Obituaries

Clyde "Ed" Edward Stroud

Clyde "Ed" Edward Stroud

Jan 6, 2019

Clyde Edward Stroud, 87, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, January 6, 2019 at Iredell Memorial Hospital.  He was born in Iredell County on October 6, 1931 to the late Clarence Allen Stroud and Henrietta Boger Stroud. Ed attended Harmony School and was married in 1952 to Blanche Malcolm Stroud, who survives.  They shared over 66 years of marriage before his...

Flora Dell (Reid) Combs

Flora Dell (Reid) Combs

Jan 5, 2019

Flora Dell Reid Combs, 84, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, January 5, 2019 at the Gordon Hospice House.  She was born on December 16, 1934 in Yadkin County to the late William Glenn and Vallie Bottoms Reid. Flora attended Yadkin and Iredell County Schools and was married to Clay Junior Combs who preceded her in death in 2007.  She was...

Robert Dalton Isaac

Robert Dalton Isaac

Jan 5, 2019

Robert Dalton Isaac, 77, of Statesville, died Saturday, January 5, 2019 at his home. Born in Iredell County on June 19, 1941, he was a son of the late Samuel Dewey Isaac and Emmer Kerley Isaac. On March 3, 1990, he married the former Martha (Ann) Riddle who survives. He was a retired dairy farmer and of the Baptist faith....

Ralph Dillard Jarvis, Sr.

Ralph Dillard Jarvis, Sr.

Jan 5, 2019

Ralph Dillard Jarvis, Sr., of Statesville, died Saturday, January 5, 2019 at the Gordon Hospice House after a lengthy illness. He was born November 26, 1946 to the late William Clifford and Mildred Call Jarvis. Ralph was predeceased by 4 brothers. Mr. Jarvis attended Iredell County schools and retired from General Electric. He was a member of Landmark Church of...

George Ranson McAuley

George Ranson McAuley

Jan 4, 2019

Mr. George Ranson McAuley, 86, of Statesville, passed away Friday, January 4, 2019.  He was born February 25, 1932, to the late Earl Ranson McAuley and Rachel Agnes Hanna McAuley. He married his high school classmate, Linda Joan Cartner McAuley on November 30, 1951. George and Linda went on to have seven children, ten grandchildren, and two great grand-children together,...

Tommie Elaine (Stafford) Compton

Tommie Elaine (Stafford) Compton

Jan 4, 2019

Mrs. Tommie Elaine Stafford Compton, 77, of Statesville, died Friday, January 4, 2019 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Compton was born in Iredell County on December 10, 1941 and was the daughter of the late Thomas Milton Stafford and Myrtle Ellis Stafford.  She was a graduate of Statesville High School and in 1960 she married William “Billy Ray” Compton and...

Hazel Christine (Stewart) Poole

Hazel Christine (Stewart) Poole

Jan 3, 2019

Hazel Christine Stewart Poole, 89, of Troutman, passed away Thursday, January 3, 2019 at her residence.  She was born on July 25, 1929 in Iredell County to the late Adam Dillard Stewart and Foy Lee Shook Stewart. Hazel attended Celeste Henkel and was married to Beauford Lonnie Poole on April 27, 1950.  They shared over 38 years of marriage before...

Joyce Louise (Miller) Funderburk

Joyce Louise (Miller) Funderburk

Jan 1, 2019

Joyce Louise Miller Funderburk, 83, of Statesville, died Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Funderburk was born in Iredell County on June 17, 1935 and was the daughter of the late Ross Miller and Louise Crouch Miller.  She was a graduate of Iredell County schools and received her CNA from Mitchell Community College.  She was first married...

Nelda Mary (Harrison) Jordan

Nelda Mary (Harrison) Jordan

Jan 1, 2019

Nelda Mary Harrison Jordan, 86, of Statesville, went home to be with Jesus on Tuesday, January 1, 2019. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her family. The only child of the late William Glen Harrison and Ruby Camilla Baumgarner Harrison, Nelda was born on November 10, 1932 in Statesville. She attended D. Matt Thompson School before moving with her parents...

Samuel Isaac Tackett

Samuel Isaac Tackett

Dec 31, 2018

Samuel Isaac Tackett, 22, of Harmony, died Monday, December 31, 2018 at his home. Born in Iredell County on August 29, 1996, he was a son of Leonard Lee Tackett and Pam Lynn Jordan Moore, both of whom survive. He had attended Faith Baptist Church and Circle L Cowboy Church. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, working with metal and time...

