Obituaries

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

Ronald Carl Stevens

Ronald Carl Stevens

Star - Ronald Carl Stevens, Sr., 71, of 243 Stuart Street, died Monday, July 1, 2013, at FirstHealth Moore Regional . A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, July 4, 2013, at Dover Baptist Church with the Rev. Don Stewart and Rev. Charles Stevens officiating. Mr. Stevens was born in Montgomery County to Carl E. and Pauline...

Alice Crabtree Freeman

Alice Crabtree Freeman

Eagle Springs - Alice Crabtree Freeman, 83, of 128 Freeman Lane, died Wednesday, February 16, 2011, at Randolph Hospital with her family by her side. Graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, February 19, 2011, at Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery with Preacher Kevin Freeman and Rev. Clyde Allen officiating. Mrs. Freeman was born on June 20, 1927,...

Hubert Lee Chriscoe

Hubert Lee Chriscoe

Hubert L. Chriscoe Star - Hubert Lee Chriscoe, 56, of 650 Okeewemee-Star Road, died Monday, March 23, 2009, at his residence. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 27, 2009, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Howard Moffitt officiating. Burial will follow in Union Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. He was a native of Randolph County...

Dianne Donathan Wallace

Dianne Donathan Wallace

Dianne D. Wallace Star - Dianne Donathan Wallace, 63, of 126 Cochran Road, died Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at her residence. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 21, 2009, at Guiding Light Baptist Church with the Rev. Clyde Allen officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Wallace was born in Montgomery County to Robie...

Mabel Upton Maness

Mabel Upton Maness

Seagrove - Mabel Ruth Upton Maness, 78, of 1576 S Hwy 705, died Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at Autumn Care of Biscoe. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, March 23, 2012, at Union Grove Baptist Church, where she was a member, with Dr. Ronnie Chaney and Pastor Ralph Voncannon officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery....

Christine Evans Morgan

Christine Evans Morgan

Candor - Christine Evans Morgan, 86, of 326 Bowman Road, died Wednesday, February 16, 2011, at FirstHealth Montgomery Memorial Hospital in Troy. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, February 19, 2011, at Star UMC Cemetery with the Rev. Kay Boone officiating. Mrs. Morgan was born in Sumter, SC to Samuel Luke and Mary Lee Colter Scott....

Levena Russell Singleton

Levena Russell Singleton

Troy - Levena Russell Singleton, 93, of Troy, passed away Monday, June 9, 2014, at her residence. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, June 12, 2014, at Forks of Little River Baptist Church with the Rev. Wayne Vuncannon officiating. Interment will follow in the Singleton Family Cemetery. Mrs. Singleton was born in Montgomery County to John Shirlie...

O. Edward Bean

O. Edward Bean

Seagrove - Ollie Edward Bean, 93, formerly of Tennessee, died Monday, January 21, 2013, at Randolph Hospice House. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday, January 22, 2013, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dr. Ron Chaney officiating. Burial will follow at 2:00 PM Thursday, January 24, 2013, in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Nashville, Tennessee. Edward was...

Roy Franklin Mills

Roy Franklin Mills

Asheboro - Roy Franklin Mills, 79, of 1901 Staleys Farm Road, died Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at Randolph Hospital. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Mr. Mills was born in Montgomery County to James A. and Agnes Ledbetter Mills and was a retired furniture worker. He was a veteran of the US Air Force. In addition...

Clayton James

Clayton James

Mr. Clayton James, 92, of 217 Auman Rd., Biscoe, died Sunday, January 8, 2012 at First Health Hospice House of Pinehurst. Funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM, Tuesday, January 10, at First Baptist Church, Biscoe, where he was a member, with the Rev. Larry Wilson officiating. Interment will be in Britt-Deaton Cemetery, Auman Road, Biscoe. Mr. James was...

John Edward McNeill

John Edward McNeill

Seagrove - John Edward McNeill, 71, of Union Grove Church Road, died Wednesday, September 30, 2015, at Wake Forest Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM, Saturday, October 3, 2015, at Union Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Ron Chaney and the Rev. Howard Moffitt officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mr....

Mary Elaine Cockman

Mary Elaine Cockman

Mrs. Mary Elaine Cockman, 79, of 202 Alma Drive, Star, died Friday, August 31, 2012 at Autumn Care of Biscoe. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, September 3, at Biscoe Cemetery with the Rev. Jack Phillips officiating. She was a native of Montgomery County born to Howard Taft and Alma Haywood Maness. She worked in the hosiery...

Ruth Stout Burgess

Ruth Stout Burgess

Ruth Stout Burgess, 85, of Asheboro, died Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at Randolph Hospice House. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, January 31, 2015, at Star United Methodist Church with the Rev. Barry Morris officiating. Interment will follow in Whynot Cemetery. Visitation will be held prior to the service in the fellowship hall of the church from...

Graham Scott Powers

Graham Scott Powers

Graham Scott Powers, 43, of Quail Trail Road, Norwood, died Sunday, September 1, 2013. The family will receive friends from 4:00-6:00 pm, Wednesday, September 4, Phillips Funeral Home. No service is planned. Survivors are Mother: Judy Powers, Biscoe, NC Father: William "Bill" Graham Powers, Norwood, NC Step-mother: Pamela Stout Powers, Norwood, NC Three Brothers: Robert "Bobby" Christopher Powers, Mt. Gilead,...

Clara Belle Lassiter

Clara Belle Lassiter

Star - Clara Belle Lassiter died Monday, August 4, 2014, at Sandy Ridge Memory Care. A private service was held Tuesday, August 5, 2014, at Star Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Mrs. Lassiter was a native of Montgomery County born to the late George Dewey and Dora Allen Dunn. She was preceded in death by her husband, Calvin Herbert Lassiter and brother,...

Doris Jane Campbell Coble

Doris Jane Campbell Coble

Seagrove - Doris Jane Campbell Coble, 79, of 6328 Union Grove Church Road, died Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at Autumn Care of Biscoe. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, September 14, 2013, at Trinity Wesleyan Church with the Rev. George Simmons officiating. Mrs. Coble was born in Richmond County to Hubert Clifton and Mary Jane Morris...

Frances Maness Higdon

Frances Maness Higdon

Star - Frances Maness Higdon, 77, of 115 Alma Drive, died Sunday, October 20, 2013, at FirstHealth Hospice House. Graveside service will be held at 4:00 PM, Tuesday, October 22, 2013, at Biscoe Cemetery with the Rev. Jack Phillips officiating. Ms. Higdon was born in Montgomery County to Howard Taft and Alma Haywood Maness. She was a former manager of...

Clarence Ira Auman

Clarence Ira Auman

Mr. Clarence Ira Auman, 87, formerly of Seagrove, NC, died Sunday, December 28, 2014 at Sandy Ridge Assisted Living. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm, Wednesday, December 31, at Union Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Ron Chaney officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. A native of Randolph County, Mr. Auman was born December 21,...

Lelia B. Asbill

Lelia B. Asbill

Lelia B. Asbill Biscoe - Lelia Blake Asbill, age 84, of 512 Aileen Avenue, died Monday, March 9, 2009, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, 2009, at Biscoe Presbyterian Church, where she was a member, with the Rev. Anne R. Beach officiating. Burial will follow in Biscoe Cemetery....

Sherry Lynn Latham Sheffield

Sherry Lynn Latham Sheffield

Robbins - Sherry Lynn Latham Sheffield, 46, of Plank Road, died Monday, January 5, 2015, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, January 9, 2015, at Forks of Little River Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Sheffield was born in Moore County to Earl and Lois Louise Overton Latham. She was a homemaker and...