Thomas Edward Watkins
Jul 30, 2022
Thomas Edward Watkins, 84, a resident of Cannady Mill Road, died Saturday, July 30, 2022 at Maria Parham Health. Born on May 4, 1938 in Granville County, he was the son of the late Edward Lee Watkins and Allie Thomas Newton Watkins. Thomas was formerly employed as a Supervisor with Harriett & Henderson Yarns, Inc., a tobacco farmer, and a...
Rose "Rita" Travis Tanner
Jul 29, 2022
HENDERSON- Rose Marie “Rita” Travis Tanner, 66, of Travis Lane, died Friday, July 29, 2022 at her home. Born October 30, 1955 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Florence Arrington Travis and James Benjamin Travis and was the widow of Ernest Leroy Tanner. She retired from AW of North Carolina. Funeral services will be held Tuesday,...
Ray Thaxton Owen
Jul 24, 2022
HENDERSON- Ray Thaxton Owen, 82, of Moody Rd, died Sunday, July 24, 2022 at Seasons at Southpoint. Born June 19, 1940 in Person County, he was the son of the late Lillian Adcock Owen and Guy Owen. He was a retired tobacco buyer having worked for Universal Leaf Tobacco in Richmond and J.P. Taylor in Henderson. Ray graduated from Roxboro...
George Donald French
Jul 24, 2022
George Donald (Donnie) French of Townsville, 71, died Sunday, July 24, 2022. He was a native of Rockingham County and the second son of Reuben R. French, Sr. and Beatrice Cobb French, who predeceased him. He was also predeceased by his sister, Barbara French Bolden of Eden. He is survived by his four children – Richard, Julie, Amanda and Natalie,...
Glenn Allen Boyd
Jul 22, 2022
Glenn Allen Boyd November 4, 1951~July 22, 2022 In lieu of flowers, gifts of remembrance may be made to Crossroads Christian School PO Box 249 Henderson, North Carolina, 27536
Earl Howell "Bubbie" O'Geary
Jul 22, 2022
Earl Howell “Bubbie” O’Geary, 86, a resident of Glover Street died Friday, July 22, 2022 at Hock Family Pavilion in Durham. Born on August 25, 1935 in Vance County, he was the son of the late James Buxton “Buck” O’Geary and Catherine Neathery O’Geary. Mr. O’Geary was a retired manager at Roses Warehouse. He was a lifelong member of North...
Roland Clay Nuss “Rolaid”
Jul 21, 2022
HENDERSON- Roland Clay Nuss, “Rolaid,” 36, of Faulkner Town Road, died Thursday, July 21, 2022 at his home. Born November 2, 1985 in Richmond, VA, he was the son of Tammy Tomlinson Aguilar of Norlina and Crispin Duane Nuss of Ebony, VA. He was the owner and operator of Flat Line Grading and Hauling, LLC and attended Kittrell Church of...
Alma Louise Franklin Dillard
Jul 20, 2022
Alma Louise Franklin Dillard, age 96, a resident of Brookston Rd., died Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at Hock Family Pavilion in Durham. Born in Vance Co. on October 11, 1925, she was the daughter of the late George Arthur Franklin, Sr. and Catherine Louise Ross Franklin and was the widow of Russell King Dillard. Mrs. Dillard was a lifetime member...
Bobbie Jean Allen Coghill Driver
Jul 20, 2022
Bobbie Allen McGhee Coghill Driver, 82 died Wednesday morning July 20th, 2022 at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh, NC. She was born March 31, 1940 in Wake County, to the late Leamon Howard and Myrtle Ray Allen. Bobbie’s life revolved around her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. She always put them before herself; she loved with everything she had. A...
Carol Brown Wyatt
Jul 17, 2022
Carol Elliott Brown Wyatt, 77, of Henderson, NC, died Sunday, July 17, 2022 in Duke Regional Hospital, Durham. Mrs. Wyatt was born in Suffolk, Virginia on May 25, 1945 and was raised in Gates County by her parents, the late William Emmett Brown, Sr. and Helen Chaney Brown. With her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Helen...
