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Local obituaries for Statesville, North Carolina
Cynthia Gail Keller
Jun 7, 2015
Cynthia Gail Roten Keller (Gail), 52, of Statesville, died Sunday, June 7, 2015 at Iredell Memorial Hospitial. Born in Iredell County on May 12, 1963, she was a daughter of Joseph D. and Lydia M. Roten who survive and are of Statesville. Gail was a 1981 graduate of West Iredell High School and worked at Thorlo Inc. She was a...
Brenda Pope Cook
Jun 6, 2015
Brenda Pope Cook, 72, of Statesville, died Saturday, June 6, 2015 at her home. Born in Forsyth County on July 29, 1942, she was a daughter of the late Troy Lee Pope and Eleanor Lucille Hoover Pope. On October 5, 1963, she married Mr. Billy Joe Cook who survives. Mrs. Cook graduated from Scotts High School and was a member...
Lewis Paul Tilley
Jun 6, 2015
Mr. Lewis Paul Tilley, 67, of Statesville, died Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born in Iredell County on January 19, 1948, he was a son of the late Pervie Dwight Tilley and Drucilla Lynch Tilley. He was disability retired and enjoyed riding his motorcycle and participating in poker runs to help others. He is survived by a...
Rosario Riera
Jun 5, 2015
Rosario (Charo) Sierra Riera passed away Friday, June 5th at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born March 13, 1930, in Havana, Cuba. She attended the University of Havana before marrying Gustavo E. Riera, on August 11, 1951. In 1960 when Fidel Castro took control of Cuba, she and her husband decided to move to the United States so that...
Mary Frances Logan) Rupard
Jun 4, 2015
Mary Frances Gaither Logan Rupard, 68, of Harmony, passed away Thursday, June 04, 2015 at her residence.
Patsy Harris
Jun 3, 2015
Mrs. Patsy Perry Harris, 69, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, June 03, 2015, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Harris was born in Iredell County on February 7, 1946, and was the daughter of the late Oscar Monroe and Helen Harris Perry. She was a graduate of Celeste Henkel High School and she also attended Mitchell Community College. She was...
Frank Joseph Svoboda
Jun 3, 2015
Mr. Svoboda, 87, passed away at Davis Regional Medical Center on June 3, 2015 from a sudden illness. He was born on December 2, 1927 in Berwyn, IL to the late Frank (Sr.) and Alice Svoboda. Mr. Svoboda graduated from Crane Tech High School in Chicago, IL and Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, IL. He served in the US...
John Steger Hardaway
Jun 3, 2015
John Steger Hardaway, M.D. of Statesville, NC passed away at the Hospice House of Catawba Valley at age 89 on Tuesday, June 3, 2015 after spending the last 5 1/2 years in Hickory, NC living with his son, David's family. Born in Greenwood, SC on January 12, 1926, he was the third son of Rev. Richard E. Hardaway and Louise...
James Bradford Mclelland
Jun 3, 2015
James Bradford (Brad) McLelland, 54, of Statesville, died Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at his home. Born in Iredell County on June 11, 1960, he was a son of James Donald McLelland who survives and the late Dorothy Mae Millsaps McLelland. Brad was retired from Iredell County Solid Waste and graduated from North Iredell High School. On June 30, 1979, he...
Helen Alexander Goforth
May 30, 2015
Helen Alexander Goforth, of Statesville, passed away Saturday morning, May 30, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was 90 years of age and the second oldest in a family of 14 children. Surviving are her husband of 67 years, J.D. Goforth; a daughter, Linda Goforth Thompson of Banner Elk; three grandchildren; and four great grandchildren. Also surviving are sisters,...
Herbert Elmo Roberts
May 29, 2015
Herbert Elmo Roberts, 89, of Statesville, passed away Friday, May 29, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born in Alabama on May 17, 1926 to the late Theophilis Garrett and Cora Lena Beasley Roberts. Mr. Roberts was educated in Alabama and served his country honorably in the U.S. Navy during WWII. On February 12, 1946, he married Anne...
Sandra Kay Gettys
May 28, 2015
Sandra Kay Cooke Gettys, 62, of Statesville, died Thursday, May 28, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Iredell County on October 21, 1952, she was a daughter of the late Walter Cook and Edith Shoemaker Cook. She was retired from Taurus Textiles and enjoyed flower gardening. Survivors include a son, Brandon Gettys of the home, her companion of...
William "Sonny" Garland Shelton
May 28, 2015
William Garland "Sonny" Shelton, 88, of Statesville, passed away, Thursday, May 28, 2015 at Arbor Acres in Winston-Salem, NC. Sonny was born March 11, 1927 in Statesville, NC and was the son of the late Thomas Garland Shelton and Elmina Mills Shelton. He was a graduate of Statesville High School, attended The Citadel before entering the U.S. Navy during World...
Floyd Richard Hartness
May 27, 2015
Mr. Floyd Richard Hartness, 86, of Statesville, passed away, Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mr. Hartness was born July 21, 1928 in Alexander County and was the son of the late Robert "Bob" and Nancy "Chattie" Brinkley Hartness. He attended Alexander County schools and was first married to Louise Pearson Hartness, who passed away in the early...
Joyce Joann Cook
May 27, 2015
Joyce Joann Hartness Cook, 65, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital. She was born in Iredell County on March 3, 1950 to the late Vance and Hazel Pharr Hartness. Mrs. Hartness was educated in Alexander County Schools and was married to Clay Cook, who preceded her in death. She worked for Craftmasters as...
Don Nmn Laws
May 26, 2015
Mr. Don Laws, 82, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at Davis Regional Medical Center. Born in Iredell County on June 11, 1932 he was the son of the late Reed and Octavia Albea Laws. He attended Harmony School and on November 19, 1951 was married to Nancy Johnson Laws, who survives. He worked for Southern Screw and...
Benjamin Harold Rash
May 21, 2015
Mr. Benjamin Harold Rash, 73, of Olin, died Thursday, May 21, 2015 at his home surrounded by friends and family. Born in Iredell County on May 31, 1941, he was a son of the late Gurney Gwaltney Rash and Eunice Henderson Rash. On November 26, 1959, he married the former Marilyn Goforth who survives. They were married 56 years. Harold...
Gwyn Lowery Eller
May 20, 2015
Gwyn Lowery Keever Eller went to be with the Lord following a brief illness. Gwyn was the daughter of the late Robert Alfred and Ella Lowery Keever of Kannapolis, NC. For 61 years she was the loving and devoted wife of Robert C. Eller, Sr. In addition to her husband, Gwyn is survived by her son, Robert C. Eller, Jr...
Wayne Combs Barker
May 20, 2015
Wayne Combs Barker, 50, of Stony Point, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at his residence. He was born in Iredell County on December 26, 1964 to the late Wilmath Sherman Barker and Betty Jane Combs Barker Chambers, who survives. Wayne was educated in Iredell County School and was employed by Hickory Chair as an eight way hand tie...
Mildred Martin
May 18, 2015
Mrs. Mildred Sigmon Martin, 82, of Statesville, passed away Monday, May 18, 2015, at Maple Leaf Healthcare. Mrs. Martin was born in Iredell County on February 26, 1933, and was the daughter of the late James Odell Sigmon and Era Bell Sigmon Honeycutt. On November 19, 1949, she married Thomas Neal Martin, Sr., who preceded her in death on July...
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