Local obituaries for Statesville, North Carolina
Kristina Ruth Winters
Jan 9, 2017
Kristina Ruth Winters, 70, of Statesville, died peacefully Monday, January 8, 2017 following a brief illness. She was born August 5, 1946 to the late Frank G. Winters, Sr. and Ruth Dasher Winters. She was of the Lutheran Faith; loved music, was a loving person, and never met a stranger Kris is survived by her brother, F. Glenn "Frosty" Winters...
Frank Lewis Fortner
Jan 9, 2017
Mr. Frank Lewis Fortner, 89, of Statesville, died Monday, January 9, 2017, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Fortner was born September 15, 1927, in Iredell County and was the son of the late Charles Glenn Fortner and Ona Moose Fortner. He attended Statesville schools and entered the U.S. Navy in 1943, during WWII and served until May 1946. During...
Alfred Milton Waugh
Jan 7, 2017
Mr. Alfred Milton Waugh, 76, of Statesville, died January 7, 2017 unexpectedly. Born in Catawba County on January 14, 1940, he was a son of the late Daniel Blake Waugh and Florence Butner Waugh. He was a truck driver. Survivors include a daughter, Wanda Waugh Weedman, a step daughter, Libby Ridenhour Jones, five grandchildren: Alicia Anne Austin, Michael Frank Weedman,...
Dessie Elizabeth Connolly
Jan 7, 2017
Dessie Elizabeth Hamm Connolly, 76, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, January 07, 2017 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born on May 20, 1940 to the late Stanley Silas Hamm and Emma Burgess Hamm. Mrs. Connolly attended Central High School and on June 25, 1960 married Franklin D. Connolly who preceded her in death on July 30, 2010. They...
Bobby Snider
Jan 6, 2017
Bobby Snider, 81, of Statesville, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, January 6, 2017 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born in Mobile, Alabama on May 3, 1935, he was a son of the late Omer and Bonnie Snider. He was a pipeline construction foreman. He was a lover of the Lord, family and friends. He loved to entertain...
John Little Goodman
Jan 6, 2017
John Little "Big John" Goodman, 60, of Statesville, went to be with his heavenly Father surrounded at home by his loving family Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, after an extended but courageous journey with Alzheimer's disease. John was born Dec. 8, 1956, in Iredell County and was the son of the late Graham George "Tommy" Goodman and the late Aileen Martin...
Marjorie Hartness Kilpatrick
Jan 5, 2017
Mrs. Marjorie Hartness Godfrey Kilpatrick, 92, of Troutman, died Thursday, January 5, 2017 at her home. Born in Iredell County, she was a daughter of the late Marshall Lee Godfrey and Carrie Belle Hartness Godfrey. Marjorie was retired from the H. R. Dept. of Dominion Power/ Virginia Electric Power Company and was a member of Western Ave. Baptist Church. She...
James E. Brooks
Jan 4, 2017
James E. Brooks, 92, died peacefully at the Gordon Hospice House in Statesville, NC on January 4, 2017. A veteran of World War II, he was drafted at 18 years old from his hometown of Harlan, Kentucky and served in the U.S. Navy on Kwajalein Atoll helping to rebuild the small war-torn landmass and establish the largest Allied military base...
Walter Eugene Haire
Jan 3, 2017
Mr. Walter Eugene "Gene" Haire, 82, of Statesville, passed away, Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at the Brian Nursing Center. Mr. Haire was born December 7, 1934 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Harvey Lee Haire and Lina Lucille Sherrill Haire. He was a graduate of Statesville Senior High School and served in the US Marine Corps...
Billy Ray Lytton, Sr.
Jan 3, 2017
Billy Ray Lytton, Sr, 73, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, January 3, 2017, at his home. Mr. Lytton was born February 16, 1943, in Iredell County and was the son of the late Roy Lytton and Alice Privette Lytton. He was educated in Iredell County schools and on September 8, 1960, he married Rosie Summers Lytton, who preceded...
