Recent Obituaries from Siler City, NC and Surrounding Areas.
John Larry Burke
Feb 5, 2014
John Larry Burke, 68, of Siler City died Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at Randolph Hospice House, Asheboro. Mr. Burke was born in Chatham County on March 26, 1945 the son of John Elwood and Edna (Dowd) Burke. Mr. Burke was a member of Siler City Pentecostal Holiness Church and the Senior Adult Sunday School Class. He had worked for 36...
Mary Ola Davis Thurman
Feb 3, 2014
Mary Ola Davis Thurman, 92, of Bish Road, Staley died Monday, February 3, 2014 at Chatham Hospital, Inc., Siler City. Mrs. Thurman was born in Warren County, Tennessee on December 5, 1921 the daughter of Will and Flossie Mae (Emery) Davis. Ola was a homemaker and member of Piney Grove United Methodist Church and the Adult Sunday School Class. She...
Bryant Kennedy
Feb 1, 2014
Arthur Bryant Kennedy, 83 of Driftwood Drive, Siler City died Saturday, February 1, 2014 at the V.A. Medical Center Hospice Ward, Durham. Mr. Kennedy was born in Rocky Mount on June 28, 1930 the son of David Warren and Mary (Carmichael) Kennedy. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. Bryant retired from Carolina Telephone after 35 years of...
Edna Dickerson Barber
Jan 25, 2014
Edna Dickerson Barber, 77, of Goldston-Glendon Road, Goldston died Saturday, January 25, 2014 at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill. Mrs. Barber was born In Granville County on August 18, 1936 the daughter of John Thomas and Fannie(Faucette) Dickerson. Edna attended Antioch Baptist Church. She was retired after 48 years of service from Townsends where she worked as a hatchery control specialist....
Layton L. Lineberry
Jan 24, 2014
Layton L. Lineberry, 77, of Mt. Vernon-Hickory Mt. Road, Siler City died Friday, January 24, 2014 at Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, Greensboro. Mr. Lineberry was born in Chatham County on March 24, 1936, the son of David M. and Sercy Kimery Lineberry. Layton was a member of Mount Vernon United Methodist Church and The Silk Hope Ruritan Club, where...
Dolores Lambert
Jan 24, 2014
Dolores "Lori" Jessup Lambert, 78, of Meadow Creek Road, Siler City died Friday, January 24, 2014 at her home after months of declining health. Mrs. Lambert was born in Randolph County on January 18, 1936 the daughter of Raymond and Margaret (Davis) Jessup. She was a member of Rives Chapel Baptist Church. Lori was a retiree of Energizer Battery in...
Roxie Williams Morris
Jan 22, 2014
Roxie Lucille (Williams) Morris, 89, of Goldston, NC died Wednesday, January 22, 2014. She was born on August 15, 1924 in Chatham County to the late Luther Jackson and Mannie Williams. She was preceded in death by parents and brothers, Mack, Marvin and Fred; sisters, Mattie and Margie. She was the devoted wife of 68 years to husband, Jesse J....
Bernice Hinshaw
Jan 20, 2014
Bernice "Bunk" Hinshaw, 93, Siler City died Monday, January 20, 2014 at Siler City Center. Ms. Hinshaw was born in Alamance County on July 10, 1920 the daughter of Harrison and Margaret (Pike) Hinshaw. Bunk was a member of Bethel Friends Meeting She had worked at A J Schneierson but spent most of her working years as a floral designer,...
Betty Harris Reid
Jan 20, 2014
Betty Harris Reid, 75, of 24 Pine Forest Drive, Siler City died Monday, January 20, 2014 at Lisalotte Care Home, Pittsboro. Mrs. Reid was born in Chatham County on December 1, 1938 the daughter of Paul M and Lizzie Mae (Hackney) Bare. Betty was a graduate of Silk Hope High School. She was a member of Rocky River Baptist Church...
Joshua Steven Brewer
Jan 20, 2014
Joshua Steven Brewer, 30, of Castle Rock Road, Pittsboro passed away unexpectedly from complications of diabetes and flu Monday, January 20, 2014 at his residence. Mr. Brewer was born in Chatham County on July 9, 1983 the son of Danny Brewer of Goldston and Starla (Moody) Ferrell and husband, Michael Bullard of Sanford. He was a graduate of Central Carolina...
