Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Richmond county
Josephine Covington Russell
Mar 22, 2017
Josephine Covington Russell, 88, of Ellerbe, passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at Fox Hollow in Pinehurst. Mrs. Russell was born August 31, 1928 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Edward Judson and Mozelle Warner Covington. She was a member of Saron Baptist Church, where she had been a Sunday School teacher and a member of the WMU....
Harlan Eugene Joyce
Mar 21, 2017
Harlan Eugene Joyce, 82, of Ellerbe, passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at his home. Mr. Joyce was born September 21, 1934 in Stokes County, a son of the late Charlie and Leanna Darnell Joyce. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Ellerbe and the Laurinburg and Ellerbe Lions Clubs. He had worked with Sinclair Building Supply and...
Vickie Gail Eastridge
Mar 19, 2017
Vickie Gail Eastridge, 48, of Cordova, passed away Sunday, March 19, 2017 at her mother’s home. Vickie was born January 14, 1969 in Carter County, TN, a daughter of Ruth Winters Eastridge and the late James Albert Eastridge. She was employed by ITG. Surviving are her mother, Ruth W. Eastridge of Rockingham; life-partner, Jennifer Six of Cordova; brother, Tony Eastridge...
Edward Lee Poplin
Mar 15, 2017
Edward Lee Poplin, 80, of Rockingham, passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at his home. Mr. Poplin was born October 3, 1936 in Richmond County, a son of the late Oscar Underwood and Jessie Lee Leviner Poplin. He was a member of Touch of Grace Free Will Baptist Church, had served his country in the US Marine Corps and the...
Hilde Kumpf Parker
Mar 14, 2017
Hildegard Kumpf “Hilde” Parker, 93, of Rockingham passed away Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. Mrs. Parker was born September 15, 1923 in Ludwigshafen, Germany, a daughter of the late Michael and Anna Arnold Kumpf. She was a member of Beverly Hills Baptist Church and had retired from Gilead Manufacturing. In addition to her parents, she was...
Ruby Horne Benoist
Mar 13, 2017
Ruby Horne Benoist, 85, of Rockingham, surrounded by her family, went peacefully to her heavenly home on March 13, 2017. Mrs. Benoist was born November 8, 1931, in Chesterfield County, SC, a daughter of the late Bert and Cora Cassidy Horne. She attended Mt. Beulah Pentecostal Holiness Church and had retired from Clark Equipment Company. She will be remembered as...
Lottie Ruth McDonald
Mar 13, 2017
Lottie Ruth McDonald, 95, of Rockingham, went to be with her Lord, Monday, March 13, 2017 at her home, surrounded by family and friends. Mrs. McDonald was born October 14, 1921 in Chesterfield County, SC, a daughter of the late Joseph and Emma Elizabeth McDougald Guinn. She was a member of Victory Baptist Church. She worked for many years with...
Jerry Allen Turley
Mar 9, 2017
Jerry A. Turley, 65 , formerly of Rockingham, formerly of West Palm Beach, FL, was called to heaven on March 9, 2017. Jerry was a Fellowship Degree of Honor member of the Loyal Order of Moose, Lodge #994. He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Kathleen Turley and brother, Edward Turley. He is survived by the love...
Vernon Belton McDonald, Jr
Mar 8, 2017
Vernon Belton McDonald, Jr., 77, of Rockingham, passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at his home. Mr. McDonald was born September 15, 1939 in Richmond County, a son of the late Vernon Belton and Blanche Purvis McDonald. He was a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church and had worked with Aleo Manufacturing, Clark Equipment Company, Fruit of the Loom and...
Bobby Ray Rainwater
Mar 6, 2017
Bobby Ray Rainwater, 81, of Rockingham, passed away Monday, March 6, 2017 at his home. Mr. Rainwater was born March 27, 1935 in Richmond County, a son of the late John Roy and Elizabeth Grice Rainwater. He attended Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and had retired from Burlington Industries. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his...
Mary Alice Caddell Wilson
Mar 6, 2017
Mary Alice Caddell Wilson, 82 of Wake Forest, formerly of Rockingham boarded her Glory Train for Heaven, Monday, March 6, 2017 where she was a patient a Rex Hospital in Raleigh, NC. She was born January 6, 1935 to Ida Bell and Charlie Caddell in Monroe, Union County. She worked for Burlington Industries and Sara Lee for many years. Ms....
James Preston "Jimmy" Williams
Mar 2, 2017
James Preston “Jimmy” Williams, 83, of Rockingham, passed away Thursday, March 2, 2017 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Williams was born January 27, 1934 in Richmond County, a son of the late James Randolph and Myrtle Shepherd Williams. He had served his country in the US Army and was a graduate of Ellerbe High School, Class of...
Thomas Lee Idol
Feb 28, 2017
Thomas Lee Idol, 81, of Rockingham, passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at his home. Mr. Idol was born November 11, 1935 in Richmond County, a son of the late John and Autan Sue Phipps Idol. He had served his country and retired from the US Air Force and also retired from the City of Rockingham, where he was Buildings...
Kay Childers Oliver
Feb 28, 2017
Kay Childers Oliver, 73, of Rockingham, passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at FirstHealth Hospice in Pinehurst. Mrs. Oliver was born November 12, 1943 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Luke and Martha McPherson Childers. She had been a member of First Pentecostal Holiness Church in Rockingham. In addition to being a stay at home mom, she had...
Van Lee Berry
Feb 27, 2017
Van Lee Berry, 69, of Rockingham, passed away Monday, February 27, 2017 at his home. Van was born November 1, 1947 in Montgomery County, a son of the late Cecil Larkin and Hildred Lee Blake Berry. He was the owner and operator of Berry Heating & Air and was preceded by the love of his life, his wife, Diane Will...
Phyllis Gaddy Baker
Feb 22, 2017
In Loving Memory of Phyllis Gaddy Black Baker of Cordova. Phyllis was born February 6, 1941 in Richmond County a daughter of the late Sherwood and Bessie Bristow Gaddy, and went to be with her Lord on February 22, 2017. She was preceded in death by a daughter Phyllis Joy Watson and husband William E. Baker. Surviving are her daughter...
John Maness Russell
Feb 20, 2017
John Maness Russell, Jr., 65, of Rockingham, passed away Monday, February 20, 2017 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Russell was born April 11, 1951 in Richmond County, a son of the late John Maness and Neola Oliver Russell. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers, Benny and James Russell, and sisters, Macie...
Lesley Rene Wilmoth Myers
Feb 20, 2017
Lesley Rene Wilmoth Myers, 49, of Longs, SC, passed away Monday, February 20, 2017 in Columbus County, the result of an automobile accident. Ms. Myers was born December 10, 1967 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Carlie Ray and Joyce Braddock Wilmoth. She owned and operated a cleaning service for several years. Surviving are her husband, Jeffrey Myers...
Joe Anderson Greene
Feb 20, 2017
Joe Anderson Greene, 86, of Rockingham, passed away Monday, February 20, 2017 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Greene was born October 13, 1930 in Richmond County, a son of the late Arthur and Ethel Williams Greene. He had served his country in the US Army and was a member of Cordova United Methodist Church. He retired from...
Lois McIntyre Scott
Feb 18, 2017
Lois Marie McIntyre Scott, 74, of Ellerbe, passed away Saturday, February 18, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Scott was born June 11, 1942 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late William C. and Dolly King McIntyre. She attended Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and had retired from the Russell Group. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
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