Obituary Listing

Dec 11, 2021

Joyce Wotring Ledford, 70, of Fayetteville, died Saturday, December 11, 2021, at the Village Green Health and Rehabilitation Center.

Ms. Ledford was born on July 2, 1951, in Aurora, WV, to the late Robert and Elaine Wotring.  She was a retired educator from Lewis Chapel Middle School and a member of Freedom Baptist Church.

A...

Dec 9, 2021

Abigail Hawley McArthur, 83, of Fayetteville passed away Thursday, December 9, 2021 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.

Abigail was born August 14, 1938 in Richmond County, NC to the late Beatrice and Theodore Hawley. She was preceded in death by her son, Craig H. McArthur.

Graveside services will be on Monday, December 13, 2021...

Dec 8, 2021

Robert Lynn Alexander, 94 of Ocean Isle Beach, formerly of Fayetteville, died Thursday December 8, 2021.

Born in Vass on September 9, 1927, to the late William Frank and Loula Belle Alexander.  He was one of nine children.  Robert served in the Merchant Marines from 1944-1947 on hospital ships in Europe and the Philippines.  On 6/25/1948, he...

Dec 8, 2021

Carl Barefoot, 81 of Fayetteville passed away on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at his home with his family by his side.

Carl Barefoot was born in Johnston County, NC on October 28, 1940, to Hardie and Pearl Barefoot.  He was the third of 4 brothers. They were a simple, hardworking family of farmers.

He excelled...

Dec 7, 2021

Mary J. Stevens, age 92 of Fayetteville, North Carolina formerly of Chicago, Illinois, passed away peacefully on December 7, 2021, after 6 years of exceptional care at the Carolina Inn at Village Green.

Mary was born November 26, 1929 in East Chicago, Indiana to the late James V. and Anna Stevens. Prior to moving to Fayetteville, Mary...

Dec 7, 2021

Celia Edwards Yarborough, 91, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. Celia was born in New Bern on Jan. 7, 1930 to Reatha and Rufus Edwards. She moved to Fayetteville at an early age and attended Fayetteville City schools and Elon University and graduated from Methodist University with a degree in early childhood...

Dec 6, 2021

SGM (Ret) Bert Franklin Sarty, 85, died Monday, December 6, 2021, at his residence.

Mr. Sarty was born on December 2, 1936, in Claremore, OK, to the late Homer Googan and Edna Marie Dunlap Sarty. He was a counselor at Fayetteville Technical Community College.

A funeral service will be held Thursday evening, December 9, from...

Dec 5, 2021

Virginia Lilly Yarborough, 86, died peacefully at home Sunday.

She was the daughter of the late Richard M. Lilly, former president of the Fayetteville Publishing Company and Ashton W. Lilly, the company's former chairman of the board.

Mrs. Yarborough served on the Board of Directors of Fayetteville Publishing Company, volunteered, and supported many organizations and...

Dec 5, 2021

Susan Elizabeth Vick died in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on December 5, 2021, at the age of 78.  She was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 16, 1943.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Elsie and Wilbur James, and her husband, Thomas ("Tommy") Marvin Vick III.

Su graduated from Lamar High School in Lamar, Missouri in...

Dec 4, 2021

Jo Anne Erwin Failen, 78 of Fayetteville passed away on Saturday, December 4, 2021 at Womack Army Medical Center.

Jo Anne was born on July 19, 1943 in Gaffney, S.C. to the late John Thomas Erwin and Lois Watkins Erwin.  She was a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother and friend to all who knew her.

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Dec 3, 2021

We are heartbroken to say that our precious Donald Jess Boula, Sr. 81 of Fayetteville, went to be with his Lord Friday night, December 3, 2021 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.

A service at Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery with full military honors will be announced.

Don accomplished 23 years of proud active service in...

Dec 3, 2021

Marcy Diane Thomas, 68, of Fayetteville passed away on Friday, December 3, 2021, at Duke Medical Center after a brief battle with cancer.

Marcy was born on November 4, 1953, in Macon, Missouri to the late Dayton Homer Thomas and Kathryn Lee Blair Thomas.

She was a 1971 graduate of Macon County R-1V in Macon,...

Dec 2, 2021

Peter Angelo Porreco, 66, of Fayetteville passed away Thursday, December 2, 2021 at Duke-Raleigh Hospital surrounded by his loving family.

Peter was born June 6, 1955 in Akron, Ohio to the late Sherry and Peter Porreco.

Pete never met a stranger. He was loved by his wife,  family,  and friends and loved them fiercely in...

Dec 2, 2021

Johanna Gross Edge

Fayetteville —Johanna Gross Edge, born in 1935, passed away at age 86 in her daughter's home in Fayetteville N.C. on Wednesday, December 1, 2021. She was the daughter of Dorothea and Heinrich Gross of Wiesbaden, Germany and the sister of Christina, Helmut and Karlheinz Gross, all of whom preceded her in death.

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Nov 30, 2021

With the utmost dedicated devotion to her family and loyalty to all her friends, Deborah J. Letarte (Wertz) passed away on March 25, 2022, at MUSC Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina. She was born in Akron, Ohio in 1953 to George Wertz of Danville, Illinois and Beatrice James of Erie, Pennsylvania. She grew up in Minnesota and Ohio. She...

Nov 30, 2021

Dudley Roger Murphy, Jr., 58, of Fayetteville, NC passed away on Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital with family by his side.

Roger was born in Logan, West Virginia to the late Dudley Roger Murphy, Sr. and Ginger Abay-Abay. He was a U.S. Army Reserves Veteran where he served as a Parachute Rigger with the...

Nov 30, 2021

Jacqueline Lee Compton, 93, died Tuesday, November 30, 2021, at the Addison of Fayetteville.

Ms. Compton was born on May 27, 1928, in Draffin KY, to the late Stewart and Elza May Lee. She was retired from Sears Department Store.

A private graveside service will be held at Cumberland Memorial Gardens.

Ms. Compton...

Nov 29, 2021

Ruth Perry-Sims, 86, of Fayetteville went home to be with the Lord on Monday, November 29, 2021 at her residence with her family by her side.

Ruth was born March 22, 1935 in Saxon, Germany to the late Walter B. Mothes and Anna Loebig Mothes. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Richard L. Perry and...

Nov 28, 2021

Sara Lynn Hester, 61, of Fayetteville passed away Sunday, November 28, 2021 with her family by her side.

She was born to the late Edwin and Evelyn Hester on July 29, 1960. She graduated from Douglas Byrd High School in 1978 and devoted her life as a caregiver to her mother.

Her sociability was like...

Nov 27, 2021

Harold "Big H" Gordon McClellan, 69, died Saturday, November 27, 2021, at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.

Harold was born on October 11, 1952, in Dexter MO, to Max "Bud" and Mildred McClellan.

Harold was a custom cabinetmaker by trade.  He was a long-time member of Faymont and Village Baptist Churches where he served as...