Julia Tabitha "Judy" Millikin
Jan 30, 2011
Weldon- Julia Tabitha Judy Millikin, 59, peacefully passed away at Black Mountain Neuro-Medical Treatment Center in Black Mountain, NC on January 30, 2011. Miss Millikin was born in Halifax County, the daughter of the late Almond Millikin and Jane Gregory Millikin. She spent the first six years of her life in Weldon and then attended Caswell School in Kinston,...
Lorene Hux Hawkins
Jan 29, 2011
Lorene Hux Hawkins, 88, of 3241 Everett School Road, Roanoke Rapids, died Saturday, January 29, 2011 at Liberty Commons in Weldon. Mrs. Hawkins was a longtime member of Hawkins Chapel United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday School, led the Methodist Youth Fellowship, sang in the choir, and was a member and supporter of the United Methodist Women. She...
Ellen Starke Hursey
Jan 25, 2011
Ellen Starke Hursey, 83, died Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at Guardian Care of Roanoke Rapids. She was a member of New Life Christian Church and was retired from J. P. Stevens. She was a member of the Roanoke Rapids Senior Citizens. She loved bingo, was a good cook, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother. She was loved by everybody...
Annie Shell Faison
Jan 22, 2011
Annie Shell Faison, 91, died at her home while surrounded by her family, Saturday, January 22, 2011. Mrs. Faison was born in Halifax County May 5, 1919 to the late Willie H. Shell and Hattie Wood Shell. She became a registered nurse and after a nursing career she later taught Health Occupations at Northwest High School. She was a...
Hazel Neville Pike
Jan 15, 2011
Hazel Neville Pike, 84 of Littleton died Saturday, January 15, 2011 at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Pike was born September 22, 1926 in Halifax County to the late Furman Early Neville and Peachie Crawley Neville. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband Herbert L. Pike, Sr. Mrs. Pike was a longtime...
James Hubert "Jim" Christenbury Sr
Jan 15, 2011
James Hubert Christenbury, Sr., 64, went to heaven, while surrounded by his family January 15, 2011. Mr. Christenbury was born December 14, 1946 in Gastonia, NC to the late John Hubert Christenbury and Iva Lee Childress. He graduated from Roanoke Rapids High School in 1965 and went on to serve in the US Army from 1966-1968 and was in...
Agatha Mary Moran
Jan 6, 2011
Agatha Mary Moran, 97 of Phenix City, AL passed away Thursday, January 6, 2011 at her home. Phenix City, AL
Linda Paige Newsome Pulley
Jan 1, 2011
Linda Paige Newsome Pulley, 66 of 48 Milton Drive died Saturday, January 1, 2011 at Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville. Mrs. Pulley was born September 11, 1944 in Greensville County, Virginia to the late Thomas Lee and Virginia Belle Avent Newsome. Mrs. Pulley loved her family, her many friends and her God. She was a very giving and forgiving...
Fred C Podruchny Sr
Dec 23, 2010
Halifax- Fred C. Podruchny, Sr., 92, died Thursday, December 23, 2010 in Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mr. Podruchny was born September 19, 1918 in Sussex County, VA to the late Charlie Podruchny and Mary DeDanko Podruchny. He retired from Champion International after 39 years of service and a member of Woodman of the World. He also was a faithful...
Danny Nathan Lowe
Dec 21, 2010
Mr. Danny Nathan Lowe, 64, of Littleton went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 after a short illness with lung cancer at Duke University Medical Center. He was project manager of Weldon Steel, wherehe enjoyed his work but most of all loved the special time with all the employees. He began his career with...
Bessie Hale Reese
Dec 19, 2010
Bessie Hale Reese, 91, of 465 Andrew Hale Road, Littleton, N. C., died Sunday December 19, 2010, at University Health Care Hospice in Greenville. Mrs. Reese was born August 22, 1919, to the late O. J. Harrell and Lizzie Harrell Harrell. She was also predeceased by her husbands, Andrew Hale and Rev. W. T. Reese, and one son, James...
Louise Cooke Lowman
Dec 17, 2010
Louise Cooke Lowman, 93, died Friday, December 17, 2010 at Guardian Care-Roanoke Rapids. Ms. Lowman was born in Halifax County, October 13, 1917 to the late Charles Wesley Cooke, Sr. and Cookie Jane Powell Cooke. She was a housemother for girls through the Department of Corrections and a life long member of Smith United Methodist Church. In addition to...
Emma Jane Sadler Skipper
Dec 17, 2010
Emma Jane Sadler Skipper, 77, of Roanoke Rapids, died Friday, December 17, 2010, at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Skipper was born to the late Charlie Sadler and Pattie Jordan Sadler, and was also predeceased by her husband, John N. Skipper, one sister: Edith Mae Chambliss, and a loving sister-in-law, Evelyn G. Sadler. She loved animals and leaves behind...
William Edward Plyler
Dec 8, 2010
William Edward Plyler I, 72, passed away December 8, 2010, at Britthaven of Snow Hill. North Carolina. He was born February 2, 1938, in Columbia, South Carolina to the late William L. Plyler and Azilee Moree Plyler. He honored a twenty-six year stint in the Air Force ascending to the rank of Master Sergeant. He then retired from the...
George Benjamin Norwood Jr
Dec 3, 2010
George Benjamin Norwood, Jr., 64, of 1335 Jefferson Street, Roanoke Rapids, died Friday, December 3, 2010 at his home. Mr. Norwood was a lifetime member of the Roanoke Valley Rescue Squad and served as its chaplain and also the chaplain of Better Breathers Club. He was a great father and grandfather. He was a member of Community Freewill Baptist...
Jeremy Michael Hecht
Dec 1, 2010
Jeremy Michael Hecht, 31, of 431 Jefferson Street, Roanoke Rapids, NC, died Wednesday, December 1, 2010, at Halifax Regional Medical Center. He was born January 6, 1979. He was very loved by all his family and friends. He was a loving husband, father, son and brother. He is survived by his parents, Denise K and Brian D Pierce, his...
Marie Viverette Rogers
Nov 27, 2010
Marie Viverette Rogers, 80 of 1309 Edwards Street, Weldon died Saturday, November 27, 2010 at her home. Mrs. Rogers was born August 10, 1930 in Nash County to the late Hoyt and Helen Winstead Viverette. She retired from JP Stevens after 30 years, member of Community Freewill Baptist Church. Mrs. Rogers loved her family. She was a woodman for...
Bonnie Ray "Br" Pilgreen
Nov 22, 2010
Bonnie "BR" Ray Pilgreen, 75, died Monday, November 22, 2010 at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Bonnie was born October 4, 1935 to Thomas and Irene Pilgreen of Martin Co. He is preceded in death by his father Thomas Pilgreen, his first wife, Nina Johnson Pilgreen , a daughter, Shirley Pilgreen Taylor, and his brother, Donald Pilgreen, her sister, Jeanette...
Grace Virginia Nance Grant
Nov 18, 2010
Grace Virginia Nance Grant, 101, of 430 Jefferson Street, Roanoke Rapids, died Thursday, November 18, 2010, at her home. Mrs. Grant was a member of First Christian Church and the Apostles Bible School class. She was a graduate of Statesville School of Nursing, Statesville, North Carolina, and a member of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists. She was the...
Rachel Mae Butts Wilder
Nov 3, 2010
Rachel Mae Butts Wilder, 69, of 4794 Highway 48, Roanoke Rapids, died Wednesday, November 3, 2010, at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Wilder was a member of Bear Swamp Baptist Church and was an employee of Our Community Hospital in Scotland Neck as a Lab Tech for many years. She was a loving wife, sister and aunt. She was...
