obituaries
Todd Turpin
Jun 3, 2012
Benjamin Todd Turpin, age 36 of Jordan Valley Rd., Trinity died Sunday, June 3, 2012 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. A graveside service will be held 4:00 PM Thursday, June 7 at Mountain View Memorial Gardens Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 2:00 to 3:30 PM at Briggs Funeral Home in Denton and other times...
W. J. "Dub" Loflin
May 22, 2012
Mr. W. J. “Dub” Loflin, age 86, a lifelong resident of Denton died Tuesday, May 22 at Hinkle Hospice House in Lexington. Funeral service for Mr. Loflin will be 2:00 pm Friday, May 25 at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Tammy Talbert officiating. Burial will follow in Mountain View Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to...
Brenda Madewell
May 19, 2012
Brenda Darlene Honeycutt Madewell, age 54 of Meadowdale Dr., Denton died Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Thomasville Medical Center. A graveside service will be held 11:00 AM Wednesday, May 23 at Mountain View Memorial Gardens conducted by Preacher Clyde Akers. The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 6 to 8 PM at Briggs Funeral Home in Denton and other...
Darlene Vestal Burchette
May 18, 2012
Mrs. Darlene Vestal Burchette, age 59 of Keever Drive, Denton, NC died Friday, May 18 at Thomasville Medical Center. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, May 23 at Briggs Funeral Home Memorial Chapel conducted by Rev. James Cooper. Burial will follow at Mountain View Memorial Gardens. The family will see friends at Briggs Funeral Home on...
Ethel Coble Potts
May 17, 2012
Ethel Mae Coble Potts, age 89 of Brown St. Denton, died Thursday, May 17, 2012 at Lexington Health Care. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Sunday, May 20 at Briggs Funeral Home Memorial Chapel conducted Rev. Jesse Howard and Rev. James Cooper. Interment will follow in Floral Garden Park Cemetery in High Point. The family will receive friends from...
Guy Cook
May 15, 2012
Mr. J. Guy Cook, age 83 of Palmer Road, Lexington, NC died Tuesday, May 15 at Spring Arbor of Thomasville. A funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM Saturday, May 19 at Briggs Funeral Home Memorial Chapel in Denton, conducted by Rev. John Malek and Rev. Roy Queen. Burial will follow at Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will...
Jimmy Runyon
May 14, 2012
Jimmy Carroll Runyon, 74, of Farmer Rd., Denton, died Monday, May 14, 2012 at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospitals in Winston-Salem. A graveside service will be 3:30 PM Thursday at Summerville Baptist Church with Rev. Flynn Richardson officiating. Born in Tupelo, Arkansas on August 23, 1937, he was the son of John L. and Eva Long Runyon. He was a...
Vivian Shields Mcmillen
May 10, 2012
Vivian Shields McMillen, 84, of Eagle Springs, passed peacefully into the Lord’s hands on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Graveside Service will be held at the Smith Family Cemetery on Monday, May 12th at 11:00 AM. She was born in Daytona Beach, Florida on May 26, 1927. She retired from Eastern Airlines after many...
Betty Ann Lamonds Royall
May 9, 2012
Betty Ann Lamonds Royall, 77, of East Reid St., Candor, died Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at FirstHealth Hospice House in Pinehurst. Funeral Services will be private. Mrs. Royall was born October 22, 1934 in Montgomery County, the daughter of Calvin and Margaret Rouse Lamonds. She had retired from Gilead Manufacturing and was a member of Southside Baptist Church. She is...
Felix "Phil" Tartaglia
May 7, 2012
Felix “Phil” Tartaglia, age 83, of Denton died Monday night, May 7 at his home. By his request there will be no public service. The family will be at his home on North Jones Street in Denton. Mr. Tartaglia was born October 28, 1928 in Hudson County, New Jersey to Denato and Rose Manzo Tartaglia. He was a veteran of...
