Obituaries

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

Frances Nall Brewer Rush

Frances Nall Brewer Rush

Eagle Springs - Frances Nall Brewer Rush, 80, died Friday, February 22, 2013, at her residence. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, February 24, 2013, at Pine Grove Baptist Church, where she was a lifetime member, with the Rev. Billy Reynolds officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Rush was born on January 4, 1933...

Steve Everett Carpenter

Steve Everett Carpenter

Steve Everett Carpenter, 66, of Elizabeth City, died on Friday, January 9, 2009, at his residence. A memorial graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, August 15, 2009, at Leach Cemetery, Dameron Street, Star with the Rev. Martin Davis officiating. He was a native of Kentucky and was a veteran of the US Navy. He was preceded in...

James M. Kinney

James M. Kinney

Biscoe - Jim Melton "James" Kinney, 69, of 770 Post Office Road, died Monday, April 16, 2012, at his residence. Graveside service will be held at 1:00 PM, Friday, April 20, 2012, at Salisbury National Cemetery in Salisbury with Chaplain Reuben Washington officiating. He was born in Kenosha County, Wisconsin to Clifford and Angus Youmans Kinney. He was a former...

Wilton Lee Hancock

Wilton Lee Hancock

Wilton Lee Hancock, 77, Robbins, died Saturday, February 14, 2015, at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm, Monday, at Brown's Chapel Christian Church, Robbins, with Rev. Jeff Karnes and Rev. Gary Waisner officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Born in Moore County on May 27, 1937 to Hurley and...

William Samuel Jackson

William Samuel Jackson

William Samuel "Sammy" Jackson, 60, died unexpectedly on Friday, February 20, 2015, at his home in Biscoe. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 pm, Monday, February 23, at the West Montgomery High School Auditorium with Rev. Mike Greene officiating followed by Masonic rites. Born on September 18, 1954 to Floyd and Flora Mae Lewis Jackson, he was a...

Eunice Parsons Brewer

Eunice Parsons Brewer

Star - Eunice Parsons Brewer, 86, of 140 East Bank Street, died Tuesday, April 10, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, April 12, 2012, at Browns Chapel Christian Church with the Rev. Hubert McLeod and Rev. Michael Parenti officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Brewer was born in Montgomery...

Otha James

Otha James

STAR - Mr. Otha James, 96, formerly of 767 McBride Lumber Road, Star, NC, died Monday, January 13, 2014 at Autumn Care of Biscoe. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, January 16, at White Oak Springs Primitive Baptist Church with Elder David Hogan officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. James was born in Stokes...

Mitchell Ray Beane

Mitchell Ray Beane

Mr. Mitchell Ray Beane, Sr., 59, of 1324 Black Ankle Rd. , Star, died Saturday, April 2, 2011 at his residence. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Monday, April 4, at Big Oak Church of God, Black Ankle Road, Star, with the Rev. Tim Beck and Rev. Billy Chriscoe officiating. Interment, with military honors provided by Randolph Co....

Ector Britt Kinney

Ector Britt Kinney

Ector Britt Kinney, 91, of Star, North Carolina died on Friday, January 30, 2015, at FirstHealth Montgomery in Troy. Born Friday, June 29, 1923, she was the daughter of the late John Gainey Britt and the late Viola Ector Eaton Britt. She was the wife of the late Alfred Kinney. She was a homemaker. Surviving are son, Ronald Kinney, Sr....

Julie Simmons Shepherd

Julie Simmons Shepherd

Julie Simmons Shepherd, age 43, of 2556 Troy-Candor Road, Candor, died Sunday, August 9, 2009 at Randolph Hospital. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, August 12, 2009, at Faith Baptist Church, where she was a member, with Rev. Martin E. Davis officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. She was a native of Montgomery County and...

Robert L. Johnson

Robert L. Johnson

Robert L. Johnson, 72, died April 12, 2011, with his family by his side in Mt. Gilead, NC. A funeral service will be held at 4:00 PM Friday, April 15, 2011, at Page Memorial UMC with the Rev. Duke C. Lackey and Rev. Kjersti DeVries officiating. Burial will follow in Biscoe Cemetery. Robert was born August 10, 1938, in Hartsville,...

Ruth Brewer Kennedy

Ruth Brewer Kennedy

Ruth Brewer Kennedy Star - Ruth Brewer Kennedy, age 81, of 2366 US 220 Alt N, died Friday, August 21, 2009, at her daughter's residence. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, August 23, 2009, at Dover Baptist Church, where she was a member, with Dr. Don Davis officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. She was...

Carolyn Williams Futrell

Carolyn Williams Futrell

Virginia Carolyn Williams Futrell, 70, of Candor died on October 24, 2014 at FirstHealth Hospice House following a sudden illness. Funeral service will be 2:00 pm Saturday, November 1, at Bensalem Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Dr. Mark Carver officiating. Born June 2, 1944 in Pinehurst, NC, she was the daughter of the late James and Geraldine Williams of Candor....

Rollin Norton

Rollin Norton

Troy - Rollin Norton, Jr., 88, of 195 Substation Road, died Friday, April 13, 2012, at Sandy Ridge Assisted Living. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, April 15, 2012, at Big Oak Church of God with the Rev. Tim Beck and Rev. Billy Ray Chriscoe officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. He was born in...

Annie Gardner Davis

Annie Gardner Davis

Asheboro - Annie Gardner Davis, 79, of 2001 Lakeview Road, Asheboro, died Sunday, November 03, 2013 at Randolph Hospice House. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 am, Tuesday, November 5, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be in Dover Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Davis was born in Montgomery County to Jessie Clyde and Daisy Geneva Thompson Gardner. She...

Johnny Clark York

Johnny Clark York

Eagle Springs - Johnny Clark York, 79, of 7483 NC Hwy 705, died Monday, April 18, 2011, at his residence. Funeral service will be held at 4:00 PM Wednesday, April 20, 2011, at Unity Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Terry Warren officiating. Interment will follow with military honors provided by the Randolph County Honor Guard in the Tabernacle UMC...

Lena Estelle Kennedy Davis

Lena Estelle Kennedy Davis

SEAGROVE - Lena Estelle Kennedy Davis, 76, of 1924 Adams Road, Seagrove, died Saturday, January 11, 2014 at her home. Mrs. Davis was born in Randolph County to George and Michie Owens Kennedy. She retired from Clayson Knitting Co., where she was a knitter. She was a member of Mt. Zion Wesleyan Church. Estelle loved her family, enjoyed spending time...

Carolyn Mease Paty

Carolyn Mease Paty

Dunedin, Florida - Carolyn Mease Paty died on November 3, 2013, in Candor, North Carolina. Carolyn was born in Dunedin, Florida on January 8, 1928, daughter of Dr. John Andrew Mease, Jr and Gladys Bowen Mease. She attended Clearwater High School, Florida State College for Women, and graduated from Emory University School of Nursing. In 1953, she married Dr. Philip...

Coy June Spivey

Coy June Spivey

Biscoe - Coy June Spivey, 87, died Thursday, April 12, 2012, at Autumn Care of Biscoe. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, April 14, 2012, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Clyde Allen officiating. Interment will be in Laurel Hill Baptist Church Cemetery with military honors by the Randolph County Honor Guard. Mr. Spivey was...

William Domas Brewer

William Domas Brewer

Eagle Springs - William Domas "Bill" Brewer, 72, of Eagle Springs, passed away on August 30, 2012. He was born in Newport News, Virginia, on September 14, 1939. He graduated from Newport News High School in 1957; the Norfolk College of William and Mary (now Old Dominion University) in 1962; and received an M.A. degree from the University of Virginia...