Obituaries

Jul 12, 2023

Mark Alan Miles, 58, passed away Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at ECU Health North.

Mark was born October 4, 1964, in Halifax County to the late Raymond Miles and Doris Fisher Miles. He was also preceded in death by his daughter, Valerie “Cricket” Miles.

Mark loved NASCAR, dirt track racing and the Green Bay Packers...

Jul 11, 2023

Amber Sue King, 32, passed away Tuesday, July 11, 2023 in ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville, NC.  Amber was born on January 15, 1991 in Halifax County.  She was preceded in death by her father Linwood Clyde King and her grandmother Lulu Mae King.

Surviving include her mother Tammy Denise Harrelson Whitby (William “Lucky”), children:  Hannah...

Jul 6, 2023

Marvin “Little Jack” Junior Allen, 88, of Gaston, passed away on Thursday, July 6, 2023, in ECU Health Roanoke-Chowan Hospital in Ahoskie.  Mr. Allen was born on July 23, 1934, in Northampton County, the son of the late Rosa Velvet Ferguson and Marvin Vanderbilt Allen.  He was also preceded in death by his wife Peggy Brantley Allen and his...

Jul 3, 2023

Deborah Sue Johner Burdell, 69, of Lake Placid, FL, passed away on Monday, July 3, 2023, in ECU Health North Hospital in Roanoke Rapids, NC.

Mrs. Burdell was born on October 24, 1953, the daughter of the late Delores Flint Johner and Harold Johner.

Surviving include her husband Gary Daniel Burdell; her sisters:  Delcie Palmer...

Jul 1, 2023

Myrtle Dean Lewis Hale, 74, of Rocky Mount, passed away on July 1, 2023.  Mrs. Hale was born on August 2, 1948, the daughter of the late Issac M. Lewis and Annie Pearl Smith Lewis.  She was also preceded in death by her brothers:  Bobby Lewis and Mike Lewis.

Dean is survived by her children:  Andy Hale...

Jun 30, 2023

Rochella Haskins Hux, 83, of Roanoke Rapids, passed away on Friday June 30, 2023, at her home.

Mrs. Hux was born June 12, 1940, in Edgecombe County to the late Ovid James Haskins and Lila Blanche Keeter Haskins.  She is also preceded in death by her brothers William, Al, and Donald Ray Haskins; her sister Sally H....

Jun 26, 2023

Vickie Rae Jenkins Todd, 72, of Roanoke Rapids passed away Monday, June 26, 2023, at her home.

Vickie was born in Halifax County to Troy Lee Jenkins, Sr. and Ernestine Constance Jordan Jenkins. She was preceded in death by her father and her brother, Robert Jenkins.

Vickie is survived by her mother, Ernestine “Teenie” Jenkins;...

Jun 24, 2023

Danny Lee Carter, 74, of Roanoke Rapids, passed away on Saturday, June 24, 2023, at his home.

Mr. Carter was born on May 10, 1949, in Halifax County, the son of the late Minnie Ruth Pearson and Zollie William Carter.

Mr. Carter enjoyed woodworking, fishing, wildlife, birds, the ocean, boats, and generally anything outdoors.  Danny...

Jun 23, 2023

Spurgeon “Leon” Wheeler, 73, of Gaston, passed away Friday, June 23, 2023, in Liberty Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.

Mr. Wheeler was born on December 18, 1949, in Roanoke Rapids; the son of the late Illma Britton and Jessie Paul Wheeler.   He was also preceded in death by his three sisters:  Paula Dickerson, Ruby Amos, and Muriel...

Jun 22, 2023

Travis Scott Horne, 41, of Roanoke Rapids, NC, passed away on Thursday, June 22, 2023, in Hock Family Pavilion, Duke Hospice Inpatient Facility.  Mr. Horne was born on April 18, 1982, in Nash County.

Surviving include his mother Toni Moore Dickens (Rodney); his father Joseph Bartley Horne, Jr. (Grace); his daughter Abbigail “Abby” Rae-Lynn Horne; his brothers:  ...

