Jane Hargrave Smith
Jan 8, 2012
Jane Hargrave Smith, age 58, died Sunday, January 8, 2012 after a valiant battle with cancer. Jane was a lifelong educator, retiring after 29 years of service to middle schoolers in the Roanoke Rapids City Schools. She was an alumna of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an avid Tar Heel fan. Jane was predeceased by...
Peggy Jane Dickens
Jan 7, 2012
Peggy Jane Dickens, 68, died Saturday, January 7, 2012 in Halifax Regional Medical Center. Peggy was born in Halifax County October 13, 1943 to the late Ned Jones Dickens and Mable Cullom Dickens. She was the owner and operator of M&M Grill in Littleton. She was a friendly woman that acted as though she never had met a stranger....
Mabel Banty Godsey
Jan 3, 2012
Mabel Banty Godsey, 63, died Tuesday, January 3, 2012 in Community Memorial Health Center, South Hill, Va. Mabel was born in Halifax County, NC September 15, 1948 to the late Jesse Claude Banty and Gertrude Lottie Johnson Banty. She worked as a caregiver and was an avid bingo player and loved racing. Preceding her in deathare threebrothers, Thomas Banty,...
Jimmie David "Jd" Wall
Dec 24, 2011
Petty Officer First Class Jimmie David J. D. Wall, U. S. Navy Retired, died Saturday, December 24, 2011, at University Health Systems Inpatient Hospice in Greenville. He retired from the U. S. Navy after 20 years and worked for 20 years at Sears and Owen Electric as a service technician. He was past commander of General Matt Ransom Camp...
Edwin Robert Schuelke
Dec 22, 2011
Edwin Robert Schuelke, 80, died Thursday, December 22, 2011 in Halifax Regional Medical Center.
Carolyn Rae Mitchell
Dec 20, 2011
Carolyn Pittman Mitchell passed away Tuesday December 20, 2011 at her home in Raleigh NC. She was born January 23, 1944 in Whitakers NC, and was a long time resident of Gaston, NC. She was proceeded in death by her husband William Bump Mitchell, her father and mother Frank and Mary Pittman, and three sisters; Ms. Nettie Pittman, Mrs....
Chance Gage Boney
Dec 18, 2011
Roanoke Rapids Chance Gage Boney, died Sunday, December 18, 2011 at Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC. Chance was born in Halifax County, December 14, 2011 to Jennifer Nicole Suggs and Thomas Wayne Boney. Chance was also survived by his maternal grandmother: Margaret Horrell of Roanoke Rapids; maternal grandfather: Donald Suggs of Roanoke Rapids; Paternal grandparents: Howard and Virginia...
Selma Garris Wright
Dec 15, 2011
Selma Garris Wright, 84 passed away Thursday, December 15, 2011 at Guardian Care in Roanoke Rapids. Mrs. Wright was born July 5, 1927 to the late Howard Arthur Garris and Polly Owens Garris in Halifax County and was a lifelong resident of Roanoke Rapids. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband: Simon...
John Robert "Bobby" Garner Sr
Dec 11, 2011
Littleton,North Carolina John Robert Bobby Garner, Sr. died Sunday, December 11, 2011, at Hampton Manor in Gaston, North Carolina. Mr. Garner was an Army veteran and volunteer for the Coast Guard Emergency Services.He owned and operated Bobbys Barber Shop for 42 years. He is survived by his wife, Melinda Cooke Garner; his sons: Randy Scott Garner, Sr. of Fremont,...
Emma Ruth Bryant Johnson
Dec 10, 2011
Roanoke Rapids- Emma Ruth Bryant Johnson, 88, died Saturday, December 10, 2011 in Williamson, GA. Mrs. Johnson was born in Halifax County, February 7, 1923, to the late Rensy Dow Bryant and Ethel Ingrim Bryant. Ms. Emma was in the first graduating class at William R. Davie School in 1941. She retired from restaurant management. She was preceded in...
