Obituaries
Sr. Ralph Speece
Mar 24, 2012
Ralph William Speece, Sr., 87, of Union Grove, N.C. passed away Saturday, March 24, 2012 at Gordon Hospice House following a brief illness. Mr. Speece was born June 16, 1924 in Iredell County and was the son of the late William Marshall and Treva McDaniels Speece. He attended Union Grove School and he was a veteran of the U.S. Army...
Becky Helms
Mar 22, 2012
Rebecca Foard Helms, 52, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, March 22, 2012 at Maple Leaf Health Care following an extended illness. Ms. Helms was born July 4, 1959 in Iredell County and was the daughter of Sallie Dillard Foard and the late James H. Foard. She attended Iredell County schools, was a homemaker and a member of Shiloh Tabernacle. In...
Dorothy Rimmer
Mar 16, 2012
Dorothy Brown Rimmer, 80, of Statesville, passed away, Friday, March 16, 2012 at Davis Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Rimmer was born November 12, 1931 in Gaston County and was the daughter of the late John Butler Brown and Myrtle Armstrong Brown. She attended Gaston County Schools and on January 10, 1948 was married to the late Robert D. Rimmer, who...
Rev. Lester Beckham
Mar 15, 2012
Rev. John Lester Beckham, 94, died Thursday, March 15, 2012, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born on June 14, 1917 to Walter and Pearlie Mae Beckham, Rev. Beckham was a lifelong resident of Iredell County. He is survived by his wife, Irene Houston Beckham, a son, Leon Beckham (Patti) of Dayton, OH, four daughters, Nancy Cook (John) of Statesville, Katie Giblin...
Charlie "Shorty" Adams
Mar 15, 2012
Charlie Lewis "Shorty" Adams, 81, of Statesville passed away Thursday, March 15, 2012 at Gordon Hospice House following a lengthy illness. Mr. Adams was born May 25, 1930 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Clyde Roscoe and Ida Loyd Adams. He attended Cool Springs School and he served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War....
Nicholina McCurdy
Mar 14, 2012
Nicholina Teresa Povich McCurdy, 95, of Statesville, passed away, Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at Autumn Care of Statesville. Mrs. McCurdy was born May 6, 1916 in Camden, NJ and was the daughter of the late John and Mary Gruich Povich. She attended Camden, NJ schools and as a young woman, she owned her own beauty shop in Camden, NJ. She...
Herbert Lunsford
Mar 11, 2012
Mr. Herbert Hoover Lunsford, 81, of Union Grove, passed away Sunday night, March 11, 2012 at Iredell Memorial Hospital with his wife and children gathered around him. Mr. Lunsford was born November 9, 1930 in Union Grove, NC and was the son of the late Isaac Lunsford and Ellie Jarvis Lunsford. He attended Union Grove schools and for 55 years...
Michael Keever
Mar 10, 2012
Michael Lee Keever, 58, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, March 10, 2012, at his home. Mr. Keever was born March 12, 1953 in Caldwell County and was the son of Norman Jean Rufty and the late George Eric Keever. He was a graduate of Bunker Hill High School. In addition to his mother, Mr. Keever is also survived...
Helen Lentz
Mar 7, 2012
[caption id="attachment_3094" align="alignleft" width="112" caption="United At Last"][/caption] Mrs. Mary Helen Payne Lentz, 95, resident of Statesville, died peacefully March 7, 2012 at Gordon Hospice House. Helen was a native of Iredell County. She was born July 17, 1916 in Olin, NC during the worst flood in North Carolina history, and was the daughter of Lonnie P. Payne and Sadie Austin...
Wayne Huie
Mar 6, 2012
Mr. Wayne Williamson Huie, 72, of Union Grove, NC, passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at his son's home. Mr. Huie was born October 2, 1939 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Hoyte Hackney and Sarah Crater Huie. He was a graduate of Union Grove High School and on May 20, 1961 he marrie Ersula "Sue"...
Sr. Jimmy Williams
Mar 6, 2012
James "Jimmy" Edward Williams, Sr., 78, of Statesville, passed away, Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Williams was born August 9, 1933 in Franklin County, AL, and was the son of the late Lindsey "Tate" Williams and Lou Irella Garrett Williams. He was a graduate of Russellville High School in Alabama and in 1955 was married...
Estelle Rickert
Mar 6, 2012
Estelle Pearson Rickert, 81, of Statesville, went to be with her Lord and Savior Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Rickert was born June 23, 1930 in Wilkes County, NC and was the daughter of the late Claude Pearson and Chessie Whittington Pearson. She attended Scotts School until moving to Florida in 1945 and graduated from South...
Charlie Schneider
Mar 5, 2012
Mr. Charles Herman Schneider, 79, of Mooresville, passed away Monday, March 05, 2012 at his home. Mr. Schneider was born August 6, 1932 in Philadelphia, PA and was the son of the late William Conrad Schneider and Ida Hettler Schneider. He was a graduate of Marple-Newtown High School in Broomall, PA. Mr. Schneider was a veteran of the U.S. Marine...
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