Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Richmond county


Richard Delano Henderson

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Richard Dwight Smith

Apr 9, 2013

Richard Dwight Smith, 61, passed away in Raleigh, NC. Arrangements are incomplete at this time.

Goldie Dobbins Draper

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

Marvin Russell Henne, Jr.

Marvin Russell Henne, Jr.

Mar 2, 2013

Marvin Russell Henne, Jr, 50, of Rockingham, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2013 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Henne was born April 4, 1962 in Nuebrucke, Germany, a son of the late Marvin Russell and Jessie Darlene Chavis Henne. He had been employed as a concrete worker. Surviving are his children, Alicia Henne, Joseph Henne and Amber...

Evelyn Allred

Evelyn Allred

Mar 1, 2013

Mrs. Evelyn J. Allred of Candor died Friday, March 1 at Autumn Care of Biscoe. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM Monday, March 4 at Mt Carmel Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev. Donnie Davis. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery. Mrs Allred was born February 3, 1923 in Montgomery County to Herbert Johnson and Ester Baldwin...

Jackie Dean Braddock

Jackie Dean Braddock

Feb 23, 2013

Jackie Dean Braddock, 49, of Rockingham, passed away Saturday, February 23, 2013 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Mr. Braddock was born May 28, 1963 in Richmond County, a son of Betty Blackmon Braddock Stubbs and the late Arthur Jack Braddock. He was a self employed brick mason. Surviving are daughters, Jennifer Lynn Braddock of Easley. SC; Heather JoAnn Braddock...

Rachel Frye Bittle

Rachel Frye Bittle

Feb 21, 2013

Rachel Faye Frye Cox Bittle, 65, of Rockingham, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, February 21, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Bittle was born November 29, 1947 in Randolph County, a daughter of the late Morris Watson and Rachel Inez Millikan Frye. She was a member of Faith Free Will Baptist Church and had been employed with Biscuitville, Winn...