Obituaries
Barbara Ann (Allen) Jordan
Dec 27, 2017
Mrs. Barbara Ann Allen Jordan, 82, of Statesville, died Wednesday, December 27, 2017. Mrs. Jordan was born in Iredell County on June 8, 1935, and was the daughter of the late James Allen and Effie Combs Allen. She was valedictorian of the 1954 graduating class at Harmony High School. Mrs. Jordan was married to William Howard Jordan who preceded her...
Mary Nell (Matlock) Feimster
Dec 27, 2017
Mary Nell Matlock Feimster, 93, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at Mallard Ridge Assisted Living in Clemmons. She was born in Alexander County on March 10, 1924 to the late Jasper and Mary Jane Lambert Matlock. Mary Nell was a graduate of Stony Point High School and was married to Milton Archie Feimster in 1951. They shared...
Bobby Lee Cook
Dec 26, 2017
Bobby Lee Cook, 85, of Fort Mill and formerly of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, December 26, 2017, at the Monroe Rehabilitation Center in Monroe, NC. Mr. Cook was born in Iredell County on July 26, 1932, and was the son of the late William J. Cook and Ruth Gregory Cook. He attended Iredell County schools and served in the U.S....
James Daniel Pardue
Dec 25, 2017
James Daniel Pardue departed this life to claim the promise of the Resurrection on Christmas Day after a long illness. Rev. Pardue was a devoted Christian, musician, husband, father, son and brother. He was born in Moravian Falls, NC and had lived in Statesville since 1984. He was a graduate of Mars Hill College, the University of Alabama and Columbia...
Cecile Nanarle (Clanton) Masters
Dec 23, 2017
Mrs. Cecile Nanarle Clanton Masters, 74, of Statesville, passed away, Saturday, December 23, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Masters was born June 21, 1943 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Katy Clanton Privette. She was a graduate of Statesville Senior High School, class of 1962 and on May 1, 1965, she was married to...
Louise (Kennedy) Orren
Dec 23, 2017
Ruby Louise Kennedy Orren, 90, of Statesville, died Saturday, December 23, 2017 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Orren was born March 1, 1927 in Statesville, NC and was the daughter of the late Arthur Ferrell Kennedy and Emma Lou Mills Kennedy. She was a graduate of Troutman High School and on September 30, 1944, she married the late John Walter...
Barbara Sills Myers
Dec 23, 2017
Mrs. Barbara Sills Myers, 84, of Statesville, died Saturday, December 23, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Rowan County on November 3, 1933, she was a daughter of the late John William Sills and Bertie Torrence Sills. Barbara was a homemaker and faithful member of Landmark Church of God where she taught Sunday School for 50 years and...
Jane Caroline (Bristol) Slotemaker de Bruine
Dec 21, 2017
Jane Caroline Bristol Slotemaker de Bruine, 92, of Upland, CA and formerly of Statesville died Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. Beloved, devoted mother, survived by her only child, by her side, Delight Louise Slotemaker de Bruine, of Upland, CA, sister, Mary Anne King, of Oak Ridge, TN, precious nieces (Delight McLeod Corbin, Anne Todd Eisner, Nancy Campbell King Crawford), nephews (Carl...
Lenette Ann (Holland) Murphy
Dec 18, 2017
Lenette Ann Holland Murphy, 81, of Union Grove, passed away peacefully, Monday, December 18, 2017, at the Gordon Hospice House. Born February 20, 1936, in Iredell County she was the youngest daughter of the late Quince T. Holland and Blanche Tutterow Holland. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by five sisters, Betty Johnson, Nellie Foreman, Gladys...
William "Bill" Theodore Hayes
Dec 18, 2017
William “Bill” Theodore Hayes, 75, of Statesville, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, December 18, 2017 after a courageous 15-year battle with cancer. He was born August 4, 1942 in Iredell County to the late Roy Lee and Laura Irene Hedrick Hayes. Mr. Hayes was a graduate of Harmony High School and was retired from Consolidated...
