OBITUARIES


Local obituaries for Statesville, North Carolina

Joyce Louise Funderburk

Joyce Louise Funderburk

Jan 1, 2019

Joyce Louise Miller Funderburk, 83, of Statesville, died Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Funderburk was born in Iredell County on June 17, 1935 and was the daughter of the late Ross Miller and Louise Crouch Miller. She was a graduate of Iredell County schools and received her CNA from Mitchell Community College. She was first married...

Clarence Eugene Gatton

Clarence Eugene Gatton

Dec 31, 2018

Clarence passed away on December 31, 2018 in Falls Church, VA. He was born on May 23, 1928 to Thomas Lee and Freddie Cornelia Gatton in Harmony, NC. He is survived by his wife, Donna Gatton; children, David Gatton (Alla), Mary Anne Gatton (Kourush), Patty Adair (John) and Keith Koerbel; grandchildren, Dolores Anne Gatton (William), Ethan Saraf and Keturah Adair....

Lona Delores Jolly

Lona Delores Jolly

Dec 31, 2018

Lona Delores Jolly peacefully entered her Heavenly Home and the loving presence of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Monday, December 31, 2018. Lona was born April 18,1945 to Harold David and Lacie Bowman Jolly. Lona was an active busy toddler until, at the age of two, she was struck with polio. Because of several months in an iron...

Samuel Isaac Tackett

Samuel Isaac Tackett

Dec 31, 2018

Samuel Isaac Tackett, 22, of Harmony, died Monday, December 31, 2018 at his home. Born in Iredell County on August 29, 1996, he was a son of Leonard Lee Tackett and Pam Lynn Jordan Moore, both of whom survive. He had attended Faith Baptist Church and Circle L Cowboy Church. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, working with metal and time...

Johnsie Aldaine Hartness

Johnsie Aldaine Hartness

Dec 30, 2018

Mrs. Johnsie Aldaine Lee Hartness, 88, of Statesville, died Sunday, December 30, 2018 at her home. Mrs. Hartness was born in Iredell County on September 7, 1930 and was the daughter of the late David Eugene Lee and Mary Elizabeth Brawley Lee. She attended Iredell County schools and on April 16, 1954 she married Clarence Ervin Hartness and together they...

George Henry Greene

George Henry Greene

Dec 28, 2018

Mr. George Henry Greene, 85, of Statesville and formerly of New York and Florida, died Friday, December 28, 2018 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Long Island, New York on December 8, 1933, he was a son of the late Robert William Greene and Lillian Ann Lee Greene. He was a retired truck driver. In addition to his parents...

Amos L. Norris

Amos L. Norris

Dec 24, 2018

Amos Lamar Norris, 96, of Statesville, NC passed away Monday, December 24, 2018 at his home. Mr. Norris was born July 21,1922 in Rockmart, Georgia and was the son of the late Julius Thompson Norris and Alma Marks Norris. He was predeceased by his wife, Doris Redding Norris in 2016. They were married for sixty-seven years. He proudly served in...

Elizabeth Tib Lumsden

Elizabeth Tib Lumsden

Dec 24, 2018

Elizabeth (Tib) Cline Lumsden, 96, of Statesville, died Monday, December 24, 2018 at Autumn Care of Statesville. Born in Iredell County on March 15, 1922, she was a daughter of the late Arthur Cline and Rachel Ethel Troutman Cline. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jones Franklin (Lum) Lumsden, an infant daughter, Jane...

James Walker Freeland

James Walker Freeland

Dec 24, 2018

Mr. James Walker Freeland, 89, of Statesville, died Monday, December 24, 2018 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Freeland was born in Mecklenburg County on October 17, 1929 and was the son of the late Preston Troy Freeland and Marbelle Walker Freeland. He attended Mecklenburg County schools and in 1949 he married Betty Williams Freeland, who preceded him in death....

Jack David Marler

Jack David Marler

Dec 23, 2018

Jack David Marler, 84, of Lenoir, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018 at Stanley Total Living. He was born in Caldwell County on January 16, 1934 to the late Carl and Annabel Gillium Marler. Jack attended Caldwell County Schools and was a member of Crestview Baptist Church in Belmont, NC. He was retired from Pilot Freight where he had worked...

