Agnes Lacks Harris
Mar 12, 2019
HENDERSON- Agnes Mae Lacks Bollinger Harris, 80, of 707 Hargrove Street, died Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at a local nursing home.Born in Halifax County, VA on October 29, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Heno Lacks and Dorothy Powell Lacks. Mrs. Harris was a homemaker and member of Freedom Life Church of God. A graveside funeral service will...
Jewell Short Langley
Mar 11, 2019
Jewell Dean Short Langley, 75, of 2696 Hicksboro Road, died Monday, March 11, 2019 at Hock Family Pavilion in Durham.Born on October 11, 1943 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Clyde J. Short and Clara Dickerson Short. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 pm at Grace Baptist Church by the Rev. Calvin Mills.Burial will...
Leon George Frazier, Jr.
Mar 9, 2019
BEAUFORT-Leon George Frazier, Jr., was born in Vance County, NC, on December 31, 1927, to the late Leon George Frazier and Rebecca Rose Frazier. After graduating from Zeb Vance High School, he attended Mars Hill College before serving in the U.S. Air Force (1950-54), including war time duty in Korea. Upon returning home, he worked at Wagoner Motors in China...
Jackie Yates Hubbard
Mar 9, 2019
Jacquelynn "Jackie" Yates Hubbard, 83, a resident of 2180 N Woodland Rd., died Saturday, March 9, 2019 at Duke University Hospital.Born on February 14, 1936 in Forsythe Co., she was the daughter of the late Dr. Percy Fenton Yates and Mary Mills Yates.Jackie attended Meredith College and graduated from Campbell University.She was a member of the First Baptist Church of...
John Richard Lowery, Sr.
Mar 5, 2019
HENDERSON - John Richard Lowey, Sr., age 81, a resident of 323 Mindy Lane died Tuesday March 5, 2019 at Maria Parham Health. Born in Person County on April 3, 1937, he was the son of the late Rull Lee Lowery and Elma Sue Long Lowery. Mr. Lowery was retired from Franklin Cotton Mill and Waste Industries. He attended Bethesa...
Dottice Guill Nelson
Feb 28, 2019
Dottice Guill Nelson, 69, a resident of 1302 Railroad Street, died Thursday, February 28, 2019, at her home.Born on August 13, 1949 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late James Andrew Guill and Jeanette Wynn Guill, and was the widow of John William "J.W." Nelson, Sr. Mrs. Nelson was a homemaker and a lifetime member of North...
Dottice Guill Nelson
Feb 28, 2019
HENDERSON-Dottice Guill Nelson, 69, a resident of 1302 Railroad Street, died Thursday, February 28, 2019, at her home.Born on August 13, 1949 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late James Andrew Guill and Jeanette Wynn Guill, and was the widow of John William ?J.W? Nelson, Sr. Mrs. Nelson was a homemaker and a lifetime member of North...
Sharon Ayscue Pendergrass
Feb 27, 2019
Sharon Ayscue Pendergrass, 67, a resident of 6675 Hwy. 39 S, died Wednesday, February 27, 2019, at her home.Born on November 13, 1951 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Jack Bryant Ayscue and Louise Carrol Ayscue. Sharon was a member of Freedom Life Church of God where she was a member of the choir, andwas a...
Ray Arthur Taylor
Feb 27, 2019
HENDERSON- Ray Arthur Taylor, 71, died Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at his home.Born in Newark, NJ on July 16, 1947 he was the son of Ella Lee Boyd Taylor of Henderson and the late Arthur Clarence Taylor.A Veteran of the United States Army, he served during the Vietnam Era.He was retired from the City of Henderson where he was a...
Margaret Buchanan Holton
Feb 27, 2019
HENDERSON- Margaret Buchanan Holton, age 90, a resident of 214 Crestwood Road, died Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, at Wake Med North Hospital in Raleigh. She was a native of Mitchell County and was the daughter of the late Harmon and Ruthie Buchanan. She was married to Elbert Ward "Whitey" Holton for 54 years prior to his death in 2004. Mrs....
