Local obituaries for Troutman, NC
Pinkie Catherine (Young) Smith
Sep 10, 2022
Pinkie Catherine Young-Smith passed away on September 10, 2022, at the age 99 years. Born September 3, 1923, the daughter of Wilfred Long Young and Annie Pearl Miller-Young, Pinkie was a long-time resident of Iredell County. She graduated from Cool Spring High School and studied secretarial science at Mitchell College. During World War Two she worked for the Navy...
James Wesley Connolly
Sep 9, 2022
James Wesley Connolly, 45, of Cincinnati, Ohio, passed away September 9th, 2022, at The Jewish Hospital - Mercy Health Cincinnati. He was born April 23, 1977, to the late Gilbert Connolly and Nancy Mayberry Austin, who survives and grandson of the late Flossie Cook Mayberry. Welsey graduated from North Iredell High School in 1995. He was a highly skilled...
Stephen Edward Nantz
Sep 8, 2022
Stephen Edward Nantz, 48, of Mooresville, passed away Thursday, September 8, 2022, at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston, Texas, following a valiant struggle with cancer.
Stephen was born, March 27, 1974, in Iredell County the son of John and Mary Thorne Nantz. He graduated from North Iredell High School and UNC-Charlotte, with a degree in...
Roxzena E. Caron
Sep 8, 2022
Statesville, North Carolina, Roxzena E. Caron, 62, passed away on Thursday, September 8, 2022.
Roxzena was born on June 21, 1960 in Houlton, Maine to the late Clifford Caron and Reita Little. She shared 19 wonderful years with her loving partner, George Pliska, who survives. Roxzena loved her family and friends and will be greatly missed by...
Billy Jay Baity
Sep 7, 2022
Billy Jay Baity, 81, of Statesville, entered into Heavens gates on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, at his home surrounded by family.
Billy was born on October 18, 1940, in the Vashti Community of Alexander County and was the son of the late Rev. Homer Albert Baity and Mattie Reavis Baity. He attended Alexander County schools. On June...
Wayne Paul Raymer
Sep 7, 2022
Wayne Paul Raymer, 72, of Statesville, passed away, Wednesday, September 7, 2022, at Gordon Hospice House.
Mr. Raymer was born September 14, 1949, in Iredell County, the son of late Gilbert Raymer and Lorene Lanier Raymer. He was a graduate of Appalachian State University and a veteran of the US Air Force. He went on to be ...
Glenn Curtis Troutman
Sep 7, 2022
Glenn Curtis Troutman, Jr., 75, of Statesville, passed away, Wednesday, September 7, 2022.
Mr. Troutman was born April 5, 1947, the son of the late Glenn Curtis Troutman, Sr. and Esther Kennedy Troutman. Glenn was a graduate of Statesville High School, Mitchell Community College, and UNC-Chapel Hill with a degree in chemistry. He taught school in Jones...
John Wesley Sherrill, Jr.
Sep 6, 2022
John Wesley Sherrill, Jr., 80, of Statesville, passed away Tuesday, September 6, 2022, at his home.
Mr. Sherrill was born in Iredell County, October 19, 1941, the eldest son of the late, John Wesley Sherrill, Sr. and Pauline Moose Benfield. He proudly served his county in the U.S. Navy. John was a truck driver, who clocked thousands...
Jack Edward Bass
Sep 3, 2022
Jack Edward Bass, 74, of Troutman, passed away Saturday, September 3, 2022.
Jack was born in Iredell County, September 4, 1947, the son of the late Earl Jackson Bass and Frances Wallace Bass. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Janet Wright.
Those left to cherish Jack’s memory, include...
William Clyde Bebber
Sep 1, 2022
William Clyde Bebber, 96, of Statesville passed away September 1, 2022. He was born in Alexander County, NC and was the son of the late William Jennings Bebber and Plezzie Deal Bebber. On January 28, 1950, he married Geneva Stafford Bebber, who passed in December, 2020.
