Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Richmond county
Donna Norton McLean
May 3, 2013
Donna Lynn Norton McLean, 48, of Rockingham, passed away Friday, May 3, 2013 due to an automobile accident. Donna was born October 1, 1964, a daughter of Benjamin Norton and the late Helen Smith Norton. She had formerly been employed with Burlington Industries. She was preceded in death by her mother and her sister, Toni Annette Carpenter. Surviving are her...
Jerry "Punky" Hilton Martin, Jr.
May 2, 2013
Jerry Hilton “Punky” Martin, Jr., 41, of Ellerbe, passed away Thursday, May 2, 2013 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Punky was born June 11, 1971 in Moore County, a son of Jerry Hilton Martin and Kathy Ann Raines Wilson. He was a graduate of Richmond Senior High School, an avid wrestling fan and a very active fundraiser for...
Mary Rhyne Vuncannon
Apr 29, 2013
Mary Frances Rhyne Vuncannon, 85, of Ellerbe, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Monday, April 29, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Vuncannon was born September 4, 1927 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Charles Kelly and Ether Johnson Rhyne. She was a faithful Christian and served her Lord and Savior through First Baptist Church Ellerbe...
Billy Ray Saunders
Apr 20, 2013
Billy Ray Saunders, 67, of Morven, passed away Saturday, April 20, 2013 at the VAMC in Salisbury. Billy Ray was born November 27, 1945 in Sanford, FL, a son o f the late William and Florence Richardson Saunders. He had served his country in the US Army. Surviving are his wife Kathy Hough Saunders of the home; son, Billy Ray...
Richard Delano Henderson
Apr 19, 2013
Richard Delano Henderson, 79, of Ellerbe, passed away Friday, April 19, 2013 at Mary Gran Nursing Center in Clinton. Mr. Henderson was born September 18, 1933 in Richmond County, a son of the late Thomas Absalom and Katie McRae Henderson. He was a graduate of Ellerbe High School, a US Army Veteran and had retired from CSX Railroad. He was...
Mildred Phillips Rainey
Apr 19, 2013
Mildred Allene Phillips Rainey, 98, of Rockingham, formerly of Perry, Georgia, passed away Friday, April 19, 2013, at her home in Rockingham. Mrs. Rainey was born September 22, 1914 in Dooley County, Georgia, a daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin and Lizzie Grace Haddock Phillips. She was a member of Perry First Baptist Church, the Perry Chapter of the Order...
Warren Ray Robbins, Jr.
Apr 16, 2013
Warren Ray Robbins, Jr., 58, of Rockingham, passed away, Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Ray was born June 8, 1954 in Moore County, a son of Martha Ann McNair Robbins and the late Warren Ray Robbins. For over 40 years Ray served the Hoffman and Marston communities being a charter member of the Hoffman...
Christine Hill Morse
Apr 12, 2013
Christine Hill Morse, 66, of Rockingham, passed away Friday, April 12, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Morse was born December 29, 1946 in Bennington, VT, the daughter of Arlene Wiley Hill and the late Richard Hill. She was a member of Boyd Lake Road Church of Christ and had retired from the North Carolina Division of Forest Resources. Surviving are...
Elizabeth Darlene Fulp
Apr 11, 2013
Elizabeth Darlene Stacy Fulp, 44, of Rockingham, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2013 at FirstHealth Hospice House in Pinehurst. Elizabeth was born May 6, 1968 in Morehead Ky, a daughter of the late Ora and Bernice Greer Stacy. She had been employed as a C.N.A. with FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital. Surviving are her children, Cody Swails, Houston Swails and Chelsea...
Emma Nicey Spivey
Apr 10, 2013
Emma Nicey Jenkins Spivey, 86, passed away Wednesday morning in Wilson, NC. She was born October 12, 1926 in Rockingham, NC to the late Marshall and Addie Anderson Jenkins. She was preceded in death by her husband John Jasper Spivey, Sr., two brothers Johnny Jenkins and Fred Jenkins and her grandson Nicholas Brent Spivey. Visitation will be at Carter Funeral...
