Doris Ann Stainback
Jul 13, 2025
HENDERSON- Doris Ann Stainback, 93, of New Bethel Church Road, died Sunday, July 13, 2025 at Whitmore Retirement Center. Born September 11, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Jennie V. Renn Stainback and Ben Hill Stainback. She retired from Carolina Telephone Company where she was a project manager. Doris loved her cousins and their children. She also loved...
Herman Atwood Davis, Jr.
Jul 13, 2025
HENDERSON- Herman Atwood Davis, Jr., 88, of Henderson, passed away Sunday, July 13, 2025. Born February 27, 1937 in Vance County, he was the son of the late Herman Atwood Davis, Sr. and Sara Alston Burwell Davis and was the widower of Mary Ann Crews Davis. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Henderson where he served...
Elizabeth "Lib" Finch Coghill
Jul 12, 2025
HENDERSON-Elizabeth Finch “Lib” Coghill, 84, a resident of The Bridges on Parkview, died Saturday, July 12, 2025 at Duke University Hospital. Born March 12, 1941 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Virginia Wynne Finch and Thomas Harold Finch, Sr. and was the widow of Maurice Lee Coghill, Jr. Lib was a member of Fuller Chapel Christian...
Michael Seifert Santos
Jul 12, 2025
WAKE FOREST- Michael Seifert Santos, 37, of Sleepy Hollow Road, died Saturday, July 12, 2025 at his home. Born January 2, 1988 in Guilford County, he was the son of Laura Seifert Gabel of Oxford and Juan Santos. He was the oldest grandchild of Donald and Betsy Seifert of Henderson. Family and friends will gather on Friday, July 25 at...
Annette Chappell Roberson
Jul 4, 2025
HENDERSON — Annette Chappell Roberson, 75, a resident of Parker Lane, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 4, 2025, at the Duke Hock Family Pavilion in Durham. Born on March 1, 1950, in Carteret County, she was the daughter of the late Albert Christopher Chappell and Jean Candler Chappell. Annette was academically gifted and deeply driven, graduating from North Carolina...
Charles Newcomb Roberson Sr.
Jul 3, 2025
HENDERSON-Charles Newcomb Roberson, Sr., 78, a resident of Allen Road, passed away Thursday July 3, 2025, at Warren hills Nursing Home. Born December 17, 1946, in Vance County, Charles was the son of the late Otha Roberson and Irene Ellington Roberson and was the widower of Dorothy Gosney Roberson. He was retired from Con Fo Hosiery Mill. Graveside funeral services...
Alvis Rigsbee Jr
Jul 3, 2025
HENDERSON-Alvis Rigsbee Jr., 80, a resident of Briggs Road, passed away Thursday July 3, 2025 at his home. Born December 30, 1944 in Durham County he was the son of the late Alvis Rigsbee Sr. and Millie Kirby Rigsbee. Alvis was a veteran of the United States Air Force serving during the Vietnam War. A memorial service with military honors...
Patrick Alioysius Rodgers, Iii
Jun 30, 2025
HENDERSON- Patrick Alioysius Rodgers, III, 68, of Abbott Road, died Monday, June 30, 2025 at his home. Born January 10, 1957 in Cook County, IL, he was the son of the late Jane Roseman Langley Strang and Patrick Alioysius Rodgers, Jr. He worked as a bartender at T. R.’s Lounge. A Celebration of Life service will be held Thursday July...
Betty Gupton Preddy
Jun 26, 2025
Betty Jean Preddy, aged 92, of Oxford, NC, passed away in her home on June 26, 2025. Born on July 6, 1932, Betty was a source of joy and adventure to all who knew her. Betty spent her life dedicated to her family as a loving homemaker. She was married to Troy Preddy for 68 years. Together, they raised their...
