Obituaries

Carol Elaine (Williams) Templeton

Carol Elaine (Williams) Templeton

Apr 5, 2017

Mrs. Carol Elaine Williams Templeton, 71, of Union Grove, passed away, Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at Maple Leaf Healthcare. Mrs. Templeton was born October 16, 1945 to the late Coy Lee Williams and Fay Blankenship Williams. She was a graduate of Iredell County schools and on May 5, 1962 she was married to the late LeRoy Templeton, who passed away...

Larry Lloyd Trivette

Larry Lloyd Trivette

Apr 3, 2017

Larry Lloyd Trivette, 71, formerly of Harmony, NC, died on Monday, April 3, 2017, at his home in Corydon, IN following a lengthy battle with cancer.  He was surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Iredell County on October 19, 1945, to the late Clyde Clinton and Marietta Shoemaker Trivette.  Larry attended Iredell County Schools until he was...

Bessie Nancy Ann Darlene (Byers (Darlene)) Williams

Bessie Nancy Ann Darlene (Byers (Darlene)) Williams

Apr 2, 2017

Mrs. Bessie Nancy Ann Darlene Byers Williams, 74, of Statesville, died Sunday, April 2, 2017, at CMC University. Mrs. Williams was born in Wilkes County, NC on November 29, 1942, and was the daughter of the late Fred Byers and Della Miller Byers.  She attended Wilkes County schools and on May 27, 1966, she married Claris Williams, Jr. Mrs. Williams...

Gary Lewis Coley

Gary Lewis Coley

Mar 31, 2017

Gary Lewis Coley, 56, of Statesville, passed away at his residence on Friday, March 31, 2017.  He was born in Iredell County on July 8, 1960 and was the son of Joe Brawley and the late Virginia Jo-Ann Medlin Brawley. Gary was a graduate of North Iredell High School and attended South Florida University.  He served his country honorably in...

Lucille Nicks (Pierce) Bost

Lucille Nicks (Pierce) Bost

Mar 30, 2017

Lucille Pierce Nicks Bost, 86, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly at her residence on Thursday, March 30, 2017.  She was born on October 11, 1930 in Martinsville, Va to the late Thomas Parks Pierce and Launa Alston Pierce. Mrs. Bost was a graduate of Statesville Senior High and was first married to Horace Monroe Nicks who preceded her in death...

Glenn "Tash" William Brooks

Glenn "Tash" William Brooks

Mar 29, 2017

Glenn “Tash” William Brooks, 68, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at his residence.  He was born on March 11, 1949 in Iredell County to the late Frank and Fannie Christie Brooks. Tash attended Statesville City Schools and served his country honorably in the U. S. Army.  He worked in construction most of his career as a brick...

Minnie Laura (Brown) Cashion

Minnie Laura (Brown) Cashion

Mar 26, 2017

Minnie Laura Brown Cashion, 101, passed peacefully on March 26, 2017. She was known to all simply as Minnie or Minnie Laura. Born March 11, 1916 in Mooresville, NC, she was the daughter of the late Walter D. Brown and Johnsie Duckworth. Minnie was a graduate of Appalachian State Teachers College (ASU), Boone, NC. Her most enjoyable career was as...

Felix Homer Williams

Felix Homer Williams

Mar 26, 2017

Mr. F. Homer Williams, 91, went home to be with our Heavenly Father on Sunday, March 26, 2017 unexpectedly. Born December 6, 1925 in Iredell County, he was the son of the late Felix Larkin and Callie Ader Fletcher Williams. He was a loving and caring father, grandfather, great grandfather and “Papa”. Lifelong dedicated dairy farmer and pillar of the...

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,...