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Local obituaries for Statesville, North Carolina
Glenn Martin Kurfees
Jul 25, 2015
Mr. Glenn Martin Kurfees, 87, of Statesville, passed away, Saturday, July 25, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Kurfees was born December 25, 1927 in Rowan County and was the son of the late Sanford "C.S." Kurfees and Edna Williams Kurfees. He attended Rowan County schools and was married to Lora Belle Rash Kurfees, who survives of the home....
John Tom Tom) Cartner
Jul 24, 2015
John Thomas "John Tom" Cartner, 48, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, July 24, 2015, at his residence. Mr. Cartner was born in Iredell County on June 23, 1967, and was the son of John Lee Cartner and the late Penny Cartner. He was a graduate of West Iredell High School and was disability retired. He had the biggest...
Benny Alexander
Jul 22, 2015
Mr. Benny Alexander, 86, of Statesville, died Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Brooke County, West Virginia on December 2, 1928, he was a son of the late Andriano D'Alessandro and Julia Drusez. He is the last surviving member of his family having been preceded in death by brothers: Augusto and Felix Alexander and sisters:...
Geneva Louise Bunton
Jul 22, 2015
Geneva Louise Jolly Bunton, 87, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2015, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Bunton was born September 24, 1927, in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Stamey and Katy Carson Jolly. She attended Central School and on May 10, 1947, she married Joseph Frank Bunton, who preceded her in death on October...
Mary Elizabeth Myers
Jul 22, 2015
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Moorefield Myers, 90, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Myers was born March 30, 1925 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Robert Columbus Moorefield and Callie Moorefield. She attended Harmony Schools and was married to the late Henry Richard Myers, who passed away December 26,...
Marilyn Ann Wheeler
Jul 21, 2015
Mrs. Marilyn Ann Palatto Wheeler, 67, of Statesville, passed away, Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Wheeler was born September 20, 1947 in White Plains, NY to the late John Palatto and Martha Dolin Palatto. She was a graduate of Acadia College and was married to the late Patrick Jon Wheeler, who passed away on February 19, 2014....
Carl Junior Nance
Jul 20, 2015
Carl Junior Nance, 82, of Statesville, passed away Monday, July 20, 2015 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was born in Iredell County on March 1, 1933 to the late Flake Lee and Ethel Wyatt Nance. Mr. Nance attended Cool Springs School and on September 12, 1953, he married the love of his life, Omie Mae Anderson Nance, and they shared...
Ruth Little Lentz
Jul 18, 2015
Mrs. Ruth Little Lentz, 93, of Statesville went to be with her heavenly Father on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at her home. She was born January 20, 1922 in Alexander County to the late Charlie O. Little and Bessie Warren Little. Ruth was a homemaker and worked with her husband on their poultry farm. She was a loving wife, mother,...
James Quince Martin
Jul 17, 2015
Mr. James (Jim) Quince Martin, 73, of Statesville, passed away on Friday, July 17, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. He had been in declining health for several years. Jim was born Wednesday, May 13, 1942 in Iredell County to the late Odell and Dorothy Church Martin. He graduated from Harmony High School in 1960. He furthered his education by...
Sybil Mae Trivette
Jul 16, 2015
Sybil Mae Welborn Holder Trivette, 73, of Union Grove, passed away Thursday, July 16, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House following an extended illness. She was born on July 8, 1942 in Iredell County to the late Lawrence Welborn and Ruby Rail Dishman Welborn. Sybil attended Smith Chapel Church and was retired from Bernhardt Furniture Company. She enjoyed playing bingo,...
Beatrice Summers Johnson
Jul 16, 2015
Mrs. Beatrice Summers Johnson, 79, of Statesville, died Thursday, July 16, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Iredell County on October 31, 1935, she was a daughter of the late George Summers and Alice Beckham Summers. She was preceded in death by her husband, Mr. William Ray Johnson. She was a member of Mountain Road Baptist Church and...
Rachel Lee Harrison
Jul 14, 2015
Mrs. Rachel Lee Josey Harrison, 92, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Harrison was born in Iredell County on August 16, 1922, and was the daughter of the late Coite Lee and Lillie Mae Gryder Josey. She attended Statesville city schools and was married to Hal Worth Harrison, who preceded her in...
Lois Beck Beck
Jul 12, 2015
Mrs. Lois B. Beck, 88, of Statesville, died Sunday, July 12, 2015, at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Burke County on April 25, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Dwight Christopher Beck and Velsie Louise Morrison Beck Sheppard. She was also preceded in death by her step father, Mr. Grady Francis Sheppard. Lois was also preceded in...
Rev. Charles Wayne Gillespie
Jul 12, 2015
Rev. Charles Wayne Gillespie, 82, son of the late Rev. Joe and Rebecca Gillespie, of Abbs Valley, VA. went home be with his Lord on Sunday, July 12, 2015 surrounded by his family. He was born in Chatham Hill, VA. and was a Pocahontas High School graduate. He obtained degrees in Accounting and in Business Administration. He was a retired...
Virginia Lee Parks
Jul 8, 2015
After struggling for 3 years with Cortical Basal Gangliatic Degeneration, God welcomed Virginia Lee Davidson Parks home. She passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2015 surrounded by her family, listening to her favorite Christian traditional hymns. Virginia was born November 16, 1939 to Dura Mowbray Davidson and Teddy Davidson. She grew up on a farm in Olin, NC. She never missed...
Leo G Alvey, Jr.
Jul 8, 2015
Mr. Leo Alvey, Jr., 91, of Statesville, died Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at his home. Born in Cannelton, Indiana on March 8, 1924, he was a son of the late Leo Alvey, Sr. and Edith Glenn Alvey. He was a member of St. Philip The Apostle Catholic Church and was retired from Broyhill Furniture Mfg. in Newton. He was a...
Hilda Pauline James
Jul 7, 2015
Hilda Pauline James, 92, died Tuesday, July 07, 2015, at Gordon Hospice House due to complications from congestive heart failure. Miss James, a longtime Statesville resident and retired educator, was born April 23, 1923, in Fines Creek, Haywood County as the fourth of seven children to the late Norman Crawford James Sr. and late Nellie Bly Green James. The centers...
William"Bill" Kenneth Taylor
Jul 6, 2015
William (Bill) Kenneth Taylor, 80, of Statesville, passed away peacefully Monday, July 6, 2015, at the Gordon Hospice House joining his beloved son Russell together in their eternal home. He was born in Iredell County on January 29, 1935 to the late Frank and Minnie Warren Taylor Clendenin. Bill was a graduate of Cool Spring High School and served his...
Rosalie Mccreary
Jul 6, 2015
Mrs. Rosalie Barkley McCreary, 94, of Statesville, passed away, Monday, July 6, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. McCreary was born January 23, 1921 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Hugh Alexander Barkley and Ruby Munday Barkley. She attended Iredell County schools and on May 24, 1952, she was married to the late Luther Lee...
Dorothy Bass Carson
Jul 2, 2015
Dorothy Bass Carson, 87, of Statesville, died Thursday, July 2, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Iredell County on April 12, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Fletcher Bass and Lillian Chambers Bass. She was a member of Bethany Presbyterian Church and formerly was a hospital volunteer at Iredell Memorial and Davis Hospitals. She was preceded...
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