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Local obituaries for Statesville, North Carolina

Marianna Speaks

Marianna Speaks

Dec 10, 2018

Marianna Johnson Speaks, 92, of Statesville, passed away Monday morning, December 10, 2018 at her home. Heaven has gained a new Saint. She was a loving and caring wife, mother, and grandmother and devoted her life to caring for others. Mrs. Speaks was born October 3, 1926 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Henry Pinkney Johnson...

Lillian Mae Mabe

Lillian Mae Mabe

Dec 8, 2018

Mrs. Lillian Mae Campbell Dixon Mabe, 96, of Statesville, died Saturday, December 8, 2018 at Maple Leaf Healthcare. Mrs. Mabe was born in Iredell County on May 1, 1922 and was the daughter of the late Barnett Clyde Campbell and Hallie Mae Lundy Campbell. She attended Iredell County schools. Mrs. Mabe was married to Jim Dixon who preceded her in...

Judy Waddell

Judy Waddell

Dec 5, 2018

Judy Mason Waddell, 76, of Statesville, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at her home. Mrs. Waddell was born in Iredell County on March 5, 1942 and was the daughter of the late Johnnie Franklin Mason and Faye Agnes Gryder Mason. She attended Central School and she was a home-maker. Mrs. Waddell was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Waddell...

Joseph Blair Atwell

Joseph Blair Atwell

Dec 5, 2018

Joseph Blair Atwell, 61, of Harmony, passed away, Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at UNC Chapel Hill Hospital. Mr. Atwell was born June 23, 1957 in Welch, WV and was the son of the late Miles Herbert Atwell and Rosetta Blair Shelton. He attended schools in Bradshaw, WV and was married to Brenda Lea Bailey Atwell. He retired as a coalminer...

Dr. Otway O'Meara Pardee

Dr. Otway O'Meara Pardee

Dec 4, 2018

Dr. Otway O'Meara Pardee, 98, of Statesville passed away Tuesday, December 4th. Dr. Pardee was born June 26, 1920 in Seattle Wash. and was the son of the late Otway Pardee and Mary Gertrude O'Meara Pardee. He was a graduate of University of Washington and earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1948. He served with the...

Elizabeth Fairley Jones

Elizabeth Fairley Jones

Dec 4, 2018

Mrs. Elizabeth Fairley Lucas Jones, 85, of Statesville, passed away, Tuesday, December 4, 2018. Mrs. Jones was born July 14, 1933 in Burgaw, NC and was the daughter of the late David Nicholson Lucas and Margaret MacMillan Lucas. She was a graduate of Queens College in Charlotte and on June 20, 1956, she married the late Avery Sherrill Jones, Sr,...

Charles Wesley Worley, Sr.

Charles Wesley Worley, Sr.

Dec 3, 2018

Charles Wesley Worley, Sr., 95, of Statesville, passed away Monday, December 3, 2018 at Maple Leaf Healthcare Center. He was born in Asheville, NC on September 13, 1923 to the late Carl Bronson Worley and Rena West Worley. Mr. Worley was a graduate of Lee Edwards High School in Asheville and served his country honorably in WWII in the U.S....

Wayne William Henderson

Wayne William Henderson

Dec 1, 2018

Wayne William Henderson, 84, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, December 01, 2018 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born on June 2, 1934 in Iredell County to the late James Clarence and Bertha Johnson Henderson. Wayne attended Statesville Senior High and Mitchell College. He served his country honorably in the U.S. Navy from 1951 until 1955 on the U.S.S....

James Leon Bennett

James Leon Bennett

Dec 1, 2018

James Leon Bennett, 75, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, December 1, 2018 at his residence. He was born in Iredell County on October 9, 1943 to the late Meaver Andrew Bennett and Neva Leola Keever Bennett. James was a graduate of Statesville Senior High School and served his country honorably in the U.S. Army. He married Linda Darlene Cronan Bennett...

Sheldon Jackson Murdock

Sheldon Jackson Murdock

Dec 1, 2018

Sheldon Jackson Murdock, 86, of Troutman, went Home to be with his Lord Saturday, December 1, 2018 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born on February 21, 1932 in Iredell County to the late John Carl Murdock, Sr. and Mamie Odell Wallace Murdock. Mr. Murdock was a graduate of Troutman High School and served his country honorably in the...

