Recent Obituaries

Oct 6, 2012

Mr. Robert Allen Wheeler of Wallace, NC, passed away Saturday, October 6, 2012 at Milford & Reba Quinn Hospice Center in Kenansville.  Funeral services will be held 11:00 am Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at Wallace Presbyterian Church conducted by Dr. Philip Gladden.  A visitation will be held from 6:00 – 8:00 pm Tuesday October 9, 2012 at Padgett Funeral...

Oct 4, 2012

Mrs. Emma Bell English, age 95 of Willard, passed away Thursday, October 4, 2012 at the Brian Health and Rehab Center, Wallace.  Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Sunday, October 7, 2012 at Peniel Pentecostal FWB Church in Willard conducted by Rev. Joseph Tew and Rev. Dewey Ball.  Burial will follow in the church cemetery.  The family...

Oct 2, 2012

Mrs. Mildred Evans Pigford age 95 of Rose Hill died Tuesday October 2, 2012 at Milford and Reba Quinn Hospice Care Center in Kenansville. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 pm Thursday October 4, 2012 at Island Creek Baptist Church conducted by Dr. Ronald Ginn. Burial will follow at Rockfish Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends from...

Oct 1, 2012

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Mrs. Barbara Lee Jones age 68 of Wilmington, died Monday October 1, 2012 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Friday October 5, 2012 at Padgett Funeral Chapel conducted by Dr. Jerry Kinlaw. Burial will follow at Duplin Memorial Gardens in Teachey. The family will receive friends...

Sep 24, 2012

Mrs. Gertrude Bostic Lanier age 90 of Jacksonville, formerly of Wallace died Monday September 24, 2012 at Carolina Rivers Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Jacksonville. Funeral services will be held at 7:00 pm Wednesday September 26, 2012 at Padgett Funeral Chapel. Visitation will follow after the service. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 am Thursday at Riverview...

Sep 22, 2012

Mr. Terry Allen Henderson, age 55 of Rose Hill, NC passed away Saturday, September 22, 2012 at his residence.  Funeral services will be held 6:00 p.m. Monday, September 24, 2012 at Padgett Funeral Home conducted by the Reverend Bruce Hermman.  Burial will be held 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at Rockfish Memorial Cemetery, Wallace.  The family will receive...

Sep 8, 2012

Mrs. Mary Lee Usher, age 85 of Rose Hill, NC passed away Saturday, September 8, 2012 at her residence. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at Concord Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Jimmy Johnson and Rev. Ottis King. Burial will follow at Concord Baptist Church Cemetery.

She is survived by a daughter,...

Sep 1, 2012

Naomi McGregor Carr of Wallace, North Carolina, age 96, passed away on Saturday, September 1. 2012. Naomi was born on June 4, 1916 near Laurinburg. She was the daughter of Daniel Jackson McGregor and Jessie Lyde Mason McGregor. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Arminius Johnson Carr, brothers, Paul B. McGregor, D. J. McGregor,...

Aug 30, 2012

Mr. Edward Leland English, Jr. age 89 of Willard died Thursday August 30, 2012 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCare Center in Wilmington.

He is survived by four sisters, Juanita Mann of Raleigh, NC, Amelia "Meatsie" English of Willard, NC, Sally Berry and husband Frank of Southern Pines, NC and Rose Winfree and husband Joe of...

Aug 28, 2012

Mrs Hettie Christine Dyson age 85 of Wallace, NC passed away Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at Carolina East/Quinn Hospice Care Center in Kenansville. Funeral services will be held 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at Padgett Funeral Home, Wallace. The family will receive from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Wednesday prior to the service. Burial will be held 11:00 a.m....

Aug 25, 2012

Laura Alice Cavenaugh, 94, passed away on Saturday, August 25, at home and went to be with her Lord. Alice was born January 30, 1918 in Watha NC to the late Columbus Franklin Garriss and Mattie Bennett Garriss. She was predeceased by spouses Millard Teachey and Joe Cavenaugh; great-grandchildren, Ricky and Hannah Suttles and their mother Beth Suttles, brothers...

Aug 13, 2012

Mrs. Elizabeth King Mann Hagginbothom, age 87 of Rose Hill, NC died Monday August 13, 2012 at Vidant Duplin Hospital in Kenansville. Graveside services will be held 4:00 pm Friday, August 17, 2012 at Parklawn Memorial Park in Hampton, VA. Family and friends will be received on Thursday August 16, 2012 at the Padgett Funeral Home, Wallace, NC from...

Aug 12, 2012

Mr. William Harold Maready, Sr., age 75, of Wallace died Sunday evening, August 12, 2012. Graveside service will be held Wednesday, August 15, 2012, at 11:00 a.m., at Rockfish Memorial Cemetery in Wallace. The service will be conducted by Rev. Charles Allard.

He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Linda Brinkley Maready, of the home;...

Aug 7, 2012

Mrs. Jessie Brice Carr age 95 of Wallace died Tuesday August 7, 2012 at the Brian Center in Wallace. She is survived by a daughter, Ann Fussell and husband David of Wallace, NC, a son, William Brice Carr and wife Ruby of Ashboro, NC, six grandchildren, William "Bill" Carr and wife Carolyn of Winston Salem, NC, Charles Carr of...

Aug 5, 2012

Mr. Alfred Wade Brown age 36 of Teachey, NC died Sunday August 5, 2012 at Vidant Duplin Hospital in Kenansville. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 am Saturday August 11, 2012 at Drew Cemetery conducted by Reverend Sammy Boone. The family will receive from 10:00 to 11:00 am Saturday prior to the service.

He is survived...

Aug 3, 2012

Mr, Joseph Clarence "JC" Knowles age 82 of Wallace died Friday August 3, 2012 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice Care Center in Wilmington.

He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Lewelyn Jones Knowles, two daughters, Brenda Knowles McArthur and husband Charles, Lynette Knowles Williams and friend Steven, three grandchildren, Allison Moore (Nathan), Charley McArthur and...

Jul 31, 2012

Mr. Bascom "Mack" Bristow, Jr. age 96 of Rose Hill died Tuesday July 31, 2012 at Golden Care in Wallace. He was born in Marlboro County, South Carolina on June 14, 1916, the son of the late Bascom Mack Sr. and Martha Jane McLendon Bristow and was preceded in death by five brothers, John, Rodney, Dewey, Jim and Larry,...

Jul 26, 2012

Mr. Jimmy Leon Norris, Jr. age 26 of Wallace died Thursday July 26, 2012 at Vidant Duplin Hospital in Kenansville.

Born December 24, 1985 in Lancaster, PA, Jimmy was the son of Jimmy Norris and Donna Walrath and was preceded in death by his son, Tyler Sloan Norris.

Jimmy loved to hang out and cook...

Jul 21, 2012

Mrs. Carrie "Carmela" Mary Schembri, age 95 of Wallace, NC, passed away Saturday, July 21, 2012 at the Brian Center Health and Rehab Center in Wallace.

Born September 17, 1916 in Zabbar, Malta, Mrs. Schembri was the daughter of the late Joseph and Katherine (Cassar) Butigieg and was preceded in death by her husband of 34 years,...

Jul 19, 2012

Mr. David Leroy Pigford age 77 of Rocky Point, NC died Thursday July 19, 2012 at Cary Health and Rehab, Cary, NC.

He was born in Sampson County on June 1, 1935, the son of the late David and Ada (Bland) Pigford and was preceded in death by four sisters, Mary Ross Gilbert, Bessie Scott, Louise Fields...