Obituaries
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. ...
Harold Henderson Tomlinson, Jr.
Apr 18, 2015
Mr. Harold Henderson Tomlinson, Jr., 60, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. Harold was born in Statesville on May 29, 1954 and was a son of the late Harold and Sybil Henderson Tomlinson. He is survived by his sister, Debbie Tomlinson Smith of Statesville. He was a member of Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church, where...
Joseph Lane Ritchie
Apr 18, 2015
Mr. Joseph Lane Ritchie, 28, of Statesville, passed away, unexpectedly, Saturday, April 18, 2015 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Joe was born December 20, 1986 in Forsyth County and was the son of the late James Nelson Ritchie and Deborah Hester Lindley and husband, Tim of Statesville. He was a graduate of Statesville High School, Mitchell Community College, attended Western Carolina...
Peggy Ann (Kuykendall) Amox
Apr 15, 2015
Mrs. Peggy Ann Kuykendall Amox, 72, of Statesville, died Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at her home. Born in Baltimore, Maryland on September 16, 1942, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Earl Kuykendall and Estelle Reynolds Kuykendall. Peggy was a homemaker and a member of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints. She was a loving mother,...
Tracy Lynn Evans
Apr 15, 2015
Mr. Tracy Lynn Evans, 58, of both Rock Hill and Statesville, passed away, Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at his home in Rock Hill, SC. Mr. Evans was born September 12, 1956 in Iredell County and was the son of Herman and Barbara Harris Evans of Statesville. He was a graduate of North Iredell High School and was a member of...
Esther Kaye (Gatton) Billings
Apr 14, 2015
Esther Kaye Gatton Billings, 54, of Harmony, passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. She was born in Iredell County on November 9, 1960 to the late R.C. Gatton and Nita Josephine Byrd Gatton, who survives. She attended Iredell County Schools and was with her husband and partner, Keith Billings for over 20 years. She was a...
Michael "Mickey" Sanders Weatherford
Apr 13, 2015
Michael “Mickey” Sanders Weatherford, 40, of Statesville, passed away Monday, April 13, 2015, at Davis Regional Medical Center following a lengthy illness. Mickey was born in Iredell County on March 23, 1975, and was the son of Billy Ervin and Jane Marilyn Stevenson Weatherford. He was a graduate of West Iredell High School and a member of Concord Presbyterian Church....
Henry Hoyte Murdock
Apr 12, 2015
Mr. Henry Hoyte Murdock, 89, of Statesville, passed away, Sunday, April 12, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Murdock was born June 17, 1925 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Thomas Hoyte Murdock and Mattie Lou Parlier Murdock. He was a graduate of Cool Spring High School and on July 20, 1947, was married to...
Donnie Sanford Wagoner
Apr 11, 2015
Donnie Sanford Wagoner, 60, of Statesville, passed away peacefully Saturday, April 11, 2015 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was born on September 14, 1954 in Surry County to the late Harvie Sanford and Betty Jean Ledbetter Wagoner. Donnie was a graduate of Wilkes County Schools and on January 6, 1979 he married Faye Holyfield Wagoner. They had over 36 years...
Lola Christine (Drum) Shives
Apr 11, 2015
Mrs. Lola Christine Drum Shives, 95, of Statesville, passed away, Saturday April 11, 2015 at her residence. Mrs. Shives was born October 15, 1919 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Walter Miles Drum and Candace Mollie Fox Drum. She attended Iredell County Schools and was married to the late Larry Shives. She was the co-owner of...
Norma Jean (Toomes) Stamey
Apr 10, 2015
Norma Jean Toomes Stamey, 86, of Statesville, passed away Friday, April 10, 2015 at her residence. She was born in Randleman, NC on October 21, 1928 to the late Thadius Alvin and Bertha Jane Vickrey Toomes. Mrs. Stamey was a graduate of Randleman High School and attended Guilford College. On December 20, 1947, she married Coy Lee “Bill” Stamey Jr....