Recent Obituaries from Siler City, NC and Surrounding Areas.
William Porter Cochrane, Sr.
Aug 15, 2012
William Porter Cochrane, Sr., 90, of 476 John Lane Road, Bear Creek died Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at Central Carolina Hospital, Sanford. Mr. Cochrane was born in Mecklenburg County on June 29, 1922 the son of Robert Bryce and Maybelle (Porter) Cochrane. Mr. Cochrane was an Army veteran of WWII and had worked as an engineer with AT&T phone service....
James Cicero Jones
Aug 14, 2012
James Cicero Jones, 80, of 212 East Ninth Street, Siler City died Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at Chatham Hospital, Inc., Siler City. Mr. Jones was born in Stokes County on November 21, 1931 the son of Guy and Lelia (Copple) Jones. Mr. Jones was an Army Veteran and worked in textiles. He was preceded in death by his parents and...
Hazel Beal Phillips
Aug 14, 2012
Hazel Beal Phillips, 84, of 609 Beal Road, Goldston died Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at Siler City Care & Rehabilitation. Mrs. Phillips was born in Chatham County on April 25, 1928 the daughter of Huss and Nora (Barber) Beal. She was a member of Antioch Baptist Church and retired from Glendale Hosiery after 43 years of service in the folding...
William Darrell Brewer
Aug 10, 2012
William Darrell Brewer, 71, of 2345 South Chatham Avenue, Siler City, died Friday, August 10, 2012 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem. Mr. Brewer was born in Chatham County on December 30, 1940 the son of Marcus and Exie Sumner Brewer. Darrell was retired from Townsend Poultry as a supervisor and was employed with CVS Pharmacies. He was...
Ruby Hancock Hammer
Aug 8, 2012
A wife of noble character who can find ? She is worth far more than rubies. Her Children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her. Proverbs 31: Verses 10 and 28 Ruby Hancock Hammer, 91, of Siler City died Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at Chatham Hospital, Inc., Siler City. Mrs. Hammer was born in Chatham...
Thomas Harold Terry
Aug 7, 2012
Thomas Harold "Tommy" Terry, Jr., 61, of 7316 Siler City-Snow Camp Road, Siler City died Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill. Mr. Terry was born in Chatham County on May 16, 1951 the son of Harold and Edith (Braxton) Terry. He was a member of Plainfield Friends Meeting and the owner-operator of Kustom Auto Recyclers in Liberty....
Shelby Lewis Culberson
Aug 4, 2012
Shelby Lewis "Porky" Culberson, age, 67,of 486 Jack Culberson Road, Siler City went home to be with the Lord, Saturday, August 4, 2012 in Cambridge , MD. He was born March 13, 1945, the son of Colon Gray and Dorothy Mildred (Terry) Culberson. Porky was a native of Chatham County, an avid horseman and retired from Estes Trucking Company. Porky...
Swannie Mashburn Snyder
Jul 28, 2012
Swannie Mashburn Snyder, 93, of Siler City died Saturday, July 28, 2012 at Siler City Care & Rehabilitation Center. She is now absent from the body and present with the Lord. Mrs. Snyder was born in Moore County on August 20, 1918, the daughter of John Thomas and Lula (Smith) Mashburn. She attended the First Baptist Church, Siler City and...
Arthur Eugene Staley
Jul 28, 2012
Arthur Eugene (Bose) Staley, 74, of 144 Thompson Staley Road, Siler City died Saturday, July 28, 2012 at the home of his daughter. Mr. Staley was born on September 26, 1937 in Randolph County and was the son of Eugene Monroe and Julia Willis Staley. Bose was a Marine veteran and was retired from March Furniture in Ramseur. He was...
Antoinette Mary Till
Jul 27, 2012
Antoinette Mary "Toni" Till, 70, of 347 South Second Avenue, Siler City, died Friday, July 27, 2012, at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill. She was born June 13, 1942, in Philadelphia, Pa., to Howard and Margaret "Peggy" (Moran) Till, who preceded her in death. Survivors include her companion, Harvey Brower; daughters, Holly Kozelsky Quirk of Martinsville, Va., and Siler City, N.C.,...
