Obituaries

Margie Louise Warren

Margie Louise Warren

Dec 28, 2017

Margie Louise Warren, 93, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, December 28, 2017.  She was born in Catawba County on October 24, 1924 to the late Ed and Eva May Fox Warren. Margie was a graduate of Troutman High School and loved farming with her father and family.  She enjoyed cooking and was a member of Concord Baptist Church in Stony...

Daniel Phillip (Phil) Wilkinson

Daniel Phillip (Phil) Wilkinson

Dec 28, 2017

Daniel Phillip “Phil” Wilkinson, 81, of Statesville, died Thursday, December 28, 2017, at his home.  Mr. Wilkinson was born September 21, 1936, in Lincoln County and was the son of the late Esley Wilkinson and Ruby Heffner Wilkinson.  He was a graduate of Maiden High School class of ’54 and Pfeiffer College.  He served in the U.S. Army Reserve and...

Sue Morrison Compton

Sue Morrison Compton

Dec 27, 2017

Sue Morrison Compton, 87, of Troutman, died Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at Serenity House. Born in Iredell County on June 18, 1930, she was a daughter of the late John Morrison and Carrie Icenhour Morrison. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Calvin Coolidge Compton and two brothers, Steve Morrison and John Morrison, Jr....

Ulean Hayes Snow

Ulean Hayes Snow

Dec 27, 2017

Mrs. Ulean Hayes Snow, 85, of Harmony, died Wednesday December 27, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Iredell County on August 25, 1932, she was a daughter of the late W. G. Hayes and Eula Myers Hayes. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by siblings: Norma Snow, Olean Ellis and A. G. Hayes. She...

Barbara Ann (Allen) Jordan

Barbara Ann (Allen) Jordan

Dec 27, 2017

Mrs. Barbara Ann Allen Jordan, 82, of Statesville, died Wednesday, December 27, 2017.  Mrs. Jordan was born in Iredell County on June 8, 1935, and was the daughter of the late James Allen and Effie Combs Allen.  She was valedictorian of the 1954 graduating class at Harmony High School.  Mrs. Jordan was married to William Howard Jordan who preceded her...

Mary Nell (Matlock) Feimster

Mary Nell (Matlock) Feimster

Dec 27, 2017

Mary Nell Matlock Feimster, 93, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at Mallard Ridge Assisted Living in Clemmons.  She was born in Alexander County on March 10, 1924 to the late Jasper and Mary Jane Lambert Matlock. Mary Nell was a graduate of Stony Point High School and was married to Milton Archie Feimster in 1951.  They shared...

Bobby Lee Cook

Bobby Lee Cook

Dec 26, 2017

Bobby Lee Cook, 85, of Fort Mill and formerly of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, December 26, 2017, at the Monroe Rehabilitation Center in Monroe, NC. Mr. Cook was born in Iredell County on July 26, 1932, and was the son of the late William J. Cook and Ruth Gregory Cook.  He attended Iredell County schools and served in the U.S....

James Daniel Pardue

James Daniel Pardue

Dec 25, 2017

James Daniel Pardue departed this life to claim the promise of the Resurrection on Christmas Day after a long illness. Rev. Pardue was a devoted Christian, musician, husband, father, son and brother. He was born in Moravian Falls, NC and had lived in Statesville since 1984. He was a graduate of Mars Hill College, the University of Alabama and Columbia...

Cecile Nanarle (Clanton) Masters

Cecile Nanarle (Clanton) Masters

Dec 23, 2017

Mrs. Cecile Nanarle Clanton Masters, 74, of Statesville, passed away, Saturday, December 23, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Masters was born June 21, 1943 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Katy Clanton Privette. She was a graduate of Statesville Senior High School, class of 1962 and on May 1, 1965, she was married to...

Louise (Kennedy) Orren

Louise (Kennedy) Orren

Dec 23, 2017

Ruby Louise Kennedy Orren, 90, of Statesville, died Saturday, December 23, 2017 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Orren was born March 1, 1927 in Statesville, NC and was the daughter of the late Arthur Ferrell Kennedy and Emma Lou Mills Kennedy. She was a graduate of Troutman High School and on September 30, 1944, she married the late John Walter...

