Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Richmond county
Horace Mitchell Culver
Jan 3, 2008
Horace Mitchell Culver ("Mike") died January 3, 2008 in Alexandria, Virginia, after a brave and dignified bout with cancer. He was 65. Mike was born on August 15, 1942 in Rockingham, NC, Horace C. Culver and Georgetta Wilson Culver (now Georgetta Clark). Mike's father was killed in action in World War II in 1944. Mike graduated from Rohanen High School...
Leander Bateman
Jan 2, 2008
Leander “Lee” Bateman, 81, of 136 Clemmer Rd., Rockingham, died Wednesday, January 2, 2008 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Mr. Bateman was born September 16, 1926 in Orange County, NC, a son of the late Ernest and Mary Harris Bateman. He was a charter member of Pine Grove Baptist Church where he had served as choir leader and...
Rada Hawks Cooper
Dec 28, 2007
Mrs. Rada Hawks Cooper, 94, of 278 Bethany Rd, Ellerbe died Friday, December 28, 2007 at her home. Mrs. Cooper was born May 22, 1913 in Patrick County, Virginia, a daughter of the late Sam and Priscilla Bowman Hawks. She attended Bethel Baptist Church and was a homemaker. Her husband, Ralph Lee Cooper and a special niece, Priscilla Kirkley preceded...
Bernard Clay Nance Jr.
Dec 26, 2007
Mr. Bernard Clay Nance Jr., 65 of 262 Millstone Road Ellerbe died Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at his home. Mr. Nance was born October 1, 1942 in Richmond County a son of Annabelle Suggs and the late Bernard Clay Nance. He was a retired farmer. He is survived by his daughter Elizabeth Nance Ward and husband Mike, two brothers Johnny...
Lacy Quinton Parsons
Dec 24, 2007
Lacy Quinton Parsons, 89, was born September 21, 1918 to Thomas and Callie McCallum Parsons in Montgomery County, NC. After a brief hospital stay, he passed away on Christmas Eve, 2007. His wish was to be home for Christmas, and the family takes comfort in knowing he is home with his beloved wife, Margaret. Lacy served in the armed forces...
Ladonia Wethington
Dec 19, 2007
Mrs. Ladonia Cherry Evers Wethington, 84, of 191 Waymon Chapel Rd., Hamlet died Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at her home. She was born November 3, 1923 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Daniel and Minerva Frye Cherry. Mrs. Wethington was a member of faith Free Will Baptist Church and worked as a hairdresser for many years. She taught...
Robert McLaurin
Dec 19, 2007
Mr. Robert Fountain McLaurin, 83, died Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at Palmer Hinson Care Center. He was born July 24, 1924 in McColl, SC, a son of Bernice Fountain McLaurin and Eugene Bertram McLaurin. In Mr. McLaurin’s younger years, the McLaurin family moved from the city of Rockingham to the country of Richmond County. While living in the country he...
Adele Maner Tilley
Dec 18, 2007
Mrs. Adele Marie Maner Tilley, 79, of 153 Manor Road, Rockingham, died Tuesday, December 18,2007, at her home. She was born November 1, 1928 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Julia and Ida McDonald Maner. She retired from Georgia Pacific as an inspector. She was preceded in death by her husband Jerald Tilley and a daughter Rhonda Allison....
J. B. McGuire
Dec 10, 2007
Joseph Byars “JB” McGuire. Sr. of 1813 Sandcrest Drive, Rockingham, died Monday, December 10 at Duke University Medical Center in Durham. He was born in Bristol, VA August 6, 1962, the son of the late Mr. Charles Johnson McGuire, Sr. and Mrs. Mary Jane McGuire of Rockingham. Mr. McGuire is survived by his wife, Lenae Riggan McGuire; a son Joseph,...
George Browder
Dec 9, 2007
George Alexander Graham Browder, 86, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend to many, passed away Sunday, December 9, 2007. George was born in Warsaw, NC on March 3,1921 to the late Robert Milton and Virginia Boyette Browder. He spent most of his adult career and retirement in Rockingham. He graduated from high school in Wallace, NC. During World War II,...
