Recent Obituaries from Siler City, NC and Surrounding Areas.
Betty Mendenhall Terry
Apr 4, 2013
Betty Mendenhall Terry, 72, of South Second Avenue, Siler City died Thursday, April 4, 2013 at her residence. Mrs. Terry was born in Chatham County on April 4, 1941 the daughter of Junius C. and Irene (Brewer) Mendenhall. She was a graduate of Jordan Matthews High School and a member of Rocky River Baptist Church. Betty had made a career...
Josephine Louise Fields
Mar 26, 2013
Josephine Louise Fields, 80, of Sam Fields Road, Siler City died Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at Siler City Care & Rehabilitation. Ms. Fields was born in Chatham County on February 15, 1933 the daughter of Sam John and Lillie (Braswell) Fields. She had been a secretary at Chatham Novelties, Siler City, NC and had worked at Bill's Good Food. Josephine...
Treva Terry Lindley Pegram
Mar 25, 2013
Treva Terry Lindley Pegram, 93, of Siler City died Monday, March 25, 2013 at Universal Health Care Of Ramseur. Mrs. Pegram was born in Chatham County on February 25, 1920 the daughter of Albert Slocum and Dewey (Andrews) Terry. She retired from A J Schneierson as a sewer, was a member of Edward Hill Friends Meeting and the Adult Sunday...
Frances Ritter Hamer
Mar 19, 2013
Frances Ritter Hamer, 87, of Old US 421 North, Siler City died Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at her residence. Mrs. Hamer was born February 22, 1926 the daughter of Leonard Ritter and Geraldine Donithan Bowyer. She was a native of Pulaski County, Virginia and attended the Siler City Pentecostal Holiness Church. Frances was a housewife and in her younger days...
Bernard Rudolph Harrison
Mar 18, 2013
Bernie Harrison, 68, of Will Brown Road, Siler City died Monday, March 18, 2013 at his residence. Mr. Harrison was a native of North Carolina, born February 2, 1945, the son of Melda (Greene) Martin. He attended New Port News Ship Building & Dry Dock School and NC State University. He was employed as a pipe design engineer with General...
Lessie Maness Mote
Mar 17, 2013
Lessie Maness Mote, 75, of 900 West Dolphin Street, Siler City died Sunday, March 17, 2013 at Siler City Care & Rehabilitation. Mrs. Mote was born in Chatham County on January 28, 1938 the daughter of Millard and Lula (Hicks) Maness. She was a member of Loves Creek Baptist Church and had been employed at Collins & Aikman for 17...
Mary Audrey Booe Felts
Mar 15, 2013
Audrey Booe Felts,85,of 3054 Charlie Cooper Road, Staley died Friday, March 15, 2013.Mrs. Felts was born March 23, 1927 the daughter of Caswell H. and Lucy (Renegar) Booe. Mrs. Felts was a native of Yadkin County and worked for the Selig Company. Audrey is preceded in death by her sisters, Merline Bray and Pauline Baker and her brothers, Garallen Booe...
Dixie Smith Brown
Mar 14, 2013
Dixie Smith Brown, 88, of Hunters Trail, Myrtle Beach, SC died Thursday, March 14, 2013 at her residence. Mrs. Brown was born in Siler City, NC on May 22, 1924 the daughter of William Robert and Laura (Adcock) Smith. After moving to Myrtle Beach, Dixie and her husband, Therrell, purchased the Sea Esta Motel, which they operated for many years....
Margaret Johnson Sauls
Mar 11, 2013
Margaret Johnson Sauls, 84, of 2065 Mt. Vernon-Hickory Mtn Road, Siler City died Monday, March 11, 2013 at Siler City Care & Rehabilitation. Mrs. Sauls was born in Alamance County on May 25, 1928 the daughter of Rufus and Bessie (Workman) Johnson. She was a member of South Fork Friends Meeting and had been employed in furniture manufacturing. Margaret was...
Charlie Carson Routh
Mar 11, 2013
Charlie Carson "CC" Routh, Jr., 90, of Bonlee died Monday, March 11, 2013 at Coventry House Of Siler City. Mr. Routh was born in Randolph County on March 28, 1922 the son of Charles C. and Elizabeth Jane (Cox) Routh, Sr. He was a member of Hope United Methodist Church and a cattle farmer. CC, as he was known, enjoyed...