Barbara Sills Myers

Barbara Sills Myers

Dec 23, 2017

Mrs. Barbara Sills Myers, 84, of Statesville, died Saturday, December 23, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Rowan County on November 3, 1933, she was a daughter of the late John William Sills and Bertie Torrence Sills. Barbara was a homemaker and faithful member of Landmark Church of God where she taught Sunday School for 50 years and...

Jane Caroline (Bristol) Slotemaker de Bruine

Jane Caroline (Bristol) Slotemaker de Bruine

Dec 21, 2017

Jane Caroline Bristol Slotemaker de Bruine, 92, of Upland, CA and formerly of Statesville died Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017.  Beloved, devoted mother, survived by her only child, by her side, Delight Louise Slotemaker de Bruine, of Upland, CA, sister, Mary Anne King, of Oak Ridge, TN, precious nieces (Delight McLeod Corbin, Anne Todd Eisner, Nancy Campbell King Crawford), nephews (Carl...

Lenette Ann (Holland) Murphy

Lenette Ann (Holland) Murphy

Dec 18, 2017

Lenette Ann Holland Murphy, 81, of Union Grove, passed away peacefully, Monday, December 18, 2017, at the Gordon Hospice House. Born February 20, 1936, in Iredell County she was the youngest daughter of the late Quince T. Holland and Blanche Tutterow Holland. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by five sisters, Betty Johnson, Nellie Foreman, Gladys...

Rocky Lee Hefner

Rocky Lee Hefner

Dec 18, 2017

Rocky Lee Hefner, 35, of Harmony, passed away Monday, December 18, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Center following an ongoing illness for over 10 years. Rocky was born July 4, 1982 in Iredell County and was the son of Roscoe and Rachel Upright Hefner. He was a graduate of North Iredell High School and was a Fabricator Welder for South Co....

William "Bill" Theodore Hayes

William "Bill" Theodore Hayes

Dec 18, 2017

William “Bill” Theodore Hayes, 75, of Statesville, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, December 18, 2017 after a courageous 15-year battle with cancer.  He was born August 4, 1942 in Iredell County to the late Roy Lee and Laura Irene Hedrick Hayes. Mr. Hayes was a graduate of Harmony High School and was retired from Consolidated...

Robert Elmore Rary

Robert Elmore Rary

Dec 16, 2017

Mr. Robert Elmore Rary, 89, of Statesville, died Saturday, December 16, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born March 3, 1928 in Iredell County, he was the youngest of seven children of J. C. and Eula Mae Shoemaker Rary.  He attended Statesville City Schools and graduated from Statesville Senior High School. He served in the U. S. Navy for 2...

Watson Gene Dull

Watson Gene Dull

Dec 16, 2017

Watson Gene Dull, 87, died December 16, 2017 at his home. Private family services will be held at Nicholson Funeral Home. Mr. Dull was a retired educator.

Sylvia Mayberry Wilkerson

Sylvia Mayberry Wilkerson

Dec 15, 2017

Mrs. Sylvia Mayberry Wilkerson, 72, of Statesville, died Friday, December 15, 2017 in an automobile accident. Born in Iredell County on September 2, 1945, she was a daughter of the late Marvin William Mayberry and Elizabeth Litaker Mayberry. On March 19, 1966, she married Mr. Herby Edward Wilkerson who survives. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Gail Wilkerson...

Michael "Mike" Robert Bailes

Michael "Mike" Robert Bailes

Dec 15, 2017

Michael “Mike” Robert Bailes, 52, of Statesville, passed away Friday, December 15, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital due to complications from a bone marrow transplant.  He was born on September 19, 1965 in Uniontown, PA. Michael was married on May 6, 2000 to Patricia “Trish” Dobson, who survives.  They shared over 17 years of marriage before his passing.  He...

Shawn Christopher Baugher

Shawn Christopher Baugher

Dec 14, 2017

Mr. Shawn Christopher Baugher, 45, of Statesville, died December 14, 2017. Born in Richland, Washington on June 2, 1972, he was a son of Ronald Keith Baugher and Diana Lyn Kreutz Thorne, both of whom survive. Shawn was a senior site operator with the Iredell County Solid Waste Department.  He was an avid skate boarder, an avid fan of the...