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Martha Lytch Gibson
Born in Scotland County, NC on Jun. 27, 1913
Departed on Jan. 28, 2005 and resided in Laurinburg, NC.
Cemetery: Pine Crest Cemetery
Laurinburg - Mrs. Martha Lytch Gibson, 91, of 212 West Vance St., died Friday, January 28, at Scotland Memorial Hospital.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the First United Methodist Church officiated by the Revs. Stan Smith, Nancy Willard, and Harold Salmon.
She is survived by a son, C. Whitfield Gibson and wife, Tammie of Laurinburg; two daughters, Betsy Sweetman and husband, Ed of Greensboro, and Peggy Jones and husband, Hiram of Laurinburg; a sister, Sadie Odom of Gibson; six grandchildren, Marti Stegall and husband, Wayne of Waxhaw, Mari Ed Zimmerman and husband, Jay of Reidsville, Bonnie Jones of Wilson, Kenneth Jones of Cary, Whitfield Gibson and Christopher Gibson of Chapel Hill; 3 great grandchildren, Elizabeth Stegall and Jaimee Stegall of Waxhaw and Kaitlyn Zimmerman of Reidsville; two sisters-in-law: Elizabeth McLaurin and Polly Edwards of Laurinburg.
Born June 27, 1913 in Scotland County, she was a daughter of the late Belton P. and Mamie Gibson Lytch and the widow of the late Clyde Whitfield Gibson.
Martha was a graduate of Greensboro College where she received the Distinguished Alumni Award in 1985. An active member of the First United Methodist Church, she served as a Sunday School teacher, served on the Board of Trustees, Building Committee, Finance Committee, Pastor-Parish Relations Committee, President of the United Methodist Women and was named Layperson of the Year in 1989. She was also a volunteer for the American Red Cross bloodmobile for over 50 years.
In 1989 Martha received the Outstanding Senior Citizen's Award from the Laurinburg Jaycees and in 1991 she was the recipient of the annual Dunbar-McCoy Quality of Life Award from the Laurinburg - Scotland County Area Chamber of Commerce.
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Saturday at the McDougald Funeral Home and Crematorium.
Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church 101 W. Church St., Laurinburg, NC 28352 or the American Red Cross, PO Box 927, Laurinburg, NC 28353.
Larry Wayne Lofton
Born in Evansville, IN on Jul. 31, 1946
Departed on Jan. 10, 2005 and resided in Clio, SC.
Clio, SC - Mr. Larry Wayne Lofton, 58, of 305 Ivey Street died Monday, January 10, at Century Care in Laurinburg.
A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Thursday at McDougald Funeral Home and Crematorium Chapel officiated by the Rev. Joe Wilkes. Burial will be in Red Bluff Cemetery in Clio.
He is survived by his wife, Brenda Frazier Lofton; one son, Richard Lofton of Clio; one daughter, Katherine Davis of Riverdale, GA; one sister, Cheryl L. Brown of Florence; a special aunt, Helen Hoskins of Clio; a special cousin, Donna McLain of Florence; two grandchildren, Tiara Davis of Riverdale and Terrance Davis of Clio, and other relatives.
Born in Evansville, IN, he was a son of the late R.T. and Nina Collins Lofton. Mr. Lofton was employed by Southern Packaging Company and was a member of the Church of Christ in Bennettsville. He graduated from Clio High School where he participated in football, basketball and baseball. He was a NASCAR fan and a Green Bay Packers fan.
McDougald Funeral Home and Crematorium is serving the family.
James Curtis Kersey
Born in Scotland County, NC on Jul. 9, 1912
Departed on Apr. 2, 2005 and resided in Laurinburg, NC.
Cemetery: Hillside Memorial Park
Laurinburg, NC - Mr. James Curtis Kersey, 83, of 17501 Plant Road died Saturday, April 2, at Scotland Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Tuesday at Snead’s grove United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Hillside Memorial Park.
He is survived by an adopted daughter, Mary Musselwhite of Erwin; a brother, Billy Kersey of Laurinburg; two sisters, Ruth Goodwin of Laurel Hill and Mary Galloway of Laurinburg. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mildred “Bill” Hill Kersey, two brothers, S. L. Kersey and Vernon Kersey; and a sister, Reba Johnson.
He was born July 9, 1912 in Scotland County and was a son of the late Steve and Annie Peele Kersey. He was a lifetime member of Snead’s grove United Methodist Church where he served as a Sunday school superintendent, teacher, and choir member. Curtis was also a former farm supervisor for McNair Farms, a land broker for Cape fear Wood Corp., and a retired employee of Johns-Manville.
Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Monday at the McDougald Funeral Home and Crematorium.
Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association, PO Box 27985, Raleigh, NC 27611-7985.
Robert Nash Thompson
Born in Robeson County, NC on Aug. 13, 1933
Departed on Mar. 26, 2005 and resided in Laurinburg, NC.
