Lawrence Stancil Ratliff, Jr., 82, passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, March 8, 2021. Funeral services will be 11:00 am Wednesday, March 10, 2021, at Forestville United Methodist Church in Lilesville. Entombment will follow in Anson Memorial Park Mausoleum. Stancil was born December 10, 1938, in Anson County and was a son of the late Lawrence Stancil Ratliff and the late Mary Saline Hinson Ratliff. He was a graduate of Wadesboro High School and a member of Forestville United Methodist Church. He owned and operated Ratliff Trucking and Grading for 50 years. Surviving are his wife of 51 years, Doris Jordan Ratliff; his sisters, Jean Williams, Vicky Howell, and Linda Ratliff all...

Charles Everett Harward, 90, passed away Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. Funeral is 11am Friday at Leavitt Funeral Home. Burial in Anson Memorial Park. Visitation is one hour prior. Complete obituary at www.leavittfh.com

Jane Townsend Edwards passed away at her home January 13, 2021. Jane was born September 9, 1932 daughter of the late Sarah Pate Townsend and the late William Bartell Townsend. Jane was born in Red Springs, NC and grew up in Laurinburg, N.C. She graduated from Hollins College in 1954. Jane moved to her beloved Wadesboro in 1956. The simplest pleasures in life brought great joy to Jane. She was a loyal member of her church, Calvary Episcopal and was involved in numerous civic organizations, especially the Anson County Arts Council and the Anson County Historical Society. Most of all, she cherished time spent with friends and family over home-cooked meals or on visits to Myrtle Beach....

On Wednesday, January 7, 2021, Mr. H. Bryant Braswell, Jr., 82, peacefully passed away at Anson Health and Rehab in Wadesboro. There will be a memorial service at 11:00am Saturday, March 6, 2021 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home. Inurnment will follow in Anson Memorial Park. Bryant was born July 11, 1938 in Anson County, NC and was a son of the late Hiram Bryant Braswell and the late Lily Dennis Braswell. He was a graduate of Morven High School and a graduate of the University of Florida with certification in forestry. He was a life-long member of Bethel United Methodist Church and was active in the church ministries, as well as, serving on the Bethel Cemetery Committee. Bryant had a...

James Boyce Hunter, Jr., highly decorated U.S. Marine Corps veteran of World War II, devoted husband, faithful son, beloved uncle, lifelong Charlotte resident, and refined Southern gentleman, died peacefully at his home on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021. He was 99. A graveside service will be held Saturday, Jan. 9 at 1 p.m. in Eastview Cemetery, Wadesboro, conducted by the Rev. Timothy Hushion, rector of Calvary Episcopal Church, Wadesboro. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the service will be private and there will be no visitation. The family suggests that memorials be made to the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, 18900 Jefferson Davis Highway, Triangle, VA 22172, or the Lineberger...

Harold Owens, 83, died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Memorial service is 11am Saturday at New Home Baptist Church. Visitation is 5pm-7pm Friday at Leavitt Funeral Home. Complete obituary can be read a www.leavittfh.com

On Sunday, October 25, 2020, Mr. David Harold Owens, 59, went to be with the Lord while in the care of Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis. Funeral services will be 11:00am Thursday, October 29, 2020 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home with Rev. Scott Baucom officiating. Interment will follow in Marshville City Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 5:00pm until 7:00pm Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at the funeral home and other times at the home. David was born December 13, 1960 in Rowan County, NC. He was the son of Leon Harold and Mary Owens of Polkton and Carol Shoaf Smith of Salisbury. He was raised in Charlotte and was a graduate of Independence High School. He and his family...

Sara Gathings Jones, age 87, formerly of Charlotte, died Saturday. Services will be 12:00 Noon on Friday at Gum Springs Baptist Church. The family will greet friends in the church beginning at 11:00AM. Born October 19, 1932, in Anson County, a daughter of the late Roy Barney and Fannie Eddins Gathings, she graduated Lilesville High School, married and moved to Charlotte where she worked at the Big Dipper Restaurant. Survivors include her son, Harvey Jones (Trilese Kelly) of Wadesboro; two grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; a sister, Mary Virginia Bowers Dinkins of Winston-Salem; and a brother, Merle Gathings of Yadkinville. Sara was preceded in death...

