Obituaries

John Hill Summers

John Hill Summers

Feb 14, 2011

John Hill Summers, 99, of Statesville, passed away Monday, February 14, 2011 at Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Summers was born October 31, 1911 in Iredell County and was the son of the late John W. and Mary Allen Hill Summers. He was a graduate of Iredell County Schools. Mr. Summers was married to Bryde Redmond Summers, who preceded him in...

Margaret Weber

Margaret Weber

Feb 13, 2011

Margaret Pauline Caudell Weber, 90, formerly of Charlotte, passed away Feb. 13, 2011 at Sunrise Chandler Senior Living in Chandler, AZ, where she lived for the last 22 months of her life. She was the daughter of the late Walter Ray Caudell and Lucille Gourley Caudell. On April 5, 1941, she was married to the late James King Weber in...

Rev. Whitney Dough

Rev. Whitney Dough

Feb 12, 2011

Rev. Whitney James Dough, 90, of Harmony, N.C., passed away Thursday, February 10, 2011, at the Gordon Hospice House, Statesville, N.C. Rev. Dough was born November 2, 1920 in Philadelphia, PA, and was the son of the late Whitney and Ethel Myrtle Palmer Dough. He grew up in the state of Delaware and served in the U.S. Army during World...

Buck McCall

Buck McCall

Feb 9, 2011

Mr. Sidney "Buck" Watts McCall, 74, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011 at Maple Leaf Health Care in Statesville. Mr. McCall was born Feb. 13, 1936 in Mecklenburg County and was the son of the late William Louis McCall and Beulah Watts McCall. He attended Mecklenburg County schools and retired from Mecklenburg County Parks and Recreation after 30+...

Glenda Konowitz

Glenda Konowitz

Feb 9, 2011

Mrs. Glenda Lynn Konowitz, nee Simberg, of Cornelius, NC died on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011 at the Levine Dickson Hospice House in Huntersville, NC. She was the widow of Marvin J. Konowitz. Her survivors are her son and daughter-in-law, Bernard & Suzanne Konowitz of Charlotte, daughter, Dianne L. Slade and granddaughter, Margaux Slade of Cornelius. Mrs. Konowitz was born on...

Jean Jackson

Jean Jackson

Feb 8, 2011

Mrs. Jean Barkley Stevenson Jackson, 85, of Statesville, passed away peacefully in her sleep Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital following a period of declining health. Mrs. Jackson was born September 20, 1925 in Randolph County, WV and was the daughter of the late Fred O. Barkley and Barbara Powers Barkley Knox. She was a graduate of Elkins...

Betty Hasz

Betty Hasz

Feb 6, 2011

Betty Mull Hasz, 74, of Maple Leaf Health Care Center in Statesville, and formerly of Gastonia, N.C., passed away unexpectedly Sunday, February 6, 2011 at Davis Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Hasz was born May 2, 1936 in Gastonia, N.C. and was the daughter of the late Robert L. Mull and Mable Pryor Mull. She attended Gaston County schools and on...

Reggie Stroud

Reggie Stroud

Feb 4, 2011

Reggie Allen Stroud, 49, of Statesville, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, February 4, 2011 at the Serenity House in Mooresville, surrounded by family and special friends. Reggie was born July 11, 1961 in Iredell County and was the son of Betty Alexander Elam and the late James Allen Stroud. He was a graduate of Statesville...

Gail Stewart

Gail Stewart

Feb 3, 2011

Gail Hooks Stewart, 66, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, February 3, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Ms. Stewart was born February 26, 1944 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Woodrow Albert Hooks and Margaret Stewart Hooks. Ms. Stewart attended Iredell County schools and she was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, Ms. Stewart was preceded...

Dr. Amelia Kennedy

Dr. Amelia Kennedy

Feb 2, 2011

Dr. Amelia Edmonia Kennedy, 85, of Harmony, NC passed away Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Dr. Kennedy was born Nov, 26, 1925 in Houstonville, NC and was the daughter of the late Roderick H. and Edmonia Butter Kennedy. She was a graduate of Harmony High School, class of 1942, Pfeiffer College in Meisenheimer, NC, UNC Chapel Hill...

