Mr. Ronald B. Simpson, 70, passed away Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at Gordon Hospice House in Statesville, NC. Ronnie was born in Roanoke Rapids, son of the late Verney W. and Lucille Finch Simpson. He attended Roanoke Rapids City Schools, and served in the U.S. Air Force.

Judy B. Sanders, 57 of Jackson Street died Sunday, May 20, 2012 at Halifax Regional Medical Center.

Peggy Ann Mitchell Porch, 72, died Friday, May 18, 2012 in Halifax Regional Medical Center.

James Howard Jenkins, 70, died Friday, May 18, 2012 at his residence on Dickens Ave.

Mabel Ellis Allen, 75 of 133 Buttercup Lane died Thursday, May 17, 2012 at Halifax Regional Medical Center.

It deeply saddens us that Joyce Ann Dixon Bohannon passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at Vidant Hospital (Pitt County Memorial Hospital) Greenville, North Carolina.  She was born on March 4, 1943, in Norfolk, Virginia, to the late George Dixon and Viola “Totsie” Bryant Dixon Butts.

Dorothy Benton Broughton, 86, of Roanoke Rapids, died Tuesday, May 15, 2012.

Alton Dewey Coker, Sr., 81, died Monday, May 7, 2012 in Halifax Regional Medical Center.

Billy Wright “Sam” Jones, 74, of Highway 48, died Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount.

Mary Bryant Taylor, 75, of Richmond, VA and formerly of Roanoke Rapids, died Friday, April 13, 2012, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Richmond.