Obituaries

Margaret Charlton Prevatte Culbreth

Margaret Charlton Prevatte Culbreth

Dec 30, 2015

Wadesboro - Mrs. Margaret Charlton Prevatte Culbreth, 66, died Wednesday, December 30, 2015, following a courageous battle with cancer. A memorial service to celebrate Margaret's life will be held at 3:00PM Sunday at Leavitt Funeral Home. The family will greet friends following the ceremony. Margaret was born in Anson County on November 1, 1949, a daughter of Ruth Deese Charlton...

Gail Dutton Mrs. Preslar

Gail Dutton Mrs. Preslar

Dec 30, 2015

WADESBORO - Mrs. Gail Dutton Preslar, 69, died Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at her home. There will be a service of worship and thanksgiving at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at Long Pine United Methodist Church with Rev. Stephen Shytle and Rev. Warren Lunsford officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will greet friends from 5:00...

James Richard Jim Mr. Bruney

James Richard Jim Mr. Bruney

Dec 29, 2015

Wadesboro - Mr. James Richard 'Jim' Bruney, 83, died Tuesday, December 29, 2015, at Anson Health and Rehabilitation. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 16, 2016, in the Chapel of First United Methodist Church, Wadesboro, conducted by Rev. Dr. Sarah B. Kalish. Jim was born in Akron, OH on May 10, 1932, a son of the late William...

Helen Lamm Mrs. Ingram

Helen Lamm Mrs. Ingram

Dec 27, 2015

LILESVILLE - Ella Helen Lamm Ingram, 88, died Sunday, December 27, 2015 at Carolinas Medical Center-Union in Monroe, NC. Helen was born September 27, 1927, in Franklin County, NC, the eldest daughter of the late Joseph Edmond Lamm and Ovie Cooper Lamm. Following graduation from Atlantic Christian College (now Barton College) in Wilson, NC, Helen began her career as a...

Hazel Simpson Mrs. Freeman

Hazel Simpson Mrs. Freeman

Dec 25, 2015

LILESVILLE - Mrs. Hazel Simpson Freeman, 91, passed away peacefully on December 25, 2015 at Carolinas Medical Center Pineville. Funeral services will be 11:00am Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at Olivet United Methodist Church with her niece, Rev. Stacey Simpson Duke and Rev. Andrea McCumber officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will greet friends from 6:00pm until...

Jean Brower Mrs. Foreman

Jean Brower Mrs. Foreman

Dec 25, 2015

GREENSBORO - Mrs. Jean Brower Foreman, 75, of Greensboro, NC, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 25, 2015 at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital in Greensboro. She was born in Wadesboro, NC on July 9, 1940 to the late Robert and Nell Bunn Brower. She was a graduate of Wadesboro High School and Greensboro College and was a member of Christ...

Len Elbert Mr. Kelley

Len Elbert Mr. Kelley

Dec 24, 2015

LILESVILLE - Mr. Len Elbert Kelley, 43, died Thursday, December 24, 2015 at the home of his sister in Lilesville. Funeral services will be 3:00pm Monday, December 28, 2015 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Anson Memorial Park. The family will greet friends from 4:00pm until 6:00pm Sunday, December 27, 2015 at the funeral home...

Maynard Gaskin Mr. Dutton, Sr

Maynard Gaskin Mr. Dutton, Sr

Dec 24, 2015

Lilesville - Mr. Maynard Gaskin Dutton, Sr., 91, died Thursday, December 24, 2015 at the Salisbury VA Medical Center in Salisbury. Funeral services will be 3:00pm Sunday, December 27, 2015 at Lilesville Baptist Church with Rev. Teddy Lawson officiating. Interment will follow in the Lilesville Cemetery. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service beginning at 2:00pm...

Theresa Lynn Mottern Mrs. Tyson

Theresa Lynn Mottern Mrs. Tyson

Dec 23, 2015

ROGERSVILLE, TN - Mrs. Theresa Lynn Mottern Tyson, 62, died December 23, 2015 at Holston Valley Meical Center in Kingsport, TN. Graveside services will be 2:00pm Saturday, January 2, 2016 at Eastview Cemetery in Wadesboro. She was born February 14, 1953 in Johnson City, TN a daughter of the late Robert Luther Mottern and the late Doris Jeanette Barrett Mottern....

James Thomas Tommy Mr. Knotts

James Thomas Tommy Mr. Knotts

Dec 20, 2015

LILESVILLE - Mr. James Thomas 'Tommy' Knotts, 67, died Sunday, December 20, 2015 at his home. Funeral services will be 11:00am Wednesday, December 23, 2015 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home, Wadesboro. Interment will follow in Gum Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Lilesville. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home Wednesday. Tommy...

