Ben Howard Davis

Ben Howard Davis, 80, of Asheboro, NC, passed Monday, July 30, 2012, at Randolph Hospital. Funeral service is scheduled for 11:00 am Wednesday, August 1, 2012, in the Ridge Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Randolph Memorial Park in Asheboro. Native of Randolph County, NC, born August 3, 1931. He was the son of the late Robert Lester Davis and Elbie Florence Kearns Davis. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Wade Davis and sister, Edna Davis. Survived by his wife, Rozine Hurley Davis, of the home; daughters, Denise Beane Williams, of Asheboro, NC, Ginger D. McClellan, of Dale City, VA; grandchildren, Jeremy Beane and wife, Tonya, Melissa Johnson and husband, Keith; great grandchildren, Amber Johnson, Levi Johnson, Bethany Beane, and Lydia Beane. No Briles line

Violet Floyd Sexton Passes

WHITEVILLE- Violet Lorraine Floyd Sexton, 83 passed July 26, 2012. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 a.m. in the Hanes-Lineberry Funeral Home Sedgefield Chapel conducted by the Reverend Harold Shives. Interment will follow in Guilford Memorial Park. Born April 21, 1929 in High Point, the daughter of Marvin Reid and Florence Carroll Floyd who both preceded her in death along with two sisters, Ada Frazier and Lois Marie Yates and a granddaughter, Lauren Brooke Andrews. Married to Ed (Penn) Lindy Sexton, Jr. who preceded her in death on September 9, 2002. Surviving are six children, Linda Gail Massingill and husband David of Harrison, TN; Jerry Sexton and wife Susan of Myrtle Beach, SC; Aubrey Lee Sexton and wife Carolyn of Whiteville; Teresa Andrews of Trinity; Tammy Smith and husband Kenneth of Trinity; and Christopher Sexton of Whiteville; seven grandchildren, three step grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Briles Line: Crawford & Mary Briles Rush

Jury Selection to Begin Monday

Jury selection will begin on Monday in death penalty case against Delmer Smith in Florida. He is accused of killing Kathleen Briles, wife of prominent doctor, Dr. James Briles of Florida in 2009. Judge Peter Dubensky denied state and defense motions to delay in selecting a jury, which will proceed next week. Smith is already serving a life sentence without parole for several armed home invasions, robbery and armed kidnapping. He is suspect in several other major crimes in Florida. The BIN will continue to monitor the events in Florida!

Louise Berrier Floyd

Louise Berrier Floyd, 89, passed away Wednesday morning, July 25, 2012, at Lexington Health Care. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church by the Rev. Bruce Morasco. Burial will follow in Mt. Carmel Cemetery. The family will receive friends in the fellowship hall following the service. Born in Davidson County on June 25, 1923, to Cicero Adam Berrier and Della Evans Berrier. Preceded in death by her parents; brother's Claude, Bruce, Hubert and Paul Berrier. Survived by her husband of 67 years, Paul E. Floyd, of the home; daughter Cindy Floyd Brock and husband Donald of Jamestown; son Paul Steven Floyd of Lexington; two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; sister-in-law Bobbie Hinkle; and nieces and nephews. Husband has Briles ties..

Eunice Leigh Sargent Kearns

Eunice Leigh Kearns, 63, passed Sunday, July 22, 2012 at Hinkle Hospice House. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 am Monday July 30,2012 at Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Tommy Hepler officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Born August 23, 1948 in Davidson County to Johnny and Kathleen Edge Sargent; preceded in death by her parents, in addition to sisters Barbara Boles and Katherine Frizzel. Survived by a son, Earnest Kearns and companion Tonya of the home; brother Charles Sargent of Silver Valley, and sister, Martha Ray Tysinger of Lexington. No direct line to Briles.

