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Local obituaries for Statesville, North Carolina

Wade Allen Church

Wade Allen Church

Feb 15, 2017

Wade Allen Church, 69, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2017, at his home. Mr. Church was born in Iredell County on May 17, 1947, and was the son of the late Robert "Doc" Clay Church and Edra Mae Padgette Church. He attended Iredell County schools and on February 22, 1969, he married Joyce Queen Church and together they...

Charlie Clayton Upright, Jr.

Charlie Clayton Upright, Jr.

Feb 15, 2017

Charlie Clayton Upright, Jr., 53, of Statesville, passed away, Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Clayton was born October 12, 1963 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Charlie Clayton Upright, Sr. and Phyllis S. Upright, who survives. He was a graduate of Iredell County schools and was disability retired. In addition to his mother,...

Richard Phillip Haliburton

Richard Phillip Haliburton

Feb 15, 2017

Richard Phillip Haliburton went home to our Lord and Savior on the morning of Wednesday, February 15th 2017 in the Sticht Center at Wake Forest Medical Center in Winston Salem, N.C. He had been in the hospital a short while recovering from an illness. Born May 2, 1947 in Burke County to Hilda (Lail) Halliburton Cranford and William Philip Halliburton,...

Kenneth "Tootsie" Ray Davidson

Kenneth "Tootsie" Ray Davidson

Feb 13, 2017

Kenneth Ray "Tootsie" Davidson, age 93, was reunited with his mom and family in heaven on Monday, February 13, 2017. He grew up in his overalls on a farm in Olin, NC with his mom, dad, sister, and brothers. Even though he had polio as a child, which left him with physical and mental challenges, Tootsie was always a sweet...

Laurie Anne Clemens

Laurie Anne Clemens

Feb 11, 2017

Laurie Anne Root Clemens, 69, of Statesville, passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2017, at the Brian Center in Statesville. Mrs. Clemens was born in Niagara County, NY on May 12, 1947, and was the daughter of the late Bette Root. She was a graduate of John Marshall High School in Rochester, NY and she was a self-employed horse trainer....

Richard Lee Mclain

Richard Lee Mclain

Feb 11, 2017

Mr. Richard Lee McLain, 67, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, February 11, 2017, at his home. Mr. McLain was born March 1, 1949, in Watseka, IL and was the son of the late Jasper McLain and Lula Mae Wieringa McLain. He graduated from Watseka High School and Illinois State University where he received his degree in Computer Science....

Betty Crawford

Betty Crawford

Feb 10, 2017

Betty Drye Crawford, 72, of Statesville, passed away, Friday, February 10, 2017 at Sherrills Ford Hospice House. Mrs. Crawford was born March 11, 1944 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Joseph Albert Drye and Ethel Lucille White Drye. She was a graduate of Iredell County schools and was retired from Orbit Furniture. She is survived by...

Ruby Lee Hoke

Ruby Lee Hoke

Feb 6, 2017

Mrs. Ruby Lee Burrell Hoke, 83, of Statesville, entered the Gates of Heaven on Monday, February 6, 2017. Mrs. Hoke was born in Iredell County on July 20, 1933, and was the daughter of the late Julius J. Burrell and Ethel E. Burnett Burrell. She was a graduate of Balls Creek High School. She married Thomas "Tom" Edward Hoke and...

Mary Lois Johnson

Mary Lois Johnson

Feb 4, 2017

Mrs. Mary Lois Parker Johnson, 90, of Statesville, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 4, 2017 surrounded by her family. She is now in the arms of her loving Savior after months of declining health. Mrs. Johnson was born in Forsyth County on October 15, 1926 to William Vance Parker, Sr. and Mary...

Thomas Dewey Waugh

Thomas Dewey Waugh

Feb 4, 2017

Mr. Thomas Dewey Waugh, 68, of Troutman, died Friday, February 3, 2017 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born in Iredell County on September 18, 1948, he was a son of the late Dewey M. Waugh and Ellen Poole Waugh. On August 5, 1972 he married the former Vickie L. Reinhardt who died June 18,2016. Mr. Waugh was a disability retired brick...

