Recent Obituaries from Asheboro, North Carolina
Larea Dunning Lamb
Mar 7, 2015
Janie Larea Dunning Lamb, age 85, of Asheboro died Saturday, March 7, 2015 at Randolph Health & Rehabilitation, Asheboro. Mrs. Lamb was born June 13, 1929, daughter of Walter Goldsbury Dunning and Mary Elizabeth Brady Dunning. Mrs. Lamb was a native of Davidson County and a homemaker. Larea was a member of Balfour Baptist Church and loved taking care of...
Deborah Lynn Bunker
Mar 6, 2015
Deborah L. Bunker, age 60, died Friday, March 6, 2015 at Randolph Hospice House, Asheboro. There will be a private memorial service held. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of Randolph, P.O. Box 9, Asheboro, NC 27204-0009.
John Thomas Hayes
Mar 6, 2015
John Thomas Hayes, age 69, of Asheboro died Friday, March 6, 2015 at Randolph Hospital. Mr. Hayes was born October 27, 1945 the son of Walter Irwin and Elizabeth Davis Hayes. John was a native of Asheboro and spent most of his professional life in the grocery business. He owned and operated the IGA Grocery store in Asheboro for many...
Anita Bulla Cox
Mar 4, 2015
Anita Bulla Cox, age 69, of Asheboro died Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at the Randolph Hospice House. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at West Bend United Methodist Church, 1080 Albemarle Road, Asheboro with Rev. Drew McIntyre officiating. Mrs. Cox was born in Asheboro on May 23, 1945 to Kenneth and Clara...
Carolyn Edwards
Mar 4, 2015
Carolyn Marks Edwards, age 74, of Asheboro died Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston- Salem. Mrs. Edwards was born May 27, 1940 the daughter of Buddy and Elgie Mae Marks. Carolyn was a native of Richmond County. She was retired from Klopman Mills and Sew Special. Carolyn loved to fish and play bingo and enjoyed...
Catherine Marie Foster
Mar 4, 2015
Catherine Brown Foster, age 57, of Asheboro died Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Mrs. Foster was born January 3, 1958 in Asheboro to Hoyt and Bessie Brown. She was formerly employed with Goodyear of Asheboro. Mrs. Foster loved spending time with her children and grandchildren, being outdoors and fishing. Known to some of her friends as "Catbird" or "One Pocket", she...
Richard John Simco
Mar 3, 2015
Richard John "Rich" Simco, age 72, of Randleman died Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at Randolph Hospital. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Mr. Simco was born on November 17, 1942 to John and Mary Stripsky Simco, who preceded him in death. Rich was a resident of Brookstone Haven in Randleman and formerly lived in Sunrise, FL...
Bobby Dolan Simmons
Mar 2, 2015
Bobby Dolan "Bulldog" Simmons, age 47, of Sophia died Monday, March 2, 2015 at High Point Regional Hospital, High Point. Bobby was a native of Randolph County and the owner and operator of Bulldogs Tree Service for 15 years. He is preceded in death by his father, Dolan Kennedy Simmons. He is survived by his son, Zachariah Simmons, of Bennett;...
Dorothy Lee Highfill
Feb 28, 2015
Dorothy Lee Farrington Highfill, age 92, of Randleman died Saturday, February 28, 2015 at Clapps Convalescent Nursing Home, Pleasant Garden. Mrs. Highfill was born February 10, 1923 the daughter of the late John Alexander and the late Cora Grace McCanless Farrington. Dot was a native of Guilford County and a life-long member of Level Cross United Methodist Church. She was...
Ruby Allred Robbins
Feb 27, 2015
Ruby Allred Robbins, age 90, of Randleman died Friday, February 27, 2015 at home. Ms. Robbins was born July 24, 1924 the daughter of William Fred and Clara J. Haney Allred. Ms. Robbins was a Native of Randolph County, a member of Sophia Baptist Church and retired from Drexel Heritage in High Point after 20 years of service. Ruby was...