Lillian Elizabeth Conrad Skeen Dies

Lillian Elizabeth Conrad Skeen, 93, passed Friday evening, July 20, 2012 at the Hospice Home at High Point. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 11 A.M. in Grace Lutheran Church with Rev. Jonathan Conrad officiating. Burial will follow in Holly Hill Memorial Park Cemetery. Born October 19, 1918 in Davidson County, a daughter of Henry Estes Conrad and Hattie Dillon Conrad. On September 21, 1940 she was married to Hal Skeen, who died April 30, 1973. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Edith Fowler and a brother Glenn Conrad. Surviving are daughters, Carolyn Skeen and Rachael Armentrout and husband Billy, both of Thomasville; a brother, Austin Conrad of Thomasville; grandchildren, David Armentrout of Orlando, Florida and Michael Armentrout and wife Sheila of Thomasville; great-grandchildren, Carson Armentrout and Cleveland Armentrout; nieces, Betsy Armfield, Judy Fleming, Sharon Sink, Jo Ann Latham and Nancy Hartley and a nephew, Eddie Conrad. No direct Briles line.

Ina Elma Spencer Cox

Ina Elma Spencer Cox, 86, of Asheboro, NC, passed Friday, July 20, 2012, at Clapp's Convalescent Nursing Home. A funeral service is scheduled for 11:00 am Monday, July 23, 2012, at Holly Spring Friends Meeting, where she was a member, with Rev. Don Hurlburt and Rev. Todd Brown officiating. Burial will follow in the meeting cemetery. Native of Randolph County, NC, born August 29, 1925, the daughter of the late John Madison Spencer and Annie Farlow Spencer. Preceded in death by her husband, Anderson Elwood Cox; brother, Oscar Spencer; and sisters, Alice Elder, Eunice Walker and Hazel Gray. Survived by daughters, Andrea C. Sykes and husband, Kenneth, of Asheboro, NC, Gail C. Hurlburt, and husband, Don, of Randleman, NC, Vickie C. Whitaker and husband, David, of Asheboro, NC, Pamela C. Lewis and husband, John, of Ramseur, NC, Patricia C. Lever and husband, Art, of Anderson, SC, Phyllis A. Cox, of Asheboro, NC, Melinda C. Bullard and husband, Steve, of Asheboro, NC; sons, Gary L. Cox, and wife, Judy, of Ramseur, NC, Max A. Cox and wife, Geneva, of Asheboro, NC; sister, Angela Steed; grandchildren, Jennifer Schwarz, Kevin Cox, Jody Cox, Keith Sykes, Amy Purdue, Angela Rogalski, Rev. Andrew Hurlburt, Sherry Bray, April Smith, Mandy Lewis, Deanna Lewis, Travis Lewis, Adam Lever, Dr. Michelle Garrison, Melissa Cox, Taryn Brown, Elise Wright, Andee Bullard; and 19 great grandchildren. No direct Briles Line.

Letha Marie Briles Doolittle Dies

Letha Marie Briles Doolittle, age 87, of San Bernardino died at home on June 26 of natural causes. A celebration of life service will be held at 11 AM on July 20 at the University of Redlands Alumni House in Redlands, CA. Born in Emporia Kansas, married George L. Doolittle and they had four children. Letha is survived by her sister, Roberta; and children Lloyd, Phillip and Lea Anne and their families including five grandchildren and one great grandchild

Ruby Hughes Hoover

Ruby Hughes Hoover, 89, passed Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at Wake Forest Baptist Health-Lexington Medical Center. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday, July 13, 2012 at Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. John W. Wheeles officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Visitation will be held on Thursday, July 12, 2012 from 6 to 8 P.M. at Piedmont Funeral Home. Born October 29, 1922 in Davidson County to John Henry Hughes and Elda Varner Hughes, who preceded her in death. Also preceding her in death was a sister, Helen Trotter, and a granddaughter, Anna Hoover. Survivors include four sons, Garry Hoover , Harold Hoover, and wife Desaree, Doyle Hoover and wife Patsy, and Roger Hoover and wife Karen, all of Lexington; one daughter, Joyce Tester of Lexington; a brother, Austin Hughes of Charlotte; a sister. Virginia Bullard of Denton; seven grandchildren, Brent Alexander and wife Julie, Angela Murphy and husband Anthony, Avis Hoover, Angie Swink and husband Ryan, Jenny Ridenhour, Sarah Bryant, and Christian Francis and husband Kevan; eight great-grand-children, Hannah, Erin, Ashley, Natalie, Kelsea, Corey, Lily, and Nathan; and one great-great-grandchild, Brooks. No Briles line. Ex husband Olin Hoover does have Briles line to Rachel Hoover.

