Obituaries

Jr. Jack Little

Jr. Jack Little

Apr 22, 2011

Jack E. Little, Jr., 84, of Statesville, passed away Friday, April 22, 2011, at Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Little was born November 23, 1926 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Jack Edmond Little, Sr. and Madeline Poston Little. He was a graduate of Statesville High School Class of '43 and on June 26, 1981, was married...

Cleo Miller

Cleo Miller

Apr 19, 2011

Mrs. Cleo Benfield Miller, 96, of the Sharon School Community, Statesville, NC passed away peacefully on Monday, April 18, 2011 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born July 15, 1914 in Iredell County, she was the daughter of the late Jacob Henry Benfield and Sally Katherine Pope Benfield. She was a graduate of Sharon School and on Jan. 15, 1933, was...

Kenny Beaver

Kenny Beaver

Apr 18, 2011

Kenny Dale Beaver, 60, of Elloree, S.C. and formerly of Statesville, passed away Monday, April 18, 2011, at the W.J.B. Dorn VA Hospital in Columbia, S.C. Mr. Beaver was born July 4, 1950 in Rowan County and was the son of the late Hazel Lee Beaver and Kathleen Morrison Beaver. He attended Rowan County School and was a graduate of...

Diane Baker

Diane Baker

Apr 18, 2011

Carol Diane Baker, 63, of Statesville, passed away Monday, April 18, 2011, at Iredell Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness. Ms. Baker was born May 23, 1947 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late John Donald Baker, Sr. and Peggy Gatton Baker. She was a graduate of Cabarrus County schools and she was of the Baptist faith....

Kendra Mills

Kendra Mills

Apr 16, 2011

Kendra Putnam Mills, 69, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, April 16, 2011, at Iredell Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. She was born in Woodruff, S.C. on September 1, 1941 and was the daughter of the late Donald G. and Tabitha L. Putnam. She was a graduate of Mitchell Community College with a nursing degree and worked as a registered...

Eva Gray

Eva Gray

Apr 14, 2011

Ms. Eva Jane Morrison Gray, 88, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, April 14, 2011, at Gordon Hospice House. Ms. Gray was born June 9, 1922 in Alexander County and was the daughter of the late Robert Lackey and Ola Mae Fowler Lackey. She attended Alexander County schools and she was a member of First Baptist Church. Ms. Gray was retired...

Barry Paslay

Barry Paslay

Apr 12, 2011

Mr. Henry Burnette "Barry" Paslay, Jr., 39, of Statesville, passed away, Tuesday, April 12, 2011 in Statesville. Mr. Paslay was born Nov. 14, 1971 in Memphis, TN and was the son of Henry Burnette Paslay, Sr. and Nancy Lane Paslay, who survive of the home. He was a graduate of West Iredell High School and attended N.C. State University. He...

Tom Curlee

Tom Curlee

Apr 8, 2011

Thomas "Tom" Curlee, 86, of Statesville, passed away Friday, April 8, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mr. Curlee was born in May 11, 1924 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Robert Nelson Curlee and Lavaida Freeze Curlee. He was a graduate of Davidson County Schools and on August 24, 1945, he married Rachel Keller Curlee, who...

Paul Parlier

Paul Parlier

Apr 8, 2011

Paul Santford Parlier, 84, of Statesville, passed away Friday, April 8, 2011, at The Gardens of Statesville. Mr. Parlier was born May 12, 1926 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Elisha Worth Parlier and Ethel Chappel Parlier. He was a graduate of Statesville High School and on May 15, 1948, he married Ruby Nell Privette, who...

Vernon McNeil

Vernon McNeil

Apr 6, 2011

William Vernon McNeil, 94, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mr. McNeil was born January 13, 1917 in N. Wilkesboro, N.C. and was the son of the late Alonzo McNeil and Nora Riggs McNeil. He attended Wilkes County schools and was married to Ella Billings McNeil, who preceded him in death. Mr. McNeil was...

