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Helen Snow Key
May 20, 2012
HENDERSON-Helen Snow Key, age 88, a resident of 2342 Oxford Road, died Sunday, May 20, 2012, at her home.Born in Mt. Airy on August 29, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Andrew Jackson Snow and Mae Parker Snow.She was a homemaker and member of First Baptist Church. Graveside services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Sunset...
Mary Nell Breedlove Hight
May 19, 2012
Mary Nell Breedlove Hight, age 54, a resident of 7101 Dexter Road, beloved wife and mother, passed away Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Duke Homecare and Hospice Hock Family Pavilion in Durham. She was a native of Granville County and was the daughter of the late Joe Brown Breedlove and Caroline Mayes Breedlove.Mary Nell graduated high school from Vance Academy...
Thomas Lee Weaver
May 16, 2012
Thomas Lee Weaver, age 68, a resident of 427 Cedar Street, died Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at Maria Parham Medical Center.Born in Vance County on October 8, 1943, he was the son of the late Allie Lee Weaver and Edna Mae Woolard Weaver.He was retired from Mt. Hope Finishing Co. in Butner. Graveside services will be held Saturday at 11:00...
Mary Ruth Smith Hissong
May 9, 2012
Mary Ruth Smith Hissong, age 68, a resident of 140 Garden Walk, died Wednesday, May 09, 2012, at Kerr Lake Nursing & Rehab Center. Born in Chatham County on May 22, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Herbert Allen Smith and Mary Frances Ivey Smith.She was a retired Paralegal for the former Zollicoffer and Zollicoffer Law Firm. Graveside...
Lawrence Cecil Roberson
May 8, 2012
Lawrence Cecil Roberson, Sr. age 77, a resident of 489 West Hills Drive, died Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at Maria Parham Hospital.Born in Vance County on December 23, 1934, he was the son of the late Johnnie Lawrence Roberson and Leolar Cannady Roberson. He was a Veteran of the United States Air Force having served during the Korean War.Roberson was...
Jerry Allen Steed
May 8, 2012
Jerry Allen Steed, Sr., age 66, a resident of 160 Lone Wolf Drive, died Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at Maria Parham Medical Center.Born May 3, 1946, in Vance County, he was the son of the late Will Steed and Mary Bumgarner Steed.He was a truck driver for D & J Express, and a member of Victory Baptist Church. Funeral Services...
Robert Lawrence Edwards
May 8, 2012
Robert Lawrence Edwards, age 65, a resident of 1397 Ruin Creek Road, died Tuesday, May 08, 2012, at his home.Born on February 27, 1947 in Vance County, he was the son of the late William Edwards and Helen Wright Edwards.Lawrence was employed as a mail carrier with the U. S. Postal Service, and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church...
Don Dwight Potts
May 2, 2012
Don Dwight Potts, 65, passed away at home on May 2, 2012.Born in Wilson on January 20, 1947, he was the son of the late Alvin York Potts and Eula Pearl Coley Potts.A former resident of Raleigh, he retired from ADT Security Systems and Underwriters Laboratories to live at the Most Beautiful Kerr Lake in Henderson.He served in the United...
Freya Patricia Smith
May 1, 2012
HENDERSON-Freya Patricia Smith, 4 days old, of 1751 Spring Valley Lake Road, died Tuesday, May 01, 2012.Born on April 27, 2012 in Granville County, she was the daughter of Cole Axam Smith and Tiffany Marie Varner of the home. Graveside services will be held Friday, May 4, 2012 at 11:00 AM in the New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery by the...
Ethel Gregory Smith
May 1, 2012
Ethel Lee Overby Smith, age 91, a resident of 3133 Dick Smith Road, died Tuesday, May 01, 2012, at her home.Born on August 13, 1920 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Overby and Dora Holmes Overby, and was the widow of Hughs Smith..She was a homemaker,a member of Oak Ridge Baptist Church and the Plank...
