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...
Veronica Wynne Spillane
Apr 19, 2010
Veronica Wynne Spillane, 40, of 110 N. Bay Street in Gaston, died Monday, April 19, 2010, at Halifax Regional Medical Center. She was a longtime member of Lakeview Park Baptist Church, a loving mother, beautiful daughter, and was really looking forward to being a grandmother. She was preceded in death by her father, Thurman Wynne, and her grandmothers, Maggie...
Linda Robertson Burris
Apr 15, 2010
Linda Robertson Burris, 52, of 38 Victory Lane, Roanoke Rapids, died Thursday, April 15, 2010, at her home. She was a very special mother, daughter, and sister, who was very loving, caring and giving. She loved her dog, Harley, a Pekinese, and she loved flowers. She was born May 13, 1957, to the late Dan Shelton Robertson and Retha...
Michael Lee Newsome
Apr 11, 2010
Michael Lee Newsome, 59, of Highway 48, Roanoke Rapids, died Sunday, April 11, 2010 at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mr. Newsome was born November 12, 1950, to Albert Howard Newsome, deceased, and Fannie Jean Jenkins Newsome Reynolds. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his daughter, Nicole Newsome, his brothers, Wayne Newsome and wife Alice all of...
Lettie Mae Price Wood
Mar 29, 2010
Lettie Mae Price Wood, 93, of 305 E. 14th Street, died Monday, March 29, 2010, at Guardian Care of Roanoke Rapids. Mrs. Wood was born September 23, 1916, to the late Monroe Price and Daisy Mae Ezzell Price. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Alton Ray Price. She is survived by her husband, William Herman Wood;...
Wade Junior Toler
Mar 28, 2010
Wade J. Toler, 76 of Youngsville died Sunday March 28, 2010. Wade was an extremely talented Memorial Designer with Toler Monuments in Wise, NC. He was predeceased by his wife, Betty Dixon Toler and granddaughter, Jennifer Newell. Survivors include: daughter, Kathy Toler of California; sons, Gary Toler (Luna), and Tony Toler (Gail), both of Wake Forest; stepdaughters, Nancy Crabtree...
Michael Wayne Davis
Mar 28, 2010
Michael Wayne Davis, 47, of 85 Mobley Street, Roanoke Rapids, died Sunday, March 28, 2010. Mr. Davis was a kind hearted person who would help anybody. He was preceded in death by his father, Johnnie Lee Davis and his stepfather, F. C. Butler. He is survived by his wife, Terri Davis, of Littleton, his mother, Elaine Smith of Randolph,...
Monte Gene Pittman
Mar 27, 2010
Oxford, NC Monte Gene Pittman, 59 of 6206 Hebron Road, Oxford died Saturday, March 27, 2010 at Duke Medical Center in Durham. Mr. Pittman was born December 4, 1950 in Halifax County to the late William Edward Pittman and Viola Draper Pittman. He was an electrician and a talented musician, who played many instruments, with several area bands. He...
Johnnie Barzelliar 'Jb' Hux
Mar 25, 2010
Johnnie Barzelliar J. B. Hux, 82, of 63 Beaconsdale Lane, Newport News, Virginia, died Thursday, March 25, 2010, at his home. Mr. Hux was born August 2, 1927, to the late Sterling A. and Bertha Clare Warren Hux, and was also preceded in death by his wife, Middie Ann Underhill Hux; sisters: Alice Louise Hux and Betty Lou Moseley,...
