Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Richmond county


Alice Evaleen Albert

Alice Evaleen Albert

Aug 26, 2017

Alice Evaleen Albert Alice Evaleen Keen Albert, 78, of Rockingham passed away Saturday, August 26, 2017 at First Health Richmond Memorial Hospital. Alice was born April 6, 1939 in Richlands, Virginia the daughter of the late Archie Bascom and Ada Estelle Vance Keen. Alice was a member of Southside Baptist Church and was a retired seamstress. In addition to her...

Mary Ellen Swaim Kindley

Mary Ellen Swaim Kindley

Aug 23, 2017

Mary Ellen Swaim Kindley passed away Wednesday, August 23, at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. Born February 18, 1928, in Liberty, NC, Mary Ellen was the daughter of the late Joe Clark and Bertha Curtis Swaim. With the approach of WWII and difficult times associated with war, the Swaim family relocated from Liberty to Asheboro when Mary Ellen was in fourth...

Peggy Sue Alden Taylor

Peggy Sue Alden Taylor

Aug 20, 2017

Peggy Sue Alden Taylor, 80, of Wedgefield, SC, passed away Sunday, August 20, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Taylor was born April 28, 1937, in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Crawford Amasa and Lillie Mae Campbell Alden. She was a graduate of Rockingham High School and retired secretary for the US Department of the Treasury. In addition to...

Joseph & Katherine Cassidy

Joseph & Katherine Cassidy

Aug 20, 2017

Joseph Andrew “Joey” Cassidy, 26 and Katherine Cole “Katie” Floyd Cassidy, 23, passed away Sunday, August 20, 2017. Joey was born March 30, 1991 in Moore County, a son of Frankie Cassidy and Alice Seagraves Hall. Katie was born May 21, 1994 in Moore County, a daughter of Benjamin Steve Floyd and Melinda Maples Floyd. Joey had worked with Superior...

Jane Little Pittman

Jane Little Pittman

Aug 17, 2017

Jane Little Pittman was born September 8, 1924 in Clinton, S.C., the only child of John W. and Irene Curlee Little. She died Thursday, August 17, 2017 at her home. Jane graduated from Clinton High School in 1941, and followed her mother in going to Winthrop College (now University), where she majored in Home Economics and graduated in 1945. Jane...

Charles Everett Benoist

Charles Everett Benoist

Aug 17, 2017

Charles Everett Benoist, 74, of Rockingham, passed away Thursday, August 17, 2017 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Benoist was born February 8, 1943 in Richmond County, a son of the late Clyde Ledbetter and Nancy Catherine Watts Benoist. He attended Mt. Beulah Pentecostal Holiness Church and had retired from ITG Industries. In addition to his parents, he...

Arthur Ralph Smith

Arthur Ralph Smith

Aug 15, 2017

Arthur Ralph Smith, 59, of Ellerbe, passed away Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Smith was born December 14, 1957 in Richmond County, a son of the late Ralph and Iris “Nealie” Shular Smith. He was a member of Rourk Presbyterian Church, Ellerbe Rescue Squad, and had worked with Robinsons Auto Diesel. Surviving are...

Robert Malcolm Smith

Robert Malcolm Smith

Aug 15, 2017

Robert Malcolm Smith, 90, of Rockingham, passed away Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at Brookdale Pinehurst.   Mr. Smith was born September 23, 1926 in Wayne County, a son of the late Thad and Laura Smith. He was a longtime member of First Baptist Church of Rockingham where he was a member of the Baraca Sunday School Class and had been an...

Rev. Thomas "Tommy" F. West

Rev. Thomas "Tommy" F. West

Aug 14, 2017

Rev. Thomas “Tommy” Franklin West, 83, of Rockingham, passed away Monday, August 14, 2017 at his home. Rev. West was born November 28, 1933 in Hoke County, a son of the late George F. and Hattie Boyette West. He had served his country in the US Army during the Korean War and pastored Fellowship Independent Baptist Church. In addition to...

Robert "Bob" Ward Durden

Robert "Bob" Ward Durden

Aug 13, 2017

Robert “Bob” Ward Durden, 60, of Rockingham, passed away Sunday, August 13, 2017 at his home. Mr. Durden was born April 19, 1957 in Bethesda, Maryland, a son of the late Dr. Charles Spurgeon and Ruth Ward Durden. He had been employed with Plastek Industries. Surviving are his daughter, Kelly Durden Monroe (Ben) of Ellerbe; grandchildren, Karlee Butler and Benjamin...

