Local obituaries for Statesville, North Carolina

Feb 21, 2015

Mr. Broadus Blaine (B.B.) Wagner, 84, of Statesville, died Saturday, February 21, 2015 at Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory. Born in Watauga County on June 8, 1930, he was a son of the late George Blair Wagner and Nancy Cheek Wagner. Mr. Wagner was a member, former Sunday School Teacher and usher for 60 years at Western Avenue Baptist...

Feb 21, 2015

Mr. Bradley Kyle Sherrill, age 40, of Statesville went to meet our Lord on Saturday, February 21, 2015 at Gordon Hospice House. Brad was born in Statesville, NC on October 5, 1974 and was the son of Dr. Coite and Mary Ann Sherrill. Brad was a graduate of South Iredell High School and received his BS in Agricultural Education from...

Feb 18, 2015

Mrs. Adrienne Rose McNevin Haggerty, 94, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, February 18, 2015, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Haggerty was born in the Bronx, NY on September 29, 1920 and was the daughter of the late Joseph F. McNevin and Rose McGovern McNevin. She was a graduate of Villa Maria High School in Bronx, NY and received her...

Feb 17, 2015

Feb 15, 2015

Mitchell "Mickey" Glenn Mesiemore, 79, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, February 15, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born in Iredell County on August 22, 1935 to the late James Harold and Alma Ruth Johnson Mesiemore. Mickey was a graduate of Iredell County Schools and was a member of Eufola Baptist Church. In 1991, he married Norma Jean...

Feb 14, 2015

Mr. Don Carlton Josey, 69, of Denver, N.C. died Saturday, February 14, 2015 at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte. Born in Iredell County on February 1, 1946, he was a son of the late David Sidney Josey and Nellie Mae Westmoreland Josey. Don was a retired auto mechanic from Town & Country Ford in Charlotte. He was a member of True...

Feb 14, 2015

Iona Walker Grant, 103, of Statesville passed away Saturday, February 14, 2005 at Genesis Health Care in Mooresville. She was born in Iredell County on June 14, 1911 to the late James Robert Walker and Maggie Ellen Campbell Walker. Mrs. Grant was a graduate of Iredell County Schools and was married to George Maxwell Grant on December 23, 1931 who...

Feb 14, 2015

Faye Swicegood Sisk, 80, of Statesville, died Saturday, February 14, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born in Rowan County on January 23, 1935 and was a daughter of the late Van Allen Swicegood and Annie Gulliett Swicegood. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Jack LeRoy Sisk and a son,...

Feb 13, 2015

Dora Jean Devor Dunlap, 90, of Statesville, passed away Friday, February 13, 2015 at Autumn Care of Statesville. She was born in Ashland, Ohio on November 14, 1924 t the late Clyde Roscoe and Delcie Wagner Devor. Mrs. Dunlap was a graduate of Ashland High School in Ashland, Ohio and had served as the class historian for years. She was...

Feb 13, 2015

Patrick Edward Robinson, 72, of Statesville, passed away Friday, February 13, 2015 at his residence. He was born in Sitka, Alaska on October 25, 1942 to the late Lewis Dewey and Elnore Eileen Jahnke Robinson. Patrick was a graduate of Red Bluff High School in Red Bluff, CA and served his country honorably during the Vietnam War while serving in...

Feb 12, 2015

Matthew Scott Bailey, 14, of Troutman, N.C., passed away Thursday, February 12, 2015 at Levine's Children's Hospital after a year-long battle with brain cancer. Matthew was born December 6, 2000 in Beckley, West Virginia. He was a son of Don Bailey, Jr. and Renee Wilson Bailey, both of whom survive. Matthew was President of the Northview IB 8th grade class,...

Feb 11, 2015

Mrs. Barbara Stafford Evans, 75, of Statesville, died February 11, 2015 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born in Iredell County on September 21, 1940, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Stafford and Myrtle Ellis Stafford. She was a retired pharmacy tech with Revco and later CVS. She graduated from Statesville Senior High School and served on the original board...

Feb 11, 2015

Mrs. Ruby Gatton Wasson, 88, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday evening, February 11, 2015, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born May 13, 1926 in Rowan County, she was the daughter of the late William G. Gatton, Sr. and Maggie Mae Ennis Gatton. She was a graduate of Rowan County Schools and the H.F. Long Hospital School of Nursing. She also did...

Feb 10, 2015

Robert Talmadge Williams, 72, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born in Alexander County on December 29, 1942 to the late W.D. and Etta Mae Childers Williams. Talmadge was a graduate of Alexander County Schools and served his country honorably in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. On June 30,...

Feb 8, 2015

Mr. Jerry Dale Mayberry, 52, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, February 8, 2015, as a result of a motorcycle accident. Mr. Mayberry was born in Iredell County on April 2, 1962, and was the son of Hildred Martin Mayberry and the late Frances Mae Deal Mayberry. He attended West Iredell High School and he was married to Mary Keller Mayberry,...

Feb 6, 2015

Mrs. Mary Louise Westmoreland Sills, 95, of Statesville, passed away on February 6, 2015 at Autumn Care of Statesville. A Statesville native, she was born May 4, 1919, and was the daughter of the late William McNeely and Mary Lee Austin Westmoreland. Mrs. Sills was a graduate of Statesville High School and attended Mitchell Community College. She was employed by...

Feb 6, 2015

Mr. Kenneth Alan Porter, Jr., 54, of Statesville, died Friday morning, February 6, 2015 at his home. Born April 24, 1960 in Hartford, Conn. He was a son of the late Kenneth Porter, Sr. and Marjorie Boyington Porter. He was a purchasing director for Barrday, Inc. He earned his B.S. in Busiiness Administration and his Masters degree from Ashwood University....

Feb 5, 2015

Mr. Henry Richmond "Penny" Long, 94, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, February 5, 2015. Mr. Long was born in Statesville on August 20, 1920, and was the son of the late Zebulon Vance Long and Isabel Scott Long. He was a graduate of Statesville High School and was a lifelong member of First Presbyterian Church where he had served as...

Feb 4, 2015

Mr. Robert E. Lee Gladden, 85, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, February 4, 2015, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mr. Gladden was born in Kannapolis, NC on November 9, 1929, and was the son of the late Robert Emmet Gladden and Myrtle Allman Gladden. He was a graduate of Winecoff High School in Concord, NC and the American College of Underwriters...

Feb 3, 2015

Mrs. Hazel Barkley Rodgerson, 90, of Statesville, died Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at Gordon Hospice House peacefully surrounded by her family. Born in Cleveland, N.C. on February 18, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Hugh Barkley and Ruby Munday Barkley. She enjoyed homemaking and caring for grandchildren. She was a member of Command Baptist Church. She will always...