Ralph T. Holmes, Jr.
Jan 3, 2017
Ralph Turbiville Holmes, Jr. passed on to his hereafter on January 3, 2017. Born on June 20, 1928, he was predeceased by his parents, Ralph T. Holmes, Sr. and Annie Hinson Holmes, and his sister, Ann Holmes Baumer. Ralph T., as he was known to family and friends, is survived by his sister, Gloria Holmes Long. "Daddy" is also survived...
Hazel Waugh
Jan 3, 2017
Mrs. Hazel Broadway Waugh, 69, of Claremont, NC passed away, Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Waugh was born April 23, 1947 in Davie County and was the daughter of the late John "Bud" Broadway and Ruby Gales Broadway. She was a graduate of Davie County schools and was retired from Mocaro Industries. On March 18, 1977, she...
William Brian Mason
Jan 2, 2017
William Brian Mason, 59, of Statesville, went to be with his Heavenly Father on Monday, January 2, 2017. He was born on February 15, 1957 in Iredell County to the late James Floyd Mason and Flossie Woodward Mason, who survives. Brian was a graduate of North Iredell High School and Mitchell College. He married Debby Rickert on July 2, 1977....
Rev. James Lester Greene
Jan 2, 2017
Rev. James Lester Greene, 92, of Newton, died Monday, January 2, 2017, at the Gordon Hospice House. Rev. Greene was born in Cherokee County, NC on September 5, 1924, and was the son of the late Lawrence H. Greene and Nellie Radford Greene Oakes. He attended Murphy High School and following high school he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and...
Odas Franklin Haynes
Jan 1, 2017
Odas Franklin Haynes, 91, of Mooresville, passed away Sunday, January 1, 2017 at Carolinas Medical Center. He was born in Harmony on December 17, 1925 to the late Thomas Vance Haynes and Roseanna Sharpe Haynes. Mr. Haynes was a graduate of Harmony High School and served his country honorably in the U.S. Army during WWII. He was married to Bernice...
Windy Marrie Virtue
Jan 1, 2017
Windy Marrie Virtue, 55, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, January 1, 2017 at Carolinas Medical Center. She was born in Mooresville on April 22, 1961, daughter of the late Audrey Danyels Bare. Windy attended Mooresville High School and was self-employed most of her career. She was a member of Providence Church of the Living God. She was a loving mother,...
James Carroll Guffy
Dec 30, 2016
Mr. James Carroll Guffy, 71, of the Cool Spring Community, passed away, Friday, December 30, 2016 at Forsyth Regional Medical Center. Mr. Guffy was born August 21, 1945 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Henry Allen Guffy and Hazel Johnson Guffy. He was a graduate of Cool Spring High School and was a lifelong member of...
Rev. Jones Cephas Souther
Dec 30, 2016
Rev. Jones Cephas "J.C." Souther, 88, of Mooresville, died Friday, December 30, 2016, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Rev. Souther was born in Wilkes County, NC on June 12, 1928 and was the son of the late William Henry Souther and Dorinda "Rindy" Mary Moore Souther. He attended Wilkes County schools and graduated from the Charlotte Bible School. On February 21,...
Ruth Drum
Dec 29, 2016
Mrs. Ruth Williams Drum, 91, of Morganton and formerly of Statesville, died Thursday, December 29, 2016, at her daughters' home. Mrs. Drum was born in Cabarrus County on April 30, 1925, and was the daughter of the late Noble Oscar and Bessie Lippard Williams. She was a graduate of Statesville High School and on February 10, 1943, she married Wade...
Mary Beth Morrison Kennedy
Dec 29, 2016
Mary Beth Craven Morrison Kennedy, 97, of Statesville, passed away December 29, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Catawba County on June 27, 1919, she was a daughter of the late Roland Pharr and Loy McLain Craven. She graduated from Mooresville, Mitchell Community College and Carolina Business School in Charlotte. She was employed by Morrison Electric Supply and...
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