Recent Obituaries from Siler City, NC and Surrounding Areas.
Robert Lee Gray
Jul 31, 2020
Robert Lee Gray was born on December 18, 1968, in Orange County, CA into a family that would grow to 8. His parents, Billy and Marie, along with his older brother Billy Jr, younger brothers Loren, Doug and Michael, and sister Cathy shared a home in Siler City. From an early age, Robert's future talents started to show themselves clearly....
Thomas "Tommy" Henry Brafford
Jul 29, 2020
Thomas "Tommy" Henry Brafford, age 83, of Randleman died Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at Coventry House of Siler City. Mr. Brafford was born July 18, 1937 in Goldston, NC the son of Bill and Gertrude Black Brafford. His parents preceded him in death along with a nephew Duane Hart. He was an Army veteran and loved animals. He is survived...
George Edgar Paire
Jul 28, 2020
George Edgar Paire, age 84, of Siler City died Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Mr. Paire was born on September 22, 1935, in Gaston County, NC, the son of Robert M. and Pauline Morgan Paire. He was a retired Attorney and a graduate of the University of Tennessee Law School. George was a member of both Piney Grove United Methodist Church...
Delbert Glenn Holt
Jul 27, 2020
Delbert Glenn Holt "Winky", age 77, of Siler City died Monday, July 27, 2020 at UNC Hospice House in Pittsboro. Mr. Holt was born March 21, 1943 in Chatham County, NC; the son of Wade A. Holt, Sr. and Dorothy Willett Holt. His parents and brothers: Gerald, Earl "Punk" and Rabon Holt, preceded him in death. He worked at Clapp...
Henry Bayard Bass
Jul 25, 2020
Henry B. Bass, Sr., age 81, of Siler City died Saturday, July 25, 2020 at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill. Mr. Bass was born September 25, 1938 in Franklin County, the son of Broddie E. and Harriett Edwards Bass. He was an Air Force veteran and a member of Rocky River Baptist Church. Mr. Bass had retired from UNC-G and also...
Micah Joel Gurley
Jul 24, 2020
Micah Joel Gurley, age 18, of Siler City died Friday, July 24, 2020. He was born on September 27, 2001, in Lee County, the son of Mitchell J. Gurley and Cindy Isley Gurley. He was a member of Emmaus Baptist Church and a 2020 graduate of Chatham Central High School. He played football, basketball, and loved playing disc golf. Micah...
Mitchell Jay Gurley
Jul 24, 2020
Mitchell Jay Gurley, age 58, of Siler City died Friday, July 24, 2020. Mitch was born on May 22, 1962 in Chambersburg, PA, the son of Jerry Garner Gurley and Jean Marsh Gurley Ludington. He was employed as a mechanic with DOT in Siler City, and a member of Emmaus Baptist Church. He was an avid golfer and loved all...
Martin Anthony Lindley
Jul 23, 2020
Martin A. "Marty" Lindley formally of Snow Camp and more recently of Person County passed to his eternal home on Thursday, July 23, 2020. Marty was born in Chatham County on August 21, 1959 to Mark Darryle and Frieda Morgan Lindley. His mother preceded him in death. Marty was a Chatham County native, living with his parents for the first...
John Russell McPherson
Jul 22, 2020
John Russell McPherson, age 62, of Siler City died Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Mr. McPherson was born May 12, 1958 in Chatham County to Ronald William and Lucy Nance McPherson, who preceded him in death. He was in maintenance at multiple apartment facilities and worked in carpentry for Ellington Construction. John was a member of Piney Grove United Methodist Church....
Janice "Jan" Marie Staton Crank
Jul 17, 2020
Janice "Jan" Marie Staton Crank, age 70, of Bear Creek died Friday, July 17, 2020 at UNC Hospice, Pittsboro. Mrs. Crank was born October 16, 1949 in Milan, TN, the daughter of Henry Clifford and Lila B Butler Staton. She was preceded in death by her parents. Janice was a retired Paralegal with Greenburg Trauig, enjoyed reading, playing the piano,...
