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December 04, 2023
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Richard Wayne Winfree

02 December
Richard Wayne Winfree, 76, passed away on December 1, 2023. He is preceded in death by his parents Wilbert and Margaret Winfree, aunt and...
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Lawrence 'Larry' A. Denton

01 December
Lawrence “Larry” A. Denton, 77, of Roanoke Rapids passed away Wednesday, November 29, 2023, ECU North Medical Center. Larry was born...
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Delores Jean Christenbury

30 November
Delores Jean Christenbury, 79, went home to be with her Lord and Savior November 26, 2023. She was the daughter of the late Irby Heath...
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Nellie Vincent

29 November
Nellie Vincent, 79, of Willow Street, Roanoke Rapids, entered the gates of heaven and her eternal destination to be with God and her...
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Donald Ray Abernathy

28 November
Donald Ray Abernathy, 72, of Roanoke Rapids, passed away on Saturday, November 25, 2023 at his residence. Mr. Abernathy was born on...

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Hazel Jenkins Harrell

November 27 Askew Funeral Service 1006
Mrs. Hazel Jenkins Harrell, 90, of Roanoke Rapids, NC passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2023. She was born in Halifax County to the late Bernie Frazier Jenkins and Lillie Garner Jenkins and was...

Ruth Hedspeth Joyner

November 26 Askew Funeral Service 1130
A private graveside service was held for Ruth Hedspeth Joyner, 90, of Weldon who passed away on November 18, 2023. Ruth was born January 27, 1933 to Lokie and Virgie Hedspeth of Northampton County,...

Mary Frances Stephenson Draper

November 26 Askew Funeral Service 1146
Mary Frances Stephenson Draper passed away peacefully on November 24, 2023, after a long and fulfilling life. She was born on November 30, 1925, to Edward Henry Stephenson and Mary Magdalene Vassar...

Roger Armstrong Warren III

November 26 Askew Funeral Service 1783
Roger Armstrong Warren, III, 76, of Roanoke Rapids died on Saturday, November 25, 2023. He was born on July 26, 1947 to the late Roger Armstrong Warren, Jr. and Lorene Wright Warren. He was also...

Betty Jean Hale

November 20 Hockaday Funeral Service 1644
Betty Jean Hale, 86, passed away Saturday, November 18, 2023. Betty was born in Halifax County on July 30, 1937, to the late Linwood Hale, Sr. and Mary Hazel Thomas Hale. She was also preceded in...

Thomas Daniel Jernigan

November 19 Hockaday Funeral Service 1453
Thomas Daniel Jernigan, 89, of Jackson, NC passed away on Saturday, November 18, 2023 in Absolute Care in Angier, NC. Mr. Jernigan was born on August 26, 1934 in Bertie County, the son of the late...

Sarah Louise Keys Evans

November 19 Funeral Service 992
April 18, 1929 - November 16, 2023 Visitation for Sarah Louise Keys Evans will be held November 30, 2023 from 8:30am - 11:00am at Oliverie Funeral Home, 2925 Ridgeway Road, Manchester, New Jersey...

Timothy Graham Hux Jr.

November 16 Hockaday Funeral Service 2686
Timothy Graham Hux, Jr., 36, died at his home Saturday November 11, 2023, in Tampa, Florida. Timothy was born October 26, 1987, in Roanoke Rapids and spent most of his life here until he made...

Nelson Wayne Brett

November 14 Hockaday Funeral Service 1256
Nelson Wayne Brett 84 of Halifax, NC passed away at his residence on Monday November 13, 2023. Mr. Brett was born on July 2, 1939, in Northampton County, the son of the late Euclid Brett and Ellie...

William Paul Duckett Jr.

November 14 Hockaday Funeral Service 947
William Paul Duckett Jr., 78 of Littleton, passed away on Sunday November 12, 2023, at Northampton Nursing & Rehabilitation in Jackson, NC. Mr. Duckett was born on October 11, 1945, in Asheville,...

Wanda Kay Barnes

November 13 Wrenn Funeral Home 1458
Wanda Kay Barnes, 62, of South Carolina passed away on November 6, 2023. She is preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Velma Barnes, brother Steve Barnes, and sisters Sandy and Betty. Wanda is...

Ray Ervin Bayse

November 13 Hockaday Funeral Service 1020
Ray Ervin Bayse, 55, of Roanoke Rapids, NC passed away November 8, 2023, at ECU Health North Hospital in Roanoke Rapids, NC. He was the son of Carolyn Wilder Bayse and the late Douglas Dwight Bayse,...

Wesley Carlton Newsome

November 11 Wrenn Funeral Home 1722
Wesley Carlton Newsome 84, passed away on November 11, 2023. He is preceded in death by his wife, Merilyn Lee Newsome, parents, James Wesley Newsome and Ruby Hazel Newsome. Wesley is survived by his...

James Thomas Rooker

November 08 Wrenn Funeral Home 1420
James Thomas Rooker Jr, 81, passed away on Sunday, October 29, 2023. He was born on August 3, 1942 to the late James Thomas Rooker and MaeBelle Carroll Rooker. {gallery}11823rook{/gallery} James is...

Herbert Lee Wynn

November 07 Hockaday Funeral Service 1299
Hebert Lee Wynn, 44, of Prince George, VA passed away at his home November 4, 2023. He was born November 2, 1979, the son of Elton Wynn and the late Patricia Wells. He is also preceded in death by...

Everett Liston "Pete' Balmer

November 07 Wrenn Funeral Home 1296
Everett Liston Balmer “Pete”, 80, of Gaston passed away on Sunday, November 5, 2023. He is preceded in death by his parents John James Balmer and Josephine Jones Balmer. Pete is survived by his...

William Arthur Klotz Jr.

November 06 Wrenn Funeral Home 963
William Arthur Klotz Jr., 77, passed away on Saturday, September 30, 2023. He is preceded in death by his parents William A. Klotz Sr., and Annabelle K. Klotz, sister, Dolores Hancock....

Kay LeNeave Myrick

November 06 Hockaday Funeral Service 1450
Kay LeNeave Myrick, 79, of Raleigh and Littleton, NC, passed away Saturday, November 4, 2023. Kay was born in 1944 to the late Dessie Ida Thomas and George R. LeNeave, in Henderson, NC. She was the...

Marvin Gilbert Barlowe

November 06 Hockaday Funeral Service 986
Marvin Gilbert Barlowe, 92, of Roanoke Rapids passed Thursday, November 2, 2023, at his home. Mr. Barlowe was born on August 4, 1931, in Roanoke Rapids to Jay H. and Lucy Writtenberry Barlow. He...

Carol Lee Burt

November 06 Hockaday Funeral Service 2590
Carol Lee Burtt, beloved wife and mother, passed away at Northampton Nursing & Rehabilitation Home on Sunday, November 5, 2023 after a long illness. Carol retired in 2008 after a career in banking...