Obituaries
James E. Brooks
Jan 4, 2017
James E. Brooks, 92, died peacefully at the Gordon Hospice House in Statesville, NC on January 4, 2017. A veteran of World War II, he was drafted at 18 years old from his hometown of Harlan, Kentucky and served in the U.S. Navy on Kwajalein Atoll helping to rebuild the small war-torn landmass and establish the largest Allied military base...
Billy Ray Lytton, Sr.
Jan 3, 2017
Billy Ray Lytton, Sr, 73, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, January 3, 2017, at his home. Mr. Lytton was born February 16, 1943, in Iredell County and was the son of the late Roy Lytton and Alice Privette Lytton. He was educated in Iredell County schools and on September 8, 1960, he married Rosie Summers Lytton, who preceded...
Hazel (Broadway) Waugh
Jan 3, 2017
Mrs. Hazel Broadway Waugh, 69, of Claremont, NC passed away, Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Waugh was born April 23, 1947 in Davie County and was the daughter of the late John “Bud” Broadway and Ruby Gales Broadway. She was a graduate of Davie County schools and was retired from Mocaro Industries. On March 18, 1977, she...
Ralph T. Holmes, Jr.
Jan 3, 2017
Ralph Turbiville Holmes, Jr. passed on to his hereafter on January 3, 2017. Born on June 20, 1928, he was predeceased by his parents, Ralph T. Holmes, Sr. and Annie Hinson Holmes, and his sister, Ann Holmes Baumer. Ralph T., as he was known to family and friends, is survived by his sister, Gloria Holmes Long. “Daddy” is also survived...
Walter Eugene (Gene) Haire
Jan 3, 2017
Mr. Walter Eugene “Gene” Haire, 82, of Statesville, passed away, Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at the Brian Nursing Center. Mr. Haire was born December 7, 1934 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Harvey Lee Haire and Lina Lucille Sherrill Haire. He was a graduate of Statesville Senior High School and served in the US Marine Corps...
Rev. James Lester Greene
Jan 2, 2017
Rev. James Lester Greene, 92, of Newton, died Monday, January 2, 2017, at the Gordon Hospice House. Rev. Greene was born in Cherokee County, NC on September 5, 1924, and was the son of the late Lawrence H. Greene and Nellie Radford Greene Oakes. He attended Murphy High School and following high school he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and...
William Brian Mason
Jan 2, 2017
William Brian Mason, 59, of Statesville, went to be with his Heavenly Father on Monday, January 2, 2017. He was born on February 15, 1957 in Iredell County to the late James Floyd Mason and Flossie Woodward Mason, who survives. Brian was a graduate of North Iredell High School and Mitchell College. He married Debby Rickert on July 2, 1977. ...
Windy Marrie Virtue
Jan 1, 2017
Windy Marrie Virtue, 55, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, January 1, 2017 at Carolinas Medical Center. She was born in Mooresville on April 22, 1961, daughter of the late Audrey Danyels Bare. Windy attended Mooresville High School and was self-employed most of her career. She was a member of Providence Church of the Living God. She was a loving mother,...
Odas Franklin Haynes
Jan 1, 2017
Odas Franklin Haynes, 91, of Mooresville, passed away Sunday, January 1, 2017 at Carolinas Medical Center. He was born in Harmony on December 17, 1925 to the late Thomas Vance Haynes and Roseanna Sharpe Haynes. Mr. Haynes was a graduate of Harmony High School and served his country honorably in the U.S. Army during WWII. He was married to Bernice...
Rev. Jones Cephas ("J.C.") Souther
Dec 30, 2016
Rev. Jones Cephas “J.C.” Souther, 88, of Mooresville, died Friday, December 30, 2016, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Rev. Souther was born in Wilkes County, NC on June 12, 1928 and was the son of the late William Henry Souther and Dorinda “Rindy” Mary Moore Souther. He attended Wilkes County schools and graduated from the Charlotte Bible School. On February 21,...
