Obituaries
Donald "Donnie" Parks Wilcox
Aug 27, 2016
Donald “Donnie” Parks Wilcox, 72, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, August 27, 2016 at his residence. He was born in Iredell county to the late Charles M. Wilcox and Daisy Elliott Wilcox. Donnie was a graduate of Scotts High School and was married to Doris James Wilcox on October 7, 1965. They shared over 50 years of marriage before his...
David Ray Privette
Aug 25, 2016
David Ray Privette, 62, of Cleveland, died unexpectedly at his home on Thursday, August 25, 2016. Mr. Privette was born in Iredell County on January 28, 1954, and was the son of the late Hubert and Anna Ruth Powlas Privette. He attended North Iredell High School and was married to Rhonda Hinson Privette, who survives. Mr. Privette was employed with...
Ethel Mae (Barker) Kirkland
Aug 20, 2016
Mrs. Ethel Mae Barker Kirkland, 78, of Cleveland, died Saturday, August 20, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born August 24, 1937 in Iredell County, she was a daughter of the late Don Preston Barker and Beulah Mae Souther Barker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Virgil Kirkland whom she married on May 24, 1969, and a...
Dorothy Gantt Smith
Aug 20, 2016
Mrs. Dorothy Gantt Smith, 98, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, August 20, 2016 a Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born in Iredell County on August 14, 1918, she was a daughter of the late George Blake Gantt and Maude Herman Gantt. She was a graduate of Celeste Henkel High School and H. F. Long Hospital School Of Nursing. A registered Nurse all...
Bobby Ray Hedrick
Aug 19, 2016
Mr. Bob Ray (Bobby) Hedrick, 84, of Statesville, died Friday, August 19, 2016 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born in Iredell County on January 16, 1932, he was a son of the late Calvin Brown Hedrick and Nell Setzer Hedrick. Bob graduated from Statesville Senior High School, Mitchell Community College and N.C. State University. He was an Architect with J.N. Pease...
Betty Jean (Rumple) Threatte
Aug 18, 2016
Mrs. Betty Jean Rumple Threatte, 88, of Statesville, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Thursday, August 18, 2016, at her home. Born in Iredell County on May 29, 1928, Betty was the daughter of the late Jack Rumple and Annie Mae Lindley Rumple. She attended Iredell County schools and on February 25, 1946, she...
Willie Ruth (Hatley) Ledbetter
Aug 18, 2016
Mrs. Willie Ruth Hatley Ledbetter, 91, of Statesville, died Thursday at Autumn Care Of Statesville. Born in Cleveland County on December 24, 1924, she was a daughter of the late William Travis Hatley and Nancy Edna Alice Clemmer Hatley. Willie was an active member of Mt. Hermon Lutheran Church and loved singing, reading and cooking. She was a high school...
Kalman S. Gordon
Aug 18, 2016
Mr. Kalman S. Gordon, 79, of Statesville, passed away peacefully at Gordon Hospice House, surrounded by family, on Thursday, August 18, 2016. Kalman was born July 6, 1937 in Statesville, N.C. and was the son of the late Charlotte and Louis Gordon. He was a graduate of Statesville High School. He earned a degree in Business Administration from the University ...
Mary Mozelle (Cavin) Lambert
Aug 17, 2016
Mary Mozelle Cavin Lambert, 85, of Statesville, died Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Iredell County on May 21, 1930, she was a daughter of the late R.G.(Glenn) Cavin, Sr. and Leona Wilkinson Cavin. She was preceded in death by her husband, Mr. Albert C. Lambert, a son-in-law, Robert Dalton, Sr., brothers, R.G. Cavin, Jr....
W. "Dick" B. Norris
Aug 16, 2016
William Baines “Dick” Norris, Jr., 100, of Olin, passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born in Alexander County on March 2, 1916 to the late William Baines Norris and Ada Velie Sloop Norris. Mr. Norris graduated Harmony High School and attended George Washington University. In a family of 10 children, Dick had one...
