Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Richmond county


Julius McCoy Powell

Julius McCoy Powell

Jan 27, 2007

Coy Powell Mr. Julius M “Coy” Powell 67, of Cordova passed away Saturday January 27, 2007 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital. He was born May 14, 1939 in Darlington S.C. a son of the late James and Bertha Crouch Powell. He was a member of West Rockingham Church of God. He worked at Klopman Mill in Cordova for 15 years...

Bill Warner

Bill Warner

Jan 20, 2007

David Floyd (Bill) Warner, 87, of 170 W. Church St., Ellerbe died Saturday, January 20, 2007 at his home. Funeral services will be conducted 11:00 am Monday, January 22nd at First United Methodist Church in Ellerbe with Rev. Donald Daniel officiating. He was born April 10, 1919, the son of the late David Franklin and Otis Byrd Gardner Warner. He...

Shirley Nunley

Shirley Nunley

Jan 19, 2007

Mrs. Shirley Jane Bowen Nunley, 63, of 156 Hickory St. Rockingham, died Friday, January 19, 2007 at her home. She was born November 5, 1943, in Scotland County a daughter of the late Alex and Mary Jane Bowen. She was a long time transportation worker in Richmond County. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert Lee Nunley in...

Homer Davis Benoist

Homer Davis Benoist

Jan 15, 2007

Homer Davis Benoist, 94, of Rockingham, died Monday, January 15, 2007 at Britthaven of Hamlet. Mr. Benoist was born January 3, 1913 in Richmond County, a son of the late Will and Rosa Frye Benoist. He owned and operated Five Points Grocery until his retirement and was a member of West Rockingham United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death...

John Wesley Williams

John Wesley Williams

Jan 11, 2007

John Wesley “Jake”Williams, 80, of 103 Goodman St. Rockingham, died Thursday, January 11, 2007 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Williams was born September 29, 1926 in Richmond County a son of the late Raleigh and Della Moore Williams. He was of the FreeWill Baptist Faith and a retired carpenter. He was preceded in death by his brothers,...

Ada Pusser Dewitt

Ada Pusser Dewitt

Jan 9, 2007

Ada Pusser Dewitt, 92, of 333 Jimmy Carriker Rd. Ellerbe died Tuesday, January 9, 2007 at Kingswood Nursing Center in Southern Pines. Mrs. Dewitt was born June 5, 1914 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Wade Hamilton and Cora Godwin Pusser. She was a member of First Baptist Church Ellerbe where she worked with the Shut-in extension and...

Fannie Mae Baldwin

Fannie Mae Baldwin

Jan 8, 2007

Mrs. Fannie B. Baldwin Mrs. Fannie Baldwin, 75, of Baldwin Road Rockingham died Monday January 8, 2007 at Carolina Medical Center in Charlotte. Mrs. Baldwin was born March 30, 1931 in Richmond County a daughter of the late William and Vina Moore Butler. She worked at Wal-Mart in the snack department. She was a member of Glenwood United Methodist Church....

Richard Russell Race

Richard Russell Race

Jan 8, 2007

Richard Russell Race, 85, of Hendersonville, NC died Monday, January 8, 2007 at Elizabeth House in Flat Rock. Mr. Race was born November 12, 1921 in Detroit Michigan a son of the late Percy and Marjorie Boyer Race. He was an optician and was preceded in death by his wife Virginia McIntyre Elderson Race on July 12, 2006. Surviving are...

Grover Clayton Snyder

Grover Clayton Snyder

Jan 7, 2007

Grover C. Snyder Grover Clayton Snyder, 84, of 240 Wallace Rd. Ellerbe, died Sunday, January 7, 2007 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Snyder was born September 1, 1922 in Randolph County, a son of the late George Clayton and Ila Capel Snyder. He was an active member of First United Methodist Church Ellerbe and had retired from...

Lucielle Dawkins

Lucielle Dawkins

Jan 6, 2007

Constance Lucielle Dawkins, 83, of Rockingham died Saturday, January 6, 2007 at First Health Richmond Memorial Hospital. A native of Richmond County, she was born September 4, 1923, daughter of the late James William Dawkins and Essie Todd Dawkins. After graduating from Rockingham High School, she worked for the Farmer’s Bank. She helped at the USO on Leak Street during...

