Obituaries
Lyn Hay
Dec 5, 2014
Mr. William Lynwood "Lyn" Hay, 89, of Statesville, passed away Friday, December 05, 2014, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Lyn was born July 14, 1925, in Crosland, GA and was the son of the late Idus Linwood Hay and Lettie Clark Hay. He was a graduate of Deshlar High School and Florence State University in Colbert County, AL. Lyn earned his...
Siers Jean Polley
Dec 4, 2014
Jean Marie James Polley-Siers, 85, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, December 4, 2014. She was born in Trumbull County, Ohio on March 21, 1929 to the late Arthur David James and Emily Jean Cobb James. Jean was a graduate of Warren G. Harding High School and Kent State University where she received her teaching degree. She was a special education...
Peggy Bristol
Dec 4, 2014
Peggy Brawley Bristol, 83, of Statesville, died December 4, 2014, at the Gordon Hospice House following an extended illness. Born in Mooresville on January 17, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Robert Lawson and Nannie Smith Brawley. In 1948, she was selected by the city of Mooresville to represent the city as Miss Mooresville in the Carolinas' Christmas...
Dottie Tharpe
Dec 3, 2014
Dorothy "Dottie" Barham Tharpe, 81, formerly of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, December 03, 2014 at Abernethy Laurels of Newton, NC. She was born in Sanford, NC on September 1, 1933 to the late Rev. Joseph T. and Julia McIver Barham. Dottie was a graduate of Harmony High School and Mitchell College with a degree in Music and Voice. On October,...
Betty Dotson
Nov 29, 2014
Betty Ellen Cooper Dotson excitedly began the next phase of her life on Saturday, November 29, 2014 in Greensboro, NC to where she had moved 7 years ago. Betty was born to Alexander Cooper and Annie Hopkins Cook Cooper on September 17, 1927. Betty graduated from Statesville High School in 1945 and attended Mitchell College for one year to study...
Esther Cook
Nov 29, 2014
Mr. Esther William Cook, 97, of Statesville, passed away peacefully Saturday, November 29, 2014 at the Gordon Hospice House surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Wilkes County on April 28, 1917 to the late Harrison Ennis Cook and Mattie Johnson Cook. Mr. Cook attended Iredell County Schools and married Virginia Lee Lippard Cook on September 3, 1942....
Deborah White
Nov 27, 2014
Deborah Ann Wingate Beasley White, 57, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, November 27, at the Bridges of Statesville. She was born in Montgomery County, Virginia on February 6, 1957 to the late Charles Wingate and Maudie Dalton Quesenberry, who survives. Deborah was a graduate of Floyd County Schools in Virginia. She worked for Bryers Insurance and was a Certified Nursing...
W.C. Madison Sr
Nov 27, 2014
Weisner Clay Madison, Sr., 82, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, November 27, 2014 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was born in Iredell County on May 4, 1932 to the late C.E. Madison and Ina Belle Weisner Madison. Mr. Madison attended Union Grove School and served in the U.S. Air Force from 1951 until 1955. On April 14, 1951, he married...
Angie Minton
Nov 27, 2014
Angela Gail "Angie" Dishman Minton, 46, of Hiddenite passed away unexpectedly at her home on Thursday, November 27, 2014. She was born in Iredell County on September 3, 1968 to James Henry and Pat Pace Dishman, who survive. Angie was a graduate of Iredell County Schools and on May 27, 1990 married Jerry Wayne Minton. They enjoyed over 24 years...
Bill Graham
Nov 26, 2014
William "Bill" Alan Graham, 70, of Troutman, passed away at his home on Wednesday, November 26, 2014. He was born in Kannapolis on December 29, 1943 to the late Plummer Warren Graham and Susie Spradley Graham. Bill was graduate of A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis and Wingate College where he was an All-American catcher on the baseball team. He...
Lib Steele
Nov 24, 2014
Mrs. Eunice Elizabeth "Lib" Walker Steele, 97, of Cleveland, NC, passed away Monday, November 24, 2014, at her home. Mrs. Steele was born in Rutherfordton County, NC on June 9, 1917, and was the daughter of the late Addie Grey Walker and Dora Burgess Walker. She attended Rutherfordton County schools and on June 29, 1940, she married Hubert Earl Steele,...
Frances Fincannon
Nov 24, 2014
Mrs. Frances Christopher Fincannon, 89, of Statesville, died Monday, November 24, 2014 at Mapleleaf Health Care Center. Born in Iredell County on August 22, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Walter David Christopher and Lottie Danyels Christopher. On December 1, 1945 she married Arthur Lee Fincannon, Sr. who died on June 14, 2001. Frances loved her family, Sunday...
Inez Payne
Nov 24, 2014
Mrs. Inez Tweed Payne, 84, of Statesville, passed away November 24, 2014 at Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Payne was born October 18 , 1930 in Madison County, NC, and was the daughter of the late Aaron Tweed and Murphy Fox Tweed. She was a member of Monticello United Methodist Church in Statesville, and the wife of the late William Mack...
Barbara Gordon
Nov 23, 2014
Barbara Fried Gordon, of Statesville, passed away, Sunday, November 23, 2014 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Gordon was born in Boston, MA and was the daughter of the late Samuel and Irene Fried. She was an honor graduate of Newton High School in Boston and also attended Mitchell College in Statesville. On July 22, 1951, she was married to Ellis...
Peggy McNeely
Nov 22, 2014
Mrs. Peggy Watt McNeely, 77, of Statesville, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born on June 30, 1937 to the late Thomas and Bessie Watt. She graduated valedictorian, from Celeste Henkel High School. On November 11, 1955, she married her high school sweetheart, Blake McNeely. She was a member of Bethlehem...
Shelva Gordon
Nov 21, 2014
Shelva Jean Cain Williams Gordon, 77, of Statesville, left us peacefully on November 21, 2014 at the Gordon Hospice House. Shelva was born April 26, 1937 in Iredell County to the late James Otis Cain and Susan Viola (Vallie) Cain. She graduated from Statesville Senior High School in 1955. In Nov 1959, she married Henry Ray Williams, who preceded her...
Mae Chatham
Nov 20, 2014
Mae Mahaffey Chatham, 87, of Union Grove, passed away Thursday, November 20, 2014 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. She was born in Wilkes County on September 16, 1927 to the late Floyd Taylor Mahaffey and Dolly Templeton Mahaffey. � Mrs. Chatham attended Union Grove High School and on May 22, 1943, she married William "Bill" Minford Chatham, who survives. She was...
Jim Jones
Nov 19, 2014
James Thomas Jones, 95, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday November 19, 2014 at Maple Leaf Health Care Center. He was born in Iredell County on June 4, 1919 to the late James Howard (Casey) Jones and Sara Sherrill Jones. Jim was a graduate of Statesville Sr. High School and on August 12, 1943, he married Dorris Neighbors Jones who preceded...
Margaret Smith
Nov 17, 2014
Margaret Campbell Smith, 79, of Statesville, passed away Monday, November 17, 2014 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born March 23, 1935 in Iredell County to the late James Edward Campbell and Willie Blanche Munday Campbell. Margaret was educated in the Iredell County Schools and was married to William Lowell Smith on April 27, 1991, who survives. She retired...
Charlie Perry
Nov 16, 2014
Charles Henry Perry, 65, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, November 16, 2014, at Autumn Care. Mr. Perry was born April 20, 1949, in Iredell County and was the son of Ola Mae Caskaddon Perry and the late John Gilbert Perry, Sr. He was a graduate of South Iredell High School and was married to Verina Estes Perry, who preceded him...