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Mary Hazel Thomas Hale
Jul 3, 2010
Mary Hazel Thomas Hale, 89 formerly of 122 House Mill Road, Roanoke Rapids died Saturday, July 3, 2010 at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Hale was born November 5, 1920 to the late David Frank Thomas and Nora Finch Thomas. In addition to her parents Mrs. Hale was preceded in death by her husband: Bud Hale; a son: Ronald...
Evelyn Lee Griffin Shearin
Jul 2, 2010
Evelyn Lee Griffin Shearin, 89, went home to be with her Lord and Saviour on Friday, July 2, 2010, at her home. She was a longtime member of Lakeview Park Baptist Church, and was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great grandmother. She loved her family, flowers, gardening and music. Born September 6, 1920, to the late Dark...
Patricia Ann Nason Libbey
Jun 29, 2010
Patricia Nason Libbey, 79, died Tuesday at her home in Littleton, NC, following a long illness. She was born Jan. 3 1931 in Waterville, ME. Particia Nason Libbey Littleton, North Carolina Patricia Nason Libbey, 79, died Tuesday at her home in Littleton, NC, following a long illness. She was born Jan. 3 1931 in Waterville, ME. She was the...
Logan Blake Finch
Jun 28, 2010
Pleasant Hill- Logan Blake Finch, born June 28, 2010, tragically left his temporary home at 4548 Big John Store Rd. in Pleasant Hill. Logan received his angel wings and ascended into heaven with our Lord and Savior on June 8, 2013. Logan is preceded in death by his great-grandfather, Jesse Bryant and great-grandmother Adrienne C. Ivey. He is survived...
Edgar Smallwood Willey
Jun 20, 2010
Mr. Willey was a native of Halifax County, North Carolina, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Claude and Annie Willey. He was a devoted husband, loving father and grandfather. Mr. Willey is survived by his wife of 65 years, June Willey. Other survivors include one daughter, MeLinda and her husband, Darrell Hite, of the home, a son,...
Sarah Katherine Little Everhart
Jun 17, 2010
Sarah Katherine Little Everhart, 71, died peacefully at her home on Lake Gaston, Thursday, June 17, 2010. Mrs. Everhart was born October 28, 1938 in Richmond County, NC to the late James Leak Little and Lula Garris Little. She was a church secretary where she served the First Baptist Church in Kernersville, NC and Ogden Baptist Church in Wilmington,...
Judith Diane Moss Gantt
Jun 13, 2010
Judy Moss Gantt, 61, passed away on June 13, 2010 at her home. Judy was born on March 30, 1949, in Roanoke Rapids to Elizabeth Brewer Moss. Judy is survived by her husband of 41 years, Dennis Gantt, Sr. She leaves behind two children, Dennis Gantt, Jr. and his wife, Renae of Raleigh and Sheri Beals and her husband,...
Floyd Lee Wilson
Jun 8, 2010
Floyd Lee Wilson, 65, of 146 Morgan Trailer Court, Roanoke Rapids, died Tuesday, June 8, 2010, at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mr. Wilson was born March 16, 1945, to the late Robert Lee Wilson and Effie Stansbury Wilson. He is survived by his daughters: Terry Wilson, and Rose Wilson Sanders and husband, Eddie; his brothers: Marvin Wilson and wife,...
Wanda Carpenter Graham
Jun 4, 2010
Wanda Carpenter Graham, 87, died Friday, June 4, 2010, at Liberty Commons Nursing Center.
Nellie Johnson Faison
May 17, 2010
Nellie Johnson Faison, 78, of Hampton Woods, Jackson, North Carolina, died Monday, May 17, 2010, at Halifax Regional Medical Center. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Born on April 20, 1932 to the late Johnny Johnson and Sally Bett Johnson, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Melvin Faison, Sr. She is survived by her...
