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Samuel Wilbur Brummitt, Sr.
Oct 20, 2017
HENDERSON- It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Samuel Wilbur Brummitt, Sr., age 81, of Henderson on October 20, 2017. He was born in Henderson on December 13, 1935 to the late Mattie Adcock Brummitt and Harold B. Brummitt. Sam touched many lives and was a pillar of his community. Sam received his B.S. in Textile...
Roy Carlton Newhouse
Oct 19, 2017
HENDERSON- Roy Carlton Newhouse, Sr., age 76, a resident of 55 Daniel Harris Road, died Thursday, October 19, 2017 at Universal Health Care in Oxford.Born in Vance County on September 23, 1941, he was the son of the late John Newhouse, Sr. and Velma West Newhouse.Roy was a farmer and was retired from H.G. Reynolds where he worked as a...
Thomas "Ranger" O. Wilkerson
Oct 19, 2017
KITTRELL- Mr. Thomas Olin "Ranger" Wilkerson, age 81, a resident of 5700 Raleigh Road, died Thursday, October 19, 2017 at his home.Born in Vance County on December 15, 1935 he was the son of the late Hartwell S. Wilkerson and Rena George Wilkerson.Ranger was a well known and well respected lifelong member of the Henderson Community.He retired from the City...
Linda Sue Watson Lassiter
Oct 16, 2017
HENDERSON-Linda Sue Watson Lassiter, age 66, a resident of 450 Cedar Street, died Monday, October 16, 2017 at Duke University Hospital.Born on July 17, 1951 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth Watson and Grace Lee Thomas Watson, and was the widow of Charles Thomas Lassiter, Sr.Mrs. Lassiter was a member of Celebrations Church in Oxford....
Linda Sue Watson Lassiter
Oct 16, 2017
HENDERSON-Linda Sue Watson Lassiter, age 66, a resident of 450 Cedar Street, died Monday, October 16, 2017 at Duke University Hospital.Born on July 17, 1951 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth Watson and Grace Lee Thomas Watson, and was the widow of Charles Thomas Lassiter, Sr.Mrs. Lassiter was a member of Celebrations Church in Oxford....
Mary Elizabeth Satterwhite
Oct 16, 2017
HENDERSON-Mary Elizabeth Satterwhite, 94, a former resident of S. Cooper Drive, died Monday, October 16, 2017, in a local nursing home.Born on November 28, 1922 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Hertford Ayscue Satterwhite and Fannie Ellington Satterwhite. Graveside funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 am at Sunset Gardens by Pastor Will Breedlove. She...
Charles Lewis Gardner
Oct 15, 2017
HENDERSON-Charles Lewis Gardner, 74, a resident of 488 Club Pond Road, died Sunday, October 15, 2017 at Duke University Hospital.Born on February 5, 1943 in Edgecombe Co., he was the son of Harvard Batchelor Gardner of Rocky Mount and the late Dorothy Louise Braswell Gardner. Charles was a Veteran of the United States Navy serving in Vietnam, and was the...
Frances Stone Fuller
Oct 9, 2017
KITTRELL- Frances Overton Stone Fuller, 88, a resident of 2180 Rocky Ford Road, went to her eternal home on Monday, October 9, 2017. Born on July 15, 1929 in Warren County, she was the daughter of the late Ralph E. Stone and Nellie Pearl Peoples Stone, and was the widow of Thelbert Leland Fuller. Loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister,...
Lona Mae Walker Lewis
Oct 5, 2017
DURHAM-Lona Mae Walker Lewis, age 79, a resident of 204 Hemlock Drive, died Thursday, October 05, 2017, at her home.Born in Warren County on April 16, 1938, she was the daughter of the late William Angus Walker and Virginia Hamm Walker.Mrs. Lewis was a retired Business Manager of the Burlington Mills Union. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00...
Elaine Stainback Reavis
Oct 5, 2017
HENDERSON-Lottie Elaine Stainback Reavis, 95, a resident of Henderson died peacefully Thursday, October 05, 2017.Born on November 5, 1921 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Murtie Lee Stainback and Nora Mae Ayscue Stainback, and was the widow of Donald W. Reavis, Sr.. She will be remembered dearly by how she lived her life, which was in...
