Ann Britt Taylor
Oct 25, 2012
Mrs. Ann Britt Taylor, 61, passed way Thursday Oct. 25 2012. She died peacefully in sleep at home after fighting cancer for over a year. She is survived by her husband, William, and her sons Britt and Michael Taylor. A private service with friends and family is to be held on Saturday Oct. 27. Memorial contributions may be made...
Dewey Mack Taylor Sr
Oct 13, 2012
Dewey Mack Taylor, Sr., 80 of 600 Jefferson Street, Roanoke Rapids died Saturday, October 13, 2012 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville. Mr. Taylor was born July 28, 1932 in Bladen County, North Carolina to the late Burry Taylor and Cora Pait Taylor. He was also preceded in death by his sister; Evelyn Taylor: his brothers; Dempsey Taylor, C.J....
Michael Carlton France
Oct 11, 2012
Roanoke Rapids- Mr. Michael Carlton France of Roanoke Rapids died Thursday, October 11, 2012 at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh, NC. Michael was born November 24, 1948 in Halifax County to the late Parmer Carlton France and Dorothy Brown France. Michael served in the US Army from 1968 to 1971 and was a member of New Life Christian Church....
Johnathan Henry Grundlock
Sep 29, 2012
Johnathan Henry Grundlock, 20, died September 29, 2012 in Halifax Regional Medical Center. Johnathan was born February 19, 1992 to Thomas R. Carter, III and Angelique Grundlock Carter in Halifax County. He loved westerns and the University of North Carolina Tarheels. Preceding in death is his aunt, Michelle Carter; grandfather, Tommy Carter, and great grandfather, Richard Clements Surviving is...
Victoria "Vicki" Liles Lancaster
Sep 8, 2012
Aurelian Springs- Ruby Victoria (Vicki) Liles Lancaster, 69, died Saturday, September 08, 2012 at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Vicki was born September 17, 1942 in Halifax County to the late John Robin Liles, Jr. and Ruby Tharrington Liles. She attended East Carolina University. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a member of Tabor United Methodist...
Maggie Newsome Gentry
Sep 7, 2012
Maggie Newsome Gentry, 86 of Roanoke Rapids died Friday, September 07, 2012 at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Gentry was born May 15, 1926 in Northampton County, North Carolina to the late Charlie Massey and Annette Newsome. Mrs. Gentry was of the Baptist Faith. She loved her grandchildren and great grandchildren and gardening. She is survived by three sons:...
Claude Arnold Lucy
Sep 3, 2012
ROANOKE RAPIDS Claude Arnold Lucy, 79, of Willow Street, died Monday, September 3, 2012, at Liberty Commons in Weldon. Mr. Lucy was a deliveryman for Wonder Bread for many years. He also served in the United States Army, and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. He loved golfing, fishing, and his good ole dog, Colby. He was born...
Venson Lee Tharrington
Sep 1, 2012
Venson Lee Tharrington, 86 of Roanoke Rapids died Saturday, September 1, 2012 at Durham VA Medical Center in Durham. Mr. Tharrington was born March 7, 1926 in Nash County to the late Melvin Tharrington and Geneva Breedlove Tharrington. He was also preceded in death by his three sons: Melvin, Jimmy and Danny Tharrington; and his brothers and sisters. Mr....
Patsy Lee Odom Agoglia
Sep 1, 2012
Patsy Lee Odom Agoglia, 58, died Saturday, September 1, 2012 in Halifax Regional Medical Center. Patsy was born in Nash County, NC, January 7, 1954 to Vernon Ray Odom and Iona Smith Odom Bundy. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and dearly loved her family. Patsy loved working in the Roanoke Rapids Graded School District; she never met...
George Henry Willis Sr
Aug 22, 2012
Gaston- George Henry Willis, Sr., 70, died in Halifax Regional Medical Center, Wednesday, August 22, 2012. George was born in Buncombe County, NC to the late Ralph Fredrick Willis and Leona Payne Willis. He retired as a Master Chief Hospital Corpsman from the United States Navy after 30 years of service, 16 years of that was attached with the...
