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Danny Robert Toppings

Danny Robert Toppings

Dec 22, 2016

Mr. Danny Robert Toppings, 50, of Troutman, died Thursday, December 22, 2016 at his home unexpectedly. Born in Charleston, W. Va., he was a son of Constance Wheeler Rosetta Toppings and the late Daniel Boone Toppings. On August 7, 2010, he married Paula May Loftis Toppings, who survives. Danny worked for Charah as a heavy equipment operator and was an...

Doris Jean Wilson

Doris Jean Wilson

Dec 22, 2016

Mrs. Doris Jean Jarman Wilson, 74, of Statesville, died Thursday, December 22, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Mt. Olive, N.C. on August 19, 1942, she was a daughter of the late Juanita Jarman Barfield. In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by a son, Todd Wilson. Mrs. Wilson graduated with a B.S. in Elementary...

Bobby Winford Mason

Bobby Winford Mason

Dec 22, 2016

Mr. Bobby Winford Mason, 79, of Statesville, died , December 22, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Iredell County on May 12, 1937, he was a son of the late Bub Wiley Mason and Ida Elizabeth Branton Mason. On November 22, 1986, he married his wife Joyce, who survives. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...

Glenda Lee Waugh

Glenda Lee Waugh

Dec 21, 2016

Glenda Lee Pope Waugh, 72, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2016, at the Gordon Hospice House following a brief illness. Glenda was born in Iredell County on March 27, 1944, and was the daughter of the late Troy Lee Pope and Eleanor Hoover Pope. She was a graduate of Scotts High School. She worked many years for Hines...

Howard Adler

Howard Adler

Dec 19, 2016

Mr. Howard Adler, 99, of Statesville, died Monday, December 19, 2016 . Services celebrating Mr. Adler's life will be conducted today, Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at 2:30 at Congregation Emanuel Temple with burial at Oakwood Cemetery. Arrangements are in the care of Nicholson Funeral Home.

Nancy Comer Mayfield

Nancy Comer Mayfield

Dec 19, 2016

Mrs. Nancy Comer Mayfield,74, of Statesville, died Monday, December 19, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House in Statesville. Born in Yadkin County on August 28, 1942, she was a daughter of the late W.A. Comer and Ruby Chappell Comer. On September 10, 1967, she married Mr. Thomas M. Mayfield, Jr. who died in March of 2002. She was also preceded...

Ross Whitfield Mayes

Ross Whitfield Mayes

Dec 19, 2016

Ross Whitfield Mayes, 90, of the Cool Spring community and last surviving child of the William Claude and Margaret Estelle Cornelius Mayes family, died Monday, December 19, 2016 at Autumn Care of Statesville. Upon Ross's graduation at 17 as valedictorian of the 1943 class of Cool Spring High School, he registered as required and by September was drafted to serve...

William Minford Chatham, Sr.

William Minford Chatham, Sr.

Dec 19, 2016

Mr. William "Bill" Minford Chatham, Sr., 92, of Union Grove, NC, passed away Monday, December 19, 2016, at his home. Mr. Chatham was born in Wilkes County on August 7, 1924, and was the son of the late Peter Chatham and Nancy Johnson Chatham. He attended Wilkes County schools and on May 22, 1943, he married Mae Mahaffey Chatham, who...

Anna Giraldi Pettit

Anna Giraldi Pettit

Dec 17, 2016

Anna Vodopivec Giraldi Pettit, 93, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, December 17, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born in Gorizia, Slovenia on July 27, 1923 to the late Andrea and Frances Paulica Vodopivec. Mrs. Pettit was first married to Eugene Giraldi, who preceded her in death. She later married Bill Pettit, who also preceded her in death....

Noah Lee Gregory

Noah Lee Gregory

Dec 14, 2016

Noah Lee Gregory, 77, of Olin, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born in Wilkes County on March 30, 1939 to the late Floyd and Cora Nell Shatley Gregory. Noah attended Wilkes County Schools and was married to Gloria Lucille Klanke Gregory, who survives. . Noah was a member of West Yadkin Assembly...

