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Michael Ray Ligon

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Nicholas A. Bisogno

Nicholas A. Bisogno

Jul 19, 2014

Nicholas Anthony Nick Bisogno, Sr., age 75, a resident of 3008 Old County Home Road, died Saturday, July 19, 2014, at his home.Born on April 9, 1939 in Carbondale, PA., he was the son of the late Antonio Bisogno and Stella Sofin Bisogno. He was a 21 year Veteran of the U.S. Army serving in Vietnam. Nicholas began his military...

Jose M. Peralta

Jose M. Peralta

Jul 18, 2014

Jose Miguel Grave de Peralta, age 89, a resident of 65 Pine View Road, died Friday July 18, 2014 at his home.Born in Holguin, Cuba on May 8, 1925, he was the son of the late Candido S. Grave de Peralta and Luz Sofia Gomez Grave de Peralta.He was a retired teacher having taught high school in Vance County, as...

Edgar Sherwood Jackson

Edgar Sherwood Jackson

Jul 17, 2014

HENDERSON- Edgar "Jack" Sherwood Jackson, age 75, a resident of 3130 Southerland Mill Road, died Thursday July 17, 2014 at his home.Born in Vance County on December 14, 1938 he was the son of the late Edgar Stonewall Jackson and Shirley Overton Jackson. Mr. Jackson was a veteran of the United States Army and National Guard.He was a retired from...

Virginia Smith Woodlief

Virginia Smith Woodlief

Jul 15, 2014

OXFORD-Virginia Smith Woodlief, age 92, a former resident of Wilton, died Tuesday, July 15, 2014.She was a native of Wake County and the daughter of the late Clarence Smith and Eleanor Smith and thewidow of Pender L. Woodlief.She was a member of Brassfield Baptist Church where she served as a Deacon, Sunday School Teacher, WMU Director, a member of the...

Tommy Lee Key

Tommy Lee Key

Jul 13, 2014

HENDERSON- Mr. Tommy Lee Key beloved husband and father, age 70, a resident of 2342 Oxford Rd., passed away July 13, 2014 at his home.Born February 11, 1944 in Roanoke Rapids, he was the son of the late Marvin Hilbert Key and Helen Snow Key.He was a retired from IBM Corporation where he worked as a software engineer. Private prayers...

Lloyd Woody Woodlief

Lloyd Woody Woodlief

Jul 7, 2014

KITTRELL-Lloyd "Woody" Woodlief, age 84, a resident of 430 Cricket Creek Lane, died Monday, July 7, 2014.Born on July 6, 1930 in Vance County, he was the son of the late John Woodlief and Mary Stella Overton Woodlief.He was a Veteran of the U.S. Air Force serving during the Korean War, and was a member of Central Baptist Church and...

Rita Oxendine Walker

Rita Oxendine Walker

Jul 6, 2014

HENDERSON- Rita Helena Oxendine Walker, age 63, passed away July 6, 2014 at Duke Regional Hospital in Durham.Born December 5, 1950 in Fairmont, NC, she was the daughter of the late James Oxendine and Bernice Morgan Oxendine. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Frank Sossamon on Wednesday at 10 am in the chapel of J.M. White Funeral Home.Burial will...

Michelle Davis Williams

Michelle Davis Williams

Jul 5, 2014

Michelle Leigh Davis Williams, age 37, a resident of 146 Dorsey Place, died Saturday, July 5, 2014, at Maria Parham Medical Center.Born in Vance County on November 1, 1976, she was the daughter of Janet Abbott Davis of Henderson and the late Clarence Brooks Davis. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 am at South Henderson Pentecostal Holiness Church...

Mary Tant Riggan

Mary Tant Riggan

Jul 4, 2014

Mary Ann Tant Riggan, age 79, a resident of 3207 Egypt Mountain Road, died Friday, July 4, 2014 in a local nursing home.Born in Franklin County on October 13, 1934, she was the daughter of the late James Atlas Tant and Vall Beal Tant.Mary was a retired Health Care Technician at Murdoch Center in Butner and was a member of...

Jerry Wayne Fleming

Jerry Wayne Fleming

Jun 24, 2014

ROCKWELL,NC-Jerry Wayne Fleming, age 60, a resident of 1220 Cannon Street, died Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at the W. G. Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury.Born on October 7, 1953 in Vance County, he was the son of the late Raymond Fleming and Mildred Harris Fleming.He was a Veteran of the US Marine Corps and was employed as anelectrician. Graveside...

Carl Neal

Carl Neal

Jun 21, 2014

Carl "Red" Neal, age 82, a resident of 1816 S. Clearview Drive, died Saturday, June 21, 2014 at Magnolia Gardens of Warrenton. Born on August 7, 1931 in Vance County, he was the son of the late Walter Carl Neal and Ora Hansford Neal. Red was a retired Mason Foreman at Johnson Block and Concrete Co. He served in the...

Richard Jordan Southerland

Richard Jordan Southerland

Jun 21, 2014

HENDERSON-Richard Jordan Southerland, age 67, a resident of 83 S. Stratford Drive, died Saturday, June 21, 2014. Born on October 13, 1946 in Vance County, he was the son of the late William Robert Southerland, Jr. and Olivia Breedlove Southerland.Richard attended East Carolina University and was a retired Vice President of Sales at ETC of Henderson. Graveside services will be...

Ruby Lee Forrest Trammell

Ruby Lee Forrest Trammell

Jun 16, 2014

HENDERSON-Ruby Lee Forrest Trammell, age 73, a resident of 235 Vincent-Hoyle Road, died Monday, June 16, 2014 at Maria Parham Medical Center.Born on November 1, 1940 in Trion, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Patton C. Forrest and Mattie Bell Rickett Forrest, and was the widow of J. W. Trammell. Mrs. Trammell was of the Baptist faith. Graveside...

Dolores Smith Hunt

Dolores Smith Hunt

Jun 12, 2014

HENDERSON- Mrs. Dolores Jean Smith Hunt, age 73, died Thursday, June 12, 2014 at a local nursing home.Born in Portsmouth, VAon August 5, 1940 she was the daughter of the late David Louis Smith and Ruth Bernice Perisher Smith.Mrs. Hunt was the widow of Billy Paul Hunt.She was a retired medical records clerk. A memorial service will be held on...

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