Obituaries

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

Mildred Faye Miller Bruce

Mildred Faye Miller Bruce

Faye M. Bruce Star - Mildred Faye Miller Bruce, age 66, died Thursday, January 15, 2009, at Brookstone Haven of Star. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 17, 2009, at Dover Baptist Church, where she was a member, with Dr. Don Davis officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. She was a native of Montgomery County...

Poe Norris Caudill

Poe Norris Caudill

Star - Poe Norris Caudill, Jr., 76, of 478 Ether Road, died Wednesday, December 22, 2010, at FirstHealth Moore Regional. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Mr. Caudill was born in Montgomery County to Poe N. and Crissie Allen Caudill, Sr. He was a retired mail carrier for the US Postal Service, a chicken farmer, and...

Guy Edward Singleton

Guy Edward Singleton

Franklinville - Guy Edward Singleton, 88, of Millboro Road, Franklinville, made his transition on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, at Randolph Hospital in Asheboro. Mr. Singleton was the son of the late John Wesley and Hathie Beane Singleton of Montgomery County. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Melvin Arie Singleton, Charlie Singleton, Lester Singleton, Theodore (Jay) Singleton, Edgar Singleton;...

Waylon Brewer Davis

Waylon Brewer Davis

Seagrove - Waylon Brewer Davis, 72, of 1808 Chrisco Road West, died Wednesday, October 2, 2013, at his residence. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, October 4, 2013, at Union Grove Baptist Church, where he was a member, with the Rev. Dr. Ron Chaney officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Davis was born in...

Larry Wayne Allen

Larry Wayne Allen

Robbins - Larry Wayne Allen, age 68, of 160 Trail Ridge Road, died Friday, March 5, 2010, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Monday, March 8, 2010, at Browns Chapel Christian Church with the Rev. Burton King officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. He was born in Moore County...

Essie Elizabeth Harris Newsom

Essie Elizabeth Harris Newsom

Star - Essie Elizabeth Harris Newsom, 94, of 249 South Main Street, died Thursday, October 20, 2011, at FirstHealth Montgomery Memorial Hospital. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, October 23, 2011, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Kay Boone officiating and a eulogy by Rosemary Huntley. Interment will be in Leach Cemetery. Mrs. Newsom was...

Nell Shepard Sanders

Nell Shepard Sanders

Nell Shepard Sanders, 73, of Eagle Springs, NC passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 10, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital with her family by her side. Mrs. Sanders is survived by her husband of 58 years, Charlie H. Sanders, Sr., 82, of the home; son, Charlie H. Sanders, Jr. and wife, Julie Sanders, of Summerton, SC; daughter, Kathy S....

Doris Bost Parsons

Doris Bost Parsons

Doris Bost Parsons, 84, of 209 Pine St., Biscoe, died Sunday, October 27, 2013, at her residence. No funeral services are planned. Mrs. Parsons was born in Moore County to Daniel Edgar and Ethel Freeman Bost. She was predeceased by her husband, S. L. Parsons, and her daughter, Sue Hudson. Surviving are her son, Danny Parsons of Auburn, AL and...

Diane Yarboro Hurley

Diane Yarboro Hurley

Troy - Diane Yarboro Hurley, 61, of 1211 Abner Rd., Troy, died Saturday, January 08, 2011. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM, Sunday, January 16, at Callicutt Chapel Wesleyan Church, where she was a member, with the Rev. Bob Freeman officiating. Mrs. Hurley was born in Moore County to Alton Augustus and Thorburn Richardson Yarboro. She was...

Paul Brackmon Wallace

Paul Brackmon Wallace

Paul Brackmon Wallace, age 73, of 1175 Hwy 705 S., Seagrove, died Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Graveside service will be held in the Wallace Family Cemetery, Hwy 24/27 East, Robbins, at 11:00 AM, Saturday, June 13, 2009, with the Rev. Arnold Comer and Rev. Gyles Saunders officiating. Mr. Wallace was a native of...