Barbara Bristow Gabriel
Oct 4, 2017
HENDERSON-Barbara Bristow Gabriel, 70, a resident of 833 Taylors Point Lane, died Wednesday, October 4, 2017, at her home.Born on July 10, 1947 in Wilmington, Delaware, she was the daughter of the late Edgar Bristow and Hanna Lafferty Bristow. Mrs. Gabriel was a retired Executive Assistant for the Commissioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.She was of the Catholic Faith. Memorial...
Linwood Dickerson
Oct 3, 2017
HENDERSON-Linwood Dickerson, 70, a resident of 514 Country Acres Drive, died Tuesday, October 3, 2017,at Duke University Hospital.Born in Granville County on December 18, 1946, he was the son of the late Alfred Yancey Dickerson, Sr. and Trudie Mae Bollinger Dickerson.Mr. Dickerson was retired from Burlington Mills and was a member of Our Lords House of Prayer. Funeral services will...
Mary Ross Jackson
Sep 23, 2017
HENDERSON-Mary Ross "Sweetpea" Jackson, 80, a resident of 2599 N. Lynnbank Road, died Saturday, September 23, 2017 at Duke University Hospital.Born in Vance County on September 20, 1937, she was the daughter of the late John Thomas Smith and Emma Paschall Smith.She was retired as a Quality Control Inspector from the former Laurens Glass Plant.She was a member of Mt....
Howard Faucette
Sep 19, 2017
HENDERSON-Howard Faucette, age 91, a resident of 319 Faucette Lane, died Tuesday September 19, 2017 at his home. Born on June 12, 1926 in Vance County, he was the son of the late Nathan General Faucette and Lola West Faucette.He was a retired tobacco farmer and attended Mt. Ararat Pentecostal Holiness Church. Funeral services will be held Friday, September 22,...
Frank Buford Miller, Jr.
Sep 19, 2017
HENDERSON-Frank Buford Miller, Jr., age 79, a resident of 820 Coble Blvd., died Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at Maria Parham Health after years of declining health.Born on March 16, 1938 in Vance County, he was the son of the late Frank B. Miller, Sr. and Addie Baker Miller Twisdale. Frank was a Veteran of the United States Army and was...
Ginger Williams Pendergrass
Sep 18, 2017
HENDERSON- Mrs. Ginger Wilson Pendergrass, age 82, a resident of 67 Barham Lane, died Monday, September 18, 2017 at her home surrounded by her family.Born in Vance County on September 7, 1935 she was the daughter of the late James Allison Williams and Beulah Irene Smith.She was retired from Vance Granville Community College where she worked as the chief examiner...
Donna Jean Burns
Sep 17, 2017
HENDERSON- Mrs. Donna Jean (Gillispie) Burns, age 67, a resident of 950 Spring Valley Lake Road, died Sunday, September 17, 2017 at Maria Parham Health.Born in Huntington, WV on December 8, 1949 she was the daughter of the late Carvel Gillispie and Betty Hall Gillispie.Mrs. Burns was a homemaker and a member of Central Baptist Church where she was active...
Geraldine Jackson Perry
Sep 17, 2017
Geraldine Alice Jackson Perry passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, September 17, 2017 in Jacksonville, Florida, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Richmond, Virginia, June 19, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Edward Allen Jackson and Estelle OBrien Jackson. She was predeceased by her husband, Albert Vernon Perry; her daughter Althea Jackson Perry at age...
Charlie Allen Edwards
Sep 13, 2017
HENDERSON- Mr. Charlie Allen Edwards, 77, a resident of 1832 S Clearview Drive, died Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at Maria Parham Health.Born in Vance County on June 11, 1940, he was the son of the late Bennett Gill Edwards, Sr. and Mattie Roberson Edwards.He was retired from CVS. Charlie was a member of New Life Baptist Church where funeral services...
Pauline Carroll Lilley
Sep 12, 2017
Mrs. Daisey Pauline Carroll Lilley, 87, a resident of 625 S. Cooper Drive, died Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at her home.Born in Vance County on July 12, 1930, she was the daughter of the late George Bennett Carroll and Polly Brame Carroll. Funeral services will be held Friday, September 15, 2017 at 2:00 PM in the chapel of J. M....
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