Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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....
Alyce Bright
Jan 21, 2011
Alyce Louise Adams Bright, 81, of Statesville, passed away Friday, Jan. 21, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Bright was born June 7, 1929 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late John Talmage Adams and Sadie Evans Adams. She was a graduate of Statesville Senior High School, Mitchell College and Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing. She was...
Jettie Safriet
Jan 21, 2011
Jettie Victoria Tucker Safriet, 81, of 1851 Safriet Rd., Statesville, NC went to be with the Lord on Jan. 21, 2011. She was born Oct. 29, 1929 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Dollie McLelland Tucker and Ethel Bullin Tucker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Dallas Clayman Safriet,...
Bobbi Sherrill
Jan 20, 2011
Barbara (Bobbi) Sherrill, age 71 of Statesville, passed away Thursday, January 20, 2011 at the Gordon Hospice House. Bobbi was born on December 11, 1939 to the late James Leonard Sherrill and Rosalie Barkley McCreary who survives. After Bobbi graduated from Statesville high school, she moved to Charlotte where she was employed by Eastern Air Lines as a V.I.P. reservationist....
Rev. Avery Slone
Jan 18, 2011
Rev. Avery I. Slone, 77, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, January 18, 2011, at his home. Rev. Slone was born June 1, 1933 in Hackney Creek, KY., and was the son of the late James Alex Slone and Flory Harrison Slone. Rev. Slone attended Big Rock, VA schools and on November 11, 1955, he was married to Carol Matney Slone,...
Charlotte Simonson
Jan 18, 2011
Charlotte Harris Simonson age 80 of Statesville passed away Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. She was born February 8, 1930 to the late Charles and Eva Clinnick Harris In Troy, New York. She married the love of her life, Ted W. Simonson on July 4, 1953. Mrs. Simonson was the bookkeeper for her and her husband's company;...
Doris Little
Jan 15, 2011
Doris Rebecca Little, age 78 of Statesville, passed away Saturday, January 15, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Little was born on July 17, 1932 in Iredell county to the late Samuel Jackson and Ada Shoemaker Woods. She was married to Wayne B. Little who preceded her in death. Mrs. Little is survived by one son, Blaine (Pete) Little of...
Glady Elliott
Jan 15, 2011
Glady Claxton Elliott, 87, of Statesville, NC passed away Saturday, January 15, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Annabelle Lundy Elliott, who resides in Statesville. He is the son of Emma Godfrey Elliott and Glady Claxton Elliott, Sr. of Stony Point, NC, both deceased. Three daughters also survive Mr. Elliott: Dorinda Elliott...