Lloyd Shaw

Lloyd Shaw

Feb 2, 2011

Lloyd R. Shaw of Statesville died February 2, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mr. Shaw was born in Statesville on September 10, 1936, to the late Dr. Lloyd R. Shaw, Sr. and Gertrude Watts Shaw. He attended First Presbyterian Church and schools in Statesville, graduating from Statesville High School in 1954. He would go on to graduate from UNC-Chapel Hill...

Sr. Denverd Hodges

Sr. Denverd Hodges

Feb 1, 2011

Denverd Eugene Hodges, 78, of Statesville, passed away Monday, January 31, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mr. Hodges was born in Watauga County on November 27, 1932 and was the son of the late Conrad Denverd Hodges and Mary Green Hodges. He was a graduate of Statesville High School and on February 3, 2007, he was married to Judy Reid...

J.D. Miller

J.D. Miller

Jan 30, 2011

Mr. Jewell Douglas( J.D.) Miller age, 84 of Statesville passed away Sunday, January 30, 2011 at Davis Hospital. He was born in Iredell County on April 15, 1926 to the late Wilburn Henry and Frankie Douglas Miller. Mr. Miller graduated from Sharon High School and went on to serve his country in World War II. Mr. Miller was retired from...

John Benfield

John Benfield

Jan 30, 2011

John Richard Benfield, Sr., of Troutman, passed away peacefully Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011 at home following his courageous battle with Parkinson's. "Johnny" was born Jan. 19, 1930 in Statesville to the late John Robert and Gladys Holland Benfield. Upon graduating from Statesville High, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. Before reporting for duty, he vacationed at Carolina Beach where he...

Brady Johnson

Brady Johnson

Jan 29, 2011

Brady Howard Johnson, 76, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, January 29, 2011, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was a strong Christian man, and was ready to go. Mr. Johnson was born July 8, 1934 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Mrs. Elsie Mayberry Johnson Moose. He attended Statesville schools and served in the U.S. Navy during...

Elson Potter

Elson Potter

Jan 28, 2011

William Elson Potter, 81, of Statesville, passed away Friday, January 28, 2011. Formerly of Gaffney and Chesnee, S.C., he was educated at Chesnee High School, Gardner Webb Junior College and Limestone College. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and retired from the Fluor Daniels Company following many years of service. Born May 19, 1929, in Cherokee County, S.C., he was...

Kitty Christopher

Kitty Christopher

Jan 27, 2011

Ms. Luvince "Kitty" Bustle Christopher, 73, of Stony Point, NC passed away Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011 at her residence. Ms. Christopher was born Jan. 20, 1938 in Alexander County and was the daughter of the late Dallas Bustle and Mittie Dishman Bustle. She attended Iredell County schools and in 1955 was married to the late William Allen Christopher, who died...

Dorothy Morgan

Dorothy Morgan

Jan 27, 2011

Dorothy Law Morgan, 88, of 821 Woodland Road, Statesville, died on Thursday, January 27, 2011 at Gordon Hospice House in Statesville, NC. She was born in Maryville, Tennessee on June 9, 1922, to the late Jackson Oliver Law and Maggie Wells Law. Dorothy graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1945. She was honored as Miss University of Tennessee 1945...

Josephine Starling

Josephine Starling

Jan 25, 2011

Josephine Davis Starling, 96, passed away Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at Autumn Care in Statesville. She was born in Washington, D.C. on May 4, 1914 and was the daughter of the late Harry A. and Amelia Becker Davis. On December 3, 1943, she married Guy W. Starling of Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Mrs. Starling was a church musician. She was organist at...

Franklin Brotherton

Franklin Brotherton

Jan 24, 2011

Franklin Eugene Brotherton, 74, of Troutman, NC after a courageous year long fight to live, left this earth for Heaven, Monday, Jan. 24, 2011 from Autumn Care Nursing Home and is no longer in pain. Frank was born in November 11, 1936 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Isaac Arther Brotherton and Ellen Nancy Weatherman Brotherton....