Obituaries

Recent Obituaries from Siler City, NC and Surrounding Areas.

Robert Henry McDaniel

Robert Henry McDaniel

Dec 22, 2020

Robert Henry McDaniel, 80, of Siler City passed away on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at his home in Siler City. Mr. McDaniel was born June 7, 1940, a native of Chatham County and the son of Walter and Era Fox McDaniel. Robert was a member of the Siler City Pentecostal Holiness Church. He retired from Boling Chair Company where he...

Jacqueline Marie Price Pickard

Jacqueline Marie Price Pickard

Dec 21, 2020

Jacqueline Marie "Jackie" Price Pickard, 78, of 679 Charlie Cooper Road, Siler City died Monday, December 21, 2020 at Beacon Place Hospice, Greensboro, NC. Mrs. Pickard was born April 25, 1942 in Georgetown, SC to Burt and Edna (Johnson) Price. She attended Jordan Matthews High School and was a long-time employee of Carolina Power and Light until her retirement in...

Mollie Delina Woody

Mollie Delina Woody

Dec 21, 2020

Mollie Delina Woody, 84, of Goldston passed away on Monday, December 21, 2020 at UNC Hospice, Pittsboro. Mrs. Woody was born December 21, 1936, a native of Chatham County and the daughter of Archie and Ethel Hilliard Wilkie. Mollie loved to spend time in her garden and she was always cooking something good to eat in the kitchen. She was...

Jose Ramon Hernandez

Jose Ramon Hernandez

Dec 20, 2020

Jose Ramon Hernandez Mejia, 28, of Siler City passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2020 at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill. Mr. Hernandez was born March 4, 1992 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, the son of Jose Ramon Hernandez and Maira Mejia. Jose was a graduate of Jordan Matthews High School Class of 2011. He spent his working years as a landscaper. He...

John Douglas Wilson

John Douglas Wilson

Dec 18, 2020

John Douglas Wilson, 51, of Siler City died Friday, December 18, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Wilson was born April 20, 1969, in Chatham County, son of John Hoover and Nancy Pritchard Wilson. John was an auto salesman and loved cars, especially Mustangs and Lincolns, he also enjoyed fishing. He is preceded in death by his father, his wife, Rachel...

Agnes Hash Wilborn

Agnes Hash Wilborn

Dec 17, 2020

Agnes "Libby" Hash Wilborn, 93, of Siler City passed away surrounded by her family on Thursday, December 17, 2020 in Bear Creek, NC. Mrs. Wilborn was born July 13, 1927, a native of Person County, and the daughter of Willie Thomas and the late Rosa Belle King Smith. Libby was a member of the Brookdale Baptist Church. She loved to...

David Herman Jones

David Herman Jones

Dec 14, 2020

David Herman Jones, Sr. November 6, 1941-December 14, 2020 David Herman Jones, Sr., 79 of 707 Riverton Place, Cary, North Carolina, passed away on Monday December 14, 2020 at the Transitions Life Care Hospice Home, Trinity Road, Raleigh NC after a courageous battle with Cancer. A graveside service will be held at a later date, however a memorial tribute and...

Wanda Ann Prevost

Wanda Ann Prevost

Dec 14, 2020

Wanda Ann Prevost, 85, of Bear Creek passed away on Monday, December 14, 2020 at UNC Hospice, Pittsboro. Ms. Prevost was born October 31, 1935, a native of Harahan, LA, and the daughter of Bertrand P. and Maggie Eccles Prevost. Wanda is preceded in death by her parents, and brother Bertrand P. Prevost, Jr. Wanda was a graduate of the...

James Newton Johnson

James Newton Johnson

Dec 13, 2020

James Newton Johnson, 88, of Sanford passed away Sunday, December 13, 2020 at Parkview Rest and Retirement, Sanford. Mr. Johnson was born April 14, 1932, a Chatham County native and the son of W.B. "Burlow" and Allene Hinshaw Johnson. James was a member of the Congregational Christian Church. He loved spending time hunting and fishing. He enjoyed traveling and a...

Helen Glass Kidd

Helen Glass Kidd

Dec 7, 2020

Helen Glass Kidd, 87, of Siler City passed away on Monday, December 7, 2020 at Sandy Ridge Assisted Living, in Candor, NC. Mrs. Kidd was born August 1, 1933, a Chatham County native and the daughter of Marvin E. and Nora Smith Glass. Helen was a member of First Baptist Church, and Rachel Allred Sunday School class. You could find...

