Obituaries

Maxine Henley Mabry Mrs. Childs

Maxine Henley Mabry Mrs. Childs

Mar 17, 2016

Wadesboro - Mrs. Maxine Henley Mabry Childs, 84 years of age, of Nashville, Tennessee and formerly of Wadesboro, NC entered into eternal rest on Thursday, March 17, 2016 at Mary Queen of Angels Assisted Living in Nashville, TN. It was with the utmost grace and dignity that Maxine faced the challenges life had offered her, especially in recent months. She...

Darrell Moore Mr. Lutz

Darrell Moore Mr. Lutz

Mar 15, 2016

PEACHLAND - Mr. Darrell Moore Lutz, 49, of Knightdale and formerly of Peachland, died Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at his home. Funeral services will be 5:00pm Saturday, March 19, 2016 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home, Wadesboro with Rev. Dale Bost and Rev. Gervase Hitch officiating. Interment will follow in Fountain Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery, Peachland. The family...

Mary Helen Huneycutt Mrs. Helms

Mary Helen Huneycutt Mrs. Helms

Mar 15, 2016

NORWOOD - Mrs. Mary Helen Huneycutt Helms, 77, died Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at Presbyterian Hospital Hospice in Charlotte, NC. Services will be 3:00pm Saturday, March 19, 2016 by the graveside in Running Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, 24425 Millingport Rd., Locust, with Elder Ralph Dale officiating. The family will greet friends following the service in the church fellowship hall....

Maria Richardson Bliss

Maria Richardson Bliss

Mar 15, 2016

Mrs. Maria Richardson Bliss, 83, died March 15, 2016, at her home in Asheboro, NC following a courageous battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). Maria was born in Lumberton, NC, on February 5, 1933, a daughter of the late Van Best Dick Richardson and Edna Earle Arnette Richardson. She graduated Womans College in Greensboro in 1955 and began teaching sixth...

Johnny Winston Buddy Mr. McLaurin

Johnny Winston Buddy Mr. McLaurin

Mar 14, 2016

WADESBORO - Mr. Johnny Winston Buddy McLaurin, Jr., 59, died Monday, March 14, 2016 at the Durham VA Medical Center in Durham. There will be a graveside service 11:00AM Saturday, March 19, 2016 in Eastview Cemetery. The family will greet friends following the service and other time at the home of his sister. Buddy was born December 23, 1956 in...

Harding Richard Mr. Dennis

Harding Richard Mr. Dennis

Mar 11, 2016

LILESVILLE - Mr. Harding Richard HR Dennis, 91, died Friday, March 11, 2016 at his home. Funeral services will be 2:00pm Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at Olivet United Methodist Church with Rev. Kaye Fry officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will greet friends Tuesday, March 15, 2016 from 6:00pm until 8:00pm at Leavitt Funeral Home and...

Anna Mrs. Thompson

Anna Mrs. Thompson

Mar 10, 2016

WADESBORO - Anna Christine Lowder Thompson, went home to be with her Lord on Thursday March 10, 2016. She was born in Ansonville N.C. on August 10, 1925 at the Old Hotel to the late Guilford Martin and Mary Jewel Meachum Lowder. She was a lifelong resident of Anson County, graduating from the first 12th grade class of Lilesville High...

Margaret Tucker Mrs. Shaver

Margaret Tucker Mrs. Shaver

Mar 10, 2016

WADESBORO - Mrs. Margaret Tucker Shaver, 88, died Thursday, March 10, 2016 at McWhorter House at Hospice of Union County in Monroe. Funeral services will be Monday, March 14, 2016, at 2:00 P.M. in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home with Rev. Kaye Fry officiating. Interment will follow in Forestville United Methodist Church Cemetery in Lilesville. The family will greet...

Barbara Miss Edwards

Barbara Miss Edwards

Mar 10, 2016

Wadesboro - Miss Barbara Ann Edwards, 70, died Thursday, March 10, 2016, at Meadowview Assisted Living. Graveside services will 11:00AM Saturday, March 12, 2016, in the Olive Branch Cemetery on Hwy 218 in Marshville, NC. The family will greet friends following the service. Barbara was born in Union County on October 7, 1945, a daughter of the late Martin Bunyan...

William Robert Bobby Gaddy, III

William Robert Bobby Gaddy, III

Mar 8, 2016

Morven - William Robert Bobby Gaddy, III, age 64, died Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at Ambassador Health and Rehab in Wadesboro, NC. Memorial services will be 3:00PM Friday at Leavitt Funeral Home with Rev. Larry King officiating. The family will greet friends prior to the service beginning at 2:00PM. Bobby was born in Anson County on July 31, 1951, a...

