Obituaries

Edna Lee (Bustle) Lackey

Edna Lee (Bustle) Lackey

Dec 15, 2015

Edna Lee Bustle Lackey, 84 of Statesville, died Tuesday, December 15, 2015. She was born in Iredell County August 29, 1931 to the late Charlie Armfield Bustle and Mable Shell Bustle . She attended Iredell County Schools and in 1947 married Charles Austin Lackey who preceded her in death. Mrs. Lackey retired from Uniglass Industries after 40 years of service...

Lois Jean (Glover) Tucker

Lois Jean (Glover) Tucker

Dec 14, 2015

Lois Jean Glover Tucker, 71, of Statesville, passed away Monday, December 14, 2015 at her residence.  She was born on June 19, 1944 in Statesville to the late James Albert and Ina Marie Goforth Glover. Lois was a graduate of Statesville Senior High class of 1962.  She was married to Charles Barry Tucker, who preceded her in death on February...

Thomas Lee (Tom) Yost

Thomas Lee (Tom) Yost

Dec 14, 2015

Mr. Thomas “Tom” Lee Yost, 84, died on Monday, December 14, 2015, at Iredell Memorial Hospital in Statesville, NC. He was born April 1, 1931, in Bluefield, WV and was the son of the late Richard and Mary Burton Yost. Mr. Yost was retired from Crossroads Homes as a salesman. Surviving is daughter, Dana Payne Cook (Ron) of White Sulphur...

Deborah "Debbie" Ann (Goins) McGriff

Deborah "Debbie" Ann (Goins) McGriff

Dec 14, 2015

Deborah “Debbie” Ann Goins McGriff, 54, of Stony Point, passed away Monday, December 14, 2015, at Wake Forest University Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. McGriff was born in Clio, SC on November 23, 1961, and was the daughter of the late Chesley Goins and Alice Hamilton Vickers.  She attended Marlboro County schools and she was married to Tim McGriff, who...

Barbara Ernestine (Gentry) Sharpe

Barbara Ernestine (Gentry) Sharpe

Dec 14, 2015

Barbara Ernestine Gentry Sharpe, 78, of Statesville, went home to be with the Lord Monday, December 14, 2015 at the Brian Center of Statesville.  She was born in Alleghany County on March 31, 1937 to the late Ernest Brantley Gentry and Unafa Mae Shumate Gentry. On October 16, 1954, she married Howard Stephen Sharpe, who survives.  They had celebrated 61...

Edward Eugene Lackey

Edward Eugene Lackey

Dec 13, 2015

Mr. Edward Eugene (Buster) Lackey, 80, of Statesville, died Sunday, December 13, 2015 at his home. Born in Iredell County on March 24, 1935 he was a son of the late Dessie Lackey. Buster was a retired truck driver and a member of Front Street Baptist Church. He enjoyed watching TV, especially boxing, NASCAR and Westerns. He dearly loved spending...

Laurine Furr (Henkel) Snouse

Laurine Furr (Henkel) Snouse

Dec 11, 2015

Laurine Henkel Furr Snouse, 98, of The Pines in Davidson, died Friday, December 11, 2015 at her residence.  She was born June 28, 1917 in Iredell County to the late George Fredrick Henkel and Geneva White Henkel. Laurine loved living in Statesville where she reared her family.  She was an active member of Broad Street United Methodist Church prior to...

Elizabeth Marie (Reid) Smith

Elizabeth Marie (Reid) Smith

Dec 9, 2015

Mrs. Elizabeth Marie Reid Smith, 79, of Union Grove, has returned to the God who gave her life on Wednesday, December 9, 2015, from Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born in Iredell County on January 24, 1936, she was a daughter of the late Claude Thomas Reid and Velma Marie Rash Reid. She was a member of The Church Of Jesus Christ...

Grady Sloan Pharr, Jr

Grady Sloan Pharr, Jr

Dec 7, 2015

Grady Sloan Pharr Jr. 87, of Statesville, NC passed away Monday, December 7th at The Gordon Hospice House of Statesville. Grady was born in Statesville on January 4, 1929.   He was the son of the late Grady Sloan Pharr Sr. and Eva Johnson Pharr.  He was a graduate of Central High School.  He worked for Hoechst Celanese and retired from...

