Obituaries

Bonnie Eugene Adams

Bonnie Eugene Adams

Aug 8, 2017

POLKTON Mr. Bonnie Eugene Adams, 90, died Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at his home. Funeral services will be 2:00PM Friday, August 11, 2017 at Sandy Plains United Methodist Church with Rev. Larry King officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will greet friends from 6:00pm until 8:00pm Thursday at Leavitt Funeral Home and other times at the...

Frances Downer Welch

Frances Downer Welch

Aug 3, 2017

WADESBORO Mrs. Frances Downer Welch, 65, died Thursday, August 3, 2017 at Carolinas Medical Center Union in Monroe. There will be a memorial service 4:00pm Sunday, August 6, 2017 at Calvary Episcopal Church with Rev. Tim Hushion officiating. Inurnment will be in the church columbarium. The family will greet friends from 4:00pm until 6:00pm Saturday, August 5, 2017 at Leavitt...

Geraldine Fussell Rorie

Geraldine Fussell Rorie

Jul 30, 2017

LILESVILLE Mrs. Geraldine "Gerry" Fussell Rorie, 84, died Sunday, July 30, 2017 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be 11:00AM Wednesday, August 2, 2017 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Anson Memorial Park, with military honors. The family will greet friends from 6:00pm until 8:00pm Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at the...

Betty Sue Lear Williams

Betty Sue Lear Williams

Jul 10, 2017

Wadesboro - Mrs. Betty Sue Lear Williams, 59, died Monday, July 10, 2017 at Carolinas Medical Center Union in Monroe. The family will greet friends from 4:30pm until 6:00pm Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at Leavitt Funeral Home. A graveside service will follow at Anson Memorial Park with Rev. Barry Gerald officiating. Betty Sue was born August 23, 1957 in Chesterfield...

Dock Allen Holloway

Dock Allen Holloway

Jun 28, 2017

WADESBORO - Mr. Dock Allen Holloway, 77, slipped away peacefully to be with his Heavenly Father with his faithful wife by his side, on Wednesday, June 28, 2017 while at his home. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00AM Monday, July 3, 2017 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Jean Pierre Swammunu Lhoposo officiating. The family will greet friends...

Mickie Cranford Preslar

Mickie Cranford Preslar

Jun 27, 2017

POLKTON - Mrs. Mickie Cranford Preslar, 81, died Monday, June 26, 2017 at Presbyterian Hospital Novant Health in Charlotte. Funeral services will be 3:00pm Thursday, June 29, 2017 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Griffin Cemetery. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home on Thursday. Mickie was...

Nellie Mae Wilson

Nellie Mae Wilson

Jun 25, 2017

Lilesville - Nellie Mae Wilson, 88, departed her life early Sunday morning, June 25th, 2017, at the home of her oldest son in Hamlet, N.C. Nellie was born July 19, 1928 to the late Al and Goldie Harris. She was educated in the Anson County Public Schools. She married the late George W. Wilson Sr., US Army Retired with over...

Frank Dennis Dunlap, Jr

Frank Dennis Dunlap, Jr

Jun 23, 2017

The following obituary is being shared as a courtesy to the family of Mr. Frank Dennis Dunlap, Jr., a long-time and well-respected employee of the Wadesboro Post Office. Wadesboro - Mr. Frank Dennis Dunlap, Jr., 54, was born Octoer 24, 1962 in Charlotte, NC. He passed away on Friday, June 23, 2017. He was the eldest son of Frank and...

Myrlie Griggs Wallace

Myrlie Griggs Wallace

Jun 9, 2017

Mrs. Myrlie Griggs Wallace, 86, passed away peacefully at her home with her loving husband by her side on Friday, June 9, 2017. Funeral services will be 11:00AM Monday, June 12, at New Hope United Methodist Church with Rev. Jimmie Furr officiating. Interment will follow in Anson Memorial Park. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service....

Lula Garris Lou Hinson

Lula Garris Lou Hinson

Jun 5, 2017

Lilesville - Mrs. Lula (Lou) Garris Hinson was the daughter of Charles Robert and Ella Jane Carter Garris of Lilesville. Lou is survived by Aaron, her beloved husband and friend of 64 years; three children, Jane, Ronnie (Melody), and Scott (Laura); grandchildren Lianna (Chevis) Cuthrell, John Landen, Christopher, Michael, Hannah (Christopher Cunningham), and Peter Hinson; great-grandchildren, Carter, Avery, and Addie;...

