Recent Obituaries from Siler City, NC and Surrounding Areas.
Alton Maston Phillips
Feb 27, 2020
Alton Maston Phillips, 102, of Siler City died Thursday, February 27, 2020 . Mr. Phillips was born in Chatham County on November 20, 1917 the son of Jessie L and Mary Bessie (Sizemore) Phillips. Alton was the oldest member of Loves Creek Baptist Church and active in the Men's Sunday School Class as well as serving in many other capacities....
William Gerald Phillips
Feb 26, 2020
William Gerald Phillips, 85, of Siler City died Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at Duke University Medical Center, Durham. Mr. Phillips was born in Chatham County on May 9, 1934 the son of Barringer and Velma (Jones) Phillips. He grew-up on a dairy farm in the Fair Promise United Methodist Church Community. Gerald loved the out of doors, milking cows, raising...
Wesley Clark Harris
Feb 25, 2020
Wesley Clark Harris, 71, of Siler City died Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at UNC Hospice. Mr. Harris was born in Chatham County on January 28, 1949 the son of Willie Wesley and Doretha (Marsh) Harris. He was employed by Wilson Brothers as a truck driver and was a member of the Holy House of Prayer Church of The Lord Jesus...
Justin Elbert Tillett
Feb 23, 2020
Justin Elbert Tillett, of Siler City, died Sunday February 23, 2020. Mr. Tillett was born January 2, 1981 in Carteret County to Kenneth P. and Kathleen Honeycutt Tillett. He was a member of Piney Grove United Methodist Church, previously a member of University Baptist Church Chapel Hill. Firefighting was an important part of Justin’s life, he was a volunteer member...
Joseph Albert Gilbert
Feb 22, 2020
Joseph Albert Gilbert, age 70, of Bear Creek died Saturday, February 22, 2020 at his home. Mr. Gilbert was born January 30, 1950 in Chatham County, NC the son of James F. and Maxola Elkins Gilbert. Mr. Gilbert was a member of Brush Creek Baptist Church and had been a deacon and served as secretary of the Men's Sunday School...
Kevin Bradley Terry
Feb 17, 2020
Kevin Bradley Terry, 40, of Burlington died Monday, February 17, 2020. Mr. Terry was born in Alamance County on August 28, 1979 the son of Thomas Harold Terry, Jr and Lana (Hamer) Blue. Kevin was a member of Plainfield Friends Meeting and a stay-at-home dad. He was preceded in death by his father, Thomas Harold Terry, Jr.; grandparents, Thomas Harold...
Shirley Jean Smith Brewer
Feb 12, 2020
Shirley Jean Smith Brewer was born on Feb 25, 1928 and passed away peacefully on February 12, 2020 at Cambridge Hills in Pittsboro, NC. Shirley was the eldest of five children born to J. Lytle Smith and Nell Perry Smith in Siler City. Heaven will be well fed and taken care of now that Mom is there and reunited with...
Ricky Lynn Hall
Feb 11, 2020
Ricky Lynn Hall, 62, of Siler City died Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at Laurels Of Chatham, Pittsboro. Mr. Hall was born in Chatham County on November 20, 1957 the son of Otis Odell and Juanita (Cain) Hall. Ricky had been employed as a cook at Granville Towers Restaurant in Chapel Hill. Ricky was of the Christian Faith. Ricky wasn't one...
James Alton Dixon
Feb 11, 2020
James Alton Dixon, age 88 of Siler City, died Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at Clapps Assisted Living Home in Pleasant Garden. Mr. Dixon was born in Chatham County on June 16, 1931 to the late Wilbert Dixon and Ometa Morris Dixon. He was an active member of Fellowship Baptist Church and former Assistant Sunday School Superintendent. He was employed with...
Larry Edward Matthews
Feb 5, 2020
Larry Edward Matthews, 78, of Pleasant Hill Church Road, Siler City died Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at Peak Resources Of Alamance, Graham. Mr. Matthews was born in Alamance County on December 31, 1941 the son of Anne Chriscoe Andrews and step-father, Newman. He is survived by his wife of 58 years: Dian York Matthews; sons, David "Eddie" Matthews of Burlington,...
