Local obituaries for Statesville, North Carolina

Aug 29, 2011

Mr. William Hazel Rhyne, Jr., 87, of Statesville, passed away Monday, August 29, 2011, at N.C. State Veterans Nursing Home in Salisbury following a period of declining health. Mr. Rhyne was born May 3, 1924 in Alexander County and was the son of the late William Hazel Rhyne, Sr. and Jettie Foy Rhyne. He was a graduate of Stony Point...

Aug 26, 2011

Mr. Ambrose Edward "Ed" Cochran, 78, of Statesville, passed away Friday, August 26, 2011 at Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Cochran was born November 4, 1932 in Union, S.C. and was the son of the late John H. Cochran and Alice Ledford Cochran. He attended school in Bryson City and was self-employed as a painter. In addition to his parents, Mr....

Aug 25, 2011

Mr. Herbert Ray Campfield, 57, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, August 25, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mr. Campfield was born December 15, 1953 and was the son of Victoria Crews McKoy and the late Arthur Campfield, Jr. He attended New Hanover County schools and on December 22, 1979, he married Gail Smith Campfield, who survives. Mr. Campfield...

Aug 25, 2011

Miss Veanna Mahaffey, 95, of Olin passed away Thursday, August 25, 2011 at Rosewood Assisted Living in Harmony. Miss Mahaffey was born Sept. 20, 1915 in Wilkes County, NC and was the daughter of the late Joe Mahaffey and Clusia Money Mahaffey. She was a graduate of Union Grove High School, was a member of Winthrop Friends Meeting and had...

Aug 20, 2011

Aug 19, 2011

Herman Marshall Speece, Sr., 82, of Union Grove, NC accidentally died Friday, August 19, 2011 at his residence. Mr. Speece was born April 30, 1929 in Iredell County and was the son of the late William Marshall Speece and Treva McDaniels Speece. He was a graduate of Union Grove High School and served two tours in the U.S. Army in...

Aug 19, 2011

Faye West White, 89, passed away Friday, August 19, 2011. She was born September 11, 1921, in Statesville, NC, to the late Mr. Allison Columbus West and Alba Jane West. Faye was a live-long resident of Statesville and had recently moved this year to Westminster, MD, where her son David Harry White and his wife A. Michele White live. She...

Aug 15, 2011

Ardelia Harmon Barrier, 92, of Statesville, passed away Monday, August 15, 2011 at Statesville Place. Mrs. Barrier was born August 12, 1919 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Edward Franklin Harmon and Delia Ann Reddick Harmon. She was a graduate of Harmony School class of 1937 and was the Valedictorian at Mitchell College. She was married...

Aug 15, 2011

Mrs. Violet Mills Rupard, 82, of Advance passed away unexpectedly Monday, Aug. 15, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born Oct. 29, 1928 in Iredell County, she was the daughter of Quince and Arizonia Privette. She was educated at Cool Springs School and worked many years in textiles. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...

Aug 14, 2011

Mrs. Sandra Sigmon Bost, 46, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, August 14, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center following a period of declining health. Mrs. Bost was born November 27, 1964 in Iredell County and was the daughter of Richard Sigmon and Gladys White Smith, both of Statesville. She was a graduate of Statesville High School and on September 21, 2002,...

Aug 14, 2011

Mr. Robert "Bob" Glenn Haithcox, Sr., of Statesville, died Sunday, August 14, 2011 at NC Baptist Hospital. Mr. Haithcox was born on Sept. 2, 1929 in Iredell County and was educated in Iredell County Schools, as well as by life. He was an honorably discharged veteran of the U.S. Army, having served in Korea in 1952-53. He was married in...

Aug 12, 2011

Steve David Chapman, 61 passed away at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center August 12, 2011. He is survived by his wife Carol, his mother Doris, his three daughter's Carla, Kelly, and Kacey (Burlie) Bost, and five grandsons Cody, Logan, Dawson, Zander, and Zayne. Visitation will take place from 3-4 followed by a memorial service at 4 on Monday August 15,...

Aug 12, 2011

Nora Bess Pharr Wilson, 87, of Statesville, passed away Friday, August 12, 2011 at Autumn Care in Statesville. Ms. Wilson was born August 10, 1924 in the New Hope Township of Statesville and was the daughter of the late John C. Pharr and Lottie Goodwin Pharr. Ms. Wilson was a graduate of Central High School class of 1942 following graduation,...

Aug 12, 2011

Mr. Robert Francis Hartness, 83, of Statesville, passed away on Friday, August 12, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center following a brief illness. He was born in Iredell County on April 11, 1928 to the late James Robert and Elva Lowrance Hartness. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by three sisters, Aline Hartness, Eurilla Watts, and Mildred...

Aug 11, 2011

Jetter Andrew "Andy" Barker, Jr., founder of North Carolina's Cowboy Capital, Love Valley, has passed away at the age of 87. With his health declining in recent months, and more rapidly in recent weeks, Andy was admitted to Gordon Hospice House of Statesville on Saturday. He died Thursday, August 11 , with family at his side. A native of Mecklenburg...

Aug 11, 2011

If you knew Brenda, you don't need to read this obituary to know how wonderful and amazing she was. You don't need a list of organizations she belonged to, not the hobbies she enjoyed. She wrote her obituary each day she lived and by each life she touched. She was a tiny woman with the spirit of a warrior. Brenda...

Aug 9, 2011

Mr. Marvin Earl "Jay" Jackson, 64, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Jackson was born April 5, 1947 in North Platte, Neb. And was the son of Uyvon Fossbinder Jackson and the late Oris Arthur Jackson. He was a graduate of Great Bend, Kansas Schools and served in the U.S. Navy during...

Aug 7, 2011

Wendy Craig Pearson, 51, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly August 7, 2011 at Davis Regional Medical Center.

Aug 7, 2011

Mrs. Audrey Rumple Morrison, 87, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, August 7, 2011, at Autumn Care in Statesville. Mrs. Morrison was born July 11, 1924 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Jay Parks Rumple and Maggie Austin Rumple. She attended Iredell County Schools and on February 14, 1942, she married Harold Ewing Morrison, who preceded her...

Aug 7, 2011

Nathan Scott "Scottie" Stewart, 56, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, August 7, 2011 at Rowan Regional Medical Center. Mr. Stewart was born March 1, 1955 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Brady Lee and Shirley Brown Stewart. He attended Iredell County schools and on April 24, 1982, he married Jean Deal Stewart, who survives....