Obituaries

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

Marcus Lee Lynthacum

Marcus Lee Lynthacum

Marcus L. Lynthacum Biscoe - Marcus Lee Lynthacum, age 36, of 106 Arthur Drive, died Saturday, February 21, 2009, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, February 25, 2009, at Southside Cemetery in Troy, with the Rev. William Arnold Sanders officiating. He was a native of Lee County and was a...

Jimmy Richard Sheffield

Jimmy Richard Sheffield

Jimmy Richard Sheffield, 65, formerly of Ether, died Saturday, May 16, 2009 at Autumn Care of Biscoe. A graveside service will be held 11:00 am Tuesday, May 19, at Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery, Jackson Springs with the Rev. Martin Davis officiating. The family will receive friends at the gravesite. Mr. Sheffield was born in Moore County to Noah...

Charlie Sherrell Brooks

Charlie Sherrell Brooks

Biscoe - Charlie Sherrell Brooks, 88, of 458 Coggins Road, died Tuesday, October 16, 2012, at Sandy Ridge Assisted Living. Graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, October 20, 2012, at Biscoe Cemetery with the Rev. Jimmy Shirlen officiating. Military honors will be provided by the Randolph County Honor Guard. He was born in Guilford County to George...

Deborah Diane Tysinger Coggins

Deborah Diane Tysinger Coggins

Asheboro - Deborah Diane Tysinger Coggins, 56, of 326 Back Creek Terrace, died Tuesday, October 9, 2012, at Randolph Hospice House. Graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, October 11, 2012, at Leach Cemetery in Star. She was born in Moore County to James Robert and Margaret Lucille McIntosh Tysinger and was a homemaker. She enjoyed her dogs,...

Robert Leach Asbill

Robert Leach Asbill

Boone - Robert Leach "R.L." Asbill, Jr., 62, of 309 Roxanna Street, formerly of Biscoe, died Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at Watauga Medical Center in Boone. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, April 9, 2011, at Page Memorial UMC in Biscoe with the Rev. Lacy V. Frye officiating. Mr. Asbill was born in Moore County to...

Junie Whisnant Gadd

Junie Whisnant Gadd

Biscoe - Junie Whisnant Gadd, 85, of Griffin Farm Road, died Monday, August 4, 2014, at Sandy Ridge Assisted Living. A graveside service will be held at 4:00 PM, Thursday, August 7, 2014, at Leach Cemetery with the Rev. Don McCaskill officiating. Mrs. Gadd was born in Avery County to Tillman and Adell Navy Whisnant. She was a former seamstress...

Doris Hooker Morgan

Doris Hooker Morgan

Asheboro - Doris Jacqueline Hooker Morgan, 75, of 150 Bennett Farm Road, died Monday, January 31, 2011, at her residence. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, February 3, 2011, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mark Moore officiating. Interment will be in New Hope Memorial Gardens. She was a native of Altavista, VA and was...

Carl Steven Coulthard

Carl Steven Coulthard

Carl S. Coulthard, Sr., 65, of Troy passed away at his home on August 2. He is survived by his wife of nearly 45 years, Marla Mangum Coulthard; one son, Carl Steven Coulthard, Jr., of Hamlet and one daughter, Jacquelyn Colette Coulthard of Portland, Oregon; three grandchildren, Alex, Bailey and Chase Coulthard of Hamlet; three brothers, William Coulthard, Jr. of...

Irene Deaton Freeman

Irene Deaton Freeman

Mrs. Irene Deaton Freeman, 78, of 326 Bowman Road, Candor, died Saturday, March 31, 2012 at Sandy Ridge Assisted Living. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, April 3, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ralph Smith officiating. Interment will be in Laurel Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Troy-Candor Road, Candor. Mrs. Freeman was born in Montgomery...

Michael Anthony Howze

Michael Anthony Howze

Star - Michael Anthony Howze, 51, of 887 Okeewemee-Star Road, died Monday, November 22, 2010, at his residence. A memorial service will be held at a later date. He was a native of Ocilla, GA and was a carpenter. He is survived by his wife, Brenda McNeill Howze, of the home; daughters, Bonnie Howze of NC, Rachel Howze of Wilmington,...

Bobby Craven Jordan

Bobby Craven Jordan

Bobby Craven Jordan, age 80, of 1264 South NC Hwy 705, Seagrove, died Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, January 10, 2010, at Center Cross Baptist Church, where he was a member, with the Rev. Justus McKeel and the Rev. Scott Kidd officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery....

Betty Ann Moore

Betty Ann Moore

Mrs. Betty Ann Moore, 93, of 2132 NC Hwy. 24/27, Biscoe, died Saturday, February 25, 2012 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM, Tuesday, February 28, at Laurel Hill Baptist Church, 1569 Troy-Candor Road, Candor, with the Rev. Julian Crooks officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Moore was a native of...

Mary Hancock Neese

Mary Hancock Neese

Denton - Mary Hancock Neese, 93, formerly of the Steeds Community, died Tuesday, August 6, 2013, at Carillon Assisted Living of Asheboro. Funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM, Friday, August 9, 2013, at Asbury Baptist Church, where she was a member, with the Rev. Wayne Bryson officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Neese was born...

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....