Obituaries
John Thomas Adams
May 5, 2015
John Thomas Adams, 56, of Morganton and formerly of Statesville, died Tuesday, May 5, 2015 in Morganton. Born July 3, 1958 in Iredell County, he was a son of the late Calvin Monroe Adams, Jr. and Mary Nash Adams. He was a disability retired sales representative and enjoyed guitar and music. He was a member of St. Matthews United Methodist...
Rev. M. Keith Miller
May 5, 2015
Rev. M. Keith Miller, 64, of Statesville went to his heavenly home to be with Jesus on May 5, 2015 with his family gathered around his bedside at his home. He fought a good fight and kept the faith til the very end! He touched many people’s lives and was a testimony of God’s amazing grace throughout his journey with...
Dr. James (Tom) Thomas Hodges
May 4, 2015
Dr. James Thomas (Tom) Hodges of Burlington, NC passed away at the Hospice and Palliative Care of Iredell County, Gordon Hospice House, after years of declining health. He is preceded in death by his parents, Filo Augustus Hodges and Irene Johnson Hodges. Born in Wilson, NC in 1937, he is survived by his four children, Gus (Nancy) Hodges of Greensboro,...
Julia Ellen (Swann) Inman
May 4, 2015
Mrs. Julia Ellen Swann Inman, 93, of Statesville, went home to be with Jesus in Heaven on Monday, May 4, 2015, at Rosewood Assisted Living in Harmony. Mrs. Inman was born June 30, 1921, in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Broadus B. and Pearl Abernathy Swann. She was a graduate of Cool Springs High School as...
Tommy Mitchell Jones
May 3, 2015
Tommy Mitchell Jones, 36, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2015 at his residence. He was born in Iredell County on July 24, 1978 to Tommy Mitchell Myers and Mary Elizabeth Hambright Jones, who survive. Tommy attended North Iredell High and at a young age started working with his father at J. & W. Lake Service. He worked building...
Vicky Diane (Wooten) Rhodes
Apr 29, 2015
Mrs. Vicky Diane Wooten Rhodes, 58, of Harmony, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, April 29, 2015. She had been battling Scleroderma for 23 years. Mrs. Rhodes was born in Iredell County on February 4, 1957, and was the daughter of the late John and Nancy Sipes Wooten. She was a graduate of North Iredell High School and on February 24,...
Tommy Carlton Woodfin
Apr 29, 2015
Tommy Carlton Woodfin, 78, of Statesville, passed away, Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Tommy was born April 15, 1937 in Alexander County to the late William Frank and Cleo St. Clair Woodfin. He was a graduate of Taylorsville High School and Lenior Rhyne College, where he earned a degree in teaching. After teaching for 32 years, he retired in order to...
Morris Ross Roseman
Apr 28, 2015
Surrounded by loved ones, Morris Ross Roseman passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at Iredell Memorial Hospital in Statesville, NC. Morris was born in Statesville, NC on September 6, 1932 to his parents Henry Ross and Sadie Adams Roseman. He graduated from Celeste Henkel High School in 1950 and served his country in the Korean War as a member...
William Jerry Whitley
Apr 27, 2015
William Jerry Whitley, 73, of Statesville, passed away Monday, April 27, 2015 at his residence. He was born in Davie County on May 8, 1941 to the late William “Bill” Bruce Whitley and Hilda Holthouser Whitley. Mr. Whitley attended Cool Spring High School and on March 17, 1962 married Joyce Anne Dagenhart Whitley, who preceded him in death on January...
Celinda Kay (Beaver) Britt
Apr 25, 2015
Celinda (Cindy) Kay Beaver Britt, 59, of Troutman, died Saturday, April 25, 2015 at her home. Born in Iredell County on October 24, 1955, she was a daughter of the late Eugene Coolidge Beaver and Willy Bernice Mills Holland. Cindy was an owner/manager of Fat Boy’s Restaurant in Mooresville. She graduated from Hickory High School and loved horses. Survivors include...
