OXFORD — Andrew “AJ” McGhee III was born April 15, 1960. He was the beloved child of Mr. Andrew J. McGhee Jr. and Mrs. Esther Ruth Jordan McGhee. He departed
HENDERSON â The building that was once the home of Henderson High School and Henderson Middle School is set to become a major focal point for Vance County later this year with the introduction of the Center for Innovation.
Vance County Schools Superintendent Tony Jackson spearheaded the Center for Innovation and sees the project as a way to further galvanize the countyâs trajectory when it comes to education and investment into the community.
âI think the Center for Innovation is going to be an incubator for ideas, thought, growth, professional development and community engagement,â Jackson said. âFor us, I think this will serve as a hub to begin bringing our community together around those things that are possible for the future.â
HENDERSON â Avis Daphne Sykora, 58 of Henderson passed away April 19, 2021, at home in Hillsville, Virginia. Ms. Sykora was born in Henderson to the late Paul Willie and Etta Virginia Davis Lambert.
Avis leaves to cherish her memories her brother, Paul Warren Lambert (Catherine); companion, Linwood Ray Dickerson Jr.; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and many other relatives and friends.
After graduating from Vance Senior High school, she enrolled in the U.S. Navy. Once her time was completed she came back home to Henderson, where she resided for many years.
A light went out on Earth for us
The day we said goodbye
HENDERSON â Vance County residents have come together over the last few weeks to express their support of local Highway Patrol Trooper James Brent Montgomery, who is fighting for his life at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill due to COVID-19.
His wife, Heather Montgomery, is asking the community to keep her husband in their prayers as he battles COVID-19, and is optimistic that some recent minor improvements with his condition are a positive sign that he will recover from the virus.
The trooper is on a heart-lung machine, receiving whatâs called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation thatâs purging carbon dioxide from his bloodstream.
James Brent Montgomery
HENDERSON â Vance County residents have come together over the last few weeks to express their support of local Highway Patrol Trooper James Brent Montgomery, who is fighting for his life at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill due to COVID-19.
His wife, Heather Montgomery, is asking the community to keep her husband in their prayers as he battles COVID-19, and is optimistic that some recent minor improvements with his condition are a positive sign that he will recover from the virus.
The trooper is on a heart-lung machine, receiving whatâs called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation thatâs purging carbon dioxide from his bloodstream.