Obituaries
Ruth Bernice (Benfield) Hope
Nov 21, 2015
Mrs. Ruth Bernice Benfield Hope, 83, of Statesville, died Saturday, November 21, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Rowan County on May 12, 1932, she was a daughter of the late Garland Eugene Benfield and Mamie Ella Hartness Benfield. She was a member of Rocky Hill Baptist Church. Ruth was a homemaker most of her life and enjoyed...
Martha Jean (Reavis) Horne
Nov 20, 2015
Mrs. Martha Jean Reavis Horne, 76, of Statesville, died Friday, November 20, 2015 at her home. Born in Iredell County on February 9, 1939, she was a daughter of the late William Floyd Reavis and Mary Elizabeth Guy Horne. She was a member of Monticello United Methodist Church and attended Bible Baptist Church. She graduated from Scotts High School and...
Elizabeth Lenora (Watts) Weaver
Nov 19, 2015
Mrs. Elizabeth Lenora Watts Weaver, 93, of Statesville, died Thursday, November 19, 2015 at Jurney’s of Statesville. She was born July 17, 1922 in Iredell County to the late Columbus Wooten Watts and Mary Elizabeth Davis Watts. She was a graduate of Scotts High School and Mitchell College. Elizabeth and her husband, the late George B. Weaver, were charter members...
Jerry Lee Johnson
Nov 18, 2015
Jerry Lee Johnson, 76, of Statesville, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Alexander County on January 27, 1939, he was a son of the late Graham and Grace Sherrill Johnson. Jerry graduated from Stony Point High School where he was a noted baseball player and...
Mark Jason Conaway
Nov 18, 2015
Mark Jason Conaway, 44, of Troutman, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at his residence. He was born in Iredell County on January 17, 1971 to the late Gary Paul Conaway, Sr. and Martha Jane Wilkinson Conaway, who survives. Mark was educated in the Iredell County Schools and was self-employed doing small engine repair. He was a loving father,...
Walter Ronald (Ron) Weatherman
Nov 18, 2015
Walter Ronald “Ron” Weatherman, 74, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at his residence. He was born in Iredell County on January 9, 1941 to the late Walter E. and Marie Privette Weatherman. Ron was a graduate of Statesville High School in 1959 and served his country honorably in the National Guard. He married Nan Ketchie on May...
Carl Arthur (Smokey) Craig
Nov 16, 2015
Mr. Carl Arthur “Smokey” Craig, 77, of Statesville, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on Monday, November 16, 2015. Mr. Craig was born on March 10, 1938 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Charles Arthur and Daisy West Craig. He was a graduate of Statesville High School and was of the Baptist...
Howard Coffey
Nov 15, 2015
Mr. Howard Coffey, 84, of Statesville, died Sunday, November, 15, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Avery County on June 7, 1931, he was a son of the late Daniel Coffey and Jodie Coffey Coffey. He attended New Bethany Baptist Church and enjoyed playing bluegrass music, having played in several bands. He retired from Blanton & Moore in...
Sandra Lorriane (Tilley Hollifield) Boyer
Nov 14, 2015
Mrs. Sandra Lorraine Tilley Hollifield Boyer (Sandy), 69, of Statesville, N.C., died Saturday, November 14, 2015 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. She was born in Hampton, Va., January 4, 1946, to the late George F. and Janie Nantz Tilley. Sandy was a graduate of Statesville High School, class of 1964, and Davis Hospital School Of Nursing, class of 1967. On March...
Roger Lee McCoy
Nov 13, 2015
Mr. Roger Lee McCoy, 54, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, November 13, 2015, at the home of his brother. Mr. McCoy was born in Welch, WVA on January 24, 1961, and was the son of the late Noah McCoy and Louise Southerland. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother and three sisters....
Robert B. (Bob) Compton
Nov 13, 2015
Robert B. Compton, 81, of Statesville, passed away Friday, November 13, 2015 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was born on June 6, 1934 in Iredell County to the late Robert Bentley Compton and Flossie Troutman Compton. Mr. Compton was a graduate of Troutman High School and Mitchell College. He served his country proudly in the U.S. Navy. He was married...
James Lonnie Sigmon
Nov 12, 2015
James Lonnie Sigmon, 80, formally of Olin, passed away Thursday November 12, 2015 at the Brian Center. He was born on July 22, 1935 in Iredell County to the late James Odell Sigmon and Era Bell Sigmon Honeycutt. Mr. Sigmon was educated in the Iredell County Schools and was married to Reba Ann Mounce Sigmon, who preceded him in death...
Marcus Ray (Buck) Fulbright
Nov 12, 2015
Mr. Marcus Ray (Buck) Fulbright, 69, of Statesville, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, November 12, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Iredell County on February 13, 1946, he was a son of the late Noel Baxter Fulbright and Euphia Sherrill Fulbright. He was a member of Bristol Road Baptist Church, and retired...
Danny Joe VanTassel
Nov 10, 2015
Danny Joe VanTassel, 58, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, November 10, 2015. He was born in Alexandria Bay, NY on May 18, 1957 to Robert VanTassel and the late Martha Alton VanTassel. Danny served his country honorably in the U.S. Navy and was married to Cindy McCreary, who preceded him in death. He was a contractor for Troutman Associates...
Glenn Benfield
Nov 9, 2015
Rufus Glenn Benfield, 94, of Statesville, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 9, 2015, at Iredell Memorial Hospital in Statesville. He was born on April 15, 1921, in Iredell County. The youngest of nine siblings, Mr. Benfield attended Sharon School and worked on his family’s farm. He enlisted in the Navy August of 1944, and served in World War II...
Rayford Branton
Nov 8, 2015
Donald Rayford Branton, 78, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, November 8, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born on April 25, 1937 in Alexander County to the late William Anderson Branton and Truly Campbell Branton. Mr. Branton attended Statesville City Schools and was married to Nancy Millsaps Branton, who survives. He was a retired barber who had worked...
Lathan Thomas Sharpe
Nov 7, 2015
Lathan Thomas Sharpe, 64, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, November 7, 2015 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born in Iredell County on July 9, 1951 to the late Nathaniel and Gertrude Louise Griffin Sharpe. Mr. Sharpe attended Statesville City Schools and was married to Crystal Cowan Sharpe, who survives. He was an equipment operator with Godfrey Lumber...
Kenneth Burton Davis
Nov 5, 2015
Kenneth Burton Davis, age 88 of Trussville, AL passed away on November 5, 2015. He was born on August 27, 1927 in North Carolina to George W. and Alice Burton Davis. He graduated from Woodleaf High School and Brison Business School in North Carolina. He worked 40 years of service with Northfolk Southern and retired in Property and Loss Prevention....
Lena Sue (Davidson) White
Nov 4, 2015
Mrs. Lena Sue Davidson White, 84, of Statesville, died Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at Autumn Care Of Statesville. Born July 21, 1931 in Alexander County, she was a daughter of the late Milas Pritchard Davidson and Zola Greene Lowe Davidson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, William Neil White, a son, Mark Terrell White and three brothers,...
James Mitchell Hooper
Nov 4, 2015
Mr. James “Jimmy” Mitchell Hooper, 70, of Statesville, passed away, Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House following a lengthy illness. Jimmy was born June 27, 1945 in Statesville, NC and was the son of Treva Flinchum Hooper of Statesville and the late Mitchell White Hooper, who died in 1976. He was a graduate of Statesville High School...
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