OBITUARIES


Local obituaries for Statesville, North Carolina

Peggy Marlene Childress

Peggy Marlene Childress

Sep 23, 2017

Peggy Marlene Patterson Childress, 81, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, September 23, 2017 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Ms. Childress was born December 5, 1935 in Kannapolis, NC and was the daughter of the late Woodrow Wilson Patterson and Leila Kathleen McLain Patterson. She was a graduate of Celeste-Henkel High Schools, she loved to travel and especially loved...

Roger Dean Pritchard

Roger Dean Pritchard

Sep 21, 2017

Roger Dean Pritchard, 58, of Taylorsville, passed away Thursday, September 21, 2017 at his residence. He was born on September 21, 1959 in Iredell County to the late Royal Worth Pritchard and Pauline Perry Pritchard. Roger was a graduate of Alexander Central High School and was married to Sonya Bost Pritchard, who preceded him in death. When she passed, he...

Alice Jean Goodman

Alice Jean Goodman

Sep 20, 2017

Alice Jean Coley Goodman, 84, of Troutman, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, September 20, 2017. She was born in Iredell County on February 7, 1933 to the late French B. and Elvy Burgess Coley. Mrs. Goodman attended Iredell County Schools and was married to Sam T. Goodman who preceded her in death on June 6, 1998. They...

Lesia Ann Houck

Lesia Ann Houck

Sep 19, 2017

Lesia Ann Crawford Houck, 65, of Statesville, died Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. She was born on February 15, 1952 in Burlington, N.C. She was a member of Sharon Lutheran Church and was an avid quilter. She enjoyed keeping children engaged and while she was still able, worked for the Iredell County Schools Afterschool Care program. She...

Betty Jean Hope

Betty Jean Hope

Sep 19, 2017

Mrs. Betty Jean Bowles Hope, 78, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, September 19, 2017, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Hope was born in Iredell County on January 16, 1939, and was the daughter of the late Thomas Guy Bowles and Ottie Head Bowles. She was a graduate of Central High School and in 1959, she married Kenneth Parks Hope, who...

Rudy James Fortner

Rudy James Fortner

Sep 17, 2017

Rudy James Fortner, 85, of Troutman, passed away Sunday morning, September 17, 2017 following a long illness. He passed away peacefully and surrounded by his family and loved ones. Rudy was born October 30, 1931 in Cabarrus County to the late Arthur James Fortner and Elizabeth Moose Fortner. He was a graduate of Scotts High School and served his country...

Stephen Burgess Hager

Stephen Burgess Hager

Sep 16, 2017

Stephen "Steve" Burgess Hager, 74, of Statesville, NC passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends on Saturday, September 16, 2017 following a courageous battle with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Steve was born in Alexander County, NC on April 19, 1943 to parents Raymond Glenn Hager and Mary Lou Dagenhart Hager. He grew up in Troutman, NC, which he referred to...

Landon Cole Craven

Landon Cole Craven

Sep 14, 2017

Landon Cole Craven, infant son of Christopher Ryan Craven and Stacey Leigh Johnson Craven, passed away Thursday, September 14, 2017 at Duke University Hospital. He was with us only a short while but he touched many hearts and will be greatly missed. Left to cherish his memory are his parents, Chris and Stacey; a brother, Paxton Craven; maternal grandparents, Teresa...

Blake F Deal, Jr.

Blake F Deal, Jr.

Sep 14, 2017

Blake F. Deal Jr., also affectionately known by many as "Junior" or "Papaw" passed away at Gordon Family Hospice in Statesville on Thursday, Sept. 14th. He was 82 years old and had suffered a stroke on Sept. 1st. After his stroke the family considered an attempt at stroke rehabilitation but in an unusually clear time of lucidity on Sept. 11th...

Billy Ray Hartness

Billy Ray Hartness

Sep 13, 2017

Billy Ray Hartness, 82, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at Davis Regional Hospital. He was born on June 18, 1935 in Iredell County to the late Edna Hartness Tapp. Bill attended Central High School and was a member of Rocky Hill Baptist Church. He was married on April 4, 1955 to Nancy Duncan Hartness, who survives. They...

