Recent Obituaries from Asheboro, North Carolina
Hilda Pickard
May 9, 2016
Hilda Hamilton Pickard, age 95, of Randleman died Monday, May 9, 2016 at Randolph Hospice House, Asheboro. The funeral service will be held Friday, May 13, 2016 at 12:00 pm at First United Methodist Church in Randleman with Rev. Jenna Grogan officiating. Burial will follow at.St. Paul Cemetery. The family will receive friends at 11:00 am prior to the service...
Vernon L. "Pig" DeBerry
May 9, 2016
Vernon Lister "Pig" DeBerry, age 85, of Troy died Monday, May 9, 2016 at his home. Pig was born January 12, 1931 at Mt. Gilead, the son of Lister and Pat Smith DeBerry. He was a member of First Wesleyan Church of Troy and a retired employee with twenty-five years of service from the NC Department of Corrections. He was...
Freddy Warren Callicutt
May 8, 2016
George Fredrick "Freddy" (Warren, Jr.) Callicutt, age 39, of Liberty died Sunday, May 8, 2016 at his home. Freddy was an 1994 graduate of Randleman High School and played baseball for the Post 45 team in Asheboro. He was an avid Duke fan and enjoyed baseball, golf and fishing. Freddy is preceded in death by his grandparents: Joe and Anna...
Betty Edwards Jester
May 6, 2016
Betty Edwards Jester, age 85, of Asheboro died Friday, May 6, 2016 at Randolph Hospice House in Asheboro. Mrs. Jester was born May 16, 1930 in Guilford County, NC, the daughter of Daniel Elmer and Ethel Mae Glasgow Edwards. Mrs. Jester grew up in Randolph County was retired from Black and Decker, formerly General Electric. She formerly attended Hunt's Plank...
Betty Jones Hutchens
May 6, 2016
Betty Jones Hutchens, age 90, of Asheboro died Friday, May 6, 2016 at Clapp's Convalescent Nursing Home in Asheboro. Mrs. Hutchens was born September 4, 1925 in Ellerbe, NC the daughter of Vernon Lee and Evelyn Lee Maddox Jones. Betty was a member of Balfour Baptist Church of Asheboro and a member of the Eastern Star chapter #310 for over...
Charles Meredith West
May 4, 2016
Charles Meredith West, age 86, of Asheboro died Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Mr. West was born April 9, 1930 in Randolph County to Lester and Iona Richardson West. He was retired Merchant Marine with 30 years of service. He is survived by his sons, Jason West and wife Sylvia of Reidsville, Chuck West and...
Anna Davis Adams
May 4, 2016
Anna Davis Adams, age 82, formerly of the Eldorado Community in Montgomery County, died Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at Bethany Woods Nursing & Rehab Center, Albemarle. Mrs. Adams was born March 6, 1934 in Randolph County, NC the daughter of Travis C and Freda Yates Davis. Anna, known to all who loved her as "Nana", was a member of Macedonia...
Arnold Barnes Davis
May 1, 2016
Arnold Barnes Davis, age 89, of Asheboro died Sunday, May 1, 2016. Mr. Davis was born in Ramseur on December 7, 1926 to John Henry and Mollie Horner Davis. He attended Wake Forest University on a basketball scholarship. He served his country in the U.S. Army after WWII during the reconstruction in Europe and was a retired Army Reservist. Arnold...
Emory Cecil Bowman
Apr 30, 2016
- Emory Cecil Bowman, age 83, of Asheboro died Saturday, April 30, 2016 at Universal Health Care of Ramseur in Ramseur, NC. Mr. Bowman was born December 1, 1932 in Densmore, FL the son of Reitzel Adolph and Georgia Carrie Hancock Bowman. Mr. Bowman was a native Densmore, FL and a member of Center Cross Baptist Church where he served...
Daniel Douglass Trabert, Jr.
Apr 28, 2016
Daniel Douglass Trabert Jr, 45, died Thursday, April 26, 2016, at his home in Asheboro, NC. He leaves behind his beloved daughter, Danielle Trabert, his brothers, Brek Trabert, Brian Trabert, Jason Trabert and Jeremiah Trabert; sister, Chrisawn Trabert; mother, Deeann Evans; grandmother Rose Rhodes and numerous aunts, cousins, nieces and nephews. Daniel was born May 4, 1970, in Tampa, Florida...
