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Dennis Wright Mcghinnis
Nov 18, 2020
OXFORD-Dennis Wright McGhinnis, 90, of Williamsboro Street, died Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at Granville Medical Center.Born in Lunenburg County, Virginia on April 17, 1930 he was the son of the late Doza Wright McGhinnis and Harry McGhinnis.Dennis was a retired Master Sergeant from the United States Air Force.After his military retirement, he worked as a supervisor for Transamerica Modular Home...
James Harvey Peoples, Jr.
Nov 17, 2020
HENDERSON-James Harvey ?Jim? Peoples, 88, a former resident of Vicksboro Road, died Tuesday, November 17, 2020, at Senior Citizens Home.Born on November 14, 1932 in Vance County, he was the son of the late James Harvey Peoples, Sr. and Edith Johnson Peoples.Jim was a member of Gift of Life Ministries. Due to Covid-19, a private memorial service will be...
James Harvey Peoples, Jr.
Nov 17, 2020
HENDERSON-James Harvey "Jim" Peoples, Jr., 88, a resident of Vicksboro Road, died Tuesday, November 17, 2020, in a local nursing Home.Born on November 14, 1932 in Vance County, he was the son of the late James Harvey Peoples, Sr. and Edith Johnson Peoples.Jim was a member of Gift of Life Ministries. Due to Covid-19, a private memorial service will be...
Otho Thomas Hicks
Nov 17, 2020
HENDERSON- Otho Thomas "Sonny" Hicks, 85, of Daniel Boone Trail, died Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at Maria Parham Health.Born in Vance County on December 25, 1934, he was the son of the late Otho Joshua Hicks and Martha Wilford Hicks.Sonny was a member of Island Creek Baptist Church where he was a member of the G.W. Norwood Sunday School Class,...
David Wayne Bowen, Sr.
Nov 15, 2020
HENDERSON- David Wayne Bowen, Sr., 74, of NC Hwy 39 S., passed Sunday, November 15, 2020 at Maria Parham Health.Born in Beaufort County on October 23, 1946, he was the son of the late Herbert Gordon Bowen and Margaret Louise Buchanan Bowen.He was formerly employed with Americal and retired from Macra Lace. A memorial service will be held Friday, November...
Tommie Pearce
Nov 13, 2020
Tommie Pearce, 74, a resident of Kittrell, passed away on Friday, November 13, 2020 at Duke University Hospital.Born in Vance County on January 25, 1946, he was the son of the late Charlie Pearce and Burline Perry Pearce Bryant, and was the widower of Laura Raines Pearce.He was retired from Ranes Heating and Cooling. A private graveside service will be...
Daniel Bruin Gerber
Nov 10, 2020
LOUISBURG- Daniel Bruin Gerber, 68, of Bickett Blvd, died Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at his home.Born in Vance County on July 5, 1952, he was the son of the late George Daniel Gerber and Anna Mae Bruin Gerber.He was retired from the NC DOT where he worked as a heavy equipment operator. No services are planned at this time. He...
Shirley Ellington Wilson
Nov 7, 2020
HENDERSON- Shirley Frances Ellington Wilson, 82, of Fernwood Court, died Saturday, November 7, 2020 at Maria Parham Health.Born in Vance County on September 17, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Helen Thompson Ellington and Alvin Gay Ellington, Sr.Shirley was a bookkeeper, having worked for Holden, Moss, Knott, Clark, Copley and Hoyle CPA Firm, the Vance County Finance Office...
Mary Elizabeth Abbott Marks
Nov 6, 2020
HENDERSON-Mary Elizabeth Abbott Marks, 91, a resident of Senior Citizens Home, died Friday, November 06, 2020, at Maria Parham Health.Born in Vance County on December 29, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Wilton Hartwell Abbott and Hannah Harrell Abbott, and was the widow of Melvin Lee Marks. Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at...
April Michelle King
Nov 5, 2020
BULLOCK- April Michelle King, 37, of Hwy 15 N, died Thursday, November 5, 2020 at her home.Born in Vance County on May 30, 1983, she was the daughter of Jill Johnson King and Milton Hartwell King, II of Henderson.April was a homemaker and talented artist. A graveside funeral service will be held Monday, November 9, 2020 at3 pm in the...
