Obituaries
June Ann (Chiodo) Gates
May 24, 2018
June Ann Gates (nee Chiodo) May 23, 1948 – May 24, 2018 Beloved wife of William B. Gates (deceased). Loving daughter of Adolph J. and Marian L. Chiodo (nee Forgerson); both deceased. Leaves sisters Vickie A. Chiodo-Maung and Connee M. Choi to mourn. June was beloved by a host of cousins, nieces, nephews and other relatives. She lived in Cleveland...
Elizabeth Campbell Bowling
May 22, 2018
Elizabeth Campbell Bowling, 90, of Statesville and formerly of Knoxville, TN., died Tuesday May 22, 2018 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born on October 13, 1927 in Kilpatrick, Alabama, she was a daughter of the late Paul and Gertrude Elizabeth Cantrell Campbell. She formerly worked for the Dempster Dumpsters Corporation in Knoxville and was a member of the Norwood Baptist...
Carl Lee Bills, Jr.
May 21, 2018
Carl Lee Bills, Jr., 66, of Statesville, passed away, Monday, May 21, 2018 at his home. Mr. Bills was born November 1, 1951 in Indianapolis, IN and was the son of the late Carl Lee Bills, Sr. and Betty Ann Price Bills. On June 30, 1992, he was married to Yvonne Dean Bills, who survives, and he previously worked for...
Harold Wayne Smith, Sr.
May 20, 2018
Harold Wayne Smith, Sr., 79, of Union Grove, returned to the God who gave him life on Sunday, May 20, 2018. He was born in Claremore, Oklahoma on April 27, 1939 to the late Orville and Elva Yeager Smith. Mr. Smith served our country honorably as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army from 1956 –...
Carolyn Nicholson (Mills) Robinson
May 20, 2018
On May 20, 2018 Margaret Carolyn Mills Nicholson Robinson went home to be with her Heavenly Father. She was born on April 15, 1929, daughter of the late Haskell and Wilma Hedrick Mills. Carolyn was a loving daughter, sister, mother, and grandmother. Nothing pleased her more than being surrounded by those she loved and she often took comfort in reminiscing...
Francis Eugene Neel
May 18, 2018
Mr. Francis Eugene (Frankie) Neel, 83, of Statesville, died Friday, May 18, 2018 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Iredell County on April 14, 1935, he was a son of the late Drew Latta Neel and Edna Davis Neel. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by 2 sisters and 8 brothers. Mr. Neel served in...
Robert Henry Anderson
May 16, 2018
Robert Henry Anderson, 72, of Winston-Salem, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2018 at his residence. He was born in Iredell County on August 16, 1945 to the late Olin Jack Anderson and Linda Secrest Anderson. Robert attended Iredell County Schools and was a member of Woodland Baptist Church in Winston-Salem. He was retired from Bell Construction after many years of...
Plummer Flippen Jones III
May 16, 2018
Plummer Flippen Jones III, 72, of Spartanburg, SC passed away Wednesday, May 16, 2018. He was born in Iredell County on August 15, 1945 to the late Plummer Flippen Jones Jr. and Frances Ramsey Jones. Mr. Jones was a graduate of Statesville High School, UNC-Chapel Hill, and received his Master’s Degree from Georgia State University. He was a member of...
Robert Bernard (Bob) Dante
May 15, 2018
Robert Bernard “Bob” Dante, 78, of Statesville, passed away on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at the Gordon Hospice House. Bob was born May 15, 1940 in Detroit, MI and was the son of the late Lee Fisher Dante and Katherine Murphy Dante. He was a graduate of St. Johns College High School and Belmont University where he received his Bachelors...
Brenda Sue (Stewart) Singleton
May 13, 2018
Brenda Sue Stewart Singleton, 75, of Statesville passed away Sunday, May 13, 2018 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. She was born in Iredell County on May 6, 1943 to the late Sloan and Ada Moose Stewart. Brenda was a graduate of Celeste Henkel High School and was a member of New Bethany Baptist Church. She was a devoted homemaker and a...
