Randolph County, NC - Randolph County Miscellaneous Obituaries Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Randolph NCGenWeb - http://www.ncgenweb.us/randolph/ FEB 1st-11th Edna McBride Barker, age 84, 1st. Kenneth Eldon Hussey, 42, 1st Don Gordon Parks, 77, passed on the 2nd. Ronnie Warren Hall, 56, 2nd. Tommie Joe Johnson Sr., 69, 2nd Raeford Farlow, 88, 2nd Abijah C. "A.C." Lowdermilk, 93,2nd Gerald Ray Eddings, 77, 3rd George Wiley Jones, 85, 4th Willa Helen Macon, 74, 4th Jimmie Dexter Brown, 69, 4th Wilma Boroughs Amick, 79, 4th Sarah Louise Hinson, 79, 6th Millard Alvin "Al" Conner, 87, 6th Arthur Howard Latham, 72, 6th Timothy McGee, 50, 6th Dorothy Matthews, 82, 6th Donald Eugene "Don" Husband, 75, 6th Earl Walton Trogdon, age 83, 7th Betty Sue Mesimer, 52, 7th Edith Moore Auman, age 93, 7th Hazel Mae Wright Hoover, 96, 8th Tony Edward Owens, 50, 8th Roger Dale Davis, 61, 8th William Ralph "Bill" VonCannon, age 62, 8th Rev. Billy J. Vandemark, age 79, 8th Debbie Kiser Slaughter, 48, 9th Ronald Lee "RB" Britt, 58, 9th D. Franklin Miller Jr., 66, 9th Laura Robbins Huffman, 76, 9th Harold L. Frazier, age 94, 9th Leroy Haiththingy, 66, 10th Jerry Arthur Myers, 65, 10th Alford Virgil Johnson, 62, 10th Hallie Scarboro Lanier, 94, 10th Curtis William Causey, 54, 11th Robert Lee Goldston, 83, 11th Ruth Maxine Carter Cranford, 82, 11th 2-12-05 Ramseur-Charles Alton Slack departed this life on February 12 at his home; at the age of 85. Mr. Slack lived in the Columbia township. Six Children and ten grandkids survive. Services for Mr. Slack, which will be held in Tennessee, are entrusted to Loflin Funeral Home. ASHEBORO - Rexie Delbert "R.D." Cole Jr., 61, of Asheboro, departed this life on Feb. 12.at his residence. Burial rites will be on the 17th at Randolph Memorial Park. His wife, JoAnn Cagle Cole, passed before him. Surviving: daughters, Cynthia Cole Cassidy of Farmer, Rexie Angela Cobler of Axton, Va.; son, Timothy Brower of Asheboro and two other sons; sisters, Faye Luther and Hilda Graham, both of Asheboro; brother, Howard Amick of Asheboro; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild. Ridge Funeral Home is assisting the family. 2-13-05 SOPHIA - Wesley Junior Johnson, 5376 Branson David Rd, departed this life on Feb. 13 at his residence; at the age of 77. Mr. Johnson lived in the New Market township. Born June 10, 1927, in Davie County, s/o Wesley and Mittie Coe Johnson, a retired employee of Kay-Lyn Furniture Co. Mr. Johnson was also a WWII Veteran. He married Reta Johnson, Oct. 25, 1952. She survives. Also left to cherish his memory is his mother, of Mocksville; sons, Keith Johnson, of Sophia and Brian Johnson and his wife, Lara, of Archdale; sisters, Elsie Hartley, of Sevierville, Tenn., Odessa Taylor, of Mocksville and Beulah Honeycutt ,of Landis; brothers, the Rev. Jack Johnson, Landon Johnson and Charlie Johnson, of Mocksville; two grandsons, Peyton and Cameron Johnson. Burial will be held at Floral Garden on 2/15; Rev. Jack Johnson officiating. Services are intrusted to Sechrest Funeral Home in Archdale. TRINITY- Mrs. Willie Lane Siler departed this life, Feb. 13 at age 71, following a brief illness at Westchester Manor Nursing Center in High Point . Mrs. Siler lived in the Trinity township. Born July 19, 1933, in High Point, one of nine children born; the d/o of Willie and Frances Jones Lane. She was preceded in death by her father, three brothers; William, Robert, and Rupert Lane; and two sisters, Helen Lane, and Marva Davis. Surviving are her husband, Thomas Siler; one daughter, Joretta Cunningham and her husband Cornell, of High Point; two grandchildren, Adell Harris of Asheville, and Jamel Harris and his wife Kelly of Youngstown; her mother, Mrs. Frances Lane of High Point; two brothers, Bobby Lane and Willie Paul Lane of High Point; one sister, Betty Foster of High Point. Funeral rites on Feb. 17 at Calvary Baptist Church; Rev. Tobias LaGrone. Burial will follow in Thomasville City Cemetery. Haizlip Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. ASHEBORO TOWNSHIP-- Mattie Ruth Ledwell Brower, 52, w/o Tracy Brower, departed this life on the 13th at Randolph Hospital. Funeral rites will be held on the 18th at Stout's Chapel United Methodist Church; Rev. Tracey Bobbett officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Surviving: husband, sons, Daron Brower and Tim Brower, both of Asheboro; sisters, Dorothy