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Charlie Charles Allgood, Sr
Sep 15, 2014
Charlie Calvin Allgood, Sr., age 73, a resident of 128 Beech Cove, died Monday, September 15, 2014 at his home.Born in Granville County on June 10, 1941, he was the son of the late Lucious Allgood and Gracie Renn Allgood.He was a retired mechanic from Ball Incom. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 pm in the J. M....
Wayne Arnold Lancaster
Sep 13, 2014
Wayne A. Lancaster HENDERSON- Wayne Arnold Lancaster, age 66, a resident of 1150 Gun Club Road, died Saturday, September 13, 2014 in Cabarrus County.Born in Vance County on October 26, 1947 he was the son of the late Edward C. Lancaster and Helen Foster Lancaster of Raleigh.He was a decorated Veteran of the U.S. Army having served in Vietnam.Mr. Lancaster...
Laura King Smith
Sep 12, 2014
Laura Ellis King Smith, age 70, a resident of 880 Coble Blvd., died Friday, September 12, 2014, at her home.Born in Warren County on May 6, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence Jackson"L.J." King and Annie Leigh Puckett King. Laura was retired from Joel T. Cheatham, Inc. where she worked for more than 40 years. A memorial...
William Robert Buhrmester
Sep 8, 2014
William Robert Buhrmester, age 74, a resident of 209 Twelve Oaks Lane, died Monday, September 08, 2014.Born on January 29, 1940 in St. Louis MO, he was the son of the late Alta Eden Buhrmester and Clinton Buhrmester and was the widower of Bonnie Rose Edwards Buhrmester. Mr. Buhrmester was retired from the US Army serving during the Vietnam era...
Anthony Eugene Gupton
Sep 3, 2014
HENDERSON-Anthony Eugene "Tony" Gupton, age 50, a resident of 229 W. Young Avenue, died Wednesday, September 3, 2014, at Maria Parham Medical Center after a brief illness.Born on December 7, 1963 in Vance County, he was the son of Linwood Eugene "Gene" Gupton and Betsy Pegram Gupton of Henderson.He was employed as a service technician at Time Warner Cable where...
Rachel Royster Poythress
Sep 1, 2014
HENDERSON- Rachel Royster Poythress, age 78, a resident of 1513 Peace Street, died Monday, September 1, 2014, at Maria Parham Medical Center.Born on July 16, 1936 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Graham H. Royster and Ruth Jackson Royster. Rachel was retired from W. H. Phillips & Co. and was a member of West End Baptist...
Grace Edwards Hershman
Aug 31, 2014
HENDERSON-Grace Edwards Hershman, age 97, a resident of 1031 Bearpond Road, died Sunday, August 31, 2014, in a local nursing home.Born on November 19, 1916 in Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Clyde Edwards and Lillian Bledsoe Edwards, and was the widow of Oliver Wendell Hershman.Mrs. Hershman was a homemaker and a member of Gillburg United Methodist...
Carolyn Bell Sumners
Aug 26, 2014
HENDERSON-Carolyn Bell Sumners, age 78, a resident of Chestnut Street, died Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at Community Memorial Hospital in South Hill, Virginia. Born in Vance County on August 13, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Carroll Bell, Sr. and Myrtle Grissom Bell.She was a retired Director of the Vance County Senior Center. Funeral services will be...
Carolyn Bell Sumners
Aug 26, 2014
HENDERSON-Carolyn Bell Sumners, age 78, a resident of Chestnut Street, died Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at Community Memorial Hospital in South Hill, Virginia. Born in Vance County on August 13, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Carroll Bell, Sr. and Myrtle Grissom Bell.She was a retired Director of the Vance County Senior Center. Funeral services will be...
Carolyn Bell Sumners
Aug 26, 2014
HENDERSON-Carolyn Bell Sumners, age 78, a resident of Chestnut Street, died Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at Community Memorial Hospital in South Hill, Virginia. Born in Vance County on August 13, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Carroll Bell, Sr. and Myrtle Grissom Bell.She was a retired Director of the Vance County Senior Center. Funeral services will be...
