Recent Obituaries from Asheboro, North Carolina
Bobby Dolan Simmons
Mar 2, 2015
Bobby Dolan "Bulldog" Simmons, age 47, of Sophia died Monday, March 2, 2015 at High Point Regional Hospital, High Point. Bobby was a native of Randolph County and the owner and operator of Bulldogs Tree Service for 15 years. He is preceded in death by his father, Dolan Kennedy Simmons. He is survived by his son, Zachariah Simmons, of Bennett;...
Dorothy Lee Highfill
Feb 28, 2015
Dorothy Lee Farrington Highfill, age 92, of Randleman died Saturday, February 28, 2015 at Clapps Convalescent Nursing Home, Pleasant Garden. Mrs. Highfill was born February 10, 1923 the daughter of the late John Alexander and the late Cora Grace McCanless Farrington. Dot was a native of Guilford County and a life-long member of Level Cross United Methodist Church. She was...
Ruby Allred Robbins
Feb 27, 2015
Ruby Allred Robbins, age 90, of Randleman died Friday, February 27, 2015 at home. Ms. Robbins was born July 24, 1924 the daughter of William Fred and Clara J. Haney Allred. Ms. Robbins was a Native of Randolph County, a member of Sophia Baptist Church and retired from Drexel Heritage in High Point after 20 years of service. Ruby was...
Carolyn Newby
Feb 27, 2015
Carolyn Carlton Newby, age 91, of Asheboro died Friday, February 27, 2015 at Randolph Hospice House. Mrs. Newby was born April 30, 1923 in Anniston, AL. the daughter of William and Mary (Billings) Carlton. Carolyn was preceded in death by her husbands: Darrell W. Hendrix and W. Ray Newby; son: Roger Newby; brothers: Wallace Carlton, Robert Carlton, Richard Carlton; and...
Geraldine Herron Thompson
Feb 26, 2015
Geraldine Herron Thompson, age 73, of Stoney Fork Church Rd., Mt. Gilead died Thursday, February 26, 2015 at First Health Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst. Geraldine was born September 2, 1941 at Mecklenburg County, the daughter of Thomas Green and Selma Russ Herron. Geraldine lived the majority of her life in the Mt. Gilead area and was a graduate of Mt....
Douglas Barnes, Jr.
Feb 26, 2015
Douglas "Doug" Barnes, Jr., age 84, of Asheboro died Thursday, February 26, 2015 at his home. Mr. Barnes was born in Robeson County on May 20, 1930 to D. Douglas Barnes, Sr. and Maude McLellan Barnes. Doug served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict and was a lifetime member of the 187th Airborne Rakakassans RCT (Regimental...
J. C. "Bud" Burns, Jr.
Feb 26, 2015
J. C. "Bud" Burns, Jr., age 83, of 1345 Albemarle Rd., Troy died Thursday, February 26, 2015 at his home. Bud was born May 5, 1931 at Troy, NC, the son of Joseph Carl and Mamie Lomax Burns. He was retired owner and operator of Burns Logging Company and attended Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, Bud...
Mary Joyce Harris
Feb 25, 2015
Mary Joyce Fox Harris, age 98, of Randleman died Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at Randolph Hospice House, Asheboro. Mrs. Harris was born May 4, 1916 the daughter of James and Victoria Fox. Mary Joyce was a native of Chatham County and attended Silk Hope School. She was a hairdresser for many years and started her own Beauty Shop in 1951,...
Sheila Baublitz
Feb 25, 2015
Sheila Ferguson Baublitz, age 51, of Asheboro died Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at her home. Ms. Baublitz was a native of Ohio and a 1982 graduate of Washington Senior High School in Washington Court House, Ohio. She was formerly employed with Acme-McCrary of Asheboro and as a former military wife she spent much of her life traveling abroad. Ms. Baublitz...
Carolyn Cranford Phillips
Feb 24, 2015
Carolyn Cranford Phillips, age 87, of Asheboro died Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at Cross Road Retirement Community. Mrs. Phillips was born in Randolph County on August 25, 1927 to Leon and Ruth Edwards Cranford. She was a graduate of High Point College and was a retired school teacher with the Randolph County School system. Carolyn was a member of First...
