Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Richmond county


Ruth Emma Nunn

Ruth Emma Nunn

Feb 16, 2008

Ms. Ruth Emma Nunn, 89, of Ellerbe, died Saturday, February 16, 2008 at Rockingham Manor. Ms. Nunn was born January 10, 1919 in Stokes County, a daughter of the late Samuel James and Louisa Palmer Nunn. She had retired from Stanley Furniture Company. Surviving are nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be held at 3:00PM Tuesday at Mt. Pleasant United...

Peggy Meacham

Peggy Meacham

Feb 13, 2008

Funeral services for Margaret (Peggy) McNair Meacham will be conducted 11:00 am Saturday, February 16, 2008 at First United Methodist Church in Rockingham with Rev. Keith Nanney and Rev. Allison Coltrane officiating. Interment will follow in Eastside Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6 to 8 pm at Carter Funeral Home in Rockingham. Mrs. Meacham died Wednesday,...

Charles Darius McKenzie

Charles Darius McKenzie

Feb 13, 2008

Charles Darius McKenzie, 72, was taken gently by God on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at his home in Ellerbe under the loving care of his family and Richmond County Hospice. Darius was born November 18, 1935 in Moore County, the third of ten children born to Patrick and Magdalene Ritter McKenzie. He was raised in the Eastwood community of Moore...

Herbert Clifford Harden

Herbert Clifford Harden

Feb 11, 2008

Herbert Clifford Harden, 79, of 165 Chalk Road, Rockingham, died Monday, February 11, 2008 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Mr. Harden was born August 1, 1928 in Richmond County, a son of the late Emery and Ida Faircloth Harden. He served his country in the Korean War, attended Outreach for Jesus, and had retired from TNS Mills. His...

William Craven Coleman

William Craven Coleman

Feb 8, 2008

Craven Coleman Mr. William Craven Coleman 74, of Rockingham died Friday, February 8, 2008 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Coleman was born September 26, 1933 in Richmond County a son of the late Horace and Nora Goodwin Coleman. He served his county in the U. S. Army in the Military Police during the Korean War. He was...

Byron Daniel McNeil

Byron Daniel McNeil

Feb 4, 2008

Danny McNeil Bryon Daniel McNeil, 58, of Garden City, S.C., formerly of Rockingham, died February 4, 2008 at Conway Medical Center in Conway S.C. He was born July 10, 1949 in Rockingham to Byron and Doris Duke McNeil. He was preceded in death by his father, Byron Hector McNeil. A Memorial Service will be held Thursday, February 7 at 2:00...

Elizabeth Folsom Jenkins

Elizabeth Folsom Jenkins

Feb 1, 2008

Mrs. Elizabeth “Lib” Folsom Jenkins, 86, of 164 Ellerbe Rd. Rockingham died Friday, February 1, 2008 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Mrs. Jenkins was born February 24, 1921 in Brooks County, Georgia, a daughter of the late Ben and Nell Folsom. She was a long time member of the First Presbyterian Church of Rockingham, where in 1992 she...

Albert Franklin Ludlum

Albert Franklin Ludlum

Jan 29, 2008

Albert Franklin Ludlum, 77, of 582 Gibson Nursery Rd. Ellerbe, died Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at Tara Plantation in Carthage. Mr. Ludlum was born June 17, 1930 in Richmond County, a son of the late Ruven Dewey Ludlum and the late Ruth Lynn Ludlum White. He was a former member and deacon of Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Rockingham, a...

Annie Webb Martin

Annie Webb Martin

Jan 28, 2008

Mrs. Annie Mae Webb Martin, 79, of 353 John Webb Road, Ellerbe, passed away Monday, January 28, 2008 at her home. Mrs. Martin was born August 14, 1928 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Raymond and Bessie Crouch Webb. She was a graduate of Ellerbe High School and a member of Roberdel Baptist Church. Mrs. Martin had been...

Jane Cardwell Kinney

Jane Cardwell Kinney

Jan 27, 2008

Sarah Jane Cardwell Kinney, 69, of 163 W. Church Street, Ellerbe, died Sunday, January 27, 2008 at her home. Mrs. Kinney was born January 21, 1939 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Hardin Noah and Grace Marie Leak Cardwell. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Ellerbe and had retired from FirstNational Bank. Her brother, Jack...

