Obituaries
James Michael West
Apr 7, 2015
James Michael West, 47, of Statesville, N.C., passed away unexpectedly, Tuesday, April 7, 2015. He was born July 8, 1967, in Raleigh, N.C., and was a son of Roy Clayton West and Barbara Slane West. Jamie was a member of First Presbyterian Church. Jamie attended Brookwood School and was a 1986 graduate of Statesville Senior High School. He worked for...
Elsie Rebecca (Lentz) Guy
Apr 5, 2015
Elsie Rebecca Lentz Guy, 98, of Statesville, passed away Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015 at her residence. She was born in Iredell County on December 12, 1916 to the late Frank and Fannie Lippard Lentz. Mrs. Guy was a graduate of Iredell County Schools and was married to Edwin “Bill” Guy, who preceded her in death. She was a homemaker...
Connie (Shoemaker) Owens
Apr 4, 2015
Mrs. Connie Shoemaker Owens, 92, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, April 4, 2015, at the Brian Nursing Center of Statesville. Mrs. Owens was born in Iredell County on November 28, 1922, and was the daughter of the late Anne Shoemaker Sharpe and Joe Sharpe. She attended Iredell County Schools and in 1942, was married to Norman Leslie Owens, who died...
Thomas Harvey Arrington
Apr 4, 2015
Mr. Thomas Harvey Arrington, 82, of Olin, passed away unexpectedly early Saturday morning, April 4, 2015 at Davis Regional Hospital. Mr. Arrington, most often referred to as "Tom", "Tommy", or "PawPaw" to his granddaughter and great grandchildren, was born in Iredell County on October 24, 1932. He was the son of the late Morgan Thomas Arrington and Winnie McHargue Arrington....
Rachel Moore Privette
Apr 4, 2015
Mrs. Rachel Moore Privette, 78, of Statesville, died Saturday, April 4, 2015 at Valley Nursing Center in Taylorsville. Born in Rowan County on March 10, 1937, she was a daughter of the late Vance E. Moore and Elsie Basinger Moore. Rachel was a retired dietician aid and was married to Mr. Greel Dean (Jack) Privette who survives. Also surviving are...
Wilmath Sherman Barker
Apr 3, 2015
Wilmath Sherman Barker, 74, of Statesville, passed away Friday, April 03, 2015 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital. He was born in Wilkes County on September 15, 1940 to the late Samuel Sherman and Emma Jane Waddell Barker Shoemaker. He was educated in Wilkes County and was a self-employed commercial and residential painter. He was a member of Clear Vision Missionary...
Mary Elizabeth (Foster) Coley
Apr 1, 2015
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Foster Coley, 98, of Statesville, died Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born in New Hanover County, North Carolina on January 7, 1917, she was a daughter of the late Jack Leonard Foster and Bertie Lee McConnell Foster. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Calvin Coley on December 18, 1962 and a...
Sarah Elizabeth (Dishman) Tayes
Mar 30, 2015
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Tayes, 76, of Statesville, passed away, Monday, March 30, 2015 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Tayes was born December 12, 1938 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Foy Lee Dishman and Mary Emma Dishman. She attended Iredell County Schools and in November of 1955, she was married to the late Arvel Lincoln Tayes,...
Allen Ray McPhee
Mar 30, 2015
Mr. Allen “Al” Ray McPhee, 68, of Statesville, passed away Monday, March 30, 2015, following a brief illness. Mr. McPhee was born January 3, 1947, in New Hampshire and was the son of the late Raymond McPhee and Cora Dorothy Connell McPhee. He attended schools in Claremont, New Hampshire and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and on June...
Joyce Irene (Hollars) Henderson
Mar 30, 2015
Mrs. Joyce Irene Hollars Henderson, 76, of Mooresville, passed away Monday, March 30, 2015, at her home following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Henderson was born in Blowing Rock, NC on August 1, 1938, and was the daughter of the late McKeever McKinnley Hollars and Carrie Earlean Hollars. She was a graduate of Blowing Rock School class of ’56 and on...
Betty G. Leckie
Mar 30, 2015
Betty G. Leckie, daughter of Whitfield and Susan Faust Leckie, sister of Sylvia L. Payne, left this world on March 30, 2015 to be with her Lord and Savior. Betty was an alumnus of Mitchell College, working for many years as a quality control chemist in Greenville, SC as well as Lenoir and Statesville, NC. She did not fear death...
Charles Ray Best
Mar 29, 2015
Charles Ray Best Sr., 87, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, March 29, 2015 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was born in Wayne County on November 20, 1927 to the late George H. Best Sr. and GladysLouise Rackley Best. On November 27, 1949, he married Doris Pearce Best, who survives. They enjoyed over 65 years of marriage before his passing. He...
Franklin Odell Ridenhour
Mar 28, 2015
Franklin “Pappy” Odell Ridenhour, 69, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2015 at his residence. He was born in Stanley County on July 20, 1945 to the late Walter Odell Ridenhour and Dorothy Hall Ridenhour. Mr. Ridenhour attended Statesville City Schools and was a driver for C & G Towing until his health forced him to retire. He was...
Gwendolen "Gwen" McGregor (Gemmell) Deaton
Mar 26, 2015
Mrs. Gwendolen “Gwen” Gemmell Deaton, wife of Fred Hyams Deaton, Jr of Statesville passed away on the evening of 26 March 2015. She had been in declining health for several years. She was the daughter of Juanita Roller Gemmell & Thomas Melville Gemmell who preceded her in death. Gwendolen was also preceded in death by her sister Anita "Nita" Gemmell...
Betty Deal Mitcham
Mar 24, 2015
Betty Deal Mitcham, 78, of Statesville, passed away, Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at Valley Nursing Center in Taylorsville, NC. Mrs. Mitcham was born April 16, 1936 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Roy Eugene Deal and Cora James Isenhour. She was a graduate of Scotts High School and Southeastern Beauty School and on August 9, 1963,...
Lonnie Dent Miller
Mar 23, 2015
Mr. Lonnie Dent Miller, 81, of Statesville, passed away Monday, March 23, 2015 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Mr. Miller was born November 25, 1933 in Iredell County and was the son of the late John Perry Miller and Cleo Benfield Miller. He was a graduate of...
Larry Little Stroud
Mar 21, 2015
Mr. Larry Little Stroud, 74, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, March 21, 2015, at his home. Mr. Stroud was born in Iredell County on April 25, 1940, and was the son of the late Robert William Stroud and Ninner Cashion Stroud. He attended Iredell County Schools and was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was married to Betty Cooke...
Laurie Ann (Cook) Williams
Mar 19, 2015
Laurie Ann Williams, 45, of Mooresville, passed away on Thursday, March 19, 2015 at Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center. She was born in Newburyport, Mass. on April 8, 1969 to Roland and Linda Fairbanks Cook. Laurie was a graduate of Amesbury, Mass. High School and received a Business Degree from Phoenix University. She worked in customer service for Energy United...
James "Jay" Eli Cothren
Mar 17, 2015
Mr. James “Jay” Eli Cothren, 75, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mr. Cothren was born February 16, 1940, in Wilkes County and was the son of the late Jarva Cothren and Blanche Mastin Cothren. He was educated in Wilkes County schools and on April 20, 1969, he married Bunny Parsons Cothren, who survives....
James Reece Mash
Mar 17, 2015
James Reece Mash, 65, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was born on October 11, 1949 in Wilkes County to the late Mont and Clara Mash. James was married on June 8, 1991 to Ella Dean Lowry Mash, who survives. They had over 23 years of marriage before his passing. He was a...
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