Obituaries

Boyce Alton Fox

Boyce Alton Fox

Dec 24, 2020

Boyce Alton Fox, age 85, of Statesville passed away peacefully on December 24, 2020 at his home. He was born December 31, 1934 in Catawba County, North Carolina the son of the late Ralph Charlotte Fox and Ester Houston Fox. Boyce was employed with Conscope, Southern Screw and retired from Leeroy Frame Company where he worked as a machine operator....

Lindsay Lee Myers

Lindsay Lee Myers

Dec 23, 2020

Mr. Lindsay Myers died, Wednesday, December 23rd 2020 at his residence after a lengthy illness. He was born to the late Robert Myers and Julia Hedrick Myers. He attended East Davidson High School and was a life-long resident of Thomasville. Lindsay was a brick layer by trade, believed in hard work and loved the outdoors. He was a very independent...

Terry Lynn Williamson

Terry Lynn Williamson

Dec 23, 2020

Thomasville, Mr. Terry Williamson went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 23rdafter a brief battle with cancer. He was born in Davidson County to the late Harley Skeet and Pearl Rabon. He will be remembered as a friendly man who loved his Lord and as a faithful servant. Terry was a graduate of Thomasville High School and...

Jimmie Eugene Lawson

Jimmie Eugene Lawson

Dec 23, 2020

KING- Mr. Jimmie Eugene Lawson, 78, of King passed away December 23, 2020 at his home with his loving family by his side. A Stokes county native and the son of the late Frankie and Ruby Adkins Lawson, Jimmie was employed as a truck driver for 50 years, most recently with ABF Freight. Jimmie loved to sing bluegrass music and...

Frank Gabriel Davidson Jr.

Frank Gabriel Davidson Jr.

Dec 22, 2020

Frank Gabriel Davidson, Jr., age 89, of Statesville passed away December 22, 2020 at W.G. Bill Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury. He was born June 24, 1931 in Iredell County, North Carolina the son of the late Frank G. Davidson Sr. and Noma Payne Davidson. Also preceding him in death are his brother, Billy Davidson; sisters, Evelyn Goodin and...

Dell Cyril Tyler

Dell Cyril Tyler

Dec 22, 2020

Dell Cyril Tyler, age 78, of Cato, New York passed on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 in Statesville, NC. He was born December 8, 1942 in Conquest, New York the son of the late James Guy and Mary Elizabeth Tyler. He is also preceded in death by a brother, Charles Tyler; and a sister, Susan Hollier. He is survived by his...

Cecil Randall Simmons

Cecil Randall Simmons

Dec 22, 2020

Cecil Randall Simmons, 69 of Thomasville, passed away December 22 at Hospice Home of High Point. He was born in Rutherfordton County on April 10, 1951 to Cecil Lillian Simmons. Randy was one of Jehovahs Witnesses and had a wonderful hope that he would live forever on a paradise earth (Psalm 37:10,11). He did not live to see that hope...

Charlotte May Canfield

Charlotte May Canfield

Dec 21, 2020

Mrs. Charlotte May Earl Canfield, 91, passed away at her home in Lexington, NC on December 21, 2020. The daughter of the late Charles and Jennie Hammond Earl, Mrs. Canfield is a Odessa, NY native and has lived in North Carolina for the past 2 years. Charlotte attended Dryden High School and in 1947 married Lester Canfield. She held several...

Loren Lee Bradburn

Loren Lee Bradburn

Dec 20, 2020

Loren Lee Bradburn, 53, of Statesville died Sunday, December 20, 2020 in West Virginia. He was born in La Mesa County, California on January 1, 1967 to Jean Gilliland Bradburn and the late Myron Wilfred Bradburn. Loren was co-owner and operator of Southern Maintenance Solution, Inc. He loved to be on the go. He enjoyed working, boating, being on the...

Patricia Connolly Harbison

Patricia Connolly Harbison

Dec 19, 2020

Patricia Ann Connolly Harbison, 70, died Saturday, December 19, 2020 at Brian Center in Hickory. She was born in Iredell County on February 11, 1950 to the late Robert Wayne Connolly and Hazel Lackey Connolly. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Robert Connolly. Patricia was a shining example of Christianity. She loved reading her Bible and had...

