Mark Elias Mountford
May 1, 2012
Weldon- Mark Elias Mountford, 45, died Tuesday, May 1, 2012 in Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mark was born June 13, 1966 in Nash County to Frank Mountford and Mary Elias Mountford. Surviving are his parents, Frank Mountford and Mary Elias Mountford of Weldon; one son, Dustin Mountford of Roanoke Rapids, and one brother, Michael Moutford of Roanoke Rapids. Also...
Billy Wright "Sam" Jones
Apr 25, 2012
Billy Wright Sam Jones, 74, of Highway 48, died Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount. Mr. Jones was born January 26, 1938 in Northampton County, NC to the late Benjamin Thomas Jones and Pearlie Davis Jones. He was also preceded in death by his daughter; Robin Jones Bell: brothers; Shernon Jones, L.C. Jones, Carl...
Wordest Ray Felts
Apr 14, 2012
Greensboro- Wordest Ray Felts, of Greensboro and formerly of Roanoke Rapids, passed away peacefully on April 14, 2012, with his wife of 62 years by his side. He was a loving husband, father; grandfather and great-grandfather. Wordest was born on May 27, 1930, in Roanoke Rapids. He graduated from Roanoke Rapids High School in 1949 and married his high...
Marie Elizabeth Lovell Hunt
Apr 8, 2012
Marie Elizabeth Lovell Hunt, 87, of Roanoke Rapids, passed away on April 8, 2012 at Halifax Regional Medical Center. She was born on May 18, 1924 to Rufus and Mildred (Bowen) Lovell in Fernandina , FL. Marie Elizabeth was a homemaker and former member of Weldon Baptist Church. She was a charter member of Good News Baptist Church where...
Patrocinia Guillemir Wood
Apr 4, 2012
Patrocinia Guillemir Wood, 74, of Roanoke Rapids, went to be with her Lord on April 4, 2012, at Enfield Oaks Nursing Home. She was born on April 27, 1937, to the late Ciriaco and Anastacia Guillemir, in Palompon, Leyte, Philippines. She is survived by her husband of 51 years, Luther E. Wood, and by three sisters: Enriqueta, Dominga and...
Norman Clark Williams
Apr 2, 2012
Roanoke Rapids- Norman Clark Williams, 86, died at his residence on Jefferson St., Monday, April 2, 2012. Norman was born in Halifax County, April 9, 1925, to the late Charles D. Williams, Sr. and Lucille Collins Williams. He was a member of Rosemary United Methodist Church, member of the Jaycees and sold insurance for many years for Peoples Security...
Berry Arnold Price
Apr 1, 2012
Berry Arnold Price, 78, of Manassas, Virginia died Sunday, April 1, 2012 at Prince William Hospital. Mr. Price was born on July 10, 1933 at Enfield, NC the son of the late Berry and Maggie Cooke Price. He was the owner of P & M Machining in Herndon, Virginia and was a US Air Force veteran. He is survived...
Alton Phillip Brewer
Mar 28, 2012
Alton Phillip Brewer, 74, of Roanoke Rapids, died Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh. Mr. Brewer was a United States Navy veteran, and a member of Community Center Baptist Church in Halifax.He was a 45-year member of the Roanoke Valley Rescue Squad, a former member of the Gaston Volunteer Fire Department and a lifelong member...
Edgar Jackson "Ej" Wall Sr
Mar 24, 2012
Roanoke Rapids- Edgar Jackson EJ Wall, Sr., 88, died Saturday, March 24, 2012 in Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mr. Wall was born in Johnston County, August 30, 1923, to the late Edgar William Chester Wall and Leacy Hamilton Wall. He was a life long member of New Hope United Methodist Church and served with the United States Army in...
Daniel Guy Newcomb
Mar 17, 2012
Daniel Guy Newcomb, 33, of Lenoir Circle, Norfolk, VA, formerly of Roanoke Rapids, died Saturday, March 17, 2012, in Norfolk, Virginia. Mr. Newcomb was born October 8, 1978 in Lee County, North Carolina and attended Halifax Academy for four years and graduated from Manteo High School. He loved fishing, surfing, the Outer Banks, and was a very good angler...