Lillian Faye "Pittard" Brinkley
Dec 9, 2011
Littleton- Lillian Faye Pittard Harris Brinkley, 97, died Friday, December 9, 2011 at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Brinkley was born January 20, 1914 in Halifax County to the late Eckley Blair Harris and Sue Pulley Harris. She was a homemaker and member of Weavers Chapel United Methodist Church. She loved her family and was a wonderful mother, grandmother,...
Cynthia Lee Polston Ott
Dec 8, 2011
Cynthia Lee Polston Ott, 58, of 1208 Crew Street died Thursday, December 8, 2011 at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Cindy loved her family and was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter and sister. She loved to read, East Carolina football and dearly loved the beach. The children at Belmont Elementary School were dear to her heart and she also...
Jesse Whitfield "Blackie" Ferguson
Dec 1, 2011
Jesse Whitfield Ferguson, 88, of Roanoke Rapids, died at The Hospice Home in Burlington on Monday, the 28th day of November, 2011. He was the husband of Margie Hawkins Ferguson for more than 68 years. He was the son of Roland and Ida Carpenter Ferguson who preceded him in death. He will be remembered by many people for his...
Elizabeth "Betty" Davis Spruill
Nov 29, 2011
Elizabeth Betty Davis Lawson Spruill, 87, of 408 Starke Drive, Roanoke Rapids, died Tuesday, November 29, 2011, at Life Care Hospital in Rocky Mount. Mrs. Spruill was a member of New Life Church of Christ, Widows Sons Lodge, and OES Order of Eastern Star. She volunteered at Lakeland where she was known as The Popcorn Queen. Betty volunteered with...
Joseph Thomas Moore Sr
Nov 22, 2011
ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C Joseph Joe Jody Thomas Moore, Sr. , 94, of 123 Western Drive, Roanoke Rapids, died Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mr. Moore retired from the United States Navy after 22 years in 1967, and from Fulflex in Scotland Neck after 17 years. He was a member of the Roanoke Rapids Church...
James Michael "Jim" Turner
Nov 19, 2011
James Michael Jim Turner, 44, of Gaston, NC and formerly of Roanoke Rapids and Emporia, VA, went to his eternal rest on Saturday, November 19, 2011, after a twelve year valiant battle with brain cancer. Jim, also fondly known as Jimbo, was preceded in death by his father, Michael W. Mike Turner, of Emporia, VA. Jim accepted Christ as...
Selma G Johnson Wilson
Nov 13, 2011
Selma Genette Johnson Wilson, 101, passed away peacefully in Carolina Rest Home, November 13, 2011. Miss Selma, as she was affectionately called, was the second oldest of seventeen children born to Mark Johnson and Carrie Smith Johnson on March 21, 1910 in Tillery, NC. After moving to Maryland as a teenager, while in her twenties and early thirties, she...
Evy Cartwright Cahoon
Nov 10, 2011
Evy Cartwright Cahoon, 91, died Thursday, November 10, 2011, at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Cahoon was born July 3, 1920 in Hyde County, NC to the late Wallace Cartwright and Fannie Mae Bishop Cartwright. She was a long time waitress at Howard Johnsons. Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Leslie Hayes Cahoon...
Theodore Irving Gearhart
Nov 9, 2011
Theodore Irving Gearhart, 80, of Roanoke Rapids, passed away on Wednesday, November 9, 2011, at Guardian Care in Roanoke Rapids. He was born July 21, 1931 in Hemphill, WVa. and was raised by hisGrandmother in Ironto, VA. He was one of three brothers that grew up living a hard mountain life in the Appalachians of Virginia. It was there...
Naomi Walker Baird
Nov 2, 2011
Naomi Walker Baird, 96, died Wednesday, November 2, 2011, at her home. Mrs. Baird was born May 14, 1915, to the late Leonard Walker and Lena Jane Jenkins Walker. Also preceding her in death were her husband, Robert Lloyd Baird; a son, David R. Baird; sisters: Verla Carter and Betty Rue Pittman; brothers: Edward Walker and Willie Floyd Walker....
