Larissa Brown Anstead
Jun 24, 2022
HENDERSON- Larissa Brown Anstead, 61, of Horseshoe Bend Road, died Friday, June 24, 2022 at Durham Regional Hospital. Born October 3, 1960 in Newberry, SC, she was the daughter of the late Olin D. Brown and Virginia Womack Brown. Mrs. Anstead was formerly employed with Mast Drug. A funeral service will be held Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at 2:00 PM...
Ida Rose Nethery Blalock
Jun 22, 2022
OXFORD- Ida Rose Nethery Blalock, 89, formerly of Yowland Road, died Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at Granville House. Born January 11, 1933 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Robert Lee Nethery and Mary Lee Nethery and was the widow of Ralph Thomas Blalock. She was a member of West End Baptist Church where she taught and...
Charles Jackson Edwards
Jun 22, 2022
MIDDLEBURG- Charles Jackson Edwards, 91, of Jacksontown Road, died Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at Duke University Medical Center. Born May 20, 1931 in Vance County, he was the son of the late Emma Lou Jackson Edwards and Charlie Roosevelt Edwards. He was retired from Americal where he worked as a mechanic. As a lifelong member, Charles was the oldest living...
Mae Riggan Abbott
Jun 20, 2022
Mae Riggan Abbott, 84, of Kemps Lane, died Monday, June 20, 2022 at her home. Born in Vance County on September 15, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Lessie Currin Riggan and Haywood Riggan and was the widower of Furman Gill Abbott. She was a member of Joy In The Lord Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held...
Bobbie Stephenson Toler
Jun 19, 2022
WISE- Bobbie Jean Stephenson Toler, 85, of US Hwy 1, died Sunday, June 19, 2022 at Carver Rehabilitation and Living Center in Durham. Born March 6, 1937 in Durham, she was the daughter of the late Mucy Flowers Brown and Jesse B. Stephenson. She was retired from Northern Telecom. A graveside funeral service will be held Wednesday, June 22, 2022...
Robert Martin Medlin, Sr.
Jun 18, 2022
HENDERSON-Robert Martin Medlin, Sr., 78, a resident of Willie Currin Road, died Saturday, June 18, 2022, at Maria Parham Health. Born on May 15, 1944 in Farmville, Virginia, he was the son of the late Alex Woodrow Medlin and Virginia Watkins Medlin. Mr. Medlin was a former salesman for Charles Boyd Chevrolet and was a member of Harriett Baptist Church....
Marjorie Brooks Johnson
Jun 13, 2022
ROCKY MOUNT-Marjorie Brooks Johnson, 99, a resident of Arthur Circle, died Monday, June 13, 2022, at her home surrounded by her family. Born April 17, 1923 in Chatham County, she was the daughter of the late Mollie Maude Thomas Brooks and Claude Dewitt Brooks. Marjorie was retired from Belk in Henderson where she worked as a buyer. She was a...
Pauline Roberson Hedgepeth
Jun 12, 2022
Pauline Roberson Hedgepeth, 90, a resident of Oak Ridge Church Road, died Sunday, June 12, 2022, at her home. Born on May 4, 1932 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Clemon Roberson and Maude Roberson Roberson, and was the widow of Oscar Hedgepeth, Jr. Mrs. Hedgepeth was retired from Puralator and was a member of Oak...
Glenda "Ruth" Ferrell Dickerson
Jun 11, 2022
HENDERSON-Glenda “Ruth” Ferrell Wilkerson Dickerson, 78, a resident of S. Cooper Drive, died Saturday, June 11, 2022 at Maria Parham Health after a brief illness. Born in Vance County on September 4, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Katie Campbell. She was a homemaker and attended Freedom Life Church of God until her health prevented her from attending....
Thomas Franklin Whittemore
Jun 11, 2022
Thomas Franklin Whittemore, 95, a resident of S. Lynnbank Road, died Saturday, June 11, 2022, at his home. Born in Warren County on September 19, 1926, he was the son of the late Benjamin Franklin Whittemore and Bessie Paynter Whittemore, and was the widower of Amy Guerrant Whittemore who he was married to for 69 years. Mr. Whittemore was a...
