Biscoe - Norman Winecoff "Bub" Lyerly, 95, of 520 East Main Street, died Thursday, December 15, 2011, at his residence. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, December 17, 2011, at Page Memorial UMC, where he was a member, with Rev. Kjersti DeVries officiating. Internment will follow in Biscoe Cemetery. Mr. Lyerly was born in Rowan County to...

Eagle Springs - Gilbert Williams, 78, of Dry Creek Lane, died Tuesday, September 2, 2014, at his residence. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, September 4, 2014, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Hubert McLeod officiating. Interment will be in Brown's Chapel Christian Church Cemetery. Mr. Williams was born in Moore County to Archie Clarence...

Star - Poe Norris Caudill, Jr., 76, of 478 Ether Road, died Wednesday, December 22, 2010, at FirstHealth Moore Regional. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Mr. Caudill was born in Montgomery County to Poe N. and Crissie Allen Caudill, Sr. He was a retired mail carrier for the US Postal Service, a chicken farmer, and...

Biscoe - Shirley Ann Haywood Dorsett, 67, of 186 Hall Drive, died Wednesday, December 15, 2010, at Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, December 18, 2010, at Long Hill Baptist Church, where she was a member, with the Rev. Larry Beaver and Rev. Mark Moore officiating. Interment will follow in the church...

Star - Thomas Alton Davis, 69, of 342 Mabe Road, died Thursday, August 29, 2013, at FirstHealth Moore Regional. Graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, August 31, 2013, at Leach Cemetery with the Rev. Clyde Allen officiating. He was born in Montgomery County to Jesse Martin Davis and Lela Mae Freeman Davis. He was a retired lumber...

Biscoe - James Franklin Gadd, 87, of 189 Griffin Farm Road, died Monday, August 19, 2013, at his residence. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, August 21, 2013, at Leach Cemetery with the Rev. Don McCaskill officiating. Mr. Gadd was born in Montgomery County to James Franklin and Bonnie L. Freeman Gadd. He was a retired...

James Edsel (J. E.) Hogan, Jr., 74, of 3326 US 220 Alt. N., Seagrove, died Saturday, December 04, 2010 at FirstHealth Montgomery Memorial Hospital. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Monday, December 06, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Martin E. Davis officiating. Interment will be in White Oak Springs Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Hogan...

Jane Ellis Cochran, 97, died Sunday, August 10, 2014, at Spring Arbor West of Hendersonville. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, August 23, 2014, at Coggin Family Cemetery in Biscoe. Mrs. Cochran was born in Montgomery County to Thomas J. and Jane Coggin Ellis. She was a graduate of UNC-Greensboro and a homemaker. In addition to...

Seagrove - Annie Mae Owens McNeill, age 72, of 7219 Hussey Williams Road, died Wednesday, April 8, 2009, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 10, 2009, at Union Grove Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Michael Lynn officiating. Surviving are her husband, Sidney McNeill, of the home; sons, Ray...

BARBARA LYNN ASBILL EWING Mrs. Barbara Ewing of Rome, Georgia passed away on Friday August 23, 2013 at her residence,following a long battle with cancer. Mrs. Ewing was born on May 13, 1941 at her home in Biscoe, North Carolina. She was the daughter of the late Robert Leach Asbill and Helen Hurley Asbill of Biscoe. She was a member...

Charlie M. Puckett West End - Charlie Monroe Puckett, 67, died Thursday, April 9, 2009, at Autumn Care of Biscoe. Graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 11, 2009, at West End Cemetery with the Rev. David Reynolds officiating. He was a native of Moore County, a veteran of the US Army, and was a truck driver....

Biscoe - Cindy Ann Greene Williamson, 54, of 571 Mill Street, died Tuesday, August 27, 2013, at UNC Hospitals. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, August 30, 2013, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Clyde Allen officiating. Interment will be in Biscoe Cemetery. Mrs. Williamson was born in Montgomery County to Manley Everette Greene and...

Star - Doris Mae Albright Williams, 75, of 266 New Hope Church Road, died Tuesday, December 6, 2011, FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, December 9, 2011, at New Hope Baptist Church with the Rev. Gene Davis and Dr. Kenneth McNeill officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Doris was...

Star - Everett Paul Freeman, 84, of 2443 Jason Road, died Friday, December 3, 2010, at his residence. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, December 5, 2010, at Dover Baptist Church, where he was a member, with Pastor Dr. Don Davis officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Freeman was a native of Moore County....

Biscoe - Clifton Vernon "Sam" Maness, 85, of 410 Gary Street, died Wednesday, February 27, 2013, at his residence. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, March 1, 2013, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with Mickey Maness delivering the euology. Mr. Maness was born on December 2, 1927, in Montgomery County to Ed Vernon and Bertha Britt...

Troy - Elbert J. "E. J." Phillips , Jr., 58, of 149 Basswood Road, died Saturday, December 3, 2011, at his residence. A private memorial service for family and friends will be held at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, December 7, 2011, at White Crest Baptist Church with Kenneth McRae, Youth Pastor, officiating. E.J. was a native of Montgomery County, a...

BISCOE - Frances "Tom" Dennis Sheffield, 90, died on August 11, 2014 at Autumn Care of Biscoe where she had been a resident for the past two years. Her funeral service will be held at Ether United Methodist Church on August 14, 2014 at 11:00 am with the Rev. Kay Boone officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs....

Phyllis June Haywood, 73, of 33426 Bethany Woods Rd., Albemarle, died Sunday, August 18, 2013 at Bethany Woods Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Graveside service will be held at 2:00 pm, Wednesday, August 21, at Biscoe Cemetery with the Rev. James Brown officiating. Ms. Haywood was a native of Tennessee born to Roy and Jessie Mae Smith Bain. She had previously...

Star - Michael Anthony Howze, 51, of 887 Okeewemee-Star Road, died Monday, November 22, 2010, at his residence. A memorial service will be held at a later date. He was a native of Ocilla, GA and was a carpenter. He is survived by his wife, Brenda McNeill Howze, of the home; daughters, Bonnie Howze of NC, Rachel Howze of Wilmington,...

Jack Reece Greene, age 58, of 601 Dover Road, Star, died Saturday, April 4, at Sandhills Regional Medical Center in Hamlet. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 am, Tuesday, April 7, at Dover Baptist Church Cemetery, Seagrove, with the Rev. Hubert McLeod officiating. Mr. Greene was a member of Dover Baptist Church and had been a knitter in...