Obituaries
Mrs. Margaree Haithcox Neely
Feb 22, 2020
Margaree Haithcox Neely, 95, of Statesville, died Saturday, February 22, 2020 at Autumn Care of Statesville. Born in Catawba County on January 18, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Calvin Scott Haithcox and Hessie Smith Haithcox. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold E. Neely, and a daughter-in-law, Dawn Neely. She was a 1943 graduate of...
Mr. David Wayne Barringer
Feb 20, 2020
David Wayne Barringer, 56, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, February 20, 2020 at his home. Born in Iredell County on June 16, 1963, he was the son of the late Horace Anthony Barringer and Olean Speaks Barringer. He was a dedicated employee of L. Gordon Iron & Metal for 38 years. He dearly loved his family and friends. He had...
Chelsea Leon Sharpe Sr.
Feb 19, 2020
Chelsea Leon Sharpe, Sr., 71, of Statesville, died Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Iredell County on January 15, 1949, he was a son of the late Eugene Valentine Sharpe and Marie Latten Sharpe. In 1970, he married Jo-Ann “Penny” Sharpe who survives. He was preceded in death by a son, Kendal Eugene Sharpe. Mr....
Rev. Jane Elynn Casey
Feb 19, 2020
Rev. Jane Elynn Gardner Casey, 64, of Statesville, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 19, 2020. Born in Washington, DC on January 10, 1956 Jane was the daughter of the late Eugene Gardner and Mary Louise Fleming Gardner. She was a graduate of Fauquier High School in VA. On June 26, 1982 she married Jeffrey Casey,...
Henry Tom Mickens
Feb 17, 2020
Henry Tom Mickens, 82, passed away at Brookstone Retirement Center in Lexington, February 17, 2020. Mr. Mickens will always be remembered by friends and family for his love of talking smack. He enjoyed life to the fullest and wanted to spread the joy and light heartedness to those around him. He cherished his family and is survived by his daughters,...
Mrs. Marge Holms Godish
Feb 17, 2020
Marge Holms Godish, 77, of Statesville, died Monday, February 17, 2020 at her home. Born in Latvia on May 6, 1942, she was a daughter of the late Adolf and Tekla Holms. She had been married to Mr. John Godish for 44 years at the time of his death in 1976. She was also preceded in death by a sister,...
Mr. Robert Glenn Hardwick
Feb 15, 2020
Mr. Robert Glenn Hardwick, 77, formerly of Statesville, died Saturday, February 15, 2020 at Accordious Health Care Center in Mooresville. Born in Mooresville on April 14, 1942, he was a son of the late Larry Hardwick and Annie Waddell Hardwick. He was a retired truck driver and a member of Command Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, the former Phyllis...
Gaye Ann Pope
Feb 15, 2020
Gaye Ann Hudson Pope, 80, of Statesville, died Saturday, February 15, 2020 at the Gordon Hospice House after an extended period of declining health. She was born September 8, 1938 in Iredell county to the late Bryson Hudson and Vada Ann Miller Hudson. Gaye was a member of New Sterling ARP Church where she had been a Sunday School Teacher...
Joyce Lynn Bartha
Feb 15, 2020
Joyce Lynn Kuhn Bartha, 62, of Statesville died Saturday, February 15, 2020 at her residence. She was born September 17, 1957 in Callicoon, NY to the late Kenneth William Kuhn and Rita Simonson Kuhn. Joyce was a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh on the Bradford, PA Campus. She was a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Troutman, had...
Violet Pauline "Polly" Parker
Feb 15, 2020
On Saturday, February 15, 2020, Violet Pauline “Polly” Parker, loving mother of three children, grandmother to six, and great grandmother to three, passed away peacefully at the age of 97 at her grandson’s home with her son Thomas Pennington and daughter-in-law Teresa by her side. Polly’s life was a lesson in true resilience. Polly was born on August 9, 1922,...
Marie Daniels Cheek
Feb 14, 2020
Mrs. Marie Daniels Cheek passed away February 14, 2020, after a period of declining health. She was at home, in the quiet of the early morning, in the northern Iredell countryside where she spent her entire life. Marie was 97. Marie was born on May 28, 1922, in northern Iredell County, the third of Flake and Martha Souther Daniels’ nine...
Costin Jones Freedle, Jr.
Feb 13, 2020
Costin Jones Freedle, Jr., 71 of Lexington, passed away Thursday, February 13, 2020.He was born January 8, 1949 in Davidson County to the late Costin and Beulah Freedle, He is preceded in death by his wife, Nelva Freedle who passed away on January 28, 2020. He is survived by three children Jane Fowler ( Chris), Kathy Brewer, Lee Freedle, 2...
Mrs. Shirley Ann Dollar Eller
Feb 13, 2020
Shirley Ann Dollar Eller, age 80, of Statesville, North Carolina, formerly of Ashe County died February 13, 2020 at the Gordon Hospice House in Statesville. She was born on March 19, 1939 to Garland Alton and Margaret Beatrice Shatley Dollar in Warrensville, NC. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her brother and sister-in-law, Jack and...
Mrs. Barbara Nelson Marshall
Feb 13, 2020
Barbara N. Marshall, 87, of Troutman, N.C. passed away February 13, 2020. She was born in Lenoir, N.C. on September 26, 1932, the youngest daughter of the late William Davis and Mabel Ernest Nelson. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, William P. Marshall, a daughter, Melissa Payton and son-in-law, James Payton of Milton, Georgia, and a daughter,...
Vada Joyce Blevins
Feb 12, 2020
Vada Joyce Blevins, 80, passed away peacefully to meet her Lord and Savior, Wednesday, February 12, 2020, at Hinkle House Hospice in Davidson County. Mrs. Blevins retired from Forsyth County Schools after 31 years. She enjoyed family, photography, and turning the pictures into memorable scrapbooking pages. Joyce was a member of Silver Valley Baptist Church. She was born, December 4,...
Sherri Diane Tysinger
Feb 12, 2020
Sherri Diane McBride Tysinger passed away on February 12, 2020 surrounded by family, at the age of 54. Sherri was born at Lexington Memorial Hospital on May 12, 1965. She graduated from Central Davidson High School in 1983.She is survived by her mother Diane Hazzard (Frank), daughter Laura Tysinger (Josh),two sisters- Creacy Young (Keith) and Tami Cashatt (Chris), her brother...
Judy Ann Kyles
Feb 11, 2020
Judy Kyles, 75 of Lexington, passed away Tuesday, February 12, 2020 at Hospice of Davidson County. There are no services planned at this time.
Cheryl Phyllis Hart Sherrill
Feb 9, 2020
Cheryl Phyllis Hart Sherrill, 72, of Statesville, died Sunday, February 9, 2020 at Maple Leaf Health Care. She was born in Anderson, SC to the late Howard Phillip Hart and Frances Finley Hart. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Gary Allen Barnette and a brother, Phillip Hart. Cheryl was a graduate of North Habersham High School in...
Eula Keaton Campbell
Feb 9, 2020
Eula Mae Keaton Campbell, 92, of Statesville, passed away on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Campbell was born in Iredell County on April 7, 1927 to the late D. Spurgeon Keaton and Ola Bustle Keaton. She attended Iredell County Schools and on July 25, 1946 she married L.P. Campbell and together they shared 28 years...