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....
Wayne A Lister
Oct 6, 2015
Wayne A. Lister, who would have been 100 years old on October 9th, left to be with his sweet wife, Louise, on October 6, 2015. He was born in Hugo, Colorado and moved to California in the early 40s where he married Hazel Reddington, and they had two daughters, Bobbye (Jim) Hill and Wendy Platt. In 1945 and 1946,...
Nita Mae Spence
Oct 3, 2015
Colonial Heights- Nita Mae Spence, 83, died Saturday, October 3, 2015 at her residence in Colonial Heights. Nita was born December 10, 1931 in Northampton County to the late Wayland Bass and Lena Matthews Bass. In addition to her parents, Nita was preceded in death by her husband, Pete Spence; brothers, David and Herman Bass; sister, Lily Mae Paul...
Joseph Bernard Harris
Sep 26, 2015
Joseph Bernard Harris, 77, died Saturday, September 26, 2015, at Duke University Hospital. Joseph was born in Halifax County, December 18, 1937, to the late Jesse B. Harris and Jewel Harris. In addition to his parents, Joseph was preceded in death by his daughter, Janie Echerd. Surviving is his wife, Glenda Jean Harris, of the home; two sons, Joseph...
Dorothy Ferguson Nelms
Sep 24, 2015
Enfield- Dorothy Ferguson Nelms, 85, died at her home on Wayman Church Rd. Thursday, September 24, 2015. Mrs. Nelms was born in Halifax County, July 23, 1930, to the late Roland W. Ferguson and Ida Carpenter Ferguson. She was an extraordinary woman who opened here home and cared for over 200 hundred children. They were infants straight from the...
Barbara Hedgepeth Hux
Sep 22, 2015
Barbara Hedgepeth Hux, 81, of Aurelian Springs Road, Littleton passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville. Barbara was born November 9, 1933 in Northampton County to the late Harvey Franklin Hedgepeth and Sarah Parker Hedgepeth .She was also preceded in death by her husband: Howard Warren Hux; and a special friend: William Guy Keeter....
Curtis Lynn Cook
Sep 10, 2015
Curtis Lynn Cookie Monster Cook, 68, of Gardner Drive, Gaston passed away Thursday, September 10, 2015. Lynn was born October 7, 1946 in Northampton County, NC to the late Curtis Lee Cook and Florentine Tina Moore Cook.Lynn was also preceded in death by his brothers: Walter Lee Billy Cook and Lawrence Drexel Happy Cook. Lynn was survived by three...
Martha Hall Bradshaw
Sep 8, 2015
Martha Hall Bradshaw, 93, of White Stone, VA., formerly of Roanoke Rapids, died September 8, 2015, surrounded by her family. She was born in Meredithville, VA, the youngest of fifteen children born to Tom and Ola Giles Hall. She was preceded in death in 2005 by her husband of sixty three years, Arthur Lee Bradshaw. Martha was an active...
Barbara Ann Vaughan
Sep 2, 2015
Roanoke Rapids- Barbara Ann Vaughan, 67, died Wednesday, September 2, 2015, at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Barbara was born June 3, 1948, in Richmond, VA to the late William Edward Parsley, Sr. and Doris Turner Parsley. She was a loving sister, mother, and grandmother. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Dennis Vaughan;...
Jacqueline "Jackie" May Shaw
Aug 31, 2015
Roanoke Rapids- Jacqueline Jackie May Shaw, 76, died Monday, August 31, 2015, at her home on Stack Powell Rd. Jackie was born October 30, 1938, in Albany, Georgia to the late Plyler H. May and Emma Lou Frazier. She loved watching T.V., especially horror movies and going to Walmart. She dearly loved her son and grandchildren. In addition to...
Margie Gregory Starke
Aug 30, 2015
Margie Gregory Starke, 76, of 1308 American Legion Road passed away Sunday, August 30, 2015 at her home. Margie was born March 11, 1939 in Halifax County to the late William Gregory and Virginia Brown Gregory.She was also preceded in death by her husband: Thomas Ray Starke; her sisters: Ellen Harris and Pat Etheridge; her brother: Otis Gregory. Margie...
Charles Sanford Morrison
Aug 27, 2015
Charles Sanford Morrison, 90 of Roanoke Rapids passed away Thursday, August 27, 2015 at home. The family will receive friends at their home. Arrangements are being handled by Hockaday Funeral and Cremation Service.
Erma Birdsong Pearson
Aug 27, 2015
Emporia- Erma Birdsong Pearson, 86, died Thursday, August 27, 2015, at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Pearson was born October 27, 1928 in Northampton County to the late William Birdsong and Addie Mae Birdsong. She was a lifelong member at Ebenezer United Methodist Church where she was a member of the United Methodist Women. She retired from Halifax Regional...
