Dorothy Rummage
Jun 4, 2021
Dorothy Mae Williams Rummage, 77, of Asheboro, died Friday, June 4, 2021 at Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital in Greensboro. A funeral service will be conducted at 12:30 p.m., Sunday, June 6, 2021, at Ridge Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mark Hall officiating. Burial will follow at Oaklawn Cemetery. Dorothy was born in Duplin County, to the late Melton...
Lois Hoover
Jun 4, 2021
Lois Emogene Hoover, 87, of Asheboro, passed away Friday, June 4, 2021 at The Randolph Hospice House in Asheboro. A private service will be held. Lois was born on September 11, 1933 in Randolph County to the late Troy Edgar Hoover and Vera Lucille Trotter Hoover. She worked as a sewer and retired from Specialty Garments. Lois was a...
Dustin Lee Welsh
Jun 3, 2021
Dustin Lee Welsh, 29, of Asheboro, passed away Thursday, June 3, 2021. A funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Monday, June 7, 2021, at Caraway Baptist Church, Sophia, with Pastor Fredie Meadows officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Dustin was born on July 14, 1991, in Randolph County. He worked with his father laying pipe...
Andrew "Andy" Vaughan
Jun 2, 2021
Andrew "Andy" Michael Vaughan, 38, of Denton, died Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. A graveside service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Monday, June 7, 2021, at Science Hill Friends Meeting Cemetery, Asheboro, with Rev. Michael J. Fulp, Jr. officiating. Andy was born on November 27, 1982, and was from Manassas, VA....
James "Jimmy" Norcom
Jun 2, 2021
James “Jimmy” Edmund Norcom, 61, of Sophia, died Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at the Woodland Hill Center in Asheboro after an extended illness. A funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 am, Saturday June 5, 2021, at the Ridge Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain Joey Miller officiating. The service will be livestreamed at Ridge Funeral Home’s official Facebook page....
Howard Van Morris
May 31, 2021
Howard Van Morris, 77, of Asheboro, went home to his Heavenly Father, May 31, 2021. He was born August 10, 1943, to S.H. and Gertha Langley Morris. He was married to his wife, Ellen Freeman Morris, who survives him for almost 59 years. He was a loving father to his son, Howard Kelly Morris (Tina), daughter Kimberly Vann Loflin...
Benton "Benny" C. Patterson
May 29, 2021
Benton "Benny" Carlton Patterson, 76, of Asheboro, died Saturday, May 29, 2021, at The Randolph Hospice House in Asheboro. A memorial service will be conducted at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, June 3, 2021, at Ridge Funeral Home Chapel, Asheboro, with Chaplain Tim Pheagin officiating. Military honors will be provided by the Randolph County Honor Guard. Born in Chatham County, NC,...
Curt Bobo
May 27, 2021
James Curtis Bobo, 65, of Asheboro, died Thursday, May 27, 2021, at his home. A memorial service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, June 6, 2021, at Sawyersville Wesleyan Church, with Pastor Daniel Shuskey and Rev. Jeff Garner officiating. Curt was born on September 29, 1955 in Randolph County to the late James Haskell Bobo and Mary Frances...
Emmitt Carroll Albright
May 27, 2021
Emmitt Carroll Albright, 76, of Asheboro, died Thursday, May 27, 2021 at The Randolph Hospice House in Asheboro. A funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, May 30, 2021, at Sawyersville Wesleyan Church, with Pastor Daniel Shuskey, Rev. Jeff Garner, Rev. Richard Loman, and Rev. Kenneth McNeill officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Carroll was...
Rodolfo Romero Aguirre
May 21, 2021
Rodolfo Romero Aguirre, 30, de Asheboro, falleció el 21 de mayo de 2021. Se llevará a cabo una misa fúnebre a las 11:00 a.m. del 28 de mayo de 2021 en la Iglesia Católica de San José con el padre Philip Kollithanath oficiando. Seguirá el entierro en New Hope Memorial Gardens. Rodolfo nació en Carolina del Norte y trabajó...
