Etta Mae Patterson Alston
Jun 5, 2013
Etta Mae Patterson Alston, 74 of 3719 Hwy 158, Roanoke Rapids died Wednesday, June 05, 2013 at home. She was born June 19, 1938 in Warren County to the late Elmus Reed Patterson and Annie Sue Robinson Patterson. She was a member of New Hope United Methodist where she sang in the choir. She was a loving and giving...
Tiffany Nicole Faison
Jun 4, 2013
Tiffany Nicole Faison, 19, 157 Keener Dr Lot 9, of Roanoke Rapids, NC, diedTuesdaymorning June 4th, 2013 at her home. Tiffany was born on January 7th, 1994 and raised in Roanoke Rapids. Tiffany, a mother of one, loved everything that had an ability to be loved. If it couldnt be loved she found a way to love it. Her...
Edward "Ed" Dodson Tippett
May 29, 2013
Edward Ed Dodson Tippett, 74 of 308 Sam Powell Dairy Road died Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at Life Care Hospital in Rocky Mount. Mr. Tippett was born January 20, 1939 in Halifax County to the late Julian Edward Tippett and Thelma Robertson Tippett. Mr. Tippett attended Bethlehem Baptist Church and was employed at Sherwin Williams for 35 years, retiring...
Mattie Moore Taylor
May 29, 2013
Mattie Moore Taylor, 88, passed away at her home on Bolling Rd., Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Mrs. Taylor was born March 30, 1925 in Halifax County to the late John Lewis Moore and Ruth Throckmorton Moore. She was a cloth inspector with JP Stevens and also worked at the Welcome Center on Interstate 95. In her spare time, she...
Clarence William Mann Sr
May 27, 2013
Clarence William Mann, Sr., 74, died Monday, May 27, 2013 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville. Mr. Mann was born in Halifax County, VA April 13, 1939, to the late Hudson Mann and Lucy Mann. He loved the outdoors where he spent his time fishing, camping and tending to his garden, from which he gave so many vegetables to...
Robert Wade Johnston Sr
May 24, 2013
Robert Wade Johnston, Sr. 63, of 122 Madison Street died Friday, May 24, 2013 at his home. Mr. Johnston was born October 29, 1949 in Halifax County to the late James Russell Johnston and Nellie Belle Reese Johnston. He was also preceded in death by his brothers: Freddie Johnston, Willie Johnston, George Johnston and Wayne Johnston; his sister: Judy...
Paul Hazelwood Joyner Jr
May 16, 2013
Paul Hazelwood Joyner, Jr., died peacefully Thursday, May 16, 2013. A native of Weldon, he was born June 18, 1929 to the late Paul Hazelwood Joyner and Esther Allsbrook Joyner. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Mary Joyner Maddrey, and a brother, Richard Thurston Joyner. An honorably discharged army veteran of the Korean War, he graduated...
Ophelia Isles Liles
May 8, 2013
Ophelia Isles Liles, 84, of Aurelian Springs died Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh, NC. Mrs. Liles was born June 6, 1928 in Halifax County, NC to the late Robert Isles and Tempie Williams Isles. She was also preceded in death by her husband: Billy Mohorn Liles; her brother: Robert Isles. Mrs. Liles was a...
Ophelia Isles Liles
May 8, 2013
Ophelia Isles Liles, 84, of Aurelian Springs died Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh, NC. Mrs. Liles was born June 6, 1928 in Halifax County, NC to the late Robert Isles and Tempie Williams Isles. She was also preceded in death by her husband: Billy Mohorn Liles; her brother: Robert Isles. Mrs. Liles was a...
Clyde Paul Wheeler
May 7, 2013
On Tuesday, May 7, 2013, God sent an angel to Hampton Manor in Gaston to pick up Clyde Paul Wheeler and take him home. He triumphed over a long and valiant battle with Alzheimers disease. Mr. Wheeler was born February 14, 1929, to the late Robert Burns Wheeler and Pauline Walker Wheeler Bartlett. He graduated from Hillsborough High School...