Cemetery: Hillside Memorial Park
Laurinburg, NC - Mr. Robert Nash “Bob” Thompson, 71, of 9301 McLeod Road died Saturday, March 26, at Scotland Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Faith Presbyterian Church officiated by the Rev. James Bumgardner. Burial will follow in Hillside Memorial Park.
He is survived by his wife, Sarah Walls Thompson; two daughters, Rhonda Stupak and husband, Scott of Raleigh and Deena Landry and husband, Darin of Oahu, HI; a brother, Jimmy Thompson of Salimar, FL; three grandchildren, Nichole, Jon Ross and Boyd. He was preceded in death by a brother, Harry Thompson and a sister, Jackie Thompson Stacey.
Born August 13, 1933 in Robeson County, he was a son of the late Ernest P. and Grace Howell Thompson.
Bob was a former member of the Laurinburg Civitan Club, a volunteer for the Special Olympics, and a Boy Scout leader. He was retired from the NC Department of Corrections.
Memorials may be made to Faith Presbyterian Church building fund, 2220 Elm Ave., Laurinburg, NC 28352.
Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the McDougald Funeral Home and Crematorium.
Billy Floyd Sanders
Born in Scotland County, NC on Nov. 27, 1947
Departed on Mar. 17, 2005 and resided in Laurinburg, NC.
Laurinburg - Mr. Billy Floyd Sanders, 57, of 326 Gill St. died Thursday, March 17, at his residence.
Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Sunday at the McDougald Funeral Home and Crematorium Chapel officiated by the Rev. Dorothy Barnes. Burial will follow in the Ben Peele Cemetery.
He is survived by two brothers, Franklin Sanders and Vester Sanders of Albemarle; a sister, Sandra Sanders of Laurinburg.
Born November 27, 1947 in Scotland County, he was a son of the late Vester and Lottie Hicks Sanders. For 23 years he was employed by the City of Laurinburg Sanitation Dept.
Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Saturday at the McDougald Funeral Home.
Plez Richard Jackson
Born in Marlboro County, SC on Jul. 16, 1946
Departed on Feb. 23, 2005 and resided in Laurinburg, NC.
Cemetery: Scotland Cemetery
Laurinburg, NC - Lt. Plez Richard “Junior” Jackson, 58, of 12566 Gibson Road died Wednesday February 23, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at East Laurinburg Pentecostal Holiness Church with the Revs. Michael Price and Legrande Taylor officiating. Burial will follow in Scotland Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Gail Batton Jackson of the home; a son, Chris Jackson of Laurinburg; a daughter, Lesley Howell of Hamlet; two brothers, Harry Jackson of Wagram and Tom Jackson of Laurinburg; a sister, Pat Dover of Laurinburg; two grandchildren, Carter Jackson and Colby Howell. He was preceded in death by a bother, Ronnie Jackson.
Mr. Jackson was born July 16, 1946 in Marlboro County, the son of the late Zack Richard and Gladys Clark Jackson. Plez served in Vietnam with the US Army in 1969-70. He was a deputy with the Scotland County Sheriff’s Department from 1976 until his retirement in 2001.
Memorial may be made to East Laurinburg Pentecostal Holiness Church, PO Box 1046, Laurinburg, NC 28353.
Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Friday at McDougald Funeral Home and Crematorium.
Warren Sullivan Fulton
Born in Honea Path, SC on Jun. 14, 1930
Departed on Feb. 16, 2005 and resided in Laurinburg, NC.
Cemetery: Hillside Cemetery
Laurinburg - Mr. Warren Sullivan Fulton, 74, of 509 Everett Street died Wednesday, February 16, at Scotland Memorial Hospital.
A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Friday at Laurinburg Presbyterian Church officiated by the Revs. Neal Carter, Elizabeth Forester, and James Brown.
He is survived his wife, Jeanine Taylor Fulton; a brother, Hewitt Fulton of Laurinburg, several nieces and nephews.
Born June 14, 1930, he was a son of the late the Rev. Dr. Samuel Hewitt and Mary Sullivan Fulton. He majored in textile engineering at North Carolina State University and was a retired employee of Morgan Mills. He was also a US Army Air Corps veteran of the Korean Conflict and a former Deacon at Laurinburg Presbyterian Church.
Memorials may be made to Laurinburg Presbyterian Church, 600 W. Church St., Laurinburg, NC 28352.
The family will receive friends following the service in the church fellowship hall and other times at the residence.
Ellsworth Mason Stubbs
Born in Scotland County, NC on Jan. 29, 1912
Departed on Sep. 12, 2004 and resided in Laurinburg, NC.
Cemetery: Pine Crest Cemetery
Laurinburg, NC - Mr. Ellsworth Mason Stubbs, 92, of 304 Yadkin Ave. died Sunday, September 12, at Scotland Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the First Baptist Church officiated by the Rev. Dr. L. D. Kimrey. Burial will follow in Pine Crest Cemetery in Gibson.
