Oscar Lee Barnes, Jr.
Aug 23, 2009
Retired Lumberton Optometrist Oscar Lee Barnes, Jr. died Sunday at the NC State Veterans Nursing Home in Fayetteville, NC. He was 90 years old. He was a Navy Chief Petty Officer in World War II. Dr. Barnes practiced Optometry for 38 years and retired in March 1985. Born in Fairmont, NC in 1919, Dr. Barnes was the son of Aileen...
Meta Faye Frink Floyd
Aug 23, 2009
Meta Faye Frink Floyd, age 90, of Fairmont, NC died August 23, 2009 at Southeastern Hospice House in Lumberton, NC. She was born June 27, 1919 in Bladen County, NC to Spurgeon Frink and Maude Kelly Frink. Mrs. Floyd served as a 1st Lieutenant in the United States Army as a nurse in World War II, worked with the American...
Ronald Dale Deeringwater
Aug 22, 2009
Ronald Dale Deeringwater, age 46, of Rowland, NC died on Saturday, August 22, 2009 at the University of Chapel Hill Medical Center. He was born in Lawton, OK on April 16, 1963 to Benny Deeringwater and Thelma Lowery Deeringwater. He served in the United States Army and worked as a truck driver for C.R. England Company. Funeral Services will be...
Carlton Lindsey, Jr.
Aug 22, 2009
Carlton \"Pete\" Lindsey, Jr, age 87, died on Saturday, August 22, 2009 at Wesley Pines Retirement Home in Lumberton, NC. He was born April 1, 1922 in Swainsboro, GA to Carlton Lindsey, Sr and Fannie Beddingfield Lindsey. He was the owner/operator of Lindsey Oil. A graveside service will be held on Monday, August 24, 2009 at 11:00 AM at Meadowbrook...
Vera Price Lamb
Aug 22, 2009
Vera Price Lamb, age 87, of Fayetteville, NC died on Saturday, August 22, 2009. She was born in Robeson County to Willie James Price and Mary McDuffy Price on April 17, 1922. She worked as a cloth manufacturer for West Point Pepperill. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 11:00 AM at the East Lumberton Baptist...
Martha Billings Jones
Aug 21, 2009
Martha Billings Jones, age 83, of Lumberton, NC died on Friday, August 21, 2009 at Southeastern Regional Medical Center in Lumberton, NC. She was born on December 11, 1925 in Mercer County, WV to Edward Griffith Billings and Curl Williams. Mrs. Jones was a homemaker. She is survived by three sons, Dennis Jones of Lumberton, NC, Terry Jones of Rocky...
Pitman Warwick Barker
Aug 18, 2009
Pitman Warwick Barker, age 86, of Lumberton, NC died on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at Southeastern Regional Medical Center. He was born in Robeson County to Prentice Reid Barker, Sr. and Ida Thelma Britt Barker. Mr. Barker was a life long resident of Robeson County, member of Cedar Grove Baptist Church and a prominent farmer. He was an avid fox...
Mildred Elizabeth Cooke Hodge
Aug 18, 2009
Mildred Elizabeth Cook Hodge, 84, of Lumberton died Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at Southeastern Hospice House in Lumberton. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Nash Hodge and a daughter, Jean Hodge Melendrez. She is survived by a daughter, Sandra Pridgen and husband Donald of Kernersville, NC; a sister, Thelma Cooke of Vass, NC; three grandchildren, one great-grandchild,...
Worth Richard Williamson
Aug 17, 2009
Worth Richard ??Dick? Williamson, 92, died at his home on Monday, August 17, 2009 following a long illness. He was the son of Charles Ellery and Lilly McClellan Williamson. He was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Elliott Williamson and a grandson, John Palmer Williamson. Dick was a person who loved people and enjoyed helping others. He served his...
Harry Lockhart Grasser
Aug 11, 2009
Harry Lockhart Grasser, age 83, of Fairmont, NC died at his residence on Tuesday, August 11, 2009. He was born in Pennsylvania on June 20, 1926, served as a Merchant Marine, a member of the VFW and worked as a tax analyst for the NC Departmaent of Revenue. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, August 13, 2009 at...
