Recent Obituaries from Siler City, NC and Surrounding Areas.
Ray Dean Spivey
Sep 4, 2012
Ray Dean Spivey 58, of 7815 Kivett Farm Road, Staley died Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at UVA Hospital, Charlottesville, VA. Mr. Spivey was born in Haywood County on November 6, 1953, the son of Arthur S. and Dorothy (Vickers) Spivey. He was employed with National Quarry Service and had worked for B C & D Associates, Inc and East Coast...
James Don Thomas
Sep 4, 2012
Don Thomas, 70, of 1353 Joe Brown Road, Bear Creek died Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at The Hospice House of Randolph County in Asheboro. Mr. Thomas was born May 23, 1942 in Chatham County to Thomas Jesse and Georgie Estelle (Jennings) Thomas. He was retired as a purchasing agent from Basic Metals. He was a member of Brush Creek Baptist...
Elaine Johnson Murray
Aug 30, 2012
Elaine Johnson Murray, 57, went home to be with the Lord on August 30, 2012 concluding an extended battle with cancer. Elaine was born December 20, 1954 in Siler City, North Carolina, the daughter of Pauline Johnson and the late Robert Johnson. She graduated from Jordan Matthews High School in 1973 and went on to receive an associate degree in...
John Willard Smith
Aug 30, 2012
John Willard Smith, 85, of, Siler City died Thursday, August 30, 2012 at Hospice at the Meadowlands, Hillsborough. Mr. Smith was born June 15, 1927 the son of Willie Mark and Gertrude (Johnson) Smith. He retired from Boling Chair as a supervisor. Willard was preceded in death by his wife, Frances Terry Smith. He is survived by two daughters: Karen...
Billy Wayne Brooks
Aug 30, 2012
Billy Wayne Brooks, 68, of 5755 Goldston-Glendon Road, Goldston, NC died Thursday, August 30, 2012 at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill. Mr. Brooks was born May 13, 1944, the son of Harvey and Clara Belle Jones Brooks. Billy was a native of Chatham County, retired as a Cable Manager Installer for UNC Hospitals. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and golfing and was...
Aldena Parnell Johnson
Aug 20, 2012
Aldena "Memaw" Parnell Johnson, 84, of 545 Mt. Vernon-Hickory Mountain Road, Siler City died Monday, August 20, 2012 at her residence. Mrs. Johnson was born in Lee County on December 31, 1927 the daughter of Charles Luther and Mollie Mae (Klass) Parnell. Aldena was a member of Hickory Mountain Baptist Church and was retired from Collins & Aikman where she...
Doris Buckner Hart
Aug 20, 2012
Doris Ann Buckner Hart, 76, of 58 Clyde Underwood Road, Siler City died Monday, August 20, 2012 at Laurels Of Chatham, Pittsboro. Mrs. Hart was born in Chatham County on July 28, 1936 the daughter of Tull H. and Gertrude (Johnson) Buckner. She had been employed as an inspector with Kellwood Hosiery in Liberty and Siler City. She was retired...
Earl Edward Short
Aug 15, 2012
Earl Edward Short, 88, of Siler City went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at his residence. Mr. Short was born December 30, 1923 the son of Lacy Herbert and Daisy (Johnson) Short. Earl was a member of Loves Creek Baptist Church, a Navy Veteran of WWII and retired as a teacher from the Chatham County...
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...