OBITUARIES


Local obituaries for Statesville, North Carolina

Beulah Viola Gettys

Beulah Viola Gettys

Dec 10, 2016

Mrs. Beulah Viola Welborn Gettys, 82, of Statesville, died Saturday, December 10, 2016, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Gettys was born in Iredell County on January 2, 1934, the daughter of the late Parks Welborn and Ida Mae Lloyd Welborn. She attended Scotts School and was married to Billy B. Gettys. Mrs. Gettys was a sewing machine operator and...

Jerry Franklin Prevette

Jerry Franklin Prevette

Dec 10, 2016

Mr. Jerry Franklin Prevette, 81, of Statesville, passed away on Saturday, December 10, 2016, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mr. Prevette was born in Iredell County on August 8, 1935, and was the son of the late Guy W. and Ruth E. Ellis Prevette. He was a graduate of Statesville High School and Rowan Technical Institute. He was a veteran of...

Dwight Everette Harmon

Dwight Everette Harmon

Dec 8, 2016

Dwight Everette Harmon, 93 loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend passed away on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at Gordon Hospice House in Statesville, N.C. He was happily married for 65 years to Texie McLelland Harmon who preceded him in death in 2009. Twins Dwight and Marshall Harmon were born September 25, 1923 to Everette L. and Maude Howard...

Mildred Smith

Mildred Smith

Dec 7, 2016

Mrs. Mildred Watts Smith, 90, of Troutman, passed away, Wednesday, December 07, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Smith was born September 9, 1926 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Roland and Mary Magdalene Rimmer Watts. She was a graduate of Celeste-Henklel Schools and was married to the late Bill Cloaninger Smith, who passed away...

Lois Hutchings

Lois Hutchings

Dec 5, 2016

Mrs. Lois Millsaps Hutchings, 74, of Statesville, went to join the Heavenly Choir, Monday December 5, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Hutchings was born March 12, 1942 in Statesville, NC and was the daughter of the late William Virgil Millsaps and Irene Givens Millsaps. She was a graduate of Central High School and was a member of Rocky Hill Baptist...

Martha Rachel Dobson

Martha Rachel Dobson

Dec 5, 2016

Martha Rachel Culp Dobson, of Statesville, passed away Monday, December 5, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born November 16, 1920 in Iredell County to the late Rockwell M. Culp, Sr. and Edna Troutman Culp. Mrs. Dobson was a graduate of Mooresville High School and Appalachian State Teacher's College (ASU). She taught home economics, 5th, and 6th grade...

Lavina Carol Nelson

Lavina Carol Nelson

Dec 5, 2016

Lavina Carol Nelson, 50, of Mocksville, died unexpectedly on Monday, December 5, 2016, at her home. Carol was born in Alliance, OH, on November 9, 1966, and was the daughter of Margaret Thompson and the late Jerry Nelson. She was a graduate of Oak Hill High School in Oak Hill, WV and attended University of Charleston. She was employed with...

Carl Edward Ralston

Carl Edward Ralston

Dec 3, 2016

Mr. Carl Edward Ralston, 97, of Statesville, passed away on Saturday, December 3, 2016, at his home. Mr. Ralston was born in Bluefield, VA. on September 1, 1919, and was the son of the late Carl Arthur Ralston and Alta Garinger Ralston. He attended Bluefield College where until his death was the oldest living alumni. He also attended Virginia Polytechnic...

Robert Philmore Reavis Iii

Robert Philmore Reavis Iii

Dec 3, 2016

Robert Philmore Reavis III, 74, of McLeansville, NC passed away Saturday, December 3, 2016 at his residence. He was born in Iredell County on February 11, 1942 to the late Robert P. Reavis II and Lucille Crawford Reavis. Robert was a graduate of Scotts High School and Western Carolina University. He served his country honorably in the U.S. Army. Robert...

Mary Frances Wilson

Mary Frances Wilson

Dec 2, 2016

Mrs. Mary Frances Taylor Wilson, 87, of Statesville, passed away, Friday, December 2, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Wilson was born May 29, 1929 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Everett and Katie Compton Taylor. She attended Iredell County schools and was married to the late Asahel Jeremiah "AJ" Wilson, who died on September...

