Ann Arthur Harris
Aug 5, 2013
Ann Arthur Harris, 81 of Roanoke Rapids died Monday, August 5, 2013 at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Harris was born August 14, 1931 in Greene County, North Carolina to the late Joseph Arthur and Lydie Turnage Arthur. She was also preceded in death by her sister: Doris Arthur; her brother: Joe Harper Arthur. She was a member of...
Ronald Lee Hollowell
Jul 27, 2013
Roanoke Rapids- Ronald Lee Hollowell, 72, died Saturday, July 27, 2013, at Roanoke Rapids Health Care & Rehabilitation Center. He was a dispatcher for Dominion North Carolina Power for over 29 years. He served his country in the U. S. Army and was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was born December 4, 1940, to the...
Jody Jolly
Jul 26, 2013
Roanoke Rapids- Roanoke Rapids resident Joseph Jody Heber Jolly Jr., 64, died July 26, 2013, at Halifax Regional Hospital in Roanoke Rapids, NC. A visitation will be held at Hockaday Funeral & Cremation Service in Roanoke Rapids, NC, at5:00pm to 7:00pmonSunday July 28, 2013. A celebration of his life will be presided over by the Rev. Tommy Sweely at...
Mae Sledge Kennedy
Jul 22, 2013
Mrs. Mae Sledge Kennedy, 87, of Roanoke Ave. died Monday, July 22nd, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Kennedy was born March 27, 1926 in Northampton County to the late Sidney and Eunice Barkley Sledge. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Kennedy was preceded in death by three brothers Edward, Lawrence, and Wilson Sledge and a granddaughter Christy Parks. Mrs....
Garrett Nelson Brooks
Jul 21, 2013
Garrett Nelson Brooks died Sunday, July 21, 2013. He was born in Richmond, VA and moved to Roanoke Rapids with his family in 1990. Mr. Brooks was preceded in death by his mother: Donna Nelson Brooks. Mr. Brooks is survived by his wife: Sarah Crawley Brooks; his daughter: Caitlyn Joy Brooks both of Rice, VA; his father: Bryant R....
Kenneth Lee Hopkins
Jul 20, 2013
Kenneth Lee Hopkins, 50, of James Court, Roanoke Rapids died Saturday, July 20, 2013. Graveside services will be held 11:00 A.M. Friday, July 26, 2013 at Cedarwood Cemetery.
Linda Miller
Jul 16, 2013
Linda Miller, 61 of Lake Gaston, Littleton, NC died Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Linda was a hairdresser at Marias Hairstyling, Michaels Hair Studio on Lake Gaston and later worked at Studio One in Roanoke Rapids, NC. She faithfully attended Marantha Baptist Church She is survived by her brother: Roger Flemings and wife Beverly...
Blanche Lillian Garner Boseman
Jul 9, 2013
Blanche Lillian Garner Boseman, a Halifax County native and the wife of the late Leon G. Boseman, died July 9, 2013 at Chesapeake General Hospital in Chesapeake, Virginia. Mrs. Boseman was born May 13, 1913 in Halifax County, daughter of the late Ashley Garner and Kate Medlin Garner. She was a lifetime member of Quankie Baptist Church in Rheasville....
Michael "Mike" L Ellis
Jul 3, 2013
Roanoke Rapids- Michael Mike L. Ellis, 64, died July 3, 2013 at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mike was born in Halifax County September 18, 1948, to Leroy Ellis and Virginia Pepper Ellis. He retired from Sprint Telephone in 2002 and was one of the founding members of The Stray Cats Car Club. One of his passions was working on,...
Elizabeth B Poythress
Jul 2, 2013
Roanoke Rapids- Elizabeth Banty Poythress, 77, died Tuesday July 2, 2013 at Carolina Rest Home. Mrs. Poythress was born November 17, 1935 in Halifax County to the late Jesse and Gertrude Johnson Banty. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Lee Poythress; brothers, Freeman, Thomas, and Rudolph Banty, and a sister Mable...
