Recent Obituaries from Asheboro, North Carolina
Lynda Gayle Petty
Mar 25, 2014
LYNDA GAYLE OWENS PETTY March 6, 1942 - March 25, 2014 Lynda Gayle Owens Petty, 72, one of the first women of NASCAR and its most beloved wife, mother and friend, passed away peacefully at her home in Level Cross, North Carolina today. She was surrounded by her family. Affectionately known as "Mrs. Lynda" to so many, Lynda Petty set...
Helen Cooper Kearns
Mar 24, 2014
Helen Cooper Kearns, age 81, of Asheboro died Monday, March 24, 2014 at Randolph Hospital. Ms. Kearns was born in Randolph County on May 9, 1932 to Charlie and Dora Hughes Cooper. She was retired from Brian Center. Helen was a member of New Union United Methodist Church, where she was a former Sunday school teacher. In addition to her...
Mae Staley Overton
Mar 23, 2014
Mae Florence Staley Overton, age 89, formerly of Troy died Sunday, March 23, 2014 at Bethany Woods Nursing & Rehab Center, Albemarle. Mrs. Overton was born May 28, 1924 at Troy, NC the daughter of Alexander and Anna Dell Hollingsworth Staley. She was a member of Forks of Little River Baptist Church and a homemaker. She is preceded in death...
Eloise Johnson Poe
Mar 23, 2014
Eloise Smith Johnson Poe, long-time resident of Asheboro, was born April 19, 1919, and passed away peacefully in Asheboro, on Sunday, March 23, 2014, at the age of 94, after a long, happy, and productive life. Mrs. Poe spent her early life in Kipling and Bailey, North Carolina, before moving to Greensboro, where she attended college at Woman's College of...
Susan Lowdermilk Burroughs
Mar 22, 2014
Susan Lowdermilk Burroughs (sometimes known as Granny Susan), age 100, died Saturday, March 22nd at Springmoor Life Care Retirement Community in Raleigh. She was born June 21, 1913 to Abijah and Coney Lowdermilk in Seagrove, N.C. She married Paul Leach Burroughs June 30, 1934. They had a son, Paul, and a daughter, Sue. The couple moved to Raleigh when Paul...
Faye Davis
Mar 22, 2014
Brenda Faye Davis, age 71 of Thomasville, previously of Sophia died Saturday, March 22nd at her home. Born in Asheboro she was the daughter of John H. Freeman and Alice Smith Freeman. She was a 1961 graduate of Asheboro High School, a homemaker, and was predeceased by her husband, Jerry Davis. She is survived by a daughter Sharon Thomas and...
Gurney Leroy Harrelson
Mar 21, 2014
Rev. Gurney Leroy Harrelson, age 85, of Asheboro died Friday, March 21, 2014 at Universal Health Care of Ramseur, Ramseur. Rev. Harrelson was born October 6, 1928 in Randolph County, the son of Levi and Ollie Millikan Harrelson. Rev. Harrelson served in World War II as a Seaman Second Class in the US Navy. He was a member of East...
Mary Kathleen Langley
Mar 20, 2014
After a brief illness, Mary Kathleen Langley, 92, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 20, 2014 while at Universal Health Care in Ramseur. She was born May 11, 1921 in Greensboro, NC and was the daughter of the late Myrtle A. Murray Fields and Henry L. Fields both of Chatham County, NC. Survivors include her children...
Nancy Chisholm
Mar 20, 2014
Nancy Hussey Chisholm, 73, of Asheboro, passed away Thursday, March 20, 2014 at Universal Health Care in Ramseur. She was born October 10, 1940 in Robbins, NC, to Newton and Pearl Hussey. She married Daniel Lacy Chisholm Jr. on April 20, 1968, and he survives. Also surviving are her three daughters: Cathy Beason and husband Ken of Troy, Jody Terry...
Betty Lou Moffitt
Mar 18, 2014
Betty Brown Moffitt, age 77, of Ramseur went to be with her Savior on March 18, 2014. Mrs. Moffitt was born November 23, 1936, in Randolph County to Roy and Nellie Brown. She was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church and was retired from J. C. Penny's. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Moffitt was preceded in death by her...