Frances Petty Denise
Mar 10, 2013
On Sunday, March 10, 2013, after a courageous battle with cancer, Frances Petty Denise, 66, of Bonlee-Bennett Rd., Siler City went home to be with the Lord surrounded by family and friends. She was born in Chatham County on July 27, 1946 the daughter of Murphy Linwood and Edith (White) Petty. Frances was a member of Tyson's Creek Baptist Church...
Robert Frederic Hall
Mar 10, 2013
Robert Frederic Hall, 79, of Willie Duncan Road, Siler City died Sunday, March 10, 2013 at Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, Greensboro. Mr. Hall was born in Rockingham County on June 1, 1933. He served in the Marine Corps and was the owner/operator of Hall's Produce in Siler City. He is survived by his wife: Leslie (Schilling) Hall; step-daughter, Natalie...
Ruby White Beal Cole
Mar 5, 2013
Ruby White Beal Cole, 74, of Goldston-Glendon Road, Goldston died Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at her residence. Mrs. Cole was born in Chatham County on October 25, 1938 the daughter of Loss Lynn and Nellie Mae (Joyce) White. She was a member of Bonlee Baptist Church and Badin Shores Chapel. Ruby had worked at Chatham Hospital in medical records and...
James Melvin Brady
Mar 5, 2013
James Melvin Brady, 60, of Clint Fields Road, Bear Creek died Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill. Melvin was born in Chatham County on February 13, 1953 the son of Lynden and Sue (Gatlin) Brady. Melvin was self employed in home repair, a "jack of all trades", able to do just about anything. He was a giving...
William Alan Schultze
Mar 2, 2013
William Alan Schultze, 47, of Arrowhead Loop, Pittsboro died Saturday, March 2, 2013 at Chatham Hospital, Inc., Siler City. Mr. Schultze was born in Harris County, Texas on June 25, 1965 the son of Richard William and Joan (Lundy) Schultze. He was a graduate of Clear Lake High School where he lettered in track, baseball, football, soccer and the school...
Rachel May Moody
Feb 27, 2013
Rachel May Moody, 62, of Moody Loop Road, Siler City died Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at Siler City Care & Rehabilitation. Ms. Moody was born in Alamance County on October 5, 1950 the daughter of Charlie J. and Martha Angie (Phillips) Moody. She was a homemaker and attended Rives Chapel Baptist Church. She enjoyed playing bingo, watching TV and working...
Bernice Gray Thomas
Feb 25, 2013
Bernice "Bill" Gray Thomas, 88, of Epps Clark Road, Siler City died Monday, February 25, 2013 at Laurels Of Chatham, Pittsboro. Mr. Thomas was born in Cleveland County on January 19, 1925 the son of Thomas Jesse and Georgia (Jennings) Thomas. Bill was the owner of Chatham Auto Parts, an Army veteran of World War II and a member of...
Evonne Brown Musso
Feb 23, 2013
Evonne Brown Musso, 80, of 1112 West Third Street, Siler City died Saturday, February 23, 2013 at Chatham Hospital, Inc., Siler City. Mrs. Musso was born July 8, 1932 in Chatham County, the daughter of Wesley R. and Maggie (Moore) Brown. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Musso and a son, Larry Dean Brooks. Evonne was a...
Carlene Alva Dixon
Feb 21, 2013
Carlene Dixon, daughter of Alva and Harry Engelhard, returned home on February 21, 2013 at the age of 55. Born on December 12, 1957 Carlene spent her early years in Florida, Georgia and abroad with her mother. A wanderer at heart, she traveled the country with her family before moving to Virginia to attend college. Carlene graduated in 1988 from...
Mabel Oldham Lemons
Feb 17, 2013
Mabel Oldham Lemons, 90, of 591 Henry Oldham Road, Bear Creek died Sunday, February 17, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Lemons was born October 2, 1922 in Chatham County, the daughter of Henry L. and Mattie (Fisher) Oldham. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Lonnie L. (Buss) Lemons, a son, Lonnie L. (Pete) Lemons, brothers and...