Gerald Ellis Braswell
May 20, 2021
Gerald Ellis Braswell, 89, of Asheboro, died Thursday, May 20, 2021, at his home following a brief illness. Mr. Braswell was the oldest son of Robert Glenn and Frances Alma Baucom Braswell. He was born Feb. 23, 1932, in Unionville, N.C., where he was raised. He earned undergraduate and masters' degrees in mathematics and physical education from East Carolina...
James Mcgee
May 18, 2021
James Oliver McGee, 91, of Asheboro, died Tuesday, May 18, 2021, at The Randolph Hospice House in Asheboro. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, May 23, 2021, at Ridge Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Robert Armstrong officiating. Burial will follow at Oaklawn Cemetery. James was born in Randolph County on December 10, 1929, to the...
Bernard "Ben" Lopienski
May 18, 2021
Bernard "Ben" Lopienski, 90, of Asheboro, died Tuesday, May 18, 2021, at The Randolph Hospice House in Asheboro. A funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Friday, May 21, 2021, at Rushwood Church, with Dr. Brent Tysinger officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memorial Park. Military honors will be provided by the Randolph County Honor Guard. Ben was...
Sherry Wells
May 15, 2021
Sherry Ann Hoffman Wells, 53, of Asheboro, died Saturday, May 15, 2021, at Randolph Health in Asheboro. A celebration of life will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, May 22, 2021, at Amity Hills Baptist Church, with Rev. Barry Wall officiating. A native of Emira, New York, Sherry was born on June 14, 1967. She was a loving mother...
Rayvon Freeman
May 14, 2021
Barney Rayvon Freeman, 63, of Seagrove, died Friday, May 14, 2021, at his home. A memorial service will be conducted at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, May 27, 2021, at Ridge Funeral Home. Born in Randolph County, NC on August 23, 1957, Rayvon was the son of Barney Walter Freeman and Clara Ann Owens. He had worked at Burlington Industries in...
Gary Cagle
May 14, 2021
Gary Lee Cagle, 67, of Asheboro, died Friday, May 14, 2021, at Randolph Health in Asheboro. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at First Presbyterian Church, Asheboro, with Pastor Dallas Street officiating. Burial will follow in Callicutt Memorial Church Cemetery. Born on April 4, 1954, in Randolph County, NC, Gary was the son...
Wanda Younts
May 13, 2021
Wanda Lee Ratliff Younts, 59, of Asheboro, died Thursday, May 13, 2021, at her home. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, May 16, 2021, at Tabernacle United Methodist Church Cemetery with Pastor Joseph Loflin officiating. Wanda was born on August 8, 1961, in Germany to the late Robert Lee Ratliff and Frances Lee McLain Ratliff...
Gonzalo Morales Bautista
May 13, 2021
Gonzalo Adelso Morales Bautista, 55, of Asheboro, died Thursday, May 13, 2021 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. A funeral service will be conducted 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 18, 2021, at Ridge Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Oaklawn Cemetery. Gonzalo was born on August 9, 1965 in Guatemala. He liked to work very hard, watch soccer, and...
Gladys "Maggie" Sheffield
May 11, 2021
Gladys Magdaline "Maggie" Sheffield, 85, of Seagrove, died Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at FirstHealth Hospice & Palliative Care in West End. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, May 13, 2021, at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, Star. She is preceded in death by her parents, Ervin Allen and Bertie Dunn Allen; husband, Lester "Buck" Sheffield;...
Ruth Cox
May 9, 2021
Margaret “Ruth” Wright Cox, 90, of Asheboro, passed away on May 9, 2021 at the Randolph Hospice House. She joins her husband of 71 years, James Ray Cox, who passed away in October 2020. A Celebration of Life will be held on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, at Ridge Funeral Home. Visitation with family and friends will begin at 3:00...
