Nancy Sue Taylor Smith

Nancy Sue Taylor Smith, 71, of Roanoke Rapids passed away Thursday, December 4, 2025, at her home. Nancy was born March 8, 1954 to the...

Nancy Sue Taylor Smith

Nancy Sue Taylor Smith, 71, of Roanoke Rapids passed away Thursday, December 4, 2025, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at this...

Arthur Macon Morris

Arthur Macon Morris, 85, passed away suddenly on December 3, 2025, from a heart attack while hunting. Born to Arthur Elmo Morris and...

Gwendolyn Odell Baird Powell

Gwendolyn Odell Baird Powell, 88, of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by family on Wednesday...

Elsie Crowder Davis

Elsie Crowder Davis, 88, of Seaboard, NC passed away on Monday, December 1, 2025. She was a native of Northampton County and was the...

Obituaries

Shirley Pearson

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Surrounded by family and friends, died September 17, 2018 at Beason Place in Greensboro, N.C.
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Elma Ernestine "Tina" Ross Griffin

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Wakefield VA - died peacefully on September 27, 2018. She is preceded in death by her husband, Dr. C.W. “Jack” Griffin Sr.; her parents, Elmer E. Ross and Hattie Borrell Ross; two sisters, Irma Molloy, Margie Hicks, and a brother, J.D. Ross. She is survived by her brother, Wallace Edwards; two sons, Clarence Wayne Griffin, Jr. and his wife, Susan Reagan Griffin, and Ross Laine Griffin and his wife, Heather Hill Griffin; four grandchildren, Reagan Griffin, Whitney Griffin, Alexis Watkins and Allie Watkins.
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William Douglas Weaver

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Tarboro, North Carolina, William Weaver, age 78, passed away on December 2, 2018. He was born December 10, 1939 in Norfolk, VA to the late Johnny Weaver and Mary Porter.
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Sarah Cooper Wheeler

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Sarah Cooper Wheeler, a cherished mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and a pillar of faith within her community, completed her earthly journey on November 27, 2025, at the age of 92. Born on...

Phillip Stanley Taylor

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Phillip Stanley Taylor, 78, of Gaston, NC, passed away on Saturday, November 29, 2025. He was a native of Halifax County and was the son of the late Albert Lee Taylor and Doma Lee Mosley. Stanley...

Ann Bradley Ford

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Ann Bradley Ford, 81, passed away on Monday, December 1, 2025 in Northampton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Jackson. Mrs. Ford was born on March 20, 1944 in Roanoke Rapids, the daughter of the...

Cynthia 'Cindy' Diane Bissette

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Cynthia “Cindy” Diane Bissette, 63, of Roanoke Rapids, passed away on Friday, November 28, 2025 in her home. Ms. Bissette was born in Halifax County, the daughter of the late Hazel Odell and JC...

Mary Frances Love

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Mary Frances Love, 53, beloved daughter, sister, and aunt of Roanoke Rapids passed away on Monday, November 24, 2025. She was a native of Halifax County and was the daughter of the late Raymond...

Michael Dean Forte Edwards

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Micheal Dean Forte Edwards, 68, passed away on November 24, 2025. Mrs.Edwards was born on July 7, 1957 in Roanoke Rapids, the daughter of the late Mary Dean Hurst and Joseph Michael Forte. She was...

Edna Diane Merritt Hudson

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Edna Diane Merritt Hudson, 69, of Roanoke Rapids passed away on Saturday, November 22, 2025 in UNC Rex Hospital. Mrs. Hudson was born on February 19, 1956 in Halifax County, the daughter of the late...

Margaret Barnett Rose

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Margaret Barnett Rose passed away peacefully on November 22, 2025, at the age of 78. Born in Tarboro, North Carolina, she grew up in Roanoke Rapids, graduating from Roanoke Rapids High School as...

Phillip Franklin McCauley Sr.

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It is with great sorrow that the family announces Philip Franklin McCauley, Sr., 73, has entered his Eternal Rest. Philip was born in Olney, Maryland, on May 18, 1952, to the late Blaine McCauley...

Joyce Evelyn Joyner Hurst

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Joyce Evelyn Joyner Hurst, 93, of Roanoke Rapids, NC, passed away peacefully on November 20, 2025. Joyce was born on April 16, 1932 and was preceded in death by her parents, Earnest and Ruth Joyner...

Charles Joel Stephenson

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Charles Joel Stephenson, a cherished pillar of the Seaboard community and a man of deep faith and enduring love for his family, passed away peacefully on November 22, 2025, in Greenville, NC. Born...

Crystal Ann Peffer

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Crystal Ann Peffer, 42 of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday November 8, 2025. Crystal was born on August 28, 1983, in Halifax County North Carolina. She...

Thomas 'Tommy' Edward Francis Jr.

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Thomas “Tommy” Edward Francis Jr, 74, of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, passed away peacefully at his residence surrounded by family on Thursday November 20, 2025. Tommy was born on January 21,...

Charles Robert 'Bobby' Cox

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Charles Robert “Bobby” Cox, 81, of Roanoke Rapids passed away Wednesday, November 19, 2025, at his home. Bobby was born February 5, 1944, in Halifax County to the late John and Gertrude Harrell Cox....

Frank D. 'Buddy' Hudson

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With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Frank D. “Buddy” Hudson on November 15, 2025. His kindness, compassion, and gentle spirit touched everyone who had the privilege of knowing him. A...

Brenda Davis Collins

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Brenda Davis Collins, 73, passed away on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, loved deeply by her family. A devoted wife, mama, Granny and Gigi, Brenda lived her life with a gentle spirit, a generous heart...

Brenda White

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Brenda White, beloved daughter, mother, aunt and grandmother, entered her eternal home in heaven on Friday, November 14, 2025. She was born the eldest daughter to Octavia Ward (Flushing, MI) and the...

Frank D. 'Buddy' Hudson

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Frank D. “Buddy” Hudson, 100, passed away Saturday, November 15, 2025, at ECU North Health Hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday, November 24, 2025 at 2:00 P.M. at Rosemary Baptist Church...

Mallory Scott Barber

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Mallory Scott Barber, 85, entered into the care of the Lord on Sunday, November 9, 2025. The beloved husband of the late Peggy V. Barber, Scott was a man of deep faith and generous spirit who loved...

Clara Hope Walker

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Clara Hope Walker, 48, of Roanoke Rapids, NC passed away on Saturday, November 8, 2025 in VCU Medical Center in Richmond, VA. Miss Walker was born in Chapel Hill, NC, the daughter of the late Elsie...