He is survived by his daughter, Mary Elizabeth Hedgpeth of Laurinburg; a brother, Jesse Stubbs of Laurinburg; two sisters, Lucille Smith and Miriam West of Laurinburg. He was preceded in death by his wife of 53 years, Roxie Stubbs.
Born January 29, 1912 in Scotland County, Ellsworth was a son of the late Norman S. and Clevie Mason Stubbs. An active member of the First Baptist Church, Ellsworth was a former deacon and served for 11 years as the Sunday school superintendent. In 1935 he went to work with Ed Lytch on Fairley Street in Laurinburg, bought the company in 1946, and since it has been a local institution officially named E. M. Stubbs Electronic and Radio Service.
Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the McDougald Funeral Home and Crematorium.
Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church, PO Box 883, Laurinburg, NC 28353 or Gibson Baptist Church, PO Box 408, Gibson, NC 29343.
Arthur Ray Hudson
Born in Hamlet, NC on Jan. 31, 1925
Departed on Sep. 10, 2004 and resided in Laurinburg, NC.
Cemetery: Hillside Cemetery
Laurinburg, NC - Mr. Arthur Ray Hudson, 79, of Laurinburg died Friday, September 10, at Scotland Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday at the Old Laurel Hill Presbyterian Church officiated by the Rev. Howard Whitehurst. Burial will follow in Hillside Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Edith Hogan Hudson; three stepsons, Jimmy Chavis and wife, Jo of Atlanta, GA, Harry Chavis and wife, Becky of Cheraw, SC, and Ronald Chavis and wife, Lois Ann of Laurinburg; six grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Charlie Hudson of Hamlet, NC and James Hudson of New York.
Born January 31, 1925 in Hamlet, NC, he was a son of the late Charlie and Mary Dixon Hudson. Mr. Hudson served two years in the Merchant Marines. He was retired from Abbott Lab and was a member of Old Laurel Hill Presbyterian Church.
Memorials may be made to Old Laurel Hill Presbyterian Church, 15301 McFarland Road, Laurinburg, NC 28352.
Virginia Livingston Muse
Born in Scotland County, NC on Sep. 19, 1919
Departed on Sep. 8, 2004 and resided in Laurinburg, NC.
Cemetery: Hillside Cemetery
Laurinburg - Mrs. Virginia Livingston Muse, a longtime teacher in the Scotland County Schools, died Wednesday, September 8, at Scotia Village. She was 84.
“Mrs. Muse greatest gift was that she could convince a kid from no where that he could be anything, ” said David A. “Gus” Martin, former superintendent of Scotland County Schools and a student in her 1960 seventh grade class at Laurel Hill School. “With Mrs. Muse, it was not just about imparting knowledge – not just about learning history or language, although I learned a lot about both – but about caring and believing in the unique abilities and potential of each of her students.”
Over three decades of teaching, Mrs. Muse inspired a number of her students to pursue teaching careers and she considered this her “finest” professional legacy.
In addition to Dr. Martin, they include Thomas Clark, currently principal of Bennettsville Middle School and former principal of Sycamore Land Middle School and South Scotland Primary School; Jane Duncan Stogner, art professor at Furum College in Virginia; and Jane Muse Fitzgerald-Dye, her youngest daughter and principal of Belle Chasse Academy in New Orleans, LA.
She was born Virginia Peele Livingston on October 19, 1919, the daughter of Malloy Jasper and Virginia Peele Livingston, who died in childbirth. She was raised by her grandparents, Peter Hanna and Anne Gibson Livingston of Laurel Hill.
After graduating in 1935 from Laurinburg High School, she attended the Women’s College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, graduating in 1939 with a major in elementary education and a special fondness for teaching 7th graders. She spent 25 of her 32 years in the classroom teaching seventh grade language arts.
“In seventh grade, Mrs. Muse molded me into the student I was capable of becoming, ” said Mr. Clark, principal of Bennettsville Middle School. “In later years, it was her continued influence that motivated me to become the best teacher I could be.”
Upon retirement from teaching in 1980, she was an active volunteer in several local organizations, including the American Red Cross, the Scotland County Nursing Home Advisory board, the Scotland County Historical Society, and St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, where she was a founding member 35 years ago.
She was married
for 56 years to Charles E. Muse, Jr., who died in 1998.
In addition to Mrs. Fitzgerald-Dye, she is survived by two other daughters – Penelope Muse Abernathy of Armonk, NY and Kelly Muse Rogers of Laurinburg; three grandchildren, Peter and Charles Abernathy and Anne Fitzgerald; and one great granddaughter, grace Kenney Abernathy.
The memorial service will be 3:00 p.m. Saturday at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church officiated by the Rev. Mack McMillan. Burial will follow in Hillside Cemetery.
The visitation will be at the family home, 23760 Gillis Road (corner of Gillis Road and Snead’s Grove Road) from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday.
Memorials are requested for St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 1501 S. Turnpike Rd., Laurinburg, NC 28352 or Hospice of Scotland County, PO Box 1033, Laurinburg, NC 28353.
