Obituaries
Larry Patrick Banks
Jan 25, 2019
Mr. Larry Patrick Banks, 53, of Statesville, died Friday, January 25, 2019 at Brian Center of Statesville. Mr. Banks was born in Iredell County on September 16, 1965 and was the son of the late William C. Banks, Jr. and Mildred Dobbins. He was a graduate of Iredell County schools and was of the Christian faith. Mr. Banks was disability...
Shirley (Sigmon) Galliher
Jan 23, 2019
Mrs. Shirley Sigmon Galliher, 83, of Statesville, passed away on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at her home. Mrs. Galliher was born in Iredell County on January 20, 1936 and was the daughter of the late Clyde Sigmon and Grace Ann Shook Sigmon. She was a graduate of Celeste Henkel School and on January 20, 1960, she married Billy D Galliher...
Donald Bruce Coffey
Jan 23, 2019
Donald “Don” Bruce Coffey, 87, of Hickory and formerly of Statesville, died Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at Frye Regional Medical Center. Don was born in Lacon, Illinois on April 5, 1931 to the late Charles and Myrtle Nichols Coffey. He attended Lees-McRae College and proudly served in the United States Marine Corp. He retired as manager of the Statesville Theater...
Martha Sue (Holland) Eppic
Jan 18, 2019
Martha Sue Holland Eppic, 67, of Statesville, passed away Friday, January 18, 2019 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born in Iredell County on February 9, 1951 to the late John Wilborn Holland and Effie Garris Holland Summers. Martha was educated in the Iredell County Schools and was of Baptist faith. She was married on April 21, 1995 to...
David Ronald Millsaps
Jan 15, 2019
David Ronald Millsaps, 92, of Statesville, passed away surrounded by family on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born in Alexander County on November 27, 1926 to the late Leslie Clay Millsaps and Ada Carson Millsaps. Mr. Millsaps was a graduate of Hiddenite High School. He served his country honorably in the Merchant Marines for...
John Wayne Queen
Jan 12, 2019
John Wayne Queen, 64, of Harmony, passed away Saturday January 12, 2019 at Davis Regional Hospital. He was born on March 9, 1954 in Iredell County to the late John Harlan Queen and Trillis Frye Queen, who survives. John attended North Iredell High School and was married to Janet Leigh Burke on June 23, 1973. They shared over 45 years...
Zella Mae (Woodward) Duncan
Jan 11, 2019
Zella Mae Woodward Duncan, 88, of Statesville, passed away Friday, January 11, 2019 at Rosewood Assisted Living. She was born in Iredell County on April 11, 1930 to the late Lindsey and Daily Goodin Woodward. Mrs. Duncan was a graduate of Central School and was married to Paul Houston Duncan, who preceded her in death. She was a member of...
Cynthia Jane Campbell
Jan 10, 2019
Cynthia Jane Campbell Cindy Campbell was open-hearted, optimistic and busy taking care of all her friends and family right up until the moment she left this earth early in the morning on January 10, 2019. Born Cynthia Jane Campbell on July 1, 1957, in Charlotte, North Carolina, Cindy was the fourth (of six) and favorite of child of Sara and...
Sixto Carmona Silva
Jan 10, 2019
Sixto Carmona Silva, 81, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2019 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico on August 6, 1937 to the late Fernando Carmona and Maria Silva. He was retired from Hunt Manufacturing where he had been a Department Supervisor. Left to cherish his memory are his wife of nearly 60 years,...
James Xavier Helms
Jan 10, 2019
James Xavier Helms, 15, of Harmony, died January 10, 2019. Born September 12, 2003 in Cumberland County, North Carolina, he was a son of Sean and Kimberly Benge Mitchell. He was a tenth grade student at North Iredell High School and participated the Raiders Team, J.R.O.T.C. and sang in the church choir at Harmony Baptist Church where he was very...
