Obituaries

Bobby Leviner

Bobby Leviner

May 21, 2011

Bobby Raymond Leviner, 59, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2011, at Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Leviner was born February 23, 1952 in Richmond County and was the son of the late William Everette and Sadie Mae Leviner. He attended Iredell County schools and was a member of Horizon Church. Mr. Leviner was disability retired from Sackner Products Inc....

Frances Scott McElwee Nicholson

Frances Scott McElwee Nicholson

May 21, 2011

Frances Scott McElwee Nicholson died at Gordon Hospice House on Saturday, May 21, 2011,having lived a long and loving life. She was predeceased by her parents: John and Annabell Scott, her brothers: Ed and John Scott and her beloved husbands: Nathan O'Berry McElwee and Dr. John Harvey Nicholson,II. � Frances was a life-time member of First Presbyterian Church where she...

Shelby Nelson

Shelby Nelson

May 21, 2011

Shelby Jean Benge Nelson, 72, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2011, at her home. Ms. Nelson was born February 20, 1939 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Hubert Lee Benge and Dollie Grace Hartness. Ms. Nelson attended Iredell County and Yadkin County schools. She was a member of Statesville Full Gospel Tabernacle. In addition...

Gary Lackey

Gary Lackey

May 18, 2011

Mr. Gary Eugene Lackey, 69, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2011 following a courageous battle with bone cancer at the Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Lackey was born July 8, 1941 in Alexander County and was the son of the late Wilma Lackey Sherrill Sloan and step-fathers, Finn Sherrill and Coite Sloan. He attended Scotts High School and was...

Donna Dixon

Donna Dixon

May 16, 2011

� Mrs. Dormilee "Donna" James Dixon, 88, of Statesville, passed away Friday, May 13, 2011 at the Maple Leaf Center. Mrs. Dixon was born Nov. 30, 1922 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Payton Dallas James and Myrtle Gilleland James. She attended Statesville City Schools and on December 22, 1947, she was married to the late...

Norma Jean Eash

Norma Jean Eash

May 15, 2011

Norma Jean Smith Eash, 75, went to be with her Lord and Savior Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 5:30 p.m. at Autumn Care of Statesville. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Mrs. Eash was born May 27, 1935 in Gastonia, NC and was the daughter of the late William Andrew Smith and Nellie White Smith. She was a...

Byron Mason

Byron Mason

May 12, 2011

Randall Byron Mason, 39, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, May 12, 2011 at his home. Mr. Mason was born October 13, 1971 in Iredell County and was the son of Randy Price Mason and Sandy Brawley Mason. He was a graduate of West Iredell High School and was disability retired from New York Carpet World where he worked as...

Patsy Montaigne

Patsy Montaigne

May 10, 2011

Patsy Ella Hooks Montaigne, 62, of Statesville, went to be with her savior Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at Davis Regional Medical Center following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Montaigne was born May 19, 1948 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Woodrow Albert Hooks, Sr. and Margaret Stewart Hooks. She attended Celeste Henkel High and held numerous jobs...

Jr. Wayne Weaver

Jr. Wayne Weaver

May 10, 2011

Wayne Bradshaw Weaver, Jr., 68, of Cleveland, N.C., passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2011 as the result of an automobile accident. � Wayne loved a lot of things in his life including his family, a community of friends and hunting buddies, and tapping his foot to really good bluegrass music. He was born on February 14, 1943 in Deland, FL,...

Willie Bost

Willie Bost

May 9, 2011

Mrs. Willie Ruth Hedrick Bost, 87, of Statesville, NC passed away Monday, May 09, 2011 at the Gordon Hospice House following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Bost was born November 25, 1923 in Catawba County and was the daughter of the late Wilburn Pickney Hedrick and Bessie Pope Hedrick. She attended Catawba High School and was married to the late James...

Sr. Jim Neader

Sr. Jim Neader

May 9, 2011

The man who brought fast food to Statesville and Iredell County has died following a long illness. James Edward Neader Sr. of Mooresville died Monday morning at the Gordon Hospice House from complications of Parkinson's disease. Neader, 77, was the area's first McDonald's owner-operator starting with a single store in 1975 that he built into a chain of seven stores...

Rick Weicht

Rick Weicht

May 7, 2011

Sgt. Rick Dwaine Weicht, 46, of Statesville, N.C., passed away Saturday, May 07, 2011, at Wake Forest University Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. He was born on December 13, 1964 in Franklin County, Waynesboro, PA. The son of the Nelson D. and Alice J. Weicht, he attended schools in Maryland and graduated from Smithsburg High School in 1982. Rick was...

Jim Davidson

Jim Davidson

May 7, 2011

James Edward "Jim" Davidson, 81, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Saturday, May 7, 2011, following several years of declining health. Born March 25, 1930 in Iredell County, Mr. Davidson was the son of the late Roy Austin and Berta Rosemond Davidson. He was a graduate of Celeste Hinkel High School and served as a sergeant with...

Jimmy Johnson

Jimmy Johnson

May 4, 2011

James Allen Johnson, 68, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, May 04, 2011, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Johnson was born November 7, 1942 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Tolison B. Johnson and Edith Myers Johnson. He attended Statesville schools and was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was retired from Southern Screw following...

Buford Rimmer

Buford Rimmer

May 2, 2011

Buford Edison Rimmer, 98, of Statesville, passed away Monday, May 2, 2011 at Davis Regional Medical Center. Mr. Rimmer was born September 21, 1912 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Joseph M. Rimmer and Laura I. Rimmer. He was a graduate of Kestler School in Iredell County and also attended Wake Forest University. On August 7,...

Doug McLain

Doug McLain

May 1, 2011

Douglas Franklin McLain, 46, of Stony Point, N.C., passed away unexpectedly Sunday, May 1, 2011, at Davis Regional Medical Center. Mr. McLain was born August 14, 1964 in Iredell County and was the son of Bonnie Sharpe McLain and the late Clyde Franklin McLain. He attended Iredell County schools and on August 17, 1983, he married Debbie Duncan McLain, who...

Jackie Sherrill

Jackie Sherrill

Apr 30, 2011

Mrs. Jacqueline Moose Sherrill, 85, of Troutman, NC passed away, Saturday, April 30, 2011 at Autumn Care of Statesvile. Mrs. Sherrill was born Feb. 13, 1926 in Mecklenburg County and was the daughter of the late Henry Daniel David Moose and Edna Mae Bailey Moose. She attended Catawba and Iredell County Schools and on December 25, 1949, she was married...

Godfrey "Bud" Fox

Godfrey "Bud" Fox

Apr 27, 2011

Godfrey Clint "Bud" Fox, 76, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at his residence following a lengthy illness. Mr. Fox was born November 29, 1934 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Wesley Clint Fox and Octavia Cartner Fox. Mr. Fox was a graduate of Cool Springs High School and he was married to Brenda...

Mary Cook

Mary Cook

Apr 26, 2011

Mrs. Mary Southers Cook, 84, of Statesville, passed away, Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Cook was born May 10, 1926 in Wilkes County and was the daughter of the late Kelly Southers and Della Mae Privette Southers. She attended Statesville City Schools and on Feb. 14, 1947, she was married to the late Willie Eugene...

Brown McCoy

Brown McCoy

Apr 25, 2011

Brown Lee McCoy, 88, of Statesville, passed away Monday, April 25, 2011, at Brian Center in Statesville following a brief illness. Mr. McCoy was born December 7, 1922 in Iredell County and was the son of the late James William McCoy and Carrie Viola Moose McCoy. He attended Iredell County schools and on May 26, 1944, he married Francis Louise...

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