Obituaries

Pete Kerley

Pete Kerley

Sep 20, 2011

Mr. Glen Alan "Pete" Kerley, Sr., 64, of Statesville, N.C. passed away Tuesday, September 20, 2011, at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born May 23, 1947 in Wilkes County, N.C. and was the son of Polly Johnson Kerley of Winston-Salem, N.C. and the late A.M. Kerley. He graduated from Cool Springs School and was a veteran of the U.S....

Mabel Holleman

Mabel Holleman

Sep 19, 2011

Mabel Irene Johnson Holleman, 81, of Statesville, passed away Monday, Sept. 19, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Holleman was born Aug. 4, 1930 in Wilkes County and was the daughter of the late Smith Parks Johnson and Stella Johnson Johnson. She attended Wilkes County Schools and was a member of Beulah Baptist Church. On Dec. 23, 1949, she was...

Craig Pennell

Craig Pennell

Sep 18, 2011

Craig Eugene Pennell, 49, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, September 18, 2011, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center following a brief illness. Mr. Pennell was born January 18, 1962 in Iredell County and was the son of Atwell F. Pennell and Argell Cook Pennell of Hiddenite, N.C. He attended Alexander County schools. He was employed with Maymead as a...

Wayne Taylor

Wayne Taylor

Sep 18, 2011

Wayne William Taylor, 80, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011 at Davis Hospital. Mr. Taylor was born Nov. 22, 1930 in Harmony, NC and was the son of the alte Will Taylor and Mary Lee Everidge Taylor. He graduated from Harmony High School in 1948 and in 1953, he married Eva Mae MaHargue Taylor, who survives. Mr. Taylor...

Joey Brewer

Joey Brewer

Sep 16, 2011

Joseph "Joey" Barnard Brewer, 30, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly Monday evening at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Joey was born January 19, 1981 in Iredell County and was the son of Tony and Robin Davidson Brewer. He was a graduate of West Iredell High School, class of 1999 and Catawba Valley Technical College. He was the Route Supervisor of his family's...

Priscilla Childers

Priscilla Childers

Sep 15, 2011

Priscilla L. Childers, 45, of Statesville, passed away, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011 at her residence. Priscilla was born Feb. 1, 1966 in Concord, NC and was the daughter of the late Winston "John" Childers and Mary Ruth Taylor Childers. She was a graduate of South Rowan High School, class of 1984 and Rowan Cabarrus Community College. She was currently a...

Eva Byers

Eva Byers

Sep 15, 2011

Eva Mae McLain Byers, 85, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, September 15, 2011, at Brian Nursing Center in Mooresville. Mrs. Byers was born February 7, 1926 in Alexander County and was the daughter of the late Hubert Clarence McLain and Dora Johnson McLain. She attended Iredell County Schools and she was married to Coleman Henry Byers, who preceded her in...

Helen Baity

Helen Baity

Sep 15, 2011

Helen Tims Baity, 83, Statesville, passed away, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Baity was born Nov. 28, 1927 in Burke County and was the daughter of the late Silas Walter and Rosa Lee Baker Tims. She was a graduate of Cool Spring High School and Mitchell College and on Sept.1, 1948, she was married to...

James Liles

James Liles

Sep 15, 2011

James Edward Liles, 77, of Statesville, passed away on Thursday morning, September 15, 2011, at Gordon Hospice House after an extended illness, surrounded by family. Mr. Liles was born on August 8, 1934 in Montgomery County and was the son of the late Charlie Liles and Emma Gardner Liles of Mt. Gilead, NC. He attended Montgomery County Schools and served...

Monroe Hedrick

Monroe Hedrick

Sep 14, 2011

James Monroe Hedrick, 81, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mr. Hedrick was born March 31, 1930 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Jesse Hedrick and Lizzie Campbell Hedrick. He attended Iredell County Schools and in 1951 he married Lucille Moose Hedrick, who survives. Mr. Hedrick was retired from Southern...

