Ronald "Ronnie" Dane Grissom
Feb 14, 2025
Ronald Dane “Ronnie” Grissom, 73, a resident of Country Lake Drive, passed away Friday, February 14, 2025, at Duke Medical Center. Born August 22, 1951, in Vance County, he was the son of the late James Fletcher Grissom and Ruth McGhee Grissom. Ronnie retired from Womack Electric Supply Company in Oxford. In business, Ronnie prided himself on the “Golden Rule.”...
Betty Parrish Hedgepeth
Feb 10, 2025
HENDERSON- Betty Parrish Hedgepeth, 79, of North Lynnbank Road, died Monday, February 10, 2025 at Duke University Medical Center. Born January 13, 1946 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Vernell Edwards Parrish and William Herbert Parrish and was the widow of David Jennings Hedgepeth. She was a member of Fuller Chapel Christian Church and the owner...
Claude Lyle Kerley, Jr.
Feb 10, 2025
HENDERSON- Claude Lyle Kerley, Jr., 84, of Dick Smith Road, died Monday, February 10, 2025 at Duke University Medical Center. Born June 29, 1940 in Vance County, he was the son of the late Cassie Earline Woodlief Kerley and Claude Lyle Kerley, Sr. He was a Major in the North Carolina National Guard and a member of the National Guard...
Charles Millard Garrett
Feb 8, 2025
HENDERSON- Charles Millard Garrett Sr., 87, of Glover Street, died Saturday, February 8, 2025 at Maria Parham Health. Born July 11, 1937 in Warren County, he was the son of the late Virginia Turner Garrett and Millard Blaine Garrett. He was a Veteran of the United States Air Force and a retired administrator for the North Carolina National Guard. Charles...
Larry Jackson Parks
Feb 8, 2025
HENDERSON- Larry Jackson Parks, 73, of S. Beckford Drive, died Saturday, February 8, 2025 at Maria Parham Health. Born July 1, 1951 in Haywood County, he was the son of the late Rosa Parks Knight and June C. Knight, Sr. No services are planned at this time. Larry is survived by two brothers, June Knight, Jr. (Wanda) of Henderson and...
Preston Eugene Powers
Feb 8, 2025
HENDERSON- Mr. Preston Eugene Powers, 100, died February 8, 2025 at his home. Born in Lee County on August 26, 1924, he was the son of the late Lloyd Worth Powers and Bertha Pickard Powers. Preston was part of the “Greatest Generation” and a part of the famous Henderson High School Class of 1942. While at Henderson High School he...
Adelaide Laemmrich Schaenzer
Feb 5, 2025
CLARKSVILLE, VA- Adelaide Ethel Laemmrich Schaenzer, 96, of Ivy Hill Road, died peacefully Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at her home. Born December 1, 1928 in Milwaukee, WI, she was the daughter of the late Elsie Tuchscherer Laemmrich and Alex Laemmrich and was the widow of Richard Carl “Dick” Schaenzer. Adelaide was the heart and soul of her family. She created...
Elizabeth "Betsy" Bachman Catlett
Feb 4, 2025
Elizabeth “Betsy” Bachman Catlett, 94, of Henderson, NC died peacefully surrounded by her family on February 4 th, 2025. Born May 18 th, 1930, in Edenton, NC, she was the daughter of Augustus Walker Bachman and Jeanette Shaw Strause Bachman. She graduated from Henderson High School in 1948 and Women’s College of North Carolina in 1952. She married Albert “Al”...
Ruth Elyse Edwards
Feb 3, 2025
HENDERSON- Ruth Elyse Edwards, 77, of Fernwood Creek Court, died Monday, February 3, 2025 at Maria Parham Health. Born May 19, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Evelyn Knight Edwards and Edgar Marvin Edwards, who she adored, thought looked like movie stars and always told the best stories about. Speaking of stories, Ruth had a very creative, artistic...
Frances Elizabeth Abbott
Jan 31, 2025
HENDERSON- Miss Frances Elizabeth Abbott, 93, a resident of Stewart Farm Rd., passed away Friday, January 31, 2025 at Brookdale Home Health in Cary. Born June 2, 1931 in Vance Co., she was the daughter of the late E. M. Abbott and Lucy West Abbott. She was a member of Carey Baptist Church and a retired School Teacher and Principal...
