OBITUARIES

May 8, 2020

Viola Brady Saunders, 87, of Ramseur passed away on Friday, May 8, 2020 at UNC Hospital. Due to the current COVID-19 mandate, a private family graveside service will be held at 2:00 pm on Monday, May 11, 2020 at Pleasant Grove Christian Church, where she was a member, with Pastor Don Edwards presiding. The viewing room will be open...

May 1, 2020

Nancy Frye Hill, 73, of Seagrove, passed away Friday, May 1, 2020 at her home. She was born on May 27, 1946 to Edith Louise Phillips Frye and Alton James Frye. She was employed as a corrections officer with the NC DPS. She was a member of Fall Creek Baptist Church. Nancy enjoyed going to yard sales and thrift...

Apr 21, 2020

Clarence Lee “Bill” Smith, 84, of Bennett, passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at FirstHealth Hospice. He was born on September 9, 1935 to Dora Wilma Kidd Smith and John Arlie Smith. He retired from NCDOT where he was a mechanic. He attended Needham’s Grove Baptist Church. He enjoyed deer hunting, baseball games, gardening and farming. He loved people...

Apr 21, 2020

Juliana Vazquez Garcia, 58, of Robbins, passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in San Juan Del Rio Oro Mexico on April 6, 1962 to Esperanza Garcia and Pedro Vazquez. She was of the Catholic faith. Juliana was a homemaker who loved her family. She enjoyed sewing, crocheting, planting...

Apr 9, 2020

James “Danny” Kennedy, Sr., 79, of Robbins passed away on Thursday, April 9, 2020 at his residence. Due to the current COVID-19 mandate, a private family graveside service will be held at 2:00 pm on Sunday, April 12, 2020 at Kennedy Family Cemetery with Rev. Robert Kidd presiding.

Danny was born in Cumberland County, N.C. on October...

Apr 6, 2020

Steven Randal Brown, 36, of Bear Creek passed away on Monday, April 6, 2020. Due to the current COVID-19 mandate, a private graveside service will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, April 11, 2020 at Chatham Memorial Park in Siler City.

Steven was born in Lee County, N.C. on July 11, 1983. He attended Siler City...

Mar 31, 2020

Ralph “Wayne” Powers, 73, of Carthage passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at his home. Due to the current COVID-19 mandate, a private graveside service will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, April 4, 2020 at Putnam Friends Church with Rev. Darrell Garner presiding.

Wayne was born in Moore County, N.C. on March 1, 1947,...

Mar 29, 2020

Mr. Jimmie Ray Wilson, 82, of Bear Creek, died Sunday, March 29, 2020 at his home. A private family Graveside service will be held at 2:00 on Thursday, April 2, 2020 at Prosperity Friends Church with Pastor Val Chadwick and Rev. Robert Kidd presiding. The funeral home will be open during regular business hours for those wishing to sign...

Mar 25, 2020

It is with great sadness that the family of Christopher Lee Wallace announces his passing on March 25, 2020 at the age of 39 years. He is survived by his wife Laura, his four year old son Rustan and his mother Ashley Burton, his Memaw Lena Jones, his step sister Jennifer May, many aunts, uncles and cousins. He was preceded in death by...

Mar 18, 2020

Bobby Earl Maness, 79, of Bennett, passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at Universal Health Care in Ramseur. He was born on August 25, 1940 to Clinton Early Maness and Vermont Brady Maness. He was a member of Beulah Baptist Church in Bennett and was a field supervisor for Townsend for 47 years. He enjoyed farming, fishing and raising...

Mar 14, 2020

Mr. Charlie William Wood, 46, of Robbins, died Saturday, March 14, 2020 at FirstHealth Hospice & Palliative Care in Pinehurst. The funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at the Joyce-Brady Chapel in Bennett with Pastor Eric Combs presiding. The family will receive friends at Joyce-Brady Chapel for one hour prior to the...

Mar 7, 2020

Mr. Peter Paul McNeill, Sr., 80, of Bennett, died Saturday, March 7, 2020 at the Siler City Center. A Graveside Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 12, 2020 at Fall Creek Baptist Church cemetery with Pastor George Townsend presiding. The family will receive friends immediately after in the Fellowship Hall.

Peter was...

Mar 3, 2020

Mrs. Joanne Carlton Gaddis, 69, of Bear Creek, died Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at her home. The family will hold a memorial service celebrating her life at a later date.

Joanne was born in Chatham County, N.C. in 1951, daughter of the late Raymond Carlton and Lessie Bright Carlton. She worked as a dairy farmer most of...

Feb 29, 2020

Mr. John Elbert Inman, 78, of Bear Creek passed away Saturday, February 29, 2020 at his home. The family will receive friends Friday, March 6, 2020 from 6 -8 p.m. at Joyce-Brady Chapel in Bennett. The funeral service will be held at 2:00p.m. on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at Beulah Baptist Church in Bennett with Dr. Neal Jackson and Dr....

Feb 24, 2020

Mr. Sidney Bryington Everett, 84, of Eagle Springs, N.C., passed away on Monday, February 24, 2020 at his home. The funeral service will be conducted at 2:00p.m. Friday, February 28, 2020, at Yates-Thagard Baptist Church in Carthage, with Pastor Steven Johnson presiding. Burial will immediately follow in the church cemetery with Full Military Honors provided by the Randolph County...

Feb 6, 2020

Mr. Wilton Gilmer Seawell, 90, of Robbins passed away on Thursday, February 6, 2020 at Firsthealth Hospice in Pinehurst. A Graveside Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 24, 2020,at High Falls U.M.C. Cemetery with Rev. Tom Hallberg presiding. The family requests those attending to where a mask and observe social distancing.

Wilton was born...

Feb 2, 2020

Montie Mae Maness Russell, 91, of Robbins, passed away Sunday, February 2, 2020 at First Health Hospice House in Pinehurst. The memorial service will be held on Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at 2:00 pm at Pleasant Hill UMC, where she was a member, with Rev. Darrell Williams presiding. Visitation will be prior to the service from 12:45-1:45 and other...

Jan 29, 2020

Mr. Larry Poindexter “Tadpole” Pugh, Jr., 67 of Carthage, N.C. died Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at his home. The family will conduct a Memorial Service at a later date.

Larry was known to his friends and family as “Tadpole”. He was born in Randolph County in 1952, son of the late Robert Pugh and Maggie V. Richardson....

Jan 12, 2020

Patricia Kidd Goodhue, 68, of Robbins, passed away Sunday, January 12, 2020 at Quail Haven in Pinehurst. The family will conduct a private graveside memorial for her at High Falls Christian Church cemetery.

Patricia was born on December 18, 1951 in Moore County, N.C., daughter of the late Vernon Kidd and Marion Shields Kidd. She was self...

Dec 21, 2019

Virginia Caudle Brady, 80, of Bennett, passed away Saturday, December 21, 2019 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill surrounded by her loving family. The funeral service will be held on Monday, December 23, 2019 at 2:00 pm at Fall Creek Baptist Church with Rev. Edwin Moore and Rev. George Townsend presiding. Visitation will be from 6:00 pm-8:00 pm on...