Lou Etta Self Mosely Mrs. Deese

Lou Etta Self Mosely Mrs. Deese

Dec 18, 2015

MORVEN - Mrs. Lou Etta Self Moseley Deese, 73, died Friday, December 18, 2015 at Anson Health and Rehab in Wadesboro. Funeral services will be 3:00pm Sunday, December 20, 2015 at Morven Baptist Church with Rev. Bill Whitlow officiating. Interment will follow in Morven Cemetery. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at the church on...

Jean Austin Sheppard

Jean Austin Sheppard

Dec 13, 2015

Lilesville - Mrs. Jean Austin Sheppard, 85 of Lilesville, NC, left to be with our Lord on Sunday, December 13, 2015. Funeral services will be 11:00AM Wednesday at Forestville United Methodist Church with Rev. Kaye Fry officiating. Interment will follow at 1:30PM in the Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery, Peachland, NC. The family will greet friends at Leavitt Funeral Home...

Thomas Heath Austin

Thomas Heath Austin

Dec 13, 2015

Greensboro - Mr. Thomas Heath Austin, 81, died Sunday, December 13, 2015, at Brighton Gardens of Greensboro. Funeral services will be 2:00PM Saturday, December 19, 2015, in Deep Springs Baptist Church with Rev. James Phillips and Rev. Perry High officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will greet friends prior to the service in the church fellowship...

Billy Eugene Mr. Lear

Billy Eugene Mr. Lear

Dec 12, 2015

Wadesboro-Mr. Billy Eugene Lear, 77, died Saturday December 12, 2015 at his daughter's home in Davidson. Funeral services will be 12:00 noon Monday at the chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Mt. Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service beginning at 11:00am in the funeral home. Billy was born...

Horace Kenneth Ken Mr. Pope, Jr

Horace Kenneth Ken Mr. Pope, Jr

Dec 10, 2015

Polkton - Mr. Horace Kenneth 'Ken' Pope Jr., 87, died Thursday, December 10, 2015, at CMC-Union in Monroe, NC. Funeral services will be 3:00pm Sunday, December 13, 2015 at Polkton Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Williams Cemetery. Visitation will be 5:00pm-7:00pm Saturday, December 12, 2015 at Leavitt Funeral Home. Born in Anson County on August 20, 1928, he was...

Jewell Haney Pigg

Jewell Haney Pigg

Dec 9, 2015

Wadesboro - Mrs. Jewell Haney Pigg, 89, died Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at Meadowview Terrace Assisted Living in Wadesboro. She was born in Union County, NC, on January 10, 1926. She was preceded in death by her husband, Amos William Pigg, Sr. of Wadesboro; her parents Bascom and Dessie Haney of Marshville; and her brother, Blaine Haney of Charlotte. Mrs....

Patricia Teal Pat Allen

Patricia Teal Pat Allen

Dec 8, 2015

Ocean Isle Beach - Mrs. Patricia 'Pat' Teal Allen passed away peacefully on December 8, 2015 at the age of 93 in her Ocean Isle Beach home surrounded by family. In passing, she is reunited with her beloved husband, Fulton Coleman Allen - 'Fully Darl'in', who passed away September 12, 2014. Pat was born in Wadesboro, NC on June 11,...

Shelba Jean Bowman Liles Mrs. Poplin

Shelba Jean Bowman Liles Mrs. Poplin

Dec 8, 2015

WADESBORO - Mrs. Shelba Jean Bowman Liles Poplin, 76, died Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at Meadowview Terrace Assisted Living. Funeral services will be 3:00pm Thursday, December 10, 2015 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Lilesville Cemetery. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service Thursday at the funeral home. Shelba Jean was...

Mararuth Allen Mrs. Cox

Mararuth Allen Mrs. Cox

Dec 7, 2015

Wadesboro - Mrs. Mararuth Allen Cox, 94 years young, went to be with her Lord on Monday, December 7, 2015 after fighting an amazing battle with the effects of a stroke in 2011. It might have robbed her of her speech and movement but she held onto her faith, her sense of humor, and her will to stay on this...

Hugh Allen Mr. Watkins

Hugh Allen Mr. Watkins

Dec 6, 2015

Wadesboro - Mr. Hugh Allen Watkins, 91, died Sunday, December 6, 2015. Funeral services will be 7:00pm Thursday, December 10, 2015 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home on Thursday. Burial with military honors will be 10:00am Friday, December 11, 2015 in Anson Memorial Park.