Obituaries
Dr. Dwight Blackwelder
Aug 31, 2014
Dr. Harold Dwight Blackwelder, 68, of Statesville, passed away, Sunday, August 31, 2014 surrounded by his family. Dr. Blackwelder was born May 27, 1946 in Davie County to Thomas A. Blackwelder and Mattie Sue Smith Blackwelder. He grew up on a dairy farm with his parents and his two younger brothers, Doug and Dale. Dwight graduated Davie County High School,...
Ardie Palombi
Aug 31, 2014
Arduino "Ardie" Palombi, 82, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, August 31, 2014, at the Serenity House in Mooresville. Mr. Palombi was born in Italy on July 28, 1932, and was the son of the late Lorenzo Palombi and Oliva Galloni Palombi. In Canastota, he attended Canastota High School before joining the U.S. Air Force where he served in the Korean...
Don Tilley
Aug 29, 2014
William Donald "Don" Tilley, of Statesville died Friday, Aug. 29, 2014,while doing what he enjoyed the most ... riding his Harley, with the one he loved the most, his wife Robinette. He was born Jan. 19, 1936, in the home of his parents, William Marion Tilley and Leona Ruth Perry Tilley, who preceded him in death. Being born to a...
Roberta Smith
Aug 23, 2014
Roberta Collins Smith, 85, of Statesville, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday, August 23, 2014, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Smith was born in Alleghany County on March 11, 1929, and was the daughter of the late William Reaves and Nannie Ruby Snyder Collins. She was a graduate of Cleveland School and she...
Ray Gaither
Aug 22, 2014
Ray Kennedy Gaither, 65, of Statesville, passed peacefully on Friday, August 22, 2014, at Iredell Memorial Hospital surrounded by his family and many friends after a courageous two month battle with cancer. Mr. Gaither was born April 7, 1949, in Iredell County and was the son of the late Charles L. Gaither, Sr. and Elizabeth White Gaither. He was a...
Dorothy Palmes
Aug 22, 2014
Mrs. Dorothy Murphree Palmes of The Pines, Davidson NC passed away August 22, 2014, at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born December 15, 1923, in Elba, Alabama to the late F. Harris and Mildred Boyd Murphree. After graduating from high school, she attended Millsaps College and graduated from the University of Alabama where she was a member of the...
Nora Frost
Aug 19, 2014
Mrs. Nora Dawne Bailey Frost, 76, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, August 19, 2014, at Elizabeth House in Hendersonville, NC after a two year illness. Mrs. Frost was born in Westons Mills, NY and was the daughter of the late Clarence E. and Kathryn M. Carrier Bailey. She graduated from Mount Vernon Academy in Mt. Vernon, OH and on December...
Vaughn Sprinkle
Aug 18, 2014
Vaughn Walter Sprinkle, 65, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly Monday, August 18, 2014 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was born in Iredell County on May 7, 1949 to the late Floyd Wesley Sprinkle and Flora Dell Henderson Sprinkle. Vaughn was a graduate of the first class at North Iredell High School in 1967, attended Lees-McRae College on a...
Cleo Lowrance
Aug 15, 2014
Cleo Johnson Lowrance, 98, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly, Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at her residence. Ms. Lowrance was born June 2, 1916 in Wilkes County, NC and was the daughter of the late Rufus Cleveland Johnson, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Brooks Johnson. She was a graduate of Celeste Henkel High School and on November 24, 1937 was married to...
Eva Mae Myers
Aug 13, 2014
Eva Mae Myers, 70, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, August 13, 2014, at the Gordon Hospice House. Ms. Myers was born in Iredell County on November 20, 1943, and was the daughter of the late Jesse Myers and Lottie Lambert Myers. She was a graduate of Iredell County schools and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Union Grove....
Connie Gugliaro
Aug 13, 2014
Connie Gugliaro, 91, of Statesville, formerly of Staten Island/ Brooklyn, NY died Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. She was retired from NYC School Bus Escort who enjoyed her bi-yearly visits to Statesville, so much she moved here in 2009; for the last year and a half, she was living at Statesville Place. She is survived by three...
Clyde Hedrick
Aug 12, 2014
Mr. Clyde Edwin Hedrick, 82, of Statesville, passed away, Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at the V.A. Hospital in Salisbury, NC. Mr. Hedrick was born October 4, 1931 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Jesse and Lizzie Campbell Hedrick. He was a graduate of Iredell County Schools and on June 29, 1953, he was married to Dollie...