Obituaries
Virgina Mize
Sep 4, 2014
Mrs. Virginia Ward Mize, age 83, died Thursday, September 04, 2014. Mrs. Mize was born in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, to Commander Ernest Ward, U.S.N. flight surgeon, and his wife, Mary Collie Ward. Although she lived in Hawaii for only 2 months, Mrs. Mize was very proud of her "island heritage." She frequently referred to herself as a native-born Hawaiian....
Avery Marie Johnson
Sep 2, 2014
Avery Marie Johnson, 8 month old daughter of Bradley and Lauren Johnson, of Statesville, went to be with Jesus on May 3, 2015 from the Brenner Children’s Hospital in Winston-Salem. She was born on September 2, 2014 in Iredell County. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her Paternal Grandparents: Alan and Sharon Johnson of Troutman and her...
Patsy Newland
Sep 1, 2014
Mrs. Patsy Ruth Newland 86 passed away Monday, September 1, 2014 after a long illness at the White Oak Manor Nursing home in Lancaster SC. She was born in Iredell County October 7, 1927 to the late Joseph S Brewer and Virginia Ethel Brewer. She was a graduate of Scott's High school and worked in hospitality management. Patsy had a...
Dr. Dwight Blackwelder
Aug 31, 2014
Dr. Harold Dwight Blackwelder, 68, of Statesville, passed away, Sunday, August 31, 2014 surrounded by his family. Dr. Blackwelder was born May 27, 1946 in Davie County to Thomas A. Blackwelder and Mattie Sue Smith Blackwelder. He grew up on a dairy farm with his parents and his two younger brothers, Doug and Dale. Dwight graduated Davie County High School,...
Ardie Palombi
Aug 31, 2014
Arduino "Ardie" Palombi, 82, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, August 31, 2014, at the Serenity House in Mooresville. Mr. Palombi was born in Italy on July 28, 1932, and was the son of the late Lorenzo Palombi and Oliva Galloni Palombi. In Canastota, he attended Canastota High School before joining the U.S. Air Force where he served in the Korean...
Don Tilley
Aug 29, 2014
William Donald "Don" Tilley, of Statesville died Friday, Aug. 29, 2014,while doing what he enjoyed the most ... riding his Harley, with the one he loved the most, his wife Robinette. He was born Jan. 19, 1936, in the home of his parents, William Marion Tilley and Leona Ruth Perry Tilley, who preceded him in death. Being born to a...
Roberta Smith
Aug 23, 2014
Roberta Collins Smith, 85, of Statesville, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday, August 23, 2014, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Smith was born in Alleghany County on March 11, 1929, and was the daughter of the late William Reaves and Nannie Ruby Snyder Collins. She was a graduate of Cleveland School and she...
Ray Gaither
Aug 22, 2014
Ray Kennedy Gaither, 65, of Statesville, passed peacefully on Friday, August 22, 2014, at Iredell Memorial Hospital surrounded by his family and many friends after a courageous two month battle with cancer. Mr. Gaither was born April 7, 1949, in Iredell County and was the son of the late Charles L. Gaither, Sr. and Elizabeth White Gaither. He was a...
Dorothy Palmes
Aug 22, 2014
Mrs. Dorothy Murphree Palmes of The Pines, Davidson NC passed away August 22, 2014, at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born December 15, 1923, in Elba, Alabama to the late F. Harris and Mildred Boyd Murphree. After graduating from high school, she attended Millsaps College and graduated from the University of Alabama where she was a member of the...
Nora Frost
Aug 19, 2014
Mrs. Nora Dawne Bailey Frost, 76, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, August 19, 2014, at Elizabeth House in Hendersonville, NC after a two year illness. Mrs. Frost was born in Westons Mills, NY and was the daughter of the late Clarence E. and Kathryn M. Carrier Bailey. She graduated from Mount Vernon Academy in Mt. Vernon, OH and on December...
Vaughn Sprinkle
Aug 18, 2014
Vaughn Walter Sprinkle, 65, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly Monday, August 18, 2014 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was born in Iredell County on May 7, 1949 to the late Floyd Wesley Sprinkle and Flora Dell Henderson Sprinkle. Vaughn was a graduate of the first class at North Iredell High School in 1967, attended Lees-McRae College on a...