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Chester Clarence Pulley

Chester Clarence Pulley

May 29, 2012

Chester Clarence Pulley, age 86, a resident of 1641 N. Chavis Road, died Tuesday, May 29, 2012, at his home.Born on April 1, 1926 in Vance County, he was the son of the late Clarence Pulley and Eva Hight Pulley.Chester was a Veteran of the United States Army Air Force serving during World War II.He was retired from the Department...

Ann Freeman Jaeger

Ann Freeman Jaeger

May 27, 2012

Ann Freeman Jaeger, age 58, passed away on May 27th, 2012 after enduring ALS for over 2years.She was able to spend the last days of her life with her family, as she had planned. Born in Durham, North Carolina, Ann was the daughter of the late Homa Jackson and Erma Ruth Freeman.After graduating from Durham High School in 1971, she...

Agnes Ruth Perry Faulkner

Agnes Ruth Perry Faulkner

May 26, 2012

HENDERSON - Agnes Ruth Perry Faulkner, 83, a resident of 981 Faulkner Town Road, died Saturday, May 26, 2012 at her home. She was a native of Vance County and was the daughter of the late Elbert Brinkley Perry and Etta Turner Perry. She was a member of New Sandy Creek Baptist Church where she was a member of the...

Willie Green Satterwhite

Willie Green Satterwhite

May 25, 2012

HENDERSON-Willie Green Satterwhite, age 67, a resident of 135 Partin Street, died Friday, May 25, 2012, at his home.Born on June 5, 1944 in Vance County, he was the son of the late James Robert Satterwhite and Lizzie West Satterwhite.He was a former employee of the former Eveready Chevrolet Co. of Henderson, the former Oakes Motor Company of Oxford, and...

Helen Snow Key

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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