Recent Obituaries from Asheboro, North Carolina
Margie Mae Bescher
Apr 1, 2012
Margie Mae Hudson Bescher, age 89, of 7735 US Business Highway 220 North, Randleman died Sunday, April 1, 2012 at Randolph Hospital, Asheboro. Mrs. Bescher was a native of Randolph County and retired from Randleman Elementary School with 29 years of service in the cafeteria. Margie then worked for McDonalds and Hardees in Randleman. She is preceded in death by...
Edna McNeill Parsons
Apr 1, 2012
Edna McNeill Parsons, age 92, formerly of 111 Johnson Road, Troy, died Sunday, April 1, 2012 at Autumn Care Nursing & Rehabilitation, Biscoe. Mrs. Parsons was born January 29, 1920 at Biscoe, NC the daughter of Zenith and Annie Kennedy McNeill. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Troy and a retired employee with 45 years of...
Rev. Preston D. Parsons
Mar 31, 2012
Rev. Preston D. Parsons, age 91 - US Navy Chaplain, Veteran of WWII (Pacific theater) and the Korean War, Ordained Minister (Christian Church, Disciples of Christ), Counselor and Professor - died at his home in Randleman, NC, on Saturday, March 31, 2012. Born September 8, 1920 in Arapahoe, NC, education included undergraduate, graduate and post- graduate studies at Atlantic Christian...
Dr. Mel Young
Mar 31, 2012
Dr. Clarence Melvin "Mel" Young, age 84, of 450 Mountain Top #213, Asheboro died Saturday, March 31, 2012 at Randolph Hospice House, Asheboro. A native of Mebane, Dr. Young will be remembered as a loving husband, father, and papa. He attended Elon College, and graduated from the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, TN. An optometrist he practiced in Asheboro...
Lucille Stout Rumley
Mar 28, 2012
Sarah Lucille (Stout) Rumley of 535 Hwy. 42 South, Asheboro, NC died the 28th of March 2012. Lucille was the daughter of the late Fletcher and Eva Stout of the Moffitt Mill area. She was a member of Central United Methodist Church, Christian Homemakers Class, and United Methodist Women's Circle. She was employed by the War Department, Demobilized Personnel Records...
Marion Ruling Miller
Mar 27, 2012
ASHEBORO--Marion Ruling Miller, age 89, of 400 Vision Dr., Asheboro died Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at Randolph Hospital in Asheboro, NC. A memorial service will be held at a later date in Wellsbridge, NY. Mrs. Miller was born in Masonville, NY on November 22, 1922 to George and Mary Merwin Ruling. She was retired as a Certified Nursing Assistant with...
Terry Lynn McRae
Mar 27, 2012
Terry Lynn McRae, age 67, of 1518 NC Hwy 109S, Mt Gilead, died Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at his home. Terry was born September 20, 1944 at Montgomery County, NC, the son of Philip and Frances Lassiter McRae of Albemarle. He was a member of Intercontinental Church of God of High Point. He was a 1962 graduate of West Montgomery...
Gladys Mae Lambe
Mar 27, 2012
Gladys Mae Wilson Lambe, age 77, of 1319 Briarcliff Rd., Asheboro died Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at the Randolph Hospice House. Funeral services will be held on Friday, March 30, 2012 at 2:00 PM at Union Grove Christian Church, 3985 Old NC Hwy 13, Asheboro with Rev. Garry L. Reeder officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Ms. Lambe...
H. David Beaman
Mar 26, 2012
H. David Beaman, age 76, of 216 Corbett Road, Troy died Monday, March 26, 2012 at Duke University Medical Center, Durham. David was born January 20, 1936 at Montgomery County, NC, the son of Abihue and Sallie Broome Beaman. He was a retired lineman with 24 years of service from Carolina Power & Light Company. After retirement, he became a...
Mary Joyce Auman
Mar 24, 2012
Mary Joyce Auman, age 82, of Asheboro was finally welcomed into her Saviors arms on Saturday, March 24, 2012 at Abbotts Creek Care and Rehabilitation, Lexington. Mrs. Auman was born January 8, 1930 the daughter of Clyde and Thelma Purdee. Mrs. Auman was a native of Lexington and a member of First Baptist Church in Asheboro. She was an executive...