Thomas Allan "Tommy" Steadman
Aug 20, 2012
Roanoke Rapids- Thomas Allan Tommy Steadman, 79, passed away peacefully at his home, August 20, 2012. Tommy was born May 31, 1933 in Lake City, South Carolina to the late Murray Steadman and Mabel Steadman. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Thomas Steadman, Jr.; sister, Delores Beauford, and his brother Robert Steadman....
James Howard "Jamie" Merritt
Aug 18, 2012
Wilmington- James Howard Jamie Merritt, 40, died unexpectedly in Wilmington on Saturday, August 18, 2012. He was reared in Roanoke Rapids and attended Roanoke Rapids High School. He was employed by Michaels Pressure Washing, Inc. of Wilmington, NC. He was the only child of Howard and JoAnn Merritt who survive. Jamie is also survived by two daughters: Ashley and...
John Wesley Edwards
Aug 18, 2012
John Wesley Edwards, 76 of Richmond, Virginia peacefully ended his two-year struggle with cancer at home in Henrico, North Carolina early Saturday morning, August 18, 2012 next to his wife of 38 years, Peggy Davis Edwards. The third of five children born to Thomas Marvin and Maude Seal Edwards, John was born in 1936 in Richmond, Virginia. He entered...
Erline Morgan Floyd
Aug 17, 2012
Erline Morgan Floyd, of 409 Thomas Street, Roanoke Rapids, died Friday, August 17, 2012, after a brief battle with cancer. She was the daughter of the late Reuben and Ola Morgan and was preceded in death by her husband, R. T. Floyd. Erline is survived by her sister, Odell Ellington; her children, Roland (Chuck) Floyd and his wife, Nancy,...
Grover Lillian Hardee
Aug 15, 2012
Grover Lillian Hardee, 77, of 12157 Justice Branch Road, died Wednesday, August 15, 2012, at Liberty Commons in Weldon. She was born on July 24, 1935, to the late Grover Wood Hardee and Katie Lillian Joyner Hardee and also preceding her in death was a sister: Emily Elizabeth Elder and a brother, Horace Bud Hardee. She is survived by...
Gladys Vinson Wall
Aug 8, 2012
Gladys Vinson Wall, 91 of Creekside Court, died Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at her home. Gladys was born May 28, 1921 in Suffolk, VA to the late John Q. Adams Vinson and Bertha Mae Barnes Vinson. She was also preceded in death by her husband: Pete Wall; brothers: Elijah and Luther Vinson; sisters: Judy Nadine Tuck and Martha L....
Clara Ann Hastie
Aug 7, 2012
Littleton Clara Ann Hastie, 74 of Spruce Court died Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at her home. Mrs. Hastie was born November 26, 1937 in Hudson County, New Jersey to the late William Frank Richards and Dorothy Canary Richards. She was also preceded in death by her husband: John Hastie; sister: Dorothy Traynor. She was a loving and devoted wife,...
Ronnie L White
Aug 2, 2012
Roanoke Rapids- Ronnie L. White, 65, died Thursday, August 02, 2012 at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Ronnie was born in Halifax County January 30, 1947 to Lloyd Lee Red White and Mable Dunston White. Before his illness, he was a heavy equipment operator in the construction business and loved the outdoors where he enjoyed hunting and fishing. Ronnie was...
Timothy Wayne "Bubba" Newton Jr
Aug 1, 2012
Timothy Wayne Bubba Newton, Jr., 24 of Hinson Street, Roanoke Rapids died Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC. Mr. Newton was born May 15, 1988 in Wake County, North Carolina to the late Timothy Wayne Newton, Sr. and Dale Moore Newton Carter. In addition to his father he was preceded in death by his...
Alton B Capps Sr
Jul 25, 2012
Roanoke Rapids- Alton B. Capps, Sr., 89, died Wednesday, July 25, 2012 in Guardian Care Nursing Home (Kindred Care) in Roanoke Rapids. Mr. Capps was born in Johnston County, October 25, 1922, to the late John Ashley Capps and Nora Strickland Capps. He was a United States Navy Veteran serving during World War II in the South Pacific. After...
