, MA and lived in Norman, NC most of her life before moving to Johnson City, TN twelve years ago. She was the daughter of John C. and Emma...

Lucille Midgette Lampley

Lucille Midgette Lampley

Apr 11, 2007

Lucille Midgette Lampley, 82, of 114 Liberty Dr. Rockingham, died Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at Firsthealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Mrs. Lampley was born February 6, 1925 in Richmond County a daughter of the late Guy Midgette and Fannie Terry Midgette Shaw. She was a member of Cordova United Methodist Church where she has been a Sunday school teacher,...

Jacque Long

Jacque Long

Apr 10, 2007

Mrs. Jacqueline Landfear Long, 81, of 518 Stanley Ave., Rockingham died Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at her home. She was born January 29, 1926 in Kalamazoo, MO, a daughter of the late Eleanor Phoebe Mitchell and Benjamin Walton Landfear. Mrs. Long was a member of the Church of the Messiah in Rockingham. Along with her husband, she was the owner...

Belle McRae Wallace

Belle McRae Wallace

Apr 10, 2007

Belle McRae Stogner Wallace, 103, of Charlotte, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at Avante` Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Charlotte. Mrs. Wallace was born October 19, 1903 in Richmond County, one of eleven children, to the late William Henry and Sarah Dawkins McRae. She was a longtime member of First United Methodist...

Hilda Vuncannon McDuffie

Hilda Vuncannon McDuffie

Apr 7, 2007

Hilda Vuncannon McDuffie, 65, entered her eternal rest on Saturday, April 7, 2007. She was born August 6, 1941 in Richmond County, a daughter of Louise Ford Vuncannon and the late Worth Vuncannon. She was a precious loving daughter, sister, wife and aunt. She had been employed with Roberdel Bread and Butter. For many years she has courageously fought various...

R.W. Goodman

R.W. Goodman

Apr 5, 2007

Raymond W. Goodman, 91, of 306 N. Randolph Street, Rockingham died Thursday, April 5, 2007 at his home. He was born August 23, 1915 in Richmond Co., a son of the late Maggie Wallace Goodman and John Lawrence Goodman. Mr. Goodman was a member of First Baptist Church in Rockingham. He began his business career in the Morse Store in...

Virginia Pope Cox

Virginia Pope Cox

Apr 3, 2007

Mrs. Virginia Pope Cox, 85, of Rockingham, NC went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, April 3, 2007 in Columbia, SC. Mrs. Cox was born on July 11, 1921 in Hemingway, SC, a daughter and one of 13 children of the late Stanley S. Pope and Bertie Mae Padgett. Mrs. Cox was a graduate of Holmes Bible College...

Frances Maddry Parker

Frances Maddry Parker

Apr 3, 2007

Frances M. Parker Mrs. Frances Maddry Parker, 87 of 1138 US Hwy 220 N., Rockingham died Tuesday, April 3, 2007 at Britthaven of Hamlet. Mrs. Parker was born February 8. 1920 in Durham County, a daughter of the late Abel and Harley Henry Maddry. She was a housewife. She is survived by one son, James Parker of Tampa Florida, and...

George Leon Thompson

George Leon Thompson

Apr 2, 2007

George Leon Thompson, 75, of 558 County Line Rd. Ellerbe, died Monday, April 02, 2007 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. Mr. Thompson was born October 5, 1931 in Montgomery County, a son of the late George and Monnie McInnis Thompson. He was of the Baptist faith, had served his country in the US Army, 82nd Airborne Division and was a...

Ralph Harris

Ralph Harris

Mar 29, 2007

Ralph Copeland Harris, 84, died on March 29, 2007, at his home following a struggle with cancer. He was born to Fannie Copeland Harris and Guy Phillips Harris on December 22, 1922, in Candor, N.C. He attended Wake Forest College and received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from NC State. After his graduation in 1949, he worked for the Federal...

Minnie Wallace

Minnie Wallace

Mar 23, 2007

Mrs. Minnie Russell Wallace, 74, of 307 Curtis Drive, Rockingham died Friday, March 23, 2007 at First Health Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. She was born November 22, 1932 in Richmond Co., a daughter of the late Mary Bell Greene and Robert Lineberry Russell. Mrs. Wallace retired from Burlington Industries in 1998 as a Lab Technician. She was an active...

