Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Richmond county


Mary Louise Clark

Mary Louise Clark

Aug 4, 2012

Mary Louise Clark, 91 of Rockingham passed away Saturday, August 4, 2012. Funeral Services will be held at Cobb Memorial Baptist Church Tuesday, August 7th at 4:00 P.M. with Pastor Chuck McKnight and Pastor June Grant officiating. Interment will follow at Richmond county Memorial Park. She will be buried beside her husband of 52 years, Pharaoh Clark, who died in...

Thomas Claude Brigman

Thomas Claude Brigman

Aug 3, 2012

Mr. Thomas Claude Brigman 88, of Rockingham died August 3, 2012 at FirstHealth Hospice House in Pinehurst. Mr. Brigman was born August 6, 1923 in New Berry, S.C. a son of the late Robert and Carrie Thomas Brigman. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Rockingham and served his country in the Navy during WW II. He retired...

Jerry Hamilton

Jerry Hamilton

Aug 2, 2012

Jerry Willie “Pete” Hamilton 78 of Apt 2D Holiday Village died Thursday, August 2, 2012 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Hamilton was born September 27, 1933 in Lancaster, SC, a son of the late John Sawyer and Mary Wright Hamilton. He was retired from the US Navy and had served during the Korean Conflict. He attended the...

Beulah Davis Bennett

Beulah Davis Bennett

Aug 2, 2012

Beulah Frances Davis Bennett, 83, of Rockingham, died Thursday, August 02, 2012 at her home. Mrs. Bennett was born May 3, 1929 in Hoke County, a daughter of the late Joe Wheeler Davis and the late Annie Lee Parks Davis Guinn. She was an active member of the Rockingham Church of God of Prophecy where she was a Women’s Prayer...

Peggy Bowman Hough

Peggy Bowman Hough

Aug 2, 2012

Peggy Marie Bowman Hough, 79, of Ellerbe, passed away Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at her son’s home. Mrs. Hough was born February 14, 1933 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late Elgie and Mae Newman Bowman. She was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church in Ellerbe, had worked in textiles and had worked with the Ellerbe Senior Center. She...

Nellie Watson Cochran

Nellie Watson Cochran

Jul 28, 2012

Nellie Ann Watson Cochran, 74 of Rockingham died Saturday, July 28, 2012 at Rockingham Manor. Mrs. Cochran was born May 8, 1938 in Richmond County a daughter of the late James and Mary Viola Terry Watson. She retired as a secretary from Sandhills Regional Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her husband Herman Clifton Cochran as well a...

Wayne Oren Wollert

Wayne Oren Wollert

Jul 26, 2012

Wayne Oren Wollert, 53, of Rockingham, died Thursday, June 26, 2012 at his home. Mr. Wollert was born October 3, 1958 in Lake County, IL, a son of the late Russell Wollert and Susie Hankins Wollert Archuleta. He had served in the US Navy and was a welder with Perdue. He was preceded in death by his sister, Ethelyn Helyn...

Tommy Crenshaw

Tommy Crenshaw

Jul 19, 2012

Mr. William C. “Tommy” Crenshaw, Jr., 85, of 106 Midland Street died Thursday, July 19, 2012 in Fry Regional Hospital, Hickory. Born October 21, 1926 in Union Co., NC a son of the late William C Crenshaw, Sr. and Mary Jane Pressley Crenshaw. He was a member of Roberdel Baptist Church , and retired from Aleo Mfg. Co He was...

Katina "Tina" Harden Blakley

Katina "Tina" Harden Blakley

Jul 17, 2012

Katina “Tina” Harden Blakley, 64, of Rockingham, passed away Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Tina was born October 12, 1947 in Greensboro, NC, a daughter of the late Calvin Thomas and Hilda Gray Harden. She attended Roberdel Baptist Church and for many years has worked with Creative Hair Design in Rockingham. She was preceded...

Jesse B. Williams, Jr.

Jesse B. Williams, Jr.

Jul 7, 2012

Jesse B. Williams, Jr., 87, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 7, 2012. Born February 21, 1925 to the late Jesse and Connie Capel Williams, Jesse spent the majority of his childhood in Charlotte and Hamlet, NC. He graduated from Hamlet High School and Carolina Business College. He began his working career as a bookkeeper at Ira’s Department Store in...

