Recent Obituaries from Siler City, NC and Surrounding Areas.
Irene Trogdon Vann
Nov 11, 2013
Irene Trogdon Vann, 79, of John Emerson Road, Siler City died Monday, November 11, 2013 at Randolph Hospice House, Asheboro. Mrs. Vann was born in Randolph County on April 17, 1934 the daughter of Theodore Roosevelt and Lina Walters Trogdon. Irene was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church where she served as pianist for 32 years. She had been employed...
James Benjamin Harris, Jr.
Nov 9, 2013
James Benjamin "Jamie" Harris, Jr., 47, of 8377 Holman Mill Road, Snow Camp died Saturday, November 9, 2013 at his residence. Jamie was born in Chatham County on May 1, 1966 the son of James Benjamin and Lois Harris, Sr. He was employed by Hudson Cable as Operations Manager and attended South Fork Friends Meeting. He enjoyed spending time with...
Patricia Williams Cox
Nov 9, 2013
Patricia Williams Cox, 55, died Saturday, November 9, 2013 at Randolph Hospital, Asheboro. Mrs. Cox was born In Chatham County on November 29, 1957 the daughter of Paul Ray and Betty Jean (Fox Elkins) Williams. Patricia was a homemaker. Patricia was preceded in death by her parents; grandmother, Maude Kimrey She is survived by one daughter: Heather Parker and husband,...
James Thomas Williams, Sr.
Nov 9, 2013
James Thomas "Tommy" Williams, Sr., 78, of 548 Cooper Street, Staley died Saturday, November 9, 2013 at his residence after a long battle with cancer. Mr. Williams was born in Randolph County on April 12, 1935 the son of Heber and Dora (Branson) Williams. He had worked for over 30 years at Western Electric and AT&T in purchasing. Tommy was...
Samuel David McPherson
Nov 8, 2013
Samuel David McPherson, 84, of McPherson Lane, Siler City died Friday, November 8, 2013 at his residence. Mr. McPherson was born in Chatham County on June 13, 1929 the son of John Luther and Sally (Fox) McPherson. He retired from Mountaire Poultry, formerly Hancock Feedmill, with over 30 years of service as a dispatcher. Dave was a lifelong member of...
Faydine Opal Tisdale
Nov 7, 2013
Faydine Opal Ellis Tisdale, 71, of Siler City died Thursday, November 7, 2013.Mrs. Tisdale was born June 4, 1942 the daughter of John M. and Mary Edna Johnson Ellis. Mrs. Tisdale was a native of Chatham County. Faydine was a homemaker, a member of Hickory Mountain United Methodist Church was preceded in death by husband, Garland Tisdale, brothers; Willie Ellis,...
Elaine Zimmerman Stephens
Nov 7, 2013
Elaine Zimmerman Stephens, 83, of Putnam Church Road, Carthage died Thursday, November 7, 2013 at the VA Medical Center in Durham. Mrs. Stephens was born October 6, 1930 in Rochester, NY the daughter of Lisle and Marion (Wood) Zimmerman. She was a homemaker, a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Pinehurst and St. Julia's Catholic Parish of Siler City....
Gertha Lane Joyce
Oct 28, 2013
Gertha Lane Joyce, 87 of Bonlee Bennett Road, Siler City died Monday, October 28, 2013 at Manor Care Health Services, Pinehurst. Mrs. Joyce was born on December 22, 1925 in Lee County, the daughter of William Henry and Blanche (Hilliard) Lane. Gertha was a homemaker and member of Edward Hill Friends Meeting, the Senior Sunday School class and sang in...
Guilford Ray Langley
Oct 25, 2013
Guilford Ray Langley, 68, of Siler City died Friday, October 25, 2013 at Hinkle Hospice House, Lexington. Mr. Langley was born in Guilford County on June 11, 1945 the son of Ray and Dorothy Lee (Dunlap) Langley. He attended Bonlee Baptist Church, was an avid philatelist (stamp collector). He owned and operated Tar Heel Philatelics that allowed him time to...
Jeffery Allen Blakley
Oct 23, 2013
Jeffery Allen Blakley, 36, of Siler City died Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill. Mr. Blakley was born in Tipton, Indiana on May 20, 1977 the son of Willie and Martha Petty Blakley. He was employed as a machine operator with EPC in Siler City. Jeffery was a graduate of Jordan Matthews High School and a Southern...
