Obituaries
Lane Ledford
Dec 13, 2010
Linzee Delaney (Lane) Ledford passed away December 13, 2010, in the care of family, the attentive staff at Statesville Place, and Hospice of Iredell County. Lane had been a resident of Iredell County since 1952. Lane was a lifelong Baptist, most recently a member of East Side Baptist. His final days were marked by courage and hope. His confidence in...
Lottie Black
Dec 12, 2010
Lottie Mildred Bell Black, 96, of Turnersburg Hwy., Statesville, died peacefully Sunday morning, December 12, 2010 at Iredell Memorial Hospital with her three sons by her bedside. Mrs. Black had been in declining health for several years and for the past year had made her home with her son, R.C., Jr. She was born May 6, 1914 in Iredell County,...
Patsy Gregory
Dec 11, 2010
Mrs. Patsy Little Gregory, 65, of Lakeside Dr., Statesville, passed away Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010 at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem following a brief illness. She was born October 22, 1945 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late R. Mac Little and Zelda Hefner Little. She was a graduate of Scotts High School...
Gladys Drum
Dec 8, 2010
Gladys Mayberry Drum, 98, Glenview, IL and formerly of Monticello Rd. in Statesville, passed away on December 8, 2010 at Glenbrook Hospital in Glenview, IL. She was born in Alexander County, NC on July 8, 1912 to the late Grover Cleveland Mayberry and Lavinna Mayberry. She attended Alexander County Schools, and worked for Hunter Manufacturing and Trailblazer by Winchester. On...
Philip Hoover
Dec 6, 2010
Mr. Philip Hoover age 89 of Statesville, passed away Monday, December 6, 2010 at the Rosewood Assisted Living Center. Philip was born in Iredell County on January 19, 1921 to the late James Edward and Ora Combs Hoover and was a graduate of Troutman High School. Mr. Hoover was a lifelong member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Troutman, where...
Irelene Merritt
Dec 2, 2010
Mrs. Irelene Melton Merritt, 78, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, December 2, 2010 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Merritt was born December 16, 1931 in Davie County and was the daughter of the late Willie Everette Melton and Minnie McDaniel Melton. She was a graduate of Davie County Schools and on March 3, 1949 was married to the late Oliver...
Frozzie Coble
Dec 2, 2010
Ms. Frozzie "Pete" Ajalia Brown Coble age 85, of Statesville passed away Thursday, December 2, 2010 at the Gordon Hospice House. Ms. Coble was born on October 18, 1925 in Davie County to the late Will and Frozzie Grimes Brown. Ms. Coble attended Cooleemee high school and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Cooleemee. Ms. Coble was...
Margret Svoboda
Nov 30, 2010
Mrs. Margret May Svoboda, 75, passed away at the Gordon Hospice House on November 30, 2010, from a lengthy illness. She was born on September 30, 1935 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to the late John and Swava Sveinsson May. Mrs. Svoboda graduated from Grayslake High School in Grayslake, Illinois and Temple University School of Nursing in Philadelphia, PA. She was...
Ethel Ford Pierce
Nov 27, 2010
Ethel Ford Pierce, 85, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, November 27, 2010 at Davis Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Pierce was born January 7, 1925 in Watauga County and was the daughter of the late Squire Jefferson Ford and Nancy Elizabeth Moore Ford. She was a graduate of Central School's class of '43 and on November 2, 1946, she married...
Maxine Hager
Nov 25, 2010
Maxine Patterson Hager, 81, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, November 25, 2010, at the Gordon Hospice House. Born March 9, 1929 in Hiddenite, N.C., she was the daughter of the late William Allie Patterson and Lola Gwaltney Patterson. She was a graduate of Hiddenite High School and on March 6, 1954 was married to William Lafayette Hager, who preceded her...
Isaiah Kirbaran
Nov 25, 2010
Isaiah Eli Kirbaran, infant son of David Kumar Kirbaran and Ashley Dawn Waters, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, November 25, 2010 at Davis Regional Medical Center. Isaiah was born Thursday, November 25, 2010. In addition to his parents, he is also survived by grandmothers, Marta Fuertes and Valerie Waters; Uncles Devin Kirbaran and Thomas Waters IV; Aunts, Ruth Crespo and...
Billee Mills
Nov 22, 2010
Billee Rose Current Mills, 62, of Statesville, passed away Monday, November 22, 2010 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Ms. Mills was born in Iredell County on August 13, 1948 and was the daughter of the late Dr. William Clyde Current and Ruth Davis Current. She was a graduate of Iredell County Schools, Mitchell Community College, and CPCC and...
Norma Morrison
Nov 21, 2010
Norma Loftin Morrison, age 73 of Statesville passed away Sunday, November 21, 2010 at the Gordon Hospice House following a lengthy illness. Norma was born in Iredell County on May 15, 1937 to the late Harry Guy Loftin, Sr. and Floy Louise Douglas Loftin. Ms. Morrison graduated from Troutman high school and attended Mitchell College then continued her education at...
Anita Braunstein
Nov 17, 2010
Anita S. Braunstein, 72, left this life on November 17, 2010 surrounded by family and after a long illness. She was born January 24, 1938 in Berlin, Germany. At the age of 2, her parents, who were German Jews, fled Nazi Germany at the start of WWII. They settled in Quito, Ecuador, where she spent her childhood. As a young...
Jenettie Church
Nov 16, 2010
Jenettie L. Gildard Mitchell Church, 93, of Tomlin Mill Rd., Statesville, passed away Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010 at her home. Mrs. Church was born August 11, 1917 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Edmund F. Mitchell and Pearl Mae White Mitchell. She attended Iredell County schools and on April 7, 1931, was married to the late...
Evelyn McCurdy
Jan 17, 2010
Evelyn Barton McCurdy, 99, of Statesville, passed away Monday, January 17, 2010, at Iredell Memorial Hospital following a period of declining health. Mrs. McCurdy was born July 19, 1911 in Camden, N.J. and was the daughter of the late Isaac Barton and Mary Barton. She attended schools in Camden, N.J. and was married to Edward Charles McCurdy who preceded her...
Marie Mills
Aug 16, 2009
Marie Reid Mills, 89, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Mills was born August 8, 1921 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Arthur R. Reid and Sally Holland Reid. She was a graduate of Iredell County Schools and on July 13, 1943 she was married for 66 years...
John Phillips
Feb 7, 2008
Mr. John Pines Phillips, 86, of Troutman, passed away, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mr. Phillips was born June 28, 1924 in Anson County, NC and was the son of the late Bun and Sallie Gilmore Phillips. He attended Anson County Schools and on August 2, 1947, he was married to the late Louise Abernathy Phillips, who...