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Edward Earl Shaw

Edward Earl Shaw, 80, of Creedmoor, NC, passed away on Monday, March 18, 2024 in Hock Family Pavilion in Durham, NC. Mr. Shaw was born in...

James William Leake Jr.

James William Leake, Jr., (aka Junebug), 91, of Roanoke Rapids passed away on Saturday, March 16, 2024 in his home. Mr. Leake was born on...

Janet Rhea Turner

Mrs. Janet Rhea Turner, 85 of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina passed away on Friday, March 15, 2024 at Edgecombe Health and Rehab. She was...

Reverend Fred William Ash Sr.

Reverend Fred William Ash Sr. 87 of Roanoke Rapids, NC passed away peacefully at his home on Friday March 15, 2024. Fred was born on...

Edward 'Eddie' Berry Cooke Jr.

Edward “Eddie” Berry Cooke Jr. 55 of Myrtle Beach, SC passed away at his home on Saturday March 9, 2024. Eddie was born on August 20,...

Obituaries Page

Steve A. Murphy

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Steve A. Murphy, 70, of Roanoke Rapids passed away Monday, March 11, 2024, at his home. Steve was born December 14, 1953, in Coolidge Georgia to the late Harry Augustus Murphy and Dartha Mae...

William Howell Weeks III

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William Howell Weeks III of Roanoke Rapids, NC passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday March 9, 2024. William was preceded by his parents William H. Weeks Jr and Edna D. Weeks, his first wife...

Brian Thomas Ruffin

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Brian Thomas Ruffin, 57, of Grifton, NC passed away on Friday, March 8, 2024 at his home. He was born on January 24, 1967 in Wilson, NC. He was preceded in death by his fathers Lindwood Ruffin and...

Charles Lonchar

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Charles Lonchar passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2024. He was born in the Serbian Port of Yugoslavia to a Serbian mother, Bertha Lonchar and to an American-Serbian father, Michael Lonchar. Charles...

Suzanne Joan Abshire McCall

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Suzanne Joan (Abshire) McCall peacefully passed beyond this world surrounded by friends and family on Saturday, March 2, 2024. Suzanne was born to Adeline (Rodak) Abshire and Asel Paul Abshire on...

Alan Ryan Bartley

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Alan Ryan Bartley, 77, a resident of 814 Roanoke Ave, Roanoke Rapids, NC, peacefully departed this life at his home on Wednesday, February 14, 2024. Born in Roanoke Rapids, NC on September 26, 1946,...

Samuel 'Sambo' Martin West

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Samuel “Sambo” Martin West of Roanoke Rapids, NC passed away peacefully at ECU-North hospital on Monday March 4, 2024. Sambo was born on March 30, 1951, in Embro, NC. He was preceded in death by his...

Shawn Travis Rose

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Shawn Travis Rose, 58, of Roanoke Rapids, NC passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday March 2, 2024. Shawn was born on March 9, 1965, in Halifax County. He was preceded in death by his father...

M. Ray Mabrey

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M. Ray Mabrey, 82, of Roanoke Rapids passed away Friday, March 1, 2024, at UNC Rex Healthcare in Raleigh. Ray was born December 30, 1941 in Roanoke Rapids. Ray was the son of the late Millard R....

Benjamin 'Buster' Wilson Moore

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Benjamin “Buster” Wilson Moore Jr., 73, of Roanoke Rapids, NC passed away on Thursday February 29, 2024. “Buster” was born on October 17, 1950, in Halifax. He was preceded in death by his parents...

Shirlian Diane Rademaker Ross

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Shirlian Diane Rademaker Ross 58 of Cary, NC passed away peacefully at WakeMed-Cary on Sunday February 25, 2024. Shirlian was born on August 15, 1965, in Alabama. She was preceded in death by her...

Rush White

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Rush White, 79 of Newport, NC, passed away on Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at Crystal Coast Hospice House. Mr. White was born on September 22, 1945 in Willis, Va, the son of the late Canada and Mary...

Gary Robert Mori II

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Gary Robert Mori, II, passed away on Sunday, February 18, 2024 in New Hanover Hospital in Wilmington, NC. Mr. Mori was born on October 7, 1981 in Halifax County, NC. He had a passion for cooking....

Sheila Nowell Cooke Hardee

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Sheila Nowell Cooke Hardee, 76 of Roanoke Rapids passed away on Tuesday, February 21, 2024. Mrs. Hardee was born in Halifax County on November 9, 1947, the daughter of the late Lala Virginia Jolly...

Eileen Kleinheinz

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Eileen Kleinheinz (nee Michel) quickly passed away on February 8, 2024, days after celebrating her 91st birthday with family and staff at The Landings of Lake Gaston where she resided. Eileen was...

Janet Walth Wilson

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Janet Walth Wilson departed this life on Sunday, February 18, 2024 at home surrounded by family. She was the daughter of the late Earl M. Walth and Margaret “Peggy” Rasmussen. Born in Eureka, SD on...

Funeral services for Glenn and Barbara Bissette

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Funeral services for Glenn Eugene Bissette and Barbara Warrick Bissette will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, February 26, 2024 in Fresh Fire Assembly of God with Pastor Chris Howerton officiating. The...

Albert Ray Coley

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Albert Ray Coley, 79, passed away on Saturday, February 17, 2024. He is preceded in death by his wife, Mary Thomason Coley, parents, Lonnie Edward Coley and Nancy Pearl Coley, brothers, George...

Marian Leake White

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Marian Leake White, 88 of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, February 16, 2024. She was born in Halifax County on July 15, 1935 to the late James William...

Brenda Rook Mahaffey

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Brenda Rook Mahaffey, 78, of Roanoke Rapids, NC passed away peacefully at her residence on Thursday February 15, 2024. Brenda was born on January 4, 1946, in Roanoke Rapids. She was preceded in...