Obituaries

Aileen (Harris) Tulbert

Aileen (Harris) Tulbert

Dec 12, 2016

Aileen Harris Tulbert, 76, of Harmony, passed away Monday, December 12, 2016, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Tulbert was born in Wilkes County on March 26, 1940, and was the daughter of the late Vander and Brady Myers Harris.  She attended Wilkes County schools and on May 2, 1971, she married Thomas Tulbert, who died in 2012. Mrs. Tulbert...

Mary Lee (Lentz) Grose

Mary Lee (Lentz) Grose

Dec 12, 2016

Mary Lee Lentz Grose passed away at home surrounded by the love of her family on Monday, December 12, 2016. Mary Lee had been in declining health for several months. She was born in Statesville, N.C. on June 16, 1927 to Azor Sloan Lentz and Hattie Milholen Lentz. She attended Olin elementary school and graduated from Harmony High School as...

Beulah Viola (Welborn) Gettys

Beulah Viola (Welborn) Gettys

Dec 10, 2016

Mrs. Beulah Viola Welborn Gettys, 82, of Statesville, died Saturday, December 10, 2016, at the Gordon Hospice House.  Mrs. Gettys was born in Iredell County on January 2, 1934, the daughter of the late Parks Welborn and Ida Mae Lloyd Welborn.  She attended Scotts School and was married to Billy B. Gettys. Mrs. Gettys was a sewing machine operator and...

Jerry Franklin Prevette

Jerry Franklin Prevette

Dec 10, 2016

Mr. Jerry Franklin Prevette, 81, of Statesville, passed away on Saturday, December 10, 2016, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mr. Prevette was born in Iredell County on August 8, 1935, and was the son of the late Guy W. and Ruth E. Ellis Prevette.  He was a graduate of Statesville High School and Rowan Technical Institute.  He was a veteran of...

Dwight Everette Harmon

Dwight Everette Harmon

Dec 8, 2016

Dwight Everette Harmon, 93 loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend passed away on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at Gordon Hospice House in Statesville, N.C.  He was happily married for 65 years to Texie McLelland Harmon who preceded him in death in 2009.  Twins Dwight and Marshall Harmon were born September 25, 1923 to Everette L. and Maude Howard...

Mildred (Watts) Smith

Mildred (Watts) Smith

Dec 7, 2016

Mrs. Mildred Watts Smith, 90, of Troutman, passed away, Wednesday, December 07, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Smith was born September 9, 1926 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Roland and Mary Magdalene Rimmer Watts. She was a graduate of Celeste-Henklel Schools and was married to the late Bill Cloaninger Smith, who passed away...

Martha Rachel (Culp) Dobson

Martha Rachel (Culp) Dobson

Dec 5, 2016

Martha Rachel Culp Dobson, of Statesville, passed away Monday, December 5, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House.  She was born November 16, 1920 in Iredell County to the late Rockwell M. Culp, Sr. and Edna Troutman Culp. Mrs. Dobson was a graduate of Mooresville High School and Appalachian State Teacher’s College (ASU).  She taught home economics, 5th, and 6th grade...

Lois (Millsaps) Hutchings

Lois (Millsaps) Hutchings

Dec 5, 2016

Mrs. Lois Millsaps Hutchings, 74, of Statesville, went to join the Heavenly Choir, Monday December 5, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Hutchings was born March 12, 1942 in Statesville, NC and was the daughter of the late William Virgil Millsaps and Irene Givens Millsaps. She was a graduate of Central High School and was a member of Rocky Hill Baptist...

Lavina Carol Nelson

Lavina Carol Nelson

Dec 5, 2016

Lavina Carol Nelson, 50, of Mocksville, died unexpectedly on Monday, December 5, 2016, at her home. Carol was born in Alliance, OH, on November 9, 1966, and was the daughter of Margaret Thompson and the late Jerry Nelson.  She was a graduate of Oak Hill High School in Oak Hill, WV and attended University of Charleston. She was employed with...

Carl Edward Ralston

Carl Edward Ralston

Dec 3, 2016

Mr. Carl Edward Ralston, 97, of Statesville, passed away on Saturday, December 3, 2016, at his home. Mr. Ralston was born in Bluefield, VA. on September 1, 1919, and was the son of the late Carl Arthur Ralston and Alta Garinger Ralston.  He attended Bluefield College where until his death was the oldest living alumni.  He also attended Virginia Polytechnic...