Anne Roberts

Anne Roberts

Sep 11, 2017

Mrs. Anne Chapman Roberts, 90, of Statesville, passed away Monday, September 11, 2017, at Autumn Care. Mrs. Roberts was born in Iredell County on October 16, 1926, and was the daughter of the late Carl Herman Chapman and Esther Salmon Chapman. She was a graduate of Iredell County schools and on February 12, 1946, she married Herbert Roberts, Sr, who...

Bryant Gibson Mason, Sr.

Bryant Gibson Mason, Sr.

Sep 10, 2017

Bryant Gibson Mason, Sr. a life-long resident of Iredell County passed away on September 10th, 2017 in the comfort of his home surrounded by family. Although his battle with Alzheimer's was difficult, Bryant fought hard. In 74 years, he'd never learned to quit. A lover of hard work, family and his Faith, Bryant lived and loved well. He was born...

Clarence Jackson Shoemaker

Clarence Jackson Shoemaker

Sep 10, 2017

Mr. Clarence Jackson "Jack" Shoemaker, 81, of Taylorsville and formerly of Deaton Street in Statesville, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, September 10, 2017. Jack was born in Iredell County on December 27, 1935, and was the son of the late Nellie Forsythe Shoemaker. He was a graduate of Iredell County schools and...

Ina Kathryn King

Ina Kathryn King

Sep 9, 2017

Ina Kathryn "Dootsie" Bost King, 74, of Statesville, passed away, Saturday, September 9, 2017. Ms. King was born January 1, 1943 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Lander Lee and Ina Hefner Bost. She was a graduate of Statesville High School and Appalachian State University. She worked as a dietician for Iredell Memorial Hospital and The...

Nylene Johnson

Nylene Johnson

Sep 9, 2017

Mrs. Nylene Templeton Johnson, 78, of Harmony, passed away, Saturday, September 9, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Johnson was born August 10, 1939 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Clark and Lala Wall Templeton. She attended Iredell County schools and on December 22, 1956, she married the love of her life Frank Gene Johnson,...

Eloise Wilson

Eloise Wilson

Sep 8, 2017

Eloise Gray Lackey Wilson, 95, of Statesville, passed away, Friday, September 8, 2017 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Ms. Wilson was born January 9, 1922 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Andrew Eugene Gray and Rachel Jenkins Gray. She was a graduate of Sharon Schools and was a long-standing member of Concord Presbyterian Church. She was married...

Blaine Nelson Beaty

Blaine Nelson Beaty

Sep 7, 2017

Blaine Nelson Beaty, 80, passed away Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem. He was born on Sept. 9, 1936, in Statesville, to the late Delphia Sherrill Beaty and Custus Howard (Buck) Beaty. He was reared and spent most of his life in the Cool Spring community and was well known by most everyone....

Hubert Allen Lindsey

Hubert Allen Lindsey

Sep 7, 2017

Mr. Hubert Allen Lindsey, 91, of Statesville, died Thursday, September 7, 2017, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Lindsey was born in Iredell County on October 5, 1925, and was the son of the late M.C. "Carl" Lindsey and Laura Augusta Parker Lindsey. He attended Iredell County schools and Southern Vocation Institute in Hickory. On August 7, 1943, he married...

Thelma Fox

Thelma Fox

Sep 6, 2017

Mrs. Thelma Crawford Fox, 91, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, September 6, 2017, at the Gordon Hospice House surrounded by family and friends. Mrs. Fox was born in Iredell County on June 10, 1926, and was the daughter of the late E.W. Crawford and Blanche Shell Crawford. She attended Scotts High School and on May 15, 1943, she married Devon...

Buetell Imogene Eckliff

Buetell Imogene Eckliff

Sep 6, 2017

Buetell Imogene Fowler Eckliff, 63, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, September 6, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born on January 13, 1954 in Charleston, SC to the late William L. and Blanche Doris Carter Fowler. Imogene was a graduate of Charleston City Schools and on September 22, 1979 married Timothy Avery Eckliff, who preceded her in death...

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