Obituaries
Robert (Bob) Melton Coley
Sep 24, 2015
Mr. Robert Melton (Bob) Coley, 84, of Statesville, died Thursday, September 24, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Iredell County on January 19, 1931, he was a son of the late French Benard Coley and Elvie Elizabeth Burgess Coley. Bob was retired from Southern Screw Co. as a machine operator and instructor. He was a member of Fairview...
Beverly "Bev" (Self) Hedrick
Sep 24, 2015
Beverly Hedrick: Devoted wife, caring mother, affectionate sister, loving daughter, and friend to many. “When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer, you beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and the manner in which you live.” We believe that God chooses his angels, and he chose a very special one on 9/24. Bev...
Odions H (Hoffman) Parks
Sep 23, 2015
Mrs. Odions H. Parks, 90, of Statesville, passed away on Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House following a long and challenging struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was born on July 21, 1925 in Grayson County, Va. to William Edgar Hoffman and Veredie Leota Hagamann Hoffman. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...
Betty (Waugh) Brady
Sep 23, 2015
Betty Waugh Brady, 85, of Statesville, was taken by the hand of the Lord to a quieter, gentler place on September 23, 2015. Born November 22, 1929 in Catawba County she was the daughter of the late Donnie B and Flora Waugh Waugh. She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church of Statesville and retired as an executive secretary from...
Craig Thomas Fortner
Sep 23, 2015
Craig Thomas Fortner passed away peacefully September 23, 2015 at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center. He was born at Iredell Memorial Hospital on February 21, 1962 and attended Statesville City Schools. In his 20s, he became a licensed electrician and wired many homes on Bald Head Island. Later in his life he attended CVCC and was successful in obtaining a...
Roy Campbell, Jr.
Sep 23, 2015
Roy Campbell, Jr., former resident of Lake Norman, NC, died unexpectedly on September 23, 2015. Roy, affectionately known as RC, was born on June 19, 1935 in Chattanooga, TN to Mary Mills Ham and Roy Campbell. He was educated in the Charlotte City School system and graduated from Myers Park High School in 1953. Roy attended The Citadel and the...
George Anthony Yates
Sep 20, 2015
George “Anthony” Yates, 51, of Statesville, NC, formally of Vansant, VA passed away Sunday, September 20, 2015 at Iredell Memorial Hospital in Statesville, after a courageous fight with the complications of Severe Black Lung Disease. Anthony was born August 13, 1964 in Grundy, VA to Vern and Wanda Dotson Yates of Vansant, VA. He was a 1982 graduate of Garden...
Faye Louise (Wooten) Loyd
Sep 20, 2015
Faye Louise Wooten Loyd, 80, is home with her Lord and Savior. She passed away peacefully at Valley Nursing Center in Taylorsville, Saturday, September 19, 2015. Faye was born October 23, 1934 in Iredell County to the late Edgar and Annie Louise Howard Wooten. She was a homemaker who was known for her spotless home and her wonderful meals including...
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...
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