Obituaries
Harry Cash
Nov 10, 2014
Harry Clay Cash, 85, of Statesville, passed away Monday, November 10, 2014, at Brian Center of Statesville. Mr. Cash was born in Iredell County on April 12, 1929, and was the son of the late Thomas Everette Cash and Nora Esther York Cash. He was a veteran of the National Guard and on December 22, 1956, he married Anna Elizabeth...
Charles Sinquefield
Nov 10, 2014
Charles Albert Sinquefield, of Winston-Salem, passed away Monday, November 10, 2014 at the age of 101, at Trinity Ridge in Hickory, NC. Mr. Sinquefield was born December 17, 1912 in Lake City Florida to the late Thomas Clyde and Katherine Patrick Sinquefield, and had a sister Mary Katherine, who passed away in 1918. Mr. Sinquefield graduated from Georgia Tech in...
Dot Holcombe
Nov 7, 2014
Dorothy Mae Podoll Holcombe, 79, of Statesville, passed away Friday, November 7, 2014 at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center from injuries received in an automobile accident. She was born in Richmond, Virginia on October 19, 1935 to the late Norman S. and Margaret Podoll. Dot graduated from St. Patrick's High School and moved to North Carolina in 1956. She...
Alex Gaither
Nov 6, 2014
Roy Alexander "Alex" Gaither, Jr., 65, of Harmony, passed away Thursday, November 6. 2014 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born in Iredell County on August 4, 1949 to the late Roy Alexander Gaither, Sr. and Mary Templeton Gaither, who survives. Alex attended Harmony School and North Iredell High School. On January 11, 1974, he married Jane O'Neal and...
Mildred Clanton
Nov 6, 2014
Mrs. Mildred Rose Clanton, 75, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, November 06, 2014, at Huntersville Oaks in Huntersville, NC Mrs. Clanton was born June 20, 1939 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Lester Jenkins and Hattie Fox Jenkins. She attended Statesville city schools and she was married to Rayford Clanton who preceded her in death in...
Donna Davidson
Nov 6, 2014
Donna Goodman Davidson, 58, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, November 6, 2014 at the Gordon Hospice House after a long battle with cancer. She was born in Iredell County to the late Jerry Franklin Goodman and Janice Evon Goodman, who survives. Donna was a graduate of Statesville Sr. High School and was a member of Bethel Baptist Church. She was...
Bonnie Goodin
Nov 3, 2014
Bonnie Lou Elder Goodin, 96, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, November 03, 2014, at her home. Mrs. Goodin was born November 3, 1918, in Alexander County and was the daughter of the late Charles Elmer Elder and Lacy Bowles Elder. She was married to William Hubert Goodin who preceded her in death on February 14, 1995. Mrs. Goodin...
Luella King
Nov 2, 2014
Lessie Luella Plyler King, 86, of Statesville, was called home on November 2, 2014. Luella, as she was lovingly called by family and friends, was born July 24, 1928 in Gastonia, NC to the late K.C. and Esther Bradley Plyler. Luella was preceded in death by her sister, Elsie Plyler, her brother, Bennett Plyler, her niece, Jean Gentry, and grandson,...
Bettie Johnson
Nov 1, 2014
Bettie Lee Johnson, 75, of Statesville passed away at Davis Hospital Saturday November 1, 2014 surrounded by her family. She was born in Iredell County, September 6, 1939 to the late Chester and Shelby Nell Feimster Johnson of Harmony. Bettie attended Harmony school. Before her retirement, she was in sales. With her winning personality and sense of humor, she excelled...
Walter Garner
Nov 1, 2014
Walter Clark Paul Garner was born February 6, 1936 in Canton, Ohio to Robert and Ruth Garner. He entered into heaven October 31, 2014 after a short stay at the Gordon Hospice House with his devoted wife Carolyn at his side. Prior to this, he had been lovingly cared for in his home by his family and the wonderful caregivers...
Betty Shook
Oct 28, 2014
Mrs. Betty Helen Mason Shook, 79, of Statesville, passed away, Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. She was born in Iredell County on June 3, 1935 to the late Bud Wiley Mason and Ida Branton Mason. Betty attended Iredell County Schools and was married to Billy Dalton Shook who preceded her in death. She had...
Jean Owensby Jolly
Oct 27, 2014
Vera Jean Owensby Jolly, 58, of Hamptonville, NC passed away, Monday, October 27, 2014 at the Gordon Hospice House. Ms. Jolly was born June 4, 1956 in Spindale, NC and was the daughter of the late Jesse James Owensby, Sr. and Ella Louise Hawkins Owensby. She attended Statesville High School and later received her GED. She was a CNA, with...
Katie Whitestone
Oct 27, 2014
Kate Straubel Whitestone, 61, of Mooresville, passed away Monday, October 27, 2014, at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center. Born September 10, 1953, in Bryn Mawr, PA, Kate was the daughter of the late Charles E. Straubel and Ruth O'Bryan. She was a graduate of Philadelphia Dance Academy and received her Bachelors in Fines Arts from the NC School of the...
Duke York
Oct 24, 2014
Mr. Duke Lincoln York, 74, of Statesville, passed away Friday, October 24, 2014, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mr. York was born March 31, 1940, in Iredell County and was the son of the late Noble Simpson York and Ella Mae Mayberry York. He attended Harmony school and was a former member of Harmony Baptist Church but attended The Horizon...
Clennon Lewis
Oct 23, 2014
Mr. Clennon J. Lewis, 83, of Harmony, passed away Thursday evening, October 23, 2014, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mr. Lewis was born August 13, 1931, in Bay St. Louis, MS. and was the son of the late Charles Dolphus Lewis and Emilda Pierre Lewis. He was married to Margie Campbell Lewis who preceded him in death on February 1, 2013...
Danny Waldrup
Oct 23, 2014
Gordon Daniel Waldrup, 70, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, October 23, 2014 at his residence. He was born in Surry County on June 19, 1944 to the late Essie Mae Waldrup. Danny attended Jonesville City Schools and married Anna Poplin on July 12, 1963. They enjoyed over 51 years of marriage before his passing. They had a wonderful marriage. Anna...
Pete Lackey
Oct 22, 2014
Avery "Pete" Bryson Lackey, 60, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, October 22, 2014. Mr. Lackey was born in Iredell County on October 8, 1954, and was the son of the late Lawrence Lackey and Mildred Irene Moore Lackey. Mr. Lackey was a graduate of North Iredell High School and he was a veteran of the U.S. Army. During...
Willie Knox
Oct 22, 2014
Mrs. Willie May Linker Knox, 93, of Statesville, passed away, Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Knox was born May 31, 1921 in Cabarrus County, NC and was the daughter of the late Will Mack Linker and Lalla May King Linker. She was a graduate of Cabarrus and Mecklenburg County Schools and Lees McRae College. She...
William Stroud
Oct 21, 2014
William A. Stroud, 88 of Cool Spring died peacefully of natural causes at his home surrounded by family on October 21, 2014. Born November 6, 1925 in Cool Spring, North Carolina to Norris Andrew and Leora Gunn Stroud, he graduated from Cool Spring School. William entered the U.S. Navy in 1944 and served as an anti-aircraft gunner, first on the...
Johnsie Baity
Oct 19, 2014
Mrs. Johnsie Kay Morrison Baity, 66, of Statesville, passed away, Sunday, October 19, 2014 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Baity was born May 10, 1948 in Statesville, NC and was the daughter of the late William Pressley Morrison, Jr. and Clois Galliher Morrison. She was a graduate of Statesville High School and on September 21, 1968, she was married...