Tiras Clinton Pierce Dies

Tiras Clinton Pierce, 88, passed Monday, July 9, 2012 at the Henry Etta & Bruce Hinkle Hospice House. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 11:00 AM at the J.C. Green & Sons Funeral Home Chapel in Thomasville with Rev. Amos Mashburn officiating. Interment will follow in Holly Hill Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will be at the funeral home on Wednesday from 6-8 pmBorn on August 19, 1923 in Davidson County to Ernest LaFayette Pierce and Lilly Jackson Pierce. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Maxine Davis Pierce on September 15, 2006, whom he married July 17, 1944; son, Gary Dean Pierce; sisters, Glena Taylor and Eva Hill; and brothers, Everett, Warren, and Ralph Pierce. Surviving is his daughter, Gwen Wilmoth of Thomasville; son, Terry (Doc) Pierce and wife Betty of Thomasville; brothers, Lacy Pierce of Asheboro, Elwood Pierce and wife Josephine of Albemarle, and Troy Pierce and wife Doris of Lexington; grandchildren, Tracy Pierce and wife Paula of Thomasville, Mark Pierce and wife Tammy of High Point, Cynthia Guinn of Wallburg, and Kevin Hayes of Thomasville; great-grandchildren, Jordan Smith of Thomasville, Chase Pierce of Lexington, Dillon and Chasity Pierce, both of High Point. Briles Line: Ansel & Mary Briles Pearce

Radie Skeen Kennedy Dies

TRINITY-Radie Skeen Kennedy, 97 passed Monday morning in the Westchester Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. from the Chapel of Cumby Family Funeral Service in Archdale with the Rev. Randy Quate officiating. Private interment will be in Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends following the service at the funeral home. Born October ll, l9l4, in Randolph County, a daughter of Enos and Winnie Briles Skeen. On April 3, 1937, she married Henry Clay Kennedy, who preceded her in death on October 21, 2002. Preceded in death by three sisters, Ruby Osborne, Bertie Nelson and Dessie Coggins and four brothers, Robert, Troy John Lee and Paul Skeen. Briles Line in Bold...

Ernestine Savannah Blake Jordan

THOMASVILLE – Ernestine Savannah Blake Jordan passed Saturday afternoon, June 30, 2012. Memorial service will be held at 4 pm Tuesday July 3, 2012, with Rev. Mark Mullins officiating. Born September 1, 1926; the daughter of Ollie and Ernest Blake. Her brother Wendell Blake passed away 2 years ago. Survived by her son Larry Jordan, his wife Sharon, and her grandsons Rocky, Nick and Jay of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Also, her daughter Angela Jordan Loving, and her son-in-law Gene Loving of Virginia Beach, Virginia. And her sister-in-law, Joanne Pegram of Colfax, NC. Briles line: Elizabeth Briles Robbins

LuEllen Loflin Morgan Passes

TRINITY- LuEllen Loflin Morgan, 53, passed away Saturday, July 7, 2012. A service to celebrate LuEllen’s life will be held at 4:00 p.m. Monday, July 9, 2012, at Marlboro Friends Meeting with Minister Ricky Sessoms officiating. Interment will follow in the meeting house cemetery. Born on February 14, 1959, in Randolph County, NC, to Wayne Loflin and the late Louise Webster Loflin. Survived by her husband, Mark Morgan, whom she married on April 26, 1997; her children, Madelyn Luise Morgan and Wyatt Roger Morgan; her father, Wayne Loflin; her sister, Linda Loflin Thuotte and husband, Roger; her brother, Clifford Loflin and wife, Patsy. Also surviving are her nieces and nephews, Laura T. Bibb and husband, Ben, Daniel W. Loflin, Rachel L. Maguire and husband, Chris, Greg M. Thuotte, Garrett Morgan, and Ella Brooke Morgan, and a grand nephew, Luke Bibb. Briles Line: Pending