John Calvin Bowers
Oct 22, 2013
John Calvin "J C" Bowers, 79, of Silk Hope- Gum Springs Road, Siler City died Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at his residence. Mr. Bowers was born in Chatham County on July 27, 1934 the son of Wiley and Eva (Thompson) Bowers. He was a member of Hickory Mountain United Methodist Church, an Army veteran and retired as a route salesman...
Helen Shepherd Webster
Oct 21, 2013
Helen Shepherd Webster, 87, of Siler City died Monday, October 21, 2013 at Siler City Care. Mrs. Webster was born in Randolph County on November 15, 1925 the daughter of James and Bessie (Coble) Shepherd. She retired from Glendale Hosiery as a seamstress. Helen was a member of the First Baptist Church, the Esther Sunday School Class, Joy In The...
Jewel Elizabeth Harris
Oct 20, 2013
Jewel Elizabeth Harris, 95 of Siler City, formerly of 386 Clyde Underwood Road died Sunday, October 20, 2013 at Siler City Center. Miss Harris was born in Chatham County on December 3, 1917, the daughter of Dewitt and the Letita (Woody) Harris. Jewel was the oldest lifetime member of Plainfield Friends Meeting and was a poultry grower for Gold Kist....
Thomas Wayne Smith
Oct 16, 2013
Thomas "Tommy" Wayne Smith, 69, of 416 West Tenth Street, Siler City died Wednesday, October 16, 2013. Mr. Smith was born in Randolph County on August 12, 1944 the son of Glenn Thomas and Hazel (Black) Smith. He had retired from Mountaire Farms in maintenance. Tommy enjoyed traveling, spending time at the lake and working in his yard. He especially...
Clara Frances Jones Lopossay
Oct 14, 2013
Clara Jones Lopossay of Siler City died peacefully Monday, October 14, 2013 at Siler City Center. Mrs. Lopossay was born in Chatham County on July 13, 1924 the daughter of Manley and Mossie (Hicks) Jones. She was a member of Siler City Pentecostal Holiness Church and The Adult Sunday School Class. Clara was retired from Chatham County Schools Food Service....
Alf Nelson Evans
Oct 13, 2013
Alf Nelson Evans, 75, of Siler City died Sunday, October 13, 2013 at his residence. Mr. Evans was born January 4, 1938 in Long Beach, NY the son of Ernest Frank and Ruth (Nelson) Evans. He was self employed as a maintenance worker. He is survived by brother: Ernest F. Evans and wife, Deirdre of Siler City, NC; sister, Nancy...
Bettie Jo Morgan
Oct 13, 2013
Bettie Jo Morgan, 88, of Ruby, died Sunday, October 13, 2013. She was born June 30, 1925 in Bonlee, North Carolina to the late Charles and Edna Webster. She married Daniel J. Morgan in 1948 in Detroit. He died on February 22, 1986. Mrs. Morgan graduated from East Carolina University in Greenville North Carolina and was a school teacher for...
Aileen Greeson Jones
Oct 11, 2013
Aileen Greeson Jones of Siler City died Friday, October 11, 2013 at Hospice and Palliative Care of Alamance-Caswell. Aileen was born in Guilford County on April 15, 1924 the daughter of James and Minnie Holt Greeson. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Siler City where she was a member of the Friendship Sunday School Class and...
James Ray Gilliland
Oct 11, 2013
James Ray Gilliland, 88, of Siler City died Friday, October 11, 2013 at Siler City Center Mr. Gilliland was born in Chatham County on July 6, 1925 the son of Thomas Jefferson and Mary Lila (Dixon) Gilliland. He was a farmer and enjoyed raising cows, carpentry work and helping in the community no matter the need. Ray was preceded in...
Harold Keith Hart
Oct 10, 2013
Mr. Harold Keith Hart, 71, passed away peacefully with his family by his side at UNC Hospital on Thursday, October 10, 2013. The family will receive friends from 6-8 PM on Saturday, October 12, at First Baptist Church of Siler City. A funeral service will be held at 3 PM on Sunday, October 13 at First Baptist Church with the...