Vernon Bobby Lockemy
Aug 25, 2014
HENDERSON- Vernon Bobby Lockemy, age 78, a resident of 1607 Bane Ave., died Monday, August 25, 2014 at his home.Born in Vance County onSeptember 29, 1935 he was the son of the late Offie Lockemy and Mattie Liles Lockemy.Mr. Lockemy was a veteran of the United States Army and was a retired foreman with Burkart Inc. Funeral services will be...
Joseph Bryant Tharrington
Aug 24, 2014
Joseph Bryant Tharrington, age 70, a resident of 430 Tharrington Lane died Sunday, August 24, 2014 at Duke University Medial Center.Born on September 10, 1943 in Franklin County, he was the son of the late Grady Spencer Tharrington and Molly Harris Tharrington.He was a retired lieutenant with the Henderson Fire Department and an employee of J.M. White Funeral Home where...
Thomas Truman Travis
Aug 13, 2014
Thomas Truman Travis, Sr., age 69, a resident of 819 Orange St., died Wednesday August 13, 2014 at his home. Born June 17, 1945 in Vance Co.,he was the son of the late Walton Preston Travis and Vandora Weaver Travis. He was a retired mechanic at Travis Auto Parts. Memorial services will be held Monday at 2 pm at the...
James Joseph Thomas
Aug 9, 2014
OXFORD-James Joseph Thomas, age 71, a resident of 1740Burnside Road, died Saturday, August 9, 2014, at Maria Parham Medical Center.Born in Yancey County on March 10, 1943, he was the son of the late Jeter James Thomas and June Gouge Thomas. James was a retired Supervisor for S. T. Wooten.After retiring, he started Thomas and Sons Concrete, Inc. where he...
Michael Ray Ligon
Aug 8, 2014
HENDERSON-Michel Ray Ligon, age 64, a resident of 411 S. Lynnbank Road, died Friday, August 8, 2014, at his home.Born on January 31, 1950 in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was the son of the late Detmar Ligon and Irma Lee Gregory Ligon Montgomery.Michael was a Veteran of the US Army serving three tours of duty in Vietnam.He was a former employee...
Wade Horton
Jul 27, 2014
Russell Wade Horton, age 57, a resident of 1746 NC Hwy 39 South, died Sunday July 27, 2014 at his home. Born December 8, 1956 in Wake Co., he was the son of the late Rev. Isaac Clinton Horton and Viola Matthews Horton. Wade was a former employee of C&P Body Shop and was a member of Bible Baptist Church....
Katherine Dickerson Moss
Jul 22, 2014
HENDERSON- Mrs. Katherine Dickerson Moss, age 90, passed away Tuesday July 22, 2014 at her home.Born in Granville County on July 12, 1924 she was the daughter of the late Ernest Albert Dickerson and Florence Bradford Dickerson and the widow of Albert Ernest Moss.She was a charter member of Raleigh Road Baptist Church where she served as Church Clerk, Sunday...
Dan William Tucker
Jul 22, 2014
TOWNSVILLE-Dan William Tucker, age 88, loving and faithful husband of 61 years, passed away on Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at his home.Born on October 15, 1925 in Rochester, New York, he was the son of the late William Brady Tucker and Mildred Snyder Tucker Hill. Dan was a Veteran of the US Navy serving during World War II.He was a...
Alvin Eugene Oakes
Jul 20, 2014
HENDERSON-Alvin Eugene Oakes, age 78, a resident of 328 Oak Street, died Sunday, July 20, 2014, at Maria Parham Medical Center.Born on April 19, 1936 in Granville County, he was the son of the late William Belt Oakes and Beatrice Hall Oakes, and was the widower of Farrel Wheeler Oakes.He was a Veteran of the U.S. Army and was a...
Hazel Lynch Hobgood
Jul 19, 2014
HENDERSON-Hazel Lynch Hobgood, age 88, a resident of 119 White Oak Drive, died Saturday, July 19, 2014, at Maria Parham Medical Center.Born in Warren County on March 18, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Fred Baird Lynch and Alma Taylor Lynch, and was the widow of Lucius Howard Hobgood, Sr. Hazel was a retired cafeteria manager at Kerr-Vance...
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