Dwayne Elliott Morgan

Dwayne Elliott Morgan

Dwayne Elliott Morgan, age 46, of Troy, NC, died Friday, September 30, 2011, at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, NC. Mr. Morgan was a native of Montgomery County and he worked in construction. He was the son of the late Dossie E. Morgan. He is survived by his mother, Rosemary Britt Winn, of Troy; daughter, Kourtnie Brynn Johnson, of Troy;...

Willie J. Maness

Willie J. Maness

Mr. Willie J. Maness, age 81, of 1576 S. Hwy. 705, Seagrove, died Saturday, January 16, 2010, at his residence. Funeral will be held at 2:00 PM, Monday, January 18, at Union Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Ron Chaney, Rev. Grady Blakely, and Pastor Ralph VonCannon officiating. Interment will be in Union Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. He was...

Willus W. Morgan

Willus W. Morgan

Willus W. Morgan, 32nd degree Mason, aged 91 of Milwaukee, WI, formerly of Candor, N.C, died on December 27, 2010. He was the dear husband of the late Carolyn; devoted father to Scott (Mary Beth) and Lee (Kathryn); cherished grandfather of Kyle, Courtney, Lee and Alexandra; great-grandfather of Kalena Morgan. Willus was preceded in death by his parents, George and...

James Franklin Gadd

James Franklin Gadd

Biscoe - James Franklin Gadd, 87, of 189 Griffin Farm Road, died Monday, August 19, 2013, at his residence. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, August 21, 2013, at Leach Cemetery with the Rev. Don McCaskill officiating. Mr. Gadd was born in Montgomery County to James Franklin and Bonnie L. Freeman Gadd. He was a retired...

Brenda Fountain Gutschmit

Brenda Fountain Gutschmit

Greensboro -- Brenda Fountain Gutschmit passed away Sunday, January 9 at the home of her special friend, Bob Hagey, in Greensboro, NC. She left us peacefully, surrounded by family. She was born Brenda Sue Fountain November 4, 1942 in Lumberton, NC, the daughter of the late Laurie Eugene Fountain and the late Isabel Hunt Fountain. Brenda was married 34 wonderful...

Robert L. Dennis

Robert L. Dennis

Rev. Robert L. Dennis, age 83, of 1807 River Road, Troy, died Wednesday, February 17, 2010, at his residence. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, February 20, 2010, at Lomax Memorial Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles Lassiter, Rev. Gene Davis, and Robert Lisenby officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery with military honors. He was...

Rhonda Gail Ritch Lamonds

Rhonda Gail Ritch Lamonds

Star - Rhonda Gail Ritch Lamonds, 60, of Lamonds Drive, died Sunday, November 8, 2015, at FirstHealth Hospice House in Pinehurst. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, November 11, 2015, at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Gene Davis and Rev. Clyde Allen officiating. Mrs. Lamonds was born in Randolph County to Earl Ritch...

Geneva Mae Comer King

Geneva Mae Comer King

Geneva C. King Seagrove - Geneva Mae Comer King, 77, of Reece Drive, died Monday, January 12, 2015, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, January 16, 2015, at Asbury Baptist Church with the Rev. Wayne Bryson, Rev. Joshua Hughes, and Rev. Clyde Comer officiating. Interment will be in the church...

Orlindo Ward

Orlindo Ward

Lindo Ward Star - Orlindo "Lindo" Ward, 97, of 210 Leach Street, died Thursday, April 16, 2009, at his residence. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 19, 2009, at Guiding Light Baptist Church, where he was a member, with the Rev. Clyde Allen officiating. Burial will be in Dover Baptist Church Cemetery in Seagrove. He was...

Francis Albert Montressor

Francis Albert Montressor

Mt. Gilead - Francis Albert Montressor, 76, of 151 Forrest Hill Village Road, died Wednesday, August 14, 2013, at Autumn Care of Biscoe. A memorial service will be held in New York. He is survived by his wife, Anna Decker Montressor, of the home.