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Local obituaries for Statesville, North Carolina
Edward Lee Osborne
Jan 25, 2017
Edward Lee Osborne, 69, of Hamptonville, died Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was born March 20, 1947 in Saltville, Virginia to the late Ernest Osborne and Dorothy Wright Osborne. After his graduation from High School he was in the Air Force and the Army Reserve. Mr. Osborne was the store manager for the former Eckerd Drugs,...
John Allen Kennedy, Sr.
Jan 25, 2017
John Allen Kennedy, Sr., 69, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital. He was born on December 3, 1947 in Iredell County to the late Deward Long Kennedy and Willie Mae Lindley Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy attended Iredell County Schools and served his country honorably in Vietnam in the U.S. Army. After his service to...
Annie Mae Peacock
Jan 24, 2017
Annie Mae Keever Peacock, 97, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born on October 27, 1919 in Alexander County to the late J. Gault Keever and Cora Warren Keever. Mrs. Peacock was a graduate of Hiddenite High School and was married to Ernest Zeno Peacock who preceded her in death in...
James Harvey Mchargue
Jan 23, 2017
Mr. James Harvey McHargue, Jr., 69, of Statesville, passed away Monday, January 23, 2017, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mr. McHargue was born in Iredell County on August 13, 1947, and was the son of the late James H. McHargue, Sr. and Sarah Little Robinson. He was a graduate of Iredell County schools and on August 21, 1965, he married...
James Nick Rucker, Sr.
Jan 22, 2017
Mr. James "Nick" Manzo Rucker Sr., 63, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, January 22, 2017 in a car accident in Statesville, NC. Nick was born April 4, 1953 in Statesville, NC to the late Llewellyn Manzo Rucker and Elizabeth Caldwell Rucker. He was a graduate of Statesville Senior High and on June 23, 1972 married Patricia Ann Cowan Rucker, who...
Frances Lankford
Jan 22, 2017
Frances Warren Lankford, 88, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, January 22, 2017, at her home. Mrs. Lankford was born May 31, 1928, in Valdese, NC and was the daughter of the late M.L. and Rachel Perrou Warren. She was a graduate of Valdese High School and Asheville Cosmetology School. She was married September 22, 1946, to John Claude...
Dr. Donna Etheridge
Jan 21, 2017
Dr. Donna Roberson Etheridge, 78, of King, NC and formally of Statesville, passed away Saturday, January 21, 2017, at Forsyth Medical Center. Dr. Etheridge was born in Pound, VA on June 19, 1938 and was the daughter of the late James Shelton and Irene Williams Roberson. Dr. Etheridge was a graduate of Pound, Virginia High School. She then graduated from...
Billie Griffith Yountz
Jan 20, 2017
Mrs. Billie Griffith Yountz, 87, of Statesville, died January 20, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Guilford County on August 23, 1929, she was a daughter of the late C. W. Griffith and Mabel Click Griffith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Mr. Howard Eddie Yountz, Sr. Billie was a member of Oakdale Baptist Church where...
Glenda Marie Merritt
Jan 20, 2017
Glenda Marie Sanders Merritt, 73, of Olin, passed away, Friday, January 20, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. Glenda was born August 16, 1943 in Alabama and was the daughter of the late L.B. Sanders and Astoria Babbs Sanders. She attended schools in Alabama and was married to Donald Bowlin, who survives. She previously worked for Shoney's of Statesville and...
John Charles Clark
Jan 20, 2017
John Charles Clark passed away peacefully January 20th at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born in Statesville on October 30, 1935 to the late Charles Christopher Clark and Effie West Clark. He graduated from Statesville High School, attended The Citadel and graduated from Wake Forest College in 1959. He was a member of Broad Street United Methodist Church and...
Ella Lambert Jarvis
Jan 19, 2017
Ella Lambert Jarvis, 67, of Statesville, died January 19, 2017 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born in Iredell County on November 17, 1949, she was a daughter of the late Lawrence Oscar Lambert and Reba Daniels Lambert. She was at one time a member of 7th St. Baptist Church and was retired from Troutman Chair Company. She was preceded in death...
Jo Anne Rochelle Pardue
Jan 19, 2017
Jo Anne Rochelle Redmond Pardue, 79, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, January 19, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born on August 15, 1937 in Iredell County to the late Blake and Odena Carson Redmond. Mrs. Pardue was a graduate of Statesville Senior High School and was married to Roger Burl Pardue who passed away on January 19,...
Timothy Carter Harris
Jan 19, 2017
Timothy Carter Harris, 71, of Taylorsville, passed away Thursday, January 19, 2017 at his residence. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland on February 25, 1945 to the late Jack Bristol Harris and Lucille Barker Harris. Mr. Harris was a graduate of Statesville Senior High School and was retired from J.C. Penney after 40 years of service to the company. On...
Jean Rutledge Cowles
Jan 19, 2017
Jean Rickert Cowles passed away on January 19, 2017. Born July 12, 1923, Jean was the second child of the late Robert Montgomery and Christine Rutledge Rickert. She graduated from Statesville High School and attended the University of North Carolina Women's College (UNC-G) earning a degree in Sociology. After graduation Jean moved to Washington, D.C. where she worked in Signal...
Wilbur Howard Gaither
Jan 18, 2017
Mr. Wilbur Howard Gaither, 90, of Harmony, passed away, Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Gaither was born December 8, 1926 in Guilford County, NC to the late M.M. Gaither and Ellen Kidd Gaither. He was a graduate of Harmony Schools and on March 27, 1948, was married to Fannie Snow Gaither, who survives. He was...
Agnes Mae "Aggie") Loyd
Jan 18, 2017
Agnes Mae Morrison Loyd (Aggie) 82, of Statesville left her earthly home, Wednesday, January 18, 2017, to be with her Heavenly Father and beloved husband Leroy Loyd of 61 years. Born in Iredell County May 11, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Walker Bradley Morrison and Verda Lee Wooden Morrison. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and...
John Franklin Current
Jan 18, 2017
John Franklin Current, 83, of Chapel Hill, NC and formerly of Statesville, died January 18, 2017 at his home. Born in Iredell County on July 28, 1933, he was the son of the late Luin Robert Current and Cleo Shoemaker Current. He was also preceded in death by brothers, Bill and Rex, and sisters, Margaret Johnson and Helen Green. Mr....
Shelba Jean Wooten
Jan 17, 2017
Shelba Jean Mason Wooten, 79, of Harmony, passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at Brookdale-East Broad. She was born in Alexander County on September 26, 1937 to the late Remus Howard Mason and Maggie Miller Mason. Mrs. Wooten was a graduate of Hiddenite High School and was married in 1960 to Jack Harbin Wooten, who preceded her in death in...
Donna Vestal Knox
Jan 17, 2017
Donna Vestal Knox, 35, of Charlotte, died January 17, 2017. Born in Forsyth County on September 4, 1981, she was a daughter of Richard Vestal and Sheila Moore Vestal both of whom survive and are of Statesville. She held a B.S. in Nursing and was a former news editor for Media General. Survivors in addition to her parents include, her...
Richard Lee Beckett
Jan 16, 2017
Mr. Richard Lee Beckett, 62, of Statesville, passed away Monday, January 16, 2017 at Catawba Valley Medical Center. Mr. Beckett was born March 19, 1954 in Hughes Creek, WV and was the son of the late Shirley Jean Long Barnes. He attended schools in W.V. and was married to Sheila Young Beckett, who survives. He was a self-employed home repair...
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