John "Johnny" Ray White

John "Johnny" Ray White

Dec 5, 2015

John “Johnny” Ray White, 66, of Dobson, passed away Saturday, December 05, 2015 at his residence.  He was born in Brevard, NC on May 3, 1949 to the late Claude “C.S.” White, Jr. and Gladys Clark White. John was educated in Union Grove Schools and served his country honorably in the U.S. Army.  He was first married to Sharon Pope...

Michael Thomas Chambers

Michael Thomas Chambers

Dec 4, 2015

Michael “Mike” Thomas Chambers, 65, of Statesville, passed away Friday, December 4, 2015 as a result of an automobile accident.  He was born in Iredell County on May 4, 1950 to the late James Kenneth and Johnsie Minnie Goodman Chambers. Mr. Chambers was educated in the Iredell County Schools.  He was a retired truck driver and was of Baptist faith. ...

Norma (Allison (Mama Slu)) Link

Norma (Allison (Mama Slu)) Link

Dec 3, 2015

Mrs. Norma “Mama” “Slu” Allison Link, 96, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, December 3, 2015, at Rosewood Assisted Living. She was born in Iredell County on September 16, 1919 and was the daughter of the late Jessie Allison and Norma Hatchett Allison.  She was a graduate of Statesville Senior High School and was married to Benjamin Patrick “Pat” Link, Jr....

Mary Hall Brannon

Mary Hall Brannon

Dec 2, 2015

Mary Hall Brannon, 66, of Statesville, died Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at her home. Born in Iredell County on February 25, 1949, she was a daughter of the late Samuel G. Hall, Sr. and Elsie Summers Hall. She was retired from the Iredell County Sheriff Department and was a graduate of North Iredell High School and Appalachian State Teacher’s College....

Anita White Harrington

Anita White Harrington

Dec 2, 2015

Anita White Harrington, 93, of Olin, passed away Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at Statesville Place.  She was born on February 6, 1922 in Iredell County to the late Claude S. White Sr. and Bessie Pharr White. Mrs. Harrington was a graduate of Union Grove High School and was a self-employed Beautician who had worked at the Charm Center Beauty Shop...

George Edward Young

George Edward Young

Dec 1, 2015

Mr. George Edward Young, 83, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2015, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mr. Young was born October 8, 1932, in Baltimore, MD and was the son of the late Harry Augustus Young and Esther Marie Mills Young.  He was a graduate of Mount St. Joseph High School in Baltimore and was a veteran of the...

Janet Elaine (Overcash) Kirkman

Janet Elaine (Overcash) Kirkman

Dec 1, 2015

Janet Elaine Overcash Kirkman died Tuesday December 1, 2015 at the Serenity House in Mooresville, NC. She was born in Iredell County on February 23, 1955 to the late Ira Monroe Overcash, Jr. and Betty Jean Overcash Overcash who preceded her in death. Janet was a graduate of the Davis Hospital School of Nursing and served in private duty most...

Martha Pauline (Benfield) Rochester

Martha Pauline (Benfield) Rochester

Dec 1, 2015

Mrs. Martha Pauline Benfield Rochester, 88, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2015, at Brian Center of Statesville. Mrs. Rochester was born November 11, 1927 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Ras Triplett Benfield and Beulah Moose Benfield.  She attended Celeste Henkel School and on February 2, 1960, she married Lawrence Eli Rochester, who preceded...

Dessie Lee (Stout) Speaks

Dessie Lee (Stout) Speaks

Nov 30, 2015

Dessie Lee Stout Speaks, 89, of Union Grove, passed away Monday, November 30, 2015 at Iredell Memorial Hospital.  She was born in Iredell County on November 12, 1926 to the late June Lee and Susan Branton Stout. Mrs. Speaks was a homemaker and a member of New Life Community Baptist Church.  She was married to Roy Lee Speaks, who preceded...

Tony Alan Evans

Tony Alan Evans

Nov 29, 2015

Tony Alan Evans, 57, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, November 29, 2015 at his residence.  He was born on May 8, 1958 in Iredell County to James Herman and Barbara Harris Evans, who survive. Tony was a graduate of North Iredell High School Class of 1976 and was a member of Society Baptist Church.  Before his disability, he loved...

Gloria Brown Michalowski

Gloria Brown Michalowski

Nov 29, 2015

Mrs. Gloria Brown Michalowski, 69, of Statesville, died Sunday, November 29, 2015, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Born in Iredell County on July 31, 1946, she was a daughter of the late Archie Brown and Eva Elliott Brown. She was a former auto dealer F & I manager and a homemaker.  She enjoyed her family and church. She...