Obituaries
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...
Danny Robert Toppings
Dec 22, 2016
Mr. Danny Robert Toppings, 50, of Troutman, died Thursday, December 22, 2016 at his home unexpectedly. Born in Charleston, W. Va., he was a son of Constance Wheeler Rosetta Toppings and the late Daniel Boone Toppings. On August 7, 2010, he married Paula May Loftis Toppings, who survives. Danny worked for Charah as a heavy equipment operator and was an...
Doris Jean (Jarman) Wilson
Dec 22, 2016
Mrs. Doris Jean Jarman Wilson, 74, of Statesville, died Thursday, December 22, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Mt. Olive, N.C. on August 19, 1942, she was a daughter of the late Juanita Jarman Barfield. In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by a son, Todd Wilson. Mrs. Wilson graduated with a B.S. in Elementary...
Bobby Winford Mason
Dec 22, 2016
Mr. Bobby Winford Mason, 79, of Statesville, died , December 22, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Iredell County on May 12, 1937, he was a son of the late Bub Wiley Mason and Ida Elizabeth Branton Mason. On November 22, 1986, he married his wife Joyce, who survives. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Glenda Lee (Pope) Waugh
Dec 21, 2016
Glenda Lee Pope Waugh, 72, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2016, at the Gordon Hospice House following a brief illness. Glenda was born in Iredell County on March 27, 1944, and was the daughter of the late Troy Lee Pope and Eleanor Hoover Pope. She was a graduate of Scotts High School. She worked many years for Hines...
Nancy Comer Mayfield
Dec 19, 2016
Mrs. Nancy Comer Mayfield,74, of Statesville, died Monday, December 19, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House in Statesville. Born in Yadkin County on August 28, 1942, she was a daughter of the late W.A. Comer and Ruby Chappell Comer. On September 10, 1967, she married Mr. Thomas M. Mayfield, Jr. who died in March of 2002. She was also preceded...
Ross Whitfield Mayes
Dec 19, 2016
Ross Whitfield Mayes, 90, of the Cool Spring community and last surviving child of the William Claude and Margaret Estelle Cornelius Mayes family, died Monday, December 19, 2016 at Autumn Care of Statesville. Upon Ross’s graduation at 17 as valedictorian of the 1943 class of Cool Spring High School, he registered as required and by September was drafted to serve...
Howard Adler
Dec 19, 2016
Mr. Howard Adler, 99, of Statesville, died Monday, December 19, 2016 . Services celebrating Mr. Adler’s life will be conducted today, Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at 2:30 at Congregation Emanuel Temple with burial at Oakwood Cemetery. Arrangements are in the care of Nicholson Funeral Home.
William Minford (Bill) Chatham, Sr.
Dec 19, 2016
Mr. William “Bill” Minford Chatham, Sr., 92, of Union Grove, NC, passed away Monday, December 19, 2016, at his home. Mr. Chatham was born in Wilkes County on August 7, 1924, and was the son of the late Peter Chatham and Nancy Johnson Chatham. He attended Wilkes County schools and on May 22, 1943, he married Mae Mahaffey Chatham, who...
Anna Giraldi (Vodopivec) Pettit
Dec 17, 2016
Anna Vodopivec Giraldi Pettit, 93, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, December 17, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born in Gorizia, Slovenia on July 27, 1923 to the late Andrea and Frances Paulica Vodopivec. Mrs. Pettit was first married to Eugene Giraldi, who preceded her in death. She later married Bill Pettit, who also preceded her in death. ...
Noah Lee Gregory
Dec 14, 2016
Noah Lee Gregory, 77, of Olin, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born in Wilkes County on March 30, 1939 to the late Floyd and Cora Nell Shatley Gregory. Noah attended Wilkes County Schools and was married to Gloria Lucille Klanke Gregory, who survives. . Noah was a member of West Yadkin Assembly...
Aileen (Harris) Tulbert
Dec 12, 2016
Aileen Harris Tulbert, 76, of Harmony, passed away Monday, December 12, 2016, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Tulbert was born in Wilkes County on March 26, 1940, and was the daughter of the late Vander and Brady Myers Harris. She attended Wilkes County schools and on May 2, 1971, she married Thomas Tulbert, who died in 2012. Mrs. Tulbert...
Mary Lee (Lentz) Grose
Dec 12, 2016
Mary Lee Lentz Grose passed away at home surrounded by the love of her family on Monday, December 12, 2016. Mary Lee had been in declining health for several months. She was born in Statesville, N.C. on June 16, 1927 to Azor Sloan Lentz and Hattie Milholen Lentz. She attended Olin elementary school and graduated from Harmony High School as...
Aileen (Harris) Tulbert
Dec 12, 2016
Aileen Harris Tulbert, 76, of Harmony, passed away Monday, December 12, 2016, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Tulbert was born in Wilkes County on March 26, 1940, and was the daughter of the late Vander and Brady Myers Harris. She attended Wilkes County schools and on May 2, 1971, she married Thomas Tulbert, who died in 2012. Mrs. Tulbert...
Beulah Viola (Welborn) Gettys
Dec 10, 2016
Mrs. Beulah Viola Welborn Gettys, 82, of Statesville, died Saturday, December 10, 2016, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Gettys was born in Iredell County on January 2, 1934, the daughter of the late Parks Welborn and Ida Mae Lloyd Welborn. She attended Scotts School and was married to Billy B. Gettys. Mrs. Gettys was a sewing machine operator and...
Jerry Franklin Prevette
Dec 10, 2016
Mr. Jerry Franklin Prevette, 81, of Statesville, passed away on Saturday, December 10, 2016, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mr. Prevette was born in Iredell County on August 8, 1935, and was the son of the late Guy W. and Ruth E. Ellis Prevette. He was a graduate of Statesville High School and Rowan Technical Institute. He was a veteran of...
Dwight Everette Harmon
Dec 8, 2016
Dwight Everette Harmon, 93 loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend passed away on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at Gordon Hospice House in Statesville, N.C. He was happily married for 65 years to Texie McLelland Harmon who preceded him in death in 2009. Twins Dwight and Marshall Harmon were born September 25, 1923 to Everette L. and Maude Howard...
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