Travis Wayne Hooker
Dec 22, 2013
Travis Wayne Hooker, 26, of Roanoke Rapids, died Sunday, December 22, 2013. Travis was born April 18, 1987 to Kimberly Parrish and the late James Edward Hooker, Jr. Travis loved to work on motorcycles, dirt bikes, scooters, and could fix anything. Travis was an all-around good person who would help anyone, and would give you the shirt off his...
Michael Carter Murphy
Dec 21, 2013
Michael Carter Murphy, 37, died Saturday, December 21, 2013 at Duke Regional Hospital in Durham. Michael was born in Columbia, SC, February 25, 1976, to Jesse Carter Murphy and Brenda Griffin Murphy. Michael was a dispatch manager for AAA of the Carolinas, and an on air personality with WZRU in Roanoke Rapids. He was also an avid Tarheel fan....
Willie Joseph Harlow
Dec 17, 2013
Willie Joseph Harlow, 53 of Robinson Drive, Roanoke died Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at Kindred Hospital in Greensboro. Mr. Harlow was born May 9, 1960 in Halifax County to the late Genie Harlow, Sr. and Lois Joyner Harlow. He was also preceded in death by two sisters: Cassie Arthur and Teresa Harlow. He attended Liberty Pentecostal Holiness Church. He...
Marjorie Shaw Shaw
Dec 17, 2013
Marjorie Shaw Shaw, 85 of Sam Powell Dairy Road died Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Shaw was born August 8, 1928 in Halifax County to the late Joe Shaw and LuLa Powell Shaw. She was also preceded in death by her husband: Arthur Shaw; her sister: Iona Rogers; her brothers: Woodrow, Jessie and Johnnie Shaw; her...
Leroy Graham Barlowe
Dec 10, 2013
Roanoke Rapids- LeRoy Graham Barlowe, 87, of Roanoke Rapids died Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville. Mr. Barlowe was born May 10, 1926 in Halifax County to the late Jay H. and Lucy Rittenberry Barlow. Mr. Barlowe served his country in the United States Marine Corps as a Sgt. with the 4th Marine Air Wing...
Mabel Jant Butts Harrell
Dec 8, 2013
Mabel Janet Butts (Coker) Harrell, 86, died Sunday, December 8, 2013 at Halifax Regional Medical Center in Roanoke Rapids. Mrs. Harrell was born October 15, 1927 in Selma, NC to the late Joseph McNeil Butts and Bessie Maybelle Green Butts. Mrs. Harrell accepted Christ as Savior in 1939 and baptized at the age of12 at First Baptist Church in...
Thomas "Tommie" Earl Smith Sr
Dec 2, 2013
Thomas Tommie Earl Smith, Sr., 82, of Littleton died Monday, December 02, 2013 at his home. Mr. Smith was born June 27, 1931 in Halifax County to the late Ernest W. and Mattie Hudson Smith. Mr. Smith was the owner and operator of his fathers business E.W. Smith Inc. and Smith Marina. Mr. Smith later retired from the North...
Aubrey Martin Barkley Sr
Dec 1, 2013
Roanoke Rapids- Aubrey Martin Barkley, Sr., 69, died Sunday, December 01, 2013 at Vidant Health Center in Greenville, NC. Mr. Barkley was born in Halifax County February 2, 1944 to the late William Lacy Barkley and Lucy Mae Keeter Barkley. He was a member of Maranatha Baptist Church and loved his church family and the Lord. He was a...
Vernard Eugene "Doc" Jones
Nov 29, 2013
Roanoke Rapids- Vernard Eugene Doc Beanie Jones, 79, died, Friday, November 29, 2013, in Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mr. Jones was born in Halifax County, March 26, 1934, to the late William Walter Jones and Mary Pfeffer Jones. He was a retired combat medic and Vietnam veteran with the United States Army. Mr. Jones was also a lifelong member...
Elton Vaughan Gillikin Jr
Nov 23, 2013
Elton Vaughan Gillikin, Jr., 55 of Raleigh Street died Saturday, November 23, 2013 at VCU Health System in Richmond, VA. Mr. Gillikin was born November 3, 1958 in Virginia Beach, VA to the late Elton Vaughan Gillikin, Sr. and Dorothy Tew Gillikin. Mr. Gillikin attended First Christian Church. He loved cooking and telling tall tales, he was a wonderful...