Billy Weldon Rainwater, Jr

Billy Weldon Rainwater, Jr

Aug 9, 2017

Billy Weldon Rainwater, Jr., 65, of Rockingham, passed away Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at his home. Mr. Rainwater was born December 15, 1951 in Richmond County, a son of the late Billy Weldon and Lucy Mae Grice Rainwater. He had retired as a salesman with R. W. Goodman Company. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...

Bruce "Tommy" Thomas Goodwin

Bruce "Tommy" Thomas Goodwin

Aug 7, 2017

Bruce Thomas “Tommy” Goodwin, 87, of Rockingham, passed away Monday, August 7, 2017 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. Mr. Goodwin was born June 15, 1930 in Richmond County, a son of the late John Woosley and Ida Hinson Goodwin. He was a member of Community Church where he had served on the Finance Committee and as a deacon. He had...

Juan Manuel Zapata

Juan Manuel Zapata

Aug 7, 2017

Juan Zapata Juan Manuel Zapata Camacho, 58 anos de edad, de Ellerbe, falleció el lunes 7 de Agosto del 2017 en su casa. Juan nació Mayo 13 del 1959 en Zacatecas, México. Hijo de Francisco Zapata Rivera y María Camacho Juarez. Trabajaba para Johnson Peaches en Candor. Sobrevivir su esposa, Ma Baudelia Gongora Zapata del hogar, hijos, Juan José Zapata...

Sandra Maske Benson

Sandra Maske Benson

Aug 3, 2017

Sandra Maske Benson, 59, of Supply, formerly of Rockingham, passed away Thursday, August 3, 2017 at her home. Sandra was born November 13, 1957 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Billy T. and Doris Evans Maske. She was the former co-owner and operator of Badcock Furniture in Rockingham. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...

Arminta Minshew Brown

Arminta Minshew Brown

Jul 31, 2017

Arminta Minshew Brown of Rockingham, age 81, passed away peacefully at her home on July 31, 2017. She was born October 14, 1935 in Eureka, North Carolina to Fred and Elsie Mae Minshew. She graduated from Eureka High School and along with her twin sister, Juanita, attended Campbell Jr. College and graduated from East Carolina University with a degree in...

Trinda Frazier Cipriani

Trinda Frazier Cipriani

Jul 29, 2017

Trinda Louise Frazier Cipriani, of Rockingham, passed away Saturday, July 29, 2017 at her home.. Trinda was born November 25, 1956 in Orlando, Florida, a daughter of Leo Jackson “Jack” Frazier and the late Hermine “Ernie” Pfeffer Frazier. She was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church and had operated a home day care. Surviving are her husband, William Francis Cipriani...

Kenneth Earl Croy

Kenneth Earl Croy

Jul 25, 2017

Kenneth Earl Croy, 50, of Hamlet, passed away Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at Hospice of Union County. Mr. Croy was born May 9, 1967 in Athens, GA, a son of the late Richard Edward and Shirley Ann Morgan Croy. He had been employed as a Nursing Assistant. Surviving are his siblings, Randall Croy of Hamlet, Danny Croy of Carlton, GA,...

Elaine Hill Gray

Elaine Hill Gray

Jul 25, 2017

Elaine Hill Gray, 67, of Ellerbe, passed away Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Mrs. Gray was born February 7, 1950 in Anson County, NC, a daughter of the late George Walter “GW” Hill, Jr. and Peggy Anne Parsons Meymandi. She was a member of Saron Baptist Church and had worked as an office manager in...

Mary Lois Allred Allen

Mary Lois Allred Allen

Jul 24, 2017

Mary Lois Allred Allen, 86, went to be with our Lord on Monday, July 24, 2017 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital Born August 14, 1930 in Montgomery County, she was the daughter of the late James Issac “Ike” and Martha Jane “Mattie” Graham Allred. She graduated from Candor High School and attended Louisburg College. She retired from the Guilford County...

William Everette Butler, II

William Everette Butler, II

Jul 22, 2017

William Everette Butler, II, 49, of Rockingham, passed away Saturday, July 22, 2017 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Mr. Butler was born January 31, 1968 in Hartsville, SC, a son of the late William Everette and Sarah Freeman Butler. He was a semiprofessional Bass fisherman, a welder and handyman. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...