Bonnie Dean Buhrmester-Papa
Nov 5, 2020
HENDERSON- Bonnie Dean Buhrmester- Papa, 55, of Twelve Oaks Lane, died Thursday, November 5, 2020 at Maria Parham Health.Born in France on June 26, 1965, she was the daughter of the late William Robert Buhrmester and Bonnie Rose Edwards Buhrmester. No service is planned at this time. She is survived by her husband, Anthony Papa of the home; and a...
Eileen Edna Stanley
Nov 5, 2020
LOUISBURG- Eileen "Edna" Stanley, 86, of Fuller Road, died Thursday, November 5, 2020 at her home.Born in Essex County, England on September 24, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Marie George Beeching and Charles Frederick Beeching and was the widow of Jack Furman Stanley.She was a former activities coordinator at Senior Citizens Nursing Home. She enjoyed craftworking and...
Margaret Lane Guill
Nov 5, 2020
NORLINA- Margaret Ann Lane Guill, 84, of Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, died Thursday, November 05, 2020 at her home.Born in Granville County on April 4, 1936, she was the daughter of the late William Wyatt Lane and Vallie Boyd Lane and the widow of Donald Ray Guill.She was retired from Durham Drapery Company and was a faithful member of...
Elliott Caulder
Nov 3, 2020
HENDERSON-Elliott Caulder, 88, a resident of 2009 Southerland Mill Road, died Tuesday, November 03, 2020, at his home.Born in Vance County on August 6, 1932, he was the son of the late Boyd Caulder and Cornelia Collins Caulder.Mr. Caulder was a Veteran of the United States Air Force.He was a retired Supervisor of a construction Co. and was a member...
Evan David Beaudet
Nov 3, 2020
OXFORD- Evan David Beaudet, 19, of Roy Frazier Road, died Tuesday, November 3, 2020.Born in Durham County on February 18, 2001, he was the son of Brittany Beaudet of Myrtle Beach, SC and Jacob Matthew Twisdale of Henderson. Evan was a cook at Ruby Tuesday and formerly at Ribeyes Steakhouse in Henderson. A celebration of life service will be held...
Claude Christopher Mccreery
Nov 3, 2020
HENDERSON- Claude Christopher "Bud" McCreery, 81, of Country Acres Road, died Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at Brantwood Nursing Home.Born in Kentucky on December 23, 1938, he was the son of the late Edgar McCreery and Mollie McCreery.He was a Veteran of the United States Army and the owner and operator of B &M Metals. A graveside service with military honors...
Gwendolyn Woodlief Ritchey
Nov 3, 2020
KITTRELL -Gwendolyn Duke Woodlief Ritchey, 90, of Kittrell, died November 3, 2020 at Maria Parham Health.Born Sept. 30, 1930 in Erwin,Mrs. Ritchey was the only child of Washington Duke Woodlief and Alice Surles Woodlief, both deceased.Her early childhood years were spent traveling the Eastern Seaboard with her parents and sometimes living with relatives in Dunn.She spent two years at the...
Maurice Vaughan, Jr.
Nov 1, 2020
Maurice Julian Vaughan, Jr., 86, formerly of Henderson, died Sunday, November 01, 2020, at Franklin Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation in Louisburg.Born in Durham on January 8, 1934, he was the son of the late Maurice J. Vaughan, Sr. and Laura Parylee Perkinson Vaughan, and was the widower of Nell Abbott Vaughan. Maurice served in the United States Coast Guard.He was...
Louis Iverson Almand
Oct 31, 2020
HENDERSON-Louis Iverson Almand, 78, died at his home on Saturday, October 31, 2020.Born in Alexandria, Virginia, on July 23, 1942, to Grace Briel and Iverson Hawthorne Almand, Louis graduated the College of William and Mary in 1964 where he was a member of Army ROTC and Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity.Upon graduation Louis married Sally Ann Barnett and was assigned to...
Faye Paschall Pearce
Oct 30, 2020
MEBANE-Faye Paschall Pearce, 67, a resident of Mebane and a former resident of Henderson, died Friday, October 30, 2020.Born in Warren County of March 7, 1953, she was the daughter of Ida Ellis Munn of Wake Forest and the late James Lee Paschall and was the widow Alvin Thomas "Tommy" Pearce. Mrs. Pearce was a retired Health Care Technician at...
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