OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries - Roanoke Rapids, Jackson, and the Surrounding Areas in North Carolina
Joyce Lambert Dickens
Jan 1, 2021
Joyce Lambert Dickens 72 of Roanoke Rapids died Friday January 1, 2021. A native of Halifax County she was the daughter of the late Wilson Keith and Viola Clary Lambert. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Nancy Woodruff and her brother, Kenny Lambert. She was a graduate of Roanoke Rapids high school. Joyce Loved her grandchildren with...
Elizabeth Ann Martin
Dec 28, 2020
Elizabeth Ann Draper Martin 74, of Roanoke Rapids died Monday December 28, 2020 at her home. Ann was born in Hertford County to the late Leston and Delcy Davis Draper. She was a graduate of Weldon High School and Campbell College. She taught School at Weldon High School and Roanoke Christian School. She retired after 25 years from the Halifax...
Eula "Bootsie" Kathleen Stalls
Dec 25, 2020
Eula Kathleen "Bootsie" Stalls 87, of Roanoke Rapids, passed away peacefully, December 25, 2020.at her home surrounded by family . Mrs. Stalls was born May 7th, 1933 in Halifax County to the late Jimmie A Burton and Eula Barrow Burton and was preceded in death by her husband James A Stalls; brother James A Burton; sister, Mary B. Nowell. Kathleen...
Bobby "Bob" Parker Ogburn
Dec 25, 2020
Bobby "Bob" Parker Ogburn, 82, passed away peacefully on December 25, 2020, at Vidant North Hospital in Roanoke Rapids, after a short battle with pneumonia and Covid-19. He was born in Roanoke Rapids to the late Junius Parker "Pat" Ogburn and Josephine Parrish Ogburn, and was preceded in death by his brother, Frederick Wayne Ogburn. He is survived by his...
Michael Allen Taylor
Dec 24, 2020
Michael Allen Taylor, 70, from Enfield NC passed away peacefully on the morning of December 24th 2020 at Trinity Retirement Villa in Nashville NC. Mike was born on 11/11/1950 to Linwood A and Hettie D Taylor; the baby brother to 5 siblings. Mike was very special to his family and spent most of his years alongside his parents. Mike worked...
Edward "Big Boy" Outland
Dec 23, 2020
Edward "Big Boy" Outland, 83 of Lasker, NC peacefully departed this earthly life to be reunited with his loved ones on December 23, 2020. He was born in Northampton County on February 19, 1937 to the late, Russell Edward and Elsie White Outland and was preceded in death by his brothers, Winfred Outland and Roger Outland; his sisters, Margaret Rafaleowski,...
Calvin M. "Mack" Bradley
Dec 20, 2020
Calvin M. "Mack" Bradley, age 91 of Roanoke Rapids, NC died, Sunday, December 20, 2020 at his home. He was born in Greensville County, VA on September 12, 1929 to William Henry and Jenny Morris Bradley. He retired from Champion International Corporation with thirty-eight and a half years of service. During the Korean war he served four years in the...
Janet Reed Curry
Dec 20, 2020
Janet Reed Curry, 84 of Roanoke Rapids, NC passed away at her home on Sunday, December 20, 2020. She was born on April 7, 1936 in Marion County, West Virginia to the late John Robert Reed and Jeanne Gregory Reed and was preceded in death by her husband, Ed Curry, her grandson, Andrew Curry; her brother, Bob Reed and her...
Hazel Lassiter Collier
Dec 19, 2020
Hazel Gray Lassiter Collier 93, of Conway died Saturday December 19, 2020. A native of Northampton County she was the daughter of the late Herbert Glenn and Dorcas Lassiter. She is also preceded in death by her Husband Garland Lee Collier, her sister Jean Lassiter Capps and her husband Claude, Sister-in-law Janet Collier Outland and her husband Roger. Hazel was...
James Alderman Westbrook, Jr.
Dec 15, 2020
James Alderman Westbrook, Jr. 94 of Raleigh, NC, formerly of Roanoke Rapids, NC, passed away on Tuesday, December 15, 2020. He was born in Halifax County to the late James Alderman Westbrook, Sr. and was preceded in death by his wife of 73 years, Esther Moore Westbrook; his daughter, Ginger Foley, his sisters, Leigh Burge, Mary Waters, Jo Simms and...