Eric Douglas Melton

Eric Douglas Melton

Feb 4, 2017

Eric Douglas Melton, 73, of Statesville, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, February 4, 2017 from his home. He was born on February 23, 1943 in Gaston County to the late William Melton and Pearl Whitman Pope. Also preceding him in death was his step-father, Lyle Pope and a brother, Terry Melton. Eric attended Iredell-Statesville Schools. He...

Addie Mae Taylor

Addie Mae Taylor

Feb 2, 2017

Mrs. Addie Mae White Taylor, 81, of Statesville, died Thursday, February 2, 2017 at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte. Born in Marlboro County, S.C. on September 3, 1935, she was a daughter of the late H. L. White and Ethel Emma Elizabeth Richardson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Homer, Carson and H.L. White,...

Elizabeth Freeze

Elizabeth Freeze

Feb 1, 2017

Frances Elizabeth Winters Freeze, 94, of Statesville, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 1, 2017, in the home where she was born. She was the youngest of eight children. Mrs. Freeze was born March 22, 1922, to the late James Franklin Winters and Rosa McRee Winters. From a young age, she worked on the family farm and continued throughout her...

Martha Jane Shew

Martha Jane Shew

Jan 29, 2017

Mrs. Martha Jane Moose Shew, 73, of Statesville, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, passed away Sunday, January 29, 2017 after months of declining health. Mrs. Shew was born in Iredell County on October 24, 1943 and was a daughter of the late Everett William Moose and Irene Messick Moose. She attended Celeste Henkel School and early in her...

James Henry Gatton

James Henry Gatton

Jan 29, 2017

Mr. James Henry Gatton, 72, of Olin, died Sunday, January 29, 2017 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born in Iredell County on April 22, 1944, he was a son of the late Henry Rete Gatton, Jr. and Frances Fox Gatton. He was preceded in death by a brother, Joe Gatton and two great grandchildren in addition to his parents. Mr. Gatton...

Judy Ann Culler

Judy Ann Culler

Jan 28, 2017

Judy Ann Hollar Culler, 67, of Harmony, passed away Saturday, January 28, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Hospital. She was born on August 14, 1949 in Yadkin County to the late Roy and Ester Fay Mayberry Hollar. Judy was a graduate of North Iredell High School and was married to Bobby Lee Culler, who survives. She was a member of Light...

Janath Mae Sigmon

Janath Mae Sigmon

Jan 27, 2017

Mrs. Janath Feimster Sigmon, 77, of Statesville, passed away on Friday, January 27, 2017, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Sigmon was born in Iredell County on January 31, 1939, and was the daughter of the late James Clyde and Sally Holland Feimster. She was a graduate of Harmony High School and on May 11, 1962, she married Fred Sigmon and...

Mary Lenora Brown

Mary Lenora Brown

Jan 27, 2017

Mrs. Mary Lenora Beaver Brown, 92, of Statesville, passed away peacefully at home on Friday evening, January 27, 2017 surrounded by her loving family members. Mrs. Brown was born March 6, 1924 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Moses Arthur Beaver and Rena Drye Beaver. She was a graduate of Troutman High School in 1941 and...

Clay Evans Kilpatrick

Clay Evans Kilpatrick

Jan 26, 2017

Mr. Clay Evans Kilpatrick, 88, of Statesville, died Thursday, January 26, 2017 at Mapleleaf Health Care Center. Born in Iredell County on December 6, 1928, he was a son of the Walter Kilpatrick and Jeannett Bowers. He was a member of 7th St. Baptist Church and was a retired furniture worker. He was preceded in death by siblings: John Eugene,...

Aline Bruce

Aline Bruce

Jan 25, 2017

Aline Mayberry Bruce, 80, of Statesville, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Wednesday, January 25, 2017, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Bruce was born in Iredell County on April 15, 1936, and was the daughter of the late Ikard and Retta Campbell Mayberry. In 1953 she married W.B. Bruce, who preceded her in death on...

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