Obituaries
Rachel (Cockrell) Thorne
Sep 20, 2015
Mrs. Rachel Cockrell Thorne, 81, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, September 20, 2015, at Davis Regional Medical Center. She was born July 13, 1934, in Mt. Mourne, NC and was the daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. Ben Cockrell. She attended Mt. Mourne School and was married for 62 years to Millard Foster Thorne, who survives. She retired from...
Patricia Rash Shupe
Sep 19, 2015
Mrs. Patricia Rash Shupe, 75, of Statesville, died Saturday, September 19, 2015 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Born in Iredell County on May 15, 1940, she was a daughter of the late Daniel Webster Rash, Sr., and Angie Cloer Rash. She was a loving mother and grandmother and was a member of Sharon Lutheran Church. She...
Geraldine Weber Young
Sep 19, 2015
Mrs. Geraldine Weber Young, 86, of Statesville, died Saturday, September 19, 2015 at The Gardens. Born in Merrill, Wisconsin on January 23, 1929, she was a daughter of the late Elmer Weber and Erna Schwartzman Weber. She grew up in Ft. Worth, Texas and Manassas, Va. and was a retired R.N. She was preceded in death by her husband, Mr....
Wilma Joyce (Mills) Barker
Sep 15, 2015
Wilma Joyce Mills Barker, 79, of Mooresville, passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at Lake Norman Regional Hospital. She was born in Statesville on August 20, 1936 to the late Homer and Hazel Hoover Mills. Mrs. Barker was a graduate of Troutman High School and on January 22, 1954, she married Max Jarvis Barker, who survives. They enjoyed over 61...
Lawrence Eugene Lapish
Sep 12, 2015
Mr. Lawrence Eugene Lapish, 96, formerly of Statesville, passed away Saturday, September 12, 2015, at Transitions Life Care Hospice in Raleigh, NC. Mr. Lapish was born in Iredell County on May 29, 1919 and was the son of the late Kerfees Lee Lapish and Mary Sain Lapish. He attended Iredell County schools and on June 15, 1946, he married the...
Grace Bost Rouse
Sep 12, 2015
Grace Bost Rouse, 80, of Statesville, died Saturday, September 12, 2015 at Gordon Hospice House. She was born February 27, 1935 to the late Edwin Bost and Inez Pridgen Bost. Grace was a graduate of Metaire High School in Louisiana, The University of Alabama, and Meredith College. She was a former property manager at Century 21 Boling and Associates in...
Margaret Wooten Everidge
Sep 12, 2015
Margaret Wooten Everidge, 92, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, September 12, 2015 at Statesville Manor. She was born in Yadkin County on February 23, 1923 to the late J.B. Wooten and Nora Lee Campbell Wooten. Mrs. Everidge was a graduate of Yadkin County Schools and was married to Grady Lewis Everidge who preceded her in death on January 11, 2005. ...
Arlen "Al" Monroe Upton
Sep 12, 2015
Arlen "Al" Upton; loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, passed away Saturday September 12, 2015, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Al is survived by his wife of 48 years, Ellen Upton; 4 children, Pam (David) Hall, Connie (Rick) Newman, Greg (Catherine) Upton & Steve Upton; 1 brother, Jerry (Faye) Upton; 12 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Al bravely served his...
Rev. James Dyer Justice
Sep 11, 2015
Rev. James Dyer Justice Jr., 58, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly Friday, September 11, 2015 at Davis Regional Hospital. He was born in Charlotte, NC on May 13, 1957 to late James Dyer Justice Sr. and Jacquelyn Miller Justice, who survives. Jim was a graduate of Statesville Senior High Class of 1976 and then served in the U.S. Navy for...
Julia Lynn (Beaver) Tolbert
Sep 10, 2015
Julia Lynn Beaver Tolbert, 57, of Statesville, died Thursday, September 10, 2015. Born in Iredell County on July 15, 1958. She was a daughter of Larry Beaver of Statesville, who survives and the late Shirley Jenkins. She enjoyed reading and loved animals and pets. Surviving are her husband, Robert “Dale” Tolbert, her father, Larry Beaver and his wife, Gale of...
