Asheboro Obituaries

Recent Obituaries from Asheboro, North Carolina

Virginia Williams Ward

Virginia Williams Ward

Jan 14, 2010

Virginia Williams Ward, age 90, of 3554 Old Liberty Rd., Franklinville died Thursday, January 14, 2010 at Randolph Hospital, Asheboro. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 2:00 PM at the Bethany United Methodist Church, 3650 Bethany Church Road, Franklinville, NC with Rev. Russell Brownworth officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Ward was...

Clifford Alan VanVliet

Clifford Alan VanVliet

Jan 14, 2010

Clifford Alan VanVliet, Sr., age 79, of 400 Vision Dr., Asheboro died Thursday, January 14, 2010 at Randolph Hospital, Asheboro. Funeral services will be held on Monday, January 18, 2010 at 11:00 AM at Friendship Baptist Church, 2235 Spero Road, Randleman with Rev. Tommy Kidd officiating. Burial will follow in Oaklawn Cemetery. Mr. VanVliet was born in Poughskeepsie, NY on...

Helen V. Ratledge

Helen V. Ratledge

Jan 13, 2010

Helen V. Ratledge, age 92, of 514 Vision Dr., Asheboro died Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at Carolina House of Asheboro. A graveside service will be held Friday, January 15, 2010 at 1:30 pm at Randolph Memorial Park. Mrs. Ratledge was a native of Tennessee and a longtime member of Balfour Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband,...

Henry Edward Linthicum

Henry Edward Linthicum

Jan 13, 2010

Henry Edward "Bunny" Linthicum, age 88, Spencer St., Randleman died Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at Randolph Health & Rehabilitation, Asheboro. Mr. Linthicum was a native of Guilford County and served in the US Navy in WWII. He was retired from the city of Randleman Water Plant and a member of First Wesleyan Church. Mr. Linthicum is preceded in death by...

Janice  Cotner

Janice Cotner

Jan 12, 2010

Janice Henderson Cotner, age 66, of 5915 Essex Trail, Pleasant Garden died Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at Randolph Hospital, Asheboro. Mrs. Cotner was a native of Guilford County and was retired from Dart Container in Randleman. She loved the beach, flowers and collecting pottery. Janice is preceded in death by her daughter, Teresa Staton and her brother, Allen Henderson. She...

Caroll Junior Stutts

Caroll Junior Stutts

Jan 11, 2010

Caroll Junior Stutts, age 63, of Seagrove died Monday, January 11, 2010 at Randolph Hospital, Asheboro. Funeral services will be held on Friday, January 15, 2010 at 2:00 PM at the Pugh Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Howard Moffitt and Pastor Darren Richardson officiating. Burial will be in the Union Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Stutts was a native of...

Joseph Tinty Upchurch

Joseph Tinty Upchurch

Jan 11, 2010

Joseph Tinty Upchurch, age 87, of 712 Worth St., Asheboro died Monday, January 11, 2010 at Randolph Hospital, Asheboro. A graveside service with military honors by the Randolph County Honor Guard will be held Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 2:30 pm at Oaklawn Cemetery with Rev. Carl Dunker and Rev. Tom Benedict officiating. Mr. Upchurch was a native of Moore...

Bernice Cagle Wright

Bernice Cagle Wright

Jan 10, 2010

Bernice Cagle Wright, age 72, formerly of Asheboro died Sunday, January 10, 2010 at Hinkle Hospice House, Lexington. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 2:00 PM at the Pugh Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tommy R. Kidd Sr. officiating. Burial will follow in Oaklawn Cemetery. Mrs. Wright was a native of Asheboro and was formerly...

Leona Catherine Carter

Leona Catherine Carter

Jan 6, 2010

Leona Catherine Johnson Carter, age 83, of 309 Freedom Dr., Asheboro died Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at Randolph Hospital, Asheboro. No funeral services are planned. Mrs. Carter was a native of Philadelphia, PA and a homemaker. She is survived by her daughters, Ellen Valentine Price of Asheboro, Janice Marie Carter of Las Vegas, NV; sons, John E. Sewell of Las...

George Frederick Reynolds

George Frederick Reynolds

Jan 6, 2010

George Frederick Reynolds, age 73, of 618 Oliver St., Ramseur died Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at Randolph Hospital, Asheboro. A memorial service will be held Saturday, January 9, 2009 at 2:00 pm at Pugh Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Perry Brown officiating. Mr. Reynolds was a native of New York, NY and an Air Force veteran of the Korean Conflict....

