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Jayden Chad Stokes

Jayden Chad Stokes

Jan 27, 2013

HENDERSON-Jayden Chad Stokes, age 5, died Sunday, January 27, 2013.Born on December 19, 2007 in Vance County, he was the son of Candace Veronica Gorman of Henderson and Richard Thomas "Chad" Stokes, IV of Henderson. A memorial service will be held Thursday night at 7:00 PM in the J. M. White Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Frank Sossamon. In...

Joseph Franklin Lassiter

Joseph Franklin Lassiter

Jan 26, 2013

HENDERSON-Joseph Franklin "Joe" Lassiter, age 87, a resident of 1432 Peace Street, died Saturday, January 26, 2013, at his home with members of his loving family at his side.Born on September 19, 1925 in Vance County, he was the son of the late James Franklin Lassiter and Esther Neal Lassiter.Mr. Lassiter was a Veteran of the United States Army 87th...

Dorothy Burroughs Palmer

Dorothy Burroughs Palmer

Jan 25, 2013

Dorothy Burroughs Palmer, age 91, a resident of 225 Bellewood Drive, died Friday, January 25, 2013, at her home.Born on August 1, 1921 in Warren County, she was the daughter of the late Walter Cooke Burroughs and Blanche Pinnell Burroughs.Mrs. Palmer was formerly the personnel secretary for J. W. Marriott in Washington, DC, and while at Ft. Meade, she was...

Melvin Dorsey Roberson

Melvin Dorsey Roberson

Jan 24, 2013

HENDERSON- Melvin Dorsey Roberson, age 84, a resident of 3060 Kelly Road, Henderson, died Thursday, January 24, 2013 at Maria Parham Medical Center.Born on January 5, 1929, in Vance County, he was the son of the late Hunter J. Roberson and Julie Ross Roberson.He was a retired automobile mechanic, tobacco farmer, and a member of Harris Chapel United Methodist Church....

Ronald Newcomb Edwards

Ronald Newcomb Edwards

Jan 24, 2013

HENDERSON-Ronald Newcomb Edwards, age 57, a resident of 1085 Greystone Road, died Thursday, January 24, 2013, at his home.Born on August 13, 1955 in Vance County, he was the son of Mildred Smith Edwards of Henderson and the late George Newcomb Edwards.He was a Veteran of the United States Army and was employed as an electrician. Graveside services will be...

Ronald Newcomb Edwards

Ronald Newcomb Edwards

Jan 24, 2013

HENDERSON-Ronald Newcomb Edwards, age 57, a resident of 1085 Greystone Road, died Thursday, January 24, 2013, at his home.Born on August 13, 1955 in Vance County, he was the son of Mildred Smith Edwards of Henderson and the late George Newcomb Edwards.He was a Veteran of the United States Army and was employed as an electrician. Graveside services will be...

Donald "Donnie" Rayq Burnette

Donald "Donnie" Rayq Burnette

Jan 23, 2013

HENDERSON-Donald Donnie Ray Burnette, Sr., age 60, a resident of 354 Breeze Hill Lane Henderson, died Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at Maria Parham Medical Center. Born on July 6, 1952 in Vance County he was the son of the late Elmus Brown Burnette and Mabel Coghill Longmire.He was a Pricing Manager for the former Winn Dixie Grocery Store for 17...

Dennis James Boone

Dennis James Boone

Jan 18, 2013

HENDERSON- Dennis James Boone, age 55, a resident of 1045 Eastern Blvd., Henderson, 27536, died January 18, 2013 at Wake Med Hospital in Raleigh.Born on June 21, 1957 in Amarella, Texas he was the son of Mary Kittrell Boone Parrish and the late James Clarence Boone.Mr. Boone was a former employee of Matthew Painting Company and was of the Baptist...

Hugh Roberson Hoyle

Hugh Roberson Hoyle

Jan 18, 2013

HENDERSON- Hugh Roberson Hoyle, age 86, a resident of 26 Margie Lane (off the Spring Valley Lake Road) died Friday January 18, 2013 at his home.Born on March 26, 1926 in Vance County, he was the son of the late James Clifton Buddy Hoyle and Eva Wade Roberson Hoyle. Mr. Hoyle was a Veteran of the United States Navy, having...

James "Jimmy" Harold Brummitt

James "Jimmy" Harold Brummitt

Jan 18, 2013

HENDERSON-James H. Jimmy Brummitt, age 73, a resident of 1756 Bearpond Road, died Friday, January 18, 2013, at Rex Hospital in Raleigh.Born on February 24, 1939 in Vance County, he was the son of the late Harold Burton Brummitt and Mattie Adcock Brummitt. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3:00 PM in the J.M. White Funeral Home Chapel conducted...