Louise Mccoll

Louise Mccoll

Dec 1, 2016

Sara Louise McLelland McColl ran smiling into Heaven on November 29, 2016. Born September 23, 1922 to the late Howard B. and Eva Mae McLelland, she grew up in Anacostia, a neighborhood in Washington, DC. Her sister, Margaret Laughton and brother, Bud McLelland are also deceased. Summers she would spend with grandparents from both sides, who lived outside of Statesville...

Sue Phipps

Sue Phipps

Dec 1, 2016

Sue B. Phipps, 95 of Statesville, passed away Thursday, December 01, 2016 at Gordon Hospice House. Born April 14, 1921 in Iredell County, she was the daughter of the late Vernon Brawley and Fannie Reid Brawley Compton. Mrs. Phipps was a member of Diamond Hill Baptist Church and worked for the Iredell School System at Northview Elementary in the cafeteria....

Ann Hamrah

Ann Hamrah

Dec 1, 2016

Ann Marie Curcio Hamrah, 85, of Troutman, passed away Thursday, December 1, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Hamrah was born October 2, 1931 in Plainfield, NJ and was the daughter of the late Alfred Desantis and Mary Curcio Desantis. She attended schools in New Jersey and on November 13, 1964, she married Sam Hamrah, who resides in Troutman....

Barbara Jean Loudermilt

Barbara Jean Loudermilt

Dec 1, 2016

Barbara Jean Fox Loudermilt, 76, passed into her eternal life Dec 1, 2016 at Gordon Hospice House in Statesville. She had lived the last two years at Autumn Care in Statesville. She was the daughter of the late Grafton Fox and Mary Mecimore Fox Staton. Barbara grew up in Statesville and was a homemaker who excelled at sewing and artistic...

Michael "Uncle Mike" Santford Parlier

Michael "Uncle Mike" Santford Parlier

Nov 30, 2016

Michael "Uncle Mike" Santford Parlier, 65, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at the Gordon Hospice House after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born on April 7, 1951 in Iredell County to the late Paul Santford Parlier and Ruby Nell Privette Parlier. Mike was a graduate of Statesville Senior High and Mitchell College. He worked in...

Harriett Souther

Harriett Souther

Nov 28, 2016

Harriet Miller Souther, 86, of Mooresville, passed away, Monday, November 28, 2016 at Carrillion Assisted Living in Mooresville, NC. Mrs. Souther was born April 26, 1930 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Colen Guy Miller and Eunice Wilson Miller. She attended Mooresville City Schools and on February 21, 1948 was married to Jones C. Souther, who...

Nancy Fern Hancock

Nancy Fern Hancock

Nov 28, 2016

Nancy Fern Via Hancock, 76, of Statesville, went home to be with her Lord on Monday, November 28, 2016, at the Gordon Hospice House. Nancy was born in Patrick County, VA on October 21, 1940. She was the daughter of the late Jessie Nash Via and Nannie Lou Bryant Via. She was a graduate of Woolwine High School. She was...

Patricia "Patti" Diane Williams

Patricia "Patti" Diane Williams

Nov 28, 2016

Patricia "Patti' Diane Small Williams, 57, of Statesville, passed away Monday, November 28, 2016 at her residence. She was born on June 7, 1959 in Iredell County to Willies E. Small and the late Lillian Reid Small. Patti attended Statesville High School and had worked in textiles before she became disabled. She married Wayne Davis Williams on November 23, 1983...

Harold Eugene Daniels

Harold Eugene Daniels

Nov 28, 2016

Harold Eugene Daniels, 82, of Statesville, passed away peacefully, Monday, November 28, 2016 at Autumn Care of Statesville. Mr. Daniels was born September 1, 1934 in Iredell County and was the son of the late William Sherrill Daniels and Mary Pearl Smith Daniels. He attended Iredell County schools and served in the U.S. Army from 1955-1957. He was a member...

Harold Ervin Smith

Harold Ervin Smith

Nov 27, 2016

Harold Ervin Smith, 67, of Statesville, died Sunday, November 27, 2016, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Smith was born in Mecklenburg County on March 28, 1949, and was the son of the late Harold I. Smith and Mazelle Thomas Smith. On September 17, 1969, he married Patricia "Patsy" Green Smith, who survives. He was retired from Clark Equipment/Dana Corp...

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