Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Richmond county


Doris Farmer Capps

Doris Farmer Capps

Sep 11, 2012

Doris Beatrice Farmer Capps, 92, of Rockingham, died Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Mrs. Capps was born April 21, 1920 in Atlanta, Ga. At an early age, she and her sister went to live with their uncle and aunt, William H. and Beatrice McCall, who brought them to Richmond County. She attended Coker College...

Marguerite Alden Rivers

Marguerite Alden Rivers

Sep 10, 2012

Marguerite Alden Rivers, 91, of Somerset Court, Hamlet, died Monday, September 10, 2012 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mrs. Rivers was born October 20, 1920 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Amasa Crawford and Lilia Mae Campbell Alden. She was of the Presbyterian Faith and a retired Paralegal. She was preceded in death by her husband...

Debra Paul Dollfus

Debra Paul Dollfus

Sep 10, 2012

Debra Paul Dollfus, 59, of Hamlet, died Monday, September 10, 2012 at her brothers residence. Mrs. Dollfus was born May 14, 1953 in Richmond County, a daughter of Doris McCormick Paul and the late Leon Paul. She was a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church and a retired Licensed Practical Nurse. Surviving are her daughter, Courtney Haulk Smith of Rockingham;...

Fannie Belle Greene

Fannie Belle Greene

Sep 9, 2012

Fannie Belle Mauldin Greene, 81, of 5247 Woodrun on Tillery died Sunday September 9, 2012 at her home. Born December 4, 1930 in Montgomery County, NC a daughter of the late Clyde and Lizzie Walker Mauldin, she was a homemaker and worked with Russell Harvelle Hosiery. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert Joseph Greene, a son Andy...

Taylor Margaret Stewart

Taylor Margaret Stewart

Sep 7, 2012

Taylor Margaret Stewart, 14, of Norman, died Friday, September 07, 2012 at her home following a courageous battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Taylor was born August 13, 1998 in Moore County, a daughter of Timothy Taylor Stewart and Lorrie Hogan Stewart. She was a member of Norman United Methodist Church and attended Temple Christian School. She was preceded in death...

Elenita Grant Kirby

Elenita Grant Kirby

Sep 6, 2012

Elenita Grant Kirby 83 of 127 Mill Street Rockingham died Thursday September 6, 2012 at her home. Funeral services will be conducted 1:00pm. Saturday September 8, 2012 at Carter Colonial Chapel in Rockingham, Rev. Mitchell Roller will officiate. Burial will follow in Richmond Memorial Park. Born November 9, 1928 in Lumberton, NC a daughter of the late Jim and Bertie...

Sarah Louise Middleton

Sarah Louise Middleton

Sep 5, 2012

Sarah Louise Middleton died on September 5, 2012 at Scotia Village in Laurinburg, NC, at the age of 92. She was born in Logan, WV on June 3, 1920 to the late Mazee Louise and Charles Mason Locke. She received her Bachelor's degree in music at Marshall University in Huntington, WV. She studied piano at The Julliard School of Music...

Ralph Dockery Lovin

Ralph Dockery Lovin

Sep 3, 2012

Ralph Dockery Lovin, 87, of Ellerbe, N.C. passed away peacefully on Monday, September 3, 2012 at Randolph Hospital in Asheboro, NC. Mr. Lovin was born at home on June 4, 1925 in Richmond Co. N.C. He was the son of William Moses Lovin and Sarah Florence McLean. He grew up in Richmond Co, and attended McLean Presbyterian Church, a church...

G. Truett Covington

G. Truett Covington

Sep 2, 2012

G. Truett Covington, 85, of Ellerbe, went to his Heavenly home Sunday, September 2, 2012, at National Health Care in West Columbia, SC. A memorial service celebrating his life will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at Saron Baptist Church,Ellerbe, NC, with Rev. Richard Stanford officiating. Interment ceremonies with the family will be at Chappell Cemetery prior...

Robert Carol Page

Robert Carol Page

Aug 26, 2012

Robert Carol “ Bob” Page, 76, of Ellerbe, died Sunday, August 26, 2012 at The Carroll S. Roberson Hospice Center in Fayetteville. Mr. Page was born January 1, 1936 in Asheville, NC, a son of the late Pearley B. and Jeanette Crosland Page. He had served in the United States Air Force and was a member of First Baptist Church...