Rocky Lee Hefner
Dec 18, 2017
Rocky Lee Hefner, 35, of Harmony, passed away Monday, December 18, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Center following an ongoing illness for over 10 years. Rocky was born July 4, 1982 in Iredell County and was the son of Roscoe and Rachel Upright Hefner. He was a graduate of North Iredell High School and was a Fabricator Welder for South Co....
Watson Gene Dull
Dec 16, 2017
Watson Gene Dull, 87, died December 16, 2017 at his home. Private family services will be held at Nicholson Funeral Home. Mr. Dull was a retired educator.
Robert Elmore Rary
Dec 16, 2017
Mr. Robert Elmore Rary, 89, of Statesville, died Saturday, December 16, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born March 3, 1928 in Iredell County, he was the youngest of seven children of J. C. and Eula Mae Shoemaker Rary. He attended Statesville City Schools and graduated from Statesville Senior High School. He served in the U. S. Navy for 2...
Sylvia Mayberry Wilkerson
Dec 15, 2017
Mrs. Sylvia Mayberry Wilkerson, 72, of Statesville, died Friday, December 15, 2017 in an automobile accident. Born in Iredell County on September 2, 1945, she was a daughter of the late Marvin William Mayberry and Elizabeth Litaker Mayberry. On March 19, 1966, she married Mr. Herby Edward Wilkerson who survives. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Gail Wilkerson...
Michael "Mike" Robert Bailes
Dec 15, 2017
Michael “Mike” Robert Bailes, 52, of Statesville, passed away Friday, December 15, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital due to complications from a bone marrow transplant. He was born on September 19, 1965 in Uniontown, PA. Michael was married on May 6, 2000 to Patricia “Trish” Dobson, who survives. They shared over 17 years of marriage before his passing. He...
Shawn Christopher Baugher
Dec 14, 2017
Mr. Shawn Christopher Baugher, 45, of Statesville, died December 14, 2017. Born in Richland, Washington on June 2, 1972, he was a son of Ronald Keith Baugher and Diana Lyn Kreutz Thorne, both of whom survive. Shawn was a senior site operator with the Iredell County Solid Waste Department. He was an avid skate boarder, an avid fan of the...
Bonzia Kay Moose
Dec 14, 2017
Bonzia Kay Moose, 74, of Statesville, died Thursday, December 14, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Catawba County on January 6, 1943, she was a daughter of the late Lessley Clarence Moose and Margaret Pearl Ikard. She was a librarian at Mitchell Community College for many years. She was a member of Rose Chapel United Methodist Church and...
Gertrude "Trudy" (Bex) van Bergen
Dec 11, 2017
Gertrude “Trudy” Bex van Bergen, 97, formerly of Statesville, passed away Monday, December 11, 2017. She was born on May 30, 1920 in Maastricht, Netherlands to the late Joseph and Anna Maria Gense Bex. Trudy was married to Frans G. van Bergen on October 9, 1946 and they shared over 42 years of marriage before his passing on June 15,...
James Everett Brown
Dec 11, 2017
James Everett Brown, 84, of Statesville, formerly of Thousand Oaks, CA died peacefully at his home on December 11, 2017. He was born on June 13, 1933 in Los Angeles, CA. He worked in laser research as an engineer at Hughes Research Labs in Malibu, CA for 32 years. James served in the US Army Signal Corps at White Sands,...
Dortha Octavia (Cole) Chuber
Dec 11, 2017
Mrs. Dortha Octavia Cole Chuber, 92, formerly of Statesville, and more recently of Salisbury, died Monday at Trinity Oaks in Salisbury. She was born in Canton, North Carolina on March 14, 1925 to the late Crom Edgar and Mae McCrary Cole. Dortha graduated from Canton High School in May of 1942 and attended Cecil’s Business College in Asheville where she...
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