Local obituaries for Statesville, North Carolina

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

Dec 19, 2014

Mr. Phillip Freeman Hamilton, 54, of Statesville, passed away Friday, December 19, 2014, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC Mr. Hamilton was born in Catawba County on December 31, 1959, and was the son of Alma Freeman Hamilton and the late Robert B. Hamilton. He was a graduate of Hickory High School and he received his Associates in Applied...

Dec 18, 2014

Mr. Garland Jackie McDaniels, 59, of 1317 7th St. Statesville, died at his son's home on Thursday, December 18th following an extended illness. He was born in Iredell County and was preceded in death by his loving wife, Linda McDaniels and his son, William McDaniels. He was educated in the Iredell County Schools and was the associate pastor of the...

Dec 17, 2014

John David Link, 90, passed away from this earth on December 17, 2014 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born December 31, 1923 to the late John McLain and Bertha Speaks Link, the first of seven children. Mr. Link graduated from Union Grove High School in 1943 and on October 20, 1944, married his high school sweetheart, Dorothy Helen...

Dec 14, 2014

Derlie Williams Campbell, 72, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, December 14, 2014, at Davis Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Campbell was born April 7, 1942, in Iredell County and was the daughter of Hazel Edwards Williams and the late J.C. Williams. She graduated from Union Grove School and was employed as a CNA at several home health care agencies before her...

Dec 13, 2014

Larry Lee Johnson, 68, of Troutman, died unexpectedly at his home on Saturday, December 13, 2014. He was born in Wilkes County on March 19, 1946 to the late Robert Truman Johnson and Elsie Dowell Johnson Griffin. Larry attended Central School and on March 23, 1973, he married Patricia Bustle Johnson, who survives. They had over 41 years of marriage...

Dec 13, 2014

Roger Dale Sharpe, 66, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was born in Iredell County on June 27, 1948 to the late Boyd Lee and Margaret Virginia Hefner Sharpe. Roger was educated in the Iredell County Schools and in 1977, he married Saralena Sue Teetor Sharpe, who survives. They had over 36 years...

Dec 13, 2014

Mrs. Mary Velma Smith, 81, formally of Statesville, passed away Saturday, December 13, 2014 at Levine and Dickson Hospice House of Huntersville. She had resided the last five years with her daughter and her family in Mint Hill, NC She was born on January 31, 1933 in Iredell County to the late Augustus Green and Fannie Lou York Goodwin. Miss...

Dec 8, 2014

Mr. Robert Lee (Bo) Stamey, 60, of 519 St. Andrews Rd., Statesville, died December 8, 2014 at his home. Born April 22, 1954 in Greensboro, he was a son of the late Coy Lee (Bill) Stamey, Jr. and Norma Toomes Stamey who survives and is of Statesville. Mr. Stamey was the retired General Manager of Beck-Mercedes in Charlotte. He was...

Dec 7, 2014

Glenna Smith Joyner, 84, of Harmony, passed away Sunday, December 7, 2014 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born on December 11, 1929 in Iredell County to the late George and Esma Renegar Smith. Mrs. Joyner was a graduate of Harmony High School Class of 1948 where she served as Valedictorian of her class. She remained close to all...

Dec 5, 2014

Mr. William Lynwood "Lyn" Hay, 89, of Statesville, passed away Friday, December 05, 2014, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Lyn was born July 14, 1925, in Crosland, GA and was the son of the late Idus Linwood Hay and Lettie Clark Hay. He was a graduate of Deshlar High School and Florence State University in Colbert County, AL. Lyn earned his...

Dec 4, 2014

Jean Marie James Polley-Siers, 85, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, December 4, 2014. She was born in Trumbull County, Ohio on March 21, 1929 to the late Arthur David James and Emily Jean Cobb James. Jean was a graduate of Warren G. Harding High School and Kent State University where she received her teaching degree. She was a special education...

Dec 4, 2014

Peggy Brawley Bristol, 83, of Statesville, died December 4, 2014, at the Gordon Hospice House following an extended illness. Born in Mooresville on January 17, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Robert Lawson and Nannie Smith Brawley. In 1948, she was selected by the city of Mooresville to represent the city as Miss Mooresville in the Carolinas' Christmas...

Dec 3, 2014

Dorothy "Dottie" Barham Tharpe, 81, formerly of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, December 03, 2014 at Abernethy Laurels of Newton, NC. She was born in Sanford, NC on September 1, 1933 to the late Rev. Joseph T. and Julia McIver Barham. Dottie was a graduate of Harmony High School and Mitchell College with a degree in Music and Voice. On October,...

Nov 29, 2014

Betty Ellen Cooper Dotson excitedly began the next phase of her life on Saturday, November 29, 2014 in Greensboro, NC to where she had moved 7 years ago. Betty was born to Alexander Cooper and Annie Hopkins Cook Cooper on September 17, 1927. Betty graduated from Statesville High School in 1945 and attended Mitchell College for one year to study...

Nov 29, 2014

Mr. Esther William Cook, 97, of Statesville, passed away peacefully Saturday, November 29, 2014 at the Gordon Hospice House surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Wilkes County on April 28, 1917 to the late Harrison Ennis Cook and Mattie Johnson Cook. Mr. Cook attended Iredell County Schools and married Virginia Lee Lippard Cook on September 3, 1942....

Nov 27, 2014

Weisner Clay Madison, Sr., 82, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, November 27, 2014 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was born in Iredell County on May 4, 1932 to the late C.E. Madison and Ina Belle Weisner Madison. Mr. Madison attended Union Grove School and served in the U.S. Air Force from 1951 until 1955. On April 14, 1951, he married...

Nov 27, 2014

Deborah Ann Wingate Beasley White, 57, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, November 27, at the Bridges of Statesville. She was born in Montgomery County, Virginia on February 6, 1957 to the late Charles Wingate and Maudie Dalton Quesenberry, who survives. Deborah was a graduate of Floyd County Schools in Virginia. She worked for Bryers Insurance and was a Certified Nursing...