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Local obituaries for Statesville, North Carolina
Betty Jane Minton
May 18, 2017
Betty Jane Carson Minton, 85, of Statesville, went home to be with her Lord on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Services will be private. Condolences may be sent online to www.nicholsonfunerals.com. Memorials may be given to the Young At Heart Club, C/O Front St. Baptist Church, 1403 W. Front St. Statesville, N.C. 28677. Nicholson Funeral Home is...
Jennie Lee Simpson
May 16, 2017
Jennie Neely Simpson of Fuquay-Varina, died May 16 at Transitions Life Care in Raleigh following a brief illness. Jennie was born April 2, 1929 in Statesville, NC to the late William Lloyd Neely and Pinckney Tomlin Neely. She and twin Jean were the youngest of 10 children. Greatly admired for her gifts in song and dance, Jennie also competed in...
Winston Curtis Barfield
May 14, 2017
Winston Curtis Barfield, 96, of Statesville, passed away May 14, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born Oct. 4, 1920 in Roanoke, Alabama to the late Robert L. and Sally Yarbrough Barfield. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by six sisters and two brothers. Mr. Barfield attended Randolph County Schools in Alabama and on...
Allen Reid Messick
May 13, 2017
Allen Reid Messick, 84, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, May 13, 2017 at his residence. He was born in Iredell County on March 20, 1933 to the late Reid and Johnsie Wiggins Messick. Mr. Messick attended Iredell County Schools and served his country honorably in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was retired from Scioto, Inc. after 35...
Thomas Stanley Winter
May 13, 2017
Thomas Stanley Winter, 56, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, May 13, 2017 at his residence. He was born on February 17, 1961 to the late Damazy and Christine Kala Winter. Tom was a graduate of Sewanhaka Central High School and was employed by the U.S. Postal Service. He had a great love for animals and gardening. He loved to be...
Sue White Moore
May 11, 2017
Sue White Moore, 91, passed away Thursday, May 11, 2017. She was born in Iredell County on February 25, 1926 to the late William Nelson White and Mary King Hill White. Mrs. White was a graduate of Central High School and Mitchell College. On February 26, 1955, she married Joe Leonard Moore who preceded her in death on August 9,...
Jeffrey "Jeff" Morris Mullins
May 9, 2017
Jeffrey Morris Mullins, 61, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, May 9, 2017. He was born in Richlands, VA on October 8, 1955 to Joe and Margaret Worley Mullins. Jeff was a graduate of Marshall University and on December 13, 1975, married Kathy Jefferson Mullins. They shared over 41 years of marriage. He was a member of First Baptist Church. Jeff...
Brent Lundy
May 7, 2017
Wendel Brent Lundy, 60, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, May 7, 2017 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was born in Iredell County on December 2, 1956 to William Albert and Pat Clark Lundy. Brent was a graduate of Statesville Senior High School and was married to Jean Hayes Lundy. He had been a member of Race Street Methodist Church. Brent...
Huey Alton Pope
May 7, 2017
Mr. Huey Alton Pope, 79, of Statesville, died Sunday at his home. Born in Iredell County on March 16, 1938, he was a son of the late Huey Linden Pope and Minnie Drum Pope. On April 12, 1957, he married the former Gaye Ann Hudson who survives. Mr. Pope was a member of New Sterling A.R.P. Church where he served...
Elizabeth "Betty" Stone Hoffman
May 6, 2017
Elizabeth "Betty" Stone Hoffman, 84, of Statesville, North Carolina was called home to the Lord on May 6, 2017. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Betty was born October 18, 1932 in Kansas City, Missouri. She spent much of her early years as a young girl and teenager in Southern California and Connecticut. Her father, Hamilton Stone was...
Lottie Lee Farnsworth
May 5, 2017
Mrs. Lottie Lee Gish Farnsworth, 100, of Statesville and formerly of Jackson, Michigan, died May 5, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was a daughter of the late Robert L. and Artie B. (Webb) Eblen and was born February 26, 1917 in Oscar, Ky. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Herman Gish and second husband, William...
Laura Ann Trivette
May 4, 2017
Mrs. Laura Ann Morrison Trivette, 85, of Statesville, died Thursday, May 4, 2017 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born in Iredell County on November 13, 1931, she was a daughter of the late Blake Lee Morrison, Sr. and Lula Valdora Hux Morrison. She was preceded in death by her husband, Chester Draper Trivette, Jr. Mrs. Trivette was a member of First...
Grady Thomas Drum
May 3, 2017
Grady Thomas Drum, 39, of Statesville, died May 3, 2017 at his home. Born in Iredell County on July 24, 1977, he was a son of James and Margaret Freeland Gover. Grady was self-employed in the recycling business. Other survivors include his 3 children: Makayla Hill, Krisalin Drum and Andrew Drum, a sister, Melinda Wyatt (Gaylen), a brother, Joseph Proffett,...
Leroy Bishop Martin,Lll.
May 3, 2017
Mr. LeRoy Bishop (Roy) Martin, III., 74, of Statesville, died Wednesday at his home. Born in Lumberton, N.C. on February 28, 1943, he was a son of the late LeRoy Bishop Martin, Jr., and Floride Lemmon Martin. On January 18, 1975, he married the former Carol Johnson who survives. Also surviving are two sons, Jonathan Mills Martin (Melissa) of Cornelius...
Janice Grace Eller
May 2, 2017
Mrs. Janice Grace McLelland Eller, 79, of Statesville, was called home to Heaven to be with her Heavenly Father, her wonderful husband, her parents, brothers and sisters who had all gone before her. Mrs. Eller died peacefully at the Gordon Hospice House on May 2, 2017, with her son, Mark, daughter, Lynne and daughter-in-law, Angie by her side, along with...
Bernice Vernon Wood
Apr 30, 2017
Mrs. Bernice Vernon Wood, 88, of Statesville, died Sunday, April 30, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Stokes County on May 17, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Albert C. Vernon and Nina Steele Vernon of Sandy Ridge, N.C. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Bynum M. Wood...
Jacqueline "Jackie" Lenora Gibson
Apr 30, 2017
Jacqueline Lenora Horn Gibson, 79, formerly of Winston-Salem, passed away Sunday, April 30, 2017 at Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach. She was born in Iredell County on November 7, 1937 to the late John W. and Katie Montgomery Horne. Jackie was a graduate of Statesville Sr. High, received her BA from Wake Forest University, and her Master's from...
Bobby Gene Bustle
Apr 30, 2017
Bobby Gene Bustle, 77, of Claremont, NC went to be with the Lord, Sunday, April 30, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House surrounded by his family. Mr. Bustle was born September 24, 1939 to the late Montie Lee Bustle and Lennie Victoria Hartness Bustle. On August 29, 1959, he was married to Mamie (Estelle) Johnson Bustle and was a member...
Margaret Louise Barkley
Apr 29, 2017
Mrs. Margaret Louise Pryor Barkley, 83, of Statesville, died Saturday, April 29, 2017 at Mapleleaf Health Care Center. Born in Iredell County on September 28, 1933, she was a daughter of the late Walter May Pryor and Rubie Wagoner Pryor. She worked at Woolworth and last worked at Intercraft Industries. She was a loving mother and grandmother and an avid...
Betty Joyce Stegall
Apr 29, 2017
Mrs. Betty Joyce Poole Stegall, 89, of Statesville, departed this worldly existence on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at Autumn Care as a result of complications from dementia and Alzheimer's disease. She is now in heaven with her Lord and Savior as well as her loving husband, Sam, Mommienelle, Grandaddy, Aunt Louise, Uncle Jim and many of her friends. Betty was...
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