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Michael Thomas Pierce, Jr.
Sep 20, 2015
HARRISONBURG,VA-Michael Thomas Pierce, Jr., age 23, a resident of N. Burkwood Court, died Sunday, September 20, 2015.Born on November 29, 1991 in Vance County, he was the son of Cecelia Williamson Wilder of Oxford and Michael Thomas Pierce, Sr. of Harrisonburg, VA.Michael was employed as a shipping supervisor in Harrisonburg. Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 26, 2015, at...
James Frazier Moody
Sep 18, 2015
HENDERSON-James Frazier Moody, age 79, a resident of 2005 Thomas Lane, died Friday, September 18, 2015, in a local nursing home.Born in Granville County on May 8, 1936, he was the son of the late Charlie Frazier Moody and Daisy Elliott Moody. He was a graduate of the last class of the former Clarksville High School in 1955 and attended...
Edward Wendell Heape
Sep 17, 2015
HENDERSON-Edward Wendell Heape, 48, a resident of 134 Granite Street,died Thursday, September 17, 2015 at his home.Born in Aiken, SC on March22, 1967, he was the son Willette Derrick Youmans of Early Branch, SC and the late Roy Heape, and was the widower of Kristin Bishop Heape. He was a former maintenance supervisor with EarlyFalsom Properties. A memorial service will...
Robert Jim Thomas
Sep 17, 2015
HENDERSON- Mr. Robert Jim Thomas, age 87, a resident of 181 Townsville Landing Road, died Thursday September, 17, 2015 at Maria Parham Medical Center.Born in Yancey County on December 27, 1927 he was the son of the late Arnold Thomas and Pearl Woody Thomas.He was a Veteran of the United States Army having served in World War II.He was self...
Anthony Kevin Fox
Sep 15, 2015
LOUISBURG-Anthony Kevin Tony Fox, AKA Ice Man, a resident of Louisburg, died Tuesday, September 15, 2015, at Vidant Edgecombe Hospital in Tarboro from injuries received in an automobile accident. Born on November 2, 1959 in Louisville, Kentucky, he was the son of the late Eugene Fox and Margie Hazel Stone Fox, and was the widower of Betsy Rose Evans Fox....
Danette Mangum Edwards
Sep 15, 2015
HENDERSON- Danette De Dee Mangum Edwards, age 50, a resident of 430 Briggs Road, died Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at her home.Born in Halifax County on July 3, 1965 she was the daughter of George Ellis Mangum of Henderson and the late Evelyn Taylor Jones.Mrs. Edwards was employed as a shipping clerk at Dill Air Control and was a member...
Alton Leon Abbott
Sep 15, 2015
Alton Leon Abbott, age 76, a resident of 237 Buckskin Lane, Henderson died Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem.Born November 10, 1938 in Vance County, he was the son of the late Malcoin Abbott and Daisy Mae Mangum Abbott.He was the owner and operator of Abbotts Switching Service and was a member of...
Richard Allen Chilton, Sr.
Sep 14, 2015
Richard Allen Chilton, Sr., age 70, a resident of 199 Browns Creek Lane, Manson died Monday, September 14, 2015 at his home.Born on July 28, 1945 in Guilford County, he was the son of the late Fred Chilton and Marjorie Davis Chilton.He was a Vietnam Veteran and retired as a Regional Sales Manager with 20th Century Truck Accessories Group.He was...
Grace Edwards Mitchell
Sep 13, 2015
HENDERSON- Mrs. Grace Edwards Mitchell, age 86, a longtime resident of Henderson, and resident of Suffolk, VA since 2009, died September 13, 2015 at Autumn Care in Suffolk.Born in Warren County on October 1, 1928 she was the daughter of the late Henry R. Edwards and Irene Vaughan Edwards.Mrs. Mitchell was a member of First Congregational Christian Church and worked...
Virginia O Gupton
Sep 12, 2015
Virginia ONeal Gupton, age 82, a resident of Graham Avenue, died Saturday, September 12, 2015, at Granville House in Oxford.Born on February 19, 1933 in Nash County, she was the daughter of the late Herman ONeal and Columbia Perry ONeal, and was the widow of Alvin David Gupton.Mrs. Gupton was a member of South Henderson Church of God. She was...
