Recent Obituaries from Siler City, NC and Surrounding Areas.
Lillian Haithcox Staley
Jun 28, 2016
Lillian Haithcox Staley, 82, died Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at Siler City Center. Mrs. Staley was born in Randolph County on January 23, 1934 the daughter of Lacy Franklin and Louella (Staley) Haithcox. She had been employed by Ramtex as a fixer in the spinning department. Lillian enjoyed the out of doors, working in her flowers and going to flea...
Nannie Mae Keller Hinshaw
Jun 25, 2016
Nannie Mae Keller Hinshaw, 92, of Siler City died Saturday, June 25, 2016 at Universal Health Care of Ramseur. Mrs. Hinshaw was born in Chatham County on July 6, 1923 the daughter of Murphy and Susie (Cooper) Keller. She was retired from Kellwood as an inspector. Nannie Mae was a member of Rocky River Friends Meeting where she was a...
Frances Oldham Johnson
Jun 25, 2016
Frances Oldham Johnson, 91, of Bear Creek died Saturday, June 25, 2016 at Parkview Rest and Retirement, Sanford. Mrs. Johnson was born in Chatham County on June 12, 1925 the daughter of Henry L. and Mattie (Fisher) Oldham. She was employed as an administrative secretary for the Chatham County Agriculture Extension Service for 30 years. Frances was a member of...
Alan Dewey Resch
Jun 16, 2016
Alan Dewey Resch March 4, 1937- June 16, 2016 Siler City – Alan Dewey Resch, the owner and editor-publisher of The Chatham News, died Thursday, June 16, 2016 at home in Siler City. He was 79 years old. Alan was born in Winston-Salem, the son of Ellis Albert "Al" Resch and Alice Lambe Resch. He moved to Siler City as...
Jimmy Wayne Toler
Jun 14, 2016
Jimmy Wayne Toler, 69, of Snow Camp joined his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at Chatham Hospital, Inc., Siler City. Mr. Toler was born in Johnston County on January 22, 1947, the son of Michael and Letha (Lane) Toler. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Siler City, served in the US Navy, was...
Edith Page Bray
Jun 11, 2016
Edith Mae Page Bray, 96, of Bear Creek died Saturday, June 11, 2016 at Siler City Center. Mrs. Bray was born on October 1, 1919, in Bear Creek, NC, the daughter of Charlie H. and Melinda Callie (Yow) Page. Edith was a member of Brush Creek Baptist Church, and a home maker. She loved to sew, quilting, gardening, canning, cooking,...
Henry Galary
Jun 9, 2016
Henry Galary, 86, of Siler City died Thursday, June 9, 2016 at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill. Mr. Galary was born October 14, 1929 in New Bedford, MASS, the son of Joseph Frank and Victoria (Wojtowicz) Galary. Henry was a graduate of New Bedford High School and received a Bachelor of Science, Textile Engineering from the University of Massachusetts. He was...
Thomas Lee Brown
Jun 7, 2016
Thomas Lee Brown, 80, of Elk Lane, Siler City died Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Brown was born in Guilford County on September 22, 1935 the son of Henry S. and Haddie (Howard) Brown. Mr. Brown was a member of Loves Creek Baptist Church, the Unity Sunday School Class and a member of the Baptism committee. Tom...
Nolie Carolyn Ferrell
Jun 6, 2016
Nolie Carolyn Ferrell, 73, of, Siler City died Monday, June 6, 2016 at Randolph Hospice House, Asheboro. Mrs. Ferrell was born in Chatham County on October 17, 1942 the daughter of Clem B. and Pauline Goodwin Ferrell. She was last employed in a temporary work agency but had previously worked with WRAL-TV, secretary to Jesse Helms in Washington, the Department...
Jack Kidd
Jun 4, 2016
Jack Kidd, 82, of Hickory Mountain Baptist Church Road, Siler City died Saturday, June 4, 2016 at Laurels Of Chatham, Pittsboro. Mr. Kidd was born in Chatham County on September 11, 1933 the son of Eli and Grace (Hussey) Kidd. Jack was a member of First Baptist Church of Siler City and retired from Jack Cartwright Furniture of High Point...
