Obituaries

Ray Ayers

Ray Ayers

Jun 24, 2011

Walter Ray Ayers, 69, of Statesville, passed away, Friday, June 24, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness. Mr. Ayers was born Nov. 25, 1941 in Iredell County and was the son of the late James W. Ayers and Dorothy Davidson Ayers. He was a graduate of Iredell County Schools and on Sept. 27, 1997, was married to...

Danny Redmond

Danny Redmond

Jun 23, 2011

Danny Phillip Redmond, 56 of Statesville, passed away Thursday, June 23, 2011, at Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Redmond was born December 6, 1954 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Phillip L. Redmond and Loretta P. Redmond. He is a graduate of Iredell County schools and he was previously employed with Hunt Mfg. and Thonet Industries for...

Wanda Phelps

Wanda Phelps

Jun 22, 2011

Wanda Dickens Phelps, 86, formerly of Statesville, NC, passed away on Wednesday, June 22 at Roxboro Nursing Center in Roxboro, NC. Mrs. Phelps was born on December 31, 1924 in High Point, NC, and was the daughter of the late Robert and Ida Davis Dickens. She was a graduate of Troutman High School and Mercy Hospital School of Nursing. On...

Mike Riddick

Mike Riddick

Jun 21, 2011

Michael Todd Riddick, 45, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2011 as a result of a motorcycle accident. Mr. Riddick was born May 3, 1966 in Iredell County and was the son of Wanda Lou Duncan Riddick the late Clarence Hubert "C.H." Riddick. Mr. Riddick attended Iredell County schools and was employed with Gilbert Engineering. He was of the...

Odessa McClure

Odessa McClure

Jun 20, 2011

Mrs. Odessa Spears McClure, 70, of Statesville, passed away Monday, June 20, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. McClure was born March 13, 1941 in Wilkes County, NC and was the daughter of the late William Henry Spears and Ora Dell Griffin Spears. She attended Wilkes and Iredell County Schools and received her CNA degree from Mitchell Community College. On...

Darrel Kilpatrick

Darrel Kilpatrick

Jun 20, 2011

Mr. Chester Darrel Kilpatrick, 92, of Troutman and formerly of Virginia Beach, VA died June 20, 2011 at the Gordon Hospice House with his loving wife of 66 years by his side. He was preceded in death by his parents, Chester and Cassie Kilpatrick and sister, Cleo Kilpatrick. Surviving are, his wife, Marjorie Godfrey Kilpatrick and several cousins, brother-in-law, Jim...

Reggie Campbell

Reggie Campbell

Jun 19, 2011

James Reginald "Reggie" Campbell died on June 19, 2011 after an extended illness. He was born on Jan. 20, 1948, the only son of James E. and Helen Poole Campbell of Statesville. Mr. Campbell rose to international prominence in the computer and banking industries. He worked closely with Hong Kong-Shanghai Bank, China; National Westminster and the The Midland Bank, both...

Dorothy Brawley

Dorothy Brawley

Jun 19, 2011

Dorothy Ollis Brawley, 88, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, June 19, 2011, at Abernathy Laurels in Newton, N.C. following a period of declining health. Mrs. Brawley was born February 15, 1923 in Newland, N.C. and was the daughter of the late Baxter Ollis and Maude Stamey Ollis. She attended Crossmore High School and on July 10, 1943, she married Robert...

Darrell Stamey

Darrell Stamey

Jun 19, 2011

Darrell Kent Stamey, 53, of Taylorsville, passed away Sunday, June 19, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mr. Stamey was born August 10, 1957 in Cabarrus County and was the son of the late W.H. Stamey and Mary Hurst Laney. He was a graduate of Iredell County Schools and was first married to the late Sharon Lambert Stamey. He was of...

Margaret Kimberlin

Margaret Kimberlin

Jun 17, 2011

Margaret Clestine Cannon Kimberlin, 83, of Harmony, passed away Friday, June 17, 2011, at Gordon Hospice House following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Kimberlin was born September 28, 1927 in Caldwell County and was the daughter of the late Carl J. Cannon and Lula Barber Cannon. Mrs. Kimberlin was a graduate of Hudson High School and she attended Gardner Webb University....