Allen Randall Eastridge
Apr 27, 2016
Allen Randall “Randy” Eastridge, age 59, of Cary died Wednesday, April 27, 2016. Mr. Eastridge was born November 19, 1956, the son of John Allen and Mary Irene Luck Eastridge, who preceded him in death. He is also preceded in death by a sister: Cindy E. Brown. Mr. Eastridge was a native of Guilford County. He was the original owner...
Richard William "Dick" Peterson
Apr 27, 2016
Richard William "Dick" Peterson, age 78, of Asheboro passed away on Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He and his family moved to Asheboro, NC from Minnesota, and briefly Michigan, in 1972. He was known as "Bill" to his family and friends as a child and teen-ager in Minnesota. Dick is a graduate of...
Carl Edward Jordan
Apr 27, 2016
Carl Edward Jordan, age 87, Asheboro died Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at Clapp's Convalescent Nursing Home, Asheboro. Mr. Jordan was born July 1, 1928 the son of Samson Harrison and Annie Pearl Stegall Jordan. Carl was a native of Alamance County and graduated from Graham High School in 1945. He served for a brief period, in 1949, with the US...
Claude Byron Wood
Apr 26, 2016
Claude Byron Wood, age 80, of Troy died Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at Sandy Ridge Assisted Living, Candor. Byron was born April 1, 1936 in Sampson County, NC, the son of Lloyd Thomas and Monta Clark Wood. He was a faithful member of First Baptist Church of Troy where he served on the Board of Deacons and a member of...
James "Jamie" McKee
Apr 26, 2016
James "Jamie" McKee, age 57, of Asheboro passed away on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at Clapp's Nursing Center in Pleasant Garden. Mr. McKee was born in Randolph County on October 18, 1958 to Lester Frank and Mary Huff McKee. He was employed with the Randolph Vocational Industries for 30 years. Jamie was a happy, outgoing man who loved people and...
Elsie Hall Waynick McDowell
Apr 26, 2016
Elsie Hall Waynick McDowell, age 90, of Asheboro died Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at Randolph Hospice House. Mrs. McDowell was born April 18, 1926 in Damascus, OH the daughter of the late Edwin P. and Minnie Lehman Hall. She received her GED when she was in her 60's and was a professional artist. Mrs. McDowell was a member of Science...
Lewis Franklin "Frank" Allmon
Apr 26, 2016
Lewis Franklin "Frank" Allmon, age 75, of Asheboro went to be his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at the Randolph Hospice House. Mr. Allmon was born in Asheboro on March 28, 1941 to Thad and Wilma Trotter Allmon, who preceded him in death. He was a member of Brower's Memorial Wesleyan Church and was retired from Energizer...
Shirley Mae Bodiford
Apr 22, 2016
Shirley Mae Marley Bodiford, age 68, of Asheboro died Friday, April 22, 2016 at Randolph Health & Rehabilitation in Asheboro. Mrs. Bodiford was born May 25, 1947 in Asheboro the daughter of Mildred Marley Pugh. Shirley was a native of Randolph County. She retired from Walker Shoe Co. of Asheboro. She is preceded in death by her mother, Mildred Marley...
Margaret Berline Robbins
Apr 22, 2016
Margaret Berline South Robbins, age 77, of Asheboro died Friday, April 22, 2016. Mrs. Robbins was born on December 18, 1938 in Randolph County to Vernon and Mallie South. She was retired owner/operator of Western Union of Asheboro. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Robbins was preceded in death by her husband, Franklin D. Robbins, son, Franklin D. Robbins, II...
Dorothy Hampton
Apr 21, 2016
Dorothy Hampton, 97, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 21, 2016, at her daughter's home in Franklinville, N.C. Born Nov. 5, 1918, to William and Alberta Wilson Reid, Dorothy was one of 13 children and the oldest girl. She left Augusta for New York City at age 15. She lived in Brooklyn, Ellenville and Hudson, N.Y., before moving to Franklinville...