Obituaries

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

Phyllis June Haywood

Phyllis June Haywood

Phyllis June Haywood, 73, of 33426 Bethany Woods Rd., Albemarle, died Sunday, August 18, 2013 at Bethany Woods Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Graveside service will be held at 2:00 pm, Wednesday, August 21, at Biscoe Cemetery with the Rev. James Brown officiating. Ms. Haywood was a native of Tennessee born to Roy and Jessie Mae Smith Bain. She had previously...

Larry Joe Greene

Larry Joe Greene

Biscoe - Larry Joe Greene, Jr., 53, of 199 Ball Park Road, died Sunday, July 28, 2013, at his mother's residence. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at Candor Cemetery with the Rev. Mike E. Holyfield officiating. Mr. Greene was born in Montgomery County to Larry Joe Greene, Sr. and Ernestine Donathan Greene...

Robert Clausen Perkins

Robert Clausen Perkins

Bessemer City - Robert Clausen Perkins, 68, of 1244 Harbin Court, died Sunday, December 8, 2013. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Mr. Perkins was born in Richmond County to Fred Perkins, Sr., and Oliver Odessa Jackson Perkins. He was a member of Dallas Church of God and was a retired construction plumber. In addition to...

Billie Joe Latham

Billie Joe Latham

Asheboro - Billie "Bill" Joe Latham, 44, of 5529 New Hope Church Road, died Saturday, June 22, 2013. A graveside service will be held at 4:00 PM, Tuesday, June 25, at Freeman Family Cemetery in Star with the Rev. Thurman Williams officiating. Mr. Latham was born in Montgomery County. He loved to fish, go camping, and loved his family and...

George Van Williams

George Van Williams

George Van Williams, 70, of Eagle Springs, died Saturday, November 7, 2015 at his residence. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 pm, Tuesday, November 10, at Browns Chapel Christian Church Cemetery. Mr. Williams was born in Moore County to Archie Clarence and Cora Lee Sheffield Williams. He was a heavy equipment operator. Surviving are his wife, Helen Deaton...

Lennie Garner

Lennie Garner

Lennie Garner, 86, of Robbins died on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at his residence. A graveside service will be held 2:00 pm Monday, December 8, at Dover Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Gary Waisner officiating. Mr. Garner was born on January 26, 1928 in Randolph County to Joe and Mima Catherine Williamson Garner. He had been a textile worker; and,...

Grace Dean Wiles Criscoe

Grace Dean Wiles Criscoe

Grace Dean Wiles Criscoe, 78, formerly of Star, of 213 Tanglewood Court, Ridgeway, SC, died Sunday, March 20, 2011 at UPAC - Tanglewood. Graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, March 25, 2011, at Biscoe Cemetery with the Rev. Larry Beaver officiating. Mrs. Criscoe was born in Wilkes County, NC to Marvin Theodore and Grace Florence Holland Wiles....

Christopher Grant Ritter

Christopher Grant Ritter

Star - Christopher Grant Ritter, 38, of Mabe Road, died Tuesday, December 30, 2014, at UNC Hospitals. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, January 3, 2015, at Garner Family Cemetery, North Moore Road, Robbins with the Rev. Ralph Smith officiating. Mr. Ritter was born in Moore County to Tina Marie Ritter, who preceded him in death....

Debra Jean Comer

Debra Jean Comer

Winston-Salem - Debra Jean Comer, 57, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina died on Tuesday, October 18, 2010, after a short illness. She is the daughter of Ernestine Brewer Comer of Seagrove, NC. She was preceded in death by her father, Robert L. Comer, and brothers, Stanley R. Comer, Van M. Comer, and Christopher H. Comer, all formerly of Seagrove. She is...

Guy Lamonds

Guy Lamonds

Star - Guy Lamonds, known as "Pa Guy" to his girls, 80, of US Highway 220 Alt N, passed away Sunday, January 4, 2015, at Randolph Hospital with his loved ones by his side. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, January 7, 2015, at Star Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Grant Hoffman officiating. Interment will be in...