James Carroll Guffy
Dec 30, 2016
Mr. James Carroll Guffy, 71, of the Cool Spring Community, passed away, Friday, December 30, 2016 at Forsyth Regional Medical Center. Mr. Guffy was born August 21, 1945 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Henry Allen Guffy and Hazel Johnson Guffy. He was a graduate of Cool Spring High School and was a lifelong member of...
Ronda (York) Berry
Dec 29, 2016
Ronda York Berry, 55, of Conover, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, December 29, 2016 at her residence. Mrs. Berry was born October 30, 1961 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Lawrence Bryant York and Maggie Curlee York. She was a graduate of Iredell County schools and on August 12, 1988, was married to Cecil “Lenny” Berry, who...
Mary Beth Morrison (Craven) Kennedy
Dec 29, 2016
Mary Beth Craven Morrison Kennedy, 97, of Statesville, passed away December 29, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Catawba County on June 27, 1919, she was a daughter of the late Roland Pharr and Loy McLain Craven. She graduated from Mooresville, Mitchell Community College and Carolina Business School in Charlotte. She was employed by Morrison Electric Supply and...
Ruth (Williams) Drum
Dec 29, 2016
Mrs. Ruth Williams Drum, 91, of Morganton and formerly of Statesville, died Thursday, December 29, 2016, at her daughters’ home. Mrs. Drum was born in Cabarrus County on April 30, 1925, and was the daughter of the late Noble Oscar and Bessie Lippard Williams. She was a graduate of Statesville High School and on February 10, 1943, she married Wade...
Phillip "PhilP Reynolds Kuykendall
Dec 29, 2016
Phillip Reynolds Kuydendall, 63, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, December 29, 2016 at his residence. He was born on September 28, 1953 in Iredell County to the late J. Earl and Estelle Reynolds Kuykendall. Phil was a graduate of Statesville Senior High School and then moved out to California to be with his brother. He lived in Hawaii and Hollywood,...
Ginger (Higgins) Cox
Dec 28, 2016
Mrs. Ginger Higgins Cox, 81, of Statesville, died Wednesday, December 28, 2016, at her home. Ginger was born in Pikeville, TN on March 24, 1935, and was the daughter of the late Owen and Annabelle Higgins. She was the youngest of eight children and until her death, was the last surviving of her family. She attended Bledsoe County schools and...
Bonnie Gail (Dyson) Cook
Dec 27, 2016
Mrs. Bonnie Gail Dyson Cook, 54, of Statesville, died Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at Forsyth Regional Medical Center. Born in Iredell County on May 14, 1962, she was a daughter of the late Charlie Andrew Dyson and Geneva Hamm Dyson. She was preceded in death by a brother, Charles Dyson and a sister, Ethel Hollar. Bonnie was a member of...
Martha Jane (Donaldson) Bell
Dec 25, 2016
Martha Jane Donaldson Bell, 69, of Statesville, passed away, Sunday, December 25, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House following a period of declining health. Mrs. Bell was born December 2, 1947 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late George Lee Donaldson and Ella Mae Carson Donaldson. She was a graduate of Scotts High School and is married...
Kelly Dawn (Taylor) Caudill
Dec 25, 2016
Kelly Dawn Taylor Caudill, 45, of Statesville, died December 25, 2016 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born in Davie County on March 10, 1971, she was a daughter of the late Richard Taylor and Doris Lambeth Taylor. Kelly was disability retired from home health care. Survivors include her husband, James, daughters, Kayla Dawn Caudill and Kimberly Bridges, brothers Myron Nelson and...
Ida (Burton) Gaither
Dec 25, 2016
Ida Burton Gaither, 72, formerly of Statesville, passed away, Sunday, December 25, 2016 in Brevard, NC. Mrs. Gaither was born October 2, 1944 in Forsyth County and was the daughter of the late Paul Burton and Inez Morton Burton Grose. She was a graduate of Forsyth County Schools and in her earlier years, worked for Walt Disney as a Floor...
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