Jerry Franklin Harris
Feb 3, 2012
HENDERSON-Jerry Franklin Harris, age 64, a resident of 299 Flemingtown Road, died Friday, February 03, 2012, at his home.Born in Vance County on March 2, 1947, he was the son of the late Albert Harris and Effie Lassiter Harris.Mr. Harris was a Veteran of the United States Navy serving during the Vietnam War.He was an employee of Chex Truck Stop,...
Nancy Clark Smith
Feb 2, 2012
HENDERSON- Mrs. Nancy Clark Smith, age 59, a resident of 7080 Hwy 39 South died Thursday, February 2, 2012 at Maria Parham Medical Center.Born on May 6, 1952 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Horace Clark and Helen Overby Clark.Mrs. Smith was retired from Americal Corporation. Funeral services will be held Monday, at 3:00 PM in...
Joseph "Joe" Wyart Allen
Jan 30, 2012
Mr. Joseph Wyart Joe Allen, age 84, a resident of 902 Roanoke Avenue, died Monday, January 30, 2012 at Maria Parham Medical Center.Born in Skippers, Virginia on January 27, 1928, he was the son of the late Arsee Allen and Virginia Moore Allen.Mr. Allen was a member of Fountain Creek Baptist Church in Skippers, VA and the former owner and...
Rev. James Alvin Williams
Jan 22, 2012
Rev. James Alvin Williams, age 91, a former resident of Louisburg Manor, died Sunday, January 22, 2012, in a local nursing home.Born on July 27, 1920 in Pender County, he was the son of the late Alvin Shaw Williams and Annie Thompson Williams.Rev. Williams was a Veteran of the United States Army serving during World War II.He was a retired...
Harold Benjamin Pierce
Jan 19, 2012
HENDERSON- Harold Benjamin Bill Pierce, age 81, a resident of 85 Crowder Court, died January 19, 2012 at his home after a courageous battle with cancer.Born in Appomattox, Virginia on April 30, 1931, he was the son of the late J.T. Pierce and Margaret Franklin Pierce.He was a loving and devoted father, grandfather, and great-grandfather.He was met in Heaven...
Irene Walker Holmes
Jan 18, 2012
HENDERSON-Irene Walker Holmes, age 88, a former resident of 1525 Old Epsom Road, died Wednesday, January 18, 2012, in a local nursing home.Born on July 10, 1923 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late James Anderson Walker and Pirdie Currin Walker Dillard.Mrs. Holmes was retired from Harriett & Henderson Yarns, Inc. and was of the Christian...
William "W.H." Herbert Parrish, Jr.
Jan 17, 2012
HENDERSON- Mr. William Herbert W.H. Parrish, Jr., age 75, a resident of 825 Southern Pine Street, died Tuesday, January 17, 2012, at Maria Parham Medical Center.Born in Vance County on November 17, 1936, he was the son of the late William Herbert Parrish, Sr. and Vernell Edwards Parrish.Mr. Parrish was a Veteran of the United States Air Force and...
Nell Abbott Vaughan
Jan 17, 2012
Nell Abbott Vaughan, age 77, a resident of 1225 Oakridge Avenue, died Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at her home.Born on May 29, 1934 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Bryant Abbott and Aliene Pegram Abbott.Mrs. Vaughan was owner and operator of the former Mother Goose Nursery for over thirty years.She was a member of South Henderson...
Ruth Hazel Stanley Derby
Jan 12, 2012
HENDERSON-Ruth Hazel Stanley Derby, age87 , a resident of Henderson, diedThursday January 12th at a local nursing home. Born in Vance County on March 1, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Paul C. Stanley and Jackie Ross Stanley. Mrs. Derby received her Registered Nurse Diploma from Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia, and was a member of...
Margie Paschall Falkner
Jan 6, 2012
HENDERSON-Margie Paschall Falkner, age 84, a resident of 520 Azalea Drive, died Friday, January 06, 2012, in a local nursing home.Born on March 5, 1927 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late William Jasper Paschall and Janie Bobbitt Paschall.Mrs. Falkner was employed for twenty-two years at the former Falkner Building Supply Co., and was a member of...
