Obituaries
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
Eva Gray
Apr 14, 2011
Ms. Eva Jane Morrison Gray, 88, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, April 14, 2011, at Gordon Hospice House. Ms. Gray was born June 9, 1922 in Alexander County and was the daughter of the late Robert Lackey and Ola Mae Fowler Lackey. She attended Alexander County schools and she was a member of First Baptist Church. Ms. Gray was retired...
Barry Paslay
Apr 12, 2011
Mr. Henry Burnette "Barry" Paslay, Jr., 39, of Statesville, passed away, Tuesday, April 12, 2011 in Statesville. Mr. Paslay was born Nov. 14, 1971 in Memphis, TN and was the son of Henry Burnette Paslay, Sr. and Nancy Lane Paslay, who survive of the home. He was a graduate of West Iredell High School and attended N.C. State University. He...
Tom Curlee
Apr 8, 2011
Thomas "Tom" Curlee, 86, of Statesville, passed away Friday, April 8, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mr. Curlee was born in May 11, 1924 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Robert Nelson Curlee and Lavaida Freeze Curlee. He was a graduate of Davidson County Schools and on August 24, 1945, he married Rachel Keller Curlee, who...
Paul Parlier
Apr 8, 2011
Paul Santford Parlier, 84, of Statesville, passed away Friday, April 8, 2011, at The Gardens of Statesville. Mr. Parlier was born May 12, 1926 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Elisha Worth Parlier and Ethel Chappel Parlier. He was a graduate of Statesville High School and on May 15, 1948, he married Ruby Nell Privette, who...