Claudia Beaver

Claudia Beaver

Dec 13, 2016

Mrs. Claudia Snow Beaver, 87, of Statesville, passed away on Tuesday, December 13, 2016, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Beaver was born in Iredell County on February 15, 1929, and was the daughter of the late D. Green Snow and Verla Keller Snow. She attended Statesville city schools and was married to Gaither L. Beaver, who preceded her in death....

Mary Lee Grose

Mary Lee Grose

Dec 12, 2016

Mary Lee Lentz Grose passed away at home surrounded by the love of her family on Monday, December 12, 2016. Mary Lee had been in declining health for several months. She was born in Statesville, N.C. on June 16, 1927 to Azor Sloan Lentz and Hattie Milholen Lentz. She attended Olin elementary school and graduated from Harmony High School as...

Aileen Tulbert

Aileen Tulbert

Dec 12, 2016

Aileen Harris Tulbert, 76, of Harmony, passed away Monday, December 12, 2016, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Tulbert was born in Wilkes County on March 26, 1940, and was the daughter of the late Vander and Brady Myers Harris. She attended Wilkes County schools and on May 2, 1971, she married Thomas Tulbert, who died in 2012. Mrs. Tulbert...

Beulah Viola Gettys

Beulah Viola Gettys

Dec 10, 2016

Mrs. Beulah Viola Welborn Gettys, 82, of Statesville, died Saturday, December 10, 2016, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Gettys was born in Iredell County on January 2, 1934, the daughter of the late Parks Welborn and Ida Mae Lloyd Welborn. She attended Scotts School and was married to Billy B. Gettys. Mrs. Gettys was a sewing machine operator and...

Jerry Franklin Prevette

Jerry Franklin Prevette

Dec 10, 2016

Mr. Jerry Franklin Prevette, 81, of Statesville, passed away on Saturday, December 10, 2016, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mr. Prevette was born in Iredell County on August 8, 1935, and was the son of the late Guy W. and Ruth E. Ellis Prevette. He was a graduate of Statesville High School and Rowan Technical Institute. He was a veteran of...

Dwight Everette Harmon

Dwight Everette Harmon

Dec 8, 2016

Dwight Everette Harmon, 93 loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend passed away on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at Gordon Hospice House in Statesville, N.C. He was happily married for 65 years to Texie McLelland Harmon who preceded him in death in 2009. Twins Dwight and Marshall Harmon were born September 25, 1923 to Everette L. and Maude Howard...

Mildred Smith

Mildred Smith

Dec 7, 2016

Mrs. Mildred Watts Smith, 90, of Troutman, passed away, Wednesday, December 07, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Smith was born September 9, 1926 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Roland and Mary Magdalene Rimmer Watts. She was a graduate of Celeste-Henklel Schools and was married to the late Bill Cloaninger Smith, who passed away...

Lois Hutchings

Lois Hutchings

Dec 5, 2016

Mrs. Lois Millsaps Hutchings, 74, of Statesville, went to join the Heavenly Choir, Monday December 5, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Hutchings was born March 12, 1942 in Statesville, NC and was the daughter of the late William Virgil Millsaps and Irene Givens Millsaps. She was a graduate of Central High School and was a member of Rocky Hill Baptist...

Lavina Carol Nelson

Lavina Carol Nelson

Dec 5, 2016

Lavina Carol Nelson, 50, of Mocksville, died unexpectedly on Monday, December 5, 2016, at her home. Carol was born in Alliance, OH, on November 9, 1966, and was the daughter of Margaret Thompson and the late Jerry Nelson. She was a graduate of Oak Hill High School in Oak Hill, WV and attended University of Charleston. She was employed with...

Martha Rachel Dobson

Martha Rachel Dobson

Dec 5, 2016

Martha Rachel Culp Dobson, of Statesville, passed away Monday, December 5, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born November 16, 1920 in Iredell County to the late Rockwell M. Culp, Sr. and Edna Troutman Culp. Mrs. Dobson was a graduate of Mooresville High School and Appalachian State Teacher's College (ASU). She taught home economics, 5th, and 6th grade...

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