Obituaries
Milton Pearce
Mar 1, 2019
Mr. James Milton Pearce, age 78 of Piedmont School Road, Denton, NC died Friday, March 8 at Randolph Hospice House. A funeral service will be held at 4:00 PM Tuesday, March 12 at Lineberry United Methodist Church conducted by Rev. Richard Gould and Rev. Sandy Young. Burial will follow at Mountain View memorial Gardens. The family will see friends...
Carol Goodwin
Feb 16, 2019
Carol Ford Goodwin, 74, of Rockingham, passed away Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019, at her home. She was born April 4, 1944, in Richmond County, daughter of Clyde and Viola Morris Ford. She was a member of Mt. Calvary Rock of Ages Church and was a retired Teacher's Assistant from LJ Bell School. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8...
James Featherston Jr
Feb 16, 2019
James Mumford Featherston, Jr., 95, passed away on Saturday, February 16, 2019 at Kitty Askins Hospice Center surrounded by his family. He was formerly of Raleigh and had moved to Goldsboro to be near his family. Mr. Featherston was a resident of Brookdale Country Day Road. Mr. Featherston was born in Person County on July 5, 1923 to the late...
Lillian Barbour
Feb 12, 2019
It is with profound sadness that the family of Lillian Corvi Barbour, after a period of declining health, announces her passing on Tuesday, February 12, 2019. Mrs. Barbour was a homemaker and bookkeeper for her husband's business, Crabtree Valley Exxon. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and sister. Born February 20, 1928, in Quincy, MA, she was the daughter...
Otto Jespersen
Feb 12, 2019
Otto H. Jespersen, 90, of Cary, NC died peacefully at home on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 in the presence of his family. Otto was born in East Orange, NJ on June 10, 1928, the youngest of four children of Peter and Agnes Jespersen. He was raised in Montclair, NJ with his brothers, Helge and Allan and his sister, Paula. Otto...
Hayden Dixon
Feb 11, 2019
Hayden Dean Dixon Sr., 81, of Rockingham, died Monday, Feb. 11, 2019 at Hospice Haven surrounded by his family. Mr. Dixon was born in Richmond County on Sept. 2, 1937, the youngest of 10 children to Howard Britton Dixon Sr. and Mellie Barfield Dixon. He was a member of the Hamlet Church of God of Prophecy, where he served in...

Nancy Rutledge
Feb 2, 2019
Nancy Carol Hart Rutledge, ...wife of Randy Rutledge, passed away on Saturday, February 2, 2019. A native of Granville County, Nancy was a long-time employee of Southern Bell (later AT&T) before retiring due to health. Nancy suffered for many years with major depression and intractable migraines, yet she still tried to maintain contact with her closest friends and family, often...
Clinton Landreth
Jan 27, 2019
Clinton Horton Landreth, age 80 of Cliffside, died Sunday, January 27, 2019 at Hospice of The Carolina Foothills in Forest City following a brief illness. Horton was born in Seneca, South Carolina and was a son of the late Reverend Claude Verner Landreth and Lydia Crooks Landreth. He was a member of Goodes Grove Baptist Church and a former member...
Raymond Marlow
Jan 26, 2019
Mr. Raymond Marlow, age 58, of North Wilkesboro, received his eternal healing on January 26, 2019 after a valiantly fought battle against cancer. Raymond was born to Robert "Frank" and Margie Treadaway Marlow on October 3, 1960 in Savannah, GA. Raymond was saved at age 20 at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church of Wilkesboro, where he later served as a Sunday...
Benton Tyson
Dec 30, 2018
Mr. Benton Yates Tyson, 74, slipped peacefully from this life to the next on Sunday, December 30, 2018, while a patient at Hospice of Union County in Monroe, NC. Services to celebrate his life will be 11:00AM Wednesday, January 2, 2018, in Mt. Beulah Baptist Church with Rev. Randy Storz officiating. Interment will follow in Anson Memorial Park. The family...
