Obituaries

Recent Obituaries from Siler City, NC and Surrounding Areas.

Patricia Saunders  Vestal

Patricia Saunders Vestal

Oct 24, 2016

Patricia Saunders Vestal, 46, of Burgess-Kivett Road, Ramseur died Monday, October 24, 2016 at Chatham Hospital, Siler City. Patricia was born in Lee County on August 14, 1970 the daughter of Norman Saunders and Gail (Barker) Kennedy. She was a member of Holly Spring Friends Meeting where she had taught Sunday School and the Wednesday night group, known as God's...

Charles Barry  Beaver

Charles Barry Beaver

Oct 23, 2016

Charles Barry Beaver, 57, of Deane Beaver Road, Bear Creek died Sunday, October 23, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Beaver was born in Chatham County on September 29, 1959 the son of the late Charles Deane and Helen (Stone) Beaver. Barry was a member of Sandy Branch Baptist Church, and enjoyed working on computers. Barry was preceded in death by...

Joan McLaughlin  Phillips

Joan McLaughlin Phillips

Oct 21, 2016

Joan McLaughlin Phillips, 84, of Courtland Village, Sanford died Friday, October 21, 2016 at Central Carolina Hospital, Sanford. Mrs. Phillips was born in Chatham County on May 27, 1932 the daughter of James D. and Bertha (Scott) McLaughlin. Joan was a member of Juniper Springs Baptist Church and retired from Hadley Peoples Manufacturing. Mrs. Phillips was preceded in death by...

Thomas Bruce  Pittman

Thomas Bruce Pittman

Oct 20, 2016

Bruce Pittman died October 20, 2016. His funeral will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, October 24, in the Smith & Buckner Chapel, Siler City, NC with Rev. Tony Capehart officiating. Visitation will be 30 minutes prior to the service. Bruce was a member of First Baptist Church. Born in Avery County, NC, Bruce was the son of Clarence and...

Donna Snyder  Worthington

Donna Snyder Worthington

Oct 20, 2016

Donna Snyder Worthington, 66, of Siler City died Thursday, October 20, 2016 at Siler City Center. Mrs. Worthington was born in Chatham County on December 22, 1949 the daughter of William Gibson and Ruby (Blair) Snyder. Donna was a member of West End United Methodist Church, attended Elon College and had worked for 16 years in the Commerce Department of...

Brenda Brown  Parker

Brenda Brown Parker

Oct 18, 2016

Brenda Brown Parker, 74, of Joe Brown Road, Bear Creek died Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at Randolph Hospice House, Asheboro. Mrs. Parker was born in Chatham County on January 21, 1942 the daughter of Joseph and Ruth (Dixon) Brown. Brenda was an active member of Oakley Baptist Church and had been employed with Chatham County Schools as a secretary. She...

David Clyde Frazier

David Clyde Frazier

Oct 17, 2016

David Clyde Frazier, 68, of Oakley Church Road, Bear Creek died Monday, October 17, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Frazier was born in Chatham County on January 12, 1948 the son of Clyde Thomas and Lois (Brown) Frazier. David attended Calvary Holiness Church in Liberty and had been employed by Hickory Mountain Farms. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, working on cars...

Lois Harrington  Cole

Lois Harrington Cole

Oct 17, 2016

Lois Harrington Cole, 98, of Siler City died Monday, October 17, 2016 at Coventry House of Siler City. Mrs. Cole was born in Harnett County on May 13, 1918 to John Vann and Ila (Womble) Harrington. Lois was a member of Loves Creek Baptist Church, the Womens' Missionary Society, and the Mae Dorsett Sunday School Class, and also known for...

Wayne Alan Moody

Wayne Alan Moody

Oct 16, 2016

Wayne Alan Moody, 58, of Staley died Sunday, October 16, 2016 at his home. Mr. Moody was born in Chatham County on January 27, 1958 the son of Samuel Matthew and Mary Ruth Poe Moody. Wayne was formerly employed with Cook Out Restaurant in maintenance. He loved playing golf, working in his garden, cooking and grilling, and loved to hangout...

Wilbert Wrenn Hinshaw

Wilbert Wrenn Hinshaw

Oct 10, 2016

Wilbert Wrenn Hinshaw, Jr. ,73, of Tom Stevens Road, Siler City died Monday, October 10, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Hinshaw was born in Chatham County on December 17, 1942 the son of Wilbert W. and Edna (Siler) Hinshaw. He was a graduate of Silk Hope High School, attended Plainfield Friends Meeting and had been employed with Stout Chair as...