Evelyn Blackmon Oldham
Jul 25, 2012
Evelyn Blackmon Oldham, 69, of Goldston-Carbonton Road, Goldston died Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill. Mrs. Oldham was born in Cumberland County on August 28, 1942 the daughter of Edward and Stella (Ammons) Blackmon. She was a member of Bethany Baptist Church and had been employed at Kayser Roth. Evelyn was preceded in death by her husband,...
Mary Smith Morgan
Jul 16, 2012
Mary Smith Morgan, 59, of Charlie Cooper Road, Staley died Monday, July 16, 2012 at Hospice & Palliative Care Center Of Alamance-Caswell, Burlington. Mrs. Morgan was born September 2, 1952 daughter of Harvey and Fleda Gillespie Smith. She attended Shady Grove Baptist Church, Staley. She had been employed at A. J. Schneirson, Byrds Food Stores and worked for 17 years...
Lana Marie Nance Smith
Jul 15, 2012
Lana Marie Nance Smith, 70, of Silk Hope Road, Siler City died Sunday, July 15, 2012. Mrs. Smith was born in Cabarrus County on July 25, 1941 the daughter of Grady and Corinna Clara (Russell) Nance. She was a homemaker and a member of Loves Creek Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, June...
Rev. Manuel Eli Cunnup
Jul 12, 2012
Rev. Manuel Eli Cunnup, 91, of 415 Hillcrest Avenue, Goldston went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 12, 2012 at White Oak Manor, Burlington. Mr. Cunnup was born January 2, 1921 at Fort Mill, SC the son of John James and Alice (Wright) Cunnup. He was a veteran of the Army Air Corp having served during WWII....
Joyce Elizabeth Perry Short
Jul 10, 2012
Joyce Elizabeth Perry Short, 97, of 4147 Siler City-Snow Camp Road, Siler City passed away peacefully Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Short was born in Chatham County on January 2, 1915 the daughter of Edna Herford and Dura (Jenks) Perry. She was the manager of The Siler City ABC Shop for children's clothes. Joyce...
Kenneth Mark Andrew
Jul 10, 2012
Kenneth Mark Andrew, 53, of 343 Moon-Lindley Road, Snow Camp died Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at his home. Kenneth was born in Chatham County on April 13, 1959, the son of Blake and Rebecca Lindley Andrew. He was a poultry farmer and a 1977 graduate of Jordan-Matthews High School and attended Central Carolina Community College. He was a birthright member...
Lucy Bernice Johnson
Jul 9, 2012
Lucy Bernice Johnson, 85, of 900 West Dolphin Street, Siler City died Monday, July 9, 2012 at Siler City Care & Rehabilitation. Ms. Johnson was born in Chatham County on September 18, 1926 the daughter of Thomas Oren and Corrina (Williams) Johnson. She was a member of Hope United Methodist Church and attended Cummnock United Methodist Church and had worked...
James Samuel Overton
Jul 8, 2012
James Samuel Overton, 91, of 2701 Moon-Lindley Road, Snow Camp died Sunday, July 8, 2012 at Care View Rest Home, Snow Camp. Mr. Overton was born in Hoke County on January 10, 1921 the son of Benjamin Franklin and Mary Magdeline Koonce Overton. He was a car salesman. He is survived by one daughter: Marilyn Merrick of Leesburg, FL and...
Tommie Mac Locklear
Jul 7, 2012
Tommie Mac "Bud" Locklear, 65, of 806 North Fir Avenue Siler City died Saturday July 7, 2012 at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill. Mr. Locklear was born June 6, 1947, the son of Carson and Addie Mae (Hunt) Locklear. Mr. Locklear was a native of Robeson County. Bud, as he was known by his friends, was an auto mechanic having owned...
Kenneth Eugene Beane
Jul 4, 2012
U S Air Force Lt. Col. (Ret) Chaplain Kenneth Eugene Beane, 87, of Fayetteville died Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at Universal Health Care of Ramseur. Mr. Beane was born in Chatham County on July 31, 1924 the son of Elijah and Eula (Pike) Beane. A 1941 graduate of Siler City High School, he was employed for a year and a...