Letta Mae Briles Barby Dies

Woodward, Okla.-Letta Mae Briles Barby passed June 29, 2012 in Woodward, OK. Services will be held at the Church of the Nazarene, Knowles, Oklahoma, on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. Born on July 24, 1925 in a farm home in Dombey, Oklahoma, daughter of Lon Harrison Briles and her mother Elsie Alice Briles. Jack Lollar, January 21, 1951 at Union Center Church near Adams, OK. Preceding Mae in passing were her parents, Lon and Elsie Briles, two infant brothers, brothers, Clyde Briles, Forrest Briles and Clellie Briles, sisters, Lucille Potter, Matilda McAdams and Mildred Barby, Surviving is her husband Paul W. Barby of Knowles, OK, daughter Jackie Dezort; husband Chris Dezort, granddaughter Danielle Dezort and grandson Reagan Dezort all of Woodward, OK.

Barbara June Towe Cain

Barbara June Towe Cain, 74, passed away Sunday afternoon, July 1, 2012, at her home. The funeral service will be held Thursday, July 5, 2012, at 2:00 PM at Shelton Church of the Brethren, with the Rev. Ted Turner and the Rev. Deward Scott officiating. Entombment will follow at Skyline Memory Gardens Mausoleum. Wake: Family will receive friends Wednesday from 6:00 until 8:00 PM at Shelton Church of the Brethren. Born March 24, 1938, in Surry County, one of eleven children born to the late Albert Cicero and Bessie Cornelia Gambill Towe. Survived by her husband, Hurley Lee Cain of the home; two daughters and a son-in-law, Anita Marion and Lisa and Ronald Parsons, all of Mount Airy; three grandchildren, Casey Marion and his wife, Christa, of Jacksonville, FL, and Myra Parsons and Tyler Parsons, both of Mount Airy; two great-grandchildren, Hayden Cain Marion and Kinsley Marion, both of Jacksonville, FL; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Vernell and Ray Goins of Mount Airy and Jewel Holder of Thomasville; a brother and sister-in-law, Charles and Dare Towe of King; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Cain was preceded in death by her first husband, Wilcher Sam Goins; a grandson, Joshua Lee Marion; four sisters, Charlcia Lue Towe, Haver Riggs, Pauline Floyd, and Joyce Towe; and three brothers, Herbert Towe, Harvey Towe, and William “Bill” Towe. No Briles line. Great niece Tosha Medlin is married to Rodney Trent Briles, curator of the BIN.

Everett Glenn Loflin Dies

Everett Glenn Loflin, 82, passed Sunday, July 1, 2012 at the Henry Etta & Bruce Hinkle Hospice House. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 3:00 PM at the J.C. Green & Sons Funeral Home Chapel in Thomasville with Rev. Doug Stevens officiating. Interment will follow in Westfield Baptist Church Cemetery. Born on December 18, 1929 in Randolph County to Everette Charles Loflin and Mamie Summey Loflin. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Ross and Lespie Loflin; and sister, Edna Gordon. In September, 1972, he married Jo Ann Kindley, who survives of the home; also surviving are two step-sons, Todd Daniels and wife Murielle of Trinity and Tedd Daniels of Thomasville; step-daughter, Tamara Daniels of Archdale; sister, Eva Summey of Trinity; two grandchildren, Zane and Paige Daniels; sister-in-law, Virginia Loflin of Thomasville; and several nieces and nephews. No direct line to Briles. His wife, Jo Ann Kindley Loflin does. Nancy Briles Kindley