Thomas "Tom" Wayne Phillips
Jan 23, 2025
WAKE FOREST- Thomas Wayne “Tom” Phillips, 80, of Rolesville Road, died Thursday, January 23,2025 at his home. Born January 27, 1944 in Tompkins County, NY, he was the son of the late Emma Little Phillips and Evan Phillips, Sr. Tom was a Veteran of the United States Navy. He was a member of the Henderson Moose Lodge and the America...
Dana Eugene Crabill
Jan 23, 2025
HENDERSON – Dana Eugene Crabill, 78, of Franklin Lane, died Thursday, January 23, 2025 at his home. Born January 5, 1947 in Los Angeles, he was the son of the late Erma Alberta Jones Crabill and Cadmus Eugene Crabill. He was a Veteran of the United States Army and United States Air Force; as well as retired from the United...
Betty Jo Stainback Buchan
Jan 21, 2025
Betty Jo Stainback Buchan, of Henderson, passed away at her home on January 21, 2025 at the age of 83. Born in Warren County on June 10, 1941, Betty Jo was the daughter of the late Charles Gray Stainback and Rosa Thompson Stainback and was the widow of Richard Duke “Scooter” Buchan, Jr (1940—1987). There was no one quite like...
Mary Ann West Lassiter
Jan 21, 2025
HENDERSON- Mary Ann West Lassiter, 60, of Highway 39 South, died Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at Maria Parham Health. Born June 2, 1964 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Betty Ann West and Joseph West, Sr. Mary Ann worked as an order filler at Royal Home Fashions. She was a member of Blessed Hope Baptist Church...
Larry Denny
Jan 21, 2025
Larry Denny, 78, of Monroe, GA, passed away peacefully on January 21, 2025, with his loving and devoted wife at his side, listening to his favorite bluegrass gospel music after an extended period of declining health. He was born on December 30, 1946, in Oxford, NC, to Clarence and Ruby Denny. Larry married Sharon Guill on July 6, 1984, and...
Dorieen Tharrington Kearney
Jan 20, 2025
Dorieen Tharrington Kearney, 83, a resident of NC 39 South, died Monday, January 20, 2025 at Maria Parham Health. Born in Franklin County on April 21, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson Tharrington and Iones Edwards Tharrington, and was the widow of Wade Randolph Kearney. Mrs. Kearney was a Teacher’s Assistant and bus driver for the...
Freddie Leach Sanford
Jan 17, 2025
HENDERSON- Freddie Leach Sanford, 81, of Newton Dairy Road, died Friday January 17, 2025 at Granville Medical Center. Born September 3, 1943 in Vance County, he was the son of the late Fred L. Sanford and Maude Faucette Sanford and was the widower of Dina Hanford Sanford. He was retired from Quality Equipment where he worked as the Parts Manager...
Arthur Thomas "Robbie" Robertson, Iii
Jan 15, 2025
HENDERSON- Arthur Thomas “Robbie” Robertson, III, 73, of Brookhaven Place, died Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at Maria Parham Health. Born October 20,1951, he was the son of the late Joyce Boone Robertson Jackson and Arthur Thomas Robertson, Jr. He retired from Carolina Quality Inc. where he was a district manager. He was a member of Freedom Life Church of God...
Jane Crews Meekins
Jan 15, 2025
HENDERSON – Jane Elizabeth Crews Meekins, 93, of Lakeview Drive died Wednesday, January 15, 2025. Born January 27, 1931, in Forsyth County, she was the daughter of the late Lena Josephine Mock Crews and Charles Alexander Dewey Crews. Jane was a graduate of High Point College and later earned a master’s degree from UNC-Chapel Hill. She and her husband, the...
Roy G. Williams
Jan 15, 2025
WAYNESVILLE- On January 15, 2025, Roy Godwin Williams at 86 departed this Earth to join his Beloved wife Julia who left one week prior. They were reunited and joined their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Roy was born on November 30, 1938 in Greensboro to the late Fred M. Williams and Mabel Godwin Williams. Roy was an athletic young man...
