Recent Obituaries from Asheboro, North Carolina
Robert DeLee Vanhoy
Jun 21, 2012
Robert DeLee Vanhoy, age 86, of Hickory Street, Troy died Thursday, June 21, 2012 at Hinkle Hospice House, Lexington. Robert was born November 23, 1925 at Troy, NC, the son of Foster B and Bertie Harris Vanhoy. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Troy and a US Navy veteran of World War II. Robert was a retired...
Margaret Secoy Militzer
Jun 20, 2012
Margaret Secoy Militzer, age 54, of Asheboro, died Wednesday, June 20, 2012, at Randolph Hospital, Asheboro. Margaret was a native of Bennington, Vermont and was employed as a Registered Nurse in the Randolph Hospital Maternity Department since 1998. As a nurse, she had great compassion for her patients and was always very professional in her career. Margaret had a love...
Irene Rush
Jun 20, 2012
Myrtle Irene Rush, age 83, of 533 Luck Rd., Asheboro died Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at Randolph Health & Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 23, 2012 at 11:00 AM at the Pugh Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Darrell Rabon officiating. Entombment will follow in Randolph Memorial Park. Miss Rush was born in Asheboro on August 23,...
Harold Duane Hunt
Jun 20, 2012
Harold Duane Hunt, age 74, of Asheboro died Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at his home. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 23, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at Landmark Baptist Church, 2816 Spoons Chapel Rd., Asheboro with Rev. Frank Barrett officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memorial Park. Mr. Hunt was born in Randolph County on January 3, 1938...
Ogreeta Stella Sutton
Jun 19, 2012
Ogreeta Thompson Sutton, age 100, of Asheboro died Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at Randolph Health & Rehabilitation, Asheboro. Mrs. Sutton was born April 7, 1912 in Roanoke Rapids to William and Jenny Bain Thompson. She grew up in Hamlet and was preceded in death by her husband, Luther Lee Sutton and son, Jim Sutton. Mrs. Sutton loved westerns, both books...
Mary Brown Parker
Jun 19, 2012
Mary Brown Parker, age 93, of 351 Worth St., Asheboro died Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at Carillon Assisted Living of Asheboro. The family will receive friends on Thursday, June 21, 2012 from 10:00-11:00 am in the parlor at First United Methodist Church, 224 North Fayetteville Street, Asheboro. Funeral services will follow on Thursday at 11:00 am at First United Methodist...
Crawford E. E Slagle, Jr.
Jun 18, 2012
The Honorable Crawford English Slagle, Jr., age 59, of 623 Bruton Street, Troy died Monday, June 18, 2012 at his residence. Mr. Slagle was born September 23, 1952 in Kentucky, the son of Crawford E. Slagle, Sr. and Dorothy Marie Curtis Slagle. He had been a resident of Troy for the past thirty-three years. Since moving to Troy he was...
Joyce Brown
Jun 17, 2012
Joyce Piersol Brown, age 87, formerly of 323 Ridgecrest Road, Asheboro died Sunday, June 17, 2012 at Universal Health Care of Ramseur. Mrs. Brown was born April 5, 1925 the daughter of Orville Sherman and Allene Mettie Allen Piersol. Joyce was a native of Ramseur, NC and was a 1942 graduate of Greensboro Women's College. She retired, after 38 years,...
Coy Lee Hunt
Jun 17, 2012
Coy Lee Hunt, age 84, of 826 S. Park St., Asheboro died Sunday, June 17, 2012 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at 2:00 pm at Asbury Baptist Church, 395 Asbury Church Rd., Seagrove with Rev. Wayne Bryson, Rev. Clay Davis and Rev. Josh Hughes officiating. Burial will...
Enid Moffitt Perry
Jun 14, 2012
Enid Moffitt Perry, age 92, of 401 Lambert Road, Biscoe, formerly of Taft Street, Troy, died Thursday, June 14, 2012 at Autumn Care Nursing & Rehabilitation, Biscoe. Mrs. Perry was born May 13, 1920 at Chatham County, NC, the daughter of Robert Charm and Eva Culberson Moffitt. She was the eldest of seven children. She was a loving and faithful...
