Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Richmond county


Marcus Bates

Marcus Bates

May 23, 2007

Mr. Marcus Dale ‘Tater’ Bates, 47, of 166 Tranquil Lane, Hamlet died Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at his home. He was born July 10, 1959 in Pickens Co., SC, a son of the late Lola Holden Miller and Fletcher Glenn Bates. Mr. Bates was a member of Zion Circle Church and retired from Sunstar Enterprises. He was a member of...

Mack Smith

Mack Smith

May 15, 2007

Mack Smith, 83, of 618 Walnut Lane, Rockingham, died Tuesday, May 15, 2007 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Smith was born January 22, 1924 in Richmond County, a son of the late George and Nellie Grant Smith. He had served his country in the US Army during World War II. He was a member and Deacon at...

Susie R. Archuleta

Susie R. Archuleta

May 11, 2007

Mrs. Susie Wollert Archuleta, 72, of 143 Back Street, Rockingham died Friday, May 11, 2007at First Health Moore Regional Hospital. She was born November 24, 1934 in Fulton, Miss., a daughter of the late Virgil and Ethel Harden Hankins. Mrs. Archuleta was retired from General Dynamics Corp., and prior to that was a supervisor with Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co....

Jack Reid Martin

Jack Reid Martin

May 9, 2007

Mr. Jack Reid Martin 76, 0f 137 N. Beaunit Ave. Rockingham died Wednesday May 9, 2007 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. Mr. Martin was born February 19, 1931 in Richmond County, a son of the late Robert and Lucy Bean Martin. Mr. Martin worked as a foreman at Eastern Stainless Steel, then later worked his farm, always having his vegetable...

Wilma Simmons Snead

Wilma Simmons Snead

May 6, 2007

Mrs. Wilma Simmons Snead, 69, of 111 Arville Dr., Rockingham died Sunday, May 6, 2007 at Wilson Medical Center in Wilson. She was born May 19, 1937 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late William F. and Lourena Gibson Strickland. For many years, Mrs. Snead was a member of Roberdel Baptist Church. Prior to her disability, she was employed...

Annie McNeill Chambers

Annie McNeill Chambers

May 1, 2007

Ann Chambers Annie Marie Hudson McNeill Chambers, 80, of Rockingham died Tuesday, May 01, 2007 at her home. Mrs. Chambers was born in Anson County in 1927. She moved to Richmond County as a young child with her parents, the late William (Bud) Thomas Hudson and Annie Myrtle Hasty Hudson. Mrs. Chambers was preceded in death by her husbands, Benjamin...

Ottis Lee Hagler

Ottis Lee Hagler

Apr 27, 2007

Ottis Hagler Mrs. Ottis Faye Lee Hagler 75, of 562 U.S. Hwy 1 South Rockingham N.C. died April 27, 2007 at her home. Mrs Hagler was born August 31, 1931 in Chesterfield County S.C. a daughter of the late Johnny W. and Lillie Peele Lee. She was a homemaker, and member of Westfield Creek Baptist Church. In addition to her...

Paul Emanuel Thomas

Paul Emanuel Thomas

Apr 24, 2007

Paul Thomas Mr. Paul Emanuel Thomas 83, of 147 Crestview Drive Rockingham died April 24, 2007 at Sandhills Regional Memorial Hospital. Mr. Thomas was born December 21, 1923 in Richmond County a son of the late Van and Ola Phifer Thomas. He was a member of Pee Dee United Methodist Church where he served as treasurer for over 40 years...

John Davis Dabbs

John Davis Dabbs

Apr 18, 2007

Mr. John Davis "Jack" Dabbs 76, of 154 Old 74 Highway Rockingham died Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. He was born November 17, 1930 in Anson County, a son of the late Lonnie and Annie Dabbs. He served his country in the U. S. Navy and had retired from Carolina Mill Works in Rockingham as a...

Aleice Leviner Smith

Aleice Leviner Smith

Apr 16, 2007

Aleice Leviner Smith, 83, of Rockingham, entered her eternal rest on Monday, April 16, 2007. She was born September 23, 1923 in Richmond County, a daughter of Arthur and Nettie Leviner. She was a devoted, loving mother of two sons, Lewis C. Smith Jr. and wife Sandra, Robert Larry Smith and wife Tami, all of Rockingham, brothers, Carl Leviner of...

Jeffrey Parker

Jeffrey Parker

Apr 13, 2007

Mr. Jeffrey Lynn Parker, 45, of 141 Meadow Lane, Hamlet died Friday, April 13, 2007 at First Health Richmond Memorial Hospital. He was born August 30, 1961 in Richmond Co., a son of the Floyd Parker and the late Elizabeth Young Parker. He was a member of Second Baptist Church in Hamlet. A service to celebrate Jeffrey’s life will be...

Jim Graham

Jim Graham

Apr 12, 2007

Mr. James Belton Graham, Jr., 51, of 3628 Epperly Court, Raleigh died unexpectedly Thursday, April 12, 2007 at his home. He was born January 30, 1956 in Richmond County, a son of James ‘Bo’ Graham and Gracie Grant Graham. Mr. Graham was a graduate from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He was a Systems Engineer with Progress Energy and...

Margaret Adams Lowdermilk

Margaret Adams Lowdermilk

Apr 12, 2007

Margaret A. Lowdermilk, 95, of Johnson City, TN, and a resident of Norman, NC for 59 years, died Thursday, April 12, 2007, at North Side Hospital. Mrs. Lowdermilk was born in Medford, MA and lived in Norman, NC most of her life before moving to Johnson City, TN twelve years ago. She was the daughter of John C. and Emma...

Lucille Midgette Lampley

Lucille Midgette Lampley

Apr 11, 2007

Lucille Midgette Lampley, 82, of 114 Liberty Dr. Rockingham, died Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at Firsthealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Mrs. Lampley was born February 6, 1925 in Richmond County a daughter of the late Guy Midgette and Fannie Terry Midgette Shaw. She was a member of Cordova United Methodist Church where she has been a Sunday school teacher,...

Belle McRae Wallace

Belle McRae Wallace

Apr 10, 2007

Belle McRae Stogner Wallace, 103, of Charlotte, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at Avante` Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Charlotte. Mrs. Wallace was born October 19, 1903 in Richmond County, one of eleven children, to the late William Henry and Sarah Dawkins McRae. She was a longtime member of First United Methodist...

Jacque Long

Jacque Long

Apr 10, 2007

Mrs. Jacqueline Landfear Long, 81, of 518 Stanley Ave., Rockingham died Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at her home. She was born January 29, 1926 in Kalamazoo, MO, a daughter of the late Eleanor Phoebe Mitchell and Benjamin Walton Landfear. Mrs. Long was a member of the Church of the Messiah in Rockingham. Along with her husband, she was the owner...

Hilda Vuncannon McDuffie

Hilda Vuncannon McDuffie

Apr 7, 2007

Hilda Vuncannon McDuffie, 65, entered her eternal rest on Saturday, April 7, 2007. She was born August 6, 1941 in Richmond County, a daughter of Louise Ford Vuncannon and the late Worth Vuncannon. She was a precious loving daughter, sister, wife and aunt. She had been employed with Roberdel Bread and Butter. For many years she has courageously fought various...

R.W. Goodman

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

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

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...