Anna Lee (Rimmer) Harris
Aug 16, 2016
Anna Lee Rimmer Harris, 89, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born in Iredell County on November 26, 1926 to the late Conner Shuford Rimmer and Cora Sue Lippard. Mrs. Harris was educated in the Statesville City Schools. She was in the furniture industry most of her career retiring from Orbit...
Dennis Gary Morrison
Aug 13, 2016
On Saturday morning, August 13, 2016, Dennis Gary Morrison began eternity with his Lord, joining his mother, father, brother, and brother-in-law. He was born in Iredell County on January 24, 1948 to the late John Henry Ford Morrison, Sr. and Lois Joyner Morrison. Dennis was a graduate of Celeste Henkel High School and attended UNC-Charlotte where he studied art and...
Velma Ruth (Fesperman) Tedder
Aug 12, 2016
Velma Ruth Fesperman Tedder, 87, of Statesville, passed away Friday, August 12, 2016 at the Gardens of Statesville. She was born on March 11, 1929 in Rowan County to the late James W. Fesperman, Sr. and Maggie Fautz Fesperman. Mrs. Tedder was educated in the Rowan County Schools System and was married to Garland Aaron Tedder on July 12, 1947. ...
Jill Shoemaker McDaniel
Aug 11, 2016
Mrs. Jill Shoemaker McDaniel, 68, of Monroe, N.C., died Thursday, August 11, 2016 at her home. Born in Iredell County on December 7, 1947, she was a daughter of the late Coite Shoemaker and V C Clodfelter Shoemaker. Jill was a homemaker and enjoyed needlework and genealogy. Survivors include her husband, Steven R. McDaniel, a son, Jonathan McDaniel (Tracey) of...
Martha (Lippard) Williams
Aug 9, 2016
Martha Lippard Williams, 87, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, August 09, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born in Iredell County on June 1, 1929 to the late John Hobbs Lippard and Estelle Robins Lippard. Mrs. Williams attended Troutman City Schools and was married to Clyde M. Williams on June of 1951. They enjoyed over 48 years of...
Ruby (Hartness) Joines
Aug 9, 2016
Mrs. Ruby Hartness Joines, 76, formerly of Statesville, passed away peacefully Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at her home in Greenville, SC. Mrs. Joines was born April 16, 1940 in Rowan County and was the daughter of the late Allie and Lela Tilley Hartness. She attended schools in Alexander County and was married to the late Jimmy Eugene Joines, who died...
J. M. Sigmon
Aug 9, 2016
Mr. J. M. Sigmon, 84, of Statesville, died Tuesday at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Iredell County on May 28, 1932, he was a son of the late John Bell Sigmon and Edna Mae Fox Sigmon Little. J.M. was a retired carpenter and a member of New Bethany Baptist Church. On June 26, 1949, he married the former Dorothy...
Carol Englebert Wilson
Aug 8, 2016
Carol Englebert Wilson, 73, of Stony Point, died Monday, August 8, 2016 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born in Wilkes County on October 14, 1942, she was a daughter of the late John D. Englebert and Nelia Miller Englebert. She was a member of Calvary Community Church and was a former housekeeping supervisor at Iredell Memorial Hospital. She enjoyed gardening, crafts...
Barbara (Current) Overbey
Aug 8, 2016
Mrs. Barbara Current Overbey, 86, of Statesville, passed away, August 8, 2016 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Overbey was born September 25, 1929 in Statesville, NC and was the daughter of the late Dr. William Clyde Current and Ruth Wade MacDonald Current. She graduated from Saint Mary’s High School in Raleigh and Stratford College in Danville, VA. She was a...
Sarah Elizabeth (Lib Nesbit) Payne
Aug 7, 2016
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth “Lib” Nesbit Payne, 90, of Statesville, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 7, 2016, at Brian Center. Mrs. Payne was born September 9, 1925, in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Luther and Lula Mae Phillips Nesbit. She was educated in Iredell County schools and was married to Charlie Parks Payne, who passed away...