Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Richmond county
Martha Hutchinson Shaw
May 7, 2023
Martha Hutchinson Shaw, 91, of Rockingham, passed away Sunday, May 7, 2023.
Mrs. Shaw was born July 10, 1931 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Arthur Turner and Maude Covington Thomas Hutchinson. She was a graduate of Rockingham High School, a member of Green Lake United Methodist Church and an avid gardener. She was the bookkeeper for the...
Richard Grant Williams
May 6, 2023
Richard Grant Williams, 80, of Rockingham, passed away Saturday, May 6, 2023 at his home.
Mr. Williams was born January 16, 1943 in Marlboro County, South Carolina, a son of the late James F.& Jessie Grant Williams. He had retired from the transportation shop at Pope Air Force Base. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...
Shirley Patrick Joyner
May 6, 2023
Shirley Patrick Joyner, 80, of Rockingham, completed her earthly journey on Saturday, May 6, 2023.
Mrs. Joyner was born April 7, 1943 in Bennettsville, SC, a daughter of the late Douglas and Martha Jane Smith Patrick. She retired from Sara Lee/ Hanes Hosiery and was a longtime member of Roberdell Methodist Church and the UMW. She enjoyed cooking, especially her...
Stacey Dodd Craft
May 5, 2023
Stacey LaRae Dodd Craft, 55, of Rockingham, completed her earthly journey on Friday, May 5, 2023.
Stacey was born July 14, 1967 in Indio, California, a daughter of the late Raymond Leslie and Shelia Anne McCann Dodd. She had been employed in retail sales. She loved her family and enjoyed spending time with them and also enjoyed playing Everquest. In...
Delano James Quick
May 2, 2023
Delano James Quick, 74, of Rockingham, completed his earthly journey on Tuesday, May 2, 2023.
Mr. Quick was born April 9, 1949 in Richmond County, a son of the late Hal M. and Zeda Mae Sessoms Quick. He had been employed with Owens Illinois and attended Outreach for Jesus when he was able. In addition to his parents, he was...
Rose Butler Jenks
Apr 23, 2023
Rose Butler Jenks, 66, of Rockingham, passed away Sunday, April 23, 2023 at Atrium Health Union in Monroe.
Mrs. Jenks was born February 13, 1957 in Gaston County, NC, a daughter of the late Clarence Dillon and Hazel Holden Butler. She was a member of Zion Circle Church where she was church pianist and a member of the Moose...
Joseph Earl Hutchinson
Apr 21, 2023
Joseph Earl Hutchinson, age 94, of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, was born on January 22, 1929, near Rockingham, NC. He was preceded in death by his parents Arthur and Maude Hutchinson, his wife Jean Frazier Hutchinson, his son Stephen E. Hutchinson (Hutch), a sister Sarah Connell, four brothers, Thomas Hutchinson, James Hutchinson, Elbert Hutchinson, and Charles Hutchinson, his son-in-law...
Rev. Wayne D Richardson
Apr 19, 2023
Reverend Wayne D. Richardson of Ellerbe, North Carolina went home to be with his Lord and Saviour, on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Born to the late David Clinton Richardson and Easdale Shaw Taylor Richardson on April 14, 1944 in Richmond County, NC.
He began his walk with the Lord at the age of thirteen, when he accepted Him as...
Vivian Foley Belton
Apr 19, 2023
Vivian Joyce Foley Belton, 91, of Rockingham, passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham.
Mrs. Belton was born June 17, 1931 in Patrick County, VA, a daughter of the late John Lewis and Nora Jane Wyatt Foley. She was a member of the Church of Christ and retired from Basset Walker Division of Vanity Fair. In...
Rachel Terry Russell
Apr 16, 2023
Rachel Terry Russell, 79, of Ellerbe, passed away Sunday, April 16, 2023 at her home.
Mrs. Russell was born June 23, 1943 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Jasper and Rosa Morgan Terry. She worked with Hood Packing, TNS Mills, Richmond Yarn and Commonwealth Hosiery and was a member of Rourk Presbyterian Church. In addition to her parents,...