Fannie Belle Carter

Fannie Belle Carter

Jan 4, 2007

Fannie Belle Meacham Carter, 92, of 133 Carter Dr., Ellerbe, died Thursday, January 04, 2007 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Mrs. Carter was born May 15, 1914 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Richmond Jenkins and Willa Cagle Meacham. She was a homemaker, a member of First Presbyterian Church of Ellerbe where she was active in...

Tommie Harrelson

Tommie Harrelson

Jan 1, 2007

Tommie Harrelson , 81, of 511 Anson Ave. Rockingham died Monday, January 1, 2007 at Firsthealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Mr. Harrelson was born March 25, 1925 in Dillon County SC, a son of the late Jesse and Melissa Knight Harrelson. Mr. Harrelson served his country in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He was a...

Beatrice Ingram

Beatrice Ingram

Dec 28, 2006

Mrs. Beatrice Mabe Ingram, 93, of 252 Jones Springs Church Rd., Ellerbe, died Thursday, December 28, 2006 at Rockingham Manor. Mrs. Ingram was born December 24, 1913 in Stokes County, a daughter of the late Gid and Dora Bennett Mabe. She was a member of Flinty Knoll Primative Baptist Church and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her...

Jimmy Gibson

Jimmy Gibson

Dec 26, 2006

James N. ‘Jimmy’ Gibson, 72, of 218 Green Lake Church Rd., Rockingham died Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at his home. He was born February 17, 1934 in Richmond Co., a son of the late Gladys Watson Gibson and Jasper Gibson. Mr. Gibson was retired with the Department of Transportation as a Surveyor. He was a member of Ledbetter United Methodist...

Grace Thompson Godfrey

Grace Thompson Godfrey

Dec 21, 2006

Mary Grace Thompson Godfrey, 80 of 737 Capel Mill Rd. Ellerbe died Thursday, December 21, 2006 at Firsthealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mrs. Godfrey was born March 8, 1926 in Anson County, a daughter of the late Archie F. and Mary Lou Maness Thompson. She was a member of Concord United Methodist Church, a graduate of Ellerbe High School,...

Mary B. Ezzell

Mary B. Ezzell

Dec 15, 2006

Mary B. Ezzell Mrs. Mary B Ezzell, 76 of 436 Old Charlotte Hwy. , Rockingham died Friday December 15th at First Health Richmond Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Ezzell was born September 24, 1930 in Bladen County, a daughter of the late Ada Guyton and Nathan Dowless. She was a member of Faith Freewill Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by...

Lois Treece

Lois Treece

Dec 15, 2006

Lois Treece Lois R. Treece 87, of 331 Crawford Rd. Ellerbe died Friday, December 15, 2006 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital. She was born May 8, 1919 in Montgomery County a daughter of the late Tom and Belle Chappell Rush. She worked as an Inspector in the Textiles Industry. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Ellerbe....

Dennis Beck

Dennis Beck

Dec 8, 2006

Dennis Lamar Beck, 63, of 237 Ledbetter St., Cordova died Friday, December 8, 2006 at his home. He was born May 5, 1943 in Richmond County, a son of the late Robert N. and Bertie Stewart Beck. Mr. Beck was a member of Cordova Baptist Church and was a retired engineer with CSX Transportation. Funeral services will be conducted 12:00...

James Stuart Pace

James Stuart Pace

Dec 6, 2006

James Stuart Pace, 47, of 145 Memory Lane, Rockingham died Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at First Health Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. He was born January 6, 1959 in Wake Co., a son of Juanita Albright Pace and the late Charles Wayne Pace. Mr. Pace was employed with Pepsi Bottling Ventures in Rockingham for twenty seven years, having last worked...

Annie Benson Brady

Annie Benson Brady

Dec 4, 2006

Annie Brady was born on November 28, 1919. She moved with her parents, David and Pearl Marie Walker Benson from Bladen County and lived all her adult life in Rockingham. She grew up in a family of eleven children. As a young girl she was responsible for much of the care of her brothers and sisters. She talked of ironing...

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