Jimmy Van Wilson
May 16, 2010
Jimmy Van Wilson, 57, of 415 Quail Court Road, Roanoke Rapids, died Sunday, May 16, 2010, at Halifax Regional Medical Center. He attended the Church of Jesus Christ on Emry Street, and was involved with NASCAR. He dearly loved the sport of car racing. Born April 29, 1953, to the late Edward Van Wilson and Marie Griffin Wilson, he...
Barbara Inscoe Price-Burton
May 15, 2010
Barbara Inscoe Price-Burton, 67, of 557 Sam Powell Dairy Road died Saturday, May 15, 2010 at University Health Care Hospicein Greenville. Barbara was born in Roanoke Rapids on March 25, 1943. She spent part of her early childhood in Norfolk, Virginia, with her parents. She attended Clara Hearne School approximately two years and then attended William R. Davie and...
Robert "Bob" Ashby
May 12, 2010
Robert Wayne (Bob) Ashby, Sr., 79, of 1401 Marshall Street, Roanoke Rapids, died Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at UNC Chapel Hill Cancer Center. Bob was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He loved golf and spending time with family. He was a faithful member of Calvary Baptist Church which he loved very much. He was a graduate of...
Alice Maxine Mccrary
May 7, 2010
Alice Maxine McCrary, 92, of 311 West Highway 158, Roanoke Rapids passed away Friday, May 7, 2010 at her home. Mrs. McCrary was born November 4, 1917 in Roanoke Rapids to the late Eddie and Dora Hawkins. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Benjamin E. McCrary; daughter: Nancy M. Burgess; brother: Howard M....
William Jasper Turner
May 7, 2010
William Jasper Turner, 65, of 520 Becker Drive, Roanoke Rapids, died Friday, May 7, 2010, at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mr. Turner was an avid fisherman and loved baseball and gardening. He also dearly loved caring for his mother. He was born March 31, 1945, to the late William Turner and to Maggie Newsome Turner Gentry, who survives. In...
Helen Oliver Vinson
May 1, 2010
Helen Oliver Vinson, 71, of 155 Driftwood Lane, Roanoke Rapids, passed away Saturday, May 1, 2010, at Guardian Care of Roanoke Rapids. Mrs. Vinson was the worlds best mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and a great cook. She was born January 9, 1939, to the late Leonard Oliver and Mildred Parrish Oliver. She was also preceded in death by her husbands:...
Mary Hux Rowland
May 1, 2010
Mary Hux Rowland, 90, formerly of Ohio Street, Roanoke Rapids, died Saturday, May 1, 2010 at Maria Parham Hospital in Henderson. Mrs. Rowland was born December 5, 1919 in Halifax County to the late Dodd and Myra Hux. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband: Willie L. Rowland; Son: Dennis M. Rowland;...
James Willie White Sr
Apr 30, 2010
James Willie White, Sr., 85, of 1226 Georgia Avenue, Roanoke Rapids, passed away Friday, April 30, 2010, at South Village in Rocky Mount, N. C. Mr. White was the oldest member of Harvest Temple Pentecostal Holiness Church. He was born February 28, 1925, to the late Atlas White and Annie Israel White, and was also preceded in death by...
David Aaron Lyles
Apr 28, 2010
Mr. David Aaron Lyles, 75, of 104 Monroe Street, Roanoke Rapids, died Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mr. Lyles was born March 12, 1935, to the late Rupert Lyles and Mattie Vaughan Lyles. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Nancy Brickhouse, a stepson, Earl Parker, Jr., a brother Samuel (S. T.) Lyles,...
Tina Beam Hoover
Apr 23, 2010
Tina Beam Hoover, 42, of 108 Weathers Street, Rolesville, N. C. died Friday, April 23, 2010, at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh She was a loving daughter, sister, mother and grandmother. She is survived by her father, David Beam, Sr. and her mother, Joan Wallace Blanchard and her husband, Tim, of Roanoke Rapids, her ex-husband and father of her...
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