Richard Dwight Smith
Apr 9, 2013
Richard Dwight Smith, 61, passed away in Raleigh, NC. Arrangements are incomplete at this time.
Goldie Dobbins Draper
Apr 9, 2013
Goldie Arbutus Dobbins Draper, 83 of 103 Daniels Lane Rockingham went home to be with her Lord Tuesday April 9, 2013. She was born March 30, 1930 in Yadkinville, NC a daughter of the late Wiley C. Dobbins, Sr. and Nina D. Morris. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Robert Hunter Draper and her brother Wiley...
Doris Yates Staples
Apr 7, 2013
Doris Yates Staples, 79, of Rockingham, NC passed to her rest April 7, 2013 in Pinehurst, NC. She entered this world October 31, 1933, the youngest of nine children born to John and Katie Yates of Rockingham. Doris was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers, John Yates, Eldridge Yates, and Tom Yates and her sisters, Norma McGuire, and...
Rachel Jones Wallace
Mar 28, 2013
Rachel Jones Wallace, 78, of Rockingham, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Wallace was born March 1, 1935 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Harvey J. and Lillian Elmore Jones. She had retired from the Parks and Recreation Department of the City of Lakeland (FL) and attended Faith Baptist Church. She was preceded in...
William Simon Kearse, Sr
Mar 26, 2013
Rev. William S. Kearse, Sr., 90, of Rockingham, passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at his home. Rev. Kearse was born May 15, 1922 in Enoree, SC, a son of the late Walsey Simon and Martha Montjoy Kearse. He served his country in the US Coast Guard during World War II and was a Baptist Minister, having pastoredin New Jersey,...
Dorothy Hill Kennedy
Mar 20, 2013
Dorothy Edna Hill Kennedy, 79, of Rockingham, died Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at Richmond Pines Healthcare Center in Hamlet. Mrs. Kennedy was born April 20, 1933 in Tazwell, VA, a daughter of the late Eunice Elbert and Mary Watson Hill. She had retired from the Virginia State Agriculture Extension office. Surviving are her children, Jerry Kennedy of Richlands, Va, Max...
Ta ku Say
Mar 9, 2013
Ta Ku Say, 25, of Rockingham, husband of Paha Naw, died Saturday, March 9, 2013 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Ta Ku was born January 1, 1988 in Takukee, Burma a son of Pa Ma and Paw Hay Law. He had been employed with Perdue. Surviving are his wife, Paha Naw of the home; daughter, Kingdom Say of the...
Weynona Young Burgess
Mar 5, 2013
Weynona Young Burgess, of Rockingham, passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mrs. Burgess was born in Birmingham, Alabama, a daughter of the late Morgan and Irene Baker Young. She was a longtime member of First United Methodist Church , where she had been a member of the Merry Makers and the Tuesday Morning...
Agnes Moore Green
Mar 4, 2013
Agnes Moore Green, 88, of Ellerbe, passed away Monday, March 04, 2013 at Rockingham Manor. Mrs. Green was born December 9, 1924 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Jasper C. and Ola Covington Green. She was a member of Concord United Methodist Church, where she had been a Sunday School Teacher, member of the choir and WMU. She...
Pansy Juanita Outen
Mar 2, 2013
Pansy Juanita Outen , 85 of 124 5th Street Safie died Saturday March 2, 2013 in Rockingham Manor. Born June 14, 1927 in Gaston County, NC. She was a daughter of the late Charles and Pearl Caldwell Mincey. She was a homemaker and was preceded in death by sons; James Carson Outen, Jr. and Danny Outen, a daughter, Betty Wilhoit,...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries

ABOUT CARTER FUNERAL HOME
Carter Funeral Home is a collection of obituaries for Rockingham, North Carolina & Ellerbe, North Carolina. With services throughout Richmond County that are updated regularly. Find local obituaries in Rockingham, NC & Ellerbe, NC and join us in celebrating memories and honoring their lives and legacies.