All Obituaries

Wayne McLeod 66, of Wagram, departed this life on Friday, September 22, 2023. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date. Services are entrusted to Purcell Funeral Home & Cremation Services.

Clyde Watts Auman, 84, died September 17, 2023, at home in West End.  Born in Pinehurst on December 10, 1938, he was the son of T. Clyde and Sally Watts Auman. He finished West End High School in 1957 and majored in economics at Davidson College, Class of 1961. Commissioned as an Army lieutenant, he was stationed at Fort Lee, Va., and then Fort Bragg.  He served as a quartermaster in the 18th Airborne Corps attached to the 82nd Airborne and made over 70 jumps as a...

Latonya McMillan Hopkins, 51, of New York departed this life on September 10, 2023. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 30, 2023, at The Kenneth M. Purcell Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow in the Patterson Memorial Cemetery. A viewing and visitation will be held from 1:00 until 5:00 p.m. Friday, September 29, 2023, at Purcell Funeral Home. Services are entrusted to Purcell Funeral Home & Cremation Services. 

Arlena (Easterling) Castor, 74 of Ohio formerly of Scotland County departed this life on September 8, 2023. Funeral service will be held at 12:00 noon Thursday, September 21, 2023, at The Kenneth M. Purcell Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow in the Silver Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 10:00 until 12:00 prior to the service. Services are entrusted to Purcell Funeral Home & Cremation.    Arlena Easterling "Sue" Castor was born on...

Emmaline E. Manning, 68, of Laurinburg, departed this life on Sunday, September 3, 2023. A funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, September 10, 2023, at the Kenneth M. Purcell Memorial Chapel, Laurinburg. Interment will follow in the Spring Branch- Matthews Cemetery. A viewing will be held from 4:00 until 6:00 p.m. Saturday, September 9, 2023, at Purcell Funeral Home. Services are entrusted to Purcell Funeral Home & Cremation Services. 

Annie Dunlap, 77, of Laurinburg departed this life on Friday, September 1, 2023. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, September 9, 2023, at Household of Faith Church. Interment will follow in the Laurinburg Memorial Park. Services are entrusted to Purcell Funeral Home & Cremation Services. 

Lasun Johnson, 48, of Laurinburg, departed this life on August 31, 2023. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 9, 2023, at Anointed House of Deliverance. Services are entrusted to Purcell Funeral Home & Cremation Services. 

Sandra Hayes Ratcliffe, 65, of Laurinburg, departed this life Tuesday, August 29, 2023.  A memorial service will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday, September 11, 2023 at Galilee United Methodist Church, Laurinburg.  Services are entrusted to Purcell funeral Home & Cremation Services.

Cynthia Pizzini, 83, of West End departed this life on August 27, 2023. Memorials will be private. Services are entrusted to Purcell Funeral Home & Cremation Services. 

In Loving Memory of Dwayne Graham  Dwayne Graham was born March 29, 1968, in Brooklyn, New York.  He was the first born to father, Archibald Graham and mother, Ida Mae Graham.  Dwayne spent his childhood in Brooklyn, New York and later moved to Atlanta, Georgia where he graduated from Joseph Emerson Brown High School in 1987. In 1988 at the age of 20 Dwayne enlisted in the United States Navy where his love for travel and exploration started. After completing his active duty...