Bob Dishman

Bob Dishman

Sep 12, 2011

Robert "Bob" Lee Dishman, 79, of Statesville, passed away Monday, Sept. 12, 2011 at the Statesville Brian Center. Mr. Dishman was born June 28, 1932 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Sanford Dishman and Lela Jordan Dishman. He attended Iredell County Schools and on Oct. 31, 1953, was married to Ruth Eller Dishman, who survives of...

Chris Gregory

Chris Gregory

Sep 11, 2011

Mr. Christopher Lee Gregory, 29, of Cleveland, NC passed away Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011 at Davis Regional Medical Center following a lengthy illness. Chris was born Oct. 24, 1981 in Rowan County and was the son of Deborah Suzie Gregory and Darrell Gregory. He was a graduate of South Iredell High School and was a member of The Connection. In...

Melba Cocilo

Melba Cocilo

Sep 9, 2011

Melba Lorene Eagle Cocilo, 83, of Statesville, NC died Friday, September 09, 2011 surrounded by her family. Mrs. Cocilo was born in Alexander County on July 18, 1928. She was preceded in death by her parents, Wesley and Margaret Lambert Eagle. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 47 years Benedict John Cocilo. Mrs. Cocilo was a...

Sam Sozio

Sam Sozio

Sep 7, 2011

Mr. Sam Sozio, 91, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Sozio was born Oct. 27, 1919 in Fairport, NY and was the son of the late Anthony Sozio and Anthonette Pittanro Sozio. He attended schools in Fairport, NY and served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. Sam was honored as VFW Member...

Moffett Knox

Moffett Knox

Sep 6, 2011

Moffett Preston Knox, 90, of Cool Springs, died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011 at home. Born March 2, 1921, he was the son of Lon Knox and Katherine Moore Knox. He graduated from Cool Springs School. A proud veteran of WWII, he fought in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. As a member of the 19 Combat Engineers, he won six bronze...

Pauline Murdock

Pauline Murdock

Sep 4, 2011

� Mrs. Pauline Earp Murdock, 83, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011 at Davis Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Murdock was born Oct. 1, 1927 in Alexander County, NC and was the daughter of the late Clete J. Earp and Jennie Lail Earp. She attended Taylorsville High School and was married to the late William David Murdock, who died...

Grace Falzone

Grace Falzone

Sep 2, 2011

Mrs. Grace Giarraputo Falzone, 98, of Statesville, NC passed away Friday, Sept. 2, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital following a short illness. She was born in Brooklyn, NY on Jan. 15, 1913 and was the daughter of the late Frank and Nina Montelione Giarraputo. She attended New York Schools and on Sept. 2, 1930 was married to Joseph Falzone who...

Jr. Earl Stewart

Jr. Earl Stewart

Sep 2, 2011

Mr. Earl Lee Stewart, Jr., 68, of Statesville, passed away Friday, September 2, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center following a period of declining health. Mr. Stewart was born April 30, 1943 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Earl Lee Stewart, Sr. and Hazel Travis Stewart. He was a graduate of Iredell County schools and on December...

Robert Fulbright

Robert Fulbright

Sep 2, 2011

Mr. Robert Carroll Fulbright, 80, of Old Mountain Road, Statesville, passed away Friday, September, 2, 2011, at the Gordon Hospice House following a short illness. Born August 21, 1931 in Iredell County he was the son of the late Noel Baxter Fulbright and Euphia Sherrill Fulbright. He attended Scotts School and was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in...

Ida Beasley

Ida Beasley

Sep 2, 2011

Mrs. Ida Mae Garrett Beasley, 75, of Statesville, went home to be with her Lord on Friday, September 2, 2011, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Beasley was born July 4, 1936 in Granville County and was the daughter of the late Flunnoy Owen Garrett and Mary Gracie Newton Garrett. She was a graduate of Stovall High School class of...