Recent Obituaries from Asheboro, North Carolina
Joy Faye Gilmore Porter
Apr 22, 2017
Joy Faye Porter, 75, peacefully passed away Saturday, April 22, 2017 at Randolph Hospice House. She is preceded in death by her mother, Lillie Mae Pugh and her husband of 35 years Charles L. Porter. She is survived by her husband Stedman Brown, her only daughter Tori Miller and her husband Mickey Davis and her fur baby Harley. She retired...
James Timothy Bulla
Apr 20, 2017
James Timothy "Tim" Bulla, age 64, of Randleman died Thursday, April 20, 2017 at his home. Mr. Bulla was born November 26, 1952 the son of James Linwood and Pauline Beauford Bulla. Tim was a native of Alamance County and a good man. He was a member of Worthville United Methodist Church. Tim enjoyed spending his time looking for "treasures"...
Dorothy Gillis Greene
Apr 20, 2017
Dorothy Hope Davis Gillis Greene, age 101, peacefully passed surrounded by her family on Thursday, April 20, 2017 at Universal Health Care of Ramseur. Mrs. Greene was born March 25, 1916 in Randolph County to Harrison and Georgia Davis. She was a 1933 graduate of Fayetteville Street Christian School. Mrs. Greene loved to travel and had visited all 50 states....
Judy Victoria Surratt
Apr 19, 2017
Judy Victoria Henley Surratt, age 76, of Randleman died Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at WhiteStone Masonic and Eastern Star, Greensboro. Mrs. Surratt was born July 13, 1940 the daughter of Samuel Milton and Frances Louella Ledwell Henley. Judy was a native of Randolph County and earned her masters degree at the University of Florida. She lived in Florida for over...
Oberia Presnell Collins
Apr 19, 2017
Oberia Presnell Collins, 98, peacefully passed away April 19, 2017 at Clapps Nursing Home in Asheboro, NC. She was preceded in death by her parents, Baxter and Annie Presnell and was the oldest of their seven children. She was also preceded in death by one sister, Juanita Yow of Asheboro. She is survived by her two sons, Larry Dunn (Mary...
James Branson Burroughs
Apr 18, 2017
April 18, 2017 James Branson Burroughs, 73, of 2100 Garren Town Road, passed away Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital. He was born on January 4, 1944 in Randolph County, the son of Arthur and Eula Burroughs, and had lived in this area all of his life. He started Burroughs Plumbing in 1980. Plumbing was a...
Clyde Colon Dawkins
Apr 15, 2017
Clyde Colon Dawkins, Sr, age 92, of Asheboro died Saturday, April 15, 2017 at Universal Health Care of Ramseur. Mr. Dawkins was born August 27, 1924 the son of Calvin Scott and Ida Mae Greene Dawkins. Clyde served in the US Marine Corps during World War II at Iwo Jima. He retired from Lowes Hardware in Asheboro and was a...
Bruce Edward Hallenbeck
Apr 15, 2017
Bruce Edward Hallenbeck, age 68, of Randleman, North Carolina, passed away April 15, 2017 after a long battle with cancer. Bruce was born on October 22, 1948 in Tarrytown, New York. He was pre-deceased by his father William "Bill" Hallenbeck, mother Marie Delanoy, both of New York and his brother William Thomas of Washington, D.C. Bruce is survived by his...
Rachel Carolyn Sneed
Apr 15, 2017
Rachel Lynthacum Sneed, age 78, of Candor, passed away Saturday, April 15, 2017 at First Health Hospice and Palliative Care, Pinehurst, NC. Rachel was born February 19, 1939 at Montgomery County, the daughter of Ernest Franklin and Jewel Thompson Lynthacum, both of whom preceded her in death. She was a member of Pentecostal Holiness Church of Troy. She was a...
Ernestine Jessup
Apr 12, 2017
Ernestine Groce Jessup, age 81, of Randleman died Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at Randolph Hospice House, Asheboro. Mrs. Jessup was born April 26, 1935 the daughter of Arthur Ralph and Martha Coltrane Groce. Ernestine was a native of Randolph County and a member of Midway Wesleyan Church, were she served on many committees including Sunday School Teacher for the children's...
