Obituaries
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...
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.
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
Bobbie Jean (Lackey) Williams
Dec 10, 2017
Mrs. Bobbie Jean Lackey Williams entered into her eternal life on Sunday December 10, 2017 from her home in Olin, NC at the age of 82. She is survived by a loving family including two daughters, Nancy Keith (Lenny) and Beth Talley (Ricky) of Olin, and son Keith Williams of Greensboro; grandchildren Ashley Talley Assal (Jimmy) of Raleigh, Kasey Talley...
William "Billy" Robert Sells III
Dec 9, 2017
William “Billy” Robert Sells III, 72, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, December 09, 2017 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was born on March 28, 1945 in Iredell County to the late William R. Sells Jr. and Alda Cloninger Sells. Billy was a graduate of Statesville Senior High School and was married to Sheila Dagenhart Sells who preceded him in death...
Imozell (Box) Howell
Dec 8, 2017
Imozell Box Howell, 87, of Statesville, NC, died peacefully at home on December 8, 2017, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on February 17, 1930, in rural Choctaw County, MS, to the late Claude Box and Emma Trussell Box. Imozell graduated from Kilmichael High School in Kilmichael, MS. She married Charles Lee Howell on February 8, 1949, and...
Derwood Johnson, Jr.
Dec 7, 2017
Derwood Johnson, Jr., 76, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, December 07, 2017 at his residence. He was born on January 1, 1941 in Iredell County to the late Derwood (Jack) Johnson and Hazel Jenkins Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a graduate of Cool Spring High School and served his country honorably in the U.S. Army where he retired as a...
Stephen "Steve" Dale Riggs
Dec 7, 2017
Stephen Dale Riggs, 64, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, December 7, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born on March 6, 1953 in Keyser, WV to the late James W. and Agnes Forinash Riggs. Steve was a graduate of Bruce High School in Westernport, Maryland and served his country honorably in the U.S. Army. He was retired from...
Hazel Lee (Lackey) Estes
Dec 5, 2017
Hazel Lackey Estes, 88, of Statesville passed away Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017 at Gordon Hospice House in Statesville. Hazel was born on January 13, 1929 to the late John A. and Fannie Bruce Lackey. She graduated from Stony Point School in Alexander County and married Homer Arthur Estes on Sept. 28, 1946. They shared 68 wonderful years together before his...
Bobby Joe Wood
Dec 5, 2017
Bobby Joe Wood, 58, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, December 5, 2017, at his home. He was born July 6, 1959 and was the son of the late Jack Wood and Patsy Ruth Journey Wood. Bobby attended Iredell County Schools and he was a self-employed car salesman. Bobby was a loving father, grandfather, and a friend to many. ...
Loretta (Campbell) Bowles
Dec 2, 2017
Mrs. Loretta Campbell Bowles, 74, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, December 2, 2017, at her home. Mrs. Bowles was born October 10, 1943, in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Offie Campbell and Helen Campbell-Spann. She was a graduate of Iredell County schools. Mrs. Bowles was a retired supervisor with Duke Energy. She was a lifetime member...
Janet Pauline (Mayes) Haire
Dec 1, 2017
Mrs. Janet Pauline Mayes Haire, 78, of Statesville, passed away Friday, December 1, 2017, at Autumn Care in Statesville. Mrs. Haire was born in Iredell County on August 30, 1939, and was the daughter of the late Joseph Burette Mayes, Sr. and Rachel Pauline Crouch Mayes. She was a graduate of Cool Spring School and in 1959, she married Walter...
Deidra Laverne (Cashion) Brawley
Dec 1, 2017
Mrs. Deidra Laverne Cashion Brawley, 70, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, December 1, 2017, at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital. She was born August 30, 1947, in Rowan County and was the daughter of Helen Hattaway Cashion and the late Coite Pressley Cashion. She graduated from Troutman High School and graduated from the Davis Hospital School of Nursing and...
Mitchell "Mickey" Edgar Munday
Dec 1, 2017
Mr. Mitchell “Mickey” Edgar Munday, 74, of Statesville, passed away Friday, December1, 2017 at Lincolnton Rehab Center. Mickey was born September 15, 1943 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Samuel Logan Munday and Ruby Munday Dagenhart. He was a graduate of Statesville Senior High School and Guilford College, where he majored in Spanish. He was a...
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