Llewella Decking Kelly
Mar 14, 2012
Llewella Decking Kelly, age 82 of 1361 Carolina Rest Home Road, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, passed away March 10 at her beloved Carolina Rest Home after four months of illness. At the time of her passing, she was surrounded by her family, friends, and staff. She was born in Colerain, North Carolina to Rev. Loy Pierce and Annie Lyon...
Elizabeth Ann "Monk" Clary
Mar 11, 2012
Roanoke Rapids- Elizabeth Ann Monk Clary, 54, died Sunday, March 11, 2012 in Halifax Regional Medical Center. Elizabeth was born in Halifax County, August 19, 1957 to the late Lawrence Clary and Alma Hansley Clary. She loved her church, Liberty Pentecostal Holiness Church, where she loved to read the bible and befriend all who attended. She loved her old...
Martha Jane Flora Smith
Mar 10, 2012
Martha Jane Flora Smith, 90, died Saturday, March 10, 2012. Mrs. Smith was born March 22, 1921, to the late Lonnie Mark Flora and Lee Ora Jordan Flora. Preceding her in death were her husband of 50 years, Mack Ray Smith, her brothers, Edgar Flora and Luke Flora and one sister, Mattie Ruth Dot Keeter.She and her late husband...
Jay Charles Mckay
Mar 9, 2012
Jay Charles McKay, 51, died Friday, March 9, 2012 at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Jay was born November 9, 1960 in Quakertown, PA to the late Jules McKay and Vida Davidson McKay, who survives. He was a cable installer for a TV cable company. Surviving are his mother, Vida Davidson McKay; three sons, Jason Fullam, Jacob McKay, and Kevin...
Ruth King Pulliam
Mar 5, 2012
Ruth King Pulliam died on March 5, 2012 at The Oaks at Mayview in Raleigh, NC. She was born September 22, 1923. Ruth was preceded in death by her husband, Hollis G. Pulliam, her father and mother, Charles Oakley King and Carrie Glasgow King; a brother, Charlie Earl King, and a sister, Florence King Hasty. She was a long...
Willis Cleveland "Bill" Ricks Jr
Mar 3, 2012
Roanoke Rapids- Willis Cleveland Bill Ricks, Jr., 56, of Sam Powell Dairy Road, died Saturday, March 3, 2012, at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mr. Ricks was born September 21, 1955, to the late Willis Cleveland Ricks, Sr. and Margaret Frances McClung Ricks. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Ruthie Ricks Warren, and niece, Laurie Warren Capel....
Bernice Allen Johnson
Feb 25, 2012
Bernice Allen Johnson, 95, formerly of 593 Zoo Road South died Saturday, February 25, 2012 at Magnolia Gardens in Warrenton. Mrs. Johnson was born March 18, 1916 in Halifax County to the late Charles Henry Allen and Lougenia Powell Allen. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husbands; David William Conwell and Samuel...
Joseph Bennett Glasgow
Feb 22, 2012
Joseph Bennett Glasgow, 74, departed this earthly life on February 22, 2012 at the Cardiac ICU in Chapel Hill. Born in Weldon on June 15, 1937 to Santa Jackson and Catherine Warren Glasgow he was a 1955 graduate of Weldon High School and served 4 years in the US Army. He worked as an electrician at VEPCO for 23...
Thomas Eugene Hildebrand
Feb 19, 2012
Littleton- Thomas Eugene Hildebrand, 68, died Sunday, February 19, 2012 in Halifax Regional Medical Center, Roanoke Rapids, NC. Thomas was born in southern York County, PA, July 11, 1943, to the late Robert Elwood Hildebrand and Hattie Mae Grimm Hildebrand. He attended Susquehannock High School and graduated in 1961. In 1963 he entered the United States Air Force and...
Ida Keeter Jones
Feb 17, 2012
Roanoke Rapids- Ida Keeter Jones, 86, passed away peacefully at her home on Carolina St. Friday, February 17, 2012. Ida was born in Halifax County May 28, 1925 to the late Claude Keeter and Fannie Brock Keeter. She attended East Tenth Street Church of Christ when her health permitted and was a homemaker and matriarch of the family. She...
