All Obituaries

The family will receive friends Tuesday, October 11, 2022 from 10:00-11:00 AM at O’Quinn-Peebles-Phillips Funeral Home in Lillington. A graveside service will follow at 12:00 PM at Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery in Spring Lake. Please check back for a complete obituary.

Dorothy Jean Stone Matthews, 85, of Bunnlevel, NC, went home to be with her Lord on October 2, 2022. Dorothy was born in Harnett County, North Carolina, on January 22, 1937. The youngest of 12 children born to John Jackson and Nora Catherine Cannaday Stone, Dorothy lived in Lillington and attended Lillington School.  Affectionately called Dot by those who loved her, she was a smart, loving, and strong-willed woman, who met all the challenges her life offered head on. She worked...

Mr. Wade H. Darroch, 73, of Fuquay-Varina passed peacefully Sunday, October 2, 2022, at UNC Rex Raleigh. He was born in Harnett County, the son of the late James H. and Ruby Lloyd Darroch. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Loyd, Alvin and a sister, Marie Dove. Wade graduated from Anderson Creek High School in 1968 and attended Central Carolina Community College for two years. He served in the U.S. Army Reserve for eight years and received awards for...

Carolyn Turner Johnson August 13, 1936-September 30, 2022 Buies Creek, NC Carolyn Turner Johnson, 86, passed away peacefully at Windsor Point Retirement Community in Fuquay Varina on Friday, September 30. She was the former Administrative Assistant for Buies Creek First Baptist Church for 34 years and devoted many hours to the church. She especially loved singing in the choir and leading the church senior group, The Sonshiners. Born on August 13, 1936 in Coats, NC, Carolyn was the youngest...

Mr. Charles A. Upchurch, 91, of Broadway passed away September 29, 2022. He was born in Harnett County, the son of the late Frank C. and Alberta Collins Upchurch. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his two daughters, Donna U. Patterson and Melanie U. McLeod; grandson, Charles Marcus Patterson; brothers, Edward, Cecil, Franklin, Harold and Bryant; sisters, Ada, Jeanette, Mary Eunice and Joann. Charles was a hard worker and loved to garden. He enjoyed sharing his...

Ms. Tonya Lee Holder, 47, of Lillington passed away Friday, September 23, 2022 at her home. She was born in Lee County, the daughter of Lebert Holder and Delores Collins Holder. Tonya was preceded in death by her paternal grandmother, Lenora Holder and maternal grandparents, Bill Collins and Mary Jon Futrell. In addition to her parents, Tonya is survived by a son, Nathan Holder and a daughter, Hannah Holder both of Broadway; sister, Crystal Hodges and husband John of Lillington; niece, Nora...

Mary Frances Senter Kear of Boonville passed away at home among family after a long illness on Thursday, September 22. She was born in Lillington on April 18, 1945 to the late John Aaron Senter and Vida Lee Peed Senter. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Lydia Senter (Donald) Langdon. Mary Frances graduated from Lillington High School and attended Meredith College. She devoted most of her life to raising her children, restoring antique furniture and the old homes she had...

April 23, 1931-September 21, 2022 At the age of 91, Frances Alice Anne McIlroy McQuade passed away peacefully in her sleep on September 21, 2022. Frances was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 63 years, James Stanley McQuade, her mother, Annie McIlroy, father, William Cross McIlroy, and brothers Robert, Hayes, William, and Kenneth McIlroy. Frances is survived by her son, William Brian McQuade (John Baldwin) of Bryson City, daughter Shonagh McQuade Weems (Edward Weems) of Buies...

Mr. William “W.A.” Alexander Rogers, 84, of Lillington passed away Tuesday, September 20, 2022. He was born in Harnett County, the son of the late James Dalton and Bessie Mae Strickland Rogers. In addition to his parents, W.A. was preceded in death by his brothers, Roy and Fred Rogers; sister, Lenora Holder. He served in the U.S. Army and retired from the U.S. Air Force Reserves. W.A. worked with the N.C. Department of Corrections in Lillington and retired after 28 years of...

Flora Barnes Weeks, 97, of Lillington entered into Heaven on Saturday, September 17, 2022. Flora was born in 1925 to the late Elmon and Flossie Barnes of Coats, NC. She is preceded in death by the father of her children, Ralph Weeks, her brothers Felton Barnes and Julius Barnes and half-brothers, Herschell Barnes and Phillip Barnes. Flora enjoyed many years of farming and gardening, especially her beautiful flowers.  Flora loved life to the fullest, her life was filled with family and...