Phillip Gordon Allen
Jan 5, 2014
Phillip Gordon Allen, 56, of Roanoke Rapids, died Sunday, January 5, 2014 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville. Mr. Allen was born June 17, 1957 in Halifax County to the late John David Allen and Erline Gums Allen. Mr. Allen was a loving father, grandfather, and brother. His son and grandchildren were the center of his life. He loved...
Helen Tritt Lassiter
Jan 5, 2014
Helen Tritt Lassiter, 86, of Roanoke Rapids, died Sunday, January 5, 2014 at Liberty Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Weldon. Mrs. Lassiter was born September 5, 1927 in Halifax County to the late Urise R. and Kate Bain Tritt. Mrs. Lassiter was employed by J. C. Penney Company for 29 years and, after retiring, stayed active walking with...
Emma Sexton
Jan 4, 2014
Gaston- Emma Sexton, 83, of Gaston, NC, passed away peacefully in her home after losing her battle with cancer and is now reunited with her husband, Billy Ray Sexton. Mrs. Sexton was from Germany. She is survived by her six children, Raymond Sexton, Jamie Sexton, Kathy Piletowski, Debbie Goldman, Brenda Sexton and Cindy Sexton. She is also survived by...
Lacy W Byrum
Jan 2, 2014
Garysburg- Lacy Ward Byrum, 77, died at his residence January 2, 2014. Mr. Byrum was born in Bertie County to the late Ruben Byrum and Nettie Seuiss. He worked with the Patterson Mill for 38 years. He loved his family and the outdoors, especially fishing. Surviving is his wife of 34 years, Kathy Starke Byrum, of the home; one...
Mary "Lois" Hockaday Reynolds
Dec 31, 2013
Mary Lois Hockaday Reynolds, 89, of Roanoke Rapids passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at Rex Rehab and Nursing Care Center in Apex, NC. Lois was born in Roanoke Rapids, NC on November 29, 1924, the daughter of Samuel Wilcox Hockaday and Ethel Waters Hockaday. She graduated from Roanoke Rapids High School in 1942 and married Bobby Reynolds in...
Billy Bridges
Dec 26, 2013
Billy Bridges, 79 of Hedgepeth Road, Halifax died Thursday, December 26, 2013 at his home. Mr. Bridges was born November 9, 1934 in Damascus, Georgia to the late George H. Bridges and Lucy McNair Bridges. He was also preceded in death by three brothers: J.R. Bridges, David L. Bridges and George H. Bridges. He attended Darlington Baptist Church and...
John Odis Acrey Jr
Dec 24, 2013
Mr. John Odis Acrey, Jr., 68, of Roanoke Rapids died Tuesday, December 24, 2013. Mr. Acrey was born November 14, 1945 in Halifax County to the late John Odis Acrey, Sr. and Dot Medlin Acrey Rowbottom. Mr. Acrey served in the Army National Guard, and was a supervisor with Pepsi Cola. He also worked a number of years with...
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...
