Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Richmond county


Daryl Craig Speight

Daryl Craig Speight

Dec 23, 2014

Daryl Craig Speight, 50, of Rockingham, passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at his home. Daryl was born April 12, 1964 in Richmond County a son of Brady Francis Speight and the late Myrtle Johnson Speight. He had been employed in construction at Carolina Beach, later with JP Stevens Company and has recently been caregiver for his father. In addition...

Odessa Snipes Hall

Odessa Snipes Hall

Dec 23, 2014

Odessa Snipes Hall, 86, of Rockingham, passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at Sandhills Regional Hospital in Hamlet. Mrs. Hall was born January 24, 1928 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Kenton Barney and Sallie Port Snipes. She was a homemaker and was preceded in death by her husband, Willard E. Hall and son, Glenn J. Bryant. Surviving...

William Doug England

William Doug England

Dec 21, 2014

William Doug England, 68, of Rockingham, passed away Sunday, December 21, 2014 at Pruitt Healthcare in Rockingham. Doug was born September 29, 1946 in Richmond County, a son of the late Summie Francis and Maggie Grooms England. He had worked at Aleo Manufacturing and CP&L. He was an avid fan of Richmond Raider Football and for many years was the...

Thomas "Billy" Kenneth Caulder

Thomas "Billy" Kenneth Caulder

Dec 17, 2014

Thomas Kenneth “Billy” Caulder, 79, of Rockingham, passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at his home. Billy was born March 25, 1935 in Richmond County, a son of the late Kennie Robert and Thelma Letha Brown Caulder. He had attended Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and retired from Wade Manufacturing Company in Wadesboro. He enjoyed fishing and raising chickens. He was...

Mary-Ann Helen Frey

Mary-Ann Helen Frey

Dec 17, 2014

Mary-Ann Helen Frey Mary-Ann Helen Frey infant daughter of Felicia Nicole Brigman and Cody Zachariah Frey was born November 14, 2014, in Forsyth County. On December 17, 2014, the angels came and carried our little angel home. Surviving in addition to her parents are, her brother, Eric Nugen Monroe Frey, her sister, Malia Jyaid Frey her maternal grandmother Carolyn Campbell,...

Maxine Martin Ussery

Maxine Martin Ussery

Dec 15, 2014

Maxine Martin Ussery, 86, formerly of Rockingham, passed away Monday, December 15, 2014 at The Oaks at Mayview in Raleigh, NC. Mrs. Ussery was born January 5, 1928 in Rockingham County, a daughter of the late John Marion and Ellen Ethel Collins Martin. She was a member of McDonald Baptist Church and a homemaker. She is preceded in death by...

Ralph Jenkins Meacham

Ralph Jenkins Meacham

Dec 13, 2014

Ralph Jenkins Meacham, 88, of Ellerbe, passed away Saturday, December 13, 2014 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. Ralph was born June 22, 1926 in Richmond County, a son of the late Richmond Jenkins and Willa Flora Cagle Meacham. He had attended Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church, retired from J.P.Phifer Co, and was an avid hunter, especially hunting Turkeys. He was...

Barbara Wallace Jenkins

Barbara Wallace Jenkins

Dec 12, 2014

Barbara Wallace Jenkins, 81 of Rockingham, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Friday, December 12, 2014. She is now an angel watching over her family. Mrs. Wallace was born September 25, 1933 in Richmond County , a daughter of the late Emmett and Lucille McIntosh Wallace. She was a member of Beverly Hills Baptist Church, where...

Doyle Comer Hollingsworth

Doyle Comer Hollingsworth

Dec 11, 2014

Doyle Comer Hollingsworth, 76, of Supply, NC, passed away Thursday, December 11, 2014 at Brunswick Care Center in Bolivia, NC. Doyle was born November 26, 1938 in Richmond County, a son of the late Lee Roy and Carolyn Elizabeth Comer Hollingsworth. He had served his country in the United States Navy and had retired from Old Dominion Freight Line. Surviving...

Blanche Elmore

Blanche Elmore

Dec 6, 2014

Blanche G. Elmore, 79 of Rockingham, NC passed away Saturday, December 6, 2014 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. She was born December 30, 1934 in Buncombe County, a daughter of the late Haskell David and Vennie Cogburn Goldsmith. She attended Hamlet School of Nursing and while attending school she met the love of her life, Bernie E. Elmore and married...

