Obituaries
Willie Bost
May 9, 2011
Mrs. Willie Ruth Hedrick Bost, 87, of Statesville, NC passed away Monday, May 09, 2011 at the Gordon Hospice House following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Bost was born November 25, 1923 in Catawba County and was the daughter of the late Wilburn Pickney Hedrick and Bessie Pope Hedrick. She attended Catawba High School and was married to the late James...
Sr. Jim Neader
May 9, 2011
The man who brought fast food to Statesville and Iredell County has died following a long illness. James Edward Neader Sr. of Mooresville died Monday morning at the Gordon Hospice House from complications of Parkinson's disease. Neader, 77, was the area's first McDonald's owner-operator starting with a single store in 1975 that he built into a chain of seven stores...
Rick Weicht
May 7, 2011
Sgt. Rick Dwaine Weicht, 46, of Statesville, N.C., passed away Saturday, May 07, 2011, at Wake Forest University Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. He was born on December 13, 1964 in Franklin County, Waynesboro, PA. The son of the Nelson D. and Alice J. Weicht, he attended schools in Maryland and graduated from Smithsburg High School in 1982. Rick was...
Jim Davidson
May 7, 2011
James Edward "Jim" Davidson, 81, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Saturday, May 7, 2011, following several years of declining health. Born March 25, 1930 in Iredell County, Mr. Davidson was the son of the late Roy Austin and Berta Rosemond Davidson. He was a graduate of Celeste Hinkel High School and served as a sergeant with...
Jimmy Johnson
May 4, 2011
James Allen Johnson, 68, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, May 04, 2011, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Johnson was born November 7, 1942 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Tolison B. Johnson and Edith Myers Johnson. He attended Statesville schools and was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was retired from Southern Screw following...
Buford Rimmer
May 2, 2011
Buford Edison Rimmer, 98, of Statesville, passed away Monday, May 2, 2011 at Davis Regional Medical Center. Mr. Rimmer was born September 21, 1912 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Joseph M. Rimmer and Laura I. Rimmer. He was a graduate of Kestler School in Iredell County and also attended Wake Forest University. On August 7,...
Doug McLain
May 1, 2011
Douglas Franklin McLain, 46, of Stony Point, N.C., passed away unexpectedly Sunday, May 1, 2011, at Davis Regional Medical Center. Mr. McLain was born August 14, 1964 in Iredell County and was the son of Bonnie Sharpe McLain and the late Clyde Franklin McLain. He attended Iredell County schools and on August 17, 1983, he married Debbie Duncan McLain, who...
Jackie Sherrill
Apr 30, 2011
Mrs. Jacqueline Moose Sherrill, 85, of Troutman, NC passed away, Saturday, April 30, 2011 at Autumn Care of Statesvile. Mrs. Sherrill was born Feb. 13, 1926 in Mecklenburg County and was the daughter of the late Henry Daniel David Moose and Edna Mae Bailey Moose. She attended Catawba and Iredell County Schools and on December 25, 1949, she was married...
Godfrey "Bud" Fox
Apr 27, 2011
Godfrey Clint "Bud" Fox, 76, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at his residence following a lengthy illness. Mr. Fox was born November 29, 1934 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Wesley Clint Fox and Octavia Cartner Fox. Mr. Fox was a graduate of Cool Springs High School and he was married to Brenda...
Mary Cook
Apr 26, 2011
Mrs. Mary Southers Cook, 84, of Statesville, passed away, Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Cook was born May 10, 1926 in Wilkes County and was the daughter of the late Kelly Southers and Della Mae Privette Southers. She attended Statesville City Schools and on Feb. 14, 1947, she was married to the late Willie Eugene...
Brown McCoy
Apr 25, 2011
Brown Lee McCoy, 88, of Statesville, passed away Monday, April 25, 2011, at Brian Center in Statesville following a brief illness. Mr. McCoy was born December 7, 1922 in Iredell County and was the son of the late James William McCoy and Carrie Viola Moose McCoy. He attended Iredell County schools and on May 26, 1944, he married Francis Louise...
Margaret Cash
Apr 25, 2011
Margaret Stafford Cash, 89, of Statesville, died on Monday, April 25, 2011 at the Gordon Hospice House following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Cash was born May 24, 1921 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Orville E. Stafford and Hattie S. Stafford. She was a graduate of Iredell County Schools and was married to the late William...
Sylvia Matthews
Apr 25, 2011
Sylvia Garwood Matthews, 75, of Granite Falls, N.C., formerly of Troutman, N.C., passed away Monday, April 25, 2011 at Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, N.C. Ms. Matthews was born March 17, 1936 in High Point, N.C. and was the daughter of the late James Clarence "J.C." Garwood and Carrie Lee Miller Garwood. She attended Brawley School and graduated from...
Lisa Fraley
Apr 23, 2011
Lisa Rickert Fraley, 40, of Statesville, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, April 23, 2011, at Gordon Hospice House following a lengthy illness. Ms. Fraley was born December 11, 1970 in Iredell County and was the daughter of James Rickert, Jr. and Vickie Fox Lusk. She was a graduate of West Iredell High School. Ms. Fraley...
Thelma Cosey
Apr 23, 2011
Thelma Hartness Cosey, 95, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, April 23, 2011, at Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Cosey was born December 2, 1915 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late W.W "Dick" Hartness and Emma Nicholson Hartness. She attended Iredell County Schools and on March 28, 1943, she was married to Leslie Cosey, who preceded her in...
Jr. Jack Little
Apr 22, 2011
Jack E. Little, Jr., 84, of Statesville, passed away Friday, April 22, 2011, at Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Little was born November 23, 1926 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Jack Edmond Little, Sr. and Madeline Poston Little. He was a graduate of Statesville High School Class of '43 and on June 26, 1981, was married...
Cleo Miller
Apr 19, 2011
Mrs. Cleo Benfield Miller, 96, of the Sharon School Community, Statesville, NC passed away peacefully on Monday, April 18, 2011 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born July 15, 1914 in Iredell County, she was the daughter of the late Jacob Henry Benfield and Sally Katherine Pope Benfield. She was a graduate of Sharon School and on Jan. 15, 1933, was...
Kenny Beaver
Apr 18, 2011
Kenny Dale Beaver, 60, of Elloree, S.C. and formerly of Statesville, passed away Monday, April 18, 2011, at the W.J.B. Dorn VA Hospital in Columbia, S.C. Mr. Beaver was born July 4, 1950 in Rowan County and was the son of the late Hazel Lee Beaver and Kathleen Morrison Beaver. He attended Rowan County School and was a graduate of...
Diane Baker
Apr 18, 2011
Carol Diane Baker, 63, of Statesville, passed away Monday, April 18, 2011, at Iredell Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness. Ms. Baker was born May 23, 1947 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late John Donald Baker, Sr. and Peggy Gatton Baker. She was a graduate of Cabarrus County schools and she was of the Baptist faith....
Kendra Mills
Apr 16, 2011
Kendra Putnam Mills, 69, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, April 16, 2011, at Iredell Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. She was born in Woodruff, S.C. on September 1, 1941 and was the daughter of the late Donald G. and Tabitha L. Putnam. She was a graduate of Mitchell Community College with a nursing degree and worked as a registered...
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