Obituaries

Lillian Mae (Frazier) Warren

Lillian Mae (Frazier) Warren

Mar 25, 2017

Lillian Mae Frazier Warren, 102, passed on March 25, 2017. Following the death of her mother at an early age, Lillian was a caretaker to many, a nurse for over 50 years, and a member of Front Street Baptist Church since 1961. Lillian was preceded in death by her late husband, Eugene Franklin Warren and her children, Harold Franklin Warren...

Linda (Loven) Lewis

Linda (Loven) Lewis

Mar 24, 2017

Mrs. Linda Loven Lewis, 77, of Statesville, passed away, Friday, March 24, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. Linda was born February 3, 1940 in Charlotte, NC and was the daughter of the late Howard and Agnes Byers Loven. She grew up in Concord, NC and was a graduate of Concord High School, Mitchell College and High Point University. On...

Pauline Perry Pritchard

Pauline Perry Pritchard

Mar 22, 2017

Pauline Pritchard Pauline Perry Pritchard, 87, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital.  She was born on October 10, 1929 in Iredell County to the late William Marsden Perry and Lula Little Perry. Mrs. Pritchard was a graduate of Harmony High School.  She was married to Royal Worth Pritchard who preceded her in death...

Garry Alton Lanier

Garry Alton Lanier

Mar 22, 2017

Garry Lanier Garry Alton Lanier, 76, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House with his family by his side.  He was born in Iredell County on July 18, 1940 to the late Alton Flake Lanier and Margaret Ayers Lanier. Mr. Lanier was a graduate of Statesville Senior High School and married Shirley Redmond on...

Melvin Carroll Hinson

Melvin Carroll Hinson

Mar 22, 2017

Melvin Carroll Hinson, 79, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly at Lake Norman Regional Hospital on Wednesday, March 22, 2017. He was born April 18, 1937 in Statesville to the late Ed Lee and Hazel Compton Hinson. Carroll graduated from Statesville Senior High School in 1955. He worked for J.C. Penney Warehouse a few years and then for Tom’s Foods, Inc....

Ted Jefferson Medlin

Ted Jefferson Medlin

Mar 21, 2017

Ted Jefferson Medlin, 77, of Statesville, passed away on Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Medlin was born in High Point, NC on December 14, 1939, and was the son of the late Joe M. Medlin and Blanch Eury Medlin.  He attended Guilford County schools and on October 4, 1960, he married Alma Mahaffey Medlin, who...

Allen Franklin Johnson

Allen Franklin Johnson

Mar 20, 2017

Allen Franklin Johnson, 80, of Statesville, passed away Monday, March 20, 2017 at the Brian Center of Statesville.  He was born in Iredell County to the late Greeley Dexter Johnson and Effie Mae Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a graduate of Harmony High School and on October 14, 1956 married Ramona Lowe.  They shared over 60 years of marriage before his...

James "Jim" Franklin Walsh

James "Jim" Franklin Walsh

Mar 16, 2017

James F. Walsh (Jim) passed away on Thursday, March 16, 2017 at Gordon Hospice House in Statesville.  Jim was born in Wilkes County in 1924 to John and Nora Bullis Walsh.  He was one of seven children.  He served in the US Army during WWII and married the love of his life, Avis N. Walsh in 1947 who preceded him...

Lue Gene McDaniels

Lue Gene McDaniels

Mar 15, 2017

Lue Gene McDaniels, 88, of Statesville, passed away after a brief illness at Iredell Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, March 15, 2017.  He was born in Iredell County and was preceded in death by his former wife Margaret, an infant child, Artie, his daughter, Sandra Christopher, and his son, Garland McDaniels. Mr. McDaniels was educated in Iredell County Schools, retired from...

Clyde Edward Sigmon

Clyde Edward Sigmon

Mar 14, 2017

Mr. Clyde Edward Sigmon, Sr., 87, of Statesville, passed away, Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at Serenity House Hospice in Mooresville. Mr. Sigmon was born December 16, 1929 in Catawba County and was the son of the late Norman Sigmon and Nettie Shook Sigmon. He attended Catawba County Schools and served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict.  In 1952,...