Carolyn Newby
Feb 27, 2015
Carolyn Carlton Newby, age 91, of Asheboro died Friday, February 27, 2015 at Randolph Hospice House. Mrs. Newby was born April 30, 1923 in Anniston, AL. the daughter of William and Mary (Billings) Carlton. Carolyn was preceded in death by her husbands: Darrell W. Hendrix and W. Ray Newby; son: Roger Newby; brothers: Wallace Carlton, Robert Carlton, Richard Carlton; and...
Geraldine Herron Thompson
Feb 26, 2015
Geraldine Herron Thompson, age 73, of Stoney Fork Church Rd., Mt. Gilead died Thursday, February 26, 2015 at First Health Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst. Geraldine was born September 2, 1941 at Mecklenburg County, the daughter of Thomas Green and Selma Russ Herron. Geraldine lived the majority of her life in the Mt. Gilead area and was a graduate of Mt....
Douglas Barnes, Jr.
Feb 26, 2015
Douglas "Doug" Barnes, Jr., age 84, of Asheboro died Thursday, February 26, 2015 at his home. Mr. Barnes was born in Robeson County on May 20, 1930 to D. Douglas Barnes, Sr. and Maude McLellan Barnes. Doug served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict and was a lifetime member of the 187th Airborne Rakakassans RCT (Regimental...
J. C. "Bud" Burns, Jr.
Feb 26, 2015
J. C. "Bud" Burns, Jr., age 83, of 1345 Albemarle Rd., Troy died Thursday, February 26, 2015 at his home. Bud was born May 5, 1931 at Troy, NC, the son of Joseph Carl and Mamie Lomax Burns. He was retired owner and operator of Burns Logging Company and attended Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, Bud...
Mary Joyce Harris
Feb 25, 2015
Mary Joyce Fox Harris, age 98, of Randleman died Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at Randolph Hospice House, Asheboro. Mrs. Harris was born May 4, 1916 the daughter of James and Victoria Fox. Mary Joyce was a native of Chatham County and attended Silk Hope School. She was a hairdresser for many years and started her own Beauty Shop in 1951,...
Sheila Baublitz
Feb 25, 2015
Sheila Ferguson Baublitz, age 51, of Asheboro died Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at her home. Ms. Baublitz was a native of Ohio and a 1982 graduate of Washington Senior High School in Washington Court House, Ohio. She was formerly employed with Acme-McCrary of Asheboro and as a former military wife she spent much of her life traveling abroad. Ms. Baublitz...
Carolyn Cranford Phillips
Feb 24, 2015
Carolyn Cranford Phillips, age 87, of Asheboro died Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at Cross Road Retirement Community. Mrs. Phillips was born in Randolph County on August 25, 1927 to Leon and Ruth Edwards Cranford. She was a graduate of High Point College and was a retired school teacher with the Randolph County School system. Carolyn was a member of First...
Edward Vance Voncannon
Feb 24, 2015
Edward Vance Voncannon, age 56, of Liberty died Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at his home. Mr. Voncannon was born September 23, 1958 in Asheboro, NC the son of Bobby Lee and Ella Shehan Voncannon. Mr. Voncannon was a native of Randolph County and a member of Seagrove United Methodist Church. He was a veteran of the US Army and retired...
Dorothy Evelyn Case
Feb 24, 2015
Dorothy Evelyn Jex Case, passed away at home on Tuesday, February 24, 2015. Born in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada to Mabel and David Jex. Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband George, her mother, father and three sisters. She is a member of First United Methodist Church of Asheboro. Mrs. Case was a life member of the Order of the...
Harold Gill Brown
Feb 23, 2015
Harold Gill Brown was born on March 20, 1939, in New Castle, Pennsylvania, to H. Gill Brown and (Martha) Mildred Atkinson Brown. He joined brother Wilfred, and later sister Roberta came along to add to the fun. The family moved to Mount Lebanon and then settled on Johnston Drive in McMurray, PA. Although father Gill Brown became a cost accountant...
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