Recent Obituaries from Asheboro, North Carolina
Edna Ernestine Brown Hauser
Aug 20, 2017
Edna Ernestine Brown Hauser, age 93, of Sophia died Sunday, August 20, 2017 at her daughters home.
Mrs. Hauser was born April 5, 1924 the daughter of John and Mamie Brown.
Edna was a native of Yadkin County and formerly worked at Marsh Furniture. She was of Baptist Faith. In addition to her parents, Edna is preceded in death by her husband,...
Standish Hopkins
Aug 19, 2017
Walter Standish Hopkins, age 44, of Denton passed away on Saturday, August 19, 2017 at his home.
Mr. Hopkins was born in High Point, NC on December 12, 1972 to Levon and Barbara Martin Hopkins. He was a 1991 graduate of Southwestern Randolph High School and a member of Brower's Memorial Wesleyan Church. Standish was the co-founder of GHS Corporation. Standish...
Margaret Guy Adams
Aug 18, 2017
Mrs. Adams was born in Iredell County on July 3rd, 1929 to James Abner and Octa Bruce Guy. After graduating from Scotts High School in 1948, she moved to Greensboro where she began working at Southern Bell as a switch-board operator in 1949; she retired 36 years later. She met and married Alvin Rudolph "Rudy" Adams on December 22, 1956...
Thomas C . "Peahead" Cox
Aug 16, 2017
Thomas Clarkston "Peahead" Cox, age 81, of Sophia died Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at High Point Regional Hospital.
Mr. Cox was born February 24, 1936 in Randolph County to Linden and Inez Cox. He was a hardworking man with strong work ethics. Mr. Cox was the owner of Caraway Mobile Home Movers. Mr. Cox had a deep love of racing and...
Roger James Crotty
Aug 16, 2017
Roger James Crotty, age 83, of Asheboro, died Wednesday, August 16, 2017, at his home. Roger's natal day was October 19, 1933, on the Great South Side of Chicago. He was the first of two sons born to John and Madeline (Carlson) Crotty, who preceded him in death. The self-described "lefthanded kid from the South Side" was a product of...
Larry Lee Hollingsworth
Aug 16, 2017
Larry ”Pop” Lee Hollingsworth, age 71, of Sophia died Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, Greensboro.
Mr. Hollingsworth was born August 7, 1946 the son of Hassell and Lottie Brower Hollingsworth.
Larry was a native of Randolph County and served in the US Army during the Vietnam War. Larry, also known as Pop, was a farmer through and...
Ellen Elizabeth Bunch
Aug 14, 2017
Ellen E. Bunch, 66, of Yakima, Washington, died on August 14, 2017. She is survived by her four brothers: John Bunch and his wife, Nancy J. Bunch, of Asheboro, Bobby Bunch, of Randleman, Ed Bunch and his wife, Nancy H. Bunch, of Asheboro, and Bill Bunch and his wife, Donna Bunch, of Chapel Hill, and many nieces and nephews. Ellen...
Randy Farrell Queen
Aug 13, 2017
Randy Farrell Queen, age 60, of Randleman died Sunday, August 13, 2017 at Randolph Hospice House, Asheboro.
Randy was a native of High Point. He had tremendous love for his family and was active in the Randleman community, serving as coach for baseball, soccer, basketball and softball. Randy was employed by Marsh Kitchen's in Greensboro for 24 years where he was...
Larry Clayton Hunt
Aug 12, 2017
Larry Clayton Hunt, army veteran, photographer and tactical fisherman died Saturday, August 12, 2017 at his home. He was a very loving and supportive husband to his wife of many years, Irmgard Hunt.
Larry grew his own tomatoes and cayenne peppers, which he ate with corn on the cob until sweat dripped from his face. He loved Duke basketball, boxing and...
Barbara Ann Hooks Fraley
Aug 12, 2017
Barbara Ann Hooks Fraley, age 75, of Asheboro passed away on Saturday, August 12, 2017 at Select Specialty Hospital in Greensboro. Mrs. Fraley was born in Salisbury, NC on July 6, 1942 to Clarence and Julia Fortner Hooks. She was formerly employed with Olan Mills and as a CNA. In addition to her parents, Barbara was preceded in death by...
