OBITUARIES


Local obituaries for Statesville, North Carolina

Cecile Nanarle Masters

Cecile Nanarle Masters

Dec 23, 2017

Mrs. Cecile Nanarle Clanton Masters, 74, of Statesville, passed away, Saturday, December 23, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Masters was born June 21, 1943 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Katy Clanton Privette. She was a graduate of Statesville Senior High School, class of 1962 and on May 1, 1965, she was married to...

Barbara Sills Myers

Barbara Sills Myers

Dec 23, 2017

Mrs. Barbara Sills Myers, 84, of Statesville, died Saturday, December 23, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Rowan County on November 3, 1933, she was a daughter of the late John William Sills and Bertie Torrence Sills. Barbara was a homemaker and faithful member of Landmark Church of God where she taught Sunday School for 50 years and...

Jane Caroline Slotemaker De Bruine

Jane Caroline Slotemaker De Bruine

Dec 21, 2017

Jane Caroline Bristol Slotemaker de Bruine, 92, of Upland, CA and formerly of Statesville died Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. Beloved, devoted mother, survived by her only child, by her side, Delight Louise Slotemaker de Bruine, of Upland, CA, sister, Mary Anne King, of Oak Ridge, TN, precious nieces (Delight McLeod Corbin, Anne Todd Eisner, Nancy Campbell King Crawford), nephews (Carl...

William "Bill" Theodore Hayes

William "Bill" Theodore Hayes

Dec 18, 2017

William "Bill" Theodore Hayes, 75, of Statesville, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, December 18, 2017 after a courageous 15-year battle with cancer. He was born August 4, 1942 in Iredell County to the late Roy Lee and Laura Irene Hedrick Hayes. Mr. Hayes was a graduate of Harmony High School and was retired from Consolidated...

Lenette Ann Murphy

Lenette Ann Murphy

Dec 18, 2017

Lenette Ann Holland Murphy, 81, of Union Grove, passed away peacefully, Monday, December 18, 2017, at the Gordon Hospice House. Born February 20, 1936, in Iredell County she was the youngest daughter of the late Quince T. Holland and Blanche Tutterow Holland. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by five sisters, Betty Johnson, Nellie Foreman, Gladys...

Rocky Lee Hefner

Rocky Lee Hefner

Dec 18, 2017

Rocky Lee Hefner, 35, of Harmony, passed away Monday, December 18, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Center following an ongoing illness for over 10 years. Rocky was born July 4, 1982 in Iredell County and was the son of Roscoe and Rachel Upright Hefner. He was a graduate of North Iredell High School and was a Fabricator Welder for South Co....

Robert Elmore Rary

Robert Elmore Rary

Dec 16, 2017

Mr. Robert Elmore Rary, 89, of Statesville, died Saturday, December 16, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born March 3, 1928 in Iredell County, he was the youngest of seven children of J. C. and Eula Mae Shoemaker Rary. He attended Statesville City Schools and graduated from Statesville Senior High School. He served in the U. S. Navy for 2...

Watson Gene Dull

Watson Gene Dull

Dec 16, 2017

Watson Gene Dull, 87, died December 16, 2017 at his home. Private family services will be held at Nicholson Funeral Home. Mr. Dull was a retired educator.

Sylvia Mayberry Wilkerson

Sylvia Mayberry Wilkerson

Dec 15, 2017

Mrs. Sylvia Mayberry Wilkerson, 72, of Statesville, died Friday, December 15, 2017 in an automobile accident. Born in Iredell County on September 2, 1945, she was a daughter of the late Marvin William Mayberry and Elizabeth Litaker Mayberry. On March 19, 1966, she married Mr. Herby Edward Wilkerson who survives. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Gail Wilkerson...

Michael "Mike" Robert Bailes

Michael "Mike" Robert Bailes

Dec 15, 2017

Michael "Mike" Robert Bailes, 52, of Statesville, passed away Friday, December 15, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital due to complications from a bone marrow transplant. He was born on September 19, 1965 in Uniontown, PA. Michael was married on May 6, 2000 to Patricia "Trish" Dobson, who survives. They shared over 17 years of marriage before his passing. He...