Don Morris
Apr 29, 2012
Mr. Don Branson Morris, age 78 of North Main Street, Denton, NC died Sunday, April 29 at Thomasville Medical Center. A Funeral service will be held at 4:00 PM Wednesday, May 2 at Central United Methodist Church conducted by Rev. Benny Clodfelter. Burial with military rites will follow in the Denton Town Cemetery. The family will see friends from 6:00...
Lorene Covington
Apr 26, 2012
Mrs. Lorene Smith Covington, age 90 of Eastside Drive, Denton, NC died Thursday, April 26 at Mountain Vista Health Park. A funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday, April 29 at Briggs Funeral Home Memorial Chapel conducted by Rev. Tammy Talbert. Burial will follow at Mountain View Memorial Gardens. The family will see friends from 1:00 to 3:00...
Jimmy Sexton
Apr 24, 2012
Mr. James Harold (Jim Bob) Sexton age 57 of Forest Park Drive, Denton, NC went to rest on Tuesday, April 24 at his residence. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 PM Friday, April 27 at Siloam United Methodist Church conducted by Rev. Sandy Young. The family will receive friends in the Church Fellowship Hall following the service on...
Thomas James Hamlett
Apr 19, 2012
Thomas James Hamlett, age 35, of Denton died Thursday, April 19 at Randolph Hospice House in Asheboro. A graveside service for Thomas will be 2:00 pm Sunday, April 22 at Mountain View Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Denton with Rev. Don Jarrell officiating. Thomas was born October 26, 1976 in Randolph County to Clarence James and Wynona Loflin Hamlett who both...
Margaret Avaleen King
Apr 17, 2012
Margaret Avaleen Donathan Lane King, 86, of Carthage Rd., West End, died Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at her residence. Funeral Services will be 11:00 AM Friday at Middlecross Baptist Church where she was a member, with Rev. David Reynolds and Rev. John Chavis officiating. Burial will follow in the West End Cemetery. Mrs. King was born July 29, 1925, in...
Walter Glenn Currie
Apr 16, 2012
Walter Glenn Currie, 63, of W. Currie Rd., Candor, died Monday, April 16, 2012 at Manor Care of Pinehurst. Graveside inurnment services will be 3:00 PM Sunday at Jackson Springs Cemetery with Rev. Jean Ganzel officiating. Mr. Currie was born January 9, 1949 in Gary, Indiana, the son of Ralph and Donna Maxwell Currie. He served as a Naval Chief...
Barbara Kirchner Blake
Apr 15, 2012
Mrs. Barbara Kirchner Blake, 82, of Dennis Street in Troy, died Sunday, April 15, 2012 at Stanly Regional Medical Center in Albemarle. Funeral Services will be held at a later date. Mrs. Blake was born July 14, 1929, the daughter of Paul and Mary Cox Kirchner in Chicago, IL. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Blake in...
Mathew E Bates
Apr 12, 2012
Mathew E. Bates, age 63, of Greensboro died Thursday, April 12 at Moses Cone Hospital. A graveside service for Mr. Bates will be 2:00 pm Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at Gilmore Memorial Park Cemetery in Julian with Rev. Charles Dickens officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 pm Monday at Briggs Funeral Home in Denton. Mr. Bates...
Zora G. Sessoms
Apr 7, 2012
Zora G. Sessoms, age 87, formerly of Jackson Springs, NC died Saturday, April 7, 2012 at Sandy Ridge Assisted Living in Candor. Funeral services will be held 4:00 PM Monday at Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church with Rev. Eric Joyce officiating. Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2:30 to 4:00 PM Monday at...
Betty Bennett
Apr 4, 2012
Betty Tucker Bennett, 76, wife of the late Robert Marshall Bennett passed away at home Wednesday, April 4, 2012 after a brief illness. Her beloved family was at her side. Born in Thomaston, GA, Betty had lived in Virginia most of her life and Carrollton since the early 1970’s. She was a keypunch operator, civil service, at Port Monroe for...
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