Wesley Orlindo Routh
Jun 12, 2012
Wesley Orlindo Routh, age 81, of Climax died Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, Greensboro. Mr. Routh was a native of Randolph County and served in the Army during the Korean War. Wesley was a hard working and very mechanical minded person. He could repair anything. He retired from Laughlin Hosiery Mill after 45 years of...
Dr. Tom Davis
Jun 12, 2012
Dr. G. Thomas Davis, 80, of 1259 Oakmont Drive, died June 12, 2012 at Clapp's Convalescent Nursing Home. Born January 23, 1932, to George Thomas and Bessie Leath Davis in Yanceyville, NC, he moved to Burlington as a small boy with his parents and 5 older sisters, all of whom preceded him in death. He graduated from Burlington High School...
Peggy Lou Burlew
Jun 10, 2012
On Sunday, June 10, 2012 Peggy Lou Burlew moved to her mansion in the sky. Peggy was born August 28, 1941 to Plumb and Florence Virginia Brinn in Belhaven, NC. She was a kind and loving mother and grandmother whose sun rose and set in her son Greg and her 10 year old grandson Nickolas. Peggy is preceded in death...
Ricky Allen Pickett
Jun 10, 2012
Ricky Allen Pickett, age 53, of Troy died at his home in Troy. Mr. Pickett was a native of Randolph County and had a love for classic cars. He was a 1976 graduate of Asheboro High School and a graduate of Randolph Community College where he received his electrical technician degree. Ricky was formerly employed with Nortel and Embarq. He...
Christine Schulze Williams
Jun 9, 2012
Christine Elsbeth Schulze Williams, age 95, of 628 Brook Estate Road, Randleman died Saturday, June 9, 2012 at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Williams was born December 24, 1916, the daughter of August and Daisy Kucharik Schulze. Mrs. Williams was a native of Danbury, CT and was formerly employed as an inspector with Barden Corporation for over 30 years....
Ruby Eloise Marsh
Jun 9, 2012
Ruby Eloise Kenan Marsh, age 101, of 1756 Lassiter Mill Road and Woodland Hills Care and Rehabilitation Center, Asheboro, NC, passed away peacefully and made her heavenly entrance on Saturday, June 9, 2012. Ruby was born February 4, 1911 in Duplin County, grew up in Teachey, NC. She was preceded in death by both her parents: William Kenan and Lenora...
Henry Peter Beane
Jun 6, 2012
Henry "Pop" Peter Beane, age 90, of Randleman died Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at his home. Mr. Beane was a native of Guilford County, a member of the Church Of God in Randleman and retired from J.P. Stevens. He is survived by his wife: Vera Chriscoe Beane of the home; daughters: Alice Beane Grove and her husband Harold of Franklinville...
Cathy Annette McNeill
Jun 6, 2012
Cathy Annette Jones McNeill, age 51, of 123 Depot St., Randleman died Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at Randolph Hospital, Asheboro. Mrs. McNeill was born January 12, 1961 the daughter of Presley William and Ina Odell Robertson Jones. She was employed by Hardee's in Randleman. She is survived by daughter: Seliene Maria Munoz of Randleman; sisters: Patricia Lamb and family of...
Viola Hardy Cox
Jun 4, 2012
Viola Hardy Cox, age 65, of 5195 Elmont St., Archdale died Monday, June 4, 2012 at Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, Greensboro. Mrs. Cox was born April 30, 1947 in Guilford County to Dozier and Juanita Collins Hardy. She was a homemaker and loved to fish. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Cox was preceded in death by her sister,...
Joan C. Cox
Jun 4, 2012
Doris Joan Cockerham Cox, age 80, of Asheboro died Monday, June 4, 2012 at her daughter's home surrounded by her family and loved ones. Mrs. Cox was born May 12, 1932 in Randolph County to William Aucy and Stella Hughes Cockerham. She was a life-long Christian and served as a Sunday school teacher for over 50 years in the nursery....