Richard Wayne Davis

Richard Wayne Davis

Jun 4, 2017

HAMLET - Mr. Richard Wayne Davis, 75, died Sunday, June 4, 2017 at his home. There will be a memorial service at 7:00pm Thursday, June 15, 2017 at East Rockingham Free Will Baptist Church with Rev. Johnny Johnson officiating. Mr. Davis was born July 24, 1941 in Jefferson County, CO. He had worked for a number of years with the...

Charles Jerome Flipper Lockler

Charles Jerome Flipper Lockler

Jun 1, 2017

ANSONVILLE - Mr. Charles Jerome 'Flipper' Lockler, 54, died Thursday, June 1, 2017 at Richmond Pines Nursing and Rehab in Hamlet. There will be a memorial service at 4:00pm Tuesday, June 6, 2017 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home with Rev. Jimmy Knotts officiating. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service on Tuesday. Jerome was...

Lemuel Thomas Tommy Landen, Jr

Lemuel Thomas Tommy Landen, Jr

Jun 1, 2017

WADESBORO - Mr. Lemuel Thomas Landen, Jr., 92, Thursday, June 1, 2017 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. Funeral services will be 3:00PM Sunday, June 4, 2017 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home with Rev. Jody Campbell and Rev. Kaye Fry officiating. Interment with military honors will follow in Savannah United Methodist Church Cemetery in Lilesville. The family will greet...

Yvonne Carter

Yvonne Carter

May 31, 2017

Hamlet - Yvonne Carter, 55, died Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be 2:00pm Monday, June 5, 2017 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Anson Memorial Park. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home and other times at her...

Lena Diggs Barber

Lena Diggs Barber

May 30, 2017

LILESVILLE - Mrs. Lena Diggs Barber, 77, died Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at Hospice of Union County in Monroe. Funeral services will be 2:00pm Thursday, June 1, 2017 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home with Rev. Jimmy Knotts officiating. Interment will follow in Lilesville Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 6:00pm until 8:00pm Wednesday at the funeral home....

Cathie Darlene Sessions

Cathie Darlene Sessions

May 29, 2017

Wadesboro - Cathie Darlene Sessions, 61, passed away Monday, May 29, 2017 at Carolinas Healthcare System Anson. Memorial services will be 2:00pm Friday, June 2, 2017 at Lilesville Baptist Church with Rev. Teddy Lawson officiating. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service beginning at 1:00pm and other times at the home of her brother, Marc (Rhonda)...

Med Coleman Northcutt, Sr

Med Coleman Northcutt, Sr

May 28, 2017

MORVEN - Mr. Med Coleman Northcutt, Sr., 86, died Sunday, May 28, 2017 at his home. Funeral services will be 2:00pm Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church, McFarlan. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at the church. Med was born September 9, 1930 in...

Joyce Ratliffe Liles

Joyce Ratliffe Liles

May 27, 2017

Wadesboro - Mrs. Joyce Ratliffe Liles, age 72, died Saturday, May 27, 2017, at Carolinas Medical Center Union in Monroe. A service to celebrate Joyces life will be held at 3:00PM Saturday, June 3, at Leavitt Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Anson Memorial Park. The family will greet friends before the service beginning at 2:00PM. Born in Rowan County...

Dianne Dabbs Baker

Dianne Dabbs Baker

May 23, 2017

Wadesboro- Mrs. Dianne Dabbs Baker, 73, died Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at her home in Wadesboro Funeral services will be 4:00pm Saturday, May 27, 2017 at Leavitt Funeral Home. The family will greet friends prior to the service beginning at 3:00pm. Dianne was born in Anson County on January 18, 1944, a daughter of the late Robert Lee Dabbs, Sr....

Jesse Thomas Durham

Jesse Thomas Durham

May 20, 2017

Apex - Mr. Jesse Thomas Durham, 86, died peacefully Saturday, May 20, 2017, at his home. A private graveside service will be held on Saturday May 27 at Bethel Cemetery in Wadesboro, NC with Rev. Davi Trotti officiating. The family will gather around noon at Bob and Lisa Blalocks house at 405 West Wade Street, Wadesboro, NC to celebrate Jesses...