Sarah May Hedgepeth
Sep 11, 2015
HENDERSON- Sarah May Hedgepeth, age 79, a former resident of Kittrell, died Friday, September 11, 2015 at a local nursing home.Born in Franklin County on April 22, 1936 she was the daughter of the late Roy May and Beulah Falkner May. She worked as a nursing assistant. No services are planned at this time. She is survived by her husband,...
Edward Louis Mustian
Sep 1, 2015
Edward Louis Mustian, Jr., son of Edward Louis Mustian, Sr., and Ila Blanche Hedgepeth Mustian, died September 1, 2015. Predeceased by his parents and sister, Ann M. Edwards, he is survived by his wife of 67 years, Nina Barnes Mustian; three sons, Edward L. Mustian, III (Carolyn), William Marshall Mustian (Terrie), and Paul Barnes Mustian (Alisa); seven grandchildren, Laura Rose...
Elsie Harris Strange
Aug 30, 2015
HENDERSON- Mrs. Elsie Harris Strange, age 92, a resident of 368 West Hills Dr, died Sunday, August 30, 2015 at Maria Parham Medical Center.Born March 7, 1923 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Fredrick Harris and Mary Byrd Harris.Mrs. Strange was a lifetime member of South Henderson Pentecostal Holiness Church and was retired from Belk where...
Joyce Sharpe Pulley
Aug 30, 2015
HENDERSON- Mrs. Joyce Sharpe Pulley, age 84, a former resident of Lynnbank Road, died Sunday, August 30, 2015 at The GrayBrier Nursing and Rehab Center.Born in Richland, GA on July 24, 1931 she was the daughter of the late Leslie Giles Sharpe and Julia Stringfellow Sharpe.She was a homemaker and member of Union Chapel United Methodist Church. Funeral services will...
Alisa Wilson Gorman
Aug 29, 2015
HENDERSON- Alisa Wilson Gorman, age 49, a resident of Henderson, died Saturday, August 29, 2015 at Maria Parham Hospital.Born in Massachusetts on November 3, 1965 she was the daughter of the late William Wilson and Judith Gallagher Buzzell. She was a member of South Henderson Pentecostal Holiness Church. A memorial service will be held Thursday at 7:00 PM at J.M....
Margaret Bridgers Bridges
Aug 25, 2015
HENDERSON- Mrs. Margaret Bridgers Bridges, age 99, a resident of 424 Gillburg Road, died August 25, 2015 at her residence.Born June 6, 1916 in Wake County, she was the daughter of the late Sylvester Thomas Bridgers and Alice Richardson Bridgers and the widow of Robert Eulon Foots Bridges.She was a homemaker and member of Unity Baptist Church. Funeral services will...
Delores Weaver Vaughan
Aug 24, 2015
HENDERSON- Delores Jane Weaver Vaughan, age 65, a resident of 1250 Fuller Street, died Monday, August 24, 2015 at Nash General Hospital.Born February 2, 1950 in Vance County she was the daughter of the late William Weaver and Lillian Mae Hedegpeth Weaver. Funeral services will be held Thursday, at 2:00 PM in the chapel of J.M. White Funeral Home by...
Frances Rowe Cava
Aug 13, 2015
Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Rowe Cava of Henderson, North Carolina entered her eternal rest on Thursday, August 13, 2015. She was the daughter of the late James T. and Bessie Hogge Rowe of Newport News, Virginia where she spent most of her ninety-two years of life. Pete, as she was lovingly nick-named by her father and known by many of her...
Pattie Mildred Brummitt Cash
Aug 12, 2015
HENDERSON- Pattie Mildred Brummitt Cash, 96, of Henderson died Wednesday August 12, 2015.Born December 15, 1918 in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Sam Brummitt and Blanche Adcock Brummitt.She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church where funeral services will be held Friday at 12:00 by Dr. Gene Wood.Burial will follow in Sunset Gardens. Survivors include her...
James Edward Ivey, Ii
Aug 7, 2015
HENDERSON-James Edward "Poison" Ivey, II, age 47, a resident of 211 Flanagan Road, died Friday, August 7, 2015, at his home.Born on March 6, 1968 in Vance County, he was the son of Frances Barham Williamson of Henderson and the late Robert Henry Ivey.He was a tobacco farmer and a member of Blessed Hope Baptist Church. James got his nickname...
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