Neola Russell
Dec 8, 2007
Mrs. Lillie Neola Oliver Russell, 94 of Rockingham died Saturday, December 8, 2007 at Morrison Manor in Laurinburg. Mrs. Russell was born in Lake City, S.C January 20, 1913 a daughter of the late Ben and Nancy Courtney Oliver. She was a member of Jefferson Park Free Will Baptist Church. She taught Sunday School for many years. She worked as...
Helen Beatrice Reep
Dec 7, 2007
Ms. Helen Beatrice Reep, 61, of 510 Caroline St., Rockingham died Friday, December 7, 2007 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital. She was born March 31, 1946 in Union County, a daughter of the late Howard and Beatrice Guinn Reep. Ms. Reep was employed for thirty years with AT & T as an international customer service agent. A memorial service will...
Mary Reynolds Covington
Dec 7, 2007
Mary Ethel Reynolds Henderson Covington, 83,a resident of Wilmington, NC formerly of Ellerbe, died Friday, December 7, 2007 at Britthaven of NorthChase in Wilmington. Mrs. Covington was born December 25, 1923 in Surry County, a daughter of the late Billy “Boss” and Mary Beth Goins Reynolds. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Ellerbe, had been employed...
Eugene Hayden
Dec 5, 2007
Eugene Hayden, 74, of Rockingham, died Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at Firsthealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Mr. Hayden was born December 30, 1932 in Surry County, a son of the late Mager and Ada Martin Hayden. He was a member of Cameronian Presbyterian Church, had been employed with JP Stevens and was the owner of Hayden Pulpwood. His brother,...
Shirley Webb
Dec 5, 2007
Shirley Shepherd Webb, RN, COHN, 72, of 142 Hudson Street, Rockingham died Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at Carolinas Medical Center Mercy Hospital in Charlotte. She was born November 21, 1935 in Salisbury, the daughter of the late L. L. and Adine Newman Shepherd. Mrs. Webb was a 1954 graduate of Rockingham High School and a 1957 graduate of the Mercy...
Violet Spencer
Dec 2, 2007
Violet Melton Spencer, 80, of 424 Richmond Road, Rockingham died Sunday, December 2, 2007 at Britthaven of Hamlet. She was born January 16, 1927 in Richmond County, daughter of the late Rev. R. C. and Annie Melton. Mrs. Spencer was retired from the textile industry, working primarily with J. P. Stevens at Hannah Pickett. She was active for many years...
Ida Martin Pegram
Nov 28, 2007
Mrs. Ida Martin Pegram, 81, of Charlotte, formerly of Rockingham, died Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at Carolinas Medical Center of Pineville. Mrs. Pegram was born September 7, 1926 in Warren County, NC a daughter of the late William and Josephine Cheek Martin. She was a graduate of Ellerbe High School, received her Nursing Degree from Sandhills Community College and her...
Janie Elizabeth "Lib" Crume
Nov 26, 2007
“Lib” Crume” Mrs. Janie Elizabeth Crume, 90, of Rockingham died Monday November 26, 2007 at Britthaven of Hamlet. Mrs. Crume was born April 2, 1917 in York County South Caroline a daughter of the late H. H. and Sarah Richardson Griffin. She was a member of Church of Christ of Rockingham. She retired from Aleo Manufacturing Company. She was preceded...
Virginia Long
Nov 24, 2007
Virginia Selma Long, 92, of Chapel Hill died Saturday, November 24th at her home. She was born February 1, 1915 in Portsmouth, VA, daughter of the late Walter Franklin and Beatrice Goldberg Long. Miss Long was a graduate of Rockingham High School and Goucher College. She had a master’s degree in the School of Applied Social Sciences from Western Reserve...
Ossie Wilson
Nov 22, 2007
Mrs. Ossie Lambert Wilson, beloved mother and grandmother went home to be with her Lord on November 22, 2007. Mrs. Wilson was born September 18, 1907 in Williamsburg Co., SC, a daughter of the late Boston and Mary Cannon. She was employed at Aleo Manufacturing and was a faithful member of the East Rockingham First Pentecostal Holiness Church for more...
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