Recent Obituaries from Star and Montgomery County, NC and Surrounding Areas
Sypraseuth Phouangphrachanh
Mar 31, 2020
Biscoe - Sypraseuth Phouangphrachanh, age 43, passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at FirstHealth Moore Regional in Pinehurst. Bud was born in Laos on April 8, 1976 to Khounsey and Leuth SriratanakoulPhouangphrachanh. He was a former police officer at Candor, was a 14-year veteran of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, was a School Resource Officer at East and West Middle...
Ronald Ervin Thompson
Mar 24, 2020
Seagrove - Ronald Ervin Thompson, age 72, known to his family and friends as "Ronnie", passed away surrounded by his family on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, at his home after receiving an unexpected diagnosis of cancer on March 6. Ronnie was born in Moore County on May 6, 1947 to Edmond Ervin and Nora Rachel Vanhoy Thompson. He was a...
Kelly Wade Pasour
Mar 21, 2020
Kelly Wade Pasour, age 58, of Star passed away Saturday, March 21, 2020 at his home. Mr. Pasour was born October 23, 1961 in Randolph County, the son of Kelly Ford Pasour and Veta Lois (Sykes) Pasour. He was employed by Klaussner Furniture as a Truck Driver. He is survived by his wife: Donna (King) Pasour of the home; two...
Cathy Ann Mannion
Mar 20, 2020
Cathy Ann Morris Mannion, age 63, of Jackson Springs passed away on Friday, March 20, 2020 at her home. Mrs. Mannion was born July 5, 1956 in Montgomery County, NC, the daughter of the late Daniel Franklin Morris and the late Alice (Bailey) Morris. Cathy was a homemaker, a loving wife, mother, sister, and a friend to many who always...
Claude Richard Wright
Mar 14, 2020
Seagrove - Claude Richard Wright, age 77, passed away Saturday, March 14, 2020, at his home. Mr. Wright was born at the Barnes-Griffin Clinic in Asheboro on September 13, 1942 to Clarence Wayne and Sylvia Brown Wright. He was a 1961 graduate of Seagrove High School. He was retired from Luck's, Inc., worked at Montgomery County Waste Site in Ether...
Larry Ray McNeill
Mar 12, 2020
Seagrove - Larry Ray McNeill, age 62, passed away Thursday, March 12, 2020, after a courageous battle with cancer surrounded by his family. Larry was born in Montgomery County on December 29, 1957 to Floyd John and Zelma Lee Lynthacum McNeill. He was the plant manager at H & H Furniture. He loved his family, the mountains, doing woodworking, and...
James Allen Loflin
Mar 7, 2020
Star - James Allen Loflin, age 36, lost his courageous battle with cancer on Saturday, March 7, 2020, at his home. Allen was born in Moore County on December 4, 1983, to James Calvin Loflin and Monette Eggleston Ayers. He was a member of Shady Grove Christian Church, taught Sunday School, worked for L.M.C. Services, and coached Little League baseball....
Billy Joe Carter
Mar 3, 2020
Troy - Billy Joe Carter, age 60, passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at his home in Okeewemee. Billy was born in Montgomery County on March 14, 1959 to James Wallace Carter, Jr. and Lucille Williamson Carter. He was the Knitting & Control manager at Alandale in Troy. He was preceded in death by his father. He is survived by...
Carl Junior Maness
Feb 18, 2020
Biscoe - Carl Junior Maness, age 91, passed away on Tuesday, February 18, 2020, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Maness was born in Montgomery County on June 24, 1928 to Dillum Ruffin and Nancy Hurley Maness. He was retired from the card room at Springs Aileen Plant Inc. and was a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church. His...
Reid Freeman
Feb 17, 2020
Eagle Springs - Reid Freeman, age 81, passed away Monday, February 17, 2020, at his home. Mr. Freeman was born in Moore County on October 22, 1938, to Raymond Edgar and Gladys Ruth Bailey Freeman. He was a graduate of West End High School, lifelong farmer, and worked for McDonald Brother's for 25 years. He attended Big Oak Christian Church...