Veanna Hedrick Laws
Apr 24, 2015
Veanna Hedrick Laws, 85, of Statesville, passed away Friday, April 24, 2015 at Autumn Care of Statesville. She was born in Yadkin County on April 11, 1930 to the late William Ralph and Anna Gentle Hedrick. Mrs. Laws was a graduate of West Yadkin High School and on September 19, 1951 married Billy Reid Laws. They had 53 years of...
Gay Jacqueline Viscome
Apr 23, 2015
Gay Jacqueline Viscome, of Troutman and New York, passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2015. She enjoyed a long and rewarding life. She was in business with her deceased husband, Greg, owning Carmel Ford Auto Dealership for many years. She is survived by sons: Drake and his wife, Laura, Terry and his wife, Loretta, and Lance and his wife, Nancy....
James "Jim" Benjamin Epperson, Sr.
Apr 23, 2015
James Benjamin (Jim) Epperson, Sr., passed away peacefully, on the afternoon of Thursday April 23, 2015. Jim was born in Mohawk, Tennessee, on August 17, 1921. He was the youngest of nine children, born to the late William Harrison Epperson and Mary Knight Epperson. Jim’s Father died, when he was 3 years old. Jim started school at the Tennessee Industrial...
Roscoe Austin Stilwell
Apr 22, 2015
Roscoe Austin Stilwell, 95, of Statesville, NC died Wednesday, April 22, 2015 in Lexington, SC. He was born September 15, 1919 in Charlotte, NC and was the son of the late Beulah Duncan and Samuel Roscoe Stilwell. A graduate of Statesville High School and Mitchell College, he later completed a banking and finance program at the University of North Carolina....
Ellen (Copeland) Fox
Apr 21, 2015
Ellen Copeland Fox, went home to be with her Heavenly Father, Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. She was born in Red Sulphur Springs, WV and was the daughter of the late Kenneth Davis and Opal Ruth Burks Copeland. Ellen was of the Baptist Faith and loved being a servant of God. Before her health...
Louise Simpson Carter
Apr 21, 2015
Mrs. Louise Simpson Carter, 90, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2015, at Maple Leaf Health Care Center. Mrs. Carter was born in Stokes County, NC on January 9, 1925 and was the daughter of the late O.O. Simpson and Nancy Justice Simpson. She was a graduate of Pine Hall High School and she was married to Willis Elwood...
Rex Dean (Sr.) Henderson
Apr 20, 2015
Mr. Rex Dean Henderson, Sr., 81, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, April 20, 2015, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. Mr. Henderson was born in Iredell County on February 21, 1934, and was the son of the late Clate Henderson and Ellar Shoemaker Henderson. He was a graduate of Union Grove High School. Mr. Henderson was married...
Amy Lackey Holland
Apr 19, 2015
Amy Lackey Holland died on Sunday, April 19 at The Pines at Davidson following a period of declining health. She has resided at The Pines since 2003. Services to celebrate the life of Amy will be held at Forest Park Presbyterian Church on Tuesday at 11 o’clock following a private interment at Iredell Memorial Gardens . The family will greet...
Roberta (Prichett) Waugh
Apr 18, 2015
Mrs. Roberta Pritchett Waugh, 80, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, April 18, 2015, at her home. Mrs. Waugh was born October 24, 1934, in High Point, NC and was the daughter of the late Hal Thomas Pritchett and Myrtle Lenora Guy Redman. She was a graduate of Scotts High School and Mitchell Community College. Mrs. Waugh was first...
Wanda Lee Douglas
Apr 18, 2015
Wanda Lee Douglas was called home by our Heavenly Father on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. Wanda was born in Princeton, IN on May 25, 1928 and was the daughter of Thomas G. Bammer and Nina P. Bammer. She was a graduate of Princeton H.S. and attended Perdue University before marrying Harry G. Douglas in 1948. ...