Recent Obituaries from Siler City, NC and Surrounding Areas.
Mary Ellen Creason
Jul 5, 2020
Mary Ellen Jessup Creason, age 94, of Siler City died Sunday, July 5, 2020. Mrs. Creason was born July 13, 1925 in Stokes County to Levi Martin and Doasha Mae Tilley Jessup. She was a seamstress at A.J. Schneierson and Sons, Mrs. Creason was also the first female bus drive in the state of North Carolina. She was a member...
Jack Cleveland Beal
Jul 4, 2020
Jack Cleveland Beal, age 79, of Siler City died Saturday, July 4, 2020 at Siler City Center, Siler City. Mr. Beal was born December 27, 1940 in Chatham County, to Thomas Bailey and Mary Elizabeth Womble Beal. He was retired from Boling Chair and formally worked at Carolina Stockyard. He was a member of Brookdale Baptist Church. He enjoyed working...
Daniel Edwin Cheek
Jul 1, 2020
Daniel Edwin Cheek, age 36, of Bennett died Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Mr. Cheek was born July 3, 1983 in Moore County, the son of Ronald and Deborah Cooper Cheek of Bennett. He was a 2001 Graduate of North Moore High School, attended Sandhills Community College and was a 2012 graduate of ECPI University of Greensboro, NC. Daniel was employed...
Arthur Harold Price
Jul 1, 2020
Arthur Harold Price, age 75, of Siler City died Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at First Health Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst. Mr. Price was born November 17, 1944 in Chatham County, NC the son of Isaiah and Stella Price. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother: Frank Price. He is survived by son: Joey Farrar and wife Levonda...
Walter Lee Edward Turner
Jun 28, 2020
Walter Lee Edward Turner, age 85, of Siler City died Sunday, June 28, 2020 at Siler City Center. Mr. Turner was born March 23, 1935 in Johnson County the son of Samuel Edward and Beulah Mae Jackson Turner. He was retired from Selig MFG as an Upholsterer. He was a member of Siler City Church of God, and a Sunday...
James Louis Isreal
Jun 26, 2020
James Louis Isreal Jr., age 74, of Siler City died Friday, June 26, 2020 at UNC Hospitals Hillsboro. Mr. Isreal was born July 30, 1945 Philadelphia, PA the son of the late James Louis Isreal and Claudia Andrews Isreal. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife: Charlene Govan Isreal; son: Jamine Lewis Isreal; and grandson: Joseph Woods....
Ann Scott
Jun 26, 2020
Ann Scott, age 75, of Siler City died Friday, June 26, 2020 at her home. Mrs. Scott was born June 27, 1944 to Herbert and Iola Carlisle Thames. She was a School Administrator for Auldern Academy in Bear Creek. Ann is survived by one daughter: Tracey S. Wilkie and husband Tim of Goldston; and grandson: Charles Alexander "Alex" Moody. She...
Ethel Mae Shaw Minton
Jun 26, 2020
Ethel Mae Shaw Minton, age 77, of Bear Creek died Thursday, June 25, 2020 at her home. Mrs. Minton was born August 28, 1942 in Chatham County, NC the daughter of Henry Howard and Ethel Hedrick Shaw. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Ray Minton; her 3 daughters: Mistie Minton Phillips and husband, Jerry, Wendi Minton Staley...
Howard Junior Kidd
Jun 25, 2020
Howard Junior Kidd, age 94, of Siler City died Thursday, June 25, 2020 at the VA Medical Center, Durham. Mr. Kidd was born August 7, 1925 in Moore County, NC the son of Eli Lawson and Grace Hussey Kidd. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife of 70 years: Edna Burke Kidd; and brothers: James, Gyles, and...
Teresa Kelly Ferguson
Jun 23, 2020
Teresa Kelly Phillips Ferguson, age 57, of Siler City died Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at Chatham Hospital, Inc. Mrs. Ferguson was born February 15, 1963 in Chatham County, the daughter of Clayborn Kelly and Lucille Clark Phillips. She was preceded in death by her father and her husband David Ronald Ferguson. She was a member of Hickory Grove Baptist Church,...
