Obituaries

Alyce Bright

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

David Watt

David Watt

Jan 14, 2011

Mr. David McKinnley Watt, 83, of Harmony, passed away Friday, Jan. 14, 2011 at the Gordon Hospice Hospice House. Mr. Watt was born June 13, 1927 in Stony Point, NC and was the son of the late Thomas A. Watt and Betsy Bailey Watt. He attended Stony Point High School before serving in the U.S. Navy during WWII as part...

Harold Marlow

Harold Marlow

Jan 14, 2011

Mr. Harold Stamey Marlow, 73, of Harmony, NC passed away peacefully Friday, Jan. 14, 2011 at Davis Regional Medical Center with his family at his side. Mr. Marlow was born March 5, 1937 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Annie Belle McHargue Marlow and Stamey Harold Marlow. He was a graduate of Harmony High School, class...

Daniel Redmond

Daniel Redmond

Jan 12, 2011

Daniel Gray Redmond, 71, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, January 12, 2011, at his home. Mr. Redmond was born March 12, 1939 and was the son of the late Sherriff Fredrick Redmond and Bertha Daniels Redmond. He was a graduate of Central High School and on April 16, 1960, he was married to Brenda Fox Redmond, who survives....

Elsie Mae Dixon

Elsie Mae Dixon

Jan 10, 2011

Elsie Mae Dixon, 88, of Statesville, passed away Monday, Jan. 10, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Elsie Mae was born March 11, 1922 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Elcie Lee Dixon and Grace Haithcox Dixon. She was a graduate of Statesville Senior High School and was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church. In addition to...

Judy Collins

Judy Collins

Jan 9, 2011

Julia "Judy" Rhea Collins, 71, of Statesville, N.C., passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 09, 2011, at Gordon Hospice House following a period of declining health. She was born April 20, 1939 in Statesville, N.C. and was the daughter of the late David Crockett Rhea and Iva Rogers Rhea. She was a graduate of Statesville High School. She was formerly...

Carolyn Haithcox

Carolyn Haithcox

Jan 8, 2011

Carolyn Goforth Haithcox, 60, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, January 8, 2011, at her home. Ms. Haithcox was born January 29, 1950 and was the daughter of the late William Goforth and Nora Goforth Swanson. She was a graduate of Statesville Senior High School and Catawba Valley Community College. She was an LPN at Brian Center of Statesville. Ms....

Mary Lea Sharpe

Mary Lea Sharpe

Jan 7, 2011

Mary Lea Wooten Sharpe, 88, of Union Grove, N.C., passed away Friday, January 7, 2011, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born December 17, 1922, she was the daughter of the late James Monroe Wooten and Marshie White Wooten. She graduated from Union Grove High School. On April 22, 1967, she married William Amos Sharpe, who preceded her in death on December...

Al Thomas

Al Thomas

Jan 7, 2011

Mr. Allie Franklin Thomas, Jr., 65, of Statesville, passed away Monday, Jan. 3, 2010 at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. Born June 24, 1945 in Charlotte, NC and was the son of Mrs. Louise Bagwell Thomas of Statesville and the late A. Frank Thomas, who died in 2008. He was a graduate of Robert E....

Ruth Goldstein

Ruth Goldstein

Jan 6, 2011

Ruth Shapiro Goldstein, 87, of Statesville, passed away, Thursday, January 06, 2011 at The Statesville Place. Mrs. Goldstein was born April 20, 1923 in New York, NY and was the daughter of the late Jacob Shapiro and Gussie Honig. She was a graduate of New York City Schools and Cooper Union College in New York. She was married to the...

Jurell Herbert

Jurell Herbert

Jan 6, 2011

Jurell Lambert Herbert, 75, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly, Jan. 6, 2011 at Forsyth Medical Center. Ms. Herbert was born Sept. 19, 1935 in Iredell County to the late Luin and Grace Lambert. She is survived by daughters, Debra Herbert, Karen Warricks (Steve), Terrie Powell and one son, Alan Herbert (Anita). Also surviving are six grandchildren, Julie Caviness (Trent), Jason...

Barbara Rhyne

Barbara Rhyne

Jan 5, 2011

Barbara K. Rhyne of Statesville passed away at the Gordon Hospice house on Wednesday, January 5, 2011. She has won her battle with Pulmonary Fibrosis and is with the Lord. She was born July 10, 1933 to the late Autie F. and Maude B. Kelley. She was a graduate of Statesville Senior High and attended Catawba Calley Community College in...

Earie Holloway

Earie Holloway

Jan 5, 2011

Earie Blanton Holloway, 94, of Statesville, passed away Wed. Jan. 5, 2011 at Maple Leaf Health Care of Statesville. Mrs. Holloway was born December 7, 1916 in Cleveland County, NC and was the daughter of the late George Monroe Blanton and Artie Jane Blanton. She attended Shelby City Schools, was a member of Laura Memorial Church of God in Mooresville...

Shirley Sloan

Shirley Sloan

Jan 5, 2011

Shirley Ann Kennedy Sloan, 73, of 115 Brookmeade Dr., Statesville, passed away unexpectedly Jan. 5, 2011 at Davis Regional Medical Center in Statesville, NC. Mrs. Sloan was born July 22, 1937 in Iredell County to the late Archie Marion and Ann Jones Kennedy. Shirley was married to Robert William Sloan at the First Baptist Church of Waukegan, IL on July...