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Local obituaries for Statesville, North Carolina

Donald "Donnie" Parks Wilcox

Donald "Donnie" Parks Wilcox

Aug 27, 2016

Donald "Donnie" Parks Wilcox, 72, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, August 27, 2016 at his residence. He was born in Iredell county to the late Charles M. Wilcox and Daisy Elliott Wilcox. Donnie was a graduate of Scotts High School and was married to Doris James Wilcox on October 7, 1965. They shared over 50 years of marriage before his...

David Ray Privette

David Ray Privette

Aug 25, 2016

David Ray Privette, 62, of Cleveland, died unexpectedly at his home on Thursday, August 25, 2016. Mr. Privette was born in Iredell County on January 28, 1954, and was the son of the late Hubert and Anna Ruth Powlas Privette. He attended North Iredell High School and was married to Rhonda Hinson Privette, who survives. Mr. Privette was employed with...

Ethel Mae Kirkland

Ethel Mae Kirkland

Aug 20, 2016

Mrs. Ethel Mae Barker Kirkland, 78, of Cleveland, died Saturday, August 20, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born August 24, 1937 in Iredell County, she was a daughter of the late Don Preston Barker and Beulah Mae Souther Barker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Virgil Kirkland whom she married on May 24, 1969, and a...

Dorothy Gantt Smith

Dorothy Gantt Smith

Aug 20, 2016

Mrs. Dorothy Gantt Smith, 98, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, August 20, 2016 a Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born in Iredell County on August 14, 1918, she was a daughter of the late George Blake Gantt and Maude Herman Gantt. She was a graduate of Celeste Henkel High School and H. F. Long Hospital School Of Nursing. A registered Nurse all...

Bobby Ray Hedrick

Bobby Ray Hedrick

Aug 19, 2016

Mr. Bob Ray (Bobby) Hedrick, 84, of Statesville, died Friday, August 19, 2016 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born in Iredell County on January 16, 1932, he was a son of the late Calvin Brown Hedrick and Nell Setzer Hedrick. Bob graduated from Statesville Senior High School, Mitchell Community College and N.C. State University. He was an Architect with J.N. Pease...

Betty Jean Threatte

Betty Jean Threatte

Aug 18, 2016

Mrs. Betty Jean Rumple Threatte, 88, of Statesville, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Thursday, August 18, 2016, at her home. Born in Iredell County on May 29, 1928, Betty was the daughter of the late Jack Rumple and Annie Mae Lindley Rumple. She attended Iredell County schools and on February 25, 1946, she...

Willie Ruth Ledbetter

Willie Ruth Ledbetter

Aug 18, 2016

Mrs. Willie Ruth Hatley Ledbetter, 91, of Statesville, died Thursday at Autumn Care Of Statesville. Born in Cleveland County on December 24, 1924, she was a daughter of the late William Travis Hatley and Nancy Edna Alice Clemmer Hatley. Willie was an active member of Mt. Hermon Lutheran Church and loved singing, reading and cooking. She was a high school...

Kalman S. Gordon

Kalman S. Gordon

Aug 18, 2016

Mr. Kalman S. Gordon, 79, of Statesville, passed away peacefully at Gordon Hospice House, surrounded by family, on Thursday, August 18, 2016. Kalman was born July 6, 1937 in Statesville, N.C. and was the son of the late Charlotte and Louis Gordon. He was a graduate of Statesville High School. He earned a degree in Business Administration from the University...

Mary Mozelle Lambert

Mary Mozelle Lambert

Aug 17, 2016

Mary Mozelle Cavin Lambert, 85, of Statesville, died Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Iredell County on May 21, 1930, she was a daughter of the late R.G.(Glenn) Cavin, Sr. and Leona Wilkinson Cavin. She was preceded in death by her husband, Mr. Albert C. Lambert, a son-in-law, Robert Dalton, Sr., brothers, R.G. Cavin, Jr....

W. "Dick" B. Norris

W. "Dick" B. Norris

Aug 16, 2016

William Baines "Dick" Norris, Jr., 100, of Olin, passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born in Alexander County on March 2, 1916 to the late William Baines Norris and Ada Velie Sloop Norris. Mr. Norris graduated Harmony High School and attended George Washington University. In a family of 10 children, Dick had one...