Georgie Stout Burke
Feb 4, 2020
Georgie Stout Burke, 92, of Bear Creek died peacefully Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Burke was born in Chatham County on December 15, 1927 the son of Georgie Goodson and Rosa (Stout) Burke. Stout was a US Army Veteran of the Korean War and retired from Collins & Aikman as a supervisor in supply. Stout was an...
Charles Elmer "Bud" Olson
Feb 4, 2020
Charles Elmer "Bud" Olson, 81, of Siler City died Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at UNC Hospitals. Mr. Olson was born in West Georgetown, New Hampshire on June 26, 1938 the son of Charles Eric and Vivian (Camber) Olson. Bud was employed in road maintenance in the public works department of Wallingford, Connecticut. Bud lived a quiet simple life, enjoying the...
Wilma Louise Ellis Riddle
Feb 1, 2020
Wilma Louise Ellis Riddle, age 67, of Pittsboro, NC died Saturday, February 1st, 2020 at UNC Hospice, Pittsboro, NC. Mrs. Riddle was born June 27th, 1952 in Durham, NC; the daughter of James and Wilma Hackney Ellis. She was a loving mother and wife and an easygoing person who enjoyed life, especially her grandchildren. Louise loved spending time with them,...
Delora Ann Moore
Jan 31, 2020
With profound sadness we announce the passing of DeLora Ann Moore on January 31, 2020 after a roller coaster of declining health for the past year. In the two months preceding her passing she had been a patient at UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill ICU and Moses Cone Hospital ICU in Greensboro, North Carolina. Despite all valiant attempts to...
James Prosser McMahon
Jan 31, 2020
James Prosser McMahon, age 94 of Siler City died Friday, January 31, 2020 at Genesis Healthcare, Siler City. Mr. McMahon was born August 2, 1925 in Monongahela, PA, the son of Malcolm and Mary Eva Prosser McMahon. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He settled in Siler City in the early '60s. He was a member of...
Gregory "Greg" Stinice Jourdan
Jan 28, 2020
Gregory "Greg" Stinice Jourdan, 48, of Siler City died Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill. Mr. Jourdan was born in Lee County on November 30, 1971 the son of Robert Stinice and Diane (Branson) Jourdan. Greg was a member of Brookdale Baptist Church and a former deacon. He was employed as a landscaper with Parker Landscaping in...
Thomas "Tom" Howard Clark
Jan 26, 2020
Thomas "Tom" Howard Clark, 75, of Joe Brown Road, Bear Creek died Sunday, January 26, 2020 at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill. Mr. Clark was born in Chatham County on May 1, 1944 the son of George Garland and Laura Emma (Kiser) Clark. Tom was a lifetime member of Oakley Baptist Church and served in the Army as an MP during...
Billy Edward Webster
Jan 16, 2020
Billy Edward Webster, 87, of Mt. Vernon Springs Road, Siler City died Thursday, January 16, 2020 at Central Carolina Hospital, Sanford. Mr. Webster was born in Chatham County on July 31, 1932 the son of James Webster, Jr. and Josie Elizabeth (Johnson) Webster. He was a member of Mt. Vernon Springs Presbyterian Church where he had served as an Elder...
Ethel Moon Buckner
Jan 13, 2020
Ethel Moon Buckner, 94, of Siler City died Monday, January 13, 2020. Mrs. Buckner was born in Chatham County on April 8, 1925 the daughter of Al W. and Maude (Terry) Moon. Ethel was an active member of Rocky River Baptist Church where she was the first lady deacon, sang in the church choir, and served with numerous other church...
Shirley Jean Harrison Phillips
Jan 12, 2020
Shirley Jean Harrison Phillips, 82, of Bear Creek died Sunday, January 12, 2020 at FirstHealth Hospice House, Pinehurst. Mrs. Phillips was born in Lee County on September 20, 1937 the daughter of Alonzo and Thelma (Coley) Harrison. Shirley was a homemaker in every sense of the word, loving and nurturing her family and a poultry farmer. She was a member...
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