Obituaries

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

Charles William Threadgill

Charles William Threadgill

Star - Charles William Threadgill, 61, of 153 First Street, died Tuesday, January 29, 2013, at his residence. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, February 2, 2013, at Candor Cemetery with the Rev. Bobby Brock officiating. He was born in Montgomery County to Albert Porter and Ina Bullard Threadgill. He was a saw mill machine operator....

Dennis Paige Harrelson

Dennis Paige Harrelson

Star - Dennis Paige Harrelson, 60, of King Street, died Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at his residence. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, July 11, 2015, at Guiding Light Baptist Church with the Rev. Bill Bean and Dr. Bruce Dickerson officiating. Interment will be in Biscoe Cemetery. Dennis was born in Randolph County to Gurney LeRoy Harrelson...

John Henry Myrick

John Henry Myrick

John H. Myrick Seagrove - John Henry Myrick, age 59, of 6076 Susan Drive, died Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at Randolph Hospital. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, January 16, 2008, at Pine Grove Baptist Church, where he was a member, with the Rev. Bill Reynolds and the Rev. Lowell Brown officiating. Burial will follow in the...

Ruby Lillian Auman Owens

Ruby Lillian Auman Owens

Ruby Lillian Auman Owens, age 102, of 308 Harris Drive, Candor,died Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at FirstHealth Montgomery Memorial Hospital in Troy. Graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, August 28, 2009, at Ether United Methodist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Jimmy Shirlen officiating. She was a native of Montgomery County and a former hosiery mill worker. Surviving...

Herbert Edward Hussey

Herbert Edward Hussey

Mr. H. Edward Hussey, age 80, of 1600 S. Hwy. 705 , Seagrove, died Friday, August 28, 2009. Funeral will be held 2:00 pm Monday, August 31, at Dover Baptist Church, 2527 Dover Road, Seagrove, with Dr. Don Davis and Rev. Lonnie Gibson officiating. Interment will be in Dover Baptist Church Cemetery with full military rites by Randolph Honor Guard....

Effie Elizabeth Terry

Effie Elizabeth Terry

Troy - Effie Elizabeth Watts Terry, 74, of 231 Substation Road, died Sunday, June 10, 2012, at Randolph Hospice House. Graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, June 12, 2012, at Long Hill Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Marion Poythress officiating. She was born of Richmond, VA to Harold and Ollie Mae Privette Watts and was a...

Willie Parks Owens

Willie Parks Owens

Mrs. Willie Parks Owens, 88, of 4035 NC Hwy. 134 N., Star, died Friday, July 15, 2011 at Autumn Care of Biscoe. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, July 18, 2011, at Suggs Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Ether Road, Star, with the Rev. Mark Holder officiating. Mrs. Owens was born in Montgomery County to Charlie...

Bob R. Hall

Bob R. Hall

Bobby R. Hall Kernersville - Bobby Reece Hall, age 75, of 314 Windsor Manor Way Unit C, died Thursday, December 25, 2008, at his residence. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, January 3, 2009, at Greystone Baptist Church with the Rev. Andy Groce officiating. Mr. Hall was born in Chatham County. He was a Korean War...

D. R. Sanders

D. R. Sanders

David Rufus "D. R." Sanders, 79, formerly of Eagle Springs died Sunday, May 23, 2010 at Autumn Care of Biscoe where he was a resident. Funeral service will be held at 4:00 PM, Tuesday, May 25, 2010, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Hubert McLeod officiating. Interment will follow in Browns Chapel Christian Church Cemetery, Robbins, NC. Mr....

Phillip Melton Saunders

Phillip Melton Saunders

High Point - Phillip Melton Saunders, 68, died after a long illness with Parkinson's, on Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at the Triad Care and Rehabilitation Center in High Point. He was born in Newport News, Virginia, to Price and Ora Melton Saunders. He attended UNC at Chapel Hill. Phillip served in the U.S. Navy as a Communication Specialist. He was...