Vernon Curtis Comer

Vernon Curtis Comer

Seagrove - Vernon Curtis Comer, 77, of 264 Shady Curve Road, died Sunday, February 20, 2011, at his residence. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, February 23, 2011, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mark Myers and Rev. Arnold Comer officiating. Interment will be in Grace Baptist Temple Church Cemetery. Mr. Comer was born in...

Lovella McNeill Spivey

Lovella McNeill Spivey

Lovella McNeill Spivey, 84, of Seagrove died Sunday, November 9, 2014 at her residence. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday, November 11, at Victory Baptist Church in Seagrove with the Rev. Dr. Charles R. Fleshman officiating. Interment will be in Union Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Spivey was born in Alamance County to Vernon T. and Fairy...

William Elmer Sanders

William Elmer Sanders

Robbins - William Elmer Sanders, 83, of Ray Road, died Sunday, September 13, 2015, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. A graveside service will be held at 4:00 PM, Sunday, September 20, 2015, at Brown's Chapel Christian Church Cemetery with military honors provided by the Randolph County Honor Guard. He is survived by his son, William Patrick Sanders, of...

Jesse Blaine McCaskill

Jesse Blaine McCaskill

Jesse Blaine McCaskill, age 85, of 917 McCaskill Road, Biscoe, died at his residence on March 28, 2009. Funeral will be held on Tuesday, March 31, at 2:00 pm at Macedonia Presbyterian Church, Candor, with the Rev. Mark Fisher officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. McCaskill was born in Montgomery County to Warnice Blaine...

Mary Grace Owenby Massey

Mary Grace Owenby Massey

Star - Mary Grace Owenby Massey, 88, died Friday, August 30, 2013, at Baaseiah Family Care Home. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, September 1, 2013, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Neal Parsons officiating. Mrs. Massey was a native of Edneyville, born to Zebulon and Lena Brown Owenby on June 12, 1925. She...

Doris Lee Needham VanHoy

Doris Lee Needham VanHoy

TROY - Mrs. Doris Lee Needham VanHoy, 84, passed away on Friday, July 25, 2014 at her home in Troy. A graveside service will be held Monday, July 28, at 2:00 pm at Southside Cemetery in Troy with Elder David Hogan officiating. Mrs. VanHoy was born November 2, 1929 and was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Houston...

Oliver Max Dunlap

Oliver Max Dunlap

Oliver "Max" Dunlap, 82, passed away on May 24, 2013 at FirstHealth Moore Regional. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am, May 27, at Bascom Chapel United Methodist Church where his body will lie in state one hour prior to the service. Officiating will be the Rev. Kjersti DeVries Lockhart. Burial will be in the church cemetery with masonic...

Naomi Lucas Nichols

Naomi Lucas Nichols

STAR - Naomi L. Nichols, 93, passed away Sunday, June 15, 2014 at North Pointe Assisted Living in Asheboro. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm, Wednesady, June 18, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with Elder John Wingfield officiating. Interment will be in Suggs Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, 1971 Ether Rd., Star. Mrs. Nichols was born January 26,...

Eron Odessa Campbell Sanders

Eron Odessa Campbell Sanders

Eron Odessa Campbell Sanders, age 89, of Biscoe, N.C., died Saturday, April 25, 2009, at Autumn Care of Biscoe. Funeral service will be 2:00 pm, Monday, April 27, at Community Baptist Church, Currie Road, Candor, with the Rev. Fred Richardson and Rev. Jimmy Shirlen officiating. Interment will be in McCallum Family Cemetery, McCallum Road, Candor. Mrs. Sanders was a native...

Sara Floydette Lindsey Decker

Sara Floydette Lindsey Decker

Mt. Gilead - Sara Floydette Lindsey Decker, 57, of 155 Forest Hill Village Road, died Sunday, January 23, 2011, at her residence. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, January 26, 2011, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. James Brewer officiating. She was a native of Broome County, NY. She was predeceased by her father,...