Robert Alan Primm
Mar 18, 2014
Robert Alan "Rab" Primm, age 52, of Seagrove died Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at his home. Funeral services will be held on Friday, March 21, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at To God Be The Glory Ministries, 345 Chestnut St., Asheboro with Pastor Danny Jarrell officiating. Mr. Primm was a native of Miami Beach, FL and was recently employed with Terry's...
Doris Brewer
Mar 17, 2014
Doris was a native of Guilford County. She was born the 7th of October 1933 to Thomas Lemuel Myers and Margaret Rouse Myers. She lived many years in Randolph County. She kept in touch with her father's family and her mother's family until most passed away. She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, Thomas L. Myers, Jr.,...
Reid A. Shaw
Mar 17, 2014
Reid Alderman Shaw, age 84, of Asheboro died Monday, March 17, 2014 at Universal Health Care of Ramseur. Mr. Shaw was born January 22, 1930 in Guilford County to Earl and Deborah Hayworth Shaw. He was the owner and operator of Tie Rite Neckwear for over 40 years. Mr. Shaw enjoyed antiques cars and spent time restoring them. He was...
Juanita Sibbett
Mar 16, 2014
Mildred "Juanita" Sibbett, 84, of Randleman passed away on Sunday, March 16, 2014. She was born in St. Paul, North Carolina, on October 9, 1929, to Warren and Ruby Robinson. Ms. Sibbett and her late husband, Reverend Earl F. Sibbett, were involved in ministry in the Church of God (Cleveland, TN) for 60 years. She was a faithful pastor's wife,...
Joyce Ann Hibberts
Mar 13, 2014
Joyce Ann Whaler Hibberts, age 71, of Randleman died Thursday, March 13, 2014 at Randolph Hospice House, Asheboro. Mrs. Hibberts was born February 21, 1943 in the Panama Canal Zone. Joyce was the family genealogist and historian, researching her family tree back to the 17th century and finding many relatives living today all over the world. She loved to sew...
Clara Mae Pierce Wright
Mar 12, 2014
Clara Mae Pierce Wright, age 94, of Asheboro died Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at Clapp's Convalescent Nursing Home. The family will receive friends on Saturday, March 15, 2014 from 11:00 AM- 1:00 PM at Pugh Funeral Home, 437 Sunset Avenue, Asheboro, NC. Funeral services will follow on Saturday at 1:00 PM at the Pugh Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Billy...
Vassar Edwards Mattox
Mar 11, 2014
Vassar E. Mattox, a former resident of Troy, NC, went to be with the Lord on March 10, 2014 at the age of 92. She was born on July 10, 1921 in Atlanta, Georgia to Frederick and Vassar Gilbert Edwards. Vassar was a member of the First Baptist Church in Universal City, Texas and a prayer warrior for the First...
Doris Sue Hammett Brady
Mar 11, 2014
Doris Sue Hammett Brady, age 59, of Asheboro died Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at her home. Funeral services will be held on Friday, March 14, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at the Pugh Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gary Hill officiating. Burial will be in Randolph Memorial Park. Mrs. Brady was born in Randolph County on October 14, 1954 to Tommy...
Dwayne Farabee
Mar 10, 2014
Paul Dwayne Farabee, age 69, of Asheboro died Monday, March 10, 2014 at Liberty Lane Hospice in Salisbury. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 15, 2014 at 1:00 pm at Sawyersville Wesleyan Church, 157 Sawyersville Rd., Asheboro with Rev. Jeff Garner officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with military honors by the Randolph County Honor Guard....
Mary Holden Williams
Mar 9, 2014
Mary Beane Holden Williams, age 90, of Asheboro died Sunday, March 9, 2014 peacefully at her home. Mrs. Williams was born December 9, 1923 the daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Cora Newsome Beane. Mrs. Williams was a native of Randolph County. She was saved in 1942 while listening to Rev. Harold Loman on the radio. She loved the Lord and...
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