Sallie Mae Roberts McInnis

Sallie Mae Roberts McInnis

Jul 3, 2012

Sallie Mae Roberts McInnis, 103, of Ellerbe, affectionately known as “Mama Mae” to her family, passed away Tuesday, July 03, 2012 at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. Mrs. McInnis was born December 2, 1908 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late John Eugene and Minnie Cole Roberts. She attended school in Norman and Ellerbe. Mrs. McInnis was a...

Joseph Rexall Kester

Joseph Rexall Kester

Jun 30, 2012

Joseph Rexall Kester, 47 of 141 Midway Road Rockingham died Saturday June 30, 2012 at his home. He was born December 14, 1964 in Richmond County a son of Joseph Rexall Kester, Sr and Alice Lenora McCaskill Kester. He attended Richmond Senior High School and was a graduate of Richmond Community College. He was employed as an Emergency Medical Technician...

Ida Mae McNeill

Ida Mae McNeill

Jun 25, 2012

Mrs. Ida Mae Hewitt McNeill, 77, of Rockingham, went to be with her Lord and Savior on June 25, 2012 at her home. Ida Mae was born March 18, 1935 in Richmond County a daughter of the late Edgar and Annie Mae Lundy Hewitt. She was a member of Roberdell Baptist Church and retired from Sara Lee Hosiery as a...

Junior Vaughn Roberts

Junior Vaughn Roberts

Jun 23, 2012

Mr. Junior Vaughn Roberts, 83 of Rockingham died Saturday June 23, 2012 at Richmond Pines Healthcare of Hamlet. Mr. Roberts was born July 25, 1928 in Wilkes County a son of the late James and Bertha Douglas Roberts. He served his country in the U.S Army. He was owner and operator of Robert’s Produce. He is survived by his wife...

Jimmy Franklin Willoughby

Jimmy Franklin Willoughby

Jun 20, 2012

Jimmy Franklin Willoughby, 74, of Hamlet, died Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at Carolina Specialty Hospital in Charlotte. Mr. Willoughby was born November 26, 1937 in Richmond County, a son of the late Leonard and Viola Goins Willoughby. He had been employed as an electrician with Aleo Manufacturing Company. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Betty, brothers, Furman,...

Robert Dolan Loflin

Robert Dolan Loflin

Jun 20, 2012

Robert Dolan Loflin, 77, of Norman, died Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at Autumn Care of Biscoe. Mr. Loflin was born April 11, 1935 in Richmond County, a son of the late June A. and Verna Ruby Hines Loflin. He was a member of Concord United Methodist Church, had served in the United States Army and had retired from L.G. Dewitt,...

James "Jimmy" Walter Hughes, Jr.

James "Jimmy" Walter Hughes, Jr.

Jun 19, 2012

James Walter Hughes Jr., better known as Jimmy or “Half-way”, passed away peacefully at home on June 19th 2012 at the age of 80. Jimmy was born August 26th 1931 in Rockingham, NC, to James Walter Hughes Sr. and Georgia Spivey Hughes. Jimmy was a Navy Veteran and served in the Korean War. A proud Tin-Can Sailor that sailed around...

Peggy Hudson

Peggy Hudson

Jun 18, 2012

Mrs. Margaret “Peggy “Hudson 68, of Hamlet passed away Monday, June 18 at Carolina Medical Center in Charlotte. Peggy was born April 1, 1944 in Butte,Montana a daughter of the late Richard and Eunice Mulholland. She was also preceded in death by her Step-Father Loren Banfied and one daughter Elizabeth Ann Yerly. She was a sales associate with Leed’s Brothers....

Herman Wiggins

Herman Wiggins

Jun 16, 2012

Herman Leroy “Shorty” Wiggins, 76, of 171 Broadway Street, Rockingham died Saturday June 16, 2012 at First Health Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. He was born June 20, 1935 in Richmond County, NC the son of the late Herman and Pauline Cashwell Wiggins. He retired as a Staff Sergeant from the US Army after 24 years of Service. Shorty served...

Betty Singletary Quick

Betty Singletary Quick

Jun 16, 2012

Betty Singletary Quick, 81, of 126 Church Street, Rockingham died Saturday June 16, 2012 at her home. She was born January 3, 1931, a daughter of the late Cape V. and Effie Shaw Singletary . She was a weaver and inspector for JP Stevens for 45 years and was preceded in death by her parents and brothers; Curtis, Willard, Charles...