Mae Radford Abbott Bailey

Mae Radford Abbott Bailey

Jan 11, 2013

HENDERSON-Mae Radford Abbott Bailey, age 91, a resident of 1245 Park Avenue, and a former resident of 176 Vicksboro Road, died Friday, January 11, 2013, in a local nursing home. Born in Franklin County on May 22, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Cleveland Abbott and Lucy Mosley Abbott.Mrs. Bailey was a homemaker anda member of Kingdom Hall...

Elizabeth Morris Currin

Elizabeth Morris Currin

Jan 8, 2013

HENDERSON-Elizabeth Morris Currin, age 76, a resident of 3555 Southerland Mill Road, died Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at Maria Parham Medical Center.Born in Edgecombe County on March 28, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Jasper Jack Morris and Frances Harris Morris.She was a housewife and member of New Bethel Baptist Church. A graveside funeral service will be held...

Thomas Theodore Frazier

Thomas Theodore Frazier

Jan 7, 2013

HENDERSON-Thomas Theodore Frazier age 78, a resident of 360 Leon Frazier Road died on Monday, January 7, 2013 at his home.Son of the late Leon and Rebecca Rose Frazier, he was born in Henderson, North Carolina on March 30, 1934 and grew up on the picturesque Leon Frazier Farm in the Bearpond Community. Thomas attended Campbell College as well as...

William Lee Ormond

William Lee Ormond

Jan 7, 2013

William Lee Ormond, age 80, a resident of 2550 Flemingtown Rd, died Monday, January 07, 2013 at Rose Manor Nursing Home in Durham. Born October 22, 1932 in Greene County, he was the son of the late Melvin William Ormond and Rubelle Aldridge Ormond.Mr. Ormond was a Veteran of the United States Army having served during the Korean War.He was...

Margaret Hicks Tart

Margaret Hicks Tart

Jan 7, 2013

Mrs. Margaret Schuster Hicks Tart, age 81 died Monday, January 7, 2013 at her home.Born June 11, 1931 in Warren County, she was the daughter of the late Wade F. Schuster, Sr. and Mary Walker Schuster.Mrs. Tart was retired from Roses Stores where she worked in the print shop.She was a member of Marrows Chapel United Methodist Church. A graveside...

Rebecca Henderson Brame

Rebecca Henderson Brame

Jan 5, 2013

Rebecca Henderson Brame, age 101, a former resident of 272 County Club Drive, died Saturday, January 5, 2013, at Glenaire Retirement Community in Cary.Born on October 11, 1911 in Croft, Mecklenburg Co., NC, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Simril McDowell Henderson and Pearl McArtan Henderson.Mrs. Brame was a teacher for many years in Vance County, and was...

Mary Elizabeth Hobgood Peoples

Mary Elizabeth Hobgood Peoples

Jan 4, 2013

WILMINGTON-Mary Elizabeth Hobgood Peoples, age 87, a resident of 4101 Fraternity Court, and a former resident of Henderson, died Friday, January 4, 2013, at Davis Health Center in Wilmington.Born on July 25. 1925 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Henry Frank Hobgood and Lena Briggs Hobgood.She was retired from Vance County Schools and was a...

Lizzie Roberson Caraway

Lizzie Roberson Caraway

Jan 4, 2013

Lizzie Roberson Caraway, age 90, a resident of 98 Dew Oil Plant Road, and a former resident of Kelly Road in Henderson, NC, died Friday, January 04, 2013, at New Hanover Medical Center in Wilmington.Born in Vance County on January 14, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Hunter J. Roberson and Julia Ross Roberson. She was baptized in...

Evelyn Murray

Evelyn Murray

Jan 2, 2013

-Evelyn Murray, age 94, a resident of Universal Health Care in Raleigh, and a former resident of Lynne Ave. in Henderson, died Wednesday, January 02, 2013, at the William Dunlap Hospice Center in Raleigh. Born in Granville County on February 23, 1918, she was the daughter of the late William Thomas Murray and Mary Fannie Oakes Murray.She was a retired...

David Eugene Satterwhite

David Eugene Satterwhite

Jan 2, 2013

HENDERSON-David Eugene Satterwhite, age 51, a resident of 435 Red Head Lane in the Vicksboro Community, died Wednesday, January 02, 2013, at his home.Born in Portsmouth, Virginia on September 17,1961, he was the son of the late William Satterwhite and Anne Ayscue Satterwhite of Henderson.He was self-employed in construction and attended Mt. Aarat Pentecostal Holiness Church. Funeral services will be...

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