Recent Obituaries from Siler City, NC and Surrounding Areas.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
John Jeffery Jackson, Sr.
Aug 26, 2016
John Jeffery Jackson, Sr. 52, of Siler City died Friday, August 26, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Jackson was a native of Chatham County and was born August 4, 1964, the son of Ronnie Lee and Mattie Scott Jackson. He was a truck driver, loved his family and Chevy trucks. He is survived by his wife: Mary Alice Taylor Jackson...
Lillian Mae Andrews Stinson
Aug 22, 2016
Lillian Mae Andrews Stinson, age 92, was called home to the Lord on Monday, August 22, 2016. For the past three years she resided at Brookstone Assisted Living in Clemmons, NC. Mrs. Stinson was born June 6, 1924, in Bear Creek, NC to the late Braxton Luther Andrews and Jessie Lee Wilkie Andrews. She was a member of the first...
Margaret Louise Budd
Aug 20, 2016
Margaret Louise Barnes Budd, 100, passed away at home on Saturday, August 20, 2016, with family by her side. Born in Greensboro to Harley O. Barnes and Mattie Weller Barnes, she was the oldest of eight children. She graduated in 1937 from Guilford College where she met her future husband, Kenneth C. Budd. They married in 1938, established their home...
Estelle Shuskey Bowers
Aug 15, 2016
Estelle Shuskey Bowers, 84, formerly of Siler City, died Monday, August 15, 2016 at Grayson Creek Assisted Living, Lexington. Mrs. Bowers was born in Chatham County on July 1, 1932 the daughter of Gester H. and Cara M. (Campbell) Shuskey. Estelle was a member of Hickory Mountain United Methodist Church. She worked at Hadley Peoples Manufacturing but devoted her life...
Mary Runell Martin
Aug 14, 2016
Mrs. Mary Runell Thompson Martin, age 90, of Royston, GA, formerly of Siler City, NC, passed away on Sunday, August 14, 2016 at Bentley’s Assisted Living in Jefferson, GA. Born March 8, 1926 in Pine Hill, North Carolina, she was the oldest of seven children born to the late Lindzie and Nellie Thompson. She was preceded in death by her...
Howard Glenn "Junie" Poe
Aug 12, 2016
Howard Glenn "Junie" Poe, 81, of Silk Hope Road, Siler City died Friday, August 12, 2016 at Chatham Hospital, Siler City. Mr. Poe was born in Chatham County on April 24, 1935 the son of Glenn and Annie Ruth (Fox) Poe. He was employed as an upholsterer for over 40 years with Boling Chair. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and time...
John Duncan Kennedy
Aug 8, 2016
John Duncan "Dunk" Kennedy, 81, of Glosson Road, Siler City died Monday, August 8, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Kennedy was born in Chatham County on October 3, 1934 the son of Herman and Edna (Jordan) Kennedy. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Siler City where he sang in the choir. "Dunk" was an Army veteran...



