Obituaries

Recent Obituaries from Star and Montgomery County, NC and Surrounding Areas

Betty Maness Sanders

Betty Maness Sanders

Betty Maness Sanders, 77, of Robbins, died Friday, March 13, 2015 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Graveside service will be held 2:00 pm, Monday, March 16, at Brown's Chapel Christian Church Cemetery with the Rev. Jeff Karnes officiating. Mrs. Sanders was a native of Moore County and was predeceased by her father, Ray Maness. Surviving are her husband, William...

Ronald Lee Dunn

Ronald Lee Dunn

Mr. Ronald Lee Dunn, age 68, of Seagrove, N.C., died Saturday, December 20, 2008, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst, N.C. Funeral services will be held 2:00 pm Tuesday, December 23, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Union Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Seagrove. Mr. Dunn was born in Randolph County to Harley C. and Ella Mae Hancock...

James W. Hamilton

James W. Hamilton

Star - Rev. James W. Hamilton, 83, of 214 Harper Street, died Thursday, May 3, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, May 5, 2012, at Ether UMC with the Rev. Kay Boone, Rev. Patricia Sykes, and Rev. Jerry Martin officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery with Masonic...

Hilton Jones Cochran

Hilton Jones Cochran

TROY - Hilton Jones Cochran, Sr., 83, of 508 Broughton Street, Troy, died Friday, January 24, at his residence. His funeral will be held 2:00 pm, Monday, January 27, at Troy Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Frank Dew officiating. Interment will be in Ether United Methodist Church Cemetery with military rites. Mr. Cochran was born in Montgomery County to Homer...

Pauline Blake Ford

Pauline Blake Ford

Candor - Pauline Blake Ford, 84, of McCallum Road, Candor, died Tuesday, April 1, 2014, at her residence. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, April 3, 2014, at Macedonia Presbyterian Church Cemetery with the Rev. Clyde Allen officiating. Ms. Ford was born in Richmond County to Arnold and Fannie Edwards Chappell. She was a retired seamstress....

Blanche Bray Farlowe

Blanche Bray Farlowe

Robbins - Blanche Bray Farlowe, 101, died Wednesday, June 13, 2012, at Autumn Care of Biscoe. Mrs. Farlowe was born in Moore County to Elijah and Mary Ritter Bray. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charlie Farlowe, and her son, Horace. She is survived by her daughter, Mary Sue Woodard and husband, Billy, of...

James Thomas Macon

James Thomas Macon

Candor - James Thomas Macon, 78, died Monday, March 9, 2015, at FirstHealth Moore Regional in Pinehurst. A graveside service will be held at 4:00 PM, Thursday, March 12, 2015, at Candor Cemetery with the Rev. Gene Thomas officiating. Military honors will be provided by Randolph County Honor Guard. Mr. Macon was born in Randolph County to Pearl V. and...

Lelia Elizabeth Martin

Lelia Elizabeth Martin

Tampa, Florida - Lelia Elizabeth Martin, died on Monday, March 9, 2015. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, March 12, 2015, at Star United Methodist Church Cemetery. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, March 12, 2015, at Star United Methodist Church Cemetery.

Lucy Allen Stowe

Lucy Allen Stowe

Lucy Allen Stowe, age 83, of Hatteras, NC, died Friday, November 21, 2008, at Autumn Care of Biscoe. A service will be scheduled at a later date in Hatteras, NC. Miss Stowe was born in Hatteras, NC to Freeman Stowe and Lucy Allen Gaskill. She was a meteorologist in Dare County. She is survived by her sisters: Linda Farrow of...

Robert Lee Hunsucker

Robert Lee Hunsucker

Troy - Robert Lee Hunsucker, 83, of 2051 NC Hwy 109 North, died Wednesday, July 27, 2011, at his residence. Graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, July 30, 2011, at Lomax Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Wayne Lisenby and Rev. Chip Bryant officiating. He was born in Montgomery County to Arnold and Daisy Mae Smith...

