All Obituaries

Edith Mae Durbin Poff, 90, of Ellerbe, passed away on Friday morning September 21, 2018. Memorial service will be held at 10:00AM on Saturday September 29, 2018 at the First Baptist Church of Ellerbe. Mrs. Poff was born on March 28, 1928 in Chester, WV to the late Charles and Rachel Smith Durbin. She was a homemaker for most of her life and was a member at First Baptist Church of Ellerbe.    In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Louis Poff , son...

Teresa ‘Teri’ Pritchard Levy, 58, of Norwood, passed away Wednesday September 19, 2018 at Atrium Northeast. Funeral services will be held at 11:00AM on Saturday September 22, 2018 at Edwards Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Don Crusenberry will officiate and interment will follow at Norview Gardens. The family will receive friends one hour prior to service. Terri was born on January 5, 1960 in Sumter County to the late Raymond Phillip and Eula Jean Player Pritchard. She was a...

Lena Mackkenzie Coley was born and died on September 18, 2018. Graveside services will be held on Saturday September 22, 2018 at 11:00AM at Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Lowell Brown will officiate. She is survived by her parents Cody Brent Coley and Shevelle Lynn McIntyre of Albemarle. Grandparents, Nelson Coley of Albemarle and Mark and Holly Efird of Albemarle; Great-grandparents: Dulin and Thelma Coley of Albemarle, Reggie and Peggy Morton of Albemarle, Clarence and Sheila...

William Leon Cox, 83, of Norwood, passed away on Monday Morning, September 17, 2018 at the VA Hospital in Salisbury. Funeral services will be held on Thursday September 20, 2018 at 2:00PM at Edwards Funeral Home Chapel in Norwood. Rev. Tony Parsons will officiate and entombment will follow at Stanly Gardens of Memory. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Leon was born on November 26, 1934 in Haynes, Arkansas to the late Sam Chester and Margaret Juanita Clark Cox....

Meriam Nicholson Blake, 82, of Mt. Gilead died Monday Morning, September 17, 2018 at Bethany Woods in Albemarle. Funeral Service will be held at 4:00 PM Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at Calvary Baptist Church. Rev. Reece English will officiate and interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends 30 minutes prior to the service at the church. Meriam was born January 2, 1936 in Richmond County to the late Robert Lawrence and Tina Bundy Nicholson. She was the...

Cindy Lynn Capel, 38, of Norwood, passed away on Monday September 10, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 3:00PM on Friday September 21, 2018 at Norwood Church of the Nazarene. Pastor Derrick Adcock will officiate and interment will follow at Norview Gardens. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. Cindy was born on November 26, 1979 in Cabarrus County to Donna Capel Blalock and the late Steven Morton. In addition to her father, she is preceded in...

Lewis Mack Morton, 71, of Mt. Holly, passed away on Thursday, September 6, 2018. Graveside services will be held at 4:00PM on Saturday September 8, 2018 at Porter Baptist Church. A memorial service will be held at 2:00PM on Saturday September 22, 2018 at Fellowship Baptist Church in Albemarle. The family will receive friends one hour prior at the church. Mr. Morton was born on July 1, 1947 to the late Sam and Annett Kimrey Morton. He was a retired truck driver. In addition to his parents,...

Edna Mills Vinson, 81, of Ansonville, passed away Saturday, September 1, 2018 at Trinity Place in Albemarle. Graveside services will be held at 11:00AM on Monday September 3, 2018 at Red Hill Baptist Church in Ansonville. Rev. Robert Burr and Kimberly Burr will officiate. Ms. Vinson was born on September 2, 1936 to the late James Brady and Virginia Waddell Martin. She was a graduate of Ansonville High School and a member at Cedar Hill United Methodist Church. She is survived by her...

James Carson Efird Sr. 94 of Oakboro died Wednesday Evening, August 29, 2018 at Stanly Manor. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, September 1, 2018 at Providence Church of God. Rev. Jerry Ingle and Rev. Lonnie Groce will officiate and interment will follow in the church cemetery with full military honors. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. Mr. Efird was born July 31, 1924 in Stanly County to the late Jacob Cicero and Rosa Burris...

Terry Lynn Medlin 63 of Albemarle died Saturday Afternoon, August 25, 2018. Funeral Services will be held at 3:00 PM Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at Edwards Funeral Home Chapel in Norwood. Rev. Jeremy Holt will officiate and burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Marshville. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Terry was born July 3, 1955 in Union County to the late Hoyle and Pearl Mills Medlin. He was a retired landscaper...