Denise McCoy

Denise McCoy

Apr 6, 2011

Denise Lee McCoy, 51, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2011, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. McCoy was born May 4, 1959 in Cook County, ILL and was the daughter of the late Earl Hanson, Sr. and Patricia Scandland Hanson. She attended Mecklenburg County schools and on November 17, 1989, Mrs. McCoy married Gene McCoy, who survives of the...

James Johnson

James Johnson

Apr 4, 2011

James Franklin Johnson, 72, of Statesville, passed away Monday, April 04, 2011, at Iredell Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness. Mr. Johnson was born July 31, 1938 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Otis Franklin Johnson and Wilma Isolene Whitlock Johnson. He was a graduate of Iredell County Schools and he was retired from Apac Paving...

Betty Brown

Betty Brown

Apr 3, 2011

Mrs. Betty Neal Brown, 69, of Hwy 70 E. Statesville, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, April 3, 2011. Mrs. Brown was born July 8, 1941 and was the daughter of the late James Elbert Neal and Ida Tilda Campbell Neal. She was a graduate of Scotts High School Class of 1960. She began her cosmetology future by attending Career Beauty College....

Pearl Mundhenke

Pearl Mundhenke

Apr 3, 2011

Pearl Henkel Mundhenke, 90, of Statesville, NC died on Sunday, April 3, 2011 after a brief period of declining health. Pearl was preceded in death by her husband and her parents. Pearl Verna Lee was born December 10, 1920 in Farley, Iowa. She was the only child of the late Alvina Louise "Ollie" and Emil George Henkel. In 1938, Pearl...

Jr. Stephen Godfrey

Jr. Stephen Godfrey

Mar 31, 2011

J. Stephen Godfrey, Jr., 51 of Galloway Township, NJ passed away suddenly on Thursday, March 31, 2011 in Hawaii. Born in Atlantic City, NJ, he lived in the Ocean County area of NJ for most of his life. He was a 1977 graduate of Southern Regional High School in Manahawkin, NJ. He was a veteran of the US Air Force...

Katherine Sain

Katherine Sain

Mar 26, 2011

Mary Katherine Johnson Sain, 83, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, March 26, 2011, at Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Sain was born October 25, 1927, in Wilkes County and was the daughter of the late John Loma Johnson, Sr. and Nora Blevins Johnson. Mrs. Sain was a graduate of Wilkes County Schools and she was married to Clarence Allen Sain, who...

Diane Ward

Diane Ward

Mar 26, 2011

Shirley Diane Gleaton Ward, 63, of Mooresville, passed away Saturday, March 26, 2011, at her home following a lengthy illness. Shirley was born July 5, 1947 in Iredell County and was the daughter of Vivian Pearl Williams Gleaton and the late Arthur Elbert Gleaton. Mrs. Ward attended Iredell County Schools was married to Phillip Harry Ward, who preceded her in...

Jane Abernethy

Jane Abernethy

Mar 25, 2011

Jane Lenora Blackwelder Abernethy, 61, of Statesville, N.C., went home to be with her Lord on March 25, 2011, after a long and courageous battle with cancer and renal failure. Jane was born February 8, 1950 in Statesville, N.C. and was the daughter of the late Lewis Wilson Blackwelder and Anne Weston Blackwelder. In addition to her parents, Jane was...

Georgia Mauney

Georgia Mauney

Mar 25, 2011

Georgia Durbin Mauney, 84, of Troutman, passed away Friday, March 25, 2011, at Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Mauney was born July 23, 1926 in Henryetta, OK and was the daughter of the late George Cleveland Durbin and Ida Christine Lloyd Durbin. She was a graduate of Perry High School and on September 22, 1949, she married Charles Clifton Mauney, who...

Willy Buckner

Willy Buckner

Mar 23, 2011

Mr. Wilfred Billy Buckner, 79, of Statesville, passed away, Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. Mr. Buckner was born July 9, 1931 in Greenville, SC and was the son of the late Ernest Arthur Buckner and Agnes Pretto Dill Buckner. He graduated from Parker High School in Greenville, Furman University and in...

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