James Thomas Josey
May 13, 2018
James Thomas Josey, 84, of Troutman, died Sunday, May 13, 2018 at his home. Mr. Josey was born in Iredell County on April 2, 1934 and was the son of the late Avery Leonard Josey and Beulah Hayes Josey. He attended Elon High School. Mr. Josey was a veteran of the U.S. Navy having served during the Korean War. On...
William Isaac Hutchens
May 12, 2018
Mr. William Isaac ( Ike) Hutchens, 86, of Statesville, died Saturday, May 12, 2018 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born March 7, 1932 in Yadkin County, he was a son of the late William Henry Hutchens and Rebecca Jane Reavis Hutchens. He was a graduate of West Yadkin High School and retired from the furniture manufacturing business. He is survived by...
Sandra Elizabeth (Smith) Warner
May 12, 2018
Mrs. Sandra Elizabeth Smith Warner, 70, of Statesville, died Saturday, May 12, 2018 at the Gordon Hospice House in Statesville, N.C. Born in Syracuse , New York on August 1, 1947, she was a daughter of the late John C. Smith and Vivian V. Smith. On March 22, 1969, she married Mr. Adrian L. Warner who survives. She was preceded...
Katherine (Kay) (Lacey) Wieland
May 12, 2018
Kay, as she liked to be called, died Saturday, May 12, 2018 at the Serenity House. Kay was born on Dec. 20, 1919 to Joseph Ambrose and Mary Katherine Trabert Lacey in New York City, N.Y. Kay met the love of her life, Fred, at the West Side YMCA when she was 16. They were married 3 years later on...
Nelly Castro Ramirez
May 11, 2018
Nelly Castro Ramirez, 68, died May 11, 2018. Funeral services are scheduled for 5:00 P.M. Monday, May 14, 2018 at Agua Viva Church. Nicholson Funeral Home is serving the family.
Reagan Taylor (Pulliam) Howe
May 10, 2018
Reagan Taylor Pulliam Howe, 27, of Statesville, died Thursday, May 10, 2018 at her home. Reagan was born in Iredell County on January 20, 1991 to Victor Eric Pulliam and Hope Pennell. She attended Iredell County Schools and in 2014 she married Tyler Howe, who survives. Reagan worked at her family’s restaurant, Sunshine Café. She loved her daughter, Jada, and...
Jane (Grier) Hawthorne
May 9, 2018
Jane Grier Hawthorne, age 100. passed away Wednesday May 9, 2018, in her own home following a lengthy illness She was the beloved wife of Herbert Columbus Hawthorne who predeceased her in 2000. They resided in Statesville, NC Since their marriage November 24, 1942. She was a resident of Galloway Ridge, Pittsboro, NC since 2007. Mrs. Hawthorne is survived by...
Grady Byerly Osborne
May 8, 2018
Mr. Grady Byerly Osborne, 81, of Statesville, died Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at Brookdale Assisted Living. Born in Rowan County on January 25, 1937, he was a son of the late Henry Davis Osborne and Eula Mae Broadway Osborne. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Lynn Osborne along with brothers, Cecil and Grover...
Mary Ada (Shoemaker) Hayes
May 7, 2018
Mary Ada Shoemaker Hayes, 100, of Statesville, passed away, Monday, May 7, 2018 at Rosewood Assisted Living. Mrs. Hayes was born August 28, 1917 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late James Washington Shoemaker and Dora Barnett Shoemaker. She attended Turnersburg School in Iredell County and was married to the late Noey Gaston Hayes, Sr. She worked...
Bradford "Brad" Turner Boyd, Jr.
May 5, 2018
Bradford (Brad) Turner Boyd, Jr., 91, of Statesville, passed away at Gordon Hospice House surrounded by loved ones on Saturday, May 5, 2018. He was born November 14, 1926 in Pitt County, NC to the late Bradford Turner Boyd and Lola Ethel Boyd. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Clifton E. Boyd. He...