Obituaries

Barbara Orbison Davidson

Barbara Orbison Davidson

Aug 30, 2017

Barbara Aileen Orbison Davidson, beloved mother and grandmother, passed away Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at Autumn Care of Statesville. She was 81. A lifelong resident of Iredell County, she was born June 30, 1936 to the late James Glenn Orbison and Cora McCoy Orbison. She graduated from Celeste Henkel High School in 1954. During her time in school she excelled...

Julie Floyd Schenk

Julie Floyd Schenk

Aug 30, 2017

Julie Floyd Schenk, 76, of Statesville, died Wednesday at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Bath, S.C. on July 19, 1941, she was a daughter of the late Pete David Floyd and Jessie Raymelle Floyd. Julie was a Registered Nurse for 33 years and served in the U.S. Navy. Survivors include her son, James Mann of Wabasso, Fla., and brothers:...

Eric Jennings Luther

Eric Jennings Luther

Aug 25, 2017

Eric Jennings Luther, 31, of Statesville, died unexpectedly Friday, August 25, 2017.  He was born on March 10, 1986 in Salisbury, NC to Terry Lane Luther and Karen Elliott Luther. Eric was a graduate of Statesville High School and attended Wilkes Community College where he earned a certificate in Culinary Arts.  He had most recently worked at the Chef House...

Milton Archie Feimster

Milton Archie Feimster

Aug 24, 2017

Milton Archie Feimster, 90, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, August 24, 2017 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem.  He was born in Iredell County on August 4, 1927 to the late Earl and Margaret Wickertt Feimster. Mr. Feimster was a graduate of Scotts High School and served his country honorably in the U.S. Navy.  He married Mary...

William Anthony Parker

William Anthony Parker

Aug 21, 2017

William Anthony Parker, of Statesville, NC, died in his home, surrounded by his family on August 21, 2017. He was 46 years old. Bill was born on August 22, 1970, in Chicago, IL, to Don and Marlene Parker. After moving with his family to Statesville, NC, Bill graduated from Statesville Senior High School in 1988 and from the University of...

Phyllis Rose (Kerley) Patterson

Phyllis Rose (Kerley) Patterson

Aug 19, 2017

Mrs. Phyllis Rose Kerley Patterson, 86, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, August 19, 2017, at her home. Born in Hiddenite, NC on April 11, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Donald Leeper Kerley and Hazel Wingler Kerley.  She was a member of the Western Avenue Baptist Church. Mrs. Patterson was a graduate of the Hiddenite High School and...

Kathi Sharon (Deal) Fox Sherrill

Kathi Sharon (Deal) Fox Sherrill

Aug 15, 2017

Kathi Sharon Deal Fox Sherrill, 64, passed away Tuesday, August 15, 2017, at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital. Born in Iredell County on June 29, 1953, Kathi was the daughter of the late James Cathey “JC” Deal and Marie Wilson Deal.  She was a graduate of Statesville High School.  She was married to David Sherrill, who survives. Kathi was formerly...

Betty Lippard Holdsclaw

Betty Lippard Holdsclaw

Aug 15, 2017

Mrs. Betty Lippard Holdsclaw, 83, of Statesville, died Tuesday August 15, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Iredell County on December 5, 1933, she was a daughter of the late John Hobbs Lippard and Estelle Robbins Lippard. Betty retired from the Quality Control Dept. of Kewaunee Scientific.  She loved her Lord, her family, flowers, cooking and feeding people....

Mary Louise (Johnson) Platt

Mary Louise (Johnson) Platt

Aug 14, 2017

Mary Louise Johnson Platt, 90, of Statesville, passed away Mon., August 14, 2017, at Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory. Born July 13, 1927, of the Catholic faith, she retired as a spinner from Templon Mills in Mooresville after 20 years. Mary was the daughter of the late Miles Ralph and Bertha Ellen Martin Johnson. She was preceded in death...

Rex Hal Jenkins

Rex Hal Jenkins

Aug 12, 2017

Mr. Rex Hal Jenkins, age 85, of Statesville, passed away on Saturday, August 12, 2017 at Novant Health Rowan Medical Center in Salisbury, N.C. Born in Washington, D.C., on January 3, 1932, he was a son of the late Annie Lee Hoke and Hal Jenkins. After graduating from Scotts High School, Rex was in the United States Navy from February...

