Robert "Bobby" Hill Shaw
Apr 24, 2011
Robert Bobby Hill Shaw, 73, died Sunday, April 24, 2011, at Louisburg, Manor, in Louisburg, North Carolina. Mr. Shaw was born January 31, 1938, to the late Vernon Shaw and Callie Liverman Shaw. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Pattie Acree. He is survived by his brother, Edward Shaw, of Creedmoor; two sisters: Roberta Randall and...
Joan Ellis Birdsong
Apr 23, 2011
Joan Ellis Birdsong, 68, died Saturday, April 23, 2011, at Community Memorial Healthcenter in South Hill, Virginia. Mrs. Birdsong was born July 21, 1942, to the late Edward Clinton Ellis and Dorothy Kidd Ellis of Gasburg, VA. She was also preceded in death by her brother and sister-in-law, Gwyn Ellis and Nancy Ellis of LaCrosse, VA. She is survived...
Patricia Ann Brantley
Apr 18, 2011
Patricia Ann Brantley, 61, formerly of Wilson, NC, died Monday, April 18, 2011 in Halifax Regional Medical Center. Ms. Brantley was born in Wilson, NC, October 6, 1949 to the late Nathan Thomas Peele, Sr. and Emma Lee Moore Peele. She was a school teacher, having the ability to get the best out of her students which was evident,...
Garrett "Cliff" Walker
Apr 15, 2011
Garrett Cliff Walker, 80 of Roanoke Rapids died Friday, April 15, 2011 at his home. Mr. Walker was born October 27, 1930 in Halifax County to the late Garrett Walker and Pearl Mabrey Walker. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Lolita Walker and his brothers, Joe and Aubrey Walker. He was a...
Myrtle Lee Radford
Apr 8, 2011
Myrtle Lee Radford, 92, died Friday, April 8, 2011 in Goldsboro at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Mrs. Radford was a Halifax County native born June 30, 1918 to the late Thomas Smith and Lizzie Harrison. She was a homemaker and attended Fellowship Church of Praise in Rocky Mount, NC. She loved her family, who love her and will miss...
Joseph Randolph Williams
Apr 4, 2011
Joseph Randolph Williams, 84, of Halifax, died Monday, April 4, 2011, at his home. Mr. Williams was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, and an avid golfer. He attended the Roanoke Rapids Church of God. Before starting his own business he worked at Harding and Grizzard for years. He was a respected businessman and owner/operator of Roanoke Auto...
Irma Dianna Williams Pearson
Mar 25, 2011
Irma Dianna Williams Pearson, 68, died Friday, March 25, 2011 in Durham Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Pearson was born in Halifax County May 12, 1942 to the late Eddie Wilson Williams and Daphnea Inell Daughtry Williams. She was a homemaker and, along with her daughter, loved raising Dachshunds. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by...
David Gene Wheeler
Mar 21, 2011
David Gene Wheeler, 52, of Halifax, North Carolina, died March 21, 2011, at Guardian Care Nursing Home in Roanoke Rapids after a lingering illness. He was preceded in death by his father, Harry Gene Wheeler, and resided in Halifax at 79 Bradley Drive with his mother, Marguerite Bryant Wheeler. In addition to his mother, he is survived by one...
Patsy Lavern Love Shell
Mar 21, 2011
Patsy LaVern Love Lassiter, 62, of 832 Madison Street, Roanoke Rapids, died Monday, March 21, 2011, at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Lassiter attended William R. Davie School and Roanoke Rapids High School. She attended The Church of Jesus Christ for more than 24 years, and in her early life was raised at Gum Chapel Pentecostal Holiness with Pastor...
Richmond Earl Lynch
Mar 20, 2011
Richmond E. Lynch, son of the late Andrew W. and Minnie Edwards Lynch, died Sunday, March 20, 2011 at his home. He was preceded in death also by his first wife, Carol Metzger. Born March 1, 1933, in Roanoke Rapids, he was a 1951 graduate of Roanoke Rapids High School. He was always witty and kept something funny going....