Hazel "Polly" Hastings
Dec 15, 2020
Polly passed peacefully on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 after a brief and intense battle with COVID. She joins her husband of over 50 years, Bobby, and her many friends and family members in her final resting place. Born in Weldon, NC, Polly grew up on a farm where her family raised cotton and peanuts. She graduated from East Carolina University...
Ronald "Ronnie" Lee Justice
Dec 15, 2020
SGT Ronald "Ronnie" Lee Justice, 66 of Cofield, NC passed away on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at Vidant-Roanoke Chowan in Ahoskie. He was born on June 29, 1954 in Pell City, Alabama to the late Jasper O. Justice and Ruby Williams Justice. "Ronnie" was retired from the Federal Bureau of Prisons and served our country in the U.S. Air Force...
Mary Elizabeth Comas
Dec 14, 2020
Mary Elizabeth Comas, Age 87 of Murfreesboro, NC passed away on Monday, December 14, 2020 at Roanoke-Chowan Hospital in Ahoskie, NC. Mary was born in Northampton County, NC on October 22, 1933. She was the daughter of the late Claude Smith and the late Evelyn Wheeler Smith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Comas and sisters, Helen...
Linda Sue Floyd Tipton
Dec 14, 2020
Linda Sue Floyd Tipton, 70 of Littleton, NC passed away on Monday, December 14, 2020. She was born in April 22, 1950 to the late Early May Floyd and Volinnia Cannon Floyd and was preceded in death by her two brothers, R. T. Floyd and Robert P. Floyd, two sisters, Lula F. Williams and Christine F. Elliott. Linda was a...
Carlos Nakasone
Dec 12, 2020
Mr. Carlos Nakasone, 81 of Roanoke Rapids, NC passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2020. He was born in 1939 in Lima, Peru to the late Saburo Nakasone and Hatsuko Nakasone He survived by his wife, Maragarita Lizano Nakasone, his daughters, Vanesa Nakasone, and her fiancé, Neal Del Balle, of Conover, NC, Denise Nakasone and her husband, Carlos Miyazato of...
Terrell "Terry" Chandler Boone
Dec 7, 2020
Terrell "Terry" Chandler Boone, 66 of Jackson, NC passed away on Monday, December 7, 2020. Terry was the son of the late James Wood Boone, Sr., and was a graduate of NC State and was an avid Wolf Pack fan. He is survived by his son, Terrell Hayes Boone of Jackson, his Mother, Jean Chandler Boone of Jackson; his sister,...
Judy Ann Casper Harrison
Dec 6, 2020
Judy Ann Casper Harrison, 72 of Garysburg, NC passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2020 at Vidant North Hospital. She was born on January 11, 1948 in Bertie County to the late Arthur Thomas Casper and Elizabeth Virginia Pearce Casper and was preceded in death by her husband, Ronald, "Rom" Harrison and her sister Bettie Harrison. Judy was a member...
Richard Andrew Leigh Mayton, Iii
Dec 4, 2020
Richard Andrew Leigh Mayton, III, 35 or Roanoke Rapids, NC passed away on December 4, 2020. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Carol Gene Murphy. Richard was a jack of all trades and loved working with his hands. Richard is survived by his fiancé, Kristen Reeves; his daughter, Kaitlyn Mayton of the home, his son, Richard Andrew...
Rodney Allen Edwards
Nov 29, 2020
Rodney Allen Edwards, 85 of Conway, NC passed away on Sunday, November 29, 2020 at his home. He was born in Northampton County in March 18, 1935 to the late Willie James and Lottie Boone Edwards and was preceded in death by his sister, Betty Watts; two brothers, Willie James "W.J." Edwards, Jr. and Junius C. Edwards. Mr. Edwards retired...
Mary Hedspeth Pope
Nov 29, 2020
Mary Louise Hedspeth Pope, 89 of Seaboard, NC passed away on Monday, November 29, 2020. She was born in Northampton County, NC in 1931 to the late Joseph Henry and Sallie Ann Flythe Hedspeth and was preceded in death by her brother, Joseph Fleetwood Hedspeth. Mary was a member of Galatia Baptist Church and lived her childhood life in Conway,...
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