Ruby Irene Moore

Ruby Irene Moore

Aug 26, 2012

Ruby Lisk Moore departed this life for her Heavenly Home on Sunday August 26, 2012. Funeral services will be conducted 11:00 Wednesday at Cordova United Methodist Church, the Rev. Brooks Gale will officiate, burial will follow in Richmond County Memorial Park. Ruby was born on December 4, 1919 in Richmond County, NC a daughter of the late Robert Jerome Lisk...

C. Bradley Vuncannon

C. Bradley Vuncannon

Aug 22, 2012

C. Bradley Vuncannon, 93, of Ellerbe, died Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at his home. Mr. Vuncannon was born December 2, 1918 in Richmond County, a son of the late Everett and Daisy Williams Vuncannon. He had served his country in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. He was a member of Ellerbe Fellowship Baptist Church, where...

Velma Watts Butler

Velma Watts Butler

Aug 22, 2012

Velma Watts Watson Butler, 80, of Rockingham, died Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at Morrison Manor in Laurinburg. Mrs. Butler was born May 1, 1932 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Grayer H and Thelma Jones Watts. She was a member of the Rockingham Church of God of Prophecy and had worked for Carolina Paper Mill for nearly 40...

Ruth Marks Jenkins

Ruth Marks Jenkins

Aug 21, 2012

Ruth Marks Jenkins of Rockingham, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, August 21, 2012. Mrs. Jenkins was born June 14, 1922 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Frank and Mary Marks of Rockingham. She, along with her husband Clyde Jenkins, in 1959 started Jenkins Automotive and Industrial Supply, Inc., where she served as secretary/treasurer...

Nora Tilley Lovin

Nora Tilley Lovin

Aug 18, 2012

Nora Eliza Tilley Lovin, 90, of Ellerbe died Saturday August 18, 2012 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mrs. Lovin was born in Surry County April 21, 1922 a daughter of the late Posey and Anna Elizabeth Smith Tilley. She was a seamstress in the textile industry. She was a member of McLean Presbyterian Church. In addition to her...

Randall Brooks McGill

Randall Brooks McGill

Aug 13, 2012

Randall Brooks McGill 69, of Rockingham died Monday, August 13, 2012 at his home. Brooks was born February 5, 1943 in Richmond County a son of the late Donald and Lillie Belle Gore McGill. He was self employed and worked in the Heating and Air Conditioning business. He attended Cordova Pentecostal Holiness Church. In addition to his parents he was...

Rachelle Adrienne Bolger

Rachelle Adrienne Bolger

Aug 11, 2012

On Saturday August 11, 2012, Rachelle Adrienne Bolger, 40 of Rockingham, won her victory in heaven after a vigorous 5 year battle with cancer. Rachelle was born to parents George and Anita Bolger on October 10, 1971 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was the older sister to Georgie Bolger Adkins and George Bolger, Jr whom she played a major...

Paul Roscoe Layton

Paul Roscoe Layton

Aug 11, 2012

Paul Layton, Sr. Paul Roscoe Layton, Sr., 85 of Somerset Court Retirement Center Hamlet died Saturday August 11, 2012 in Morrison Manor Hospice in Laurinburg. Born January 17, 1927 in Derby, NC a son of the late Virgil Davis and Daisy Pearl Hudson Layton. He was a WWII Veteran of the US Army, a member of Bethel Baptist church and...

Heath Harding Carriker

Heath Harding Carriker

Aug 5, 2012

Heath Harding Carriker, 93, of Ellerbe died Sunday, August 5, 2012 at Pinehurst Health Care and Rehabilitation Center in Pinehurst. Mr. Carriker was born December 25, 1918 in Richmond County, a son of the late James Mathias and Martha Ashbury Haigler Carriker. He was a graduate of Ellerbe High School, Class of 1935, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and...

Silas H. Quick

Silas H. Quick

Aug 5, 2012

Silas Henry Quick, 69, of Rockingham, died Sunday, August 05, 2012 at his home. Mr. Quick was born November 9, 1942 in Richmond County, a son of the late Silas I. and Alma Grant Quick. He was a graduate of Rockingham High School, Class of 1961, attended New Hope Free Will Baptist Church and had worked as a supervisor with...