Douglas Irving Richardson
Mar 19, 2011
Douglas Irving Richardson, 68, of 203 Garriss Street, Conway, North Carolina, died Saturday, March 19, 2011, at Carolina East Medical Center in New Bern, N. C. He was born September 26, 1942, in Hanover, New Hampshire. and was predeceased by his parents, Harland and Myrtle Richardson, his brother, Wayne Richardson, his sister, Helen Mizell, and his daughter, Crystal Lawhorn....
Marie Merritt Snipes
Mar 9, 2011
Marie Merritt Snipes, 90, died Wednesday, March 9, 2011, at Guardian Care in Roanoke Rapids. Mrs. Snipes was a lifelong member of Rosemary Baptist Church and worked for years at Griffin Drug Store, DuPont , Roses and J. P. Stevens. She was born February 25, 1921, to the late William H. Merritt and Ella Davenport Merritt. Also pre- ceding...
Horace Cole "Red" Riggan
Mar 1, 2011
Mr. Horace Cole Red Riggan of 1409 Williams Street, went to be with the Lord on March 1, 2011, at his home surrounded by his family. Horace was born in Halifax County on October 21, 1923 to the late Richard and Anita Riggan. He is also preceded in death by his sister, Lillian R. Dever; three brothers, Irvin Riggan,...
Margaret Virginia Wallace Rowell
Feb 28, 2011
Margaret Virginia Wallace Rowell, 82, died Monday, February 28, 2011, at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount. Mrs. Rowell was born July 14, 1928, to the late Mayo Wallace,Sr. and Elsie Smith Wallace. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, John Rowell, her grandson, Grant Philip Chappell, her daughter, Judy Ann Rowell, and her brother,...
Richard Albert "Ricky" Willis
Feb 27, 2011
Richard Albert Ricky Willis, 55, died at his home Sunday, February 27, 2011. Ricky was born in Dante, VA March 12, 1955 to the late Carl Willis and Pauline Moore Willis. He was a good friend, excellent father and great son-in-law. He always looked forward to Christmas in anticipation of receiving his special mother-in-law shirt. Ricky was a US...
George Robert Rhome
Feb 13, 2011
George Robert Rhome, 85, died Sunday, February 13, 2011, at his home. Mr. Rhome was retired from Champion Paper Company and a member of South Rosemary United Methodist Church. He was a veteran of World War II and received two purple hearts. He was a former member of Davie Lions Club and loved to fish, hunt, and golf. He...
Edith Vashti Bradley
Feb 10, 2011
Edith Vashti Bradley, 83, of Pikeville, N. C., formerly of Roanoke Rapids, died Thursday, February 10, 2011, at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Goldsboro. Mrs. Bradley was a former member and dearly loved her church family at Lakeview Park Baptist Church. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and sister. She was a very caring person, a caretaker to all,...
Mary Green Jones
Feb 5, 2011
Mary Green Jones, 91, formerly of Roanoke Rapids, died Saturday, February 5, 2011, at Rex Rehabilitation Nursing Center in Apex. Mrs. Jones was an active member of Nashville United Methodist Church as long as her health permitted. She was a graduate of East Carolina University with a B. S. and Masters degree, and was a retired 4th grade teacher...
Cynthia Lowe Wright
Feb 1, 2011
Cynthia Lowe Wright, 93, died Tuesday, February 1, 2011, at Hampton Manor in Gaston. She was born May 9, 1917, to the late Dannie Brooks Lowe and Beulah Violet Hall. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Rebecca L. Robinson, her husband, Luther Woodrow Wright, and a granddaughter, Cindy McGuffin. The Romancos (ball team) was the girls...
Elizabeth Allen Miller
Feb 1, 2011
Elizabeth Allen Miller, 62, of 403 N. Church Street, Jackson, North Carolina, died Tuesday, February 1, 2011, at her home. She was a member of Jackson United Methodist Church and the Womans Club of Jackson. Mrs. Miller was born April 12, 1948, to Karl K. Allen, who survives and Margaret Gupton Allen, deceased. She was also predeceased by her...
