Obituaries

Mildred Johnson Mrs. Maree

Mildred Johnson Mrs. Maree

Apr 7, 2015

WADESBORO - Mrs. Mildred Johnson Maree, 84, died Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at Carolinas Healthcare Anson in Wadesboro. Funeral services will be 3:00PM Saturday, April 11, 2015 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home with Rev. LeGrand Kelly and Rev. Chris Jackson officiating. Interment will follow in Anson Memorial Park. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the...

Edward Franklin Mills

Edward Franklin Mills

Apr 5, 2015

Edward Franklin 'Eddie' Mills,53, died of liver failure in Wadesboro, NC, early on Easter Morning. He was a good brother, a loyal son, and a proud uncle. Eddie was born with Down's Syndrome. He was a happy and gentle soul who loved people and was loved in return. Eddie loved church, music, professional wrestling, and being in hospitals, not necessarily...

Emma Coppedge Hamilton Mrs. Gilmore

Emma Coppedge Hamilton Mrs. Gilmore

Apr 1, 2015

WADESBORO - Mrs. Emma Coppedge Hamilton Gilmore, 91, died Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at Ambassador Health and Rehab in Wadesboro. Funeral services will be 4:00pm Friday, April 3, 2015 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home with her daughter, Rev. Jane Livingston and Rev. Ralph Tice officiating. Interment will follow in Hamilton's Crossroad's Baptist Church Cemetery in Marshville. The family...

Infant Japarris Jamar Harrington, Jr

Infant Japarris Jamar Harrington, Jr

Mar 28, 2015

WADESBORO - Infant Japarris Jamar Harrington, Jr. son of Allison Lashea Hammond and Japarris Jamar Harrington entered this life and was escorted by the angels to Heaven on Saturday, March 28, 2015. Graveside services will be 1:00pm Thursday, April 2, 2015 at Cross Roads AME Zion Church Cemetery with Apostle Leonard Williams officiating. In addition to his parents, he is...

Walter Mr. Lampley, Jr

Walter Mr. Lampley, Jr

Mar 27, 2015

ROCKINGHAM - Mr. Walter Lampley, Jr., 92, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, March 27, 2015 at his home. Funeral services will be 2:00pm Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at Sweet Haven Church with Rev. Mitchell Roller officiating. Entombment will follow in Richmond County Memorial Park Mausoleum. The family will greet friends from 6:00pm until 8:00pm...

Elizabeth Horne Lib Mrs. Sessions

Elizabeth Horne Lib Mrs. Sessions

Mar 27, 2015

Wadesboro - Mrs. Elizabeth 'Lib' Horne Sessions, 81, died Friday, March 27, 2015 at her home. Funeral services will be 3:00PM Sunday, March 29, 2015, at Mt. Beulah Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Anson Memorial Park. The family will greet friends in the church prior to the service on Sunday beginning at 2:00PM. Lib was born in Darlington, SC,...

Charles Edward Mr. Litaker

Charles Edward Mr. Litaker

Mar 25, 2015

Wadesboro - Mr. Charles Edward Litaker, 67, died Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at his home. Charles was born on July 7, 1947, in Mt. Pleasant, NC, a son of Frieda Smith Litaker and Franklin Brooks Litaker. He was a master musician who played organ for his first church service at the young age of 9. Charles gave his life to...

Leroy Mr. Leggett

Leroy Mr. Leggett

Mar 25, 2015

WADESBORO - Mr. Leroy Leggett, 61, died Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at Anson Health and Rehabilitation in Wadesboro. Arrangements are incomplete.

Mary Pharr Mrs. Gibson

Mary Pharr Mrs. Gibson

Mar 24, 2015

TAR HEEL - Mary Pharr Gibson of Bladen and Anson Counties passed away on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 after a brief illness. She was born on Feb 26, 1926 to Frances and Scott Pharr in Tar Heel. Mary enjoyed a full life of love and accomplishment as a nurse, wife, sister, aunt, and mother with her family and community. She...

Evelyn Dennis Mrs. Beachum

Evelyn Dennis Mrs. Beachum

Mar 22, 2015

WADESBORO - Mrs. Evelyn Dennis Beachum, 88, died Sunday, March 22, 2015 at Anson Health and Rehab in Wadesboro. Memorial services will be 2:00pm Saturday, March 28, 2015 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home. A private interment will be at a later date in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the...

