Obituaries
Emma Lea Elledge
May 9, 2013
Mrs. Emma Lea Tharpe Elledge, 85, of 1303 Royalty Circle, Statesville, left her earthly home for her heavenly home on May 9, 2013. Mrs. Elledge was born March 11, 1928 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Gillie Webb Tharpe and Lila Hunter Tharpe. She was a graduate of Harmony High School, class of 1945 and on...
Sr. John Weaver
May 7, 2013
John Flake Weaver, Senior, age 83, passed away on Monday morning, May 6, 2013 at Jurney's of Statesville. He was in declining health for several years and seriously ill for the past month. He died of complications of his dementia. He was born on February 16, 1930 in Statesville, NC. He is survived by his wife, the former Mary Anne...
Lois Terry Harper
May 2, 2013
Lois Terry Harper of Statesville, NC, passed away peacefully on May 2, 2013. She was born April 17, 1921 in Rockingham to the late Winfield Scott Terry and Jessie Saunders Terry. She lived in Rockingham most of her life. Lois recently celebrated her 92nd birthday with family and friends at Statesville Place, her home for the past two years. Lois...
George Gregory
Apr 30, 2013
George Harvey Gregory, 74, of Statesville passed away Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born May 31, 1938 in Wilkes County and was the son of the late Roosevelt Franklin Gregory, Sr., and Drussia Mahaffey Gregory. Mr. Gregory was a graduate of Wilkes County Schools and on October 27, 1957 he was married to Laura...
Sr. Payton Morrison
Apr 24, 2013
Mr. Payton Autry Morrison, Sr., 72, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Mr. Morrison was born in Iredell County on October 29, 1940 and was the son of the late Fred Pressley Morrison and Letha Bell Stewart Morrison. Mr. Morrison was a graduate of Celeste Henkel High School and St. Andrews...
Jan Brady
Apr 22, 2013
Jan Marie Johnson Plummer Brady, 58, of Statesville, passed away Monday, April 22, 2013 at Kindred Hospital in Greensboro, NC Ms. Brady was born in Iredell County on October 2, 1954 and was the daughter of the late Samuel Branson and Clare Nash Johnson. She was a graduate of Statesville Senior High School and she was retired from Sara Lee...
Fannie Mason
Apr 22, 2013
Fannie Johanna Mason passed away at her home in Statesville, North Carolina on Monday, April 22, 2013 after an illness. I write my mothers' story with much sadness for the loss of our family's matriarch. Her story began as the fourth child of five born to Johanna and Louis Kaufman in Linden, New Jersey on December 14, 1929. Her German/Russian...