Edward Vance Voncannon
Feb 24, 2015
Edward Vance Voncannon, age 56, of Liberty died Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at his home. Mr. Voncannon was born September 23, 1958 in Asheboro, NC the son of Bobby Lee and Ella Shehan Voncannon. Mr. Voncannon was a native of Randolph County and a member of Seagrove United Methodist Church. He was a veteran of the US Army and retired...
Dorothy Evelyn Case
Feb 24, 2015
Dorothy Evelyn Jex Case, passed away at home on Tuesday, February 24, 2015. Born in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada to Mabel and David Jex. Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband George, her mother, father and three sisters. She is a member of First United Methodist Church of Asheboro. Mrs. Case was a life member of the Order of the...
Harold Gill Brown
Feb 23, 2015
Harold Gill Brown was born on March 20, 1939, in New Castle, Pennsylvania, to H. Gill Brown and (Martha) Mildred Atkinson Brown. He joined brother Wilfred, and later sister Roberta came along to add to the fun. The family moved to Mount Lebanon and then settled on Johnston Drive in McMurray, PA. Although father Gill Brown became a cost accountant...
Rylan Carter Harden
Feb 22, 2015
Rylan Carter Harden, age 5 months of Randleman died Sunday, February 22, 2015 at Randolph Hospital, Asheboro. Rylan was born September 11, 2014 at High Point, NC. He was the son of Laura Jean "Jeane" Carter and Michael Ryan Harden. Although his life was brief on this earth, he was a fun loving child that will be greatly missed by...
Mark Eugene Jordan
Feb 21, 2015
Rev. Mark Eugene Jordan, age 64, of Asheboro died Saturday, February 21, 2015 at Brookstone Retirement Home in Lexington. Rev. Jordan was born May 25, 1950 in Asheboro to Ray and Lucille Jordan. He graduated from Asheboro High School in 1968. He then attended Southern Wesleyan University in South Carolina where he received a degree in Bible & Theology in...
Robert Jason Jordan
Feb 21, 2015
Robert "Op" Jordan, age 51, of Asheboro died Saturday, February 21, 2015 at his home. Mr. Jordan was born July 23, 1963 in Asheboro the son of the late E. David and Roberta Jordan. "Op" owned and operated A-1 Sheet Metal, and loved drag racing cars in his spare time. He is survived by his mother: Roberta Jordan of Asheboro;...
Joan Hahn Shackelford
Feb 21, 2015
Joan Hahn Shackelford, age 86, of Asheboro died Saturday, February 21, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Shackelford was born in Greensboro, NC and grew up in Richmond, VA. She earned her Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education at Longwood College in Farmville, VA, where she was a member of the Pi Kappa Sigma Sorority. Joan was employed as an elementary school...
Juanita Johnson Daniels
Feb 21, 2015
Juanita Dardy Johnson Daniels, age 91, the loving daughter of the late James A. and Goldie Thompson Dardy, died Saturday, February 21, 2015 at Woodland Hills of Asheboro. Juanita Elizabeth named for a music teacher and the popular song of the day, "Juanita", spent her childhood in Chapel Hill and Hillsborough. She lived in Sanford and Randleman until moving to...
Rev. Leon D. Fowler
Feb 19, 2015
Rev. Leon D. Fowler went to Heaven Thursday morning, February 19, 2015 at Randolph Hospice House in Asheboro. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, February 21, 2015 at High Pine Wesleyan Church with his pastor, Dr. Terry L. Matthews and Rev. Todd Leach officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends...
Madge Caviness Poole
Feb 19, 2015
Madge Caviness Poole , age 97, of Autumn Care of Mocksville, N.C. , died Thursday, February 19, 2015 at Forsyth Hospital in Winston Salem, N.C. Mrs. Caviness Poole was born May 25, 1917 in Sanford, N.C. , the daughter of Alonzo Alexander and Mattie Austin ( Maness) Williams. She retired after many years as Deli Manager at Food Line on...
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