Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Richmond county

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Charles Aaron Hurley
Mar 9, 2007
Charles Aaron Hurley, 18, of 766 Crawford Rd., Ellerbe, died Friday, March 9, 2007 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Aaron was born December 2, 1988 in Rowan County, North Carolina a son of James Hurley and Joan Culp Richardson. He was a member of Mt. Carmel Free Will Baptist Church, had attended...
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,...
Jonah Taylor
Mar 8, 2007
Mr. Jonah Franklin Taylor, 95, of 140 School Street, Rockingham, died Thursday, March 8, 2007 at his home. Mr. Taylor was born October 1, 1911, a son of the late Rev. Charles L. and Nancy Ann Taylor. Mr. Taylor was a member of Cordova Baptist Church and was retired with Klopman Mills. Following his retirement, He worked as a Certified...
Harriett Popowich
Mar 6, 2007
Mrs. Harriett Rainwater Popowich 71, of 1824 U.S Hwy 1 South Rockingham died Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at Britthaven of Hamlet. Mrs. Popowich was born in January 8, 1936 a daughter of the late Lee and Alice Holder Rainwater. She was an active member of St. Paul United Methodist. She also served her country in the U.S. Air Force where...
Viola Terry
Mar 5, 2007
Mrs. Viola Lambert Terry, 89, a resident of Davis Health Care in Wilmington, formerly of Rockingham, died Monday, March 5, 2007 at Davis Health Care. Mrs. Terry was born February 28, 1918 in Stanley County, a daughter of the late Roy and Lela Tucker Lambert. She was a member of First Pentecostal Holiness Church where she had been part of...
Aldena Hardister
Mar 3, 2007
Mrs. Rebecca Aldena Dennis Hardister, 81, of Aberdeen and formerly of Exway, died Saturday, March 3, 2007 at First Health Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. She was born June 3, 1925 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Anna Hunsucker and William Deaton Dennis. Mrs. Hardister was an active member of Concord United Methodist Church. She was retired with...
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