Frances Stuart Fields
Jun 2, 2016
Frances Stuart Fields, 87, of Siler City died Thursday, June 2, 2016 at Coventry House Of Siler City. Mrs. Fields was born in Randolph County on October 8, 1928, the daughter of Ralph W. and Mattie (Langley) Stuart. She was retired from A. J. Schnierson's and Sons, and was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Esther Sunday...
Walter William Armstrong
Jun 2, 2016
Walter William Armstrong, Sr., 87, of Siler City, NC, died Thursday June 2, 2016 at Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, Greensboro, NC. Mr. Armstrong was born October 25, 1928 in Brooklyn, NY the son of Harry Howard and Isabella Clementine Campbell Armstrong. Walter was an Investment Executive, served in the Army during the Korean Conflict and was a member of...
Maxine Fogleman Pike
Jun 1, 2016
Maxine Fogleman Pike, 91, of Siler City died Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at Chatham Hospital, Mrs. Pike was born in Alamance County on September 26, 1924 the daughter of Leland Walker and Emma (Andrews) Fogleman. She was a member of Rocky River Friends Meeting, the Fellowship Sunday School Class,a Sunday School teacher and a member of the USFW. She enjoyed...
George Henry Andrews, Jr.
May 31, 2016
George Henry Andrews, Jr., 86, of Siler City died Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at Central Carolina Hospital, Sanford. Mr. Andrews was born in Chatham County on July 21, 1929 the son of George Henry and Beatrice (Martin) Andrews. George attended Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg, attended UNC for two years and was a 1958 graduate of NC State University. He...
Rolfe Lee Phillips
May 25, 2016
Rolfe Lee Phillips, 66, of Asheboro died Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at Clapp's Convalescent Nursing Home, Asheboro. Mr. Phillips was born in Chatham County on June 20, 1949 the son of the late Rolfe Riddle and Polly (Hargrove) Phillips. Rolfe was a member of Rives Chapel Baptist Church, a Sunday School teacher and an ordained minister. He had taught auto...
Ray Williams
May 22, 2016
Ray Williams, 65, of Arthur Teague Road, Siler City died Sunday, May 22, 2016 at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill. Mr. Williams was born in Saxapahaw on June 20, 1950 the son of Vance and Helen Christine (Stallings) Williams. Ray grew up on a tobacco farm with two brothers and a sister, was a graduate of Western Alamance High School. He...
John Raymond "Johnny Rock" Pettit
May 21, 2016
John Raymond Pettit, born September 5, 1955 in Kinston, NC was called home to our Lord on May 21, 2016. John was a Master builder and fisherman. He was a loving husband, father, son, brother and friend. Accepting all as family and known as “Uncle Johnny Rock”. John was preceded in death by wife, Cheryl Phillips Pettit and son, Phillip...
Norma Bodey Paschal
May 18, 2016
Norma Bodey Paschal, 91, of Siler City died Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at Coventry House of Siler City. Mrs. Paschal was born June 16, 1924 in Bellevue, OH, the daughter of George and Gaye (Thornburg) Bodey. Norma was a member of the First Baptist Church of Siler City and employed as secretary for Forrest Paschal Machinery Company. She enjoyed reading,...
JoAnn Lever Butler
May 17, 2016
JoAnn Lever Butler, 80, of Campbell Road, Bear Creek went to her heavenly home Tuesday, May 17, 2016. Mrs. Butler was born in Columbia, South Carolina on September 4, 1935 the daughter of Marvin W. and Ruth E. Lever and Mable Lever. She was a charter member of Faith Baptist Church and the adult Sunday School Class. She was retired...
Lena Faye Gordon
May 16, 2016
Lena Faye Gordon, 79, of Devils Tramping Ground Road, Bear Creek died Monday, May 16, 2016 at her residence. Ms. Gordon was born in Surry County on September 11, 1936 the daughter of Ulyess G. and Lula Mae (Shinault) Gordon. Lena was the first woman to be hired as a fixer for Klopman Mills in Ramseur. She enjoyed cooking, gardening...
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