Jack Lancaster

Jack Lancaster

Mar 4, 2016

Mr. Jack Lancaster, 82, of Norwood, NC, and Okeechobee, FL, passed away on March 4, 2016, at the W.G. Hefner Medical Center Liberty Lane Hospice House in Salisbury. Born December 25, 1933 in Woodruff, SC, Jack was the son of Boyd and Leatha Crowe Lancaster. He was a proud veteran of the US Air Force and was retired after many...

Mary Etta Lewis Mrs. Keith

Mary Etta Lewis Mrs. Keith

Mar 2, 2016

MCFARLAN - Mrs. Mary Etta Lewis Keith, 82, died Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at Carolinas Medical Center Union in Monroe. Funeral services will be 3:00pm Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Pleasant Hill 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 Friday, March 4, 2016...

Rose Horne Wallace

Rose Horne Wallace

Mar 1, 2016

Wadesboro - Mrs. Rose Horne Wallace, 83, went to her heavenly home on March 1, 2016 from Anson Health and Rehab. Funeral services will be 11:00AM Thursday at Mt. Beulah Baptist Church with Rev. Barry Byrd and Dr. Kinney Wallace officiating. Interment will follow in Anson Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will greet friends at the church prior to the...

William Charles Diggs

William Charles Diggs

Feb 29, 2016

Morven - Mr. William Charles Diggs, 88, of Morven went home to be with the Lord from Richmond County Hospice Haven on Monday, February 29, 2016, following several years of declining health. He was born January 24, 1928 to the late Riley Harrison Diggs and Esther Lowry Diggs and Esther Lowry Diggs and spent most of his life in the...

James Al Mr. Harris

James Al Mr. Harris

Feb 28, 2016

WADEBORO - Mr. James Al Harris, 78, departed his life on Sunday, February 28, 2016 while a patient at Carolinas Medical Center Union in Monroe, NC. James was born January 25, 1938 in Lilesville, NC, a son of the late Al Sylvester Harris and the late Goldie Spencer Harris. He worked in the logging industry as both a chain saw...

Paul Deberry Barry Mr. Thompson, III

Paul Deberry Barry Mr. Thompson, III

Feb 26, 2016

WADESBORO - Mr. Paul Deberry Barry Thompson, III, 63, of Chesterfield, SC and formerly of Wadesboro died Friday, February 26, 2016 at Dundee Manor in Bennettsville, SC. There will be a memorial service at 7:00pm Wednesday, March 2, 2016 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral...

Helen Beemie Miss Carpenter

Helen Beemie Miss Carpenter

Feb 23, 2016

Wadesboro - Miss Helen Renay Beemie Carpenter, 46, died Tuesday, February 25, 2016, at CMC Union Hospital in Monroe, after complications from surgery. Funeral services will be 2:00PM Saturday in Victory Baptist Church of Rockingham with Rev. Russell Edwards officiating. Interment will follow in Gum Springs Baptist Church Cemetery of Lilesville, NC. The family will greet friends Friday from 6:00...

Brenda Cook Mrs. Johnson

Brenda Cook Mrs. Johnson

Feb 22, 2016

WADESBORO - Mrs. Brenda Cook Johnson, 72, died Monday, February 22, 2016 at the home of her son in Rockingham. There will be a visitation from 5:00pm until 6:30pm Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at Leavitt Funeral Home with a memorial service following in the chapel with Rev. Rob Washington officiating. Brenda was born April 27, 1943 in Anson County, NC...

John William Mr. Templeton

John William Mr. Templeton

Feb 22, 2016

WADESBORO - Mr. John William Templeton, 79, died Monday, February 22, 2016 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be 11:00am Friday, February 26, 2016 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home with Rev. Rob Washington officiating. The family will greet friends following the service at the funeral home. There will be a graveside service at 3:00pm...

Louise Huntley Mrs. Garris

Louise Huntley Mrs. Garris

Feb 20, 2016

Louise Huntley Garris, age 93, died Saturday, February 20, 2016, at Quail Haven Village in Pinehurst, N.C. A graveside service will be held Thursday, March 3, 2016, at 11:30AM at Eastview Cemetery, Wadesboro, N.C., with the Reverend Karen Allen officiating. The family will greet friends at Leavitt Funeral Home in Wadesboro prior to the service beginning at 10:00AM. Louise was...