Obituaries
Margaret Lavada Sebastian
Oct 26, 2017
Margaret Lavada Lambert Sebastian, 85, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, October 26, 2017 at Autumn Care of Statesville. She was born in Iredell County on August 8, 1932 to the late Lawrence and Effie Elliot Lambert. Margaret was a graduate of Iredell County Schools and was married to James Lester Sebastian, who preceded her in death. She was self-employed cleaning...
Barbara Jewel (Henkel) Horne
Oct 25, 2017
Barbara Henkel Horne, 90, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. She was born on September 13, 1927 in Douglas, Arizona to the late Frederick White Henkel and Margaret Leachet Henkel. Mrs. Horne was a graduate of Statesville Senior High School and was married to Robert B. Horne on July 26, 1946. They shared almost...
William Coolidge (Docker) Harris
Oct 24, 2017
William Coolidge “Docker” Harris, 92, of Harmony, died Tuesday, October 24, 2017, at Autumn Care in Mocksville. Docker was born in Iredell County on March 5, 1925, and was the son of the late Elias H. Harris and Mary Pink Galliher Harris. On April 12, 1952, he married Lois Mae Safriet and together they shared 65 years of marriage until...
Betty Sue (Harding) Orrell
Oct 23, 2017
Betty Sue Harding Orrell, 77, of Statesville, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family on Monday, October 23, 2017. She was born in Davie County on January 7, 1940 to the late Leonard Wood Harding and Lettie Lea Manual Walker. Mrs. Orrell was a graduate of Statesville Senior High School and was married to Douglas Milton Orrell, who survives. She...
Dorothy Virginia (Moore) Crowson
Oct 21, 2017
Dorothy Virginia Moore Crowson, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, October 21, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born June 13, 1919 in Statesville, NC as one of 14 children to the late Lon F. Moore and Laura Cascadon Moore. She was a graduate of Statesville Senior High School and Mitchell College. She worked for Mitchell College and enjoyed...
Wilma Lorene (Brawley) Bryant
Oct 20, 2017
Wilma Lorene Brawley Bryant, 89, of Statesville passed away on Friday, October 20, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born in Rowan County on November 5, 1927 to the late Floyd Alexander Brawley and Mamie Cornelius Mills Brawley. Mrs. Bryant was a graduate of Statesville Senior High School and was married to William “Bill” Bryant on June 30,...
Phyllis Elaine (Moose) Grant
Oct 17, 2017
Phyllis Elaine Moose Grant, 78, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, October 17, 2017, at the Gordon Hospice House. Born May 25, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Dempsey Lee Moose and Margaret Elizabeth Nash Moose. She graduated from Celeste Henkel High School class of ’57 and married Donald Roy Grant on April 30, 1960. Phyllis retired from J.C....
Sarah Lee (Campbell) Loyd
Oct 17, 2017
Mrs. Sarah Lee Campbell Loyd, 90, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Loyd was born February 17, 1927 in Iredell County to the late Richard Martin Campbell and Johnsie Martha Campbell. She was a graduate of Central High School and on October 29, 1949, she was married to the late Robert “R.C.”...
Clyde William Albea
Oct 15, 2017
Clyde William Albea, Jr. 86, of Statesville, passed away, Sunday, October 15, 2017 at his home. Mr. Albea was born December 5, 1930 in Statesville, NC and was the son of the late Clyde William Albea and Lorene Kerr Albea. He attended Iredell County schools and on October 21, 1948 he enlisted in the US Army during the Korean War...
Dalton Edwards
Oct 15, 2017
Joseph Dalton Edwards, 20, of Statesville, died Sunday, October 15, 2017, at his home following a courageous battle with cancer. Dalton was born in Iredell County on September 6, 1997, and was the son of Joseph Edwards and Geri Gurka Edwards. He was a graduate of West Iredell High School and was a student at Pfeiffer University. Dalton was a...
Vadea Jenelle (English) Sharpe
Oct 13, 2017
Vadea Jenelle English Sharpe, 52, of Trinity, died October 13, 2017 at her home. Born on November 16, 1964 she was a daughter of Roy Lee English, Sr., and Trudy Ann Smith English, both of whom survive. She was a graduate of Trinity Senior High School in Trinity, N.C. Additional survivors include a son, Justin Michael Sharpe of Statesville and...
Joan Childress McDaniel
Oct 13, 2017
Joan Childress McDaniel, 70, of Mooresville, died Friday, October 13, 2017 at home. Born in Washington, D.C. on August 14, 1947, she was a daughter of the late John Childress and Naomi Venna Short Childress. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Thomas McDaniel, a daughter, Faith McDaniel, a sister, Donna Childress, a grandson, Thomas Dargon McDaniels and...
Margaret Evelyn (Niblock) Troutman
Oct 13, 2017
Mrs. Margaret Evelyn Niblock Troutman, 80, of Statesville, died unexpectedly on Friday, October 13, 2017, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Troutman was born in Rowan County on December 9, 1936, and was the daughter of the late George Lee Niblock and Blanche Perry Niblock. She was a graduate of Cool Spring High School and Davis School of Nursing. She was...
Frederick "Fred" Lee Shoaf
Oct 12, 2017
Frederick Lee Shoaf, 84, of Troutman, passed away Thursday, October 12, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born in Davie County on November 2, 1932 to the late Walter and Bessie Nail Shoaf. Fred was a graduate of Cooleemee High School and Appalachian State University where he played football and baseball for four years. On August 19, 1956,...
William "Frank" Franklin Isaac
Oct 12, 2017
William Franklin Isaac, 71, of Statesville, passed away at his residence surrounded by family on Thursday, October 12, 2017. He was born on November 23, 1945 in Iredell County to the late Samuel Dewey Isaac and Emma Kerley Isaac. Mr. Isaac attended Cool Springs School and was married to Gerry Hopkins Isaac, who survives. They shared over 52 years of...
Tessie Bennett Speaks
Oct 11, 2017
Tessie Bennett Speaks, 83, of Union Grove, went home to her Heavely Father on Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. She was born in Iredell County on April 14, 1934 to the late Roy and Pearlie Mae Mullis Bennett. Mrs. Speaks attended Union Grove School and was married on November 4, 1946 to Ed Curtis Speaks, who preceded...
Michael O'Neil Lloyd
Oct 11, 2017
Michael O’Neil Lloyd, 56, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at Carolina Medical Center in Charlotte, NC. Michael was born September 3, 1961 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Gary O’Neil Lloyd and Rosa Horton Lloyd, who survives of Statesville. He was a graduate of South Iredell High School and on June 21,...
James Samuel White
Oct 10, 2017
Rev. Dr. James S. White, 86, of Statesville, passed away, Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. Rev. White was born August 5, 1931 in Statesville, NC to the late Alonzo Lee White and Jettie Queen White. He served in the US Army for 2 years and on July 26, 1959, he was married to Hannah Gilleland White,...
Billy Lee Curlee, II.
Oct 10, 2017
Billy Lee Curlee, II., 54, of Statesville, died Tuesday at Brian Center of Statesville. Born in Iredell County on November 25, 1962 he was a son of Billy Lee Curlee and Judy Swicegood Phillips. He was a forklift operator in the textile industry and enjoyed watching football, the outdoors, being with his grandchildren and working on old cars. In addition...
Edd Harrold
Oct 9, 2017
Mr. Edd Harrold, 75, of Union Grove, died Monday, October 9, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Wilkes County on April 12, 1942, he was a son of the late Gilmore Harrold and Ethel Harrold Harrold. He was preceded in death by his wife, Pliney Shoemaker Harrold on February 16, 2009. He was also preceded in death by...