Bonzia Kay Moose

Bonzia Kay Moose

Dec 14, 2017

Bonzia Kay Moose, 74, of Statesville, died Thursday, December 14, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Catawba County on January 6, 1943, she was a daughter of the late Lessley Clarence Moose and Margaret Pearl Ikard. She was a librarian at Mitchell Community College for many years. She was a member of Rose Chapel United Methodist Church and...

Shawn Christopher Baugher

Shawn Christopher Baugher

Dec 14, 2017

Mr. Shawn Christopher Baugher, 45, of Statesville, died December 14, 2017. Born in Richland, Washington on June 2, 1972, he was a son of Ronald Keith Baugher and Diana Lyn Kreutz Thorne, both of whom survive. Shawn was a senior site operator with the Iredell County Solid Waste Department. He was an avid skate boarder, an avid fan of the...

Gertrude "Trudy" Van Bergen

Gertrude "Trudy" Van Bergen

Dec 11, 2017

Gertrude "Trudy" Bex van Bergen, 97, formerly of Statesville, passed away Monday, December 11, 2017. She was born on May 30, 1920 in Maastricht, Netherlands to the late Joseph and Anna Maria Gense Bex. Trudy was married to Frans G. van Bergen on October 9, 1946 and they shared over 42 years of marriage before his passing on June 15,...

James Everett Brown

James Everett Brown

Dec 11, 2017

James Everett Brown, 84, of Statesville, formerly of Thousand Oaks, CA died peacefully at his home on December 11, 2017. He was born on June 13, 1933 in Los Angeles, CA. He worked in laser research as an engineer at Hughes Research Labs in Malibu, CA for 32 years. James served in the US Army Signal Corps at White Sands,...

Dortha Octavia Chuber

Dortha Octavia Chuber

Dec 11, 2017

Mrs. Dortha Octavia Cole Chuber, 92, formerly of Statesville, and more recently of Salisbury, died Monday at Trinity Oaks in Salisbury. She was born in Canton, North Carolina on March 14, 1925 to the late Crom Edgar and Mae McCrary Cole. Dortha graduated from Canton High School in May of 1942 and attended Cecil's Business College in Asheville where she...

Bobbie Jean Williams

Bobbie Jean Williams

Dec 10, 2017

Mrs. Bobbie Jean Lackey Williams entered into her eternal life on Sunday December 10, 2017 from her home in Olin, NC at the age of 82. She is survived by a loving family including two daughters, Nancy Keith (Lenny) and Beth Talley (Ricky) of Olin, and son Keith Williams of Greensboro; grandchildren Ashley Talley Assal (Jimmy) of Raleigh, Kasey Talley...

William "Billy" Robert Sells Iii

William "Billy" Robert Sells Iii

Dec 9, 2017

William "Billy" Robert Sells III, 72, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, December 09, 2017 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was born on March 28, 1945 in Iredell County to the late William R. Sells Jr. and Alda Cloninger Sells. Billy was a graduate of Statesville Senior High School and was married to Sheila Dagenhart Sells who preceded him in death...

Imozell Howell

Imozell Howell

Dec 8, 2017

Imozell Box Howell, 87, of Statesville, NC, died peacefully at home on December 8, 2017, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on February 17, 1930, in rural Choctaw County, MS, to the late Claude Box and Emma Trussell Box. Imozell graduated from Kilmichael High School in Kilmichael, MS. She married Charles Lee Howell on February 8, 1949, and...

Stephen "Steve" Dale Riggs

Stephen "Steve" Dale Riggs

Dec 7, 2017

Stephen Dale Riggs, 64, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, December 7, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born on March 6, 1953 in Keyser, WV to the late James W. and Agnes Forinash Riggs. Steve was a graduate of Bruce High School in Westernport, Maryland and served his country honorably in the U.S. Army. He was retired from...

Derwood Johnson, Jr.

Derwood Johnson, Jr.

Dec 7, 2017

Derwood Johnson, Jr., 76, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, December 07, 2017 at his residence. He was born on January 1, 1941 in Iredell County to the late Derwood (Jack) Johnson and Hazel Jenkins Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a graduate of Cool Spring High School and served his country honorably in the U.S. Army where he retired as a...

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