Recent Obituaries from Star and Montgomery County, NC and Surrounding Areas
Joe Stanley Newsom
Star - Joe Stanley Newsom, 77, died Saturday, April 7, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional. He was the son of the late Lark & Essie Newsom and the late Mary Dorothy Newsom. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM, Thursday, April 12th, 2012, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ron Kelley officiating. The family will receive...
Flora Mae Lewis Jackson
Biscoe - Flora Mae Lewis Jackson, 93, of 307 Hunsucker Street, died Sunday, October 30, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, November 2, 2011, at Main Street Baptist Church, where she was a charter member, with the Rev. D. C. Sullivan officiating. Interment will be in Biscoe Cemetery. Mrs. Jackson was...
Jessie Wallace Sexton
Biscoe - Jessie Wallace Sexton, 88, formerly of Candor, died Thursday, November 29, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Burial was held on Saturday, December 1, 2012, at Faith Baptist Church Cemetery, Candor, with words of remembrance on Sunday, December 2, 2012, conducted by Pastor Martin Davis. Jessie was of the Baptist faith, a retired hosiery mill worker,...
Boyd Mitchell Britt
Boyd Mitchell Britt, 67, of 180 Cody Lane, Star, died Saturday, April 20, 2013, at FirstHealth Moore Regional. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, April 23, at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, 530 New Hope Church Road, Star, with the Rev. Gene Davis officiating. Mr. Britt was born in Moore County to William Calvin and Johnsie...
Vera Perry Williams
Seagrove - Vera Perry Williams, of Walter Lane, died Thursday, August 7, 2014, at her residence. A graveside service will be held at 4:00 PM, Sunday, August 10, 2014, at Calvary Baptist Church with the Rev. Bill Cooper officiating. Ms. Williams was born in Robeson County to Chester and Martha May Ritley Perry. She was a retired supervisor with Ramtex...
Maggie Freeman Atkins
Maggie Freeman Atkins, 77, formerly of Troy, NC, died Friday, January 23, 2015 at Blumenthal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Greensboro. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 pm, Monday, January 26, at Freeman Family Cemetery in Star with Rev. Larry Wilson officiating. Born in Moore County to Jonah and Emma Jane Moore Freeman, she was a homemaker. Surviving...
Barney Jackson Maness
Star - Barney Jackson "B. J." Maness, 79, of 1202 Maness Road, went to Heaven on Sunday, August 11, 2013, at FirstHealth Hospice House. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, August 14, 2013, at Mt. Zion Wesleyan Church, 445 Mt. Zion Church Road, Seagrove, with the Rev. Jerry Martin and Rev. Andrew Hurlburt officiating. Interment will be...
Dean Bridgers Dawkins
Biscoe - Dean Bridgers Dawkins, 64, of 143 Martin Road, died Wednesday, August 14, 2013, at her home after a short illness. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, August 17, 2013, at Tabernacle Baptist Church with the Rev. Michael Free, Rev. Kevin Thompson, and Jeff Jordan officiating. Interment will be in Biscoe Cemetery. Mrs. Dawkins was born...
Karen Lucas East
Star - Karen Sue Lucas East, 50, of 202 Sunlight Run Drive, died Monday, March 14, 2011, at High Point Regional Hospital. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, March 17, 2011, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Billy Ray Chriscoe officiating. She was born in Randolph County to Ray Garland and Geraline Callicutt Lucas. She...
Larry Wayne Britt
Star - Larry Wayne Britt, Sr., 70, of 554 Usher-Britt Drive, died Wednesday, November 3, 2010, at Randolph Hospital. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, November 6, 2010, at Shady Grove Christian Church with the Rev. Jeff Freeman officiating. Private interment will be in the Family Cemetery. He was born in Montgomery County to Walter Daniel and...
Beulah Smith Rose
Asheboro - Beulah Smith Rose, 97, of 769 Ross Harris Road, died Tuesday, September 28, 2010, at Randolph Hospital. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, October 2, 2010, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. David Hunt officiating. Interment will be in Union Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Rose was born in Moore County to Ernest...
Juanita Faye Davis Comer
Seagrove - Juanita Faye Davis Comer, 88, of 3988 Brower Mill Road, died Monday, April 22, 2013, at Universal Healthcare-Ramseur. Funeral service will be held at 4:00 PM, Thursday, April 25, 2013, at Needham's Grove Independent Baptist Church, where she was a faithful member, with the Rev. James E. Cockram and Rev. Arnold Comer officiating. Interment will follow in the...
Janice Moore Phillips
Robbins - Janice Moore Phillips, 64, of 155 Rushwood Road, died Friday, March 11, 2011, at her residence. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, March 13, 2011, at Pine Rest Cemetery with Chaplain Twyla Nelson officiating. Mrs. Phillips was a native of Moore County. She was a former Plant Manager at Southern Garment and briefly operated...
Gladys Joan Skrensky Beaubien
Biscoe - Gladys Joan Skrensky Beaubien, 81, died on Sunday, October 7, 2012, at FirstHealth Hospice House in Pinehurst. Funeral service will be held at a later date. Funeral service will be held at a later date.
Pearl Allen Maness
Robbins - Vera Pearl Allen Key Maness was granted her angel wings on Wednesday, November 16, 2011. Her final days were spent surrounded by family and friends she had touched in some significant way throughout her long, memorable life. Those who were touched by her understood the quality of existence far exceeds the quantity of time in which one lives....
Brenda Lewis Nelson
Biscoe - Brenda Lewis Nelson, 56, of 1920 NC Hwy 24-27 W, died Friday, March 25, 2011, at her residence. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, March 27, 2011, at Community Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. She was a native of Montgomery County and was formerly employed at Montgomery County Finance. She was...
James Clifford Williams
Clifford Williams Seagrove - James Clifford Williams, 80, of 200 Williams Road, died Friday, September 14, 2012, at Peak Resources - Pinelake in Carthage. A graveside service will be held at 4:00 PM, Sunday, September 16, 2012, at Union Grove Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Bruce Harry officiating. He was born in Moore County to Willie Duckery and Alice...
Edna Evelyn Jackson Williamson
Biscoe - Edna Evelyn Jackson Williamson, 80, of Tarry Church Road, died Monday, December 15, 2014, at her residence. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, December 19, 2014, at Flint Hill Christian Church, where she was a member, with the Rev. Don McCaskill officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Williamson was born in Moore...
Harvey Albert Hancock
Biscoe - Harvey Albert Hancock, 56, of 1707 Hwy 24-27 W, died Thursday, February 17, 2011, at his residence. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 PM, Monday, February 21, 2011, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mike E. Holyfield officiating. He was born in Montgomery County to Dudley Albert and Mary Frances Harris Hancock and was...
Jewell Robinson Dick
Biscoe - Jewell Robinson Dick, age 82, a long-term resident of Autumn Care of Biscoe, died Wednesday, February 24, 2010, at FirstHealth Moore Regional in Pinehurst. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, February 27, 2010, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mike E. Holyfield officiating. Interment will follow in Candor Cemetery. Ms. Dick was born...