Recent Obituaries from Asheboro, North Carolina
Wade Boyles Lawrence
May 2, 2020
Wade Boyles Lawrence, age 96, of Asheboro passed away on Saturday, May 2, 2020 at his home. Mr. Lawrence was born March 24, 1924 in Surry County, to William Jesse and Catherine Shephard Lawrence. Wade served in the Army during WW II as a Corporal in the 551st Anti-Aircraft Division, 3rd Army under General George Patton. He proudly served his...
Sylvia Hunsucker
May 2, 2020
Sylvia Everhart Hunsucker, age 99, formerly of Montgomery County, NC, died Saturday, May 2, 2020 at Priddy Manor Assisted Living, King, NC. Mrs. Hunsucker was born July 2, 1920 the daughter of Fred and Dovie Loflin Everhart. Sylvia was a native of Montgomery County and had worked in textiles, retiring from E. J. Snyder's Dye and Finishing of Albemarle. She...
Sonny James Martin
Apr 30, 2020
Sonny James Martin, age 51, of Sophia went home to be with his Lord and Savior Thursday, April 30, 2020 at his home with his loving wife by his side. Sonny was born August 30, 1968 in High Point. Sonny was a very bold, kind-hearted person who always defended others when they couldn't. He loved children and animals had a...
Karen Denise Joyce McBride
Apr 29, 2020
Karen Denise Joyce McBride, age 62, of Asheboro passed away on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Ms. McBride was born in Randolph County on February 26, 1958 to Kermit Codell and Lannie Garner Joyce. She was retired from E.G. Industries. She is survived by her son, Mark Pickell of Archdale; grandchildren, Sheyenne Pickell, Thomas Grein, and Logan Pickell; fiance, Tony Maness...
Aubrey R. Carter
Apr 29, 2020
Aubrey Raeford Carter, age 92, formerly of Franklinville, died Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at Alpine Health & Rehabilitation, Asheboro. Mr. Carter was born July 12, 1927 the son of Robert Lee and Lucy Owens Carter. Aubrey was a native of Surry County, NC and a longtime resident of Randolph County. He retired from Klopman Mills and was a member of...
Donald Joe Danner
Apr 28, 2020
Donald Joe Danner, age 80, of Asheboro passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2020. Mr. Danner was born in Mocksville, NC on May 25, 1939 to Troy Vestal Danner and Wilma Mae Anderson Danner. He was a graduate of Lipscomb University with a BS Degree in Business Administration. Don was retired from the Social Security Administration after 25 years of...
Mattie Lee Buchanan McKinney Silver
Apr 26, 2020
Mattie Lee Buchanan McKinney Silver, age 94, of Randleman died Sunday, April 26, 2020 at Woodland Hill Center. Mrs. Silver was born April 1, 1927 in Bakersville, NC to Clarence and Rettie Pittman Buchanan. Mrs. Silver was a member of Bear Creek Baptist Church in Bakersville and attended Forest Park Baptist Church in Randleman. She was retired from Spruce Pine...
Peggy Jean Breeze Selman
Apr 26, 2020
Peggy Jean Breeze Selman, age 84, of Asheboro, passed away Sunday, April 26, 2020, at Woodland Hill Center, Asheboro. Peggy Jean was born May 5, 1935, at Gainesville, FL the daughter of George Meadows Breeze, Jr. and Marguerite Hawkins Breeze. Peggy Jean was a devoted daughter of Christ and member at Central United Methodist Church. She was married to her...
Dr. Morris Austin Herron Ed.D
Apr 24, 2020
Dr. Morris Austin Herron, age 77, of Thomasville died Friday, April 24, 2020 at Thomasville Medical Center in Thomasville. Dr. Herron was born September 25, 1942 the son of William Pearlie Herron and Edna Miller Buckner Herron. Dr. Herron was a native of Swain County. He taught business at East Montgomery High School and was Principal at Star School for...
Frances Josephine McPherson
Apr 24, 2020
Frances Josephine Wilson McPherson, age 88, of Asheboro passed away Friday, April 24, 2020 at her home. Mrs. McPherson was born July 9, 1931, the daughter of Charlie Dude Wilson and Iona Mozelle Brown Wilson. Mrs. McPherson was a native of Chatham County, an active member of Bailey’s Grove Baptist Church where she was a member of the Auditorium Sunday...
