Obituaries
Evelyn Irene (Welborn) Broome
Jun 26, 2016
Evelyn Irene Welborn Broome, 87, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, October 23, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born on June 26, 1929 in Mecklenburg County to the late James Lee Roy Welborn and Bertha Luella Lipe Welborn. Mrs. Broome was a graduate of Tech High School in Charlotte and married Eugene Ellis Broome on January 2, 1949. ...
Randall "Randy" Scott Richardson
Jun 26, 2016
Randall Scott Richardson, 42. of Mooresville passed away Sunday, June 26, 2016 at his residence. He was born in Iredell County on November 16, 1973 to the late Elbert Hoke Richardson and Beverly Gresham Wilburn, who survives. Randy was a graduate of South Iredell High School and was a member of Peninsula Baptist Church. He was employed by Pactiv as...
Lucy (Rhoten) Long
Jun 25, 2016
Mrs. Lucy Rhoten Long, 96, of Statesville, passed away, Saturday, June 25, 2016 at Maple Leaf Nursing Center. Mrs. Long was born October 9, 1919 in Wilkes County to the late Isaac and Jesse Martin Rhoten. She was a graduate of Wilkes County Schools and was married to the late Reid Neven Long, Sr., who died in 1967. She was...
Ruben Franklin Stroud
Jun 24, 2016
Mr. Ruben Franklin Stroud, 79, of Statesville, passed away Friday, June 24, 2016, at his home with his family by his bedside. Mr. Stroud was born June 5, 1937, in Iredell County and was the son of the late Earl Franklin and Bessie York Stroud. He was a graduate of Cool Spring High School and attended Mitchell Community College. On...
Philip Mason Campbell
Jun 23, 2016
Philip Mason Campbell, age 72, passed away onThursday, June 23, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House in Statesville after a long period of declining health. He was born on September 22, 1943, in Baltimore, Maryland to Reece and Ethel (Mason) Campbell. He was a member of Rocky Hill Baptist Church and was saved as a young man, and is now...
Margaret Nell (Price) Parker
Jun 22, 2016
Margaret Nell Price Parker, 93, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at her residence. She was born on April 14, 1923 in Rowan County to the late Andrew Zimmer Price and Vetra Reese Price. Mrs. Parker was a graduate of Cannon High School and received her teaching degree from High Point College. On June 14, 1946, she married...
Harold "Buck" Eugene Benfield
Jun 21, 2016
Harold Eugene “Buck” Benfield, began a new journey at 11:04 am Tuesday, June 21, 2016, with his Lord Jesus Christ. He was born February 5, 1927 in Iredell County to the late Relia Benfield Cascaddon. He quit school to join the Navy during WWII and went to Great Lakes, IL. Normally boot camp took 3 months, but because the war...
Robert "Ponytail Bob" Hunter Lawrence
Jun 20, 2016
Robert Hunter Lawrence, 63, of Statesville, passed away, Monday, June 20, 2016 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Bob was born on June 27, 1952 in Pomona, CA to the late Frank Woodrow Lawrence and Mary Rabito Lawrence. He was a graduate of Charter Oak High School, 1970, Covina, CA. and was a man of many traits; including playing music, singing karaoke,...
James Michael (Mike) Leafe
Jun 19, 2016
James Michael Leafe, age 67, passed away after a long illness on Sunday, June 19, at Roswell Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Georgia. “Mike” Leafe was born on March 10, 1949 in Statesville, N.C. and baptized at St John’s Lutheran Church. He was the son of Norman E. Leafe and Nell Gaither Leafe who preceded him in death. He is...
Saralena Sue (Teetor) Sharpe
Jun 18, 2016
Saralena Sue Teetor Sharpe, 66, died Saturday, June 18, 2016 at Wake Medical Center. Born in Madison County, Illinois on December 3, 1949, she was a daughter of the late Edgar William Teetor and Pauline York Teetor. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roger Dale Sharpe and a grandson, Jonathan Dale Mitchell Sharpe. She was a member of...
Vickie Lucille (Reinhardt) Waugh
Jun 18, 2016
Mrs. Vickie Lucille Reinhardt Waugh, 68, died Saturday, June 18, 2016 at her home. Born in Lincoln County on January 4, 1948, she was a daughter of the late Alfred L. Reinhardt and Estelle Reynolds Reinhardt. She attended Lincoln County schools and was a homemaker and mother. On August 5, 1972, she married Thomas D. Waugh who survives. Also surviving...
Jamie Perry Cox
Jun 14, 2016
Jamie Perry Cox, 84, of Statesville, died Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born in Cabarrus County on December 26, 1931, she was a daughter of the late James Franklin Perry and Ethel Tabor Perry. Jamie was a member of Broad Street United Methodist Church. She was a published writer, a columnist for the Charlotte Observer, enjoyed gardening,...
Frances Hager Parks
Jun 14, 2016
With Photo Frances Parks Mrs. Frances Hager Parks, 79, of Statesville, died Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem following a brief illness. Born in Iredell County on December 22, 1936, she was a daughter of the late Fred Simon Hager and Marguerite Long Hager. Frances was a long-time active member of Forest Park...
Thomas Leonard (Tommy) Josey
Jun 14, 2016
Thomas Leonard “Tommy” Josey, 73, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2016, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mr. Josey was born September 1, 1942, in Iredell County and was the son of the late John Lee and Ethel Thomas Josey. He was a graduate of Cool Spring High School and on February 7, 1964, he married Bessie Tomlin Josey, who...
Kenneth Franklin Stroud
Jun 10, 2016
Kenneth Franklin Stroud, 88, of Harmony, passed away Friday, June 10, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born in Iredell County on September 10, 1927 to the late Norris Andrew and Leroa Gunn Stroud. Mr. Stroud attended Iredell County Schools and served his country honorably during WWII serving in the Navy. On Nov. 9, 1963, he married Norma...
Stephanie Leigh (Kastor) Chapman
Jun 7, 2016
Mrs. Stephanie Leigh Kastor Chapman, 49, of Statesville, passed away, Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. Stephanie was born March 18, 1967 in Iredell County and was the daughter of Robert “Bob” Eugene Kastor and Sharon Pope Kastor of Statesville. She was a graduate of West Iredell High School and received her BS in Education from Western...
Fred Cape
Jun 4, 2016
Fred Cape, 91, of Statesville, passed away on Saturday, June 4, 2016, at Maple Leaf Healthcare. He was born in Davie County on April 28, 1925, and was the son of the late Harvey and Essie Cape and was married on September 30, 1944. He retired from Southern Screw Co. after 40 years of service. He was preceded in death...
Bobby Scales
Jun 3, 2016
Mr. Bobby Scales, of Cleveland, passed away, Friday, June 3, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Scales was born in Homer, GA to the late Thelma Scales. He attended schools in Homer, GA and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was retired from Avon Products and Pfizer, Inc. as a Quality Inspector and married, Rebecca...
Frank Edward Metz, Sr.
Jun 3, 2016
Mr. Frank Edward Metz, Sr., 70, of Statesville, died Friday evening, June 3,2016 at his home. Born in Joplin, Mo. On November 24, 1945 , he was a son of the late Chesa L. Kinslow Bennett. He was also preceded in death by a son, Shannon Todd Metz and a step father, Monroe Bennett. Frank was a graduate of Joplin...