All Obituaries

Ms. Sarah Juanita Watson, 91, of Wagram, died Thursday, November 15, 2018. Click on Service Details for arrangements. Services are entrusted to Purcell Funeral Home, Laurinburg.

Mr. Robert Kearney, 93, of Laurinburg, died Sunday, November 11, 2018. Funeral service will be held 11:00 AM Saturday, November 17, 2018, at Purcell Funeral Home Laurinburg, North Carolina. Viewing and visitation will be held Friday, November 16, from 1:00 - 5:00 PM at Purcell Funeral Home. Burial with Military Honors will take place 10:00 AM Monday, November 19, 2018, at the Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Services are entrusted to Purcell Funeral Home,...

Funeral Service for Mr. Elvis Purcell will be held 2:00 PM Sunday, November 18, at Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Raeford, NC. Burial with Military Honors will follow in the Church Cemetery. Viewing and visitation will be held Sunday, November 18, from 1:00-1:45 PM prior to the Funeral Service. Services are entrusted to Purcell Funeral Home, Laurinburg. Mr. Elvis Swan Purcell, son of Mrs. Sallie Mae McKenzie and the late Mr. Leroy McKenzie was born January 8, 1961, in Hoke County,...

"For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.  I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith."    II Timothy 4:6-7 KJV Cleveland Howard Johnson was born on March 29, 1949 to the late Coleman C. Johnson and Sadie L. Bell Johnson.  He received his wings and transition on October 30, 2018.  He graduated from E.E. Smith Senior High School in 1968.  He was employed at Fayetteville State...

Anthony Pipkin of Paterson, New Jersey, died Wednesday, October 17. Funeral Service will be held 2:00 PM Friday, October 26., at Purcell Funeral Home, Laurinburg. Burial will follow in the Hillside Memorial Park. The Family will greet friends for viewing and visitation Thursday, October 25., from 6-8 PM at Purcell Funeral Home. Services are entrusted to Purcell Funeral Home, Laurinburg. Anthony Lewis Pipkin, age 54, was born in Scotland County, North Carolina on March 2,...

Patty Williams 58, of Laurinburg, died Sunday, October 14, 2018. Funeral Service will be 3 O’clock Monday, October 22, at McColl Pentecostal Fire Baptized Holiness Church.  Viewing and Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 PM Sunday, October 21., at Purcell Funeral Home. Services are entrusted to Purcell Funeral Home, Laurinburg. Ms. Patty Gail Williams was born July 3, 1960, in Scotland County to the late Ralph and Zettie (Locklear) Baxley. On October 14, 2018, she departed this...

Funeral Service for Garfield Hicks, of Fayetteville, will be held 3:00 O’clock Sunday, October 21, at Spring Branch Missionary Baptist Church, Wagram. With burial to follow in the Mathew Cemetery. The family will receive friends at 1228 Butterwood Circle, Fayetteville.  Services are entrusted to Purcell Funeral Home, Laurinburg. Garfield “Dollar Bill” Hicks Sr., was born to the late Flamella and Robert Hicks Sr., on August 31, 1962. Late Monday, afternoon at the V.A....

Mary McCormick 75, of Laurinburg, died Friday, October 12., at Scottish Pines. Funeral Service will be held 1:00 PM Saturday, October 20, at First Church of Christ, Laurinburg, North Carolina. Viewing and Visitation will be held from 3:00 to 6:00 PM at Purcell Funeral Home on Friday, October 19. Services are entrusted to Purcell Funeral Home, Laurinburg.  Mrs. Mary Helen Campbell McMillan McCormick, age 75, took God’s hand when she heard Him call on Friday, October 12,...

Ms. Sylvia C. Caldwell the daughter of the late Willis Caldwell and Leila “Pearl” Grant. She was born on September 16, 1958, in Harlem, NY. She received her G.E.D. from Richmond Community College and later received her Associates Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of...