Everly Rose Pope

Everly Rose Pope

Dec 3, 2016

Everly Rose Pope, infant daughter of Eric Bradley Pope and Caroline Bonnie Marlow Pope of Harmony, passed away in the warmth and love of her home on August 30, 2017.  Everly was born on December 3, 2016 in Statesville and is survived by her sister Ella Grace Pope and her brother Caleb Bradley Pope; By her paternal grandfather Jeffrey Craig...

Robert Philmore Reavis III

Robert Philmore Reavis III

Dec 3, 2016

Robert Philmore Reavis III, 74, of McLeansville, NC passed away Saturday, December 3, 2016 at his residence.  He was born in Iredell County on February 11, 1942 to the late Robert P. Reavis II and Lucille Crawford Reavis. Robert was a graduate of Scotts High School and Western Carolina University.  He served his country honorably in the U.S. Army.  Robert...

Mary Frances (Taylor) Wilson

Mary Frances (Taylor) Wilson

Dec 2, 2016

Mrs. Mary Frances Taylor Wilson, 87, of Statesville, passed away, Friday, December 2, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Wilson was born May 29, 1929 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Everett and Katie Compton Taylor. She attended Iredell County schools and was married to the late Asahel Jeremiah “AJ” Wilson, who died on September...

Louise (McLelland) McColl

Louise (McLelland) McColl

Dec 1, 2016

Sara Louise McLelland McColl ran smiling into Heaven on November 29, 2016. Born September 23, 1922 to the late Howard B. and Eva Mae McLelland, she grew up in Anacostia, a neighborhood in Washington, DC. Her sister, Margaret Laughton and brother, Bud McLelland are also deceased. Summers she would spend with grandparents from both sides, who lived outside of Statesville...

Sue (Brawley) Phipps

Sue (Brawley) Phipps

Dec 1, 2016

Sue B. Phipps, 95 of Statesville, passed away Thursday, December 01, 2016 at Gordon Hospice House. Born April 14, 1921 in Iredell County, she was the daughter of the late Vernon Brawley and Fannie Reid Brawley Compton. Mrs. Phipps was a member of Diamond Hill Baptist Church and worked for the Iredell School System at Northview Elementary in the cafeteria....

Ann (Curcio) Hamrah

Ann (Curcio) Hamrah

Dec 1, 2016

Ann Marie Curcio Hamrah, 85, of Troutman, passed away Thursday, December 1, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Hamrah was born October 2, 1931 in Plainfield, NJ and was the daughter of the late Alfred Desantis and Mary Curcio Desantis. She attended schools in New Jersey and on November 13, 1964, she married Sam Hamrah, who resides in Troutman....

Barbara Jean (Fox) Loudermilt

Barbara Jean (Fox) Loudermilt

Dec 1, 2016

Barbara Jean Fox Loudermilt, 76, passed into her eternal life Dec 1, 2016 at Gordon Hospice House in Statesville. She had lived the last two years at Autumn Care in Statesville. She was the daughter of the late Grafton Fox and Mary Mecimore Fox Staton. Barbara grew up in Statesville and was a homemaker who excelled at sewing and artistic...

Michael "Uncle Mike" Santford Parlier

Michael "Uncle Mike" Santford Parlier

Nov 30, 2016

Michael “Uncle Mike” Santford Parlier, 65, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House after a lengthy battle with cancer.  He was born on April 7, 1951 in Iredell County to the late Paul Santford Parlier and Ruby Nell Privette Parlier. Mike was a graduate of Statesville Senior High and Mitchell College.  He worked in...

Patricia "Patti" Diane Williams

Patricia "Patti" Diane Williams

Nov 28, 2016

Patricia “Patti’ Diane Small Williams, 57, of Statesville, passed away Monday, November 28, 2016 at her residence.  She was born on June 7, 1959 in Iredell County to Willies E. Small and the late Lillian Reid Small. Patti attended Statesville High School and had worked in textiles before she became disabled.  She married Wayne Davis Williams on November 23, 1983...

Harold Eugene Daniels

Harold Eugene Daniels

Nov 28, 2016

Harold Eugene Daniels, 82, of Statesville, passed away peacefully, Monday, November 28, 2016 at Autumn Care of Statesville. Mr. Daniels was born September 1, 1934 in Iredell County and was the son of the late William Sherrill Daniels and Mary Pearl Smith Daniels. He attended Iredell County schools and served in the U.S. Army from 1955-1957. He was a member...

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