Jun 21, 2023

Arthur Andrew Sellers, Jr., 64, of Littleton, NC, died at his home Wednesday, June 21, following a brief yet brave battle with cancer.

Art was born February 4, 1959, to Elsie Sullivan and Arthur Andrew Sellers, Sr. of Selma, NC. He later graduated from Smithfield-Selma Highschool, attended Chowan College in Murfreesboro, NC, and subsequently graduated with the...

Jun 20, 2023

Paul Nelson Underwood, 88, of Littleton, NC, passed away on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in his home.  Mr. Underwood was born in Mecklenburg County, the son of the late Hazel Brooks and Paul Underwood.  He was also preceded in death by his sister Joan Fowler and his brother David Underwood.

Mr. Underwood, an entrepreneur by heart, did...

Jun 17, 2023

Beverly Gray Thompson, 69, of Littleton, passes away on Saturday, June 17, 2023, in her home.

Mrs. Thompson was born on February 4, 1954, in Durham County, the daughter of the late Frances Barnes and William E. Thompson.  She is also preceded in death by her stepdaughter Paula Lynn Cannon.

Surviving include her fiancé Chuck...

Jun 16, 2023

Becky Lynn Boone Evans, 61, passed away Friday, June 16, 2023, at her home.

Becky was born October 9, 1961, in Halifax County to the late Harold Thomas Boone, Sr. and Barbara Jean Smith Ellis.

Becky is survived by her son Brandon Lee Evans; her brother Harold Thomas “HT” Boone, Jr.; her sisters Betty Jean...

Jun 15, 2023

Tracy Annette Norton, 43, of Haw River, NC passed away June 15, 2023 at SECU Jim & Betsy UNC Hospice Home in Pittsboro, NC.

Tracy was born May 8, 1980 in Halifax County to Susan Hooker Norton and the late Charles O. Norton.

Tracy is survived by her Mother Susan; her companion Justin Medlin of...

Jun 14, 2023

Hallie “Butch” Graham Ross, Jr., 75, passed away Wednesday, June 14, 2023, at Signature Health Care of Roanoke Rapids.

Butch was born June 7, 1948 in Halifax County to the late Hallie Graham Ross, Sr. and Ada Louise Moss.

Butch is survived by his son Kevin Ross of Gainesville, GA; his sisters Glynn Barbour, Ella...

Jun 3, 2023

Virginia “Jenny Sue” Sue Liles King, 72, passed away Saturday, June 3, 2023, at her home.

Jenny Sue was born September 11, 1950, in Halifax County to the late Willie Leon “Pop” Liles and Undine Isles Liles. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Wendy King; her sister, Linda Pittard; her brother-in-law, Johnny Etheridge; her...

May 30, 2023

Clifton Ray “Cliff” Daniel, 84, of Roanoke Rapids, passed away on May 30, 2023, at his home surrounded by family.

Cliff was born on September 18, 1938, on the Daniel family farm in Enfield, North Carolina to the late Clyde Ray Daniel and Lucy Carter Daniel.  He was also preceded in death by his sister Clara “Celia”...

May 26, 2023

Kathryn “Kat” Kincaid Price, 97, of Weldon, passed away on Friday, May 26, 2023 in her home.

Mrs. Price was born in Lenoir, NC, the daughter of the late Lois Rainey Kincaid and Clarence Kincaid.  She was the widow of the late Forrest Price, Jr.

Mrs. Price worked in retail at Kittner’s in Weldon for...

May 25, 2023

Stephanie Danielle Cannon Williams, 35, of Littleton passed away Thursday, May 25, 2023.

Stephanie was born August 6, 1987 in Nash County to Charles W. Cannon, Sr. and Judy Adkins Nance Cannon. She is preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Morris and Mary Adkins Nance; paternal grandparents, Joecephus Cannon and Edith Cannon Mason.

She...