Obituaries
James Washington Payne
Mar 29, 2020
James Washington (JW) Payne, 78, died Sunday, March 29, 2020 following a brief illness.He leaves his wife of sixty years, Jewel (Wood) Payne; daughters: Darla Payne Page wife of Grant, Debra Payne Jordan wife of William Bill; sons: Frank ODell Payne husband of Stacy; James Randall Payne husband of Shawn; Grandsons: Jacob Jordan, Joshua (Lizzie) Jordan, Nathan (Meredith) Page, J.D....
Anita Hawthorne Baldwin
Mar 28, 2020
Anita Ruth Hawthorne Baldwin, 72 of Union Grove, North Carolina died Saturday, March 28, 2020 at the Gordon Hospice House of complications related to her battle with cancer. She was born in McCook, Nebraska on March 13, 1948 to the late Glenn Hawthorne and Ruth Turner Hawthorne. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Steven J. Baldwin, a...
Voda Waugh Wilson
Mar 26, 2020
Voda Mae Waugh Wilson, 84, of Statesville, died Thursday, March 26, 2020 at Maple Leaf Health Care. She was born in Iredell County on June 12, 1935 to the late Gurney Waugh and Macie Kates Waugh. She was also preceded in death by 5 brothers and one sister. Voda was a member of Trinity UMC. She was a 1953 graduate...
Norman Earl May, Sr.
Mar 26, 2020
Norman Earl May, Sr., of Lexington, passed away March 26, 2020 at Hospice of Davidson County. He was born August 21, 1958 to Norman Beatrice May. Living on High Rock Lake, he enjoyed fishing as long as his health would allow. Mr. May was a hard worker all his life in the plumbing and electrical business. In addition to his...
Linda Sue Southard
Mar 25, 2020
Linda Sue Cook Southard, 65 of Statesville died Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Iredell County on July 14, 1954 to the late Albert Cook and Julia Ann Lunsford Cook. Linda had worked for Carolina Mills. She enjoyed fishing, bird watching, spending time with her family but especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Those left to...
Charles Franklin Stroud
Mar 24, 2020
Charles Franklin Stroud, 84, of Statesville died Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born in Iredell County on June 6, 1935 to the late Curvin Rhod Stroud and Lucretia Baker Stroud. Charles was a retired teacher with the State of New Jersey and served in the US Navy. Charles was a member of South River...
Glory Gale Blankenship
Mar 24, 2020
Glory Gale Chafin Blankenship, born April 1st, 1937, she left us on March 24th, 2020. She was our loving and beautiful mother who has been chosen by our Lord and Savior to grace the presence of Heaven. Glory was born in Lovley, Kentucky to Wallace and Grace Chafin She is preceded in death by her parents, nine siblings, her beloved...
Donna Jean McGrew
Mar 21, 2020
Donna Jean McGrew was born March 2, 1930 in Girard Ohio to Charles Everett Pauley and Norma Edna Mae Pauley. She went to her final rest and reward in Heaven on March 21, 2020. Donna met her future husband, Robert McGrew, at Cleveland Bible Institute in 1952. They were married on June 12, 1953. Donna is survived by her 5...
Sherrie Jean Williams
Mar 20, 2020
Sherrie Jean Williams, 63 of Avery County, passed away March 20, 2020. She attended Trinity High School in Trinity and Cape Fear Tech in Wilmington. Sherrie was a beautiful person inside and out and a friend to all. She loved living in the mountains where she became quite the fly fishing expert, winning 4 state trout awards. Among fly fishing...
Lois Fulbright Waugh
Mar 19, 2020
Lois Fulbright Waugh, 92, of Statesville, died Thursday, March 19, 2020 at The Gardens. She was born in Iredell County om July 4, 1927 to the late Walter and Edmona Drum Fulbright better known in the community as Dad and Mom Fulbright. She was also preceded in death by her husband, John Perry Waugh. Mrs. Waugh was a member of...
Helen Sloan York
Mar 16, 2020
Helen Sloan York, 68, passed away peacefully at her home in Harmony, North Carolina. She was born May 2, 1951, in Statesville, North Carolina, to Avery Sloan and Edith Warlick Sloan, both deceased, of Statesville, North Carolina. She leaves behind a husband, Bill York of Harmony; two daughters, Dare York of Harmony and Emily York Salter (Benji Salter) of Weaverville,...
David Francis Guy
Mar 16, 2020
David Francis Guy, 63, passed away at home on March 16, 2020. He was born on February 23, 1957 to Francis Jean Guy in PA. David was a wonderful husband to his wife Ellen, enjoying their life together with their children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces nephews. Along with special time with family, he enjoyed using his hands at his favorite...
Della Leann Elberson
Mar 16, 2020
Della Leann Elberson, 48, passed away March 16, 2020. Della was a graduate of Central Davidson High School, she went on to receive her masters degree. She enjoyed life, especially staying busy with work; she worked for the state of North Carolina for many years, was a CPA, and tax accountant as a second job. Mrs. Elberson was also a...
Sallie Cartner Comer
Mar 16, 2020
Sallie Cartner Comer, 84, of Statesville, died Monday, March 16, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Davie County on January 25, 1936 to the late Hugh M. Cartner and Mae Stroud Cartner. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Comer. Sallie and Clarence had been owner/operators of their own chicken farm. Sallie was a member...
Ms. Mary Elizabeth Fink Morrow
Mar 15, 2020
Mary Elizabeth Fink Morrow 79, of Statesville, passed away on March 15, 2020 at her home unexpectedly. Mary was born in Iredell County on November 6, 1940 to the late James Monroe and Mary Lackey Fink. Mary was a hard worker and had a great work ethic. She loved gardening, flowers, coloring books, doing puzzles, cooking and drawing. She cherished...
Dewey Vestal Williams Jr
Mar 15, 2020
Dewey Vestal Williams, Jr., 62, of Statesville, passed away on Sunday, March 15, 2020 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Vestal was born February 28, 1958 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Dewey Vestal Williams, Sr and Esther Steele Williams. He attended D. Matt Thompson and he was formerly employed with Ostwalt Roofing. Vestal was an all-around fun-loving...
Bert Milton Shumaker Jr.
Mar 15, 2020
Bert “Milton” Shumaker, Jr., 61, of Union Grove, died Sunday, March 15, 2020 at his home. Born in Iredell County on August 24, 1958, he was a son of Lacy Lewis Shumaker and the late Bert Milton Shumaker, Sr. Since retiring from cattle farming Milton enjoyed flying drones, video games and playing card games with his friends, In addition to...
Mrs. Verlyn Sharpe Campbell
Mar 14, 2020
Verlyn Ann Sharpe Campbell, 78, of Olin, died Saturday, March 14, 2020 at her home. Born in Iredell County on May 30, 1941, she was a daughter of the late Roy S. Sharpe and Minnie Deal Sharpe. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her companion of over 40 years, Ernest Edwards Spears, brothers, Clyde and...
Christine Berkowitz
Mar 13, 2020
Christine Santangelo Berkowitz passed away Friday, March 13, 2020. She was born January 5, 1955 to Charles Grace Santangelo. Christine enjoyed her life by spending as much time as possible with her family, cats, dogs and cooking for them all. She worked as an office manager for many years. Mrs. Berkowitz is preceded in death by her parents, and husband...