Local obituaries for Troutman, NC
Jimmy Ray Millsaps
May 31, 2023
Jimmy Ray Millsaps, 80 of Troutman, passed away Wednesday, May 31, 2023, at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital.
Mr. Millsaps was born May 8, 1943, in Iredell County. He was the son of the late James and Ruth (Galliher) Millsaps. Jimmy was the owner/operator of his family farm, he loved hunting, but he especially loved his family. He...
Evelyn (Hayes) Campbell
May 30, 2023
Evelyn Hayes Campbell, 93 of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at Gordon Hospice House.
Mrs. Campbell was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey on March 1, 1930. She was the daughter of the late Max F. and Mary E. Drye Hayes. Evelyn attended Statesville City Schools and in 1949 she married her beloved husband Wade...
Maxine Jane (Ostwalt) Warren
May 30, 2023
Maxine Jane Ostwalt Warren of Statesville, NC, passed away Tuesday, May 30, 2023.
Mrs. Warren was born in Iredell County, the daughter of the late Tate and Rubie (Clodfelter) Ostwalt. She was a graduate of Troutman High School, where she served as class Salutatorian, Captain of the Girls basketball team and Editor of the High School Annual. ...
Michael "Mike" Coite Deal
May 29, 2023
Michael “Mike” Coite Deal, father, husband, brother, Cabinet Man, and a true servant of the Lord, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on May 29, 2023, at the Gordon Hospice House, Statesville, from complications of a glioblastoma brain tumor.
He was born May 28, 1958, to the late Coite Oscar Deal and Olean Harris Deal. Mike...
John Barnum Garland
May 27, 2023
John Barnum Garland, 89 of Statesville, passed away Saturday, May 27, 2023 at his home.
John was born November 11, 1933 in Matthews, NC, the son of the late Thomas Lee Garland and Annie Sustare Garland.
John attended East Mecklenburg High School where he met his wife Nancy. John and Nancy regularly gathered with high...
Clyde "Bud" Rockwell Hoke
May 27, 2023
Clyde Rockwell “Bud” Hoke, 87 passed away on Saturday, May 27, 2023, at his home.
The son of Clyde and Mary Salome Shoemaker Hoke Bud was born February 20, 1936 in Statesville, NC. In addition to his parents, Bud was preceded in death by a son, William Clyde “Bill” Hoke, two sisters, Rachel Ann Hoke, and Fleta...
Steven Michael Kinney
May 25, 2023
Steven Michael Kinney, 33, formerly of Mooresville NC, passed away unexpectedly May 25, 2023 in Pittsburgh, PA.
Steven was born December 10, 1989 in Statesville NC and was the son of Amy Jo Kinney Roeder of Mooresville, NC. He was a 2008 graduate of Mooresville High School and served his country in the US Army.
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Clifton Kelly Benge
May 23, 2023
Clifton Kelly Benge, 81, of Union Grove, passed away surrounded by his family and loved ones, Tuesday, May 23, 2023.
Mr. Benge was born February 18, 1942, in Iredell County. He was the son of the late Earl Ransom Benge and Bertha Moore Benge. Clifton was a graduate of Statesville High School and was a retired Captain...
Wade A. Campbell
May 23, 2023
Wade A. Campbell, 95 of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, May 23, 2023.
Mr. Campbell was born in Davie County, on January 10, 1928, he was the son of the late James Columbus Campbell and Fannie Anderson Campbell. He attended Oxford School and was a proud veteran of the U.S. Army. On September 16, 1948 he married his...
Dr. Paul Madison Kirkman
May 18, 2023
Dr. Paul Madison Kirkman passed away May 18, 2023, at the age of 84. He was born July 20, 1938, to Clay and Sarah Jane “Janie” Kirkman in Madison, North Carolina.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sisters Fentress Scott (John) and Eleanor Rudolph (Hal) and his brother Clay Macy Kirkman,...
Charles Gay Stevenson
May 18, 2023
Charles Gay Stevenson, 92, of Statesville, passed away on Thursday, May 18, 2023 at Gordon Hospice House.
Charles was born on April 2, 1931, in Iredell County, son of the late John D. Stevenson and Rebecca Moore Stevenson. He graduated from Scotts High School and went on to marry his wife, Marie Stevenson, who passed away in...
Elmer E. Holcomb
May 17, 2023
Elmer Eugene Holcomb, 93 of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, May 17, 2023.
Mr. Holcomb was born in Cabarrus County, March 2, 1930. He was the son of the late Eli Kirtman Holcomb and Cora Daniels Holcomb. Elmer was a water treatment technician with the City of Statesville for 16 years before his retirement. Elmer was a Korean...
Robert "Bob" Edward Ward, Jr
May 16, 2023
Robert “Bob” E Ward Jr., 70, of Troutman NC, passed away Tuesday, May 16th, 2023, at Novant Health Presbyterian Charlotte.
Bob is the son of the late Robert E Ward Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Ward, also brother of the late Diane Berry.
Bob’s pride and joy was his family. He is survived by his beloved...
Beulah Virginia (Wyatt) Swicegood
May 16, 2023
Beulah Virginia Wyatt Ballard Harris Swicegood, 98 of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at Brookdale Peachtree Assisted Living.
Precious in the eyes of the Lord is the death of one of His saints. Psalm 116:15
Beulah, affectionately called Sis, passed from this life to the next on May 16, 2023. She was a...
Patricia Hepler Baldwin
May 14, 2023
Patricia Hepler Baldwin, 67, of Olin, NC went home to be with the Lord on May 14, 2023.
Born August 24, 1955, she was the daughter of the late John and Dorothy Vestal Hepler. On December 9, 1972, she married Roy Lee Baldwin, who preceded her in death in 2016. She was a member of Fairview Baptist...
The Honorable Samuel Allen Cathey
May 13, 2023
The Honorable Samuel Allen Cathey, 78, of Alexander, North Carolina, passed away at his home on Saturday, May 13, 2023.
Judge Cathey was born March 15, 1945, in Iredell County, to the late George Bartlett Cathey and Rosalie Wallace Cathey. A 1963 graduate of Statesville High School, and a third generation alum of Davidson College, he earned...
Nellie Loftin (Byers) Riffe
May 11, 2023
Nellie Byers Loftin Riffe, 90, of Statesville, left this world on Thursday, May 11, 2023.
Mrs. Riffe was born in Iredell County, on December 31, 1932. She was the daughter of the late Julius and Julia “Annie” Byers. Nellie grew up in the loving Byers family of nine; seven boys and two girls. She attended Celeste Henkel...
Barbara (Pike) Carr
May 9, 2023
Barbara Pike Carr, 85 of Troutman, went to be with her Savior, Tuesday, May 9, 2023.
Barbara was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, January 4, 1938, the daughter of the late John and Greta Pike. In 1959 Barbara married the love of her life, Lawrence R. Carr, who preceded her in death in 2012.
Barbara loved...
Stacie Michelle Bowles
May 7, 2023
Stacie Michelle Bowles, 36, of Cleveland, passed away on Sunday, May 7, 2023.
Stacie was born on June 2, 1986, in Bluefield, West Virginia, daughter of Jerry and Carol Addair Bowles. She dearly loved her daughter. Stacie was a loving mother, daughter and friend and will be greatly missed.
Those preceding her death include her...
Billy Ray Lipe
May 7, 2023
Billy Ray Lipe, 75, of Troutman, passed away on Sunday, May 7, 2023, at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center.
Billy was born on August 18, 1947, in Iredell County, son of the late Brady and Rachel Russ Lipe. He enjoyed driving his truck and listening to bluegrass music.
In addition to his parents, Billy was...
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