Rhonda Jean Lewallen
Aug 10, 2017
Rhonda Jean Lewallen, age 57, of Asheboro passed away on Thursday, August 10, 2017 at her home. Ms. Lewallen was born in Randolph County on January 5, 1960 to Larry and Norma Hamilton Lewallen. She attended Guy B. Teachey Elementary School and South Asheboro Middle School and was a 1978 graduate of Asheboro High School. Rhonda received her LPN degree...
Geoffrey John Krueck
Aug 9, 2017
Geoffrey John Krueck, age 18, of Sophia died Wednesday, August 9, 2017.
Geoffrey was a native of Randolph County and graduated from Randleman High School, Class of 2017. He was a former member of BSA Scout Troop #531 sponsored by First United Methodist Church of Randleman where he attained the rank of Life Scout. He touched a lot of life's at...
Mozelle V. Craven Price
Aug 8, 2017
Mozelle V. Craven Price, age 89, of Asheboro passed away on Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Price was born in Asheboro on March 24, 1928 to Nixon and Jellycee Hamilton Voncannon. Mozelle was retired from Asheboro City Schools and formerly worked in the cafeteria at McCrary Elementary School. She was a member of Spoons Chapel Christian Church,...
Gene Pierce
Aug 8, 2017
Arthur Eugene "Gene" Pierce went to be with the Lord on August 8, 2017. He passed away at his home, surrounded by family after a lengthy battle with cancer.
He was born on June 29, 1949, to John Winfred and Martha Rich Pierce, who preceded him in death.
Gene graduated from Farmer High School, attended RCC, and was an Army Vietnam vet....
Thomas C. "Tom" Routh
Aug 7, 2017
Thomas "Tom" Claude Routh, 95 of Randleman, NC passed away on August 7, 2017 at Randolph Hospice House in Asheboro, NC. Tom was born May 7, 1922 where he was a native of Randolph County. Tom started his career working in several local textile mills. During WWII, he chose to serve his country by working in the shipyards in Wilmington,...
Christy Dawn Belcher
Aug 7, 2017
Christy Dawn Wallin Belcher, age 39, of Denton died suddenly, Monday, August 7, 2017, at her home.
Mrs. Belcher was born September 5, 1977 in Ft. Payne, AL, the daughter of Terry Richard Wallin and Debra Hudgins Wallin.
She was a home maker. Along with her parents, Christy is survived by her husband Edward "Eddie" Belcher; one daughter: Brittany Belcher; and one son:...
Rebecca Laura Ressegger
Aug 7, 2017
Rebecca Ressegger, age 69, of Randleman passed away on Monday, August 7, 2017 at her home.
Ms. Ressegger was born in Greensboro on September 20, 1947 to Bernard Cone and Effie Richardson. She was employed by Annie Penn Hospital for over 20 years as a Technical Specialist. In addition to her parents, Rebecca was preceded in death by her brother, B.C....
Gary Randal Lewis
Aug 6, 2017
Gary Randal Lewis, 72, passed away August 6, 2017 at Randolph Health after a brief illness. Gary was born in Asheboro, NC to Farley and Maggie Keeling Lewis on December 29, 1944. He graduated from Asheboro High School and studied at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA.
Gary was the leader of Swing On!, a unique 8-piece band...
Sarah White Stedman
Aug 6, 2017
Sarah White Stedman passed away Sunday, August 6, 2017. Sarah was born in Statesville, NC on August 21, 1921. She was educated in the Statesville City Schools and graduated from Mitchell College in 1940. She transferred to Woman's College of The University of North Carolina, Greensboro, to concentrate on the sciences in preparation for working in the medical field....
Melva Gray Foster
Aug 4, 2017
Melva Gray Foster, 91, joined her Lord on August 4, 2017. She spent her final days surrounded by her loving family and friends.
Melva was born September 23rd, 1925 in Greensboro, NC. She graduated from Elon College in 1951 with a B.S. in Religious Studies. A devout Christian, Melva had been a member of the Elon Community Church of Christ since...
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