Local obituaries for Statesville, North Carolina

Oct 22, 2014

Mrs. Willie May Linker Knox, 93, of Statesville, passed away, Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Knox was born May 31, 1921 in Cabarrus County, NC and was the daughter of the late Will Mack Linker and Lalla May King Linker. She was a graduate of Cabarrus and Mecklenburg County Schools and Lees McRae College. She...

Oct 21, 2014

William A. Stroud, 88 of Cool Spring died peacefully of natural causes at his home surrounded by family on October 21, 2014. Born November 6, 1925 in Cool Spring, North Carolina to Norris Andrew and Leora Gunn Stroud, he graduated from Cool Spring School. William entered the U.S. Navy in 1944 and served as an anti-aircraft gunner, first on the...

Oct 19, 2014

Mrs. Johnsie Kay Morrison Baity, 66, of Statesville, passed away, Sunday, October 19, 2014 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Baity was born May 10, 1948 in Statesville, NC and was the daughter of the late William Pressley Morrison, Jr. and Clois Galliher Morrison. She was a graduate of Statesville High School and on September 21, 1968, she was married...

Oct 19, 2014

Mr. Joey Wendall Privette, 57, of Statesville, passed away, Sunday, October 19, 2014 at his home following a lengthy illness. Mr. Privette was born January 21, 1957 in Statesville and was the son of Franklin Delano Privette and Margaret Alene White. He attended Statesville City Schools and loved the outdoors, country music and motorcycles. He is survived by a daughter,...

Oct 18, 2014

Mr. Gurney Lee Ball, 79, of Statesville, died Saturday, October 18, 2014 at the V.A. Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Iredell County on March 7, 1935, he was a son of the late Hugh Gurney Ball, Sr. and Levia Jordan Ball. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 46 years, Lucy Nielson...

Oct 17, 2014

Mary Elizabeth McLain Bryant, 93, of Statesville, passed away Friday, October 17, 2014 at her home. Mary was born in Statesville on December 20, 1920 and was the daughter of the late Clarence Walker McLain and Mabel Miller Guy McLain. She was a graduate of D. Matt Thompson High School and attended college at The Women's College (now UNC-G). She...

Oct 15, 2014

Mrs. Coleen P. Henry, 83, formerly of Statesville, died at the Bradley Health Care and Rehab Center in Cleveland, Tenn. Born in Six, West Virginia on February 5, 1931, she was a daughter of the late Evin T. Prim and Janie Atkins Prim. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jackie Lee Henry, a daughter, Charlotte Henry Pharr, brothers,...

Oct 10, 2014

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Oct 9, 2014

Janice Marie Shoemaker Gryder, 66, of Statesville, passed away at her home unexpectedly on Thursday, October 9, 2014. She was born in Iredell County on April 8, 1948 to the late Latham Ray Shoemaker and Lillie Austin Shoemaker, who survives. Janice was a graduate of Cool Springs High School and received her teaching degree from Appalachian State University. She later...

Oct 9, 2014

Mary Kathryn Perryman Howard, 78, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, October 9, 2014 at her residence surrounded by her family. She was born in Crittenden County, Kentucky on September 29, 1936 to the late Dennis A. Perryman and Mary Lou Cindy Slayden Perryman Elliott. Mrs. Howard was a graduate of Oak Parks High School in Detroit, Michigan and was a...

Oct 9, 2014

Harold C. Johnson, 84, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, October 9, 2014, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Johnson was born in Iredell County on June 15, 1930, and was the son of the late Ralph Johnson and Elsie Mayberry Johnson. He was married to Rachel Harris Johnson, who preceded him in death. He was a self-employed carpenter. In addition...

Oct 5, 2014

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Oct 4, 2014

Oct 4, 2014

Mrs. Diane Michelle Owens Warricks, 49, of Statesville, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday, October 4, 2014, at her home, surrounded by family and close friends. Mrs. Warricks was born in Iredell County on September 12, 1965, and was the daughter of Mary Owings Owens and the late Ira Gaither Owens. She was...

Oct 3, 2014

Dianne Linda Konowitz Slade, 56, of Cornelius, died at her home Thursday, October 3rd. Graveside services will be held at Oakwood Cemetery in Statesville at 2:00 Sunday with Rabbi Yossi Groner officiating.

Oct 1, 2014

Joe Allen Nash, 82, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, October 01, 2014 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born in Iredell County on December 29, 1931 to the late Herman B. Nash and Catherine Harwell Nash. Mr. Nash was a graduate of Celeste Henkel School and on October 15, 1983, he married Jean Smith Nash, who survives. He was...

Oct 1, 2014

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Oct 1, 2014

Mrs. Dorothy Helen Williams Link, passed away on Wednesday, October 1, 2014, at Iredell Memorial Hospital from complications related to COPD. She was born in North Iredell on August 19, 1927 to Everette and Emma Williams and was the sixth of seven children.

Sep 30, 2014

Ms. Johnnie Howard Warren, 89, of Statesville, passed away, Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at the Statesville Brian Center. Ms. Warren was born November 11, 1924 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late John Mack Howard and Beulah Morrison Howard. She was a graduate of Statesville City Schools and was of the Presbyterian faith. She was a homemaker...

Sep 30, 2014

Mrs. Virginia Welch Davidson, 93 passed away on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 She was born on September 25, 1921 in High Point, NC to the late Edgar Harmon Welch and Prim Aldridge Welch. She graduated from High Point Senior High School, class of 1939. She married the love of her life, Tom Davidson, on June 7, 1942. She was a...