Maxine Frances Reeves
Jan 17, 2014
Maxine Frances Reeves, 84, of Greensboro died Friday, January 17, 2014 at Camden Place Health and Rehab in Greensboro. Miss. Reeves was a native of Chatham County and a member of Fall Creek Baptist Church. Maxine retired from Sears and Roebuck where she spent her entire working career. She was an active member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, serving on...
Barbara Jean Clauss Brown
Jan 13, 2014
Barbara Clauss Brown, 81, passed away peacefully Monday, January 13, 2014 at Siler City Center. Formerly of Sanford, she is survived by her daughter, Shawn Poe and husband Darrell of Bear Creek. Sons, Floyd Arnold Brown, Jr. of Chandler, AZ and Todd Brown of Sanford; sister, Carole C. Cauble and husband Robert of San Antonio, TX; brother, Raymond L. Clauss...
William Robert Lambert
Jan 7, 2014
William Robert "Bobby" Lambert, 79, of Meadow Creek Road, Siler City died Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at Chatham Hospital, Siler City. Mr. Lambert was born in Chatham County on July 29, 1934 the son of Oscar Lee and Luta (White) Lambert. He was a member of Rives Chapel Baptist Church, a 1953 graduate of Siler City High School and a...
Martha Ann Gaines Foushee
Jan 5, 2014
Martha Ann Gaines Foushee, 73, of Gulf died Sunday, January 5, 2014 at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Foushee was born in Chatham County on September 11, 1940 the daughter of Fred Lacy and Olivia (Jordan) Gaines. She was a homemaker and had been a caregiver for children. Martha was preceded in death by her parents and brothers, Lonnie...
Morton Mead Dark
Jan 4, 2014
Morton Mead Dark, Sr. 88 went to be with his Lord Saturday, January 4, 2014 at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill. Mr. Dark was born April 20, 1925 the son of Newby Judson Dark, Sr. and Etna Carolyn Cheek Dark. Mead was a native of Chatham County and was a WWII veteran. Mead attended UNC-Chapel Hill, Class of 1951 and was...
Mary Draughon Faircloth
Jan 1, 2014
Mary Draughon Faircloth , 90, of Cliftwood Drive, Siler City, died Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at Chatham Hospital, Siler City. Mrs. Faircloth was born in Sampson County on November 16, 1923, the daughter of William and Irene Bryant Draughon. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Siler City where she was active in Sunday School and the...
Doris Ellen Wise
Dec 24, 2013
Doris Ellen Wise, 73, of Liberty died Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at Randolph Hospice House, Asheboro. Mrs. Wise was born in New York City on September 10, 1940 the daughter of Howard and Wilma (Garner) Wise. She was a graduate of the University of Rhode Island. Doris had been a college professor, owned and operated "Pack Rats Attic", an antique...
Lucille Dark Johnson
Dec 21, 2013
Lucille Dark Johnson entered her eternal heavenly home on Saturday, December 21, 2013 at the age of 89. Born on February 8, 1924, she was the daughter of Walter West Dark and Mattie (Huntington) Dark. A lifelong resident of Chatham County, she was a member of Brush Creek Baptist Church and worked for most of her life in retail sales...
Billy Curtis Walters
Dec 18, 2013
Billy "Bill" Curtis Walters, 69, of Central Avenue, Siler City died Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at Chatham Hospital, Inc., Siler City. Mr. Walters was born in Chatham County on October 27, 1944 the son of George Mabern and Sammie Lou (Fields) Walters. He was a member of Sandy Branch Baptist Church and a veteran of the Army National Guard. Mr....
Sandy Moon-Bloxsom
Dec 18, 2013
Sandy Moon-Bloxsom, 71, of Silk Hope-Liberty Road, Siler City died Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at Chatham Hospital, Inc., Siler City. Sandy was born in Alamance County on November 22, 1942 the daughter of Charles and Ruth (McPherson) Little. She was a member of Sapling Ridge United Methodist Church where she had served as treasurer. She worked for Levelor Company in...