Kate Beal  Jones

Kate Beal Jones

Oct 8, 2016

Kate Beal Jones, 73, of Siler City died Saturday, October 8, 2016 at Randolph Hospice House, Asheboro. Mrs. Jones was born April 21, 1943 the daughter of Walter and Kate Foushee Beal. Kate was a native of Chatham County, worked in textiles and attended Calvary Pentecostal Church in Asheboro. She was preceded in death by husband, James Cicero Jones and...

Sadie Lee Hockenberry

Sadie Lee Hockenberry

Oct 1, 2016

Sadie Lee Murphy Hockenberry, 94, passed away peacefully in her sleep on October 1, 2016 in Siler City, NC. She was born on September 10, 1922 in Union County, North Carolina, to parents Georgia and and George “Lee” Murphy. Sadie met her husband Ralph “Eddie” Hockenberry in 1942 while working at the drug store in Monroe, NC. Eddie was in...

William Bryant  Womble

William Bryant Womble

Sep 27, 2016

William Bryant Womble, 77, of Coleridge Road, Siler City went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at Chatham Hospital. Mr. Womble was born in Chatham County on November 26, 1938 the son of James Alex and Nannie (Hart) Womble. Bryant was a veteran of the US Army, a member of Rives Chapel Baptist...

James Shuby  Maness, Jr.

James Shuby Maness, Jr.

Sep 26, 2016

James Shuby Maness, Jr, 84, of Maness Way, Siler City died Monday, September 26, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Maness was born in Chatham County on July 1, 1932 the son of James S. and Minnie (Johnson) Maness. Shuby was a veteran of the US Air Force, a member of Sandy Branch Baptist Church and a retired Federal USDA Inspector....

Emma Heading  Bass

Emma Heading Bass

Sep 22, 2016

Emma Heading Bass, 78, of Siler City died Thursday, September 22, 2016 at Genesis Siler City Center. Mrs. Bass was born August 15, 1938 in Franklin County, NC the daughter of Rufus P. and Lottie (Benton) Heading. She had been employed by Harris-Teeter as Deli Manager and was a member of Rocky River Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School...

Mildred Headen  Lemons

Mildred Headen Lemons

Sep 14, 2016

Mildred Headen Lemons, 94, of Siler City died Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at Siler City Center. Mrs. Lemons was born in Chatham County on May 9, 1922 the daughter of William J. and Minnie Ola (Smith) Headen. She was a graduate of Siler City High School where she played basketball. Mildred was a member of Hope United Methodist Church and...

Pearl Dell Fitts

Pearl Dell Fitts

Sep 8, 2016

Pearl Dell Fitts, 87, of Siler City died Thursday, September 8, 2016 at Siler City Center. Mr. Fitts was born in Chatham County on October 29, 1928 the son of William Robert Fitts, Sr. and Lillie Mae (Marley) Fitts. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and was employed by Bill & Bill Gulf Station as a station...

Noah Franklin Cockman

Noah Franklin Cockman

Sep 7, 2016

Noah Franklin "Frankie" Cockman, 67, of Piney Grove Church Road, Siler City died Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Cockman was born in Chatham County on January 21, 1949 the son of Ventress and Marie (Brady) Cockman. He was self-employed as the owner-operator of Kaycee Trucking and a member of Oakley Baptist Church. Frankie was active in the...

Diane Irene Biles

Diane Irene Biles

Sep 7, 2016

Diane Morrison Biles, 71, Siler City died Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at Siler City Center. Mrs. Biles was born in Todd County, Minnesota on September 9, 1944 the daughter of Raymond and Myrtle Irene Kjersten Morrison. She retired from USAir as a receptionist and a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Winston Salem. She is survived by her husband:...

Mary Kathryn Crocker

Mary Kathryn Crocker

Aug 30, 2016

Kathryn Marley Crocker, 69, of Bear Creek died Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Crocker was born in Chatham County on January 30, 1947 the daughter of Daniel Lacy and Mary Lula (Jordan) Marley. She was a member of Kingdom Culture Ministries in Asheboro where she worked with the Bible study group and the children's...