Douglas Arthur Lyles
Jul 1, 2013
Douglas Arthur Lyles, 58, of Roanoke Rapids, died Monday, July 1, 2013 at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mr. Lyles was born December 2, 1954 to Elizabeth Lyles and the late Maynard Lyles. Douglas attended Victory Baptist Church with a cherished Uncle, Walter Watts and his wife Betty. Douglas is survived by one son Adam Raper of Sanford, NC; and...
James Donald Pittard
Jun 30, 2013
James Donald Pittard, 75, of Southern Shores, died Sunday, June 30, 2013 at his home surrounded by his family after a courageous battle with cancer. Mr. Pittard was born December 20, 1937 in Halifax County, NC to the late James Ambrose and Elsie Hux Pittard. He was a graduate of Aurelian Springs High School, Newport News Shipbuilding Apprentice School,...
Hazel Evelyn Shaw Ferguson
Jun 29, 2013
Hazel Evelyn Shaw Ferguson, 77 of 204 Beechwood Drive died Saturday, June 29, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Ferguson was born in Halifax County December 17, 1935 to the late Willie Jesse Shaw and Nellie Mae Carlisle Shaw. She was also preceded in death by her husband: Billy Emmanuel Ferguson; her sister: Francis Yvonne Lambert; her brother: David Claude...
Sharan Kay Clements Rose
Jun 28, 2013
Roanoke Rapids- Sharan Kay Clements Rose, 50, passed away at her home on Bush Ct. Friday, June 28, 2013. Mrs. Rose was born August 10, 1962 in Halifax County, NC to the late Carter Neal Clements and Agnes Lucille Davis Clements. She worked at Halifax Regional Medical Center in the Information Systems Department for over 20 years. She fought...
Cameron Douglas Newsome
Jun 28, 2013
Dinwiddie, VA- Cameron Douglas Newsome, infant son of Rodney Douglas Newsome and Joyce Ann Spence Newsome of Dinwiddie, VA, died Friday June 28, 2013 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Preceding Cameron in death is his paternal grandfather, Douglas E. Newsome. In addition to his parents, Cameron is survived by his big brother, Richard E. Spence of the home; maternal...
Edward Lee Cain
Jun 22, 2013
Edward Lee Cain , 66, died Saturday, June 22, 2013, at his home. He was a U. S. Army veteran having served in Vietnam. He was born February 17, 1947, to the late Willis James and Maybell Thompson Cain, and was also preceded in death by his brothers: Willie Gray Collins, Sydney Ray Collins, and John Collins, Jr., and...
James "Brodie" Hoccutt Ferrell
Jun 21, 2013
James Hoccutt Brodie Ferrell, 93 of 615 East 10th Street died Friday, June 21, 2013 at Enfield Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Ferrell was born August 13, 1919 in Johnston County to the late James Albert Ferrell and Mollie Williams Ferrell. He was a veteran of World War II serving in the US Army. Mr. Ferrell owned and...
Tina Marie Clary Roberts
Jun 20, 2013
Tina Marie Clary Roberts, 54, passed away Thursday, June 20, 2013 at Nash General Hospital. Ms. Roberts was born in Virginia Beach, VA July 28, 1958 to the late Harvey Ray Clary and Margaret LaVerne Long Clary. She was a Senior Lab Technician for PCS Mining Co. for 20 years. Surviving are her mother, Margaret LaVerne Long Clary of...
Ethelene "Kitty" Turner Butler
Jun 17, 2013
Ethelene Kitty Butler, 80, of 968 Wait Ave, Wake Forest, NC died Monday, June 17, 2013 at Hillside Nursing Center. She was born August 26, 1932 in Northampton County, to the late Bernice and Sallie Turner. She was a loving mother and grandmother. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Harvey Lee Butler...
Lucille Stansbury Aycock
Jun 9, 2013
Lucille Stansbury Aycock, 73, died June 9, 2013 at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Aycock was born June 28, 1939 in Halifax County to the late Ras Stansbury and Maude Carter Stansbury. She was a very independent woman and workd at Outdoor World, which had a special place in her heart, for over twenty years. She was a loving...