William Edward Culp
Apr 30, 2012
HENDERSON-William Edward Bill Culp, age 69, a 25 year resident of Henderson, died Monday, April 30, 2012, at his home.Born in Hazleton, PA.on November 19, 1942, he was the son of the late William John Culp and Mary Rayson Culp.He was a retired prepress specialist at Harper Prints, and was a former member of the Henderson Moose Lodge where he...
Blanche Tucker Shearin
Apr 29, 2012
Blanche Tucker Shearin, age 64, a resident of 513 Mason Street, died Sunday April 29, 2012, at her home.Born in Vance County on February 13, 1948, she was the daughter of Christine Robertson Tucker of Henderson and the late Thomas Tucker.Blanche was a home health care nurse and attended South Henderson Pentecostal Holiness Church. Funeral services will be held Wednesday...
Mildred Pruitt Wortham
Apr 28, 2012
HENDERSON-Mildred Pruitt Wortham, age 77, a resident of 451 Satterwhite Point Road, died Saturday, April 28, 2012, at Maria Parham Medical Center.Born on October 8, 1934 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late James Otha Pruitt and Evie Faulkner Pruitt.She was a former employee of Faulkner Building Supply and Merita Bread Co., and attended South Henderson Pentecostal...
Randolph Dennis Mills, Iii
Apr 27, 2012
HENDERSONRandolph Dennis Mills, III, 37, died Friday, April 27, in Henderson.He was the son of Randolph Dennis Mills, Jr., and Maria Jenkins Mills, both of Henderson.Dolph was born in Greenville, South Carolina, on July 19, 1974.He moved to Henderson with his family in 1975, graduated from Northern Vance High School in 1993, and graduated from Elon College in 1997 with...
Harold Earl Ellington
Apr 26, 2012
Harold Earl Ellington, age 85, a former resident of the Dabney Community, and a resident of Senior Citizens Nursing Home, died Thursday, April 26, 2012.Born in Vance County on September 25, 1925, he was the son of the late Buck E. Ellington and Maude Satterwhite Ellington.He was a retired tobacco farmer. Graveside services will be held Sunday at 2:00 pm...
Marjorie Royster Langston
Apr 24, 2012
Marjorie Royster Langston, age 88, a resident of Senior Citizens Nursing Home, died Tuesday April 24, 2012.Born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia on May 15, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Issac Royster and Sarah Sizemore Royster and was the widow of Edwin Wesley Langston, Sr.She was a member of First Congregational Christian Church where she formerly served as...
Annie Joseph Pressley
Apr 13, 2012
HENDERSON-Annie Virginia Joseph Dudley Pressley, age 90, a resident of 621 Pine Ridge Road, died Friday, April 13, 2012, at her home.Born in Vance County on April 6, 1922, she was the daughter of the late John Joseph and Delia Ayscue Joseph.She was owner and operator of the former Central Cafe and was a member of Crystal River Church of...
Robert Elmo Talley, Jr.
Apr 13, 2012
HENDERSON-Robert Elmo Talley, Jr., age 57, a resident of 1419 Peter Gill Road, died Friday, April 13, 2012.Born in Halifax Co., VA.on February 3, 1955, he was the son of the late Robert Elmo Talley, Sr. and Betty Harris Talley Clack of Roxboro. He was a self-employed horse trainer. In addition to his mother, he is survived by one son,...
Ruth Bailey Edwards
Apr 11, 2012
Ruth Bailey Edwards, age 76, a resident of 491 Faulkner Town Road, died Wednesday April 11, 2012, at her home.Born on July 9, 1935 in Nash County, she was the daughter of the late Richard Calvin Bailey and Ina Pace Bailey.She was a retired beautician at the former La Rose Beauty Shop and was a member of Unity Baptist Church....
Madelyn Baugh Short
Apr 11, 2012
Madelyn Baugh Short, age 70, a resident of 2274 N. Lynnbank Road, died Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at Maria Parham Medical Center.Born on July 15, 1941 in Warren County, she was the daughter of the late Alvin Baugh and Lillie Deal Baugh.She was retired from Royal Home Fashions and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church for 38 years where...
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