Barbara Dean Killebrew Hedspeth
Dec 7, 2015
Roanoke Rapids- Barbara Dean Killebrew Johnston Hedspeth, 71, died at her home, surrounded by her family, Monday, December 07, 2015. Barbara was born, January 17, 1944, in Halifax County to the late John Killebrew and Annie Askew Killebrew. She was an avid Scrapbooker, loved crocheting and shopping, but most of all, she loved her family and friends more than...
Sadie Shaw King
Dec 6, 2015
Sadie Shaw King, 95 of Sam Powell Dairy Road passed away Sunday, December 6, 2015 at her home. Mrs. King was born February 25, 2015 in Halifax County to the late Joe Shaw and Lula Powell Shaw.She was also preceded in death by her husband: Jessie King; her step-son: Thomas King; her sisters: Iona Rogers and Marjorie Shaw; her...
Edward "Eddie" Earl Nelms
Dec 4, 2015
Edward Eddie Earl Nelms, 51 of Hwy 903, Halifax passed away Friday, December 4, 2015 at Vidant Inpatient Hospice in Greenville. Eddie was born June, 13, 1964 in Halifax County to the late James Oliver Nelms, Sr. and Jean Bailey Nelms. Eddie was a longtime member of Pierces Campground until its closing, Antioch Baptist Church and Ebenezer United Methodist...
John Thomas Anderson
Nov 29, 2015
John Thomas Anderson, 64 of Enfield passed away Sunday, November 29, 2015 at his home. Arrangements are incomplete and being handled by Hockaday Funeral and Cremation Service..
Daphne Evelyn Cobb
Nov 27, 2015
Roanoke Rapids- Daphne Evelyn Cobb, 79, died Friday, November 27, 2015, at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh. Daphne was born in Halifax County, July 8, 1936, to the late Robert Archie Cannon and Nannie Wall Cannon. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and loved her flowers and cooking. She also loved to sit on her front porch in...
Beulah Evelyn Patrick Wood
Nov 25, 2015
Heaven gained a beautiful angel on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 when Beulah Patrick Wood, 90, went to her eternal home. Born February 12, 1925 to Edgar E. and Della Moretz Patrick, she was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Wilbur S. Wood in 1982, a grandson Dave Dickens in 1968, her sister Mary Patrick Shaw and her...
Ann Elizabeth Valdes
Nov 21, 2015
Ann Elizabeth Valdes, 82 of Roanoke Rapids passed away Saturday, November 21, 2015 at her home of natural causes. She was born on February 8, 1933, in Sturgeon Bay, daughter of Arno Henry and Antoinette Winfred DeMers Bahr. Ann graduated as Salutatorian of Sturgeon Bay High School, Class of 1951. She graduated with a B.S. in Sociology from the...
Neida Reeves Jones
Nov 18, 2015
Neida Reeves Jones, 89 of Highway 48, Roanoke Rapids died Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at Hampton Manor in Gaston, NC. She was born in Rock Hill, SC. She was the daughter of the late Edward Reeves and Vessie D. Reeves. She worked for many years at Roses in Roanoke Rapids. She was an avid quilter, member of several quilting...
Audrey Cordon Rose
Nov 14, 2015
Audrey Cordon Rose, 89 of Roanoke Rapids passed away Saturday, November 14, 2015 at Liberty Commons. Mrs. Rose was born December 24, 1925 in Derbyshire, England to the late Bernard Cordon and Norah Burton Cordon.She was also preceded in death by her husbands: Horace Pernell and Norman Shorty Rose; her brother: Anthony Cordon. She was a member of Rosemary...
Barbara Darnell Reed Newsome
Nov 13, 2015
Roanoke Rapids- Barbara D. Reed Newsome, 55, of Roanoke Rapids, died Friday, November 13, 2015 in Halifax Regional Medical Center after a brief battle with cancer. She was a loving person with a big, tender heart and would help anyone she could help. She loved cooking for her family and friends. She was a very special person, never met...
