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Wendell Crews 'Duck' Claiborne Jr.

Wendell Crews “Duck” Claiborne Jr., 87, of Gaston passed away on Thursday, June 8, 2023. He is preceded in death by his parents, Wendell...

Peggy Lee Hedgepeth

She was born in Pitt County, North Carolina in 1934 and was one of seven children. She married Lathan Hedgepeth in 1954 and followed him...

Sally Ray Draper Warren

Sally Ray Draper Warren, age 85, of Roanoke Rapids, died Sunday, June 4, 2023. Born on June 5, 1937 in Weldon, she was the daughter of the...

Mark Ashley Short

Mark Ashley Short, 58 of Seaboard, NC went to his heavenly home on Saturday, June 3, 2023. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert...

Virginia 'Jenny Sue' Sue Liles King

Virginia “Jenny Sue” Sue Liles King, 72, passed away Saturday, June 3, 2023, at her home. Jenny Sue was born September 11, 1950, in...

Obituaries Page

Clifton Ray 'Cliff' Daniel

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Clifton Ray “Cliff” Daniel, 84, of Roanoke Rapids, passed away on May 30, 2023, at his home surrounded by family. Cliff was born on September 18, 1938, on the Daniel family farm in Enfield, North...

Gordon Scott Hancock

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Scott passed away peacefully with his loving family by his side May 27, 2023. Scott was born in Virginia Beach to John S. Hancock and Judy Hodges. He was preceded in death by his father John...

Stephanie Danielle Cannon Williams

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Stephanie Danielle Cannon Williams, 35, of Littleton passed away Thursday, May 25, 2023. Stephanie was born August 6, 1987 in Nash County to Charles W. Cannon, Sr. and Judy Adkins Nance Cannon. She...

Peggy Ann Edwards

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Peggy Ann Edwards, age 89, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, May 26, 2023 while residing at Autumn Care of Nash. She was born on August 15, 1933 in Roanoke Rapids and was the...

Kathryn Kincaid Price

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Kathryn “Kat” Kincaid Price, 97, of Weldon, passed away on Friday, May 26, 2023 in her home. Mrs. Price was born in Lenoir, NC, the daughter of the late Lois Rainey Kincaid and Clarence Kincaid. She...

Thomas Spicer Thomas

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Thomas Spicer Thomas, 64, of Littleton, passed away on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Mr. Thomas was born in Elmira, NY, the son of the late Roberta Garris and Louis Thomas. He was also preceded in death...

William Ray Harlow

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William Ray Harlow, 77, passed away peacefully at the Durham Veterans Administration Hospice Center on Sunday May 21. Ray was born in Halifax County, North Carolina on February 23, 1946 to Rachel...

Roy Beverly Wilkins

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Roy Beverly Wilkins, 93 years old, of Roanoke Rapids, NC passed away at his home Sunday, May 21, 2023. He was born May 23, 1929 in Granville Co., NC. Roy was one of 10 children born to Helon and...

Dr. John Ray Powell Jr., DDS

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A memorial service for Dr. John Ray Powell Jr. will be held Friday, May 26, 2023 at 11:00 a.m.at Epiphany Episcopal Church Canterbury Hall, 3125 Ritchie Road|, Forestville, MD 20747. His burial...

Ernest Lee 'Pee Wee' Fulghum Jr.

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Ernest Lee Fulghum Jr. — “Pee Wee” — 86 of Raleigh passed away Saturday May 20, 2023 at Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Pee Wee was born in Raleigh, North Carolina to the late Ernest Lee and...

Robert Joseph Weitzel Sr.

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Robert Joseph Weitzel, Sr., 72, of Littleton passed away Saturday, May 20, 2023, at his home. Robert was born June 25, 1950, in Wabash, Indiana to the late Donald William Weitzel, Jr and Margaret Jo...

Christina Nicole Burris

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Christina Nicole Burris, 35, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, formerly from Roanoke Rapids, passed away to be with her Lord and Savior on May 12th, 2023. She was preceded in death by her Mother Linda...

Thelma Ann Saunders Dickens

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Thelma Ann Saunders Dickens, 88, of Gaston died on Saturday, May 20, 2023, at her home with her family by her side. She was the daughter of the late Nimrod Herring Saunders and Eloise Knighton...

Dan Edward Warren

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Dan Edward Warren, born January 11 , 1938, of Halifax passed away on May 19, 2023, at Nash General Hospital Dan was born in Halifax County to the late Sterling Warren and Callie Mae Warren. He was...

Jason 'JD' Dale Denton

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Jason “JD” Dale Denton, 52, passed away at his home surrounded by his wife and family early Friday morning, May 19, 2023, after a battle with cancer. Jason “JD” was born February 19, 1971, in...

Mabel Thomas Floyd King

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Mabel Thomas Floyd King, born April 18, 1916 to Joseph Hubert Floyd, and Lillie Thomas High Floyd, was born and grew up a little West of Gaston, NC. Her children are Thomas Moore King and Emily...

Stanley Curtis Anderson

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Stanley Curtis Anderson, 81, passed away on May 11, 2023. He was the son of the late Herman Joseph Anderson and Jessie Mae Mills. Left to cherish his memory, is his wife of 57 years, Bonnie...

Dorothy Faye Alston Davidson

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Dorothy Faye Alston Davidson, 88, of Halifax, passed away on Friday, May 5, 2023, in ECU Health North Hospital. Mrs. Davidson was born on October 10, 1934, in Halifax, NC, the daughter of the late...

Louise Rightmyer Shipley

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Louise Rightmyer Shipley, 88 of Roanoke Rapids, N.C. passed away on Wednesday May 9th, 2023 surrounded by her loving family. Born in Halifax County, N.C. she was the daughter of the late Frank...

Glover Brown Edenbeck

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Glover Brown Edenbeck, 84 of Gaston, NC passed away May 9, 2023 at the Emporia Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center. Glover was a self-employed farmer. When he wasn’t working in the fields, he loved...