Douglas Worlds (D.W.) Goforth

Douglas Worlds (D.W.) Goforth

Mar 13, 2017

Mr. Douglas Worlds “D.W” Goforth, 86, of Statesville, passed away Monday, March 13, 2017, at Davis Regional Medical Center. Mr. Goforth was born in Mt. Airy, NC on September 27, 1930, and was the son of the late Lonnie G. Goforth and Gertrude Warden Goforth.  He attended Iredell County schools and served with the National Guard.  On June 24, 1950,...

James Franklin (Jim) Rickert, Sr.

James Franklin (Jim) Rickert, Sr.

Mar 13, 2017

James Franklin “Jim” Rickert, Sr, 88, of Statesville, went home to his Lord and Savior on Monday, March 13, 2017, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Jim was born May 18, 1928, in Iredell County and was the son of the late John Harton Rickert and Maude Edwards Rickert. He attended Central School and graduated from Scotts High School.  On February 22,...

Arthur Ralph Kennedy

Arthur Ralph Kennedy

Mar 13, 2017

Mr. Arthur Ralph Kennedy, 87, of Catawba, NC passed away, Monday, March 13, 2017 at his residence. Mr. Kennedy was born April 5, 1929 in Iredell County to the late Arthur Ferrell Kennedy and Emma Lou Mills Kennedy. He was a graduate of Troutman High School and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He was retired from...

Larry Allen Sharpe

Larry Allen Sharpe

Mar 11, 2017

After a period of declining health, Allen Sharpe quietly passed from this life to his Eternal Home on March 11, 2017 at Autumn Care with his wife by his side. Allen was born and raised in Statesville on June 3, 1934 to Robert T. Sharpe and Annie Brown Sharpe.  As a teenager, he enjoyed most his jobs at the Playhouse...

Marian Martha (Simsen) Folke

Marian Martha (Simsen) Folke

Mar 11, 2017

Mrs. Marian Martha Simsen Folke, 84, of Morehead City, NC passed away, Saturday, March 11, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House in Statesville, NC. Mrs. Folke was born April 11, 1932 in New York, NY to the late Albert F. Simsen and Margerit Willien Simsen. She was the first born American in the Simsen family and was a graduate of...

Maleah Antoinette Gray

Maleah Antoinette Gray

Mar 9, 2017

Maleah Antoinette Gray, infant daughter of Jacobi Labronze Gray and Martina Antoinette Gaines who was born March 9, 2017, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, October 24, 2017. In addition to her parents, Maleah is survived by maternal grandparents, the late Cassandra Gaines, Johanna Malavet, Eddie Malavet, Kenneth Gregory; maternal great grandparents, Calvin Whitesides, Sandra Gaines, Carmen Galarza, Salvador Galarza, Sherly Tate,...

Dennis James Ladislaw

Dennis James Ladislaw

Mar 9, 2017

Dennis James Ladislaw, 67, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, March 9, 2017 surrounded by his wife and friends.  He was born in East Meadow, NY on January 22, 1950 to the late Peter and Darlida Taylor Ladislaw. Dennis was married to Karen Sue Caldwell Ladislaw and was a carpenter by trade.  He served his country honorably in Vietnam as a...

Mae Lambert (Davis) Smith

Mae Lambert (Davis) Smith

Mar 8, 2017

Mrs. Mae Davis Lambert Smith, 90, formerly of Statesville, died Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at the Hospice Home in High Point. Born in Wilkes County on June 27, 1926, she was a daughter of the late Partee Clingman Davis and Effie Elizabeth Ross Davis. She was preceded in death by her husband, David E. Smith, sons, James William Lambert and...

Barbara Ann (Hall) Bragg

Barbara Ann (Hall) Bragg

Mar 8, 2017

Barbara Ann Hall Bragg, 70, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital.  She was born in Bellburn, West Virginia on October 2, 1946 to the late Lawrence F. and Armada Pitsenbarger Hall. Mrs. Bragg attended Greenbriar County Schools in West Virginia and on June 15, 1965 married Michael David Bragg.  They shared over 51...

Judy (Galliher) Sharpe

Judy (Galliher) Sharpe

Mar 7, 2017

Judy Elaine Galliher Sharpe, 68, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Sharpe was born September 25, 1948 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Flake Cecil Galliher and Virginia Binkley Galliher. She attended Harmony and Cool Springs Schools and on May 29, 1976, was married to the late Timothy David...

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