Jericho Moser
Jun 21, 2020
Jericho Moser, age 32, Bear Creek, died Sunday, June 21, 2020. Jericho was born June 20, 1988 in Orange County to Elvis Moser and Cathy Nunnery. He was a self-employed Mechanic, loved his family and racing. Jericho was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother: Deborah Nunnery; and uncle: Randy Clark. He is survived by his parents: Elvis Moser and...
Nancy Jean Parlier
Jun 21, 2020
Nancy Jean Parlier, 84 of Siler City died Sunday, June 21, 2020 at her residence. Mrs. Parlier was born January 7, 1936 in Madison, NC, the daughter of James and Sallie Barham Woods. Nancy was a cook at an area restaurant and loved her family. She is survived by daughters: Sally Jones and husband, Jerry and Annie Marie Bright, sons:...
Barry Dean Newlin
Jun 20, 2020
Mr. Newlin was born November 11, 1950 in Siler City, the son of the late Alfred Cyrus and Sarah Janell Moody Newlin. Barry was employed as a general contractor for most of his life. Later on, he became the owner of Newlin Construction, LLC. He had a strong love for the Lord, claiming to be a wealthy man from all...
Jacqueline (Jackie) Willis
Jun 20, 2020
Jacqueline (Jackie) Willis, age 66, of Siler City died Saturday, June 20, 2020. She was born on June 19, 1954, in Queens, NY, the daughter of Charles and Lavernia (Vandergriff) Willis. Jackie was preceded in death by her father, Charles Willis, her sister, Sandra Brothers and her niece, Sharnai Brothers. Ms. Willis is survived by her mother, Lavernia Vandergriff Harris,...
Nancy Jean Phillips
Jun 18, 2020
Nancy Proffitt Phillips, 76 of Staley, NC died Thursday, June 18, 2020 at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill. Nancy was born on August 26, 1943 in Guilford County, the daughter of Marion Palmer and Maude Burns Proffitt. She was retired from Sears & Roebuck Company as an Administrative assistant and was owner/operator of Phillips All Seasons Reality. Mrs. Phillips enjoyed boating,...
Raeford Thomas Hayes
Jun 17, 2020
Raeford Thomas Hayes, age 68, of Bear Creek, died Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill. Mr. Hayes was born July 10, 1951 in Chatham County, to Ralph Thomas and Wilma Phillips Hayes. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife: Brenda Brafford Hayes; brothers: Henry C. "Shorty" Hayes, Lacy E. Hayes, Ralph "Jack" Hayes, Jr.,...
Wilma Lee Bowman
Jun 16, 2020
Wilma Lee DeBoard Bowman, age 85, of Siler City died Monday, June 15, 2020 at Randolph Hospice House, Asheboro. Mrs. Bowman was born October 22, 1934 in Smyth County, VA the daughter of Walter Glenn and Mary Evelyn Parks DeBoard. She was retired from Selig Manufacture. Wilma enjoyed shopping, yard sales, watching western movies, and flower gardening. She was a...
Ann Marie Sullivan Whitesed
Jun 15, 2020
Ann Marie Sullivan Whitesed, age 71, of Siler City died Monday, June 15, 2020 at UNC Hospice, Pittsboro. Mrs. Whitesed was born October 20, 1948 in Washington, DC to Ethel Rita Kelly. She was a Civil Service secretary, a member of the First Missionary Baptist Church, in Siler City, and active in the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Virginia. Mrs....
Robert "Bob" Daniel Dixon
Jun 10, 2020
Robert "Bob" Daniel Dixon, 95, of Siler City, N.C., passed away on June 10, 2020. Born on February 12, 1925, in Yakima, Washington, he was the oldest son of Jesse and Bertha Dixon. Bob was preceded in death by Jesse Dixon (father), Bertha Dixon (mother), Elizabeth Dixon (sister). Bob's family moved to Siler City, N.C., in 1931. He graduated from...
Jessie Earl Darnell
Jun 3, 2020
Jessie Earl Darnell, age 79, of Bear Creek died Wednesday June 3, 2020 at UNC Hospital. Mr. Darnell was born June 8, 1940, in Chatham County, the son of Jessie Leon and Zonie Bright Darnell. He was Owner / Operator of Darnell Auto Sales and a member of Meroney United Methodist Church. Jessie loved fishing and spending time with his...