Alma Marge Compton

Alma Marge Compton

Dec 4, 2020

Alma Lee Marge Compton (September 4, 1923 - December 4, 2020) Born at home on September 4, 1923, Alma Lee "Marge" Compton was the daughter of Annie H. Covert (deceased) and James H. Covert (deceased). Marge's family consisted of four children, all of whom have preceded her in death. Roland Covert, J.C. Covert, and Julia Kithes. Surviving immediate family members...

Rex Thomas Jessup

Rex Thomas Jessup

Dec 3, 2020

Rex Thomas Jessup, 87, of Siler City passed away on Thursday, December 3, 2020 at Carter Living Center in Durham. Mr. Jessup was born April 19, 1933, a Chatham County native, the son of Levi Martin and Doasha Mae Tilley Jessup. Rex was an Army veteran serving in the Korean Conflict. He attended CCCC earning a degree in Industrial Maintenance....

Betty Lou Owens

Betty Lou Owens

Dec 2, 2020

Betty Lou "Lulu" Wright Owens, 89, of Fuquay-Varina passed away on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at Windsor Point Retirement Community, Fuquay-Varina. Mrs. Owens was born December 13, 1930 the daughter of William Martin and Myrtle Deree Pennington Wright. Betty attended Women's College in Greensboro, and Commercial College of Asheboro. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church. She...

Margaret Foushee Riddle

Margaret Foushee Riddle

Nov 29, 2020

Margaret Lila Foushee Riddle, 90, of Pittsboro passed away on Sunday, November 29, 2020 at Laurels of Chatham, Pittsboro. Mrs. Riddle was born September 15, 1930, a native of Chatham County and the daughter of Tom and Emma Jordan Foushee. Margaret was a loving mother. She was a member and baptized at Mt. Gilead Baptist Church and loved attending any...

Ruth  Fields

Ruth Fields

Nov 27, 2020

Ruth Lassiter Fields, 92, of Siler City went home to be with her beloved Lord on November 27, 2020. She was born in Moore County to the late James Arthur and Maude Melissa Smith Lassiter. Ruth was preceded in death by her husband James B. Fields; sisters Nannie Maude Lassiter, Allie Blake, Myrtie Elkins, Ollie Chrisco and Alberta Gunter; brothers...

Thomas Howard Harris

Thomas Howard Harris

Nov 25, 2020

Mr. Thomas Howard Harris was born on February 25, 1942. He peacefully departed this life on November 25, 2020 at his home. Thomas was a graduate of Chatham High School. Later in life he married the love of his life Kathryn Cheek Harris on April 17, 1961 and they spent 59 wonderful years together. They had one child, James Howard...

Carl Ford Smith

Carl Ford Smith

Nov 20, 2020

Carl Ford Smith, 76, of Goldston passed away on Friday, November 20, 2020 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC. Mr. Smith was born February 6, 1944 the son of Carl B. and Hazel Ford Smith. Carl was an avid lover of cars whether it be racing cars, street rods or just older model cars. He loved spending time watching...

David Kenneth Lovings

David Kenneth Lovings

Nov 18, 2020

David Kenneth Lovings, 77, of Siler City passed away on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at his home. Mr. Lovings was born August 6, 1943 the son of Edward Reid and Nellie Frances Ozment Lovings. David was an Army veteran serving in the Vietnam War. He was a member of the Magnolia Street Baptist Church in Greensboro, NC. He had a...

Peggy Jean Cheek

Peggy Jean Cheek

Nov 17, 2020

Peggy Jean Murray Cheek, 87, of Greensboro, formally of Siler City, passed away on Tuesday, November 17, 2020. Mrs. Cheek was born February 25, 1933 the daughter of Joseph Taft and Addie Irene Smith Murray. Peggy was a member of the West End United Methodist Church. Outside of taking care of her home, she was an Aide at Cross Road...

Brantley John Jackson

Brantley John Jackson

Nov 15, 2020

Brantley John Jackson, 3 weeks old, passed away on Sunday, November 15, 2020 at UNC Hospital, Chapel Hill. Mr. Jackson was born October 21, 2020 the son of John Jeffery Jackson, Jr. and Heather Wood Jackson. Brantley is preceded in death by his grandfather; John Jeffery Jackson, Sr. He is survived by his parents, sisters; Aubree LeeAnn, Alana Paige and...