Shannon Puckett Pankey
Apr 16, 2023
Shannon Puckett Pankey, 52, of Rockingham, completed her earthly journey on Sunday, April 16, 2023.
Shannon was born October 20, 1970 in Richmond County, a daughter of Carl and Sharon Puckett. She was a member of Cartledge Creek Baptist Church, where she was active in the quilting ministry and worked with the City of Rockingham. She loved flowers, gardening, going...
Nancy Mabe Priddy
Apr 16, 2023
Nancy Mabe Priddy, 84, of Ellerbe, completed her earthly journey on Sunday, April 16, 2023 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham.
Mrs. Priddy was born March 8, 1939 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Everett and Elsie Mabe. She was a member of Flinty Knoll Primitive Baptist Church, Ellerbe and was devoted to her church and her family whom...
Robert McKinley Covington
Apr 12, 2023
Robert M. Covington, 58, of Rockingham entered Eternal Rest on Easter Sunday April, 9th 2023 at his Home.
Robert was born April 24, 1964. Son of late James “Buddy” and Della Covington of Roberdel Hills of Richmond County
Robert lived his life to the fullest. He was an adventure seeker-traveling the world and fitting in wherever he landed. He was...
Vivian Campbell Stewart
Apr 5, 2023
Vivian Campbell Stewart, 93, of Hamlet, passed away Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at Shannon Grey Rehabilitation Center in Jamestown, NC.
Mrs. Stewart, affectionately known as “Viv”, “Ma” or “Nanny”, was born September 26, 1929 in Darlington County, South Carolina, a daughter of the late Daniel and Thelma Hutchinson Campbell. She was a member of Outreach for Jesus and had retired...
Carl Wesley Williams
Apr 4, 2023
Carl Wesley Williams, Sr., 68, of Rockingham, passed away on April 4, 2023. He was born on April 9, 1954 a son of the late Billy Marlin Williams and Dorothy Rose Phillips Williams. Wesley loved the Lord and was a minister of the Church of Christ for 35 Years. He loved his family and loved to golf. In addition to...
Bobby Stanley McCaskill
Apr 3, 2023
Bobby Stanley McCaskill, Sr., 91, previously of Rockingham, passed away on Monday, April 3, 2023.
Bobby was born in Rockingham on June 13, 1931, to the late Daniel Stanley McCaskill and Ruth McIntosh McCaskill.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two wives- Mattie Ann Williams McCaskill and Ann Smith McCaskill, a son- Marvin Ray...
Freddie Lee West
Apr 2, 2023
Freddie Lee West, 78, of Rockingham passed away on April 2, 2023 at Hospice Haven of Richmond County. Freddie was born on March 17, 1945 in Richmond County, a son of the late Walter and Virginia “Bill” Hogan West. He was a veteran of the Army and National Guard and was retired from the N.C. Department of Corrections. He enjoyed...
Wanda Carol Coble
Apr 1, 2023
Wanda Carol Coble, 70, of Rockingham, passed away on April 1, 2023 at Richmond County Hospice Haven. Wanda was born on August 26, 1952 in Richmond County a daughter of the late Harvey Alexander and Katie Lee Wright Rorie. Wanda was a nurse in the Nursery Department of Richmond Memorial Hospital for 25 years. She was a charter member and...
George Franklin McIntyre
Mar 30, 2023
George Franklin McIntyre, Sr., 79, of Richmond County, passed away on Thursday, March 30, 2023. He was born on February 4, 1944 in Richmond County a son of Henry Lee McIntyre and Roberta Poe McIntyre. He was retired from textiles but was known for his blue berries, bees, and his wonderful woodworking.
He is survived by his wife, Judy...
M. Kay Adams Altimus
Mar 26, 2023
Marianne Kay Adams Altimus, 82, passed away at her home in Ellerbe on Sunday, March 26, 2023 following a period of declining health.
She was born January 3, 1941 in Chester County, South Carolina, a daughter of the late Charles and Margaret “Billie” Campbell Adams. She worked for many years with Richmond County EMS, the Richmond County Rescue Squads and...
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