Obituaries

John Thomas Adams

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. ...