Glenn Lewis Gilbert
Sep 10, 2015
Glenn Lewis Gilbert, 78, of Lenoir, passed away Thursday, September 10, 2015 at Catawba Valley Medical Center with his family by his side. He was born in Caldwell County on February 14, 1937 to the late Carl Lee Gilbert, Sr. and Bertha Curtis Gilbert. Mr. Gilbert was educated in Collettesville schools and was of Baptist faith. He was retired after...
Alison Winfree Pickrell
Sep 7, 2015
Alison Winfree Pickrell, 62, fought the good fight and finished the race on September 7, 2015. Although she battled health issues most of her life, she never lost her sense of humour, her joy or her faith, and her family and friends rejoice in the knowledge that she is now breathing the pure air of Paradise. Alison grew up in...
Steven Michael ("Steve") Thompson
Sep 7, 2015
Steven “Steve” Michael Thompson, 58, of Statesville, passed away Monday, September 7, 2015, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Mr. Thompson was born in Iredell County on July 25, 1957, and was the son of Eugene Sloan Thompson and the late Carolyn Bunch Thompson. He attended Iredell County schools and on April 20, 1975, he married Betty Duke Thompson,...
Jean Tharpe Hill
Sep 5, 2015
Jean Tharpe Hill, 77, of Harmony, was welcomed in Heaven with her family by her side at her residence on Saturday, September 5, 2015. She was born March 23, 1938 in Ohio and was the daughter of the late Chauncey Leasure and Dorothy Leasure. In 1957 she married the late J.C. Tharpe in which three children were born. In 1997,...
J C Sharpe
Sep 3, 2015
Mr. J C Sharpe, 93, of Statesville, died Thursday September 3, 2015 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born in Iredell County on December 21, 1921, he was a son of the late Espy Grover Sharpe and Myrtle Mae Jenkins Sharpe. Mr. Sharpe was retired after 35 years as assistant superintendent for Superior Dairies and then worked for Flavor Rich in N....
James Walter Ashley
Sep 3, 2015
James Walter Ashley, 79, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2015 at Forsyth Hospital. He was born in Wilkes County on December 12, 1935 to the late Harrison Ashley and Lucille Blackburn Ashley Carroll. Mr. Ashley was a graduate of Troutman High School and served his country honorably in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was married to Annie Berlene...
Avis (N.) Walsh
Sep 2, 2015
Avis N. Walsh passed peacefully away with her husband by her side on September 2, 2015. Avis was born on April 20, 1929. She is survived by her husband James F. Walsh, her daughter Cynthia (Sam) Robinson and son David (Debi) Walsh. Sisters Inez (Jack) Briggs and Barbara (Roy) Lentz. Granddaughter, Candace (Jeff) Israel and two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. ...
Teresa Anne (Speaks) Rimmer
Aug 31, 2015
Teresa Anne Speaks Rimmer, 47, of Statesville passed away Monday, August 31, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born in Iredell County on August 18, 1968 to Wayne and Fleeta Speaks, who survive. Teresa was a graduate of North Iredell High School and was married to Duane D. Rimmer on July 9, 1989. They had over 26 years...
Johnny Robert Robinette
Aug 27, 2015
Johnny Robert Robinette, 64, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, August 27, 2015. He was born on April 19, 1951 in Iredell County to the late Robert Partee Robinette and Julia Little Robinette. Mr. Robinette was a graduate of North Iredell High School and worked in the warehouse for Hoke Distributing, Inc. He was an active member of Yadkin Baptist...
Rosalie Kennedy Burns
Aug 26, 2015
Rosalie Kennedy Burns, 77 of Statesville went to be with her Heavenly Father on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. Rosalie was born January 18, 1938 in Iredell County. She was the daughter of the late Deward and Willie Mae Kennedy. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Jimmy Kennedy and one sister, Sue Huie....
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