Catherine Janelle Mills

Catherine Janelle Mills

Dec 6, 2014

Catherine Janelle Mills, 73, of Charlotte, passed away Saturday, December 6, 2014 at her home. Janelle was born May 23, 1941 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Noah Hassell and Ina Jones Mills. She was of the Baptist faith, and had retired from Owens-Illinois in Charlotte. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...

Nita Elizabeth McInnis Little

Nita Elizabeth McInnis Little

Dec 4, 2014

Nita Elizabeth McInnis Little, 96, of Ellerbe, passed away Thursday, December 4, 2014 at her home. Mrs. Little was born November 15, 1918 in Hoke County, a daughter of the late Sandy and Elizabeth McInnis. She was a longtime member of Jones Springs United Methodist Church where she sang in the choir and was a member of the WMU. She...

Grace Snead Riggan

Grace Snead Riggan

Dec 3, 2014

Grace Snead Riggan, 93, of Rockingham, passed away Wednesday, December 03, 2014 at Hamlet House in Hamlet. Mrs. Riggan was born September 21, 1921 in Scotland County. She was the daughter of the late Lyon and Bertha Jane Cameron Snead. Following her mother’s death when Grace was 6 months old, she was raised by her Aunt Frances Snead. She had...

Donna Arlene Pigg Whitehead

Donna Arlene Pigg Whitehead

Dec 1, 2014

Donna Arlene Pigg Whitehead, 70, of Rockingham, passed away Monday, December 1, 2014 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Mrs. Whitehead was born May 30, 1944 in Moore County, a daughter of the late Townly Boyd and Mazil Louise Atkinson Pigg. She was a homemaker and of the Free Will Baptist Faith. She was preceded in death by her husband,...

Mary Jackson Carter

Mary Jackson Carter

Nov 25, 2014

Mary Agnes Jackson Carter, age 78, passed away November 25, 2014 at her home in Rockingham, North Carolina. She was born on April 30, 1936 to Eldred Elbert Jackson and Esther Mae Autry in the Cedar Creek community in Cumberland County, North Carolina. She graduated from Stedman High School, Class of 1954 and from the Hamlet Hospital School of Nursing...

Kathy Ann Jenkins Wright

Kathy Ann Jenkins Wright

Nov 19, 2014

Kathy Ann Jenkins Wright, 62, of Ellerbe, passed away Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at her home. Kathy was born April 29, 1952 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late John and Eddie Lee Tyson Jenkins. She was a member of Saron Baptist Church and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her sister, Andrea J. Pickett and a...

Mack Dewey Smith, III

Mack Dewey Smith, III

Nov 11, 2014

Mack Dewey Smith, III, 53, of Rockingham, passed away Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Dewey was born October 8, 1961 in Richmond County, a son of Mary Ellen Slack Smith and the late Mack Dewey Smith, Jr.. He was self employed in home remodeling. Surviving are his mother, Mary Ellen Smith of the home;...

Joyce Powell Millen

Joyce Powell Millen

Nov 7, 2014

Joyce Powell Millen, 70, of Rockingham died peacefully with her family by her side on Friday, November 07, 2014. She was born August 17, 1944 to the late James A. Powell and Bertha Crouch Powell in Richmond County, NC. Joyce was a devoted member of Abundant Life Church and loving mother, grandmother. She enjoyed traveling, dancing and spending time with...

Junior Grant Goins

Junior Grant Goins

Nov 2, 2014

Junior Grant Goins, 79, of Rockingham, passed away Sunday, November 2, 2014 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. Junior was born April 2, 1935 in Surry County, NC, a son of the late Samuel Grant and Lou Reynolds Goins. He had retired from Brown Moulding and was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Hamilton Goins and a brother, Grover Goins....

Richard "Ricky" Wade Singletary

Richard "Ricky" Wade Singletary

Oct 31, 2014

Richard Wade “Ricky” Singletary, 61, of Rockingham, passed away Friday, October 31, 2014 at his home. Ricky was born January 10, 1953 in Richmond County, a son of the late Griffin Sam and Cleo Edwards Singletary. He was a charter member of Shining Light Free Will Baptist Church, had served his country in the United States Coast Guard and was...