Herman Azel Hoover
Apr 12, 2017
Herman Azel "Pop" Hoover, 94, of Asheboro passed away on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at Forsyth Hospital. Mr. Hoover was born in Randolph County on July 6, 1922 to Monroe and Renie Sheffield Hoover. He attended Farmer School. Herman served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was retired from L-Ranch Furniture. Herman had a love...
Betty Lou Parsons
Apr 12, 2017
Betty Lou Rumley Parsons, age 74, Troy passed away on Wednesday, April 12, 2017. Mrs. Parsons was born in Richmond County on January 4, 1943. She was employed in the textile industry for over 20 years and was of the Baptist faith. Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Larry Wayne Parsons, mother, Gladys K. Blankenship, father, Clifton Rumley,...
Marilyn Burns Swink
Apr 11, 2017
Marilyn Burns Swink, age 89, of Asheboro died Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at Clapp's Convalescent Nursing Home in Asheboro. Mrs. Swink was born January 23, 1928 in Asheboro to Emory and Mary Burns. She was a 1947 graduate of Asheboro High School and a charter member of Calvary United Methodist Church. Mrs. Swink was a homemaker and a member of...
Donna Gail Maness Fuller
Apr 10, 2017
Donna Gail Maness Fuller, age 56, of Troy passed away on Monday, April 10, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Fuller was born in Troy on February 4, 1961 to James and Audrey Lamonds Maness. She was employed with Capel Rugs for 30 years. Donna was a member of Troy Pentecostal Holiness Church. Donna was preceded in death by her father,...
Ernest Wayne Key
Apr 9, 2017
Ernest Wayne Key, age 80, of Asheboro passed away on Sunday, April 9, 2017 at his residence. Mr. Key was born in Surry County, NC on November 26, 1936 to Ernest C. and Alma Marion Key. Wayne served his country in the U.S. Army for 4 years as an Army cook. He was a cook for Tommy's Drive Inn for...
Walter Ray Lanier
Apr 8, 2017
Walter. R. Lanier, Jr., 80, better known as, W.R., Walt or Dub, of Asheboro, went home to be with his Lord that he loved so much on Saturday, April 8th, 2017 at Randolph Hospice House in Asheboro. He was born in Randolph County, where he lived his entire life. W.R. was a devout Christian man and had a special way...
Sue Williams Alexander
Apr 6, 2017
Clara Sue Williams Alexander, age 88, of Asheboro passed away on Thursday, April 6, 2017 at the Randolph Hospice House. Mrs. Alexander was born in Star, NC on October 18, 1928 to George and Thelma Jordan Williams. She was formerly employed with B.B. Walker Shoe Company and General Electric. Sue retired from Eveready Battery and was a former CNA with...
Bruce Dunn
Apr 4, 2017
Bruce Dunn, age 87, of Liberty went to Heaven to be with his wife on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. Mr. Dunn was born in Gibsonville, NC on December 27, 1929 to George and Bannie Wagoner Dunn. Bruce served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He was retired from Olympic Products in Pleasant Garden, a division of...
Patricia Diane Jordan Trull
Apr 4, 2017
Patricia Diane Jordan Trull, age 69, of Asheboro passed away on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at Randolph Health & Rehabilitation. Ms. Trull was born in Asheboro on September 8, 1947 to William and Jewell Briles Jordan. She attended Clearview Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, Patricia was preceded in death by her brother, Jared Michael Jordan. She is survived...
James Lee McCarty
Apr 3, 2017
James Lee McCarty, age 69, died Monday, April 3, 2017 at Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, Greensboro. Mr. McCarty was born May 21, 1947 at Falls Church, VA the son of the late Francis C. and Virginia M. McCarty. James is preceded in death by his wife Phyllis, sisters: Susie Burke and Leah McCarty, brothers: Joe McCarty, Dennis McCarty, and...
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