Mr. Bebber was a graduate of Taylorsville High School and served...
Gary Lee Shoemaker
Aug 30, 2022
Gary Lee Shoemaker, 66, of Statesville, passed away, Tuesday, August 30, 2022, at his home.
Mr. Shoemaker was born, July 22, 1956, the son of the late Robert Shoemaker and Sally Warren Renolds. Gary was married to Toni Overcash and was the owner/operator of a landscaping business. He was an avid fisherman and loved being outside in...
Nelle (Morrow) Borden
Aug 27, 2022
Early Saturday morning, August 27, 2022, Nelle Morrow Borden peacefully passed away surrounded by her daughter and granddaughters. Nelle lived an incredibly full life of 104 years. In 1918 she was born at the family farmhouse in Statesville, NC; and she was the eleventh born of thirteen children. Following her high school graduation, she moved to Washington, DC and...
Max Edward Waugh
Aug 26, 2022
On August 26, 2022, Max Edward Waugh, age 87, loving husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather, had a peaceful deliverance into glory. Max was born on May 23, 1935, in Iredell County to Roy A. and Bethy Dagenhardt Waugh. Max graduated from Troutman High School and then worked at the Douglas Missile Plant, Western Southern Insurance (25 years), and...
Allen Ray Jenkins
Aug 25, 2022
Allen Ray Jenkins, 89, of Statesville, passed away, Thursday, August 25, 2022 at his home in the Loray community.
Mr. Jenkins was born in Iredell County on August 8, 1933, the son of the late Farrell Jenkins and Eva Johnson Jenkins. Allen attended Celeste Henkel High School and was a proud veteran of the US Army. In...
Tony Ray Miller
Aug 24, 2022
Tony Ray Miller, 79, of Statesville, NC, passed away peacefully on August 24 th , 2022, at Iredell Memorial Hospital with his wife and daughter by his side and listening to hits by his favorite musician, Elvis Presley.
Tony was born on March 15, 1943, in Iredell County where he resided until his death. Tony proudly served...
Gwendolyn (Cudd) Duarte
Aug 23, 2022
Gwendolyn C. Duarte, 92, of Statesville, passed away, Tuesday, August 23, 2022.
Mrs. Duarte was born in Chesnee, South Carolina and was the daughter of the late C.J. and Louise Cudd. She was a graduate of Chesnee High School, Winthrop College (The South Carolina College for Women), she received her Master’s Degree in Education from Furman University,...
James Larimer Smith, Jr.
Aug 23, 2022
In loving memory of James Larimer Smith Jr., known affectionately as Jim and Pop, departed us to join God on August 23, 2022 at 11:09 PM.
Jim was born on January 29, 1937, to James and Leszka Smith in Detroit, Michigan. He was known and respected for his caring, giving, and optimistic nature, this including his service...
Robert "Bob" Wayne Stamey
Aug 22, 2022
Robert Wayne “Bob” Stamey, 76, of Statesville, died Monday, August 22, 2022, in an accident on his family’s farm.
Bob Stamey was born in Raleigh at St. Mary’s Hospital, the first of five children to the late Howard Murray Stamey and the late Ida Frances James Stamey. But the geography of his life would come to be...
Daniel "Danny" Richard Anders
Aug 21, 2022
Daniel "Danny" R. Anders, 75, of Mooresville, NC, passed away peacefully on Sunday August 21, 2022.
He was a coalminer in West Virginia for 14 years, then retired from Haldex Barnes after 22 years. He was a member of Northview Freewill Baptist Church of Statesville. He was a beloved husband, daddy, superhero, Poppi, Papaw and friend. He...
Henry Clay Rumple
Aug 18, 2022
Henry Clay Rumple, 88, of Statesville, passed away on Thursday, August 18, 2022, at Gordon Hospice House.
Mr. Rumple was born on January 22, 1934, in Iredell County to the late Neal Rumple and Stella Anderson McBee. He was a member of Broad Street Church of Christ. He proudly served four years in the US Air Force....
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