Frances Cox Mrs. Taylor

Frances Cox Mrs. Taylor

Mar 22, 2015

PEACHLAND - Mrs. Frances Cox Taylor, 76, died Sunday, March 22, 2015 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Funeral services will be private. Frances was born November 3, 1938 in Anson County, NC a daughter of the late John Thomas and Ida Elizabeth Braswell Cox. She had worked for a number of years as finance manager with Heilig Myers Furniture....

Carmie Lester Mr. Dennis

Carmie Lester Mr. Dennis

Mar 21, 2015

Carmie Lester Dennis, 75, passed away on March 21, 2015 at the Monarch Assisted Living Center in Saco, Maine. Graveside services will be 4:00pm Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at the Lilesville Cemetery with Dr. Robert L. Hunter, Jr. officiating. Carmie was born October 24, 1939 in the Exway Community of Richmond County, North Carolina, a son of Carmie Lee and...

Doris Brewer Mrs. Kaloczy

Doris Brewer Mrs. Kaloczy

Mar 20, 2015

POLKTON - Mrs. Doris Brewer Kaloczy, 73, of Indian Trail and formerly of Polkton died Friday, March 20, 2015 at Carolinas Medical Center Union in Monroe. Services will be 2:00pm Tuesday, March 24, 2015 by the graveside at Olive Branch Cemetery, 8951 HWY 218 E, Marshville with Dr. Leon Smith officiating. The family will greet friends following the service. Doris...

Wanda Brewer Mrs. Taylor

Wanda Brewer Mrs. Taylor

Mar 19, 2015

POLKTON - Mrs. Wanda Brewer Taylor, 44, died Thursday, March 19, 2015 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Funeral services will be 3:00pm Sunday, March 22, 2015 at New Home Baptist Church with Rev. George Senter officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will greet friends following the service and other times at the home of her...

Robert Frederick Bob Mr. Huntley

Robert Frederick Bob Mr. Huntley

Mar 18, 2015

LILESVILLE - Mr. Robert Frederick 'Bob' Huntley, 86, died Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at Anson Health and Rehabilitation in Wadesboro. Funeral services will be 4:00pm Friday, March 20, 2015 at Lilesville United Methodist Church with Rev. Kaye Fry officiating. Interment will follow in Lilesville Cemetery. Friends may call on the family at any time at the home in Lilesville. Bob...

Ronald Mr. Dunn

Ronald Mr. Dunn

Mar 17, 2015

Polkton - Mr. Ronald Lee Dunn, 68, died Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at the Hospice House in Union County. Memorial services will be 4:00PM Sunday at Leavitt Funeral Home. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service beginning at 3:00PM. Ronald was born December 26, 1946, in Watsonville, California, a son of Virginia Lucille Liles Dunn Caudle...

Colleen Hildreth Mrs. Schwerk

Colleen Hildreth Mrs. Schwerk

Mar 17, 2015

MARY COLLEEN HILDRETH SCHWERK, 88, peacefully passed away at 4:49PM on March 17, 2015 surrounded by loved ones in Raleigh, N.C. She was born on November 21, 1926 to Kemp Battle and Jennie Bett Hildreth in Wadesboro, N.C. the eldest of three children, and moved to Fayetteville, N.C. in 1945 where she worked for 30 years in Civil Service to...

Thelma Elizabeth Mrs. Furr

Thelma Elizabeth Mrs. Furr

Mar 17, 2015

Peachland-Mrs. Thelma Elizabeth Furr, 58, formerly of Mt. Pleasant, NC died Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at Monroe Rehabilitation in Monroe. Funeral services will be 11:00AM Friday, March 20, 2015 at Hopewell United Methodist Church with Rev. Andrea McCumber officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will greet friends following the service in the church fellowship hall. Thelma...

Michael Leon Mr. Baker

Michael Leon Mr. Baker

Mar 15, 2015

ROCKINGHAM - Mr. Michael Leon Baker, 61, died Sunday, March 15, 2015 at FirstHealth Hospice House in Pinehurst, NC. Services will be 2:00pm Thursday, March 19, 2015 in the Colonial Chapel of Carter Funeral Home with Dr. Robert L. Hunter, Jr. officiating. Interment will follow in Richmond County Memorial Park. At the request of the family, those attending the funeral...

Marguerite Powell Mrs. Coley

Marguerite Powell Mrs. Coley

Mar 14, 2015

WADESBORO-Marguerite Powell Coley, eldest child born to Clayton and Madge Powell on May 7, 1928 went to be with her Lord and Savior on March 14, 2015. Angels are rejoicing as she enters Heaven and reunites with her loving husband, Buddy Coley; her precious son, Mertis Ray Mills; and her other siblings, Betty Harrington, Peggy Ponds and Jimmy Powell. Oh...

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