Obituaries
Thomas Chad McMillan
Jan 5, 2018
Thomas Chad McMillan, 35, of Lenoir, NC passed away, Sunday, December 31, 2017 at Caldwell Hospice. Chad was born September 25, 1982 in Iredell County to Thomas Garry McMillan and the late Nelta Diane Cook. He attended Rowan County schools, worked in construction and recently worked for Hancock & Moore. On September 28, 2017, he was married to Kimberly Dawn...
Jonathan Francis Morris
Jan 3, 2018
Jonathan Francis Morris of Union Grove N.C. passed away unexpectedly on January 3, 2018. He was born on November 2, 1946 in Paddington (London) England. He was preceded in death by his parents Avril and William Simpson, son Rudi Morris and brother David Morris. He is survived by sons Roman Morris (Alison Morris), Jonathan Morris and Nick Hayes; grand-children Natalie...
Elsie Mae (Stewart) Wallace Moore
Dec 29, 2017
Elsie Mae Wallace Moore, 82, of Statesville, passed away Friday, December 29, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House after a period of declining health over the last year. She was born on February 27, 1935 in Iredell County to the late Ross and Vassie Mae Sigmon Stewart. Elsie was a graduate of Troutman High School and was first married to...
Donna Marie Souza
Dec 29, 2017
Donna Marie Souza (Spanky), 58, of Statesville, departed this life unexpectedly at her home on Friday December 29, 2017 Donna was born on December 31, 1958 in Hartford Connecticut. She was a graduate of Windsor High School in Windsor Connecticut. Donna was employed at Home Care Management Corp. in Statesville and was a dedicated and loving care taker of special...
Margie Louise Warren
Dec 28, 2017
Margie Louise Warren, 93, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, December 28, 2017. She was born in Catawba County on October 24, 1924 to the late Ed and Eva May Fox Warren. Margie was a graduate of Troutman High School and loved farming with her father and family. She enjoyed cooking and was a member of Concord Baptist Church in Stony...
Daniel Phillip (Phil) Wilkinson
Dec 28, 2017
Daniel Phillip “Phil” Wilkinson, 81, of Statesville, died Thursday, December 28, 2017, at his home. Mr. Wilkinson was born September 21, 1936, in Lincoln County and was the son of the late Esley Wilkinson and Ruby Heffner Wilkinson. He was a graduate of Maiden High School class of ’54 and Pfeiffer College. He served in the U.S. Army Reserve and...
Sue Morrison Compton
Dec 27, 2017
Sue Morrison Compton, 87, of Troutman, died Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at Serenity House. Born in Iredell County on June 18, 1930, she was a daughter of the late John Morrison and Carrie Icenhour Morrison. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Calvin Coolidge Compton and two brothers, Steve Morrison and John Morrison, Jr....
Ulean Hayes Snow
Dec 27, 2017
Mrs. Ulean Hayes Snow, 85, of Harmony, died Wednesday December 27, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Iredell County on August 25, 1932, she was a daughter of the late W. G. Hayes and Eula Myers Hayes. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by siblings: Norma Snow, Olean Ellis and A. G. Hayes. She...
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...
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....
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...
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...