Edward Carson Williams

Edward Carson Williams

Star - Edward Carson Williams, 73, of 521 Owens Street, died Thursday, August 30, 2012, at his residence. A private family funeral service is planned. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Mr. Williams was born in Moore County to Aster Carson and Estella Grace Britt Williams. He was a retired hosiery mill machinist. He is survived...

Roger Len Freeman

Roger Len Freeman

Roger Len Freeman, Sr., 49, of 1972 Hwy. 109 N, Troy, died Sunday, June 27, 2010 at his residence. Graveside services will be held at 4:00 PM, Wednesday, June 30, at Biscoe Cemetery with Rev. Jeanette Parsons and Rev. Robert Bankston officiating. He was a native of Montgomery County and a logger. Mr. Freeman was predeceased by his daughter, Rachel...

Betty Williamson Henley

Betty Williamson Henley

Biscoe - Betty Williamson Henley, 113 Craven Street, passed away at her home on Wednesday, February 12, 2014, surrounded by close family and friends. Betty is survived by her loving husband of over 52 years, Roy Johnson Henley of the home, daughter, Kimberly Henley Martin (Gregg) of Suffolk VA., son Michael Gary Henley (Rebecca) of Gaithersburg, MD, and son Roy...

Sara Evelyine Brown

Sara Evelyine Brown

Seagrove - Sara Evelyine Brown, 75, formerly of Adams Road, died Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at Autumn Care of Biscoe. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM, Friday, June 17, 2011, at Mt. Zion Wesleyan Church Cemetery, where she was a member, with the Rev. Mark Moore officiating. Mrs. Brown was born in Montgomery County to Archie Calvin...

Samuel Hurley

Samuel Hurley

Samuel "Gene" Hurley, Sr., age 82, formerly of 819 Hurley Farm Road, Star, died Saturday, September 26, 2009 at Autumn Care of Biscoe. Funeral will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, September 28, at Macedonia United Methodist Church in the Abner Community with Rev. Ron Scott officiating. Interment will be in Macedonia United Methodist Church Cemetery with military honors. Mr....

Wanda Kay Britt

Wanda Kay Britt

Biscoe - Wanda Kay Morrison Britt, 59, died Thursday, March 14, 2013, at Autumn Care of Biscoe. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, March 17, 2013, at Cross Hill Cemetery in Carthage with the Rev. Tim Beck officiating. She was born in Moore County to Carl Edward and Mattie Pearl Nunnery Morrison. She was a former...

Celestine Hanlon Dodge

Celestine Hanlon Dodge

Celestine Hanlon Dodge Celestine Hanlon Dodge, age 90, of Petoskey, Michigan, died October 14, 2008, at Boulder Park Terrace in Charlevoix, Michigan. Celestine was born on September 10, 1918, in Ghent, Kentucky, the daughter of Perry and Leontine (Keene) Hanlon and was raised in North Carolina. She graduated from Star High School in Star, NC and later received an Associates...

Roxie Elizabeth Freeman

Roxie Elizabeth Freeman

Roxie E. Freeman Biscoe - Roxie Elizabeth Freeman, 82, of 369 Auman Road, died Saturday, November 15, 2008, at FirstHealth Montgomery Memorial Hospital in Troy. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, November 17, 2008, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. E. Mark Roberson officiating. Burial will follow in the Star House of Praise Cemetery. She...

Helen K. Brewer

Helen K. Brewer

Helen K. Brewer Seagrove - Helen Kennedy Brewer, 68, of 1347 Willie Road, died Wednesday, October 22, 2008, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, October 24, 2008, at Dover Baptist Church, where she was a member, with Dr. Don Davis officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. She was...

Carolyn Lewis Coggins

Carolyn Lewis Coggins

Biscoe - Carolyn Lewis Coggins, 68, of 582 Coggins Road, died Monday, June 13, 2011, at her residence. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, June 16, 2011, at Coggins Family Cemetery with the Rev. Jimmy Shirlen officiating. Mrs. Coggins was born New Hanover County to Edgar Bowman Lewis and Dorothy G. Londeree Lewis. She was a...