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...
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...
