Recent Obituaries from Siler City, NC and Surrounding Areas.
Joyce Vaughn Beal
Aug 22, 2013
Joyce Vaughn Beal, 71, of Beal Road, Goldston died Thursday, August 22, 2013 at Central Carolina Hospital, Sanford. Mrs. Beal was born in Chatham County on March 15, 1942 the daughter of John and Josie (Gaines) Vaughn. She had been employed as an inspector at Mastercraft. Joyce was a member of Antioch Baptist Church and enjoyed reading her Bible, going...
Betty Jones Hughes
Aug 22, 2013
Betty Jones Hughes, 84, died Thursday, August 22, 2013 at Universal Health Care Of Ramseur. Mrs. Hughes was born in Greensboro on January 30, 1929 the daughter of Lawrence Barber and Mozelle (Underwood) Jones. Betty graduated valedictorian of her class at Greensboro Senior High School. She was retired as a bookkeeper with Quality Molding Products and worked part time at...
Joanne Klumb
Aug 20, 2013
Joanne Skornia Klumb, 68, of Siler City-Glendon Road, Siler City died Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at her residence. Mrs. Klumb was born November 1, 1944 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin the daughter of Frank and Gertrude (Prybyzylski) Skornia. She had been employed at A J Schneirson and later Glendale. She was raised in the Catholic faith but was a member of Hillbrook...
Infant Parker Grey Maultsby
Aug 19, 2013
Infant Parker Grey Maultsby, Sanford died Monday, August 19, 2013 at First Health Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst. He is survived by his parents, Josiah and Laura (Clark) Maultsby, IV ; one sister: Madelyn Maultsby of the home maternal grandparents, Vernon and Doan Clark of Siler City, NC; paternal grandparents, Nancy and Alex Maultsby of Zebulon, NC; maternal great-grandparents, Frank and...
Dorothy Kidd Hancock Martindale
Aug 19, 2013
Dorothy Kidd Hancock Martindale, 90, of Tom Hancock Road, Bear Creek died Monday, August 19, 2013 at FirstHealth Hospice Palliative Care, Pinehurst. Mrs. Martindale was born in Chatham County on May 23, 1923 the daughter of Rev. John C. and Lula (Caviness) Kidd. Dot was a homemaker and a member of Antioch Baptist Church. She enjoyed entertaining, cooking for her...
Mary Elizabeth Elkins
Aug 12, 2013
Mary Elizabeth Thompson Elkins, 69, of College Street, Siler City died Monday, August 12, 2013 at her residence. Mrs. Elkins was born in Chatham County on August 19, 1943 the daughter of Lewis and Hattie (Lewis) Thompson. Mrs. Elkins was a graduate of Silk Hope School and Central Carolina Community College. She had worked in the accounting office at Boling...
Doris M. Guthrie
Aug 10, 2013
Doris Guthrie, 72, of 2475 Redbud Road, Pittsboro died Saturday, August 10, 2013 at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill. Mrs. Guthrie was born July 28, 1941 the daughter of Millard and Lula (Hicks) Maness. She was a member of Community Baptist Church until her illness confined her to the home. She worked in textiles and in a nursing home during her...
Clyde William Johnson
Aug 5, 2013
Clyde William Johnson, 84, of Elbert Johnson Road, Siler City died Monday, August 5, 2013 at his residence. Mr. Johnson was born in Chatham County on March 21, 1929 the son of Jessie Lewis and Eleanor (Pugh) Johnson. He was a member of Meroney United Methodist Church and a self employed house painter. Clyde enjoyed going to the beach, car...
James Rives
Aug 5, 2013
James "Jim" Michael Rives, 59, passed away at his home Monday, August 5, 2013. He is preceded in death by his parents Clair B. and Ruby A. Rives; sister, Janette Brown; and brother, Billy Rives. He is survived by his sisters, Patricia "Anne" (Steve) Cantrell of Dunlap, TN and Carolyn Jones of Bear Creek, NC along with several nieces, nephews...
Josephine Coltrane Culberson
Aug 4, 2013
Josephine Coltrane Culberson, 81, of Siler City-Snow Camp Road, Siler City died Sunday, August 4, 2013 at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill. Mrs. Culberson was born in Randolph County on March 2, 1932 the daughter of Randolph and Lola (Ferguson) Coltrane. She was a member of Piney Grove United Methodist Church where she was a member of the Adult Sunday School...