Michael Eugene Ellis
Feb 22, 2019
KING- Michael Eugene Ellis, 51, of King, died Friday, February 22, 2019 at his home.Born in Vance County on September 8, 1967, he was the son of Faye Edwards Roberson of Henderson and the late Eugene Ellis. A graveside service will be held Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 2:00 PM at New Bethel Baptist Church by Rev. Calvin Hedgepeth. In...
Michael Gene "Mike" Gene Stainback
Feb 21, 2019
HENDERSON-Michael Gene "Mike" Stainback, 57, a resident of Henderson, died Thursday, February 21, 2019, at Maria Parham Health.Born on October 24, 1961 in Vance County, he was the son of the late William Alton Stainback and Meredith Roberson Stainback.Mike retired as a Lieutenant from the Vance County Sheriff’s Department where he worked for 34 years, and was a member of...
Dennis Fleming
Feb 18, 2019
HOT SPRINGS, AK- Dennis Byron Fleming, 72, a resident of Hot Springs, Arkansas, died on February 18, 2019 following a massive heart attack.Born on September 18, 1946, he was the son of the late Charles Joseph Fleming, Jr. and Roberta Cannon Fleming. Dennis was retired after 35 years from the University of Arkansas in Little Rock.After his retirement he moved...
Kay Preston Prather
Feb 17, 2019
Kay Preston Prather, 77, a resident of Henderson, died on Sunday, February 17, 2019, at Kerr Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.Born in Vance County on November 15, 1941, she was the daughter of the late James Martin Preston and Lola Ruth Stewart Fowler.Kay was formerly employed at Bank of America as a Teller. To honor her wishes, no services are...
Anna Reynolds Smith
Feb 16, 2019
Anna Reynolds Smith, 72, a resident of Franklin Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, died Saturday, February 16, 2019.Born in Georgetown, Kentucky on August 23, 1946, she was the daughter of the late Lewis Alexander Reynolds and Mary Louise Peoples Reynolds, and was the widow of Charles Smith.Mrs. Smith was of the Christian faith and enjoyed reading her Bible when she...
Austine Moss
Feb 15, 2019
Austine Wilder Moss, 94, a resident of Henderson, died Friday, February 15, 2019, at Kerr Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation.Born on November 26, 1924 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late William Henry Wilder and Onnie Parrish Wilder, and was the widow of Harvey Absher Moss. Mrs. Moss was a retired bookkeeper for Roses Stores, Inc. and was...
Kenneth "Ken" Carpunky
Feb 12, 2019
Kenneth Junior "Ken" Carpunky, 89, died Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at Franklin Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born on July 4, 1929 in Madison County, Illinois, he was the son of the late Truman Kenneth Carpunky and Pauline Doyle Carpunky. He was a retired mechanical engineer with Glaxo, Smith & Kline. He is survived by his three sons, Doyle Carpunky(Jill)...
Joy Renea Hedgepeth
Feb 7, 2019
HENDERSON- Joy Renea Hedgepeth, 47, of 40 Toots Way, died Thursday, February 07, 2019 at Maria Parham Health.Born on September 12, 1971 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Eugene Franklin Hedgepeth and Princella Stallings Owens of Kittrell.She was a charter member of New Hope Baptist Church. A memorial service will be held Monday at 7:30 pm...
Carl Maurice Matthews, Iii
Feb 2, 2019
OXFORD- Carl Maurice Matthews, III, 25, of 522 Salem Road, died February 2, 2019.Born in Portsmouth, VA on August 25, 1993, he was the son of Carl Maurice Matthews, II of Lakeland, FL and Kenya Arendall Vaughan of Macon. A memorial service will be held Saturday February 16, 2019 at 2 pm at 1487 Wise Five Forks Road, Macon, NC27551....
Mary Edith Robbins Cleaton
Jan 31, 2019
HENDERSON-Mary Edith Robbins Cleaton, 93, a resident of 325 Vincent-Hoyle Road, died Thursday, January 31, 2019 at Maria Parham Health.Born in Vance County on July 12, 1925, she was the daughter of the late James Waddell Robbins, Sr. and Annie Jackson Jarrells Robbins, and was the widow of Milo Thomas "M.T" Cleaton, Jr.. A memorial service will be held Saturday,...
