Obituaries
Monnie Edwards
Mar 15, 2023
Monnie Lee Cox Edwards, age 92, of Bladenboro passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 while at Lower Cape Fear Lifecare in Whiteville.
She was born June 30, 1930 in Bladen County to the late Troy Cox and Mary Singletary Cox.
She was preceded by her parents, her husband...
Jane Ross
Mar 13, 2023
Jane Hendon Holmes Ross, age 89, of Elizabethtown, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, March 13, 2023. She was born in Columbus County, NC, where she created many lifelong friendships and memories. She was the daughter of the late Jesse and Eunice Holmes. Her parents taught her the importance of family, the hard work of...
Michael Bass
Mar 12, 2023
Michael Ray Bass, of Tar Heel passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, March 12, 2023 at the age of 54. He was born in Robeson County on November 6, 1968, to the late Von Shepard Bass and Faye Surles Bass. He is survived by his sister, Rhonda Hodge and husband Phillip of Tar Heel, nephew Samuel...
Annie Hall
Mar 12, 2023
Annie Carolyn Hilburn Hall, 93, widow of Harry Lee Hall, of Bladenboro, NC, died after an extended illness Sunday, March 12, 2023. Mrs. Hall was born in Hamlet, the daughter of the late Henry Marion Hilburn and Lula Ferguson. Mrs. Hall was a retired homemaker. She worked for the Bladenboro Cotton Mills and later at the Elizabethtown Manufacturing...
Elaine Lashley
Mar 11, 2023
Elaine Sessoms Lashley, 70, of Elizabethtown went to her eternal home on Saturday, March 11, 2023. She was born in Bladen County on June 30, 1952 to the late Lonnie Ashwood “L.A.” Sessoms and Bonnie Mae Daniels Sessoms. She is preceded by her parents, and two sisters Connie Carroll and Doris Mote.
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Joan Allen
Mar 10, 2023
Joan Helen Brisson Allen, 67, of Bladenboro passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her family on Friday, March 10, 2023. She was preceded in death by her parents, Luther and Helen Brisson; brother, Jimmy Brisson; father-in-law, Boyce Allen and mother-in-law, Faye Allen.
Joan leaves behind her husband, Harold Boyce Allen; two sons: Joshua Allen and...
Robert "Oakie" Walters
Mar 7, 2023
Robert “Oakie” Walters, of Bladenboro, passed away peacefully at the Rivers Edge Assisted Living in Lumberton, NC on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at the age of 81. He was born on June 9, 1941 in Horry County, SC to the late Roy Gilliam Walters and Lola Mae Bullard Walters.
He was known by all...
Sam Gause
Mar 7, 2023
Sam Thomas “Tommy” Gause, age 79, of Abbottsburg passed away on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at Lower Cape Fear Lifecare in Whiteville. He was born in Bladen County on September 1, 1943 the son of the late James Clarence Gause and Bertie Callihan Gause. He was preceded by his parents, five brothers Roland, Mitchell, Cary, Larry and James...
Mary Stokes
Mar 6, 2023
Mary Nena Rhyne Stokes, 98, of White Oak, NC, died March 6, 2023. She was born September 6, 1924, in Gastonia, Nc the daughter of Walter N. Rhyne and Lila Melvin Rhyne.
Mary Nena graduated from UNC-Greensboro Women’s College with a Bachelor of Home Economics and taught school at White Oak High School and...
John Mcgavock Iv
Mar 4, 2023
John Williamson McGavock IV (Bill), 92, of Roanoke, VA, passed away peacefully and suddenly at home on March 4, 2023. Bill was born September 25, 1930, in Lick Run, Botetourt County, VA. He attended Augusta Military Academy and later graduated from Eagle Rock High School, where he played basketball and football. Bill then joined the army and served...
Linda Amorosi
Mar 4, 2023
Linda Cavner Amorosi, 78, of Elizabethtown passed away at her home on Saturday, March 4, 2023. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harold Cavner and Dorothy Sakers Cavner; husband, Richard Amorosi; son, Ricky Amorosi and sister, Marscia Cavner.
Linda leaves behind her son, Jonathan Amorosi of the home; daughter, Dina Hicks and...
Sarah Atkins
Mar 3, 2023
Sarah Elizabeth Atkins, 79, of Clarkton passed away on Friday, March 3, 2023 at Elizabethtown Nursing Center. She was born to the late Claudie Jackson and Sarah “McRee” Smith Jackson Vause on April 25, 1943 in Robeson County. Sarah was preceded in death by her husband, Elbert Clayton Atkins; stepfather, Junior Vause; daughter-in-law, Ginger Atkins and grandchild, Randy...
Gretchen Allen
Feb 28, 2023
Gretchen McLaughlin Allen, 87, of 11792 NC Hwy 41 West, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, February 28th.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday, March 3rd, at 11:00 AM at Hickory Grove Baptist Church, Center Road, Bladenboro, with burial to follow in church cemetery. Visitation will be held Thursday, March 2nd, at...
Janice German
Feb 25, 2023
Janice Sue Allen German, 74, of Bladenboro passed away Saturday, February 25, 2023 at her home. She was born on August 29, 1948 to the late Benard Allen and Annie Carroll Atkinson in Robeson County. She was preceded by her brothers: James Allen, Dennis Allen and Randy Atkinson.
Janice leaves behind her spouse of 54...
Millie Bryan
Feb 25, 2023
Millie Jean Richardson Bryan, 81, of Bladenboro passed away Saturday, February 25, 2023 at her home. She was preceded in death by her parents, Eugene Richardson and Mildred Cox Richardson; brother, James Richardson; sister, Judith Richardson; daughter-in-law, Lori Ann Guyton; granddaughter, Morgan Ivey Guyton and niece, Stephanie Richardson.
Millie leaves behind her husband, William...
James Snyder
Feb 22, 2023
James “Jim” Edward Snyder, U.S. Army Veteran, of Council, NC passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at the age of 90. He was born in Clyde, NC on October 31, 1932, son of the late Carl Snyder and Lily Haney Snyder. Jim was preceded in death by his parents and one son, Jeffrey...
Janet Singletary
Feb 21, 2023
Janet Rose Skipper Singletary, 76, of Bladenboro passed away at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. She was preceded in death by her parents, Teed Skipper and Eunice Muse Skipper; husband, William Singletary; stepfather, Walter Grainger; four sisters: Patsy G. Thompson, Alma Ruth Hayes, Rita Hitch and Wanda Singletary.
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Joyce Bryan
Feb 21, 2023
Joyce Kinlaw Bryan, age 80, of Broadway, formerly of Bladenboro, passed away on Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at Duke University Hospital. She was born in Bladenboro, NC, daughter of the late Alma Pait Kinlaw and Gurthie Kinlaw. She was preceded in death by her parents and siblings.
Joyce was retired from Bladen County Government,...
Sylvia Dove
Feb 14, 2023
Sylvia Marie Brisson Dove, age 71, of Bladenboro passed away on Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at her home surrounded by family. She was born in Robeson County on September 29, 1951 to the late Paul Brisson and Marie Wilkins Brisson. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Ashley Dove, son Chuck Dove, one sister, Evelyn...
William Jackson
Feb 14, 2023
William Johnson Jackson, Jr., 78, of Laytonsville, MD and formerly of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away peacefully at Casey House Hospice, on February 14, 2023, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was preceded in death by his wife, Donna Abigail Hursey Jackson, and his parents, Margaret Virginia Watson Jackson and William Johnson Jackson, Sr.
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