Baxter Holton Combs
Jan 9, 2019
Baxter Holton Combs, 87, of Statesville, died Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Iredell County on April 14, 1931, he was a son of the late Royd Louis Combs and Ethel Compton Comps. He was a member of Monticello United Methodist Church and enjoyed working for other people needing help. He was the top salesman...
Clyde "Ed" Edward Stroud
Jan 6, 2019
Clyde Edward Stroud, 87, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, January 6, 2019 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was born in Iredell County on October 6, 1931 to the late Clarence Allen Stroud and Henrietta Boger Stroud. Ed attended Harmony School and was married in 1952 to Blanche Malcolm Stroud, who survives. They shared over 66 years of marriage before his...
Flora Dell (Reid) Combs
Jan 5, 2019
Flora Dell Reid Combs, 84, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, January 5, 2019 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born on December 16, 1934 in Yadkin County to the late William Glenn and Vallie Bottoms Reid. Flora attended Yadkin and Iredell County Schools and was married to Clay Junior Combs who preceded her in death in 2007. She was...
Robert Dalton Isaac
Jan 5, 2019
Robert Dalton Isaac, 77, of Statesville, died Saturday, January 5, 2019 at his home. Born in Iredell County on June 19, 1941, he was a son of the late Samuel Dewey Isaac and Emmer Kerley Isaac. On March 3, 1990, he married the former Martha (Ann) Riddle who survives. He was a retired dairy farmer and of the Baptist faith....
Ralph Dillard Jarvis, Sr.
Jan 5, 2019
Ralph Dillard Jarvis, Sr., of Statesville, died Saturday, January 5, 2019 at the Gordon Hospice House after a lengthy illness. He was born November 26, 1946 to the late William Clifford and Mildred Call Jarvis. Ralph was predeceased by 4 brothers. Mr. Jarvis attended Iredell County schools and retired from General Electric. He was a member of Landmark Church of...
George Ranson McAuley
Jan 4, 2019
Mr. George Ranson McAuley, 86, of Statesville, passed away Friday, January 4, 2019. He was born February 25, 1932, to the late Earl Ranson McAuley and Rachel Agnes Hanna McAuley. He married his high school classmate, Linda Joan Cartner McAuley on November 30, 1951. George and Linda went on to have seven children, ten grandchildren, and two great grand-children together,...
Tommie Elaine (Stafford) Compton
Jan 4, 2019
Mrs. Tommie Elaine Stafford Compton, 77, of Statesville, died Friday, January 4, 2019 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Compton was born in Iredell County on December 10, 1941 and was the daughter of the late Thomas Milton Stafford and Myrtle Ellis Stafford. She was a graduate of Statesville High School and in 1960 she married William “Billy Ray” Compton and...
Hazel Christine (Stewart) Poole
Jan 3, 2019
Hazel Christine Stewart Poole, 89, of Troutman, passed away Thursday, January 3, 2019 at her residence. She was born on July 25, 1929 in Iredell County to the late Adam Dillard Stewart and Foy Lee Shook Stewart. Hazel attended Celeste Henkel and was married to Beauford Lonnie Poole on April 27, 1950. They shared over 38 years of marriage before...
Nelda Mary (Harrison) Jordan
Jan 1, 2019
Nelda Mary Harrison Jordan, 86, of Statesville, went home to be with Jesus on Tuesday, January 1, 2019. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her family. The only child of the late William Glen Harrison and Ruby Camilla Baumgarner Harrison, Nelda was born on November 10, 1932 in Statesville. She attended D. Matt Thompson School before moving with her parents...
Joyce Louise (Miller) Funderburk
Jan 1, 2019
Joyce Louise Miller Funderburk, 83, of Statesville, died Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Funderburk was born in Iredell County on June 17, 1935 and was the daughter of the late Ross Miller and Louise Crouch Miller. She was a graduate of Iredell County schools and received her CNA from Mitchell Community College. She was first married...