Local obituaries for Statesville, North Carolina

Jan 2, 2015

Sandra Louise Stewart Hines, 63, of Statesville, passed away Friday, January 2, 2015 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital. She was born in Iredell County on November 24, 1951 to the late Thomas Newell Stewart Sr. and Ethel Robinette Stewart. Sandy was a graduate of South Iredell High School and a member of Beulah Baptist Church. She was a homemaker most...

Dec 31, 2014

Geneva Myers Bell, 75, of Statesville, passed away at Iredell Memorial Hospital, December 31, 2014. She was born July 30, 1939 in Iredell County to the late Willie G. and Janie Rash Myers. Mrs. Bell was a graduate of Statesville Senior High School, class of 1957 and on August 30, 1958 married Charles E. Bell, who survives and they enjoyed...

Dec 31, 2014

Dec 30, 2014

Nellie Wallace Myers, 74, of Statesville, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, December 30, 2014. She was born in Iredell County on March 4, 1940 to the late Andrew G. and Viola Denny Wallace. Nellie was a graduate of Iredell County Schools and was married on December 21, 1956 to Billy Myers who preceded her death on June 10,...

Dec 30, 2014

Elmer Williamson Estes, 88, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday December 30, 2014 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born in Iredell County on June 21, 1926 to the late Ernest L. and Lottie Messick Estes. Mr. Estes attended Iredell County Schools and was married to Nancy Stewart Estes, who preceded him in death on July 18, 1994. He was...

Dec 30, 2014

Hubert Delmar "Hub" Morrow, 86, passed away Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at Autumn Care of Statesville. He was born on March 6, 1928 in Statesville to the late Hugh Ray Morrow and Mary Irene Benfield Morrow. He is predeceased by his sisters, Helen Morrow Fraver and Joyce Morrow Hall. Hub is survived by his sister, Phyllis Morrow McKinnell and husband...

Dec 29, 2014

Dec 28, 2014

Mrs. Ada Louise Goforth Thomas, 94, formerly of Statesville, passed away, Sunday, December 28, 2014 at Asbury Care Center in Charlotte, NC following a period of declining health. Mrs. Thomas was born August 7, 1920 in Winston-Salem, NC and was the daughter of the late Lonnie G. and Gertrude Warden Goforth. She was a graduate of Troutman High School and...

Dec 28, 2014

Bonnie Jean Brunson Ford, 86, of Statesvillle, passed away Sunday, December 28, 2014 at Genesis Health Care. She was born November 30, 1928 in Aransas Pass, Texas to the late Marvin Perry Brunson and Iva Geo Green Brunson. Mrs. Ford was a graduate of Aransas Pass High School and on September 19, 1945 married William Moore Ford, who preceded her...

Dec 25, 2014

Jean Madison Bingham, 90, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, December 25, 2014, at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born in Union Grove on November 12, 1924, and was the daughter of the late Sherrill Martin Madison and Ruby Douglas Madison. She moved with her family to Statesville when she was two years old and lived there for the remainder...

Dec 25, 2014

Mr. John Wayne Estes, 68, of Statesville, died December 25, 2014 at his home. Born May 7, 1946 in Iredell County, he was a son of the late Claude Estes and Georgia Hefner Estes. He attended Christ Independent Baptist Church and retired after 38 years of service as an upholsterer from Thomasville Furniture Company, formerly Gilliam Furniture. He attended Central...

Dec 25, 2014

Donald Jay Antisdel, 69, of Olin, passed away Thursday, December 25, 2014, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mr. Antisdel was born in Niles, MI on November 23, 1945, and was the son of the late Lyle Antisdel and Jean Antisdel. He was a graduate of Maynard Evans High School in Orlando, Florida. Mr. Antisdel was a veteran of the U.S. Army....

Dec 25, 2014

Sherle L. Monheim, 69, passed away in Statesville, NC on December 25, 2014, after her long and courageous battle with Pancreatic Cancer. Sherle is preceded in death by her father John P. Morgan Sr, and her mother Rose Marie Morgan. She is survived by her Husband, Walt Monheim, her brother John P. Morgan (Julia), her four children, Thomas Foerster (Marie),...

Dec 24, 2014

Mildred Payne Bowers, 92, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at Maple Leaf Health Care. She was born in Iredell County on June, 9, 1922 to the late W. P. and Geniva Moose Payne. Mrs. Bowers was a graduate of Iredell County Schools and was married to Wade F. Bowers, who preceded her in death on September 9,...

Dec 23, 2014

Marian Elizabeth Gilleland, 93, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born on March 13, 1921 in Iredell County to the late Ernest B. and Mary Hux Gilleland. Marian was a graduate of Statesville High School. She was of Baptist Faith and worked at Beauty Maid Mills as a shipping clerk most...

Dec 22, 2014

Mrs. Willie McDonald Gilchrist, 82, of Statesville, passed away Monday, December 22, 2014, at the Gordon Hospice House following an extended illness. Mrs. Gilchrist was born on January 3, 1932, in Harnett County, NC and was the daughter of the late William H. McDonald and Susan M. McDonald. She was a graduate of Anderson Creek High School and was married...

Dec 21, 2014

Mr. Robert Lee Benfield, 92, of 335 N. Oakland Ave., Statesville, died Sunday December 21, 2014 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born in Iredell County on September 30, 1922 he was a son of the late Earley Lee Benfield and Kate Jane Josey Benfield. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Nancy Potts Laney and...

Dec 20, 2014

Mrs. Larmazelle "Zell" Warrick Hutchens, 82, of Statesville, died Saturday December 20, 2014 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born in Independence, Va. On July 27, 1932, she was a daughter of the late Robert Warrick and Lillian Jones Warrick. Her husband, James Robert Hutchens died on June 27, 2003. She retired from the textile industry as a quality inspector and attended...

Dec 19, 2014

Mr. Charles Sabert Davis, Sr. 81, of Statesville, died Friday, December 19, 2014 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Born in Iredell County on June 12, 1933, he was a son of the late Charles Robey Davis and Mary Goble Davis. On November 13, 1965 he married the former Joan McDonald who survives. Mr. Davis was a retired Master...

Dec 19, 2014