Obituaries

Penny Long

Penny Long

Feb 5, 2015

Mr. Henry Richmond "Penny" Long, 94, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, February 5, 2015. Mr. Long was born in Statesville on August 20, 1920, and was the son of the late Zebulon Vance Long and Isabel Scott Long. He was a graduate of Statesville High School and was a lifelong member of First Presbyterian Church where he had served as...

Robert Gladden

Robert Gladden

Feb 4, 2015

Mr. Robert E. Lee Gladden, 85, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, February 4, 2015, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mr. Gladden was born in Kannapolis, NC on November 9, 1929, and was the son of the late Robert Emmet Gladden and Myrtle Allman Gladden. He was a graduate of Winecoff High School in Concord, NC and the American College of Underwriters...

Hazel Barkley Rodgerson

Hazel Barkley Rodgerson

Feb 3, 2015

Mrs. Hazel Barkley Rodgerson, 90, of Statesville, died Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at Gordon Hospice House peacefully surrounded by her family. Born in Cleveland, N.C. on February 18, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Hugh Barkley and Ruby Munday Barkley. She enjoyed homemaking and caring for grandchildren. She was a member of Command Baptist Church. She will always...

Dave Thompson

Dave Thompson

Jan 31, 2015

David Earl Thompson, 78, of Statesville, died Saturday January 31, 2015 at his home. Born on April 15, 1936 in Jessup, Georgia, he was a son of the late John Manning Thompson and Lily Googe Thompson. He was a retired truck driver and a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was preceded in death by a son, David R. Thompson....

Fred Evans

Fred Evans

Jan 30, 2015

Mr. Fred Dalton Evans, 84, of Statesville, died Friday, January 30, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born on March 19, 1930 in Iredell County, he was a son of the late William Alfred Evans and Mamie Safriet Evans. He was married to the Peggy Wooten on June 24, 1951 who passed away in 2014. Mr. Evans graduated from Harmony...

Sandra Decker Hayden

Sandra Decker Hayden

Jan 30, 2015

Mrs. Sandra Wegene Decker Hayden, 78, of Statesville, died Friday, January 30, 2015 at the home of her daughter. Born on July 17, 1936 in Walkertown, Indiana, she was a daughter of the late Howard Decker and Helen Marcile Ruby Decker. Mrs. Hayden graduated from Walkertown High School. She was retired from the U. S. Postal Service in Niles, Michigan...

Bobbie Long

Bobbie Long

Jan 29, 2015

Bartley "Bobbie" Dowell Long, 92, of Statesville, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 29, 2015 at Autumn Care of Statesville. Born on January 1, 1923 she was the daughter of the late Edward William Dowell and Gelania Moore Dowell. On November 2, 1942, Bobbie married Bill I. Long, who preceded her in death in 1988. She was also preceded in...

Robert William Rogers

Robert William Rogers

Jan 28, 2015

Mr. Robert William Rogers, 70, of Statesville, died Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born in Iredell County on May 8, 1944, he was a son of the late Jessie Pinkney Rogers and Mildred Johnston Rogers who survives. He was retired from Troutman Foundry and enjoyed bowling, fishing, hunting and water sports. He was preceded in death by...

Wayne Nixon

Wayne Nixon

Jan 26, 2015

William Wayne Nixon, 76, of Troutman, passed away Monday, January 26, 2015, at Carolina's Medical Center in Charlotte. Mr. Nixon was born in Iredell County on February 9, 1938, and was the son of the late William L. and Lucille Victoria Compton Nixon. He attended Troutman High School and on October 13, 1956, he married Doris Miller Nixon, who survives....

Bob Champe

Bob Champe

Jan 25, 2015

� Mr. Robert Charles "Bob" Champe, 74, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, January 25, 2015, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. Bob was born September 9, 1940, in Knoxville, TN and was the son of the late Charles Candell and Mary Roberta McReynolds Champe. He was a graduate of Knox County and received his AAS in Business from the...

Myrtle Ford

Myrtle Ford

Jan 24, 2015

Myrtle Ethel Miller Sprinkle Ford, 95, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, January 24, 2015 at her residence. She was born on December 8, 1919 in Alexander County to the late William T. and Mary Alice Bunton Miller. Mrs. Ford was educated in the Alexander County Schools. On April 5, 1975, she married Johnny Leroy Ford, who survives. They had over...

Darlene Proffitt

Darlene Proffitt

Jan 23, 2015

Darlene Privette Proffitt, 50, of Statesville passed away Friday, January 23, 2015 at her residence. She was born in Iredell County on December, 14, 1964 to the late Pete and Olla Mae Parker Privette. Darlene attended Iredell County Schools and was of Baptist Faith. She had worked at Statesville Sportswear but was a homemaker most of her life and took...

Homer Felix Bass

Homer Felix Bass

Jan 23, 2015

Homer Felix Bass of Statesville, went home to be with his Lord & Savior on Thursday, January 22, 2015. He was loved by everyone who knew him. He was a living example of God's love even on his bed of affliction for 4 years, his life was a testimony he was a prayer warrior for all. He died at his...

Melvin Adams

Melvin Adams

Jan 23, 2015

Christopher Melvin Adams, 76, of Statesville, passed away Friday, January 23, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born on April 19, 1938 in Iredell County to the late Clarence E. and Virginia Christopher Adams. Mr. Adams was a graduate of Iredell County Schools and was a member of Concord Presbyterian Church. On August 11, 1956, he married Louise...

Donnie Parlier

Donnie Parlier

Jan 22, 2015

Donnie Garland Parlier, 72, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, January 22, 2015 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born in Iredell County on November 11, 1942 to the late Garland Bennie and Sue Campbell Parlier. Donnie was a graduate of Scotts High School and attends New Hope Baptist Church. He worked for 14 years as a Switchman for Southern...

Millicent "Penny" Benbow

Millicent "Penny" Benbow

Jan 21, 2015

Mrs. Millicent "Penny" Miller Benbow, 95, of Statesville NC, passed away Monday, January 19, 2015, at Gordon Hospice House in Statesville NC, after a short illness. A service to celebrate her life will be conducted at 11:00 am on Saturday, January 24, at First Presbyterian Church of Statesville, with Rev. Stephen Scott officiating. The family will receive visitors in the...

Jr G.D. White

Jr G.D. White

Jan 20, 2015

Mr. Grady Duran "G.D." White, Jr., 88, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2015, at Iredell Memorial Hospital following a three year battle with cancer. Mr. White was born in Iredell County on April 18, 1926, and was the son of the late Grady Duran White, Sr. and Mary Jane Holland White. He was a graduate of Union Grove...

Lois Troutman

Lois Troutman

Jan 20, 2015

Esther Lois Kennedy Troutman, 90, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2015, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. She was born in Iredell County on November 11, 1924 and was the daughter of the late Arthur Ferrell and Emma Lou Mills Kennedy. She was a graduate of Troutman High School Class of 1942 and on May 24, 1944, she married Glenn...

Helen Moore

Helen Moore

Jan 18, 2015

� Mrs. Helen Elizabeth Lipes Moore, 95, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, January 18, 2015, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Moore was born in New Castle, VA on September 15, 1919, and was the daughter of the late Robert Fulton and Lula Pet Myers Moore. She was a graduate of New Castle schools and on July 13, 1940, she married...