Anna Lee Harris

Anna Lee Harris

Aug 16, 2016

Anna Lee Rimmer Harris, 89, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born in Iredell County on November 26, 1926 to the late Conner Shuford Rimmer and Cora Sue Lippard. Mrs. Harris was educated in the Statesville City Schools. She was in the furniture industry most of her career retiring from Orbit...

Dennis Gary Morrison

Dennis Gary Morrison

Aug 13, 2016

On Saturday morning, August 13, 2016, Dennis Gary Morrison began eternity with his Lord, joining his mother, father, brother, and brother-in-law. He was born in Iredell County on January 24, 1948 to the late John Henry Ford Morrison, Sr. and Lois Joyner Morrison. Dennis was a graduate of Celeste Henkel High School and attended UNC-Charlotte where he studied art and...

Velma Ruth Tedder

Velma Ruth Tedder

Aug 12, 2016

Velma Ruth Fesperman Tedder, 87, of Statesville, passed away Friday, August 12, 2016 at the Gardens of Statesville. She was born on March 11, 1929 in Rowan County to the late James W. Fesperman, Sr. and Maggie Fautz Fesperman. Mrs. Tedder was educated in the Rowan County Schools System and was married to Garland Aaron Tedder on July 12, 1947....

Jill Shoemaker Mcdaniel

Jill Shoemaker Mcdaniel

Aug 11, 2016

Mrs. Jill Shoemaker McDaniel, 68, of Monroe, N.C., died Thursday, August 11, 2016 at her home. Born in Iredell County on December 7, 1947, she was a daughter of the late Coite Shoemaker and V C Clodfelter Shoemaker. Jill was a homemaker and enjoyed needlework and genealogy. Survivors include her husband, Steven R. McDaniel, a son, Jonathan McDaniel (Tracey) of...

Martha Williams

Martha Williams

Aug 9, 2016

Martha Lippard Williams, 87, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, August 09, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born in Iredell County on June 1, 1929 to the late John Hobbs Lippard and Estelle Robins Lippard. Mrs. Williams attended Troutman City Schools and was married to Clyde M. Williams on June of 1951. They enjoyed over 48 years of...

J. M. Sigmon

J. M. Sigmon

Aug 9, 2016

Mr. J. M. Sigmon, 84, of Statesville, died Tuesday at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Iredell County on May 28, 1932, he was a son of the late John Bell Sigmon and Edna Mae Fox Sigmon Little. J.M. was a retired carpenter and a member of New Bethany Baptist Church. On June 26, 1949, he married the former Dorothy...

Ruby Joines

Ruby Joines

Aug 9, 2016

Mrs. Ruby Hartness Joines, 76, formerly of Statesville, passed away peacefully Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at her home in Greenville, SC. Mrs. Joines was born April 16, 1940 in Rowan County and was the daughter of the late Allie and Lela Tilley Hartness. She attended schools in Alexander County and was married to the late Jimmy Eugene Joines, who died...

Barbara Overbey

Barbara Overbey

Aug 8, 2016

Mrs. Barbara Current Overbey, 86, of Statesville, passed away, August 8, 2016 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Overbey was born September 25, 1929 in Statesville, NC and was the daughter of the late Dr. William Clyde Current and Ruth Wade MacDonald Current. She graduated from Saint Mary's High School in Raleigh and Stratford College in Danville, VA. She was a...

Carol Englebert Wilson

Carol Englebert Wilson

Aug 8, 2016

Carol Englebert Wilson, 73, of Stony Point, died Monday, August 8, 2016 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born in Wilkes County on October 14, 1942, she was a daughter of the late John D. Englebert and Nelia Miller Englebert. She was a member of Calvary Community Church and was a former housekeeping supervisor at Iredell Memorial Hospital. She enjoyed gardening, crafts...

Bruce Carlton Huggins

Bruce Carlton Huggins

Aug 7, 2016

Bruce Carlton Huggins, 63, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, August 7, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born in Gaston County on September 11, 1952 to the late Marvin L. and Pauline Edmonds Huggins. Bruce was disability retired from Estes Motor Lines where he had worked as a dockworker. Prior to that he built and sold classic cars....

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