Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Richmond county
Belton "Billy" Wright Walters
Dec 14, 2023
Belton “Billy” Wright Walters, 84, of Rockingham, passed away Thursday, December 14, 2023 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital – Richmond Campus.
Mr. Walters was born November 28, 1939 in Hoke County, NC. He proudly served his country in the US Army. He was a member of First Assembly of God and a collector of Bibles. He served as a...
Peggy Joyce Smith
Dec 12, 2023
Peggy Joyce Goodwin Williams Smith, 86, of Rockingham, completed her earthly journey on Tuesday, December 12, 2023.
Mrs. Smith was born May 24, 1937 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late James Hardy and Lillie Mae Norton Goodwin. She retired from Clark Equipment as a machinist. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her...
William D. Brookshire
Dec 9, 2023
William D. “Bill” Brookshire, 99, of Ellerbe, passed away Saturday, December 9, 2023 at Richmond County Hospice Haven in Rockingham.
Mr. Brookshire was born August 18, 1924 in Montgomery County, North Carolina to the late Joe and Jessie Brewer Brookshire. He loved his country and served in the Army Air Corp. during World War II where he was a...
Alice Faye Cline
Dec 8, 2023
Alice Faye Lundy Cline, 75, of Rockingham, went to meet her Lord and savior on Friday, December 8, 2023. Alice was born in Richmond County, daughter of the late Wallace and Ruby Rachel Lundy. She was a devoted member of the Emmanuel Holiness Church where she enjoyed going and hearing the songs of Zion. She loved her family and...
Emma Carol Linker
Dec 7, 2023
It is with heavy hearts and profound sorrow that we announce the passing of Emma Carol Logan Linker, beloved Mother, Wife, Sister, Grandmother, Teacher, and friend who God took home from this world on December 7th, 2023, surrounded by family members. Emma Carol Logan was born on March 30th, 1941 in the beautiful horse country of Paris (Bourbon County),...
William Elijah Bullard (Jenkins)
Dec 4, 2023
William Elijah Bullard (Jenkins), 18, of Rockingham, departed his earthly life on Monday, December 4, 2023.
Will was born July 28, 2005 in Richmond County to April Bullard. He was a graduate of Richmond Senior High School, Class of 2023 and worked for Herberg Siding. Will loved God, his family, anything outdoors, especially hunting and working with his hands...
Judy Mills Shepard
Nov 26, 2023
Judy Arlene Mills Shepard, 75, of Rockingham, passed away Sunday, November 26, 2023 at Scotland Memorial Hospital in Laurinburg.
Mrs. Shepard was born March 3, 1948 in Moore County, NC , a daughter of the late Zeb Vance and Lela Alma Young Mills. She retired from L’Eggs Hosiery and had also worked with Perdue. In addition to her parents,...
Shelby Jean Williams McIntyre
Nov 24, 2023
Shelby Jean Williams McIntyre, 81 of Ellerbe, NC, entered her eternal home on Friday, November 24, 2023 surrounded by her loving family. Her life began in 1942 as the daughter of John Samuel Williams, Sr. and Donnie Mae Haywood Williams. She was loved by her two brothers; older brother Johnny and younger brother Steve. A graduate of Ellerbe High School as...
Sylvia Boyte Speight
Nov 24, 2023
Sylvia Boyte Speight, 85, of Rockingham went to be with her Lord and Savior Friday, November 24, 2023.
Mrs. Speight was born July 24, 1938 in Moore County, a daughter of the late Joseph Lee and Alma Campbell Boyte. After obtaining her associates degree and becoming a Registered Nurse she touched many lives while doing home health and hospice....
Sanford "Sam" Gordon Hopper, Jr
Nov 20, 2023
Sanford “Sam” Gordon Hopper, Jr., 87, of Greensboro, passed away Monday, November 20, 2023 at Hospice Home of High Point.
Mr. Hopper was born April 27, 1936 in Rockingham County, NC, a son of the late Sanford Gordon Hopper and Marjorie Sprinkle Hopper Tysor. He was a graduate of Guilford College, Class of 1969 where he received his Bachelor...