Robert Franklin "Bobby" East, Jr.
Feb 13, 2020
Mt. Airy - Robert Franklin "Bobby" East, Jr., age 47, passed away Thursday, February 13, 2020, at Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. East was born in Moore County on November 22, 1972, to Robert Franklin East, Sr. and Mary Florina Britt East Jenks. He was employed with Hanes Brand, Inc. His father preceded him in death. He is survived...
Drema Ellen Jones May
Feb 13, 2020
Robbins - Drema Ellen Jones May, age 55, passed away Thursday, February 13, 2020, at her home. Mrs. May was born May 24, 1964 in Logan County, WVA to Robert Jones and Helen Adele Price Jones Taylor. She was a retail store manager. She loved sewing, quilting, fishing, spending time with her grandbabies, taking care of everyone else, and spending...
Noah Harrison Reeder
Feb 8, 2020
Troy - Noah Harrison Reeder, age 91, passed away Saturday, February 8, 2020, at FirstHealth Montgomery Memorial Hospital in Troy. Mr. Reeder was born in Randolph County on April 27, 1928, to Russell and Leslie Mae Phillips Reeder. He was retired from Capel Rug Mill. He was the oldest living member of the Reeder family. In addition to his parents,...
Sara Anna Shuping Monroe
Dec 30, 2019
Biscoe - Sara Anna Shuping Monroe, age 69, passed away Monday, December 30, 2019, at Autumn Care Nursing & Rehabilitation in Biscoe. Sara was born in Montgomery County on March 16, 1950, to Zebulon Vance and Ethel Maness Shuping. She worked in food service at Samarcand Manor. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her daughter,...
Stephen Hoyt Lassiter
Dec 20, 2019
Star - Stephen Hoyt Lassiter, age 71, passed away Friday, December 20, 2019 at FirstHealth Reid Heart Center in Pinehurst. Mr. Lassiter was born in Randolph County on August 29, 1948, to Hoyt and Hazel Margaret Wise Lassiter. He was a veteran of the US Air Force, where he served during the Vietnam Conflict and was a retired clerk/salesman with...
William Howard Allred
Dec 13, 2019
Robbins – William Howard Allred, 76, passed away Friday, December 13, 2019, at his home.
Mr. Allred was born in Moore County on August 13, 1943, to Daus Engram and Bertie Mae Bruce Allred. He was retired from Russell Hosiery Mill with 35 years of service.
His parents preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife, Ann Albright Allred, of the...
Margaret Lee Lyon Nichols
Nov 24, 2019
Star - Margaret Lee Lyon Nichols, age 82, passed away Sunday, November 24, 2019, at Randolph Health in Asheboro surrounded by her loving family.
Mrs. Nichols was born in Montgomery County on October 17, 1937, to Benjamin Harrison and Bessie Mae Lucas Lyon. She was a retired hosiery mill worker. She was a loving mother and grandmother.
She was preceded in death...
Max Gene Cagle
Nov 13, 2019
Seagrove - Max Gene Cagle, age 83, Steeds Community, passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2019, at Randolph Hospice House in Asheboro with his family by his side.
The family will receive friends from 6 – 8 p.m., Friday, November 15, at Phillips Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 16, at New Center Christian Church with Rev....
James Thomas "J.T." Allen
Nov 12, 2019
Star - James Thomas "J.T." Allen, age 82, passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2019, at FirstHealth Hospice House in Pinehurst.
J.T. was born in Randolph County on February 22, 1937, to James Harley and Lucy Mae Morgan Allen. He was the vice president of Troy Lumber Sales, Inc. in Norman. He was a veteran of the US Navy and a mason...
Elizabeth Ruth Parker Bullins
Nov 3, 2019
Biscoe - On Sunday, November 3, 2019, Elizabeth Ruth Parker, surrounded by family, passed peacefully away. Beloved by so many, her passing leaves a void in our hearts. Most graciously however, she leaves a divine trove of memories for those who knew her as an ever-loving mother, a doting grandmother, a caring sister, and a beautiful strong-willed woman.
Born in Mt....