Theodore Ernest Tucker
Mar 23, 2012
Theodore Ernest Tucker, age 59, of 2152 Golda Ave., Asheboro died Friday, March 23, 2012 at his home. No funeral services will be held. Mr. Tucker was a native of Pittsburg, CA and was formerly employed with Clark Furniture Manufacturing. He is survived by his wife, Rose Tucker of the home; sons, Bill Tucker of New York, Teddy Tucker of...
Clarence Lewis Sells
Mar 23, 2012
Clarence Lewis "Blue" Sells, Jr., age 61, of 751 Hanner Rd., Randleman died Friday, March 23, 2012 at his home. Mr. Sells was a native of Guilford County and served in the US Army during Vietnam War. He had been employed with Keith Laughlin Body Shop, Charlie Crone Auto Repair, Mike Skinner Racing, Becks Auto and painted showcars for Richard...
Patsy Bulla Underwood Wright
Mar 21, 2012
Patsy Bulla Underwood Wright, age 79, of Florence, SC, died Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at Regency Hospital, Florence. Mrs. Wright was born May 3, 1932 at Asheboro, NC, but lived in Troy for many years. She later moved to Myrtle Beach and then to Florence. She was a homemaker,a woman of strong character who loved to talk, living at the...
Dorothy Ann Johnson
Mar 20, 2012
Dorothy Ann Johnson, age 66, of 230 E. Presnell St., Asheboro died Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at the Randolph Hospice House. Funeral services will be held on Friday, March 23, 2012 at 11:00 AM at the Pugh Funeral Home Chapel with Gary Wallace officiating. Burial will follow in the Whites Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery in Franklinville. Dorothy was born in...
Sandra Gwyn Lee
Mar 20, 2012
Sandra Marlene Gwyn Lee, age 62, of 7311 Sycamore Dr., Randleman died Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at Heartland Living and Rehabilitation, Greensboro. Mrs. Lee was born April 18, 1949 in Mt. Airy, NC the daughter of William Elbert and Ellen Marie Collins Gwyn. She was raised in Southern Guilford County and married Preston Linwood Lee, Jr. who preceded her in...
Robert Plimpton, Sr.
Mar 19, 2012
Bob Plimpton, 73, of Asheboro was called home to rejoin his dearly departed wife and his Lord and Savior on March 19, 2012 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Bob was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather and a member of the United Methodist Church of Cedar Falls. He was retired, after 20 years of service, from the Uni-lever...
Ervel Lamb
Mar 18, 2012
Ervel Lamb, age 74, of 2823 Millboro Rd., Franklinville died Sunday, March 18, 2012 at Kindred Hospital, Greensboro. Mr. Lamb was born July 29, 1937 at Pipeville, KY. the son of Thomas Franklin and Annie Helen Lamb. He is survived by four sisters: Jane Baldwin of Glensfalls, NY, Ruth Hodge of Randleman, NC, Ottie Voncannon of Asheboro, NC, and Shirley...
Fay Morris
Mar 17, 2012
Fay Morris, age 72, of Asheboro died Saturday, March 17, 2012 at her home. Mrs. Morris was native of Randolph County and was a member of Central Falls Baptist Church, where she was a Sunday School Teacher. Fay worked at General Electric and retired from Black & Decker. She was preceded in death by her father, Alex Fagg and her...
Marie Andrews Dunn
Mar 16, 2012
Marie Andrews Dunn, age 59, of 241 Woodyard Road, Mt. Gilead died Friday, March 16, 2012, following a brief illness at Carolinas Medical Center Northeast, Concord. Mrs. Dunn was born September 9, 1952 at Montgomery County, NC, the daughter of the late Eli Overton and Mae Staley Overton of Albemarle. Marie owned and operated Marie Dunn Bookkeeping Service and was...
Robert Lee Batson
Mar 15, 2012
Robert Lee "Bob" Batson, age 87, formerly of Holder-Inman Rd., Randleman died Thursday, March 15, 2012 at Universal Health Care of Ramseur. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 2:00 PM at First Baptist Church, 100 North Main Street, Randleman with Rev. Kenneth L. Reaves and Rev. Chris Heppding officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memorial...