Local obituaries for Statesville, North Carolina

Jul 18, 2011

Virginia Fortner Jenkins, 89, of Statesville, passed away, Monday, July 18, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Jenkins was born April 16, 1922 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late George B. Fortner and Ethel Houston Fortner. She was a graduate of Iredell County Schools and worked at the Family Dollar retiring at age 83. She was...

Jul 17, 2011

Mr. Thomas Joseph Guthier, 78, of Statesville, NC passed away, Sunday, July 17, 2011 at the Gordon Hospice House. He was born March 28, 1933 in Watervliet, New York and was the son of the late Francis J. (Frank) Guthier and Catherine Murphy Guthier. He was a graduate of La Salle Military Institue in 1951. He was a veteran of...

Jul 14, 2011

Henry Clay Siceloff, 95, of Statesville, passed away, Thursday, July 14, 2011 at the Statesville Brian Center. Mr. Siceloff was born November 4, 1915 in Coryell Co., Texas and was the son of the late James Henry Siceloff and Ettie Louisa White Siceloff. He attended Scotts School and was in the U.S. Army Air Force, in the 381 Bomb Squad...

Jul 14, 2011

Otis Franklin Swicegood, 88, of Statesville, died Friday, July 14, 2011, at Davis Regional Medical Center. Mr. Swicegood was born in Davie County on Oct. 27, 1922, the son of the late Lonnie F. and Maude Murphy Swicegood. He was a retired service technician and worked for many years at White's Sales in Statesville. He attended Union Chapel Baptist Church....

Jul 13, 2011

Gladys Morgan Barfield, 92, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital following a period of declining health. Mrs. Barfield was born June 9, 1919 in Rowan County and was the daughter of the late Wesley N. Morgan and Mary Bame Morgan. She was a graduate of Rowan County schools and on May 31, 1947, she...

Jul 12, 2011

John Manson "Jack" Sherrill, 65, passed away at The Pines at Davidson on July 12, 2011. He was born August 6, 1945 to the late Margaret Armstrong Sherrill and Flake Anderson Sherrill. Jack graduated from Statesville High School in 1963 and received his BA in History from Davidson College in 1967. In 1967 he was commissioned 2nf Lt. in the...

Jul 12, 2011

Carolyn Elmina Staples Moose, 80, of Loray, N.C. passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at her home following a period of declining health. Mrs. Moose was born February 10, 1931 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Burrell H. Staples and Lucille Thompson Staples. She was a graduate of Scotts School and on May 17, 1951, she...

Jul 11, 2011

Albert Lee (Buck) Jennings, 93, husband of the late Kelsie Hicks Jennings, died peacefully on July 11, 2011. For the past seven years he was a resident of Statesville Place having previously resided at 330 North Mulberry Street since 1945.

Jul 11, 2011

Mrs. Addie Marie Mayes Bell, 94, of Statesville, passed away, July 10, 2011 at Statesville Place following an extended illness. Mrs. Bell was born June 22, 1917 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late William Claude Mayes and Estelle Cornelius Mayes. She was a graduate of Cool Springs High School and on April 16, 1935, she was...

Jul 9, 2011

Mary Fern Rumple Crouch, 81, of Statesville, passed away, Saturday, July 9, 2011 at Jurney's Assisted Living in Statesville. Mrs. Crouch was born November 3, 1929 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Roy Daniel Rumple and Annie Mae Lindley Rumple. She attended Statesville City Schools and on April 5, 1947, was married to Jack Dempsey Crouch,...

Jul 8, 2011

Jul 8, 2011

Lula Whilden Atchison Alexander, 94, of Statesville passed away at Autumn Care on Monday, July 4, 2011 following a period of declining health. Born on December 29, 1916 in Cross Hill, Laurens County, SC, she was the daughter of the late William Scott and Annie Belle Denny Atchison. Following graduation as valedictorian from Cross Hill High School, Mrs. Alexander graduated...

Jul 7, 2011

Iris Fox Sowers, 88, passed away of age related natural causes on July 7, 2011, in Marietta, Georgia. A native of Iredell County, Mrs. Sowers had lived in Georgia since 2004 to be near her daughter and family.

Jul 6, 2011

Mrs. Ruby Pauline Moose Bost, 92, of Statesville, died on Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Bost was born February 17, 1919 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late William Joseph and Bessie Mae Bennett Moose. She was a graduate of Celeste Henkel School and in August of 1943, was married to Francis Roy...

Jul 6, 2011

Mrs. Ferne Madison Sexton, 88, of Statesville, N.C., passed away Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at Gordon Hospice House. She was born December 31, 1922 in Statesville, and was the daughter of the late Sherill Martin Madison and Ruby Douglas Madison. She was a graduate of Statesville High School Class of 1940 where she was Salutatorian. She attended Mitchell College and...

Jul 5, 2011

Mrs. Annie Mae Laws Barnhardt, 98, of Statesville, passed away Friday, July 1, 2011, at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born October 28, 1912 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Leonard L. Laws and Mary Smith Laws. She attended Statesville Schools and on April 9, 1931 was married to W. Eugene Barnhardt who died May...

Jul 4, 2011

Mansfield Ivery Ball, 84, of Statesville, passed away Monday, July 4, 2011, at his home surrounded by his family. Mr. Ball was born March 26, 1927 in Wilkes County and was the son of the late William Ivery Ball and Laura Marlow Ball. He attended Wilkes County Schools and on May 24, 1947, he was married to Geraldine Brotherton Ball....

Jul 4, 2011

John Henry Simmerman, Jr., 84, of Statesville, passed away July 4, 2011 at Gordon Hospice House following a period of declining health. Mr. Simmerman was born November 3, 1926 and he was the son of the late John Henry Simmerman, Sr., and Nellie Grooms. He was married to Dorothy Kelley Simmerman who preceded him in death on October 2010. He...

Jul 4, 2011

Minnie Lou Conrad York, 93, of Statesville, died Monday, July 4, 2011 at Autumn Care of Mocksville. Mrs. York was born Feb. 20, 1918 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Fannie York Conrad. She attended Iredell County schools, was married to the late Hubert M. York and worked for J.P. Stevens Co. She is survived by...

Jul 4, 2011

Thelma Elizabeth Brown Dearman, 90, of Statesville, died Monday, July 4, 2011 at the Gordon Hospice House in Statesville after a brief illness. She was born Jan. 25, 1921 in Olin, NC, to the late Charles Spurgeon and Edna Sloan Brown. She graduated from Harmony High School and Appalachian State University. She was a school teacher in the Iredell County...