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....

Star - Allie Mae Saunders O'Quinn, 88, passed away on Tuesday, November 29, 2011, while at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. Mrs. O'Quinn was a Montgomery County resident and had lived in Star for almost 70 years. For the past three months, she had been in rehab at Autumn Care of Biscoe. Mrs. O'Quinn was the Food Service Director at...

Seagrove - Arlie Garrett Albright, Sr., 70, of 6597 New Center Church Road, died Thursday, November 18, 2010, at his residence. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, November 21, 2010, at New Center Christian Church with Dr. Kenneth McNeill officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Albright was born in Randolph County to Roe Emmitt...

Faye George Garner, 61, of 1149 Post Office Road, Biscoe, died Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at Carolinas Medical Center NorthEast. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am, Saturday, November 20, at Southside Baptist Church in Biscoe with Dr. Bruce Dickerson officiating. Mrs. Garner was a native of Montgomery County born to Willie and Margaret Elma Yates George. Surviving...

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...

Robbins - Jack Wayne Williams, 65, of 1423 Pine Grove Church Road, died Thursday, August 15, 2013, at his home. Funeral service will be held at 4:00 PM, Sunday, August 18, 2013, at Pine Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Billy Reynolds and Rev. Tom Rutan officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Williams was born in Moore...

Jesse Blaine McCaskill, age 85, of 917 McCaskill Road, Biscoe, died at his residence on March 28, 2009. Funeral will be held on Tuesday, March 31, at 2:00 pm at Macedonia Presbyterian Church, Candor, with the Rev. Mark Fisher officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. McCaskill was born in Montgomery County to Warnice Blaine...

Seagrove - Vera Perry Williams, of Walter Lane, died Thursday, August 7, 2014, at her residence. A graveside service will be held at 4:00 PM, Sunday, August 10, 2014, at Calvary Baptist Church with the Rev. Bill Cooper officiating. Ms. Williams was born in Robeson County to Chester and Martha May Ritley Perry. She was a retired supervisor with Ramtex...

Biscoe - Dean Bridgers Dawkins, 64, of 143 Martin Road, died Wednesday, August 14, 2013, at her home after a short illness. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, August 17, 2013, at Tabernacle Baptist Church with the Rev. Michael Free, Rev. Kevin Thompson, and Jeff Jordan officiating. Interment will be in Biscoe Cemetery. Mrs. Dawkins was born...

Miss Elizabeth Shamburger, age 96, of 1719 Madison Avenue, Greensboro, NC died Friday, April 3, at her residence. A memorial service will be held Monday, April 6, at 11:00 am, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverend David Foushee officiating. Miss Shamburger was the youngest of four daughters of Dr. John Shamburger and Christian Leach Shamburger. She graduated from...

Mt. Gilead - Francis Albert Montressor, 76, of 151 Forrest Hill Village Road, died Wednesday, August 14, 2013, at Autumn Care of Biscoe. A memorial service will be held in New York. He is survived by his wife, Anna Decker Montressor, of the home.

Star - Peggy Dunn Moore, 81, of Hogan Farm Road, died Tuesday, August 5, 2014, at Carolinas Medical Center. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, August 8, 2014, at Main Street Baptist Church, where she was a member, with the Dr. Jeff York and Rev. Martin E. Davis officiating. Interment will be in Dover Baptist Church Cemetery....

Biscoe - Junie Whisnant Gadd, 85, of Griffin Farm Road, died Monday, August 4, 2014, at Sandy Ridge Assisted Living. A graveside service will be held at 4:00 PM, Thursday, August 7, 2014, at Leach Cemetery with the Rev. Don McCaskill officiating. Mrs. Gadd was born in Avery County to Tillman and Adell Navy Whisnant. She was a former seamstress...

Biscoe - Pamela Kay Sheffield Saunders, 58, of 146 Jackson Drive, died Monday, August 12, 2013, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Funeral service will be held at 4:00 PM, Wednesday, August 14, 2013, at First Baptist Church, Biscoe with the Rev. Larry Wilson and Rev. Josh Holder officiating. Interment will be in Biscoe Cemetery. Mrs. Saunders was born...

Robbins - Vera Pearl Allen Key Maness was granted her angel wings on Wednesday, November 16, 2011. Her final days were spent surrounded by family and friends she had touched in some significant way throughout her long, memorable life. Those who were touched by her understood the quality of existence far exceeds the quantity of time in which one lives....

Star - Barney Jackson "B. J." Maness, 79, of 1202 Maness Road, went to Heaven on Sunday, August 11, 2013, at FirstHealth Hospice House. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, August 14, 2013, at Mt. Zion Wesleyan Church, 445 Mt. Zion Church Road, Seagrove, with the Rev. Jerry Martin and Rev. Andrew Hurlburt officiating. Interment will be...

Charles Edward McQueen, 53, of Mocksville, NC (formerly of Biscoe) died Friday, November 05, 2010 at Serenity House in Mooresville, NC. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Monday, November 08, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Larry Beaver officiating. Interment will follow in Biscoe Cemetery. Mr. McQueen was born in Montgomery County to Daniel Eli and...

Star - Clara Belle Lassiter died Monday, August 4, 2014, at Sandy Ridge Memory Care. A private service was held Tuesday, August 5, 2014, at Star Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Mrs. Lassiter was a native of Montgomery County born to the late George Dewey and Dora Allen Dunn. She was preceded in death by her husband, Calvin Herbert Lassiter and brother,...

Deborah W. Holder Biscoe - Deborah Wilkes Holder, 52, of 506 Church Street, died Thursday, April 2, 2009, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 4, 2009, at First Baptist Church, Star with the Rev. Ralph Smith and the Rev. Eddie Hill officiating. Burial will be in Biscoe Cemetery. She...