Edward Lee Bare
May 6, 2013
He was a 1983 graduate of Mt. Carmel High School in Mt. Carmel, IL. He served his country by enlisting in the Navy, serving as an aircraft mechanic on the USS America during the Libyan conflict. Lee married Rose Kolarik of Pennsylvania on December 23, 1986. He owned his own body shop named BareBody Kustomz in Roanoke Rapids. Lee...
Steven Charlie Vick
May 5, 2013
Roanoke Rapids- Steven Charlie Vick, 60, passed away peacefully at his home, May 5, 2013. Mr. Vick was born in Halifax County, February 16, 1953, to the late Lynwood Vick and Helen Vincent Vick. He enjoyed all sports and was an avid Carolina fan. He had several hobbies, but found a love for taking pictures while in the woods...
Albert Eugene "Gene" Pittman
May 3, 2013
Albert Eugene Gene Pittman, 75 of Blue Sky Rd. Halifax, died Friday May 3, 2013 at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mr. Pittman was also known to many as Rip. Gene was born October 29, 1937 in Halifax County to the late John Cephus Pittman and Alice Pittman Fleming. He was a generous, giving, smart man who helped everyone. He...
Joseph Nathan Turner
May 3, 2013
Mr. Joseph Pop Daddy Nathan Turner, 50, of East Ave, Oak City, died Friday, May 03, 2013 at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mr. Turner was born August 9, 1962 to the late Bobby Eugene Turner and Helen Oliver Turner. Mr. Turner was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. He loved fishing, the beach, spending time with his grandkids and...
Rufus "Spear" Dickens
May 2, 2013
Rufus Spear Dickens, 98, of 2382 Piney Grove Church Rd. Littleton died Thursday, May 2, 2013 at his home. Mr. Dickens was born April 16, 1915 to the late William Bill Dickens and Ruth Smith Dickens. Mr. Dickens was a member of Ebenezer United Methodist Church. He owned and operated Dickens Country Store for 39 years. Mr. Dickens worked...
Carole J Sullivan
May 2, 2013
Carole J. Sullivan from Weldon, NC, passed away on May 2, 2013, after a brief illness. Carole J. Sullivan from Weldon, NC, passed away on May 2, 2013, after a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lola and Garner Sullivan; two brothers and a sister, Harold R. Sullivan, Travis Sullivan, and Eleonor Strickland. Carole is...
Donald P Blanton
May 1, 2013
Mr. Donald Payne Blanton, 64, of Macon Price Rd. Garysburg, died Wednesday May 1, 2013 at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mr. Blanton was born September 9, 1948 to the late Robert Blanton, Sr. and Gladys Jordan Blanton. Mr. Blanton worked for many years as a route salesman. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his...
Mary Ellen Adkins Nance
Apr 27, 2013
Littleton- Mary Ellen Adkins Nance, 89, passed away at her residence on Heathsville Rd, Saturday, April 27, 2013. Mrs. Nance was born in Halifax County, January 19, 1924, to the late William David Adkins and Bernice Green Adkins. She was a beloved housewife, as well as, maintained the farms accounts and operations throughout the years. She had a passion...
Cody Wayne Cutler
Apr 25, 2013
Cody Wayne Cutler, 19, of Roanoke Rapids died Thursday, April 25th, 2013. Cody was born March 10, 1994 in Cumberland County, North Carolina. He was a member of the ROTC at Roanoke Rapids High School, a gun enthusiast, and enjoyed four wheelers, motorcycles, spending time with friends, and he loved sports. Cody was preceded in death by his maternal...
Richard Lynn Pulliam
Apr 25, 2013
Roanoke Rapids- Richard Lynn Pulliam, 59, died Thursday April 25, 2013 at UNC Hospital-Chapel Hill. Mr. Pulliam was born in Halifax County, February 13, 1954, to the late William Oscar Pulliam and Nellie Rose Evans Powell. He worked for a number of years with Costal Lumber in Roanoke Rapids. Surviving are three brothers, Jerry Pulliam and wife, April, of...