Chestnut of High Point, Mary Alice Shun of Asheboro; brothers, Ernest Ledwell of Cary, Clyde Ledwell and Charles Ledwell, both of Asheboro. C.C. Hodges Funeral is assisting the family. TRINITY -- David Gray Taylor Jr., 40 departed this life on the 13th at High Point Hospital. David Taylor was born on July 10th, 1964. He lived in the Trinity Township. He was a upholster and truck driver. He lives sons, David Grant Taylor and Joshua Keith Taylor, both of Randleman; mother, Jo Ann Pickard Leonard of Sophia; father, David Gray Taylor Sr. of Sophia; sister, Karen Eddins of Silver Valley; brother, Stephen Taylor of Trinity; several cousins. Funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, the 16th.; chapel of Cumby Family Funeral Service in Archdale. Burial rites will take place at Marlboro Friends Meeting Cemetery. 2-14-05 RAMSEUR - Theodore Wilbert Patterson, 81, departed this life on Feb. 14 in Durham. Mr. Patterson lived in the Columbia township. Funeral rites will be on the 17th at Loflin Funeral Home, Ramseur; Rev. Michael J. Kent officiating. Burial: Parks Cross Roads Christian Church Cemetery, with military honors by the Randolph County Honor Guard. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Surviving are son, Mickey Patterson of Ramseur; daughters, Brenda Jackson of Ruffin, Julie Collins of Greensboro, Jamie Patterson of Ramseur; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. RAMSEUR -- Lakie Lester Allen, 86, of Columbia township, departed this life on Monday, Feb. 14. Funeral rites are set for Feb. 16 at Loflin Funeral Home, Ramseur, Rev. Larry Stines is officiating. Mrs. Allen will reside in the Sunset Knoll Cemetery.Surviving: daughters, Karrol Justice of Southern Pines, Bonnie Richardson of Asheboro, Connie Bowman of Climax, Stella McDonald of Whispering Pines, Kay Ingram of Ramseur; numerous grandchildren; several great- grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren. 2-15-05 DENTON - Grace Surratt Hill, 92, h/o Clarence Hill who passed before her, departed this life on, Feb. 15. at Randolph Hosptial. Burial rites will be on Feb. 17 at New Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery; Rev.Harold Hammond and the Rev. Claudie Harrison officiating.Surviving: son, Leon Hill of Denton; daughters, Lois Joyce, Nettie Morris, Joyce Lambeth, all of Asheboro, Linda Cook of Denton; brothers, Buren Surratt of Denton, Max Surratt of Greensboro; sisters, Edith Russell and Betty Harrison, both of Denton, Ann Loflin of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; 16 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren. Briggs Funeral Home is assisting the family. ASHEBORO - Wileen Elizabeth Underwood Rettinger, 74, w/o Roy E. Rettinger, departed this life on Feb. 15 at Randolph Hospital. Funeral rites will on the 17th. at St. John's Lutheran Church; Rev. O. Ralph Kraft Jr. officiating. Interment will be in Randolph Memorial Park. Surviving are daughters, Nina Coughlin of Greensboro, Rhena Glenn of Asheboro, Teresa Rettinger of Concord; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Ridge Funeral Home is assisting the family. 2-16-05 TRINITY TOWNSHIP- Mrs. Alice Austin Hall, 51, departed this life on Feb. 16 at her residence following declining health since August of 2004. D/O Joseph and Mildred Taylor Austin, she was born April 6, 1953. W/O Ernest Hillery Hall, who survives. Date of marriage was 11-21-71. Also surviving: son, Timothy Curtis Hall of the home; sister, Mrs. Earl (Evelyn) Roberts of Bennettsville, S.C.; brothers, Clayton Austin and wife Debbie of Archdale, Curtis Austin of Trinity and Glenn Austin and wife Karen of Kernersville. Funeral rites will be Feb. 19, at Highland Baptist Church; Rev. Dr. Keith A. Letterman officiating. Interment: Floral Garden Memorial Park Cemetery. Cumby Family Funeral Service in Archdale is assisting the family. DENTON - Terry Eugene Shankle, 58, of Denton, departed this life on Feb. 16, at his home. A Memorial service will on Feb. 20 at Pugh Funeral Home Chapel, Asheboro; Chaplain Dwight Ayers, Wayne Bescher and Fred Rutledge officiating. (2pm) Mr. Shankle was a former high school teacher, a Wildlife officer with the N.C. Wildlife Commission and a former deputy with the Randolph County Sheriff's Department. Surviving: wife, Linda M. Shankle; daughters, Kristin McKenzie of Asheboro, Kimberly Shankle of Swannanoa; stepson, Patrick McDowell of Greensboro.