Rosa Sadler Blanton
Nov 18, 2013
Mrs. Rosa Sadler Blanton, 88, went to be the Lord and her loved ones, Monday, November 18, 2013 in the Roanoke Rapids Health & Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Blanton was born in Halifax County, March 27, 1925, to the late Thomas Manson Sadler, Sr. and Clara Birdsong Sadler. She was a long time member of the Church of God on...
Dan "Danny" Albert Faison
Nov 15, 2013
Roanoke Rapids- Dan Danny Albert Faison, 66, died Friday, November 15, 2013 in Vidant Inpatient Hospice in Greenville, NC. Mr. Faison was born in Halifax County, November 29, 1946, to the late Allison Gordon Faison and Edith Newsome Faison. He worked in the construction business as a pipe fitter. Surviving is his sister, Linda Allen of Roanoke Rapids; brother,...
Margaret Louise Craddock Knox
Nov 9, 2013
Margaret Louise Hurst Craddock Knox, 82, of Gaston died Saturday, November 09, 2013 at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Knox was born February 11, 1931 in Halifax County to the late Earley Elbert and Leathy Arwood Hurst. Mrs. Knox was a member of Harvest Temple Pentecostal Holiness Church. She was a longtime nurses assistant, she loved talking, singing, and...
Kenneth "Kenny" Steven Bailey
Nov 8, 2013
Kenneth Kenny Steven Bailey, 50, departed this earthly life to be in the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ who forgave him and Blessed him in the early morning of November 8, 2013 at Vidant Hospice Center in Greenville. Kenny is no longer burdened by the troubles of his life. Kenny was born December 2, 1962 in Paterson, New...
Pearl Lawrence Schaaf
Nov 6, 2013
Halifax, NC Pearl Lawrence Schaaf, 89, of Halifax died Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at Our Community Hospital in Scotland Neck. Mrs. Schaaf was born October 13, 1924 in Windsor, NC to the late Frank and Blanche Leicester Lawrence. Mrs. Schaaf worked as a public health nurse for the Halifax County Health Department for 25 years. She retired as a...
Bessie Hawkins Shaw
Nov 5, 2013
Bessie Hawkins Shaw, 81 of 5450 Highway 48, died Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at Roanoke Rapids Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Shaw was born May 2, 1932 in Halifax County to the late Jimmy Davis Hawkins and Carrie Daisy Hawkins. She was also preceded in death by her husband: Jessie Davis Shaw; three sisters: Clyde Hawkins, Nellie Byerly, Maebelle...
Cecil Calvin "Bullitt" Baird
Nov 3, 2013
Cecil Calvin Bullitt Baird, 77, died Sunday, November 3, 2013 at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mr. Baird was born October 14, 1936 in Halifax County to the late Robert Lloyd Baird and Naomi Walker Baird. He was a long time truck driver, driving for several companies including, the United States Postal Service, Blackie Pierce , Pine State, Trinity and...
Lillie Mae Collier Ivey
Nov 1, 2013
Lillie Mae Collier Ivey, 90 of Highway 158, Roanoke Rapids died Friday, November 1, 2013 at Liberty Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Ivey was born August 12, 1923 in Littleton, NC to the late James Wesley Collier and Fannie Crawley Collier. She was a graduate of Littleton High School Class of 1941. She was a member of New...
Robert Payne Floyd
Oct 27, 2013
Roanoke Rapids- Robert Payne Floyd, 75, died Sunday, October 27, 2013 at Magnolia Gardens in Warrenton. Mr. Floyd was born February 13, 1938 in Halifax County to the late E.M. and Volinia C. Floyd. Mr. Floyd worked for J.P. Stevens and later Bibb Company. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his daughter, Wanda Beckie...
Madeline H King
Oct 22, 2013
Madeline H. King, 78 of Brink Road, Emporia, VA was called home Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at Greensville Manor Nursing Home. Mrs. King was born May 4, 1935 in Greensville County, Virginia to the late Rufus Hobbs and Mabel Williams Hobbs. She is survived by her son: Glen Bradley and his wife Jean; her daughter: Margie Daniels; her granddaughter:...