George Talmadge Kimberlin

George Talmadge Kimberlin

Aug 11, 2017

George Talmadge Kimberlin, 88, of Sherrills Ford, NC, went home to be with his Lord on Friday, August 11, 2017 after a brief illness.  He was born on August 5, 1929 in Todd, NC to the late James W. and Laura Grogan Kimberlin. Mr. Kimberlin was a graduate of Fleetwood High School in Jefferson, NC in 1948 and served his...

Louie Edward Marett, Jr.

Louie Edward Marett, Jr.

Aug 9, 2017

Mr. Louie Edward Marett, Jr., 77, of Statesville, died Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at his home. Born in Iredell County on October 8, 1939, he was a son of the late Louie Edward Marett and Nancy Louise Cochran Marett. Louie was a member of First A.R.P. Curch and a graduate of the Statesville High School Class of 1958 after which...

Lois (Deal) Baity

Lois (Deal) Baity

Aug 6, 2017

Emma Lois Deal Baity, 96, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, August 06, 2017 at Autumn Care of Statesville.  She was born in Alberta, Canada on May 14, 1921 to the late George L. and Eulalia Alexander Deal. Mrs. Baity attended Cool Spring School and was married to Ralph C. Baity on March 16, 1940.  They shared over 52 years of...

Ruth Dorrit (Caldwell) Paradise

Ruth Dorrit (Caldwell) Paradise

Aug 6, 2017

Ruth Dorrit Caldwell Paradise, 70, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, August 6, 2017, at her home. She was born in Iredell County on October 20, 1946, and was the daughter of the late Victor Caldwell and Jane Hare Caldwell. Left to cherish her memory is her daughter, Heather Paradise Cramer and husband Jesse along with a granddaughter, Emma...

Jarrod "JRod" Michael White

Jarrod "JRod" Michael White

Aug 6, 2017

Jarrod “JRod” Michael White, 27, of Union Grove, passed away Sunday, August 6, 2017 at his residence.  He was born in Fayetteville, NC on November 3, 1989 to Michael Lee White and the late Marilyn Feimster White. Jarrod was a graduate of North Iredell High School and was of Baptist faith.  He was a welder for JC Steel and Sons. ...

Naomi Olivine (Nicholson) Adcock

Naomi Olivine (Nicholson) Adcock

Aug 5, 2017

Naomi Nicholson Adcock, 82, of Statesville, died peacefully in her home on Saturday, August 5, 2017. She was an extraordinary woman who lived her life with quiet dignity. Born March 4, 1935, she was raised by devoted parents, Thelma and Robert Redmond, of Statesville.  She was the loving sister of Dorothy Mae Nicholson. She graduated in 1953 from Celeste Henkel...

Ronald Frederick Goshorn

Ronald Frederick Goshorn

Aug 5, 2017

Ronald Frederick Goshorn, Sr., 71, of Statesville, went to be with the Lord, Saturday, August 5, 2017 at Maple Leaf Health Care. He was born August 20, 1945 in Nebraska and was the son of Betty Loraine Marshall Little. He attended Cool Spring school before his family moved to Ohio. Later he moved back to Statesville and worked for Lakeshore...

Wesley Britain Wallace

Wesley Britain Wallace

Aug 1, 2017

Wesley Britain Wallace, 93, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at his residence.  He was born in Ripley, Ohio on September 11, 1923 to the late David T. and Mary Elizabeth Wagner Wallace. Mr. Wallace was a graduate of Russelville High School in Russelville, Ohio and served his country honorably in the Navy during WWII.  On March 17,...

Haddie Marie Barnette

Haddie Marie Barnette

Jul 31, 2017

Haddie Marie Barnette, infant daughter of Jeffery Clinton Barnette and Rebecca Beaver Barnette of Statesville, died August 2, 2017 at Levine Childrens’ Hospital in Charlotte. Born July 31, 2017 she was preceded in death by an uncle, Lee Barnette. Survivors in addition to her parents include two sisters, Kayden Elizabeth Barnette and Ava Lea Barnette, her maternal grandparents: Angie Shook...

Troy Curtiss Nicholson

Troy Curtiss Nicholson

Jul 30, 2017

Mr. Troy Curtiss Nicholson, 87, of Union Grove, passed away, Sunday, July 30, 2017 at his home. Mr. Nicholson was born October 31, 1929 in Yadkin County and was the son of the late Walter C. Nicholson and Viola Lewis Nicholson. He attended Union Grove Schools and was married to the late Dorothy Chatham Nicholson. He worked and retired from...