John Wayne Thomas
Jul 15, 2020
John Wayne Thomas, age 72, of 51 Moore Street, Siler City died Wednesday,15th of July 2020 at his home. Mr. Thomas was born November 8, 1947 and was preceded in death by his parents, John Dewvoy and Margaret Scotten Thomas. Wayne was a native of Chatham County. After starting work as a stock boy at Wood's 5 & Dime while...
Billy Jackson Adcock
Jul 14, 2020
Billy “Bill” Jackson Adcock, 75, of Siler City died Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at Chatham Hospital after years of declining health. Billy was born in Chatham County on December 7, 1944, the son of Paul C. Adcock and Pauline Smith Adcock. Billy liked working in his yard and detailing vehicles. He is preceded in death by his parents and brothers:...
Ella Mae Dressler
Jul 13, 2020
Ella Mae Smith Dressler, age 83, of Climax, died Monday, July 13, 2020 at her home. Mrs. Dressler was born September 22, 1936 in Chatham County, NC the daughter of Troy and the Pauline Hicks Smith, who preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by her husband: Dick "Red" Dressler; son: Timmy Ray Kearns; granddaughter: Jennifer Partin;...
Robert Joe Debord
Jul 11, 2020
Robert Joe DeBord, age 78, of Siler City died Saturday, July 11, 2020. Mr. DeBord was born November 27, 1941 in Richmond, VA the son of Walter Glen and Mary Evelyn Parks DeBord, who preceded him in death. His sisters: Jessi DeBord McGloflin, Wilma DeBord Bowman and Jannett DeBord Fagg also preceded him in death. Robert was retired from March...
Doris Lane Williams
Jul 8, 2020
Doris Lane Williams, age 86, of Siler City died Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Mrs. Williams was born March 30, 1934 in Chatham County, NC the daughter of Van and Frances Williams. She was retired from Boling Chair Company. Doris was a member of Jordan Grove AME Zion Church and was on the Usher Board. As long as her health permitted...
William David Pickard
Jul 7, 2020
William David Pickard, 71, of Silk Hope, the loving husband of Sandra Johnson Pickard shared his last breath in their home, on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, surrounded by his loving family. He was a current member of South Fork Friends Meeting. David accepted Christ as his personal savior early in life at Pocket Presbyterian Church, in Sanford, and renewed that...
Mabel Uldine Todd
Jul 7, 2020
Mabel Uldine Todd, age 88, of Ramseur died Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at Universal Health Care of Ramseur. Mrs. Todd was born December 11, 1931 in Horry County, SC the daughter of Joe David and Molly Inez Brooks Todd. She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers and two sisters. She was a Homemaker and a member of...
Mary Ellen Creason
Jul 5, 2020
Mary Ellen Jessup Creason, age 94, of Siler City died Sunday, July 5, 2020. Mrs. Creason was born July 13, 1925 in Stokes County to Levi Martin and Doasha Mae Tilley Jessup. She was a seamstress at A.J. Schneierson and Sons, Mrs. Creason was also the first female bus drive in the state of North Carolina. She was a member...
Hunter Thomas Awtrey
Jul 5, 2020
It is with deep sadness that the family of Hunter Thomas Awtrey announces the unexpected passing of their precious Hunter, 21, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington on Sunday, July 5, 2020 as a result of serious injuries sustained from a fall. He was born August 19, 1998 to Chris and Lindsey Awtrey (now Lindsey Miller), and grew...
Jack Cleveland Beal
Jul 4, 2020
Jack Cleveland Beal, age 79, of Siler City died Saturday, July 4, 2020 at Siler City Center, Siler City. Mr. Beal was born December 27, 1940 in Chatham County, to Thomas Bailey and Mary Elizabeth Womble Beal. He was retired from Boling Chair and formally worked at Carolina Stockyard. He was a member of Brookdale Baptist Church. He enjoyed working...
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