Herman Luther Allred
Apr 24, 2020
Herman Luther Allred, age 81, of Asheboro died Friday, April 24, 2020 at Randolph Hospice House. Mr. Allred was born June 5, 1938 in Randolph County to Roy and Banksie Allred. Mr. Allred was a proud US Army veteran and retired from the Randolph County School System. He enjoyed spending time fishing with his family and friends. He is survived...
Rev. Kenneth Lee Green
Apr 24, 2020
Reverend Kenneth Lee Green, age 86, of Seagrove died Friday, April 24, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family. Mr. Green was born June 8, 1933 at Seagrove, NC the son of James Goodman Green and Zora Dell Wallace Green. Rev. Green was the Pastor of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church for 38 years. He was a loving Godly man...
Alta Curtis
Apr 23, 2020
Alta Anderson Johnson Curtis, of Randleman, passed on Thursday, April 23, 2020 at High Point Medical Center, with complications from diverticulitis. Alta was born March 15, 1925 to Carrie Weir of Sandy Ridge and Charlie Franklin Anderson of Deep River communities in High Point. A life-long resident of Randolph County, she is survived by daughter, Phyllis, married to Patrick Gaffney...
Mary "Jennie" Eugenia Owens
Apr 21, 2020
Mary Eugenia "Jennie" Causey Owens, age 65, of Asheboro left this earth to be with her Heavenly Father, Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at her home. Mrs. Owens was born August 30, 1954 the daughter of Fletcher and Jessie Lassiter Causey. Jennie was a native of Randolph County and was formerly employed with Black & Decker. Jeannie was a graduate of...
Frances Frazier Macon
Apr 20, 2020
Frances Frazier Macon, 90, passed away Monday, April 20, 2020 at Hospice House of Randolph. She was a member of New Salem United Methodist Church where she had served as Sunday School Secretary. She worked as a chicken farmer while raising her two sons with her husband. During her sons' teenage years, she worked at Laughlin Hosiery Mill and later...
Frances Corine Jordan
Apr 19, 2020
Frances Corine Jordan, from Rose Haven, MD, died peacefully at her home in Troy, NC on April 19, 2020, at the age of 93. Frances was born October 18, 1926 in Bennings, Washington D.C., the daughter of the late Frances and Nicholas Keyser. She attended Hyattsville High School and after graduation was employed at the Library of Congress, several local...
Norma Jean Hurley Jarrell
Apr 19, 2020
Norma Jean Hurley Jarrell passed away Sunday April 19, 2020 at home surrounded by her children after a brief illness. Born on Oct 20, 1966 in Troy NC to Homer and Dorothy (Tudy) Blalock Hurley. She was preceded in death by maternal grandparents Robert and Jewell Blalock and paternal grandparents Charlie and Alice Hurley, and her fur baby "Gizmo" who...
Tomi (Judy) Sato Goins
Apr 18, 2020
Randleman - Tomi (Judy) Sato Goins, age 91, of Randleman passed away Saturday, April 18, 2020 at Clapp's Convalescent Nursing Home, Asheboro. Mrs. Goins was born March 10, 1929 the daughter of J. Sato and Sato Sato. Mrs. Goins was a native of Akita, Japan and formerly employed with Acme-McCrary for many years. She retired from Asheboro City Schools as...
Dorothy Freeman Henry Smith
Apr 16, 2020
Dorothy Freeman Henry Smith of Asheboro died Thursday, April 16, 2020. Mrs. Smith was born in Duplin County, NC on November 26, 1925 to Floyd and Erma Jones Freeman, the eldest of 5 children and raised outside of Kinston, NC. She was a 1947 graduate of Atlantic Christian College (Barton College). She met Lester Frank Henry, Jr. in Draper (Eden),...
Vina Lee Clapp Kearns
Apr 15, 2020
Vina Lee Clapp Kearns, age 81, formerly of Asheboro, passed away on Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at The Shannon Gray Rehabilitation and Recovery Center in Jamestown. Mrs. Kearns was born in Asheboro on July 1, 1938 to William Clapp and Ivy P. Williamson. She was retired from Klopman Mills/Galey & Lord after 30 years of service. Vina was a member...