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Mr. Elliott Albright Hardison, 74, passed away Friday, May 28, 2021. A graveside service will be 2:00pm, Saturday, June 5th at Bethel Cemetery, 3475 Gatewood Station Road, Wadesboro, NC. The family will greet friends following the service at the Bethel Church Community Center. He is survived by daughter Jennifer Dianne Hardison of Fort Mill, South Carolina, son Andrew Elliott Hardison of Aiken, South Carolina, and former wife, Dianne Baucom Hardison of Rock Hill. Memorials may be made to The Humane Society of York County, Anson County Partnership for Children or a charity of your choice. Leavitt Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements with condolences made at www.leavittfh.com.

Mr. Elliott Albright Hardison, 74, passed away Friday, May 28, 2021. A graveside service will be 2:00pm, Saturday, June 5th at Bethel Cemetery, 3475 Gatewood Station Road, Wadesboro, NC. The family will greet friends following the service at the Bethel Church Community Center. Elliott worked at Duff-Norton in Charlotte as Labor Relations and Personnel Manager from 1978 to 1985. He owned and operated a successful travel agency for 25 years. Beginning in 2002, Elliott worked for Homeland Security as a Behavioral Detection Officer for 12 years from which he retired. He is survived by daughter Jennifer Dianne Hardison of Fort Mill, South Carolina, son Andrew Elliott Hardison and...

Willie Horne Nance , 89, passed away Sunday, May 23, 2021. There will be a memorial service at 1:30pm Thursday, May 27, 2021 in the Sanctuary of Hickory Grove United Methodist Church with visitation at 1pm. Willie was born August 21, 1931 in Wadesboro, NC to John and Ora Horne. She was a graduate of Wadesboro High School and was a long-time employee of United Carolina Bank (BB&T). She was an active member in the Epworth Sunday school class of Hickory Grove United Methodist Church. Surviving are her husband of 69 years, David Nance, her children, Susan Murray, Wayne Nance and Becky Francis, grandsons Brandon Francis and Chase Francis, great-grandchildren, Ryker, Genevieve and Zephie...

Doris Purser Godwin, 91, passed away Tuesday, April 13, 2021. The funeral is 2pm Sunday at New Home Baptist Church. Burial in the church cemetery and visitation following the services in the church. For complete obituary visit www.leavittfh.com

Unionville - Jennifer Vaughn Helms' journey here with us ended late last night, April 12, 2021, with her husband, parents, and sisters with her. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am Friday, April 16, 2021, at Hopewell Baptist Church, Legacy Campus, Monroe. Interment will be private for the family only at Anson Memorial Park in Wadesboro. Jennifer will lie in repose Friday from 10:00 am until 11:00 am at the church and on Thursday at Leavitt Funeral Home in Wadesboro, from 2:00 pm until 6:00 pm. The family will not be present at either time. The family respectfully requests that all who attend wear face masks at all times. To view the complete obituary visit www.leavittfh.com

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...

Mrs. Louise Curlee Litaker, 93 of Charlotte, NC and formerly of Greenville, SC peacefully went to be with the Lord March 4, 2021 at Sharon Towers in Charlotte, NC. Born April 13, 1927, in Polkton, NC, Louise was a daughter of the late Edd and Corrie Hill Curlee. She graduated from Polkton High School, School of Cosmetology, Charlotte, NC and trained at the UNC School of Dentistry in Chapel Hill as a Dental X-Ray Technician. She married Rae Marlin Litaker in 1954 and was a devoted wife to Rae until his death in 2015. She is survived by her sister-in-law Nancy Litaker Felker as well as numerous nieces and nephews in the Curlee and Litaker families. A graveside service will be held at 1:00PM...

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...