Obituaries
Howard Church Jr
Jan 13, 2018
Mr. Howard Taft Church, Jr., better known as "Junior", passed away Saturday, January 13, 2018 at his home. Funeral services were held 11:00 AM Monday, January 15, 2018 at Lewis Fork Baptist Church with the Reverend Dwayne Andrews, Reverend Sherrill Wellborn, and Reverend David Wellborn officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. The family received friends from 6:00 until 8:00...
Norman Hopkins
Nov 5, 2017
Eden, NC - Norman "Hop" Hopkins, 90, went to his heavenly home at 11:17 PM on Sunday, November 5, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Dr Travis Dotson was brilliant, sensitive and gracious as he led us through Dad's rapid decline! The nurses (Dee, Gabe, Meredith and Emilee) all loved and cared for him like he was their dad!...
T Prickett II
Sep 26, 2017
T.T. "Tommy" Prickett, II, age 84 of Carthage died Tuesday, September 26, 2017, at his home. Funeral services will be 11:00 am Saturday, October 7, 2017 , at Carthage United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jim Bolyard, The Rev. Dr. William J. Maness, Jr., and Deacon Tom Porter officiating. Burial will follow in Cross Hill Cemetery. Born in...
Jimmy McCraw
Sep 20, 2017
Mr. Jimmy Lee McCraw, 59, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully on Wednesday night, September 20, 2017, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Mr. McCraw was born January 10, 1958, in Forsyth County, one of four children born to Arless Harper and Kathleen Smith McCraw. Jimmy was reared in the Pipers Gap community and graduated from North Surry...
Johnette Whitley
Sep 2, 2017
Johnette Padgett Whitley of Kannapolis NC entered heaven on September 2, 2017. She was born August 22, 1927 in the" big city" of Lowell, NC. Her parents were the late Clarence E Padgett, Sr and Minnie Estelle Newman Padgett. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her siblings Clarence E Padgett Jr, Virginia Padgett Luck, Charles...
Robert Smith
Aug 15, 2017
Robert Malcolm Smith, 90, of Rockingham, passed away Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at Brookdale Pinehurst. Mr. Smith was born September 23, 1926 in Wayne County, a son of the late Thad and Laura Smith. He was a longtime member of First Baptist Church of Rockingham where he was a member of the Baraca Sunday School Class and had been an...
William Baynard
Jul 25, 2017
William Lee "Bill" Baynard, 85, passed away peacefully Tuesday afternoon, July 25, 2017 at his home, following a period of declining health. Born September 10, 1931 in Forest City, he was a son of the late Kinard Tillman and Lillian Saunders Baynard. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, James and Paul Baynard, and...
John Riddle
Jul 9, 2017
John William Riddle, Jr., of Weldon, NC, passed away on Sunday, July 9, 2017. He was the son of the late John William Riddle, Sr. and Ina Stephenson Riddle. John was also preceded in death by his sister, Ann Smith. John served his country in the United States Air Force and was a World War Two Veteran. John retired from...
Herbert Rhodes
Jul 4, 2017
Herbert H. "Herb" Rhodes, 88, of Burlington, died July 4, 2017 after a year-long illness. A native of Lexington, NC, Herb was the husband of the late Sarah Virginia Byers Rhodes, who died in 1991, and Reba Blazer Rhodes, who survives. He was the son of the late William Edward Rhodes and the late Ella Mae Tysinger Rhodes. Herb was...
John Hardy
Jun 28, 2017
John Warren Hardy Sr. born September 20, 1925 in Baltimore, Maryland passed away Wednesday, June 28, 2017. He was predeceased by his parents Carlton and Edith Hardy and the three wonderful women whom blessed him and shared part of his and their life's journeys together. They are, Ann Blanton Hardy, mother to all their children, married 1950-1989, Harriet Ward Hardy...
Lucious Turner
May 24, 2017
Lucius "Luke" Turner, 79, of Raleigh, transitioned to his heavenly home on Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at Rex Healthcare in Raleigh. Lucius was born in Johnston County, NC on June 9, 1937 to the late Hubert and Emma Belle Rhodes Turner. He began his career in funeral service with Pennington-Smith Funeral Home which later merged with Brown-Wynne Funeral Home. Lucius...
Ronald Thomas
May 16, 2017
Ronald "Ronnie" Vance Thomas, Sr., 70, of S. Main St., Candor, died Tuesday, May 16, 2017 in an automobile accident. Funeral Service will be 11:00 AM Saturday, May 20, 2017 at Macedonia Presbyterian Church, with Rev. Matthew Baker officiating. Burial will follow in the Candor Cemetery. Ronnie was born September 3, 1946 in Stanly County, the son of Elba and...
Robert Miller
Apr 19, 2017
Robert M. "Bob" Miller, Jr. passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Bob was born September 19, 1932 in Weaverville, NC to the late Robert and Ella King Miller. He graduated from Weaverville High School in 1951, joining the US Army shortly after graduation and was stationed in Camp Polk, Louisiana from 1951 until 1953. He married Virginia Cook in August...
Goldia Cruse
Apr 5, 2017
Mrs. Goldia Lucille Cranford Cruse, 89, passed away Wednesday, April 5, 2017, at Morningside Assisted Living Center in Concord. A funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 pm Saturday, April 8, 2017, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Jeffrey J. Rushing will officiate. Interment will follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Concord. The family will receive friends from 12 to 1:45 pm...
William Deweese
Mar 29, 2017
William "Bill" DeWeese, age 85, of the French Broad Community went to be with the Lord Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Bill was the youngest child born to the late Walter Carl and Pearl Sluder DeWeese on September 25, 1931 in Buncombe County. He retired from American Enka Corporation after 35 years. He farmed all of his life; loved gardening, putting...
David Burr
Mar 26, 2017
Mr. David A. Burr, 91, died Sunday, March 26, 2017 at his home. Funeral services will be 11:00am Wednesday, March 29, 2017 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Anson Memorial Park. The family will greet friends from 6:00pm until 8:00pm Tuesday at the funeral home and other times at the home. David was born September...
Gladys Beck
Feb 23, 2017
Mrs. Gladys Elizabeth Fritts Beck, age 101, of the Hedricks Grove Community, Lexington, passed away on Thursday, February 23, 2017 at Abbotts Creek Nursing Center, Lexington. Mrs. Beck was the mother of Marie Palmer, retired funeral director with Briggs Funeral Home and a former NCFDA board member A funeral service will be held 3:00 pm Monday, Feb. 27 at Davidson...
Fred Rhodes Jr
Feb 15, 2017
frederick W. Rhodes, Jr. age 90, died Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at Croasdaile Pavilion. Fred was born August 3, 1926 in Durham and was the son of the late Elder Frederick W. Rhodes and Lila Mae Thomas Rhodes. He graduated from Durham High School in 1945. While at Durham High, he was a member of the Cooperative Class and was...
Fred Long
Jan 26, 2017
Mr. Fred Davis Long, Jr., 88, of Salisbury, NC passed away Thursday, January 26, 2017 at Glenn A. Kiser Hospice House. Born August 20, 1928 in Davidson County, NC to the late Fred Davis and Hester Van Lookabill Long, he was a graduate of Mocksville High School. He was veteran of the US Army serving two years in Germany. Mr....
Margaret Wynne
Jan 24, 2017
Margaret "Maggie" Lewis Hamblen Wynne, 77, died on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 in Black Mountain, NC, not far from her beloved home, Woodland Heights in Montreat, where until October, she had been lovingly cared for throughout her decline from dementia. A devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, Maggie led a life rich in faith, creativity, hospitality, and love. Born in...
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