Danny Gray Tillotson
Jun 24, 2025
HENDERSON- Danny Gray Tillotson, 74, passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at Granville Health and Rehabilitation Center in Oxford. To honor Danny’s wishes no services are planned. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to The Humane Society of Granville County, HSGC, PO Box 385, Butner, NC 27509
David Elliott Cheek
Jun 24, 2025
David Elliott Cheek, 77, of Henry Wilson Road, died Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at Duke Regional Hospital. Born January 14, 1948 in Guilford County, he was the son of the late Bernice Daniel Cheek and Edna Reddick Cheek. He retired from the Town of Butner where he was a water treatment operator in the public works department. David attended Dexter...
James "Jamie" Moss
Jun 22, 2025
James “Jamie” Moss, 50, of Southerland Mill Road, died Sunday, June 22, 2025 at his home. Born January 21, 1975 in Vance County, he was the son of the late Marilyn Dianne Moss and Henry Moss of Henderson. It is with great sadness and sorrow that our precious Jamie has passed away. Heaven needed another “Angel.” He will forever be...
Teresa Peoples Smith
Jun 19, 2025
HENDERSON- Teresa Lynn Peoples Smith, 67, a resident of Gun Club Road, passed away peacefully Thursday, June 19, 2025 at her home. Born November 8, 1957 in Hampton Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Elsie Bailey Peoples and Clifton McDonald Peoples. Teresa was a manager at H&R Block and was a member of Poplar Creek Baptist Church. A...
Joan Davis Winston
Jun 17, 2025
OXFORD- JoAn Davis Burroughs Winston, 88, of Maluli Drive, died Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at a local nursing home. Born June 11, 1937 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Mabel Roberson Davis and Joseph Jordan Davis and was the widow of James Pratt Winston and Ernest Woodward Boyette, Jr. JoAn earned her Master of Education from...
Amaryllis "Chickie" Beasley Watkins
Jun 16, 2025
HENDERSON- Amaryllis Stanford Beasley “Chickie” Watkins, 91, of Brookrun Road, died Monday, June 16, 2025 at UNC Rex Hospital as the result of congestive heart failure. Born March 15, 1934 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Hilda Morgan Beasley and William Barney Beasley and sister to the late Fred Beasley. Amaryllis, known to her family and...
Harold Shields Tucker, Jr.
Jun 13, 2025
HENDERSON- Harold Shields Tucker, Jr., 82, of Buckhorn Street, died June 13, 2025 at his home. Born November 7, 1942 in Vance County, he was the son of the late Alice Jackson Tucker and Harold Shields Tucker, Sr. He was retired from Brown and Williamson where he was a tobacco buyer. Harold was a member of Nut Bush Presbyterian Church...
Sandra Ellen Wolfe
Jun 12, 2025
HENDERSON- Sandra Ellen Olson Wolfe, 74, of NC Highway 39 S, died Thursday, June 12, 2025 at her home. Born April 19, 1951 in Los Angeles, she was the daughter of the late Doris Dickerson Olson and Lloyd Olson. Sandra was a member of Island Creek Baptist Church. She was a retired nurse, having worked at both Maria Parham Health...
Birdie R. Travis
Jun 11, 2025
HENDERSON-Birdie Roberson Travis, 83, of Coble Boulevard, died Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at Maria Parham Health. Born February 26, 1942, in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Mildred Pegram Roberson and Jessie Raymond Roberson and was the widow of Irvin Pruitt and Jimmy Travis. Birdie formerly worked with Meals on Wheels as a food program assistant. She...
Diane Clark Jackson
Jun 10, 2025
HENDERSON – Teresa Diane Clark Jackson, 80, of Cokesbury Court, died June 10, 2025 at a local nursing home. Born March 1, 1945 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Almenia “Polly” Stokes Murphy and Joseph Lonnie “Dickie” Clark. Diane worked as the office assistant at the former Henderson Family Medicine and Dr. L. Vijaya. She was...
Evelyn Brantly Garrett
Jun 8, 2025
DURHAM- Evelyn Brantly Garrett, 75, of Cheswick Place, passed away June 8, 2025, peacefully at home with her loving family. Born February 19, 1950 in Winchester, VA, she was the daughter of the late Perdita Arnett Brantly and Edgar Clayton Brantly, II, MD. Evelyn was a devoted wife and friend. She cared for her community and loved animals. She studied...