Peggy Brown Barrow
Nov 12, 2015
Peggy Brown Barrow, 78 , or New Hope Street passed away Thursday, November 12, 2015 at Nash General Hospital. Peggy was born June 25, 1937 in Halifax County to the late Charlie Edward Birdsong and Rosa Faison Birdsong. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She loved shopping and going places. Peggy was well known and...
Aw "Buddy" Powell Sr
Nov 11, 2015
A.W. Buddy Powell, Sr., 93, passed away Wednesday, November 11, 2015, at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Buddy was born in Roanoke Rapids, January 20, 1922, to the late A.M. Powell, Sr. and Nina Hawkins Powell. He was long time owner and operator of Powells Garage, Inc. and co-founder of Rheasville Fire Department.He also served on the Halifax County Board...
Lonnie "Tony" Parker
Nov 8, 2015
Lonnie Tony Parker, 71 of Roanoke Rapids passed away Sunday, November 8, 2015 at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Tony was born March 18, 1944 in Johnston County, NC to the late Lonnie Parker and Willie Maxine Strickland Parker.He was also preceded in death by his brother: Clinton Parker; his sister: Shirley Parker Hicks. Tony was a loving husband, father,...
Mary Jane Mclean
Nov 8, 2015
Mary Jane McLean, 82, of Gaston, NC passed away Sunday, November 8, 2015 at Halifax Regional Hospital. Mary was born May 12, 1933 in Hardmans, WV to the late John Edgar Hoffa, Sr. and Ingaba Dorothy Auvil Hoffa.She was also preceded in death by her brother: Maurice Hoffa. She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Mary...
Jeffrey Tyler Hunt
Nov 3, 2015
Darlington- Jeffrey Tyler Hunt, known as Tyler by friends and family, 22, died Tuesday, November 3, 2015. Tyler was born in Halifax County, April 28, 1993, to Jeffery Hunt and Victoria Warren Hunt. He worked in construction with Warrens Construction. Tyler was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Benny Hunt and maternal grandfather, Grover Warren. Surviving are his...
Doris Lee Browning Rose
Nov 2, 2015
Doris Lee Browning Rose was born in January, 1931, to the parents, William Wallace Browning and Thelma Lucas Browning Hawkins. She was raised in Aurelian Springs and grew up on the Farm of her grandmother, Carrie Jenkins. She attended Grade School locally and graduated in 1948 from William R. Davie High School. Doris married the love of her life,...
Major Robert Drew (Ret)
Oct 27, 2015
Robert D. Bass, Jr., 87, passed away Tuesday, Oct 27 at his home in Portland, ME. A native of North Carolina, Bob graduated from Seaboard High School (45) and after high school, he served 3 years in Korea for the US Army. He then attended East Carolina University where he earned a BA in Social Studies with a minor...
Ruth Anne Shorter
Oct 22, 2015
Ruth Anne Keye Shorter of Littleton, NC, formerly of Chesterfield County, VA, entered into the hope for which she had prepared, to see her Savior face to face. She is survived by her loving husband of 38 years, Paul A. Shorter, Sr., her children, R. Benjamin Bishop (Laura), Candy White, and Paul Shorter, Jr. (Clair), her grandchildren, Sydney Gutierrez...
Jean Bailey Nelms
Oct 21, 2015
HALIFAX , 76, of Hwy 903, Halifax, died on Wednesday, October 21, 2015, surrounded by her loving family, at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill. She was predeceased by her loving husband, James Oliver Nelms, Sr.; her parents, Earl and Ellen Bailey; and a brother, Wayne Bailey. Jean was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.She was a strong Christian lady...
Joyce Sadler Ingram
Oct 11, 2015
Joyce Sadler Ingram, 75, of Gaston, passed away Sunday, October 11, 2015 at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Joyce was born May 28, 1940 in Northampton County to the late Charlie Sadler and Pattie John Jordan Sadler.She was also preceded in death by a special friend Robert Bobby Johnson;her sisters:Edith Mae Chambliss and Emma Jane Skipper; her brother Charlie Sadler....
