Obituaries

Nov 30, 2005

HALLSBORO Kenneth Haynes Bryant, 41, of Hallsboro, died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2005. Services: Graveside, 3 p.m. today, Pleasant Grove Church cemetery, Bladenboro. Bladen Funeral Home & Cremations, Elizabethtown. Survived by: Mother, Lynda Thompson; stepfather, Bill Thompson; brother, Robert; sister, Kelly; and grandmother, Martilla Freeman.

Nov 26, 2005

HUNTERSVILLE Donald Lee Leighton Jr., 52, of Huntersville, died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005, in Presbyterian Hospital. Mr. Leighton was an Army veteran. Services: Funeral, 11 a.m. Thursday in Suggs Grove Baptist Church in White Oak. Burial in church cemetery. Visitation: 6:30 to 8: 30 p.m. Wednesday at Bladen Funeral Home & Cremations in Elizabethtown. Survived by: Wife, Barbara; son,...

Nov 23, 2005

BLADENBORO Hartford B. Ludlum Sr., 71, of 203 Chestnut St., died Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2005, in his home. Services: Funeral, 2 p.m. Saturday in New Light Pentecostal Freewill Baptist Church. Burial in Singletary Cemetery in the Sandhills community. Bladen Funeral Home & Cremations of Elizabethtown. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the church and at other times at...

Nov 19, 2005

BLADENBORO Mamie Dora Pait, 54, of 714 East Bladen Street, died Saturday, November 19, at Bladen County Hospital. The funeral service will be held today (Tuesday), November 22, at 2:00 p.m. at the Bladenboro church of God with Rev. Mike Owens and Rev. Aaron Leonard officiating. Burial will follow in the New Pait Cemetery. Mamie was a daughter of...

Nov 16, 2005

Bladenboro Lynn Hester, 53, died Wednesday, November 16, 2005, at her home. Visitation will be held November 18, 2005, Friday, from 7 till 9 at First Baptist Church of Bladenboro. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, November 19, 2005, at First Baptist Church of Bladenboro with Rev. Bert Young and Dr. Russell Cherry officiating. Burial...

Nov 11, 2005

Tar Heel William Grimes �Billy� McDaniel, 68, of hwy 87, died Friday, November 11, at home. The funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday at Dublin First Baptist Church with Rev. Cameron McGill officiating. Burial was in Grimes Cemetery. Mr. McDaniel is survived by a son, William David McDaniel of Tar Heel; a daughter, Debora McDaniel of...

Nov 8, 2005

ELIZABETHTOWN - Delbert Lee Stewart, of 136 Stewart St., Elizabethtown, went to join his Lord and Savior, Tuesday Nov. 8, 2005. Mr. Stewart leaves behind his cherished wife of 52 years, Edith Lewis Stewart. He was the son of the late Lee and Rachel Stewart; and was preceded in death by a brother, Adolph Stewart; and a sister, Helen...

Nov 3, 2005

ELIZABETHTOWN Bertha Jackson Hall, of 404 Woodland Dr., Elizabethtown, died Thursday evening, November 3, at her home. Funeral services were Sunday, November 6, at 3:00 p.m. at Elizabethtown Presbyterian Church. Burial was at Elizabethtown Cemetery. Bertha, along with her late husband Oliver Barnes Hall, Sr. opened the Presto Clean and she operated it until her retirement in 1988. She...

Oct 31, 2005

BLADENBORO - Ila Herring Parham, 93, died Monday, October 31, at The Meadows of Bladenboro. A graveside service will be held Wednesday at 1 p. m. at McCall Cemetery, Clarkton. She was preceded in death by a son, Jame Floyd Jr., and a great-grandson, Matthew Clark. She is survived by a daughter, Jessie Rae Vendrick of Bladenboro; eight grandchildren,...

Oct 30, 2005

BLADENBORO - Delma Dove, 81, of 451 Catfish Farm Road, died Sunday, October 30. The funeral service will be conducted today (Tuesday) at 2 p. m. at Oak Grove Free Will Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Dove is survived by his wife, Geneva Dove; a son, Donald Dove of Bladenboro; a brother, D. H....