Deann White Woody
Aug 2, 2013
Deann White Woody, 44, of Siler City died Friday, August 2, 2013. She is survived by her devoted husband, Todd Woody. Deann was born and raised in the Silk Hope community in Chatham County. She graduated high school from the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, where she studied voice. Married soon after that, she and Todd lived...
Mac L. Martin
Jul 27, 2013
Mac L. Martin, 83, of 166 Pat Murrow Road, Bonlee, died Saturday, July 27, 2013 at Hospice & Palliative Care Center Of Alamance-Caswell, Burlington. Mr. Martin was born on October 23, 1929, the son of Richard C. and Blanche McBride Martin. Mr. Martin was a native of Wilkes County and retired from the Norfolk-Southern Railroad for 42 years as a...
Sarah Freeland Perry
Jul 22, 2013
Sarah Freeland Perry, 81, of 2146 Bowers Store Road, Siler City died Monday, July 22, 2013 at her residence. Mrs. Perry was born in Orange County on February 4, 1932 the daughter of John and Jessie (Secrest) Freeland. She was a member of Hickory Mountain Baptist Church where she helped with Vacation Bible School. She retired from Kellwood, Inc after...
Heiskell Ernest Smith
Jul 20, 2013
Heiskell Ernest "H. E. " Smith, 90, formerly of Smith Hudson Road, Siler City, went home to be with the Lord on July 20, 2013 at Cambridge Hills Assisted Living Center in Pittsboro. Heiskell was born on August 11, 1922 to Hugh White Smith and Vivian Smith. Mr. Smith grew up during the Great Depression, and during his lifetime worked...
Sidney Jay Cade
Jul 18, 2013
Sidney Jay Cade, 53, of Goldston died Thursday, July 18, 2013 at his residence. Mr. Cade was born in Chatham County on July 13, 1960 the son of Parrott Junior and Colleen (Johnson) Cade. Sidney had worked at Hadley Peoples Manufacturing as a loom operator. He was preceded in death by his father. He is survived by his mother, Colleen...
Annie Margaret Maness Phillips
Jul 15, 2013
Annie Margaret Maness Phillips, 86, of Siler City passed peacefully Monday July 15, 2013 at the home of her son. Mrs. Phillips was born in Randolph County on February 28, 1927, the daughter of Millard and Lula (Hicks) Maness. She worked in textiles and later retired after serving many years as a nursing assistant. She remained a long standing member...
Luther Craig Bush, Jr.
Jul 14, 2013
Luther Craig Bush, Jr., (Major USAF Ret), age 76 of Silk Hope Road, Siler City passed away Sunday, July 14, 2013 at UNC Hospitals. He was a native of Roanoke, Virginia and the oldest of four children born to the late Luther Bush, Sr. and Nannie Bush. Luther, Jr. was a career military officer in the United States Air Force...
Jane McCulloch Blair
Jul 13, 2013
Jane McCulloch Blair died peacefully at home on Saturday, July 13, 2013 after a very brief illness. She was born May 24, 1922 in Elizabethtown, NC the daughter of Elizabethtown City Attorney and Bladen Co. State Senator E. F. McCulloch and Jessie Lee Sugg McCulloch, former Publisher and Editor of the Bladen Journal. She graduated from Elizabethtown High School and...
Ottis Carl Price
Jul 10, 2013
Ottis Carl Price, 78, of Silk Hope Road, Siler City died Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at his residence. Mr. Price was born in Columbus County on February 17, 1935 the son of Willie Lee and Martha (Ray) Price. He attended Mount Vernon United Methodist Church and was retired, after 31 years of service, as a salesman with Elanco Products, Inc...
Joan Warren Maddox
Jul 1, 2013
Joan Warren Maddox, 43, of Woody Store Road, Siler City died Monday, July 1, 2013 at her residence. Mrs. Maddox was born in Cumberland County on February 8, 1970 the daughter of the late Olen and the late Mildred (Goodwin) Warren. She was a graduate of Triton High School in Erwin, NC and attended Wake Tech for two years. She...