John Benjamin Carr, Jr.
Nov 19, 2023
John Benjamin Carr, Jr., 81, of Rockingham, went to be with his heavenly father on Sunday, November 19, 2023.
John was born September 24, 1942 in Essex County, Massachusetts to the late John Benjamin and Phyllis Woodward Carr. He was a graduate of Rockingham High School, Class of 1960 and High Point College, Class of 1965. He returned to...
Carolyn Benoist Whitley
Nov 17, 2023
Carolyn Benoist Whitley, 83, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and sister, completed her earthly journey on Friday, November 17, 2023.
Mrs. Whitley was born January 22, 1940, in Richmond County, North Carolina to the late Hilliard Benoist and the late Lucille Richardson Benoist Haywood. She was a longtime faithful member of the Rockingham Church of God of Prophecy...
Debora Laine Jacobs
Nov 15, 2023
Debora Laine Jacobs, 67 of Rockingham, went to her Heavenly Home on November 15, 2023. She was born on March 7, 1956 in Richmond County, the daughter of the late Pastor Bud Jacobs and Edith Jacobs. In addition to her parents she was preceaded in death by her siblings, Brother, Randy and LittleBit.
Deborah is survived by her children, Heather...
Mary Whittington Shepard
Nov 13, 2023
Mary Whittington Shepard, 73, of Rockingham, completed her earthly journey on Monday, November 13, 2023, surrounded by her family and in the arms of her loving husband.
Mrs. Shepard was born September 28, 1950 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Reid Harding and Katherine Paul Whittington. She was a member of Harmony Baptist Church and had worked...
Lia Roberts Crawford
Nov 12, 2023
Lia Ann (Roberts) Crawford (32) of Hephzibah, GA passed away Sunday November 12, 2023, at Robert E. Knox Scout reservation in Lincolnton, GA.
Lia was born October 19, 1991, in Muncie, IN to Sherry Litton Roberts and the late Douglas Roberts. She was a wife, daughter, and mother. She was proceeded in death by her grandfathers Bill Litton and Paul Roberts.
Surviving...
Teddie Dean Cooke
Nov 11, 2023
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Teddie Dean Cooke, a cherished soul who left this world on November 11, 2023, at Moore Regional Hospital in Rockingham, NC. Born on August 8, 1959, Teddie was the son of Billie Jean Rummage and James Bobby Cooke Sr., weaving his journey through life with threads of resilience, service,...
Elaine Wallace Cagle
Nov 9, 2023
Elaine Wallace Cagle, 77, of Rockingham passed away on November 9, 2023 at Hamlet House.
She was born in Richmond County on July 20, 1946, a daughter of the late Charlie James and Ruth English Wallace. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 54 years, Eddie L. Cagle, brother Charlie James Wallace, Jr. sisters Lucy Hammond...
Kimberly Hallman Johnson
Nov 5, 2023
Kimberly Dawn Hallman Johnson, 52, of Hamlet, passed away Sunday, November 5, 2023 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham.
Ms. Johnson was born January 16, 1971 in Richland County, South Carolina, a daughter of the late James Hallman and Brenda Faye Reese Sessoms. She was a homemaker.
Surviving are her siblings, James K. Williams, Michael A. Hallman and Deborah...
Stephen McKinley Smith
Oct 31, 2023
Stephen McKinley Smith, 42, of Rockingham, unexpectedly completed his earthly journey on Tuesday, October 31, 2023.
Stephen was born August 22, 1981 in Richmond County, the son of Dwelda Brown Smith and the late Scott Smith. He had worked in sales for many years.
Surviving are his children, Hayden Smith and Madley Smith; mother, Dwelda Smith and sister,...
James "Jimmy" "Juice" Irving Welch
Oct 30, 2023
James Irving “Jimmy” Welch, 72, of Hamlet, completed his earthly journey on Monday, October 30, 2023.
Jimmy was born August 26, 1951 in Richmond County, a son of the late Cleophus Marion Welch and the late Elizabeth Long Welch Harrison. Jimmy was a graduate of Rockingham High School, Class of 1969, attended Pembroke College, where he was on the...
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