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...
Hollis G Pulliam
Oct 30, 2010
Hollis G. Pulliam died Saturday, October 30, 2010 at Halifax Regional Medical Center. He was born on April 9, 1927 in Hillsborough, North Carolina. He was proceeded in death by his father and mother, Henry Richard Pulliam and Mamie Gertrude Pulliam; two sisters, Margie Eason, and Dahlia Moore; two brothers , William Oscar Pulliam and Henry Preston Pulliam; all...
Ruby Vincent Weiss
Oct 20, 2010
Ruby Vincent Weiss, 94, of Roanoke Rapids, died Wednesday, October 20, 2010, at Carolina Rest Home. Mrs. Weiss was born September 28, 1916, to the late Percy Clarence Vincent and Jennie Mae Carter Vincent. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Cole Weiss, her step-father, William W. Eason, and her sisters: Annie Freuler, Mary Moore, Dorothy Bland...
John Joseph Benenati
Oct 19, 2010
John Joseph Benenati, 82, died Saturday, Oct. 19, 2010. He was a Vietnam War and U.S. Air Force veteran. John was a 30-year retiree who enlisted in 1948 in Norwich, N.Y., as a private first class and retired in 1978 as a chief master sergeant working with the Pentagon and the Department of Defense as an intelligence officer. After...
William "Wiley" W Reaves
Oct 7, 2010
William Wiley W. Reaves, 94, of 115 Clearfield Drive, Roanoke Rapids, died Thursday, October 7, 2010, at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mr. Reaves was a lifetime member of First Christian Church where he held various offices in the church including elder, church treasurer, choir member, and Berean Class secretary. He retired from Champion International Paper Company in 1979, and...
Elizabeth Brewer Moss
Oct 3, 2010
Elizabeth Brewer Moss, 79, died Sunday, October 3, 2010, at Liberty Commons, in Weldon. Mrs. Moss was a member of Park Baptist Church which she dearly loved and she loved going to her church. She loved sewing, knitting, crocheting and all kinds of crafts. She was born October 23, 1930, to the late Grady Brewer and Martha Murphy Brewer,...
Suzanne Michelle Pauley Farmer
Sep 24, 2010
Suzanne Michelle Pauley Farmer of Jackson, North Carolina passed away unexpectedly on the morning of September 24, 2010. Born January 9, 1956, she was the daughter of Linda Ellen Ballew Pauley and the late James Gordon Pauley. She was a 1974 graduate of Kellam High School in Virginia Beach, VA. and was employed by West Corporation in Rocky Mount,...
Jeanette Thorne
Sep 23, 2010
Jeannette Thorne, 71, of 412 Elm Street, Weldon, died Thursday, September 23, 2010 at her home. Mrs. Thorne was a beautician for 25 years at Hazels and was also a seamstress supervisor for 25 years at New Carolina Industry. She was a caretaker and nurturer and loved all animals. She and her husband, David, owned and operated a Budget...
Ronnie Garland Taylor
Sep 22, 2010
Ronnie Garland Taylor, 68, of 241 Hunting Ridge Road, Roanoke Rapids, died Wednesday, September 22, 2010, at his home. Mr. Taylor attended Weldon Baptist Church and was a Master of the Royal White Hart Lodge #2. He was born August 3, 1942, to the late Garland Taylor and Christine Taylor Stephenson, who survives. Also preceding him in death was...
John Gerald Tripp
Sep 21, 2010
John Gerald Tripp, 45, of 304 Bush Court, Roanoke Rapids, died at Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, Tuesday, September 21, 2010. He was born October 7, 1964, to the late George Tripp and Linda Lee Tripp, who survives. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Randy Ray Tripp. Besides his mother, he is survived by a daughter,...
Frances Louise Tharrington Crawley
Sep 21, 2010
Frances Louise Tharrington Crawley, 84, died peacefully in her home in Aurelian Springs on Tuesday, September 21, 2010. Frances was born April 14, 1926 to the late Herbert Tharrington and Victoria Journigan Tharrington. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her daughters, Linda Ann Crawley, Faye Marie Crawley and Julia Junie Louise Crawley. In addition...
Dorothy Victoria Miller Gray
Sep 16, 2010
Dorothy Victoria Miller Gray, 82, of West Harbor Dr., Littleton, died at her residence Thursday, September 16, 2010. Mrs. Gray was born in Halifax County November 30, 1927 to the late Zack Reddick Miller and Rosa Victoria Williams Miller. She was acharter and lifetime member at the Roanoke Rapids Church of God. In addition to her parents, Mrs.Gray is...
Tammy L Wood
Sep 13, 2010
Tammy Lynn Wood, 42,left this worldto be with herLord and Savior,Jesus Christ, Monday, September 13, 2010. Tammy was born July 24, 1968 in Halifax County to the late Jimmy Everette Wood, Sr. and Edna Burkette Wood. She was a loving mother, grandmother, friend and caregiver. In addition to her parents, Tammy was predeceased by her paternal grandfather, James H....
Brenda Hamilton
Sep 9, 2010
Brenda Sue Hamilton, 55, died at her residence on Airport Rd. Thursday, September 9, 2010. Ms. Hamilton was born in Greensville County, VA on February 1, 1955 to the late Fransom Tomlinson and Bernice Moss Tomlinson. She is survived by her special friend, Danny Sullivan of the home; two sons, Scotty Hamilton and John Hamilton both of Roanoke Rapids;...
Edward Lee Thomas Jr
Sep 5, 2010
Edward Lee Thomas, Jr., 71, of Roanoke Rapids, died Sunday, September 5, 2010, at Guardian Care in Roanoke Rapids. He was born February 20, 1939, to the late Edward Lee Thomas, Sr. and Ethel Harris Thomas. Mr. Thomas served in the United States Army as a paratrooper. Mr. Thomas is survived by his longtime friend and companion, Loretta Johnson;...
