Obituaries

Wade Watt

Wade Watt

Mar 22, 2011

Mr. Henry Wade Watt, 92, Statesville, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Watt was born Oct. 19, 1918 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Harry Watt and Henrietta Gibson Watt. He attended Scotts High School and served in the U.S. Army during WWII from 1941-1945 and was a staff sergeant...

Elizabeth Childers

Elizabeth Childers

Mar 22, 2011

Elizabeth Davis Childers, 93, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at Autumn Care of Marion, NC. Mrs. Childers was born March 4, 1918 in Pulaski, TN and was the daughter of the late George Butler Davis, Sr. and Thella Whitfield Davis. She was a graduate of Pulaski High School in TN and was married to the late Reece...

Faye Spicer

Faye Spicer

Mar 22, 2011

Faye McCoy Spicer, 77, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Spicer was born January 28, 1934 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Thomas Jackson McCoy and Georgie Cook McCoy. She attended Iredell County Schools and in 1991, she was married Larry D. Spicer, who survives. Mrs. Spicer was...

Florine Jones

Florine Jones

Mar 22, 2011

Mrs. Florine Mildred Fox Jones, 93, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at the Serenity House in Mooresville. Mrs. Jones was born May 7, 1917 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Albertes "A.P." Fox and Jewell Anderson Fox. She was a graduate of Statesville City Schools and on Sept. 1, 1940, she was married...

Lois Moran

Lois Moran

Mar 20, 2011

Mrs. Lois Moreland Moran, 92, of N. Bost St., Statesville, passed away, Sunday, March 20, 2011 at her residence. Mrs. Moran was born June 16, 1918 in Mason County, KY and was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moreland. She attended Mason County, KY schools and was married to the late Virgil Taylor Moran, who passed away...

Jim Moore

Jim Moore

Mar 18, 2011

James Robert Moore, 78, of Statesville, passed away Friday, March 18, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mr. Moore was born May 19, 1932 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Robert Glenn Moore and Grace Bell Moore. He was a graduate of Iredell County Schools, Mitchell College and served in the U.S. Air Force for 4 years....

James Peeler

James Peeler

Mar 18, 2011

Mr. James Augustus Peeler, 99, of Statesville and formerly of Kannapolis, passed away March 15, 2011 at Maple Leaf Health Care in Statesville. He was born Feb. 15, 1912 in China Grove, NC and was the son of the late Harvey J. Peeler and Pattie Kirk Peeler. He was a graduate of A.L. Brown High School and on Sept. 15,...

Jim Sherrill

Jim Sherrill

Mar 17, 2011

James Harlan Sherrill, 87, of Dogwood Rd., Statesville, passed away Thursday, March 17, 2011 at the Plaza at Edgemere in Dallas, TX. Mr. Sherrill was born September 20, 1923 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Harry Sherrill and Carrie Mae Wasson Sherrill. He was a graduate of Statesville High School and attended Catawba College. He was...

Betty Beaver

Betty Beaver

Mar 17, 2011

Betty Webster Beaver, 79, of Statesvile, passed away March 17, 2011 at Davis Regional Medical Center following a period of declining health. Mrs. Beaver was born Jan. 18, 1932 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Marcus Hanner Webster and Mable Fann Webster. She was a graduate of Cool Springs High School and was retired as an...

Grace Johnston

Grace Johnston

Mar 17, 2011

Era Grace Hedrick Johnston, 99, of Statesville, died March 17, 2011, at Blowing Rock Hospital in Blowing Rock, N.C. She was born September 2, 1911 in Alexander County and was the daughter of the late James Clarence Hedrick and Sarah Brady Hedrick. She was a graduate of Alexander School and Davis Hospital School of Nursing. On December 26, 1935, she...

Eugenia Monroe

Eugenia Monroe

Mar 16, 2011

Eugenia D. Monroe, 76, of The Gardens of Statesville, passed away, Wed. March 16, 2011 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Monroe was born August 15, 1934 in Asheville, NC and was the daughter of the late Coy Alvin Davis and Elizabeth Helen Dula Davis. She was a graduate of Appalachian State Teachers College and on December 27, 1956 was...

Shirley Sigmon

Shirley Sigmon

Mar 13, 2011

Shirley Abernathy Sigmon, 72, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, March 13, 2011, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Sigmon was born May 28, 1938 in Catawba County and was the daughter of the late Ivy Franklin and Bertha Hefner Abernathy. She was a graduate of Catawba County schools and on December 16, 1956, she was married to Buddy Joe Sigmon, who...

Louise Plyler

Louise Plyler

Mar 12, 2011

Louise Edwards Plyler, 84, died Saturday, March 12, after a long illness. Daughter, of the late Ross and Lena Murdock Edwards, she was co-owner of Brookdale Florist for 35 years. Survivors include her husband Bob, three sons, Mike, Ted, and David, as well as a bunch of grandchildren and a sprinkling of great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be at 10 AM...

Carolyn Myers

Carolyn Myers

Mar 7, 2011

Carolyn Shook Myers, 71, of Statesville, was lifted home on Monday, March 7, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital, having fought a long courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Iredell County on December 22, 1939 to the late Oscar and Violet Pierce Shook. She was educated in Iredell County Schools and was disability retired from Intercraft Ind. She was...

Lou Jane Carter

Lou Jane Carter

Mar 6, 2011

Lou Jane Hatcher Carter, 75, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, March 6, 2011, at Iredell Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Carter was born August 25, 1935 and was the daughter of the late Claude Alexander Hatcher and Goldie Irene Josey Hatcher. She attended Iredell County Schools and on July 3, 1960, she married Willis Myrlin Carter, who preceded...

Jim Foster

Jim Foster

Mar 6, 2011

James "Jim" Bowie Foster, Jr. , age 86, died March 6, 2011 at Levine & Dickson Hospice House. Born in Statesville, NC , Jim was the son of James and Harriet Foster. A native of Statesville, NC, he resided in Greensboro for 46 years before moving to Aldersgate Retirement Community in Charlotte last year. Jim was a veteran of WWI,...

Shirley Barnes

Shirley Barnes

Mar 5, 2011

Shirley Jean Long Barnes, 75, of Wilkesboro, N.C., passed away Saturday, March 5, 2011. Mrs. Barnes was born December 1, 1935 in Kanaw County, W.Va. and was the daughter of the late Raymond Lawrence Long and Anna Marie Louise Polly Long. She attended Houges Creek School and was of the Baptist Faith. Mrs. Barnes is survived by a son, Richard...

Myrtle Miller

Myrtle Miller

Mar 5, 2011

Mrs. Annie Myrtle Benfield Miller, 101, of Statesville, passed away, Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Miller was born November 18, 1909 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Jacob Henry Benfield and Sally Katherine Pope Benfield. She was a graduate of Sharon School and in 1934 she was married to the late...

Robb Williams

Robb Williams

Mar 4, 2011

Robb Marshall Williams, 37, beloved son of Dan and Susan Williams, died early Friday morning, March 4, 2011, at Gordon Hospice House of metastasized pancreatic cancer. Robb was born in Iredell County on October 9, 1973 and attended Iredell County Schools as a student in the Exceptional Children's Program. He graduated from North Iredell High School in 1992. Robb's great...

Pauline Ballard

Pauline Ballard

Mar 2, 2011

Pauline "Polly" Carter Lowery Ballard, 89, of Clemmons passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at The Elms of Tanglewood. She was born August 28, 1921 in Statesville and was the daughter of the late Randall A. "Jack" and Etta Carter Lowery. She was one of ten children the family raised in Iredell County and was a graduate of Cool Springs...

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