Oct 28, 2005

BLADENBORO - James Malcolm Frink Jr., of 4515 Old Abbottsburg Road, died Friday, October 28. He was 79. He was a son of the late James Frink Sr. and Lillian Frink. He was also preceded in death by a son, Gary Frink. He was a veteran of the US Navy. The funeral service will be conducted today (Tuesday) at...

Oct 28, 2005

TACOMA, WA - William (Willie) Benjamin Suggs, of 1119 133rd Street Court South, died Friday, October 28, at his residence. He was 70. The funeral service will be conducted Sunday at 3 p. m. at Suggs Grove Baptist Church, White Oak. Burial will be in the Suggs Grove Baptist Church cemetery. Mr. Suggs was a son of the late...

Oct 20, 2005

Sudie Mae Bordeaux Russ, 86, of 174 N.C. 87, Dublin, died Thursday at Elizabethtown Nursing Home. Ms. Russ was predeceased by her husband Bascom Russ. She is survived by four sons: Lewis, Walter, Hurley, and Larry; five daughters: Lois Guyton, Muriel Priest, Mildred Priest, Edna Lou Russ, and Alice Smith; one brother: Wilson Bordeaux; one sister: Hazel Adams; 14...

Oct 17, 2005

BLADENBORO - Tiffany Thompson Meares, 35, of 9935 Twisted Hickory Road, died Monday, October 17, 2005. Services: Funeral, 4 p.m. Thursday in Shady Grove Baptist Church. Burial in OldField Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday atBladen Funeral Home & Cremations in Elizabethtown. Survived by: Husband, Anthony; sons, Anthony and Trenton; daughter, Trinity; father and mother, Tommy and Diann...

Jun 7, 2002

Alberta William Norris, 85 of Bladenboro passed away Wednesday, June 23 2012 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington. Mrs. Norris is survived by her husband, George L. Norris, two sons, Ronnie Norris and wife Sherrie of Graham N.C., Eddie Norris and wife Stephanie of Abbottsburg, three daughters, Sandra Nance and husband Larry of Whiteville, Debbie Butler and...

Feb 12, 2001

Carolyn S. Hester, age 79 of Elizabethtown, died Sunday, December 2, 2012 at home. She is preceded in death by her parents, Carl and Ethel Pierce Sasser; husbands, James William Collins and James Hester; a son, Lynn Collins; a grandson, Jamie Collins, and a brother, Jack Sasser. Carolyn was a loving sister, mother and grandmother. She loved her family...

Aug 7, 2000

Evelyn Edwards, 80, of Bladenboro, entered into eternal rest July 26, 2008. Ms Edwards was born to Carson and Alma Hester Bryan on November 29, 1927. She is preceded in death by her husband, Nash M. Edwards, daughter, Annie Mearle Edwards, two brothers, and one sister. Ms. Edwards is survived by two sons, Frank Edwards and wife, Eloise of...

Aug 4, 2000

Cynthia R. Polston, 68, of Kelly entered into eteranl rest on April 10, 2008. Mrs. Polston was preceded in death by her parents, Aussie Owen Jacobs and wife, Christa Bell Lowery, brother, Bill Jacobs, and a great grandchild, Tiffany Elmore. The family will receive friends on Friday, April 11, 2008, 7:00pm to 9:00pm at Bladen Funeral Home. Funeral Services...

Jul 5, 2000

Caroline passed away on Wednesday, July 5, 2000.

Caroline was a resident of North Carolina.

May 9, 1996

Detese Devon Norris,43,of Clarkton entered into eternal rest April 14, 2008. Mr Norris was born in Bladen County to Sharon Devone Norris and Caroline Daniels Norris. Mr. Norris is survived by his wife, Lynn Noel Norris, of the home, two sons, Jeremy Edwards of Elizabethtown and Brandon Edwards of Clarkton, daughter, Erica Denise Norris of Fayetteville and two step-daughters,...