Janice Brookshire Vuncannon

Janice Brookshire Vuncannon

Jan 5, 2010

Janice Brookshire Vuncannon, age 72, of 565 Cedar Creek Rd, Biscoe died Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at First Health Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst. Mrs. Vuncannon was born July 3, 1937 in Montgomery County, NC, the daughter of Joseph Andrews and Jessie Ann (Brewer) Brookshire. She was a member of Family Worship Ministries and a retired employee of Klaussner Furniture Industries....

Lawrence Gordon Sours

Lawrence Gordon Sours

Jan 5, 2010

Lawrence G. Sours, age 95 of Farmville passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2010. He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Lewallen Sours. A native of Chatham, Virginia, and the youngest of William and Elizabeth Sours' 12 children, he is survived by his daughter, Llewellyn Sours Watson, and her husband, Hunter, of Farmville; his grandsons, Bradley Lawrence Watson and...

Rev. Carlos McKinley King

Rev. Carlos McKinley King

Jan 5, 2010

Rev. Carlos McKinley King, age 90, of 1165 Lexington Commons, Asheboro died Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at Hinkle Hospice House, Lexington. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 11:00 AM at the Sunset Avenue Church of God, 900 Sunset Ave., Asheboro with Pastor J. C. Miles, Rev. Tommy Fuquay, and Bishop Tommy McGhee officiating. Burial will...

Helen York  Spencer

Helen York Spencer

Jan 2, 2010

Helen York Spencer, Asheboro died Saturday, January 2, 2010 at Randolph Hospital, Asheboro. Mrs. Spencer graduated from Asheboro High School in 1933 and attended Woman's College in Greensboro where she received a business degree. Long active in church and civic affairs, Mrs. Spencer was a lifelong member of the First United Methodist Church in Asheboro, where she was a Sunday...

Gene Temples Wise

Gene Temples Wise

Jan 2, 2010

Eugene Temples "Gene" Wise, age 87, formerly of 540 Worthville Road, Randleman died Saturday, January 2, 2010 at Randolph Health & Rehabilitation, Asheboro. Mr. Wise was born September 9, 1922 at Randleman, NC the son of Carl B. and Bessie Williamson Wise. Gene was a native of Randleman, NC and served in the US Army Air Corp during WWII. He...

Evelyn Grimes Day

Evelyn Grimes Day

Jan 2, 2010

Evelyn Grimes Day, age 85, of 1306 Old Cox Road, Asheboro died Saturday, January 2, 2010 at Clapp's Nursing Center, Inc., Pleasant Garden. Mrs. Day was born August 4, 1924 the daughter of Doyle and Aimee Payne Grimes. Evelyn was a native of Houston, TX and a homemaker. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Asheboro and enjoyed bowling...

Billy Hayworth Alcon

Billy Hayworth Alcon

Jan 1, 2010

William "Billy" Hayworth Alcon, Jr., age 53, of Fairview Farm Road, Asheboro died Friday, January 1, 2010 at Randolph Hospital, Asheboro. Mr. Alcon was born April 1, 1956 in Naples, Italy, the son of William Hayworth and Shirley Underwood Alcon. He was a long time resident of Randolph County. Mr. Alcon was a bondsman for the last 14 years and...

Luther Eugene Brown, Jr.

Luther Eugene Brown, Jr.

Dec 29, 2009

Luther Eugene "Scooter" Brown, Jr., age 53, of 9373 US Hwy. 220 S., Seagrove died Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at Randolph Hospital, Asheboro. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, January 3, 2010 at 2:00 PM at Seagrove United Methodist Church, 225 W. Main St., Seagrove with Rev. Robert E. Dowling officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr....

Frances Blue Thompson

Frances Blue Thompson

Dec 27, 2009

Frances Blue Thompson, age 86, of 318 W. Chestnut St, Troy died Sunday, December 27, 2009 at her home. Mrs. Thompson was born August 12, 1923 in Montgomery County, NC, the daughter Charlie Clark and Bessie (Batten) Blue. She was an active member of First Baptist Church of Troy, a retired employee of Capel., Inc. and a member of the...

James Edward Shields

James Edward Shields

Dec 27, 2009

James Edward Shields, age 86, died Sunday, December 27, 2009. Mr. Shields was born July 27, 1923, the son of Orville Edward and Mary Collins Shields of Riverside, Rockbridge County, Virginia. Mr. Shields was a resident of Asheboro, NC and was a retired Sheet Metal Designer. He was a member of All Souls Anglican Church. He is preceded in death...