Albert Doyle White

Albert Doyle White

Nov 30, 2018

Mr. Albert Doyle White, 91, formerly of Statesville, died November 30, 2018 at the home of his daughter in Vance, S.C. Born in Iredell County on August 15, 1927, he was a son of the late John Albert and Connie Brown White. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Elsie Katherine Pharr White, a...

Mary Ruth Godfrey

Mary Ruth Godfrey

Nov 29, 2018

Mary Ruth Godfrey, 89, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, November 29, 2018 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born in Iredell County on September 10, 1929 to the late Marshall Lee Godfrey and Carrie Belle Hartness Godfrey. Mary Ruth was a graduate of Mitchell College and Meredith College. She was a retired teacher and coach who had spent most...

Rachel Estelle Holland

Rachel Estelle Holland

Nov 28, 2018

Rachel Estelle Haithcox Holland, 81, of Olin, passed away Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at Rosewood Assisted Living. She was born in Iredell County on February 21, 1937 to the late William Hugh and Lulu Bell Haithcox. Mrs. Holland was a graduate of Cool Spring High School and was married on September 22, 1960 to Wayne Holland, who survives. They shared...

Jettie Ann Holland

Jettie Ann Holland

Nov 27, 2018

Jettie Ann Shoemaker Holland, 83, of Statesville, passed away, Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Holland was born February 14, 1935 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Monroe and Cora Lee S. Shoemaker. She attended Iredell County Schools, graduated from Liberty Bible College and was married to the late Newton Gwynn "Bill" Holland,...

William "Bill" Otto Hollingsworth, Jr.

William "Bill" Otto Hollingsworth, Jr.

Nov 27, 2018

Mr. William "Bill" Otto Hollingsworth, Jr., 74, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at his home. Bill was born April 11, 1944 in Charlotte, NC and was the son of the late William Otto Hollingsworth, Sr. and Marie Gwinn Hollingsworth. He graduated from Appalachian State University and on October 29, 1977, he married Susan Bard Hollingsworth, who survives....

Joyce Barker Bell

Joyce Barker Bell

Nov 27, 2018

Joyce Barker Bell, beloved wife, Mother and grandmother, passed away peacefully on November 27, 2018, at the Gordon Hospice House surrounded by her family. Born September 15, 1931, in Statesville, NC, Joyce was the daughter of the late Cecil Carter Barker and Leila Billings Barker. Joyce married the love of her life, LP Bell, Jr., who survives. LP was always...

James Nelson Sloan

James Nelson Sloan

Nov 25, 2018

James Nelson "Jim" Sloan, 79, of Statesville, passed away on Sunday, November 25, 2018 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mr. Sloan was born in Iredell County on November 8, 1939 and was the son of the late Ernest Neal Sloan, Sr and Ena Pearl Goodin Sloan. He was a graduate of Central School. Mr. Sloan served his country proudly in the...

Linda Key

Linda Key

Nov 24, 2018

Linda Dixon Key, 77, of Statesville, passed away, Saturday, November 24, 2018 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Key was born September 3, 1941 in Iredell County and was the daughter of Lillian Campbell Dixon Mabe and the late James A. Dixon. She was a graduate of Statesville Senior High and on May 10, 1971, she married the late Lawrence...

Landon Adam Warren

Landon Adam Warren

Nov 23, 2018

Mr. Landon Adam Warren, 82, of Statesville, passed away Friday, November 23, 2018 at his home. Mr. Warren was born August 27, 1936 in Alexander County and was the son of the late Crowson and Omie Gant Warren. He was the second child of five children and attended Celeste Henkel School. On May 9, 1958, he married Phyllis Ann Gryder...

Florence "Lib" Elizabeth Patterson

Florence "Lib" Elizabeth Patterson

Nov 23, 2018

Florence Elizabeth "Lib" (Baggarley) Patterson, 89, of Statesville peacefully went to be with the Lord Friday, November 23, 2018. She was born October 31, 1929 to the late Charles and Elva (Daniels) Baggarley. She was a devoted wife for 69 years to Frank W. Patterson who survives her, a loving mother and homemaker of six children, a lifetime member of...

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