Charles Benjamin Stansel
Aug 5, 2009
Charles Benjamin Stansel, 92, a life long resident of Allenton, N C. died on August 5, 2009 at Hospice House in Lumberton, North Carolina. The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Chestnut Street United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Meadowbrook Cemetery. He was a faithful member of Chestnut Street United Methodist Church. He served as president of...
Evelyn Gertrude Edwards Price
Aug 4, 2009
Evelyn Gertrude Price ?? 77 Evelyn Gertrude Price of 149 John Henry Lee Road sweetly transformed from life to death on Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at Southeastern Regional Medical Center. She is survived by her children, Sheryle, Brenda, Thyrone V, and Anthony (Tammy) Price, four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, aunt, god-daughter and a host of relatives and friends. The ??Celebration of...
Ashley Summer Smith
Aug 2, 2009
Ashley Summer Smith, 22, died Sunday, August 2, 2009 in Lumberton. She was born in Robeson County on September 15, 1986. Funeral services will be Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at 7:00PM at Floyd Memorial Chapel with Rev. Carl Pevia officiating. Burial will be Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 11:00AM at New Hollywood Cemetery. She is survived by her father, Kenny...
Horace J. Parker
Aug 1, 2009
Horace J. Parker, age 76, of Lumberton, NC died on August 1, 2009 at Southeastern Regional Medical Center in Lumberton. He was born on June 22, 1933 in Robeson County to Cleveland Parker and Rosa West Parker. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Morris Parker and Cecil Parker; and one sister, Mavis Cain. Mr. Parker is...
Katie Marie Dent
Aug 1, 2009
Infant Baby Girl Katie Marie Dent died on August 1, 2009 at Southeastern Regional Medical Center in Lumberton. She is survived by her mother, Victoria Marie Dent and her father, William Jerome Dent; a brother, Jeremy Wayne Dent; her gradnparents, Ann Marie Cox, Ricky Wayne Cox, Jay Dent, Donna Dent, Pam Lashley and Michael Lashley; great-grandparents, Joann Smith, Kenny Smith,...
Marjorie Rae Britt Edwards
Aug 1, 2009
Marjorie Rae Britt Edwards, age 71, of Lumberton, NC died on August 1, 2009 at Southeastern Regional Medical Center in Lumberton. She was born in Robeson County on February 20, 1938 to John and Hessie Britt. Mrs. Edwards worked as a manager for One Hour Martinizing Cleaners. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, James Albert...
Esther Lee Hardee Gore
Jul 31, 2009
Esther Lee Hardee Gore, 85, of Lumberton, NC died on Friday, July 31, 2009 at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Lumberton, the Lady Lions Club and a member of the Eastern Star. Funeral Services will be held on Monday, August 3, 2009 at 2:00 PM at First Baptist Church...
Terrell Jones
Jul 31, 2009
Terrell Jones, 60, of Lumberton, NC died Friday, July 31, 2009 at the VA hospital in Durham, NC. He was born on February 28, 1949 to the late Eugene Jones and Martha Billings Jones. He is preceded in death by his father, Eugene Jones, a brother, Kenny W. Jones, and his grandparents, Ed and Curl Billings and Troy and Rosetta...
Florie Hunt Cummings
Jul 30, 2009
Florie Hunt Cummings, age 81, of Lumberton, NC died on Thursday, July 30, 2009 at Southeastern Regional Medical Center in Lumberton. She was born in Robeson County to Tim Hunt and Annie Strickland Hunt on August 10, 1927. She was employed as a cook for Kentucky Fried Chicken. Funeral Services will be held on Sunday, August 2, 2009 at 3:00...
Allene Stallings Gane
Jul 30, 2009
Allene Stallings Gane, 81, of Lumberton passed away Thursday, July 30, 2009. The memorial service will be held at 2:00PM on Sunday, August 2, 2009, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1202 N. Chestnut Street, Lumberton. Allene was born in Goldsboro, NC, on February 14, 1928, and graduated from Rocky Mount High School in 1945. In 1949, she graduated from Elon College,...
