Obituaries

Melvin Adams

Melvin Adams

Jan 23, 2015

Christopher Melvin Adams, 76, of Statesville, passed away Friday, January 23, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born on April 19, 1938 in Iredell County to the late Clarence E. and Virginia Christopher Adams. Mr. Adams was a graduate of Iredell County Schools and was a member of Concord Presbyterian Church. On August 11, 1956, he married Louise...

Donnie Parlier

Donnie Parlier

Jan 22, 2015

Donnie Garland Parlier, 72, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, January 22, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born in Iredell County on November 11, 1942 to the late Garland Bennie and Sue Campbell Parlier. Donnie was a graduate of Scotts High School and attends New Hope Baptist Church. He worked for 14 years as a Switchman for Southern...

Millicent "Penny" Benbow

Millicent "Penny" Benbow

Jan 21, 2015

Mrs. Millicent "Penny" Miller Benbow, 95, of Statesville NC, passed away Monday, January 19, 2015, at Gordon Hospice House in Statesville NC, after a short illness. A service to celebrate her life will be conducted at 11:00 am on Saturday, January 24, at First Presbyterian Church of Statesville, with Rev. Stephen Scott officiating. The family will receive visitors in the...

Jr G.D. White

Jr G.D. White

Jan 20, 2015

Mr. Grady Duran "G.D." White, Jr., 88, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2015, at Iredell Memorial Hospital following a three year battle with cancer. Mr. White was born in Iredell County on April 18, 1926, and was the son of the late Grady Duran White, Sr. and Mary Jane Holland White. He was a graduate of Union Grove...

Lois Troutman

Lois Troutman

Jan 20, 2015

Esther Lois Kennedy Troutman, 90, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2015, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. She was born in Iredell County on November 11, 1924 and was the daughter of the late Arthur Ferrell and Emma Lou Mills Kennedy. She was a graduate of Troutman High School Class of 1942 and on May 24, 1944, she married Glenn...

Helen Moore

Helen Moore

Jan 18, 2015

� Mrs. Helen Elizabeth Lipes Moore, 95, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, January 18, 2015, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Moore was born in New Castle, VA on September 15, 1919, and was the daughter of the late Robert Fulton and Lula Pet Myers Moore. She was a graduate of New Castle schools and on July 13, 1940, she married...

Boyce Lambert

Boyce Lambert

Jan 18, 2015

Boyce Clifton Lambert, 73, of Statesville departed this life at the Gordon Hospice House, Sunday, January 18, 2015. Born in Iredell County, May 5, 1941 to the late Clarence and Carrie Grant Lambert. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by siblings, Tom, Clarence Jr., Grady and Toby Lambert and sister, Lillian Lambert Cloer. Boyce graduated at...

Helen Ruth Graham

Helen Ruth Graham

Jan 17, 2015

Helen Swicegood Goforth Graham, 89, of Statesville, passed away on Saturday, January 17, 2015 at Iredell Memorial Hospital following a period of declining health. She was the daughter of the late Lonnie and Maude Swicegood. Preceding her in death was her first husband, Willie Lee Goforth, whom she married in 1941. Her second marriage was to the late Haden Graham...

Jessie Neil Sowers Crosswhite

Jessie Neil Sowers Crosswhite

Jan 16, 2015

Mrs. Jessie Neil Sowers Crosswhite, 80, of Statesville, died Friday, January 16, 2015 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born in Iredell County on August 9, 1934, she was a daughter of the late Neil Sharpe Sowers and Jessie Swanson Sowers. Jessie was a member of Western Ave. Baptist Church. She served as an Iredell County Commissioner from 1984 until 1990 and...

Homer Arthur Estes

Homer Arthur Estes

Jan 15, 2015

Mr. Homer Arthur Estes, 86, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, January 15, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born in Iredell County on May 9, 1928 to the late Ernest L. and Lottie Messick Estes. He married Hazel Lee Lackey Estes on September 28, 1946 and they shared 68 loving years together. Homer was an active member of...

Paul "Goat" Bass

Paul "Goat" Bass

Jan 15, 2015

Paul "Goat" Burgess Bass, 75, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, January 15, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born in Iredell County to the late F.J. and Lillian Chambers Bass. Paul attended Harmony High School and served his country honorably in the Army. He was married on October 26, 1968 to Margaret Stevenson Bass, who preceded him in...

Mary Fulbright

Mary Fulbright

Jan 13, 2015

Mary Lois Millsaps Fulbright, 74, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at her residence. She was born in Iredell County on April 26, 1940 to the late William Talmadge Millsaps and Carrie Marlow Millsaps. Mrs. Fulbright was a graduate of Central High School and was a member of Eufola Baptist Church. On April 12, 1974, she married Melvin...

Billy Joe Hurt

Billy Joe Hurt

Jan 7, 2015

Mr. Billy Joe Hurt, 75, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, January 7, 2015, at his home. Mr. Hurt was born in Palmersville, TN on June 23, 1939, and was the son of the late Carl Byron and Crenaze Miller Hurt. On September 16, 1995, he married Jennifer Jenkins Hurt, who survives. Mr. Hurt was a veteran of the U.S. Army...

Bill McMillan

Bill McMillan

Jan 7, 2015

William H. (Bill) McMillan passed away peacefully Saturday morning at Hospice and Palliative Care of Iredell County after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Gaffney, SC in 1938, Bill is survived by his wife of almost 50 years, Martha Eleanor Bynum, two daughters both in Statesville, Stacy McMillan Chapman and Mary Hannon McMillan Reid, four grandchildren, William Henry Chapman,...

Anne Pharr

Anne Pharr

Jan 5, 2015

Anne Marie King Pharr, 84, of Statesville, NC passed away Monday, January 5 at Autumn Care Nursing Facility of Statesville. Anne was born in Statesville on November 23, 1930 and was the daughter of the late John Shelton King Sr. and Sadie Greenwood King. She was a graduate of Central High School. She was a seamstress and later retired from...

Kenneth "Slick" Campbell

Kenneth "Slick" Campbell

Jan 3, 2015

Kenneth "Slick" Jackson Campbell, 73, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, January 3, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born in Iredell County on February 16, 1941 to the late Jackson R. and Maggie Templeton Campbell. Mr. Campbell attended Union Grove High School and was self-employed sheet metal worker with C and C Installation. He was a Mason and...

Sandy Hines

Sandy Hines

Jan 2, 2015

Sandra Louise Stewart Hines, 63, of Statesville, passed away Friday, January 2, 2015 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital. She was born in Iredell County on November 24, 1951 to the late Thomas Newell Stewart Sr. and Ethel Robinette Stewart. Sandy was a graduate of South Iredell High School and a member of Beulah Baptist Church. She was a homemaker most...

Geneva M. Bell

Geneva M. Bell

Dec 31, 2014

Geneva Myers Bell, 75, of Statesville, passed away at Iredell Memorial Hospital, December 31, 2014. She was born July 30, 1939 in Iredell County to the late Willie G. and Janie Rash Myers. Mrs. Bell was a graduate of Statesville Senior High School, class of 1957 and on August 30, 1958 married Charles E. Bell, who survives and they enjoyed...

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