Local obituaries for Statesville, North Carolina

Oct 11, 2015

Leary Irene Anderson Fortner, 78, of Statesville, went to be with her Lord on Sunday, October 11, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born in Wilkes County on April 27, 1937 to the late Lidy and Cynthia Mariah Call Anderson. She was educated in Wilkes County Schools and worked in textiles most of her life. She was one...

Oct 10, 2015

Betty Summers Johnson, 80, of Statesville, died Saturday, October 10, 2015 at her home. Born in Iredell County on March 10, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Julius Vance Summers and Ethel Reavis Summers. Betty was a retired furniture worker and a member of Cleveland Baptist Church. She enjoyed gospel music, playing her harmonica and going out to...

Oct 10, 2015

Mr. Harold Vance Johnson, 80, of Hiddenite, N.C., died Saturday, October 10, 2015 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was born June 27, 1935 in Iredell County and was a son of the late James Edgar Johnson and Eva Menscer Johnson. On June, 30, 1959, he married the former Rachel Dishman, his wife of 56 years, who survives. He was preceded...

Oct 10, 2015

Mr. Lonnie Robert Tucker, 85, of Statesville, died Saturday, October 10, 2015 at Davis Regional Medical Center. Born in Rowan County on March 9, 1930, he was a son of the late Robert Cleo Tucker and Mary Austin Tucker. Mr. Tucker was a member of Western Avenue Baptist Church and was retired from Merchant Metals. He served 20 years in...

Oct 9, 2015

Dwight Marshall Jordan, 94, passed away at his home in Union Grove on Friday, October 09, 2015 following a brief illness. He was born in Iredell County on June 19, 1921 to I. Hubert Jordan and Myrtle Mayberry Jordan. He was married to Hazel Combs Jordan for over 50 years. She preceded him in death in 2000. His pride and...

Oct 9, 2015

John Sherman Smith, 68, of Statesville, passed away, Friday, October 9, 2015 at Wake Forest University Medical Center in Winston-Salem, following injuries related to an accident. Mr. Smith was born July 7, 1947 in Rowan County and was raised by Edward and Frances Bruce in Statesville. He attended Statesville City Schools and was attending Mitchell Community College. He formerly worked...

Oct 5, 2015

Nancy Sharpe McKee, 87 (born Nancy McKee Sharpe), died Monday, October 5, 2015 in Cary, N.C. Born in Iredell County on February 26, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Dr. Frank Louis Sharpe and Mary Ellen Privette Sharpe. Nancy was preceded in death by siblings: Mary Frank Sharpe Morrison, Sara Elizabeth Sharpe, Fannie McKee Sharpe (B.C. Hinshaw), and...

Oct 5, 2015

Glenda McNeese Jenkins, 69, of Statesville, passed away Monday, October 5, 2015 at Brookdale Clairbridge at Peachtree. She was born in Macon, Georgia on December 21, 1945 to the late William Lee McNeese and Bernice Jenkins McNeese McNown, who survives. Mrs. Jenkins attended Statesville Sr. High School and graduated from Cool Springs High School in 1964. On August 19, 1967,...

Oct 3, 2015

Mr. Harry Joseph Bevington, 71, of Statesville, passed away peacefully, Saturday, October 3, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Bevington was born May 12, 1944 in Beaver, PA and was the son of the late Samuel Earl Bevington, Sr. and Edna Ruth Tice Bevington. He was a graduate of Beaver Area High School in 1963 and served in the US Army...

Oct 2, 2015

Leyna Yang, 23, of Stony Point, died Friday, October 2, 2015 in an automobile accident. Born in Sacramento, California on December 8, 1991, she was a daughter of Bee Yang and Xong Yang, both of whom survive. Also surviving is her husband, Eric Kou Vang, two daughters, Evelyn K. Vang and Olivia D. Vang, a son, Liam P. Vang and...

Oct 2, 2015

Mr. Nelson Gene Reavis, 71, of Harmony, died Friday, October 2, 2015 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born in Rowan County on June 13, 1944, he was a son of the late Nelson Carlton Reavis and Ruth Renegar Reavis. He was a retired truck driver and enjoyed hunting and spending time with his grandchildren and particularly special granddaughters, Sofia Revollar and...

Oct 2, 2015

Katherine Louise Daniels Creedmore, 92, of Statesville passed away Friday, October 02, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born in Iredell County on June 29, 1923 to the late Flake C. and Martha Southers Daniels. Mrs. Creedmore attended Central School and on May 30, 1942 married M. B. Creedmore, Jr. who preceded her in death on December 3,...

Oct 2, 2015

Mrs. Virginia Pearl Newman Whitley, 93, of Statesville, passed away Friday, October 2, 2015 at Statesville Place. Mrs. Whitley was born February 27, 1922 in Statesville, NC and was the daughter of the late Clyde R. Newman and Lela McGee Newman. She attended Statesville City Schools and was married to the late Matthew Lee Whitley. She was a member of...

Oct 2, 2015

Olus Jethro Burrell, 73, of Statesville, passed away after a brief illness, Friday, October 2, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born June 25, 1942 in Lincoln County to the late Julius Jethro and Ethel Burnette Burrell. He was a retired truck driver, having been in the profession for over 32 years and was of the Baptist Faith....

Oct 1, 2015

Juanita Williams Redmond, 94, of Union Grove, went home to be with the Lord, Thursday, Oct 1, 2015 at the home of her daughter. She was born In Iredell County on October 12, 1920 to the late Mack Bernie Williams and Zula Lenora Johnson Williams. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 40...

Sep 28, 2015

Mrs. Rachel Jurney Noblitt, 78, of Statesville, died Monday, September 28, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Iredell County on December 27, 1936, she was a daughter of the late Archibald Campbell Jurney and Rose Long Jurney. Rachel grew up in the Snow Creek Community of Northern Iredell County, N.C. and graduated from Central High School. She loved...

Sep 26, 2015

Mr. Dewey Lee Odom, 75, of Stony Point, died Saturday, September 26, 2015 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice House. Born in Bladen County, N.C. on July 15, 1940, he was a son of the late Roger Odom and Emma Dell Kinlaw. Dewey worked for 53 years for Thorlo and served in the Army National Guard. He enjoyed target shooting,...

Sep 25, 2015

Mr. Buddy Joe Sigmon, 85, of Statesville, passed away Friday, September 25, 2015, at Maple Leaf Health Care in Statesville. He was born in Catawba County on September 20, 1930, and was the son of the late Connelly James Sigmon and Nellie Sigmon Sigmon. He was a graduate of Claremont High School Class of 1948 and The Coyner Electrical School....

Sep 25, 2015

Sep 24, 2015

Joseph Patrick (Joey) Clendenin, 45, of Statesville, died Thursday, September 24, 2015 in an automobile accident. Born in Iredell County on August 13, 1970, he was a son of the late Tommy Woodfin and Brenda Little Woodfin who survives. Joey was a member of Monticello United Methodist Church and was a barber. He was a graduate of West Iredell High...