Ronald Covington
Nov 28, 2018
Ronald "Ron" B. Covington, 66, passed away on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at Duke University Hospital. He was born in Richmond County, NC to the late Bruce Odell Covington and Roxie Louise Speight Covington. Ron was a resident of Durham for most of his life. He was the co-owner and operator of AC Removal and Transport Services. Ron is survived...
William Abel
Oct 19, 2018
William "Bill" Albert Abel, 83, of Raleigh, North Carolina, passed away on October 19, 2018 in his home. He was preceded in death by his parents, Albert and Marcella Abel. Bill is survived by his loving wife, Pat, of 36 years; brothers: Donald (Maureen), Allen (Janis); sister-in-law Suzanne (Wray); brother-in-law Michael (Karen); nieces: Carolyn (Michael), Jennifer (Greg), Erin (Scott); Elizabeth,(Matthew)...
Dianne Hursey
Oct 8, 2018
Dianne Phillips Hursey, age 73, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 8, 2018, at her residence. Mrs. Hursey was born in Montgomery County on December 6, 1944, to Melvin R. and Mitchell Floyd Phillips. She was a retired clerical worker in healthcare, NC licensed funeral director, and attended Star United Methodist Church. She was a 1963 graduate of East Montgomery...
Chuck Miller
Oct 6, 2018
Chuck Miller, 64, of Charlotte passed away unexpectedly on October 6, 2018 at CHS-Pineville. Chuck was born May 18, 1954 in Hardin County, Ohio, a son of the late Forrest and Helen Crawford Miller. Chuck was a graduate of Western Kentucky University where he played football. He then graduated from Cincinnati Mortuary School. Chuck had been a funeral director for...
Kenneth Barnette
Sep 27, 2018
Kenneth Jones Barnette, age 77, of Kentwood Street, Lenoir, died Thursday, September 27, 2018 at Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care-Kirkwood. He was born November 2, 1940 in Wilkes County to the late Jones V. and Pearl Dockery Barnette. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother, Dale Barnette; and two sisters, Iris Staley and Rachel...
Edward Herndon
Sep 25, 2018
Edward Darrell Herndon, 86, of Bostic, died Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at his home. Born in Asheville, NC, he was the son of the late Clyde Edward Herndon and Lucille Townsend Herndon. Darrell attended Gardner-Webb College and was a graduate of Clemson University with a BS degree in Civil Engineering. He had previously worked as an engineer for A &...
Kathleen Huegerich
Sep 15, 2018
Kathleen "Kathy" Pearsall Huegerich, age 71, died at Rex Hospital, surrounded by her family on September 15, 2018. Kathy is the mother in law of Leslie Huegerich the NCFDA's accountant/bookkeeper. Kathy is preceded in death by her parents, Robert James Pearsall and Dorothy Mangum Pearsall of Holly Springs; sister Jean Wilkerson of Raleigh, NC; and step sister Joyce Ann Lastovica....
Jerry Stapleton
Aug 19, 2018
Jerry Lynn Stapleton age 66 of Dryden, VA was born Monday, July 28, 1952 in Lee County, VA and passed away Sunday, August 19, 2018 at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, TN. He had been a coal miner and of the Baptist Faith. He was preceded in death by his parents Buford and Zessie Stapleton, two brothers Clinton Stapleton,...
Marvin Barham
Jun 30, 2018
Marvin Scott Barham Marvin Scott Barham, 85, of 209 Robin Lane, Edenton, NC passed away Saturday, June 30, 2018 at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. He was born in Wake County, NC on October 24, 1932 to the late Cleveland Reuben Barham and Zelma Height Barham and was the husband of Mary Ann Norwood Barham of the residence. He served his...
Alan King
Jun 15, 2018
Alan Heath King, 62, of Burgaw, NC passed away Friday, June 15, 2018 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCare Center in Wilmington, NC. He was born May 15, 1956 in Raleigh, the son of the late Jack Carroll King and Mable Broadwell King. Alan is survived by his wife of 22 years, Dale Lowery King; daughter, Tabetha Ellis (Billy);...