Ann Pendergrass Overton
Jul 15, 2022
HENDERSON- Ann Carol Pendergrass Overton, 76, of Tollie Weldon Road, died Friday, July 15, 2022 at her home. Born December 17, 1945 in Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Elizabeth Dickerson Pendergrass and Lewis Eugene Pendergrass. She was retired from Zeb Vance School where she worked in the cafeteria. She was a also a member of Central...
Mary Burroughs Crews
Jul 15, 2022
HENDERSON- Mary Burroughs Crews, 82, of Matthews Road, died Friday, July 15, 2022 at her home. Born October 24, 1939 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late John Thomas Burroughs and Evelyn Cawthorne Burroughs and was the widow of Albert Harriss Crews. She was a member of Hermon United Methodist Church where formerly she served as a...
Shirley Munn Newton
Jul 14, 2022
HENDERSON- Shirley Beatrice Munn Newton, 82, of Hight Street, died Thursday, July 14, 2022 at Maria Parham Health. Born February 7, 1940 in Warren County, she was the daughter of the late Willie Lee Elliott Munn and Sellers Gray Munn. She was a member of Westwood Pentecostal Holiness Church and was the former owner and operator of Spring Valley Seafood...
Alice Jean Brewer Harris
Jul 13, 2022
HENDERSON- Alice Jean Brewer Harris, 88, formerly of Glebe Road, died Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at Transitions Life Care in Raleigh. Born November 13, 1933 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Edna Parrott Brewer and Eugene C. Brewer and was the widow of the late Clarence Yates “Bubby” Harris, Jr. Alice Jean was a member...
Barney Lynn Bullock
Jul 10, 2022
HENDERSON- Barney Lynn Bullock, 54, of Hoyletown Road, died Sunday, July 10, 2022 at Maria Parham Health. Born February 13, 1968 in Granville County, he was the son of the late Ernest Bullock and Isabell Bentley Bullock. He was the owner and operator of Bullock’s Plumbing and Repair Company. He was also a member of Crystal River Church of God...
Bobby Eugene "Mr. Ugly" Wilkerson
Jul 5, 2022
HENDERSON- Bobby Eugene “Mr. Ugly” Wilkerson, 89, of White Oak Drive, died Tuesday, July 5, 2022 at Wake Medical Center. Born September 24, 1932 in Vance County, he was the son of the late Hartwell S. Wilkerson and Rena George Wilkerson and was the widower of Christine Fuller Wilkerson. He was a member of North Henderson Baptist Church. Bobby was...
Mary Ayscue Evans
Jul 2, 2022
HENDERSON- Mary Margaret Ayscue Evans, 90, of Steed-Dickerson Road, died Saturday, July 2, 2022 at Duke University Hospital. Born September 23, 1931, in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Grey Lee Ayscue and Katie Lou Stevens Ayscue and was the widow of George Washington Evans. She retired from Americal and was a member of Crossroads Pentecostal Holiness...
Harold Walker "Hal" Finch
Jul 1, 2022
HENDERSON- Harold Walker “Hal” Finch, 69, passed away peacefully Friday, July 1, 2022 at his home. Born January 23, 1953 in Bexar County, TX, he was the son of the late Charles Walker Finch and Anna Leigh Hicks Finch. Hal moved with his parents back to Henderson, NC when he was three years old and attended First United Methodist Church...
Suzanne Bain Lambert
Jul 1, 2022
HENDERSON- Suzanne Bain Lambert, age 65 of Henderson, NC passed peacefully with family nearby on July 1st 2022 at Duke University Hospital. Suzanne Lambert, daughter of the late Pete and Ruth Bain of Norfolk, Virginia is survived by her husband Dennis Lambert; son Taylor Lambert; daughter Kathrine Farrell; son-in-law Thomas Farrell; two beautiful grandchildren Leighton and Claire Farrell, brother Kenneth...
Lawrence "Cotton" Howard Clayton
Jun 29, 2022
HENDERSON- Lawrence Howard “Cotton” Clayton, 82, of Oakridge Avenue, died Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at Wake Medical Center. Born June 8, 1940 in Vance County, he was the son of the late Herbert Gill Clayton and Leah Elizabeth Davis Clayton. Cotton was a member of First United Methodist Church Henderson. He was the owner and operator of the Chestnut Street...