Annie Pauline Gatlin Hare Bowman

Annie Pauline Gatlin Hare Bowman

Biscoe - Annie Pauline Gatlin Hare Bowman, 85, of Biscoe, died Sunday, April 13, 2014, at FirstHealth Montgomery Memorial. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, April 16, 2014, at Center Cross Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Bowman was born in Randolph County to William Thomas and Rosa Emma Deaton Gatlin. She retired from Springs Inc. Aileen Plant...

Verlene Maness Hamilton

Verlene Maness Hamilton

Mrs. Verlene Maness Hamilton, 81, of 401 Lambert Road, Biscoe, died Saturday, February 9, 2013. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, February 12, at Bible Pentecostal Holiness Church, Brown's Chapel Church Road, Robbins, with the Rev. James Haywood and Robert Scott officiating. Interment will be in Freeman Family Cemetery, Dog Patch Lane, Star. Mrs. Hamilton was born...

John Wesley Trantham

John Wesley Trantham

Ether - John W. Trantham, 69, of Ether, went to meet his heavenly maker on Thursday, February 20, 2014. Mr. Trantham was a poultry producer for Perdue Farms and was a veteran of the US Navy where he served six years. He loved growing beautiful flowers with his wife and also loved his little Yorkies. He was preceded in death...

Mitzi Morrow Kivett

Mitzi Morrow Kivett

Mitzi M. Kivett Star - Mitzi Morrow Kivett, 48, of 161 Depot Street, died Wednesday, December 3, 2008, at Stanly Regional Medical Center in Albemarle. Memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, December 5, 2008, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. George Bradshaw and the Rev. Carl Burrow officiating. She was born in Montgomery County, a...

Adam Michial Smith

Adam Michial Smith

Adam M. Smith Gladys, VA - Adam Michial Smith, 25, formerly of Seagrove, died Thursday, November 27, 2008, in Lynchburg, Virginia. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 3, 2008, at Star House of Praise with the Rev. Phil Staton officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Smith was a native of Moore County and was...

William McKinley Puckett

William McKinley Puckett

William McKinley "Ken" Puckett, 83, of Troy, NC died Sunday, March 16, 2014 at FirstHealth Moore Regional . A graveside service with military rites will be held at 4:00 PM, Wednesday, March 19, at West End Cemetery with the Rev. James Quesinbury officiating. Mr. Puckett was a native of Virginia born to Everette Garfield and Cora Bowman Puckett. He was...

Betty Jo Chriscoe Greene

Betty Jo Chriscoe Greene

Mrs. Betty Jo Chriscoe Greene, 60, of 163 Nathan Dr., Biscoe, died Saturday, February 2, 2013 at UNC Hospitals. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, February 5, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Hubert McLeod officiating. Interment will be in Britt-Deaton Cemetery, Auman Road, Biscoe. Mrs. Greene was born on March 4, 1952 to Simon...

Maude Stewart Ray

Maude Stewart Ray

Maude Stewart Ray, 86, of Biscoe, died Saturday, March 07, 2015 at FirstHealth Moore Regional . A private burial will be held at a later date. Mrs. Ray was born in Randolph County to Tommy Nathan and Hattie Mae Asbill Stewart. She worked as an inspector for hosiery manufacturing. Surviving are sons, Mitchell Johnson of Virginia, Tom Johnson of North...

Jimmy Cagle

Jimmy Cagle

James "Jimmy" Richard Cagle, age 63, of 707 Hancock Road, Seagrove, died Friday, December 18, 2009, at Randolph Hospital. No services are planned. He was born in Randolph County to Eugene and Mae Hancock Cagle. He was a frame shop machine operator. Surviving are: Wife: Pat Morton Kearns of the home Stepchildren: Ted Kearns of Biscoe Wendy Housley of Mt....

Donald Eugene Lambeth

Donald Eugene Lambeth

Star - Donald Eugene Lambeth, 71, of 135 Edgewood Circle, died Tuesday, July 26, 2011, at his residence. Graveside service will be held at 10:00 AM, Friday, July 29, 2011, at Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery, Spring Lake with a US Air Force Chaplain officiating. He was born in High Point to Eugene and Vera Nora Mae Staton Lambeth and was...