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...
Brenda Carol Butts
Apr 13, 2013
Brenda Carol Butts 55, of Community Home Park died Saturday, April 13, 2013 at NC Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill, NC. Mrs. Butts was born May 21, 1957 in Gallup, New Mexico to the late James Lester Jones, Sr. and Eula Litha Capps. She was also preceded in death by her niece Wanda Keener and her beloved dog Fredo....
Billy H Mayo
Apr 12, 2013
Littleton- Loving husband, father, and grandfather, Billy H. Mayo, 75, of Littleton passed away, April 12, 2013, at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mr. Mayo was born January 16, 1938 in Whitakers, NC to the late Arthur Garland Mayo and Lola Grace Lamm Mayo. He attended public school in Whitakers, NC where he graduated in 1956 with honors. He attended...
Billy H Mayo
Apr 12, 2013
Littleton- Loving husband, father, and grandfather, Billy H. Mayo, 75, of Littleton passed away, April 12, 2013, at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mr. Mayo was born January 16, 1938 in Whitakers, NC to the late Arthur Garland Mayo and Lola Grace Lamm Mayo. He attended public school in Whitakers, NC where he graduated in 1956 with honors. He attended...
Portia Faye Hux Shaw
Apr 10, 2013
Portia Faye Hux Shaw, 67, of Harris St. died Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Shaw was born August 21, 1945 in Halifax County to the late Haywood James Hux and Frances Gertrude Gurganus Hux.She was also preceded in death by infant brother: Steve Hux; her brothers: James Alton Hux and his wife Mary Elizabeth...
Mary Sasser Finch
Apr 9, 2013
Mrs. Mary Sasser Finch passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2013, in Lynchburg, VA. She was born August 24, 1924 in Roanoke Rapids to the late Albert and Lizzie Sasser. In addition to her parents; she was preceded in death by her husband Marshall, her brother Johnnie Sasser, and his wife, Jane Sasser. Left to cherish her memories are her...
Charles Collins Etheridge
Apr 9, 2013
Charles Collins Etheridge, 83, died Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at Liberty Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Weldon. Mr. Etheridge was born in Halifax County, December 26, 1929, to the late Claude Victor Etheridge and Willie Jordan Etheridge. He was in the United States Army and served his country during the Korean Conflict. In addition to his parents, Mr....
David Eugene Nowell
Apr 4, 2013
David Eugene Nowell, 56, passed away peacefully, Thursday, April 04, 2013 at UNC Hospitals, in Chapel Hill. Mr. Nowell was born in Halifax County, June 1, 1956 to the late Thomas Eugene Nowell and Lala Jolly Nowell. He was a master carpenter by trade, loved old westerns and was an avid Minnesota Vikings fan. Mr. Nowell dearly loved his...
Bessie Davis Hardy
Apr 4, 2013
Stuart, VA- Bessie Mae Davis Hardy, 89, of Stuart, Va. and formerly of Roanoke Rapids, died Thursday, April 4, 2013 at Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. Mrs. Hardy was born May 30, 1923 in McDowell County, NC to the late Clyde and Ruby Parker Davis. Mrs. Hardy loved her flowers, her garden, going to church and going on...
Jeff Allen Patton
Mar 30, 2013
Roanoke Rapids- Jeff Allen Patton, 49, died Saturday, March 30, 2013 at his home on E. Chaloner Dr. Mr. Patton was born October 6, 1963 in Hibbing, MN to Steve Patton and Peggy Gard Doust. After serving his country in the United States Air Force, he later became a Corrections Officer in the North Carolina Prison System. He loved...
Tommy Ray Wrenn
Mar 25, 2013
Tommy Ray Wrenn, died Monday, March 25, 2013 at Kindred Healthcare in Roanoke Rapids. Mr. Wrenn was born March 27,1948 in Halifax County to Hattie Norwood Wrenn and the late James Parker Wrenn. He was a member of Anioch Baptist Church. He loved the outdoors and hunting. He also loved his job as a Supervisor with the North Carolina...
Dewey Ellsworth Waters
Mar 20, 2013
Dewey Ellsworth Waters, 86 of Ashland Avenue, died Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at Carolina Rest Home. Mr. Waters was born in January 15, 1927 in Beauford County, NC to the late Richard Dewey Waters and Lou Morris Waters. He was also preceded in death by his wife: Lucille Pearson Waters; his sister: Peggy Peele. Mr. Waters graduated William R....
Jacob Darius Tonge
Mar 19, 2013
Jacob Darius Tonge, 81, of Roanoke Rapids died Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and being handled by Hockaday Funeral & Cremation Service
Lillian Bolden Crew
Mar 15, 2013
Lillian Bolden Crew, 96, of Frog Level Drive, Roanoke Rapids died Friday, March 15, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Crew was born March 6, 1917 in Carroll County, Georgia to the late Lee Bolden and Jewel Shockley Bolden. She was also preceded in death by her husband: Arthur Guy Crew and four sisters. She was a seamstress at Carolina...
