All Obituaries

William Lundy, 79, of 104 Belle Boyd Drive, Raeford, passed away on Monday, March 02, 2026 at his home. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Herring Funeral Care & Cremations.

Dr. Annette C. Billie, 91, of 749 Edgehill Road, Fayetteville, passed away on Tuesday, February 24, 2026 at Valley Hospice House. Memorial services will be conducted on Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 11am at Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church in Fayetteville. She is survived by her siblings, Shirley Harmon, Bennie Billie, III and Minnie Louise Johnson, all of Connecticut. Arrangements are by Herring Funeral Care & Cremations.

Ronald Lester Gainey, 76, formerly of Fayetteville, passed away on Thursday, February 19, 2026 at the VA Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, March 07, 2026 at 11am at Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church. Burial will follow in Rockfish Memorial Park. He is survived by his devoted wife, Brenda; his sisters, Gwendolyn Gainey Mullins of Shaker Heights, Ohio, and Retha Gainey McDonald (Larry) of Rockingham, North Carolina; his brothers, Andre Gainey ...

Christine Powell, 84, of 724 Goodyear Drive, Spring Lake, passed away on Thursday, February 19, 2026 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted on Wednesday, March 04, 2026 at 11am at Herring Funeral Care & Cremations Chapel. She is survived by her husband, Eugene Lawson of the home, along with other close relatives and friends. A viewing will be held at the funeral home on Tuesday, March 03, 2026 from1-3pm Arrangements are by Herring Funeral Care & ...

William Clarence Underwood, 78, of 1810 Cawdor Drive, Fayetteville, passed away on Saturday, February 14, 2026 at his home. Funeral services will be conducted on Sunday, February 22, 2026 at 1pm at Herring Funeral Care & Cremations Chapel. Burial will be in Cumberland Memorial Gardens. He is survived by his children, Alycia Underwood. William Underwood and Naja Underwood, all of Fayetteville. Sisters, Judell McRae, Dora Munn, Rose Wright and Mary Munn, all of Fayetteville; a brother, ...

Charles Leo McLaurin, 90, of  626 Old Vander Road, Fayetteville, passed away on Saturday, February 14, 2026 at First Health Hospital in Raeford. Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, February 20, 2026 at 1pm at Locks Creek AME Zion Church. He leaves to cherish his precious memory his daughters, Jackie Patterson of Fayetteville and Deborah Jones (Tim) of Odenton, MD; his grandchildren, Tandricka (Mike), Ebonee, Demaris, and Daiqane; along with a host of great-grandchildren, ...

Kenneth Earl Grimes, Sr., 61, of 182 Independence Drive, Raeford, passed away on Friday, February 13, 2026 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. He is survived by a son, Kenneth Grimes, Jr. of Savannah, GA; sisters, Anne Reliford of Natchitoches, LA and Linda Parrish of Biloxi, MS and brothers, William Grimes and Milton Grimes, both of High Point. A viewing will be held at the funeral home on Friday, February 20, 2026 from 1-3pm with military honors at 3pm. Arrangements by Herring Funeral Care ...

George Eugene Jones, 80, of 3208 McChoen Drive, Fayetteville, passed away on Thursday, February 12, 2026 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted on Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 1pm at Country Club Church of Christ Church. Burial will be in Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery, Fort Bragg on Friday, February 27, 2026 at 10am with full military honors. He is survived by his wife, Deborah Jones of the home. Daughters, LaTonya Jones of St. Petersburg, FL and ...

Donald Wayne Singleton, 83, of 3871 Wilkersham Way, Fayetteville, passed away on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at his home.  Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, February 20, 2026 at 2pm at Holy Temple First Pentecostal  Church of Deliverance, 2414 Slater Avenue, Fayetteville, NC He is survived by his wife, Doretha Singleton of the home. Daughters, Dondria Singleton of Fayetteville, Tisha Vaughn of Marietta, GA and Erica King of Apollo Beach, FL; a son, Orlando St. ...

  Billy E. Lowrance, 70, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, passed away on Monday, February 9, 2026. Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, February 19, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. at Covenant Love Church. Another full funeral service will be held on Saturday, February 21, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. at Green Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Tryon, NC. Bill is survived by his devoted wife, Carolyn, and their blended family of eight children, nineteen grandchildren, and four ...