Billy Ray Stevenson
Jun 7, 2022
Billy Ray Stevenson, 76, a resident of Franklin Lane, died Monday, June 7, 2022 at Rex Hospital. Born on September 2, 1945 in Vance County, he was the son of the late Raymond Jones Stevenson and Annie Mae Darnell Stevenson. He was retired from Vulcan Materials, where he worked for over 40 years and attended Central Baptist Church. Funeral services...
Shirley Dennison Duke
May 30, 2022
OXFORD- Shirley Marie Dennison Duke, 65, formerly of Quail Ridge in Henderson, died Monday, May 30, 2022 at Universal Health Care. Born April 26, 1957 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Charles Montgomery Dennison and Allie Mae Reaves Dennison. She was retired from the Vance County ABC Board where she worked as chief financial officer and...
Ronnie Gray Eubanks
May 28, 2022
Ronnie Gray Eubanks, 72, of Henderson, NC, fell asleep in death Saturday, May 28th at his home surrounded by his wife and children. Ronnie was retired from the Federal Bureau of Prisons and NCSU, Raleigh, where he managed the locksmith shop. Ronnie had many interests and enjoyed his retirement traveling, hiking, camping, learning new things, caring for his cats and...
Martha Barnes Stinson
May 24, 2022
OXFORD-Martha Anne Barnes Stinson, 75, a resident of 158 Highway, died on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at Granville Medical Center. Born on September 21, 1946 in Stokes County, she was the daughter of the late Albert Garland Barnes and Betsy Coe Barnes Grissett. She was a retired Special Education Instructor for the state of North Carolina, a Ranger/Interpreter for the...
Bradley "Brad" Aris Bartholomew
May 21, 2022
HENDERSON-Bradley Aris “Brad” Bartholomew, 59, died unexpectedly on Saturday May 21, 2022 in his lifelong hometown of Henderson, NC. He was the only child of proud parents Ann Foster Bartholomew and the late Rufus Aris “R. A.” Bartholomew Jr. (1940-2021). Brad is survived by his mother, his wife of 34 years, Pamela Miller Bartholomew, daughter Miller Bartholomew Care (Justin), aunt...
Geraldine Soper White
May 20, 2022
Middleburg - Geraldine Soper White, 86, of Jacksontown Road, died Friday, May 20, 2022 at her home. Born November 13, 1935 in Hants Harbor Newfoundland Canada, she was the daughter of the late Bessie Critch Soper and Raymond Soper. She was a retired administrator at Norlina Christian School and previously worked for Sears and Roebuck during the years of raising...
Jessica Joan Collier
May 20, 2022
HENDERSON- Jessica Joan Morris Collier, 65, of Waters Edge Road, died Friday, May 20, 2022, at her home. Born May 9, 1957, she was the daughter of the late Doris Morris and Jessie Morris and the widow of Terry L. Collier. She was retired from the United States Postal Service where she was a postal carrier. A memorial service will...
Robert Alton "Al" Hanford,Sr.
May 19, 2022
HENDERSON- Robert Alton “Al” Hanford, 88, of Dabney Woods Drive, died Thursday, May 19, 2022 at Maria Parham Health. Born October 10, 1933, he was the son of the late Lucy Carliles Hanford and Matt Ransom Hanford and was the widower of Charlene Jensen Hanford. Al was a veteran of the United States Army and retired from Carolina Telephone. He...
Jessie Ray Lowry, Sr.
May 19, 2022
HENDERSON- Jessie Ray Lowry, Sr., 73, of Bill Bragg-Morton Road, died Thursday, May 19, 2022 at Maria Parham Health. Born December 8, 1948 in Vance County, he was the son of the late Marie Abbott Lowry and Charlie P. Lowry, II. He was retired from the Henderson Glass Plant where he worked as a mechanic for 42 years. A memorial...
Peggy Duke Gaona
May 19, 2022
WAKE FOREST- Peggy Duke Gaona, 90, of South White Street, died Thursday, May 19, 2022 at Louisburg Nursing Center. Born December 15, 1931 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late James L. Duke and Eva Bradsher Duke and was the widow of John A. Ellington and Frank Gaona. A graveside funeral service will be held Monday, May...
