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January 25, 2025
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Wrenn Funeral Home

William 'Bill' Telliga

23 January
William “Bill” Telliga passed away on January 21, 2025 at the age of 84. He was preceded in death by his parents, Earl Telliga Sr., and...
Askew Funeral Service

Sandra Denny Crowder

22 January
Sandra Denny Crowder, 79, of Jackson, NC passed away peacefully at home on Monday, January 20, 2025. Sandra was born on June 27, 1945 in...
Hockaday Funeral Service

Hudson services to be held inside Hockaday chapel...

21 January
Due to inclement and cold weather Thursday, funeral services for William Lafayette Hudson will be held at 3 p.m. inside the Hockaday...
Wrenn Funeral Home

Catherine Marie Lassiter Newsome

19 January
Catherine Marie Lassiter Newsome, 68, passed away on Saturday, January 18, 2024. She is preceded in death by her parents, Alfred Hasker...
Hockaday Funeral Service

William Lafayette Hudson

18 January
William Lafayette Hudson passed away on Saturday, January 18, 2025 in ECU Health North Hospital. He was preceded in death by his parents,...

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Leemond E. 'Boots' Branch

January 17 Hockaday Funeral Service 1911
Leemond E. "Boots" Branch, (95), passed away on Friday, January 17, 2025, in his home. Boots, a lifelong resident of Weldon, NC, was born to Charlie and Bessie Branch on April 22, 1929, 12 miles...

Sally 'Josephine' Brockwell Twisdale Davis

January 17 Askew Funeral Service 773
It is with great sorrow that the family of Sally “Josephine” Brockwell Twisdale Davis announce her passing on January 14, 2025. She was born in Brunswick County Virginia to loving parents Peter &...

Frances Parker Brabble

January 17 Askew Funeral Service 489
Frances Parker Brabble, 82, of Roanoke Rapids entered her eternal life on Thursday, January 16, 2025 at Liberty Commons Nursing and Rehab in Weldon NC. She was born on April 27, 1942 in Gates County...

Charles Ernest 'Chuck' Williamson III

January 16 Wrenn Funeral Home 829
Charles Ernest Williamson III “Chuck”, 69, passed away on Friday, January 3, 2025. He is preceded in death by his parents, Charles Ernest Williamson Jr., and Helen Frances Vaughan Williamson, and...

Lynn Walton

January 14 Hockaday Funeral Service 1480
Lynn Walton, 56, of Roanoke Rapids passed away on January 12, 2025, at her home surrounded by her loved ones. Lynn was born August 28, 1968, in Martinsville, VA to Faye Moseley Dunlow of Roanoke...

Rufus Taylor 'Rabbit' Newton Jr.

January 13 Hockaday Funeral Service 1423
Rufus Taylor “Rabbit” Newton, Jr., 84, of Roanoke Rapids, passed away on Saturday, January 11, 2024, in his home. Mr. Newton was born on December 12, 1940, in Warren County, son of the late Annie...

Oral Vade Lynch Jr.

January 10 Hockaday Funeral Service 1174
Oral Vade Lynch Jr, 50, of Durham, NC passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. He was born on August 29, 1974, in Wake County. He is survived by his father Oral Vade Lynch, mother Teresa...

Mary Bray Ellis

January 09 Wrenn Funeral Home 1201
Mary Bray Ellis, 88, passed away on Wednesday, January 8, 2025. She is the daughter of the late Edward Mark Moody and Fannie Mabel Moody. Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil Gray Bray....

Beam services canceled

January 09 Wrenn Funeral Home 825
Funeral services for Ruth Beam have been canceled and will be held at a later date.

Margie Wheeler Holliday

January 07 Wrenn Funeral Home 1140
Margie Wheeler Holliday, 100, passed away on Monday, January 6, 2025. She is preceded in death by her husband, Gilbert Holliday, parents, Jim and Mary Wheeler, daughter, Joy Felts and brother,...

Annie Odom Tripp Smith

January 07 Hockaday Funeral Service 1345
Annie Odom Tripp Smith, 55, of Roanoke Rapids, passed away on Monday, January 6, 2024 in ECU Medical Center in Greenville, NC. Mrs. Smith was born on November 4, 1968 in Halifax County, the daughter...

Gerald Stephen Mitchell

January 07 Funeral Service 850
May 27, 1945 – December 14, 2024 Gerald Stephen Mitchell, 79, of Wilmington, NC passed away Saturday, December 14, 2024, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Steve proudly served in the United...

Joyce Connor Burnette

January 07 Askew Funeral Service 950
Joyce Conner Burnette, 77, passed away on Sunday, January 5, 2025. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph Lee Conner and Katie Byrd Reese Conner Neville. Left to cherish her memory are her...

Gloria Crowder Murphy

January 07 Askew Funeral Service 708
Gloria Crowder Murphy, 90 of Jackson, NC passed away on Saturday, January 4, 2025 at her home. She was born in Northampton County to the late Melvin and Elma Storey Crowder and was preceded in death...

Dickens services to be held at Hockaday chapel

January 07 Hockaday Funeral Service 470
Due to the impending weather predicted for Saturday the services for Ronald Simon Dickens I will be held in the Hockaday Chapel at 1:00 p.m. with Pastor Jason Yeatts presiding.

Sarah Lee McCarter Cranford

January 05 Wrenn Funeral Home 1138
Sarah Lee McCarter Cranford passed peacefully on January 2nd, 2025. She is survived by daughter Collins Roux (Rob Roux), son Scott Cranford, grandchildren, Carter Roux, Sarah Catherine Wood (Joey...

Charles Ernest 'Chuck' Williamson III

January 04 Wrenn Funeral Home 1171
Charles Ernest “Chuck” Williamson III, 69, passed away on Friday, January 3, 2025. He is preceded in death by his parents, Charles Ernest Williamson Jr., and Helen Frances Vaughan Williamson, and...

Sue Faulkner Crisafulli

January 04 Hockaday Funeral Service 980
Sue Faulkner Crisafulli, 68, of Roanoke Rapids, passed away on Thursday, January 2, 2024 at her home. Mrs. Crisafulli was born on June 3, 1955 in Wake County, the daughter of Joyce Boyd and David L....

Carroll A. Beckelman Sr.

January 03 Hockaday Funeral Service 1235
Carroll A. Beckelman Sr. affectionately known as “Beck”, 85, of Roanoke Rapids, N.C. passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by family on December 31, 2024. Born on May 8,1939 in Washington...

Ronald Simon Dickens I

January 03 Hockaday Funeral Service 976
Ronald Simon Dickens I, 78, born December 18th, 1946, of Roanoke Rapids, NC formerly of Scotland Neck, NC passed away on December 31st, 2024. He is preceded in death by his parents Simon Noble...