Pratt Alexander McInnis

Pratt Alexander McInnis

Mar 22, 2007

Pratt Alexander McInnis, 92, of Norman passed away on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at his home. He was born December 19, 1914 in Richmond County, the 10th of 12 children of the late John Alexander and Mamie Bolton McInnis. Mr. McInnis was a longtime member of Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church where he served as a deacon for many years and...

Bobby Wayne Benoist

Bobby Wayne Benoist

Mar 19, 2007

Bobby Wayne Benoist, 67, of 124 Sandhurst Dr. Rockingham, died Monday, March 19, 2007 at his home. Mr. Benoist was born May 29, 1939 in Richmond County, a son of the late Clyde and Nancy Watts Benoist. He served his country in the US Army, attended New Hope Free Will Baptist Church and had retired from CSX Railroad as an...

Mary Lucille Hudson

Mary Lucille Hudson

Mar 18, 2007

Lucille G. Hudson Mary Lucille G. Newsom Hudson, 83, of 357 Battley Dairy Rd., Hamlet died Sunday, March 18, 2007 at her home. Mrs. Hudson was born March 21, 1923 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Walter and Minnie Currie Garrett. She had been a member of Roberdel Baptist Church and a homemaker. Her first husband, Wayne Newsom...

Richard Siner

Richard Siner

Mar 18, 2007

Mr. Richard Siner 73, of 136 Patterson St. Rockingham died Sunday March 18, 2007 at Rockingham Manor. Mr. Siner was born July 26, 1933 in Muskogee, Oklahoma a son of the late Barney and Lula Utley Siner. He was a Supply Room Manager in the textile industry. He served his country in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam conflict. He...

Virginia Ruth Simpson

Virginia Ruth Simpson

Mar 16, 2007

Virginia Gertrude Ruth Simpson, 89, of Hamlet, died Friday, March 16, 2007 at Britthaven of Hamlet. Mrs. Simpson was born February 4, 1918 in Baltimore County, Maryland, a daughter of the late Grover and Katherine Lentz Ruth. She had retired from Hochild Kohn Department Store as a floor manager. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Herbert Simpson,...

Mary Jane Rankin

Mary Jane Rankin

Mar 13, 2007

Mrs. Mary Jane Nelson Rankin, 83, of East Main Street, Ellerbe, died Tuesday, March 13, 2007 at her home. Mrs. Rankin was born October 4, 1923 in Stokes County, North Carolina, a daughter of the late William Nathanial and Sadie Alley Nelson. Mrs. Rankin was a member of First United Methodist Church of Ellerbe where she had served as charge...

Virginia Gee Everhart

Virginia Gee Everhart

Mar 13, 2007

Virginia Everhart Mrs. Virginia Gee Everhart, 89, formerly of Parker Lane, Rockingham died Tuesday, March 13, 2007 at First Health Richmond Memorial Hospital. She was born April 12, 1917 in Georgetown, SC, a daughter of the late Blanche Forbes and Gilbert Clinton Gee. She was preceded in death by 3 sisters, Geneva McDuffie, Katherine, Quick, Dale Sellers, 2 brothers Robert...

Margaret Long

Margaret Long

Mar 12, 2007

Mrs. Margaret Dawkins Long, 88, of Asheboro and formerly of Rockingham, died Monday, March 12, 2007 at Randolph Hospital in Asheboro. She was born January 2, 1919, daughter of the late Matilda Watts and Elijah Dawkins. Mrs. Long was a member of East Rockingham Free Will Baptist Church and retired from textiles at Aleo Manufacturing. Funeral services will be conducted...

John Martin

John Martin

Mar 9, 2007

On Friday, March 9th, 2007, the Lord received another Angel in heaven. John A. Martin was born on November 7th, 1924 in Star, N.C. and was one of twelve children of the late Reid Martin and Lucy Bean Martin. John was the beloved husband of Lucille Martin and a precious father to his son, Johnny, of Kingstree, S.C. and daughter,...

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