Lona Delores Jolly

Lona Delores Jolly

Dec 31, 2018

Lona Delores Jolly peacefully entered her Heavenly Home and the loving presence of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Monday, December 31, 2018.   Lona was born April 18,1945 to Harold David and Lacie Bowman Jolly. Lona was an active busy toddler until, at the age of two, she was struck with polio.  Because of several months in an iron...

Clarence Eugene Gatton

Clarence Eugene Gatton

Dec 31, 2018

Clarence passed away on December 31, 2018 in Falls Church, VA. He was born on May 23, 1928 to Thomas Lee and Freddie Cornelia Gatton in Harmony, NC. He is survived by his wife, Donna Gatton; children, David Gatton (Alla), Mary Anne Gatton (Kourush), Patty Adair (John) and Keith Koerbel; grandchildren, Dolores Anne Gatton (William), Ethan Saraf and Keturah Adair....

Johnsie Aldaine (Lee) Hartness

Johnsie Aldaine (Lee) Hartness

Dec 30, 2018

Mrs. Johnsie Aldaine Lee Hartness, 88, of Statesville, died Sunday, December 30, 2018 at her home. Mrs. Hartness was born in Iredell County on September 7, 1930 and was the daughter of the late David Eugene Lee and Mary Elizabeth Brawley Lee.  She attended Iredell County schools and on April 16, 1954 she married Clarence Ervin Hartness and together they...

George Henry Greene

George Henry Greene

Dec 28, 2018

Mr. George Henry Greene, 85, of Statesville and formerly of New York and Florida, died Friday, December 28, 2018 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Long Island, New York on December 8, 1933, he was a son of the late Robert William Greene and Lillian Ann Lee Greene. He was a retired truck driver. In addition to his parents...

James Walker Freeland

James Walker Freeland

Dec 24, 2018

Mr. James Walker Freeland, 89, of Statesville, died Monday, December 24, 2018 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Freeland was born in Mecklenburg County on October 17, 1929 and was the son of the late Preston Troy Freeland and Marbelle Walker Freeland.  He attended Mecklenburg County schools and in 1949 he married Betty Williams Freeland, who preceded him in death....

Amos L. Norris

Amos L. Norris

Dec 24, 2018

Amos Lamar Norris, 96, of Statesville, NC passed away Monday, December 24, 2018 at his home. Mr. Norris was born July 21,1922 in Rockmart, Georgia and was the son of the late Julius Thompson Norris and Alma Marks Norris. He was predeceased by his wife, Doris Redding Norris in 2016. They were married for sixty-seven years. He proudly served in...

Elizabeth Tib (Cline) Lumsden

Elizabeth Tib (Cline) Lumsden

Dec 24, 2018

Elizabeth (Tib) Cline Lumsden, 96, of Statesville, died Monday, December 24, 2018 at Autumn Care of Statesville. Born in Iredell County on March 15, 1922, she was a daughter of the late Arthur Cline and Rachel Ethel Troutman Cline. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jones Franklin (Lum) Lumsden, an infant daughter, Jane...

Jack David Marler

Jack David Marler

Dec 23, 2018

Jack David Marler, 84, of Lenoir, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018 at Stanley Total Living.  He was born in Caldwell County on January 16, 1934 to the late Carl and Annabel Gillium Marler. Jack attended Caldwell County Schools and was a member of Crestview Baptist Church in Belmont, NC.  He was retired from Pilot Freight where he had worked...

Cindy Lu (Ivey) Carter

Cindy Lu (Ivey) Carter

Dec 22, 2018

Cindy Lu Ivey Carter, 50, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, December 22, 2018 at Iredell Memorial Hospital.  She was born on March 3, 1968 to the late Carl and Judith Ivey. Cindy was a graduate of Chapel Hill High School and was a sales clerk at Sunshine Gas Station.  She was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church and was a...

James Joseph Nelson, Sr.

James Joseph Nelson, Sr.

Dec 21, 2018

James Joseph Nelson, Sr., 81, of Statesville, passed away Friday, December 21, 2018 at his residence.  He was born in Lee County, Virginia to the late Nora Nelson Miner. James attended of Alleghany County Schools and was a graduate of Fort Hill High School in Cumberland, Maryland.  On February 14, 1959, he married Laverne Henning, who survives.  They shared over...

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