Tammy Jill Walker

Tammy Jill Walker

Dec 19, 2020

Tammy St. John Walker, 50 of Archdale passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2020 with her husband, and sister-in-law by her side. Tammy fought a hard battle with cancer. She was born, March 23, 1970 to James JoAnn St. John. Tammy was a former employee of Miller Desk in High Point. She loved spending time with her family, scrapbooking, photography...

Dewight Harold Gunter

Dewight Harold Gunter

Dec 19, 2020

Dewight Harold “Big D” Gunter, 66, of Statesville, died Saturday, December 19, 2020 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was born in Swain County, Nc on March 23, 1954 to the late Deaver Clyde Gunter, Sr. and Albia Greene Gunter. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Jeff Gunter. Dewight had worked in maintenance for Industrial Timber. He loved...

Paul William Hodges

Paul William Hodges

Dec 16, 2020

Paul William Hodges, age 44of Colfax, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at his home with his wife and daughters by his side after a long, hardbattle with cancer. He was born October 15, 1976 to Perry and Linda Hodges. Paul worked as a Molder Tech for many years. He loved to hunt, fish, golf and spend time with his...

Larry Anderson Massey

Larry Anderson Massey

Dec 16, 2020

Larry Anderson Massey, 80, of Statesville, died Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at the Gordon Hospice House. He had battled Parkinsons Disease and Mitochondrial Myopathy for several years prior to his death. He was born on June 26, 1940 in Iredell County to the late Claude Anderson Massey and Betty Lou Teague Massey. He was also preceded in death by his...

Jeannie Elaine Davis

Jeannie Elaine Davis

Dec 14, 2020

Jeannie Elaine Bailey Davis, 62, of Statesville died Monday, December 14, 2020 at the Veterans Hospital in Salisbury. She was born on October 15, 1958 in Chattooga County, Georgia to the late Monroe Bailey and Grace Smith Bailey. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Randy Bailey. Jeannie retired from the US Navy in September of 1994. She...

Mrs. Miriam Eller Moose

Mrs. Miriam Eller Moose

Dec 13, 2020

Mrs. Miriam Eller Moose, 87, of Statesville, died Sunday, December 13, 2020 at her home. Born in Ashe County, N.C. on March 7, 1933 she was a homemaker and a member of St. Marks Baptist Church. She was preceded by her husband, Clyde Wayne Moose on October 15, 2012. Survivors include a sister-in-law, Johnsie Moose Reavis and her caregivers, Martin...

Robert Franklin "Cotton" Morrison

Robert Franklin "Cotton" Morrison

Dec 12, 2020

Robert Franklin “Cotton” Morrison, age 93, of Statesville passed away December 12, 2020 at Davie Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born May 24, 1927 in Statesville, North Carolina, the son of the late Blake Lee Morrison Sr. and Lula Valdora Hux Morrison. He is also preceded by his beloved wife of 44 years, Jessie Marlow Morrison; sisters, Louise Brown,...

Marion Keorlet Kelly Culler

Marion Keorlet Kelly Culler

Dec 11, 2020

Mrs. Marion Julia Keorlet Kelly Culler, 86, of Statesville, died Friday, December 11, 2020 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Marion was born in Union County, NJ and was the daughter of the late John Keorlet and Julia Griskus Keorlet. Marion married Thomas James Kelly and after his passing later married Charles Culler, who also preceded her in death. She is also...

Jerry "Goggie" Lee Bumgardner

Jerry "Goggie" Lee Bumgardner

Dec 11, 2020

Jerry Lee Bumgardner was born October 20, 1938 to William Carl Bumgardner and Anna Neal Hicks Bumgardner. On September 14, 1957 he married the love of his life, Barbara Jean Gordon, whom he lovingly called Sparkey.He was the best husband, dad, grandfather and great grandfather ever. Jerry loved spending time with friends and family, especially the children. He enjoyed old...

Mrs. Betty Jo Litaker

Mrs. Betty Jo Litaker

Dec 11, 2020

Betty Jo (B.Jo) Henderson Litaker,90, died December 11, 2020 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. She was born February 6, 1929 in Canton, N.C. to Clifton Lafayette Henderson and Clora Reno Henderson. She was the youngest of six children and was preceded in death by her parents and all of her siblings. On December 16, 1956, Betty Jo married Carl Adams Litaker....