Eunice Fetner

Eunice Fetner

Jan 27, 2008

Mrs. Eunice Jacobs Fetner, 78, of 3724 Moss Creek Drive, Greensboro, and formerly of Rockingham, died Sunday, January 27, 2008 at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro. Mrs. Fetner was born August 5, 1929 in Scotland County, a daughter of the late George and Lola Cole Jacobs. Mrs. Fetner was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, and was active in volunteering...

Anne Smith Saunders

Anne Smith Saunders

Jan 21, 2008

Mrs. Anne Smith Saunders, 85, of Charlotte, formerly of Rockingham, died Monday, January 21, 2008 at Lawyers Glen Retirement Center in Charlotte. Mrs. Saunders was born February 13, 1922 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Luther and Annie Mae Hasty Smith. She was a member of Matthews United Methodist Church and previously of Park Avenue Presbyterian Church in...

Myrtle Lambert

Myrtle Lambert

Jan 20, 2008

Mrs. Myrtle R. Lambert, 89, of 144 South St., Rockingham died Sunday, January 20, 2008 at her home. She was born July 2, 1918, a daughter of the late Frank and Mary Caulder Ransom. Mrs. Lambert was a member of First Pentecostal Holiness Church, where she sang in the choir. Mrs. Lambert loved gospel music, was a member of the...

Edward Bryant Guinn

Edward Bryant Guinn

Jan 19, 2008

Mr. Edward Bryant Guinn, 83, of 302 Quail Hollow Dr. Hamlet, died Saturday, January 19, 2008 at Sandhill Regional Hospital. He was born March 3, 1934, in Richmond County, a son of the late Ernest “Bus” and Lillian Collins Guinn. He was a Painter by trade. When he wasn’t painting, he loved his hobbies of fishing and woodworking. A graveside...

Elijah Conyers

Elijah Conyers

Jan 16, 2008

Mr. Elijah Conyers, 87, died Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at Liberty Health Care of Charlotte. He was born September 30, 1920 in Richmond County, a son of the late Jim and Johnnie Conyers. He served his country in the United States Marine Corp. during WW II in Okinawa. He was proud to be a Marine. He worked as a supervisor...

John E Goodwin

John E Goodwin

Jan 13, 2008

Mr. John E. Goodwin, 57, passed away from this life Sunday, January 13, 2008 at his home. He was born May 30, 1950 in Anson County, a son of the late Fred Robert and Eva Goodwin. He was a graduate of Rockingham High School, Class of 1970 and had worked with Perdue Farms. He was a beloved father, grandfather and...

Mildred Helton

Mildred Helton

Jan 10, 2008

Mildred Haywood Helton, 71, went to be with her Lord on Thursday, January 10, 2008 at 10:25 am. She was preceded in death by her husband of fifty one years, Elbert P. Helton, Sr. , a son, Steven Floyd Helton and her dad, Floyd Benjamin Haywood. Surviving are; two daughters, Susan Bailey and friend Donnie Bailey of Rockingham , and...

Charlie Wright

Charlie Wright

Jan 9, 2008

Mr. Charlie Daniel Wright, 73, of Rockingham died Wednesday, January 09, 2008 at Rockingham Manor. He was born June 10, 1934, a son of the late Joe and Lillie Mae Wright. Mr. Wright had been a member of Cobb Memorial Baptist Church, was a farmer, and worked in maintenance with the Department of Transportation. Funeral services will be conducted graveside...

Artis Franklin McDuffie

Artis Franklin McDuffie

Jan 8, 2008

Mr. Artis Franklin McDuffie, 78 died Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at Rockingham Manor. He was born July 21, 1929 in Richmond County a son of the late Victor and Lillie Hancock McDuffie. He worked in textiles as a doffer. A Graveside service will be held 2:00pm Thursday, January 10, 2008 at Northam Cemetery with Rev Tommy West officiating. He is...

Greyard Byrne Lamm

Greyard Byrne Lamm

Jan 3, 2008

Greyard Byrne “GB” Lamm, 89 of W. Sunset St., Ellerbe, died Thursday, January 03, 2008 at The Hermitage Retirement Center in Rockingham. Mr. Lamm was born July 18, 1918 in Robeson County, a son of the late George B. and Mary Frankie Pipkin Lamm. He attended school in Wilson and Maxton, graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1941...