Jimmy Hunt
Jan 4, 2012
HENDERSON-Jimmy Hunt, age 57, a resident of 140 Shank Street, died Wednesday, January 4, 2012, at Duke Medical Center.Born on December 16, 1954 in Vance County, he was the son of the late Harold Duke Hunt, Sr. and Shirley Riggan Hunt.Mr. Hunt was retired after 21 years with S. T. Wooten Co. A memorial service will be held Monday at...
Justin Hernandez Dominguez
Dec 31, 2011
Justin Hernandez Dominguez, age 4 months, died Saturday, December 31, 2011, at Duke University Medical Center.Born on August 19, 2011 in Vance County, he was the son ofOscar Hernandez DeLaFuente and Isela Dominguez of Henderson. Memorial services will be held Thursday at 2:00 pm in the J. M. White Funeral Home Chapel by Father Bill Upah. In addition to his...
Jasper Eugene Strum
Dec 29, 2011
NORLINA-Jasper Eugene "Gene" Strum, age 69, a resident of 204 Warrenton Street, died Thursday, December 29, 2011 at Duke University Medical Center.Born on July 27, 1942 in Vance County, he was the son of the late Raymond Vinson Strum and Mildred Jones Strum.Mr. Strum was a Veteran of the United States Air Force serving from 1964 until 1968 in...
Flossie Duke Gupton
Dec 26, 2011
Mrs. Flossie Duke Gupton, age 88, a resident of 1864 Clearview Drive, died Monday at a local nursing home.Born in Vance County on April 15, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Vallie Griffin Duke and Tom Duke, Sr. and was the widow of Roy W. Gupton. She was a member of New Life Baptist Church (formerly Second Baptist...
Eva Macon Wilson
Dec 25, 2011
Eva Clo Cotner Macon Wilson, age 92, a resident of Henderson, died Sunday, December 25, 2011, in a local nursing home.Born on December 11, 1919 in Joplin, Missouri, she was the daughter of the late Dr. John Bee Cotner (Dean of Agriculture at NC State University and Secretary of Agriculture for the State of North Carolina) and Mary Myrtle McClure...
Robert Alexander Stamper
Dec 24, 2011
Robert Alexander "Bob" Stamper, age 70, a resident of Henderson, died Saturday, December 24, 2011.Born in Statesville, NC, on December 14, 1941, he was the son of the late Herbert Alexander Stamper and Ola Mae Bustle Stamper.Bob was a member of the First United Methodist Church where he served as co-chair of the Evangelism Committee and also as an usher.Bobs...
James Archibald Parrott, Jr.
Dec 14, 2011
James Archibald Parrott, Jr., age 79, a resident of 2840 Poplar Creek Road, died Wednesday December 14, 2011, at Universal Health Care North Raleigh.Born on June 3, 1932 in Vance County, he was the son of the late James A. Parrott, Sr. and Catherine Wyche Wolfe.He was a Veteran of the United States Army, serving during the Korean War.Mr. Parrott...
Nella Sharpe Holden
Dec 12, 2011
Nella Sharpe Holden, formerly of Henderson, died Dec. 12, 2011, at Springmoor Life Care Retirement Community. Nella was born in Loray, N.C, on Sept. 24, 1909, to the late Clarence Parks Sharpe and Sallie Wood Sharpe. Losing her mother at a young age, Nella was raised by her father and her Aunt Ora. Nella attended Queens College in Charlotte where...
Robert John Degraff
Dec 9, 2011
HENDERSON-Robert John DeGraff, age 78, a resident of 379 Jackson-Royster Road, died Friday, December 9, 2011 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill.Born in Paterson, New Jersey on October 30, 1933, he was the son of the late Gerrit John DeGraff and Mae Thompson DeGraff. Mr. DeGraff was a retired Electronic Engineer at Day International in Asheville, NC.He was a member...
Sylvia Heikroth Hoyle
Dec 3, 2011
HENDERSON-Sylvia Loughlin Hoyle, 91, a resident of 1204 Oakridge Avenue, and also Emerald Isle died Saturday, December 3, 2011, at Croatan Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Newport, NC.Born in Brooklyn, New York on July 6, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Dave C. Loughlin and Pearl Heikroth Loughlin.Mrs. Loughlin was a homemaker and a member of the...
