Obituaries
Perry Steve Miller
Dec 5, 2020
Perry Steve Miller, 73 of Statesville, died Saturday, December 5, 2020 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was born in Ashe County on September 25, 1947 to Ralph Miller and the late Ruby Miller. Perry attended Bright Light Baptist Church. He enjoyed gardening and going to the beach to fish. Perry was a hard worker and was the owner and operator...
Frederick McCaskill Scarboro
Dec 4, 2020
Frederick McCaskill Scarboro, 93, of Statesville, died on December 4, 2020, at home with his niece, Cheryl and her husband, Bill, by his side. Fred was born in Montgomery County, N.C. on July 30, 1927 to Floyd Spencer Scarboro and Ella Rae McCaskill. He was one of twelve children. Having spent his childhood in corn and tobacco fields, Fred had...
Mrs. Mavis Surface Calabrese
Dec 3, 2020
Mavis Surface Calabrese passed away Thursday, December 3, 2020 after a brief illness. Mavis was born December 5, 1934 in Monroe County, WV to the late P.H. and Daisy Wickline Surface. She attended and graduated from Monroe County Schools and Concord College in Athens, West Virginia, where she met her future husband James D. Calabrese. They wed on June11,1955 and...
Lonnie Carroll Harmon
Dec 2, 2020
Lonnie Carroll Harmon, age 84, of Statesville passed away peacefully December 2, 2020 at Gordon Hospice House. He was born January 8, 1936 in Statesville, North Carolina the son of the late Lonnie Benjamin Harmon and Louise Collins Harmon. He is preceded in death by his brother, Jerry Harmon. He proudly served his country in the United States Navy. Lonnie...
Norma Jean Hellard
Dec 2, 2020
Norma Jean Lee Hellard, 85, of Statesville, died Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born in Hunt County, Texas on December 20, 1934 to the late Noel Newton Lee and Ila Evylena Thomas Lee. Norma was a retired schoolteacher and was one of the first teachers at Statesville Christian School. She was a member of...
Nancy Virginia Neary
Dec 1, 2020
Nancy Virginia Bagala Neary, of Statesville NC slipped away in her sleep on December 1, 2020. The sole remaining child of Italian immigrants Antionette and Salvatore Bagala, Nancy was the beloved wife of the late Willard Neary. Bornin Perth Amboy, NJ, Nancy spent her life in Fords, NJ. There she and her husband raised two sons, Richard and Ronald. She...
Melinda Elizabeth Leonard
Dec 1, 2020
Melinda Elizabeth Goodson Leonard, 62, of Thomasville, NC passed away December 1, 2020 at Hospice of Davidson County. Mindy was employed by Energy United as a dispatch supervisor and was known as a workaholic and being sweet and kind to everyone who knows her. In her spare time she enjoyed being outdoors, especially spending time with her family at the...
Mr. Herman Mayberry
Dec 1, 2020
Richard Herman Mayberry, 88, known as Herman, of Mooresville, NC passed away at home on Tuesday, December 1, 2020. He was born in Statesville, NC on January 31, 1932, the son of the late Robert Cleve and Mary Barker Mayberry. He is also preceded in death by his brother Grady Mayberry and sister Mozelle Mayberry. Herman worked for 40 years...
Palmer John Edwards
Dec 1, 2020
Palmer John Edwards, age 91, of Statesville passed away December 1, 2020 in Amelia, Virginia. He was born December 23, 1928 in Canton, Ohio the son of the late Palmer J. Edwards Sr. and Mary Rhean Edwards. He is preceded in death by his beloved wife of 71 years whom he married in 1949, Doris Edwards who passed in October...
Paul James Matlock
Dec 1, 2020
Paul James Matlock died on December 1, 2020 at Autumn Care of Statesville from complications from COVID-19. Paul was born on September 10, 1929 in Alexander County and was the son of the late Bannie Matlock and Marie Bowles Matlock. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Katrina Murph Matlock on September 29, 2013 and his brother, Clyde...
