Michael “Mike” Allen Hedgepeth, 81, of Halifax passed away on Friday, October 16, 2026.

Mike was a native of Halifax County and was the son of the late Issac Levi and Dora Williams Hedgepeth. He was also preceded in death by his son, Todd Michael Hedgepeth, sisters, Dorothy "Dot" Matthews (Rev, Luther Matthews), Beaulah Dickens, Lillian Ball (Christopher), Lois Hux (Ellis), his brothers and their wives, Lathan Hedgepeth (Peggy), Roger Hedgepeth (Jean Anne), Ray Hedgepeth, John Hedgepeth (Ruby), Rupert Hedgepeth (Ruth); and a son-in-law, R.J. Hoggard, III.

Mike was the owner of W&H Farm Supply, Inc., which he began in 1965 as well as Hedgepeth Farms. He loved hunting and talking with the hunters at Seven Spot Hunting Club. He and Starlette loved to travel to Lake Tahoe, the mountains, going on cruises, working together, and he enjoyed time with his family and grandchildren.

He is survived by his wife, Starlette Joyner Hedgepeth; his daughters, April Measamer and her husband, Jonathan of Ayden, NC and Amy Tillery and her husband, Ken Tillery, Jr. of Halifax; grandchildren, Jasper Hoggard, IV, Chase Hoggard and his wife, Ashley, Holden Hoggard, Sarah Weeks and her husband, Jonathan, Katie Cockrell and Titus Tillery; great grandson, Sawyer Hoggard; his sister, Peggy Bishop of Bahama, NC; brother-in-law, Eugene Joyner of Greenville and several nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will be held on Friday, October 30, 2026 in the chapel of Askew Funeral and Cremation Services in Roanoke Rapids with Rev. Marty Warren, Rev. Richard Helms, and Rev. Jered Purvis officiating.

Interment will follow in the Hedgepeth Family Cemetery in the Darlington Community.

The family will receive friends from 12:00 noon until 1:45 PM on Friday before the service.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Calvary Temple Pentecostal Holiness Church, PO Box 190, Winterville, NC, 28590.

Arrangements are being handled by locally owned and operated Askew Funeral and Cremation Services in Roanoke Rapids.