Dorothy Lee Gill Goolsby

Dorothy Lee Gill Goolsby

Jun 16, 2011

2 August 1940 - 13 June 2011 With a free and carefree spirit, Dorothy Lee Gill Goolsby sought adventure. Soon after graduating from Scott's High School in Statesville, N.C., Dorothy set out on a journey that would eventually take her to the nation's capital. There, she met and married her life partner of 44 years, James Early Goolsby. Together, Dorothy...

Louise Gunter

Louise Gunter

Jun 16, 2011

Laura Louise Ashley Gunter, 75, of Statesville, passed away Friday, June 16, 2011 at Gordon Hospice House following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Gunter was born April 18, 1936 in Ashe County and was the daughter of the late Hamp Ashley and Sara Staley Ashley. She attended Ashe County schools and on August 19, 1967, she was married to Andrew J....

Sarah Guy

Sarah Guy

Jun 14, 2011

Sarah Ophelia Guy passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born in Iredell County on September 17, 1918 to the late Tom and Cora Harris Guy. She was preceded in death by her sisters, Audrey Guy Baker and her husband, Wayne Baker and Retha Guy Johnson and her husband, Ray Daniel Johnson. She is...

Timothy Nixon

Timothy Nixon

Jun 13, 2011

Mr. Timothy Dale Nixon, 49, of Troutman, passed away June 13, 2011 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Nixon was born Oct. 23, 1961 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Dale Nixon and Catherine N. Barnette. He was raised by his late grandmother, Lucy Nixon. Mr. Nixon was also preceded in death by his father-in-law, James...

Margaret McVey

Margaret McVey

Jun 9, 2011

Margaret Wetzel McVey, 87, of Statesville, passed away, Thursday, June 9, 2011 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born Jan. 18, 1924 in Beckley, WV and was the daughter of the late Charles and Thelma Wetzel. She was married to the late Clarence W. McVey and was retired from the Statesville Auto Auction. She is survived by one son,...

Hazel Wike

Hazel Wike

Jun 7, 2011

Hazel Bass Wike, 82, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at her residence. Mrs. Wike was born August 1, 1928 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Tom A. Bass and Vernie Murdock Bass Westmoreland. Mrs. Wike attended Iredell County schools and she was retired from Jantzen where she worked as a machine...

Shane Waters

Shane Waters

Jun 7, 2011

Hoyt Shane Waters, 50, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at his home. Mr. Waters was born September 1, 1960 in Iredell County and was the son of Fate Gene Waters and Wanda Stamper Waters, both whom survive. Mr. Waters was a graduate of South Iredell High School and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was...

Linda Casey

Linda Casey

Jun 2, 2011

Linda Stevenson Casey, 60, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, June 2, 2011, at Iredell Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness. Ms. Casey was born January 31, 1941 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Henry Leo Stevenson and Mable Baker Stevenson. She attended Iredell County schools and was formerly married to Brodie Casey, who preceded her in...

Charles Cawthon

Charles Cawthon

Jun 1, 2011

Charles E. Cawthon, 80, of Statesville, passed away on June 1, 2011, at Gordon Hospice House. He was born April 5, 1931 in Eldorado, Illinois, and was the son of the late D.W. and Julia Belt Cawthon. He served four years in the Navy during the Korean Conflict and attended Lockyear's Business School. He was employed by the Wabash, Norfolk...

Brinn White

Brinn White

May 31, 2011

Timothy Brinn White, 51, of 598 Scotts Creek Rd., Statesville, died unexpectedly Tuesday, May 31, 2011, while working in Virginia Beach, VA. Brinn was born in Iredell County and was the son of the late William Sidney White, Sr. and Barbara Brinn White, who survives. His maternal grandparents were William Gray Brinn and Mattie Lucille Brinn. His paternal grandparents were...

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