Obituaries
Glenda Lee (Pope) Waugh
Dec 21, 2016
Glenda Lee Pope Waugh, 72, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2016, at the Gordon Hospice House following a brief illness. Glenda was born in Iredell County on March 27, 1944, and was the daughter of the late Troy Lee Pope and Eleanor Hoover Pope. She was a graduate of Scotts High School. She worked many years for Hines...
Nancy Comer Mayfield
Dec 19, 2016
Mrs. Nancy Comer Mayfield,74, of Statesville, died Monday, December 19, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House in Statesville. Born in Yadkin County on August 28, 1942, she was a daughter of the late W.A. Comer and Ruby Chappell Comer. On September 10, 1967, she married Mr. Thomas M. Mayfield, Jr. who died in March of 2002. She was also preceded...
Ross Whitfield Mayes
Dec 19, 2016
Ross Whitfield Mayes, 90, of the Cool Spring community and last surviving child of the William Claude and Margaret Estelle Cornelius Mayes family, died Monday, December 19, 2016 at Autumn Care of Statesville. Upon Ross’s graduation at 17 as valedictorian of the 1943 class of Cool Spring High School, he registered as required and by September was drafted to serve...
Howard Adler
Dec 19, 2016
Mr. Howard Adler, 99, of Statesville, died Monday, December 19, 2016 . Services celebrating Mr. Adler’s life will be conducted today, Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at 2:30 at Congregation Emanuel Temple with burial at Oakwood Cemetery. Arrangements are in the care of Nicholson Funeral Home.
William Minford (Bill) Chatham, Sr.
Dec 19, 2016
Mr. William “Bill” Minford Chatham, Sr., 92, of Union Grove, NC, passed away Monday, December 19, 2016, at his home. Mr. Chatham was born in Wilkes County on August 7, 1924, and was the son of the late Peter Chatham and Nancy Johnson Chatham. He attended Wilkes County schools and on May 22, 1943, he married Mae Mahaffey Chatham, who...
Anna Giraldi (Vodopivec) Pettit
Dec 17, 2016
Anna Vodopivec Giraldi Pettit, 93, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, December 17, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born in Gorizia, Slovenia on July 27, 1923 to the late Andrea and Frances Paulica Vodopivec. Mrs. Pettit was first married to Eugene Giraldi, who preceded her in death. She later married Bill Pettit, who also preceded her in death. ...
Noah Lee Gregory
Dec 14, 2016
Noah Lee Gregory, 77, of Olin, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born in Wilkes County on March 30, 1939 to the late Floyd and Cora Nell Shatley Gregory. Noah attended Wilkes County Schools and was married to Gloria Lucille Klanke Gregory, who survives. . Noah was a member of West Yadkin Assembly...
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
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...
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...
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
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
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
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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