Cindy Lu Carter

Cindy Lu Carter

Dec 22, 2018

Cindy Lu Ivey Carter, 50, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, December 22, 2018 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. She was born on March 3, 1968 to the late Carl and Judith Ivey. Cindy was a graduate of Chapel Hill High School and was a sales clerk at Sunshine Gas Station. She was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church and was a...

Donovan Romeo Deriso

Donovan Romeo Deriso

Dec 21, 2018

Donovan Romeo DeRiso, infant, of Statesville, passed away Friday, December 21, 2018 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was born in Suffolk County, New York on July 15, 2018 to Sharisa K. Soto and Andrew J. DeRiso-Marshall. Donovan was a happy baby and the sound of music always brought a smile to his face. A Memorial Service will be held 4:00...

James Joseph Nelson, Sr.

James Joseph Nelson, Sr.

Dec 21, 2018

James Joseph Nelson, Sr., 81, of Statesville, passed away Friday, December 21, 2018 at his residence. He was born in Lee County, Virginia to the late Nora Nelson Miner. James attended of Alleghany County Schools and was a graduate of Fort Hill High School in Cumberland, Maryland. On February 14, 1959, he married Laverne Henning, who survives. They shared over...

Bellva Annette Barksdale

Bellva Annette Barksdale

Dec 20, 2018

Bellva Annette Pinkerton Barksdale, 78, of Statesville passed away Thursday, December 20, 2018 at her residence. She was born in Kansas on October 2, 1940 to the late George Wetzel Pinkerton and Mary Ann Cummins Pinkerton. Bellva was a graduate of Kingman High School in Kingman, Kansas and Business College. On February 13, 1972, she married Darrell Wayne Barksdale, who...

Christopher David Mauney

Christopher David Mauney

Dec 20, 2018

Christopher David "Chris" Mauney, 54, of Statesville, died unexpectedly on Thursday, December 20, 2018 at his home. Chris was born in Iredell County on August 8, 1964 and was the son of the late Charles Mauney and Georgia Durbin Mauney. He was a graduate of South Iredell High School and he was married to Rita Mayberry Mauney, who survives. Chris...

Sue Walser

Sue Walser

Dec 18, 2018

Ella Sue Carter Walser passed away at her home on December 18, 2018. She was born in Arlington Virginia March 14, 1942, daughter of James Lowry Carter and Isabelle Snipes Carter. Her family, including three younger siblings, moved to Salisbury when she was 14. Sue attended Boyden (Salisbury) High School where she met the love of her life, Bert Walser....

Cleeta Barger

Cleeta Barger

Dec 18, 2018

Cleeta Perry Barger, 76, of Statesville, passed away on Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital. Mrs. Barger was born in Catawba County on September 21, 1942 and was the daughter of the late Harold C. Perry and Lena Marie Burch Perry. She was a graduate of Burke County schools and Lenoir Rhyne College. On April 13,...

Douglas Gilbert Windsor

Douglas Gilbert Windsor

Dec 16, 2018

Douglas Gilbert "Doug" Windsor, 53, of Statesville, died unexpectedly on Sunday, December 16, 2018 at his home. Doug was born in Reno, NV on January 28, 1965 and was the son of Linda Rivers Windsor and the late James Gilbert Windsor. He was a graduate of West Iredell High School and was of the Baptist faith. Doug was employed with...

David Eugene Parker

David Eugene Parker

Dec 16, 2018

David Eugene Parker, 67, of Cleveland, passed away Sunday, December 16, 2018 at Davis Regional Hospital. He was born on October 7, 1951 in Iredell County to the late Walt Parker and Dorothy Weston Harris. David was a graduate of Statesville Senior High School and was a truck driver his whole career. He was married to Carrie Moss Parker, who...

Jodie Brittain

Jodie Brittain

Dec 15, 2018

Jodie Hastings Brittain, 49 of Statesville, entered her eternal home Saturday December 15, 2018 at University Hospital after an extended illness. She was born in Lincoln County on February 5, 1969 daughter of JoAnn Hastings and the late Dwight Benjamin Hastings. She was a member of Bright Light Baptist Church. On June 16, 2012, she married the love of her...

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