Local obituaries for Statesville, North Carolina

Jul 13, 2011

Gladys Morgan Barfield, 92, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital following a period of declining health. Mrs. Barfield was born June 9, 1919 in Rowan County and was the daughter of the late Wesley N. Morgan and Mary Bame Morgan. She was a graduate of Rowan County schools and on May 31, 1947, she...

Jul 12, 2011

John Manson "Jack" Sherrill, 65, passed away at The Pines at Davidson on July 12, 2011. He was born August 6, 1945 to the late Margaret Armstrong Sherrill and Flake Anderson Sherrill. Jack graduated from Statesville High School in 1963 and received his BA in History from Davidson College in 1967. In 1967 he was commissioned 2nf Lt. in the...

Jul 12, 2011

Carolyn Elmina Staples Moose, 80, of Loray, N.C. passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at her home following a period of declining health. Mrs. Moose was born February 10, 1931 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Burrell H. Staples and Lucille Thompson Staples. She was a graduate of Scotts School and on May 17, 1951, she...

Jul 11, 2011

Albert Lee (Buck) Jennings, 93, husband of the late Kelsie Hicks Jennings, died peacefully on July 11, 2011. For the past seven years he was a resident of Statesville Place having previously resided at 330 North Mulberry Street since 1945.

Jul 11, 2011

Mrs. Addie Marie Mayes Bell, 94, of Statesville, passed away, July 10, 2011 at Statesville Place following an extended illness. Mrs. Bell was born June 22, 1917 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late William Claude Mayes and Estelle Cornelius Mayes. She was a graduate of Cool Springs High School and on April 16, 1935, she was...

Jul 9, 2011

Mary Fern Rumple Crouch, 81, of Statesville, passed away, Saturday, July 9, 2011 at Jurney's Assisted Living in Statesville. Mrs. Crouch was born November 3, 1929 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Roy Daniel Rumple and Annie Mae Lindley Rumple. She attended Statesville City Schools and on April 5, 1947, was married to Jack Dempsey Crouch,...

Jul 8, 2011

Jul 8, 2011

Lula Whilden Atchison Alexander, 94, of Statesville passed away at Autumn Care on Monday, July 4, 2011 following a period of declining health. Born on December 29, 1916 in Cross Hill, Laurens County, SC, she was the daughter of the late William Scott and Annie Belle Denny Atchison. Following graduation as valedictorian from Cross Hill High School, Mrs. Alexander graduated...

Jul 7, 2011

Iris Fox Sowers, 88, passed away of age related natural causes on July 7, 2011, in Marietta, Georgia. A native of Iredell County, Mrs. Sowers had lived in Georgia since 2004 to be near her daughter and family.

Jul 6, 2011

Mrs. Ruby Pauline Moose Bost, 92, of Statesville, died on Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Bost was born February 17, 1919 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late William Joseph and Bessie Mae Bennett Moose. She was a graduate of Celeste Henkel School and in August of 1943, was married to Francis Roy...

Jul 6, 2011

Mrs. Ferne Madison Sexton, 88, of Statesville, N.C., passed away Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at Gordon Hospice House. She was born December 31, 1922 in Statesville, and was the daughter of the late Sherill Martin Madison and Ruby Douglas Madison. She was a graduate of Statesville High School Class of 1940 where she was Salutatorian. She attended Mitchell College and...

Jul 5, 2011

Mrs. Annie Mae Laws Barnhardt, 98, of Statesville, passed away Friday, July 1, 2011, at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born October 28, 1912 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Leonard L. Laws and Mary Smith Laws. She attended Statesville Schools and on April 9, 1931 was married to W. Eugene Barnhardt who died May...

Jul 4, 2011

Mansfield Ivery Ball, 84, of Statesville, passed away Monday, July 4, 2011, at his home surrounded by his family. Mr. Ball was born March 26, 1927 in Wilkes County and was the son of the late William Ivery Ball and Laura Marlow Ball. He attended Wilkes County Schools and on May 24, 1947, he was married to Geraldine Brotherton Ball....

Jul 4, 2011

John Henry Simmerman, Jr., 84, of Statesville, passed away July 4, 2011 at Gordon Hospice House following a period of declining health. Mr. Simmerman was born November 3, 1926 and he was the son of the late John Henry Simmerman, Sr., and Nellie Grooms. He was married to Dorothy Kelley Simmerman who preceded him in death on October 2010. He...

Jul 4, 2011

Minnie Lou Conrad York, 93, of Statesville, died Monday, July 4, 2011 at Autumn Care of Mocksville. Mrs. York was born Feb. 20, 1918 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Fannie York Conrad. She attended Iredell County schools, was married to the late Hubert M. York and worked for J.P. Stevens Co. She is survived by...

Jul 4, 2011

Thelma Elizabeth Brown Dearman, 90, of Statesville, died Monday, July 4, 2011 at the Gordon Hospice House in Statesville after a brief illness. She was born Jan. 25, 1921 in Olin, NC, to the late Charles Spurgeon and Edna Sloan Brown. She graduated from Harmony High School and Appalachian State University. She was a school teacher in the Iredell County...

Jul 3, 2011

Mrs. Johnsie Haas Isenhour, 91, of Statesville, passed away Friday, July 1, 2011, at Davis Regional Medical Center. Born June 1, 1920 in Hudson N.C. she was the daughter of the late George and Gertrude Sullivan Haas. She attended Caldwell County Schools and on February 18, 1940 was married to Frank Marshall Isenhour who died November 26, 1984. She worked...

Jul 3, 2011

Starr Jones Simmerman, 57, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, July 3, 2011 at Brian Center in Statesville. Mrs. Simmerman was born June 15, 1954 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Carl Jones and Lorianetta Moore Jones. She was a graduate of North Iredell High School and she was a member of Faith Baptist Church. Mrs. Jones...

Jul 3, 2011

Mrs. Lillian Haynes Munday, 94, died peacefully Sunday, July 3, 2011 at home in Jacksonville, Florida, surrounded by her family. She was born June 1, 1917 in Bells Crossroads to the late Ralph Harrill Haynes and Acenith Nesbit Haynes. She was married to the late Howard H Munday. She was a dedicated homemaker and a loving wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother,...

Jul 2, 2011

Sallie Jane Jones Mitchell, 61, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, July 2, 2011 at Gordon Hospice House. She was the daughter of the late William Thomas Jones and Fannie Anthony Jones and she was a homemaker. Mrs. Mitchell was married to Robert Lee Mitchell, who preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by two brothers and two...