Robert Kenneth Benzinger
Nov 29, 2020
Robert Kenneth Benzinger, 80 years old, passed away peacefully in his sleep on September 29, 2020 at the Autumn Care Nursing Facility in Statesville, North Carolina. He leaves behind his wife of 58 years, Celia Ann (Clauson) Benzinger; his daughter, Lori Jones (Jack Jones); his son, Ronald Benzinger (Nereida Benzinger); two grandchildren, Tyler Buckley (Ellen Buckley) and Emily Buckley; two...
Lisa Dawn Kennedy
Nov 28, 2020
Our beloved Lisa Dawn Lakey Kennedy went home to be with our Heavenly Creator Saturday, November 28, 2020 at approximately 12:50 p.m. She was surrounded by her closest friends and sisters in Christ with gospel music while her sister Davana Moore sang 10,000 Reasons as she drew her last breath. Along with Davana, Lisas other sisters in Christ; Cami Carter,...
Mrs. Dorothy "Dot" Marlowe Reep
Nov 26, 2020
Mrs. Dorothy Marlowe Reep, C.P.A., 85, died November 26, 2020 at her home. Born in Iredell County on November 12, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Johnnie Franklin and Vecie Alme Benge Marlowe. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Hassill William Reep, a son, Dean Alan Reep, and a brother, Yates...
Barbara Ann Dagenhardt Jones
Nov 26, 2020
Barbara Ann Dagenhardt Jones, age 87, of Statesville passed away November 26, 2020 at Gordon Hospice House. She was born October 10, 1933 in Statesville, North Carolina the daughter of the late Foy R. Dagenhardt and Edna Shaver Dagenhardt Cox. She is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 68 years, Philmon E. Jones Sr. and sister, Joreen Neumann....
Clyde James Wolfe
Nov 25, 2020
Clyde James Wolfe, age 79, of Sherrills Ford passed away November 25, 2020 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was born July 6, 1941 in Smithfield, Pennsylvania the son of the late Clyde James Wolfe Sr. and Helen Mae Kingan Wolfe. He is also preceded in death by his brother, Jerry Lee Wolfe. Clyde was an avid outdoorsman who loved to...
Jerry Roscoe Williams
Nov 25, 2020
Mr. Jerry Roscoe Williams, 79, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at his home. Jerry was born in Iredell County on August 25, 1941 and was the son of the late Harold Williams and Thelma Hurley Williams. He attended Iredell County Schools and on Jan 12, 1964 he married Mary Evadean Dishman Williams and together they...
Joseph 'Joey' Luther Nance
Nov 25, 2020
Joseph Joey Nance, 61 of Thomasville, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2020. Joey was born in Newport News, Virginia to J. B. Nance and Ruth Gordon on September 14, 1959. He attended East Davidson High School. Joey enjoyed life and loved to walk everywhere he went. His favorite time was time spent with family and eating. In addition to his...
Barbara Marie Berkey Graham
Nov 25, 2020
Barbara Marie Berkey Graham, joyful and loving wife, mother and grandmother (affectionately known as “Boombah” to her beloved grandchildren) entered Heaven’s gates on November 25, 2020, after living a life of faith and grace for 96 years. Born on March 26, 1924, in Chicago to Elizabeth E. (McCann) and Kenneth W. Berkey, Barbara grew up in Jamestown, New York, and...
Wanda Jo Everhart
Nov 24, 2020
LEXINGTON-Mrs. Wanda Jo Simpson Everhart, 72, of Lexington, NC passed away November 24, 2020 at Abbotts Creek Center in Lexington. The daughter of the late William Jesse and Gladys Fields Simpson, Mrs. Everhart was known for her love to talk with her family and friends over the phone, contacting them sometimes multiple times per day. In addition to her parents,...
Mr. Michael Lawrence Coltham
Nov 24, 2020
Mr. Michael Lawrence Coltham, 84, of Statesville, died Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in London, England on April 2, 1936, he was a son of the late Charles Coltham and Florence Covington Coltham. He served in the British R.A.F. and trained in England for nursing and became an R.N. He and his wife spent time...
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