Mack Douglas Hatcher, 100, died October 1, 2020 at the home of his daughter in Charlotte. He was born July 25, 1920 in Lilesville, NC to Sallie and Sim Hatcher and was a graduate of Lilesville High School. Mack was a World War II veteran, honorably serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps first as a turret gunner and then as a communications technician in the US and Italy. In 1944, he married his high school sweetheart, Pauline Dawkins, and they settled in their hometown of Lilesville where he owned and operated Hatcher's Exxon until his retirement. Mack and Pauline were married 67 years until her death in 2012. Before her death, they donated property to the town of Lilesville for a public...

On Sunday, August 2, 2020, Mrs. Judy McCall Furr, 72, of Harrisburg, with her family gathered by her bedside, went home to be with her Lord. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, August 7, 2020 at Roberta Baptist Church with Rev. Steve Pennington and Rev. Travis Boovy officiating. A private interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. Friends may pay their respects one hour before the service on Friday at the church. The family kindly requests that guests wear face masks and practice social distancing at the service. Judy was born on October 16, 1947 in Cabarrus County, NC and was a daughter of the late Robert Baxter McCall and the late Merley McAnulty Lambert McCall. She was a...

WADESBORO - Donnie Gilford Morris, 68, passed away Saturday, August 1, 2020. Funeral is 12pm on Thursday at Peachland Gospel Tabernacle. Burial will be in Anson Memorial Park. (The service will be shared live on the Leavitt Funeral Home Facebook page.) Visitation is one hour prior to the service. He was born April 28, 1952 in Darlington County, SC and was a son of the late Clarence Mitchell Morris and the late Kathryn Elizabeth Hoffman Morris. He was a 1970 graduate of Southside High School. Surviving are his Judith Rebekah Blount Morris; his brother and sisters, Michael Morris (Martha) and Denise Stephens (Marion Baker) all of Florence, SC and Barbara Calder (Willie) of Effingham,...

Mr. Rodney Kristen Russell, 78, of Charlotte and formerly of Wadesboro, passed away at his home in Charlotte on Saturday, August 1, 2020. Funeral services will be 3:00pm Wednesday, August 5, 2020 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home, Wadesboro. Interment will be in Anson Memorial Park. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service on Wednesday at the funeral home. Rodney was born August 3, 1941 in Anson County NC and was a son of the late John Travis Russell and the late Georgia Elizabeth Trexler Russell. He was a graduate of Wadesboro High School and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1976. He was a...

On Saturday, July 25, 2020, Mrs. Louise Barnhardt Witherspoon, 90, passed away peacefully at Atrium Health - Stanly in Albemarle. Funeral services will be 11:00am Thursday, July 30, 2020 at First Baptist Church, Wadesboro with Rev. Dr. Harry Workman officiating. Entombment will follow at Anson Memorial Park. The visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday. Louise was born December 27, 1929 in Stanly County, NC and was a daughter of the late Fred Allen Barnhardt and the late Margie Allen Barnhardt. She was a graduate of Oakboro High School. She worked alongside her husband, who was the Director of Vocational Education for Anson County Schools as his secretary...

On Tuesday, July 21, 2020, Mrs. Nellie Walters Dutton, 87, peacefully went home to meet her Lord and Savior and join her loved ones in Heaven. While being cared for in her home. Funeral services will be 2:00pm Friday, July 24, 2020 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Anson Memorial Park. The visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Nellie was born January 25, 1933 in Anson County, NC and was a daughter of the late Lonnie Vann Walters and the late Culie Delola Helms Walters. She was a graduate of Polkton High School and Albemarle School of Beauty. She was the owner and operator of The Beauty Mart from 1961 until 2008. She not only...