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Asheboro, NC Obituaries
Dean Marion
Sep 13, 2021
Beachel Deane Marion, 77, of Troy, passed away Monday, September 13, 2021 at his home surround by his family. A funeral service will be conducted at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, September 16, 2021, at Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church, Asheboro, with Rev. Brian Faircloth officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Dean was a native of Randolph County, born on...
Linda Faye Martin
Sep 11, 2021
Linda Faye Martin, 72, of Charlotte, NC, died Saturday, September 11, 2021 at her residence. Born in Hamlet, NC, Linda was the daughter of the late Dewey M. Martin and Mildred Lee Quick Martin Cox, and step daughter to James "Jed" Cox, of Asheboro, NC. She was a member of Central Church of God, Prism Sunday school in Charlotte,...
Gladys Cox Craven
Sep 10, 2021
Gladys Marie Cox Craven, 88, of Asheboro, passed away Friday, September 10, 2021, at her home. A funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 15, 2021, at Ridge Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Harold McMillan officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memorial Park. Gladys was born on May 14, 1933, in Randolph County to the late...
Phillip Presnell
Sep 8, 2021
Phillip Dean Presnell, 73, of Asheboro, passed away Wednesday, September 8, 2021, at The Randolph Hospice House in Asheboro. A graveside service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, September 12, 2021, at New Hope Memorial Gardens with Rev. Arnold Luther officiating. Military honors will be provided by the Randolph County Honor Guard. Phillip was born on October 31,...
Neal R. Dunn, Sr.
Sep 8, 2021
Neal Rankin Dunn, Sr., 87, of Asheboro, passed away as a result of complications from Covid 19 on Wednesday, September 8, 2021, at Randolph Health in Asheboro. No services are planned at this time. Neal was born on May 6, 1934, in Montgomery Co., to the late Lonnie Dunn and Wilma Russell Dunn. He retired as an accountant after...
Jane Freeman
Sep 1, 2021
Carolyn Jane Jordan Freeman, 72, of Asheboro, passed away Wednesday, September 1, 2021, at her home. A funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Monday, September 6, 2021, at Center Cross Baptist Church, Asheboro, with Pastor Rick Miller and Pastor Grant Hoffman officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Jane was born on December 5, 1948 in...
Betty Jean Mcelreath
Aug 31, 2021
Betty Jean Yates McElreath, 83, of Trinity, passed away Tuesday, August 31, 2021, at Woodland Hill Center in Asheboro. A funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 4, 2021, at Ridge Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Junior Summey and Rev. Fred Huffstetler officiating. Burial will follow at Pierce's Chapel Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Betty was born...
Everette Swaim
Aug 31, 2021
Everette Wayne Swaim, 86, of Asheboro, passed away Tuesday, August 31, 2021, at his home. A funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 8, 2021, at Ridge Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Alanda Harris officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memorial Park. Mr. Swaim was a native of Randolph County, born on February 4, 1935 to...
Linnie Frye
Aug 30, 2021
Linnie Jane Hall Frye, 83, of Asheboro, died Monday, August 30, 2021 at Clapp's Convalescent Nursing Home in Asheboro. Graveside services will be conducted 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 7, 2021, at Randolph Memorial Park, with Charles Reeder officiating. A native of Randolph Co., Mrs. Frye was born March 18, 1938, the daughter of the late Harry Edwin Hall and...
Connie Sanders
Aug 27, 2021
Connie Denise Sanders, 44, of Asheboro, passed away Friday, August 27, 2021, at her home. A funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday August 31, 2021, at Ridge Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Alvin Powell officiating. Burial will follow at New Hope Memorial Gardens. Connie was born on September 1, 1976 in Onslow County, NC. She had...
Rebecca "Brownie" Freeman
Aug 26, 2021
Rebecca Brown Freeman (Brownie), went to Heaven on August 26, 2021, at the age 78 while residing at Clapp's Nursing Home in Asheboro, NC Brownie was born on Dec. 16, 1942, in Randolph County to Joseph Lester Brown and Edith Claudine Brown Hunter, who both preceded her in death. Also preceding her in death were her step father, Harry...
Bob Brown
Aug 25, 2021
Robert Michael "Bob" Brown, Sr., 75, of Asheboro, died Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Memorial services will be held at a later date at Pisgah United Methodist Church. Born June 27, 1946, in Shenandoah, PA, Mr. Brown was the son of the late William and Anna Madacanis Brown. He had worked as...
Albert S. Johnson
Aug 25, 2021
Albert Sidney Johnson, 93, of Asheboro, died Wednesday, August 25, 2021, at The Randolph Hospice House in Asheboro. Mr. Johnson was born in Randolph Co., on June 25, 1928, the son of the late Lee and Addie Callicutt Johnson. He was retired from Randolph Technical Institute, a brick mason and sawmill operator. He was a member of Eleazer United...
Wiley Brown
Aug 24, 2021
Wiley Wayman Brown, 80, of Asheboro, passed away Tuesday, August 24, 2021, at Accordius Health in Lexington. A graveside service will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 28, 2021, at Callicutt Memorial Church Cemetery, with Rosa Jester officiating. Wiley was born on February 10, 1941, in Randolph County. He was formerly employed with Klopman Mills and was a...
Betty Hammer
Aug 23, 2021
Betty Jean Lanier Hammer, 88, of Asheboro, died Monday, August 23, 2021 at High Point Medical Center in High Point. Graveside services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, September 8, 2021, at High Pine Wesleyan Church Cemetery, with Rev. Arnold Luther officiating. Born in Randolph Co., on June 23, 1933, Betty was the daughter of the late Edgar...
William "Bill" Campbell
Aug 21, 2021
William "Bill" Robert Campbell, 49, of Robbins, passed away Saturday, August 21, 2021 at his home. A memorial service will be held at a later date. William was born on March 22, 1972, in Beaufort County, SC. He started working in construction with his father at the age of 14, this lead to a career in construction. He was...
Carol Marley
Aug 17, 2021
Virginia Carol Marley, 74, of Asheboro, passed away Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at Woodland Hill Center in Asheboro. A graveside service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Monday, August 23, 2021, at Randolph Memorial Park with Pastor Reggie Robbins officiating. Carol was born on February 7, 1947, in Mebane, NC to the late James Henry Marley and Elsie Mae...
Jacquelyn C. Brown
Aug 16, 2021
Mrs. Jacquelyn "Jackie" Evon Cooper Brown entered her eternal home on Monday, August 16, 2021, at her home surrounded by loved ones. A funeral service will be conducted on Saturday, August 21, 2021, at 11:00 a.m., at New Center Christian Church, with Pastor Jonathan Burris officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The service will be live-streamed on...
Shirley Allred
Aug 16, 2021
Shirley Louise Phillips Allred, 83, of Asheboro, passed away Monday, August 16, 2021, at her home. A memorial service will be conducted on Wednesday, August 18, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. at Caraway Baptist Church with Pastor Jim Honeycutt and Pastor Fredie Meadows officiating. Shirley was born on November 6, 1937 in Oconee County, SC, to the late Joel Phillips...
Joe H. Thomas
Aug 11, 2021
Joe Haskel Thomas, 89, of Asheboro, passed away in his sleep from natural causes, surrounded by his family, at his home on Wednesday, August 11, 2021. Graveside services will be conducted at 11:00, Saturday, August 14, 2021, at Randolph Memorial Park, with Rev Dave Cash officiating. Military honors will be provided by the Randolph County Honor Guard Joe was...
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