Local obituaries for Troutman, NC
Thomas "Tom" Abernathy Watt, Jr.
Dec 1, 2021
Thomas Abernathy Watt, Jr., 89, of Statesville, passed away, Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at the Gordon Hospice House.
Mr. Watt was born March 23, 1932 in Alexander County and was the son of the late Thomas Abernathy Watt, Sr. and Bessie Bailey Watt. He attended Alexander County Schools and honorably served in the US Army. On September...
Larry Wayne Gordon
Nov 29, 2021
Larry Wayne Gordon, 72, of Statesville, passed away, Monday, November 29, 2021 at Davis Regional Hospital.
Larry was born January 6, 1949 in Roanoke, VA and was the son of the late Cleveland Joseph Gordon, Sr. and Ruth Cathleen Fisher Gordon. He attended schools in Roanoke, VA and honorably served his country in the US Army during...
James "Jim" Everett Taylor
Nov 28, 2021
James “Jim” Everett Taylor, 84, of Statesville, passed away on Sunday, November 28, 2021 at his home.
Jim was born on March 26, 1937 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Ernest E. Taylor and Katie Mae Compton Taylor. He attended Statesville schools and later married Vivian Willis and they enjoyed sixty-five years of...
Allison Deneale (Long) Hughes
Nov 28, 2021
Allison DeNeale Long Hughes, of Statesville, passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 28, 2021.
Allison was born on December 11, 1932, at Long’s Sanitorium in Statesville, NC. She was the daughter of Mary DeNeale McKenzie Long and John Fletcher Long Sr. Her maternal grandparents were Carrie Allison Long, and, Dr. Henry Fletcher Long, physician and surgeon. She...
Hal "Buster" Monroe Reavis, Jr.
Nov 28, 2021
Hal “Buster” Monroe Reavis, Jr., 74, of Statesville, passed away on Sunday, November 28, 2021 at Iredell Memorial Hospital.
Buster was born on August 12, 1947 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Hal Monroe Reavis, Sr. and Mary Cascaddon Reavis. He attended Iredell County schools and was the owner and operator of Reavis...
Betty (Dayvault) Grant
Nov 27, 2021
Betty Dayvault Grant, 81, of Statesville, joined the saints triumphant on Saturday, November 27, 2021. She was the daughter of Golda Porter Dayvault Parks and Jay Crouch Dayvault and was married for 35 years to Stephen Maxwell Grant who preceded her in death in March, 2001.
Betty was the valedictorian of the Statesville High School class of...
Thomas Osborne Overcash
Nov 26, 2021
Thomas Osborne Overcash, 73, of Statesville, entered Heaven’s gates on Friday, November 26, 2021.
He was born on June 10, 1948 in Iredell County to the late William Thomas Overcash and Betty Bass Overcash. He was a skilled automotive technician and avid car enthusiast.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...
Susie Mae (Stevenson) Jurney
Nov 23, 2021
Susie Mae Stevenson Jurney, 94, of Statesville, passed away, Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at her home.
Susie was born March 2, 1927 in Statesville, NC and was the daughter of the late John D. Stevenson and Rebecca Moore Stevenson. She was a 1944 graduate of Scotts High School and attended Long’s Nursing School before marrying the late...
Charles "Charlie" Rudolph Onsrud
Nov 21, 2021
Charles “Charlie” Rudolph Onsrud, 90, of Lake Norman, who recently moved to The Pines in Davidson, NC, passed away Sunday, November 21, 2021, after complications from knee replacement surgery. Charlie was born August 26, 1931, in Chicago, IL, and was the son of the late Rudolph F. Onsrud and Angeline M. Onsrud.
He was a graduate of...
Margaret Alice (Stewart) Campbell
Nov 20, 2021
Margaret Alice Stewart Campbell, 92, of Statesville, passed away, Saturday, November 20, 2021 at The Gardens.
Mrs. Campbell was born January 23, 1929 in Forsyth County and was the daughter of the late George Austin Stewart and Ella Dagenhart Stewart. She was a graduate of Celeste Henkel High School and was married to the late L. Allen...
William "Bill" Edward Digiacomo
Nov 18, 2021
Early Thursday morning, November 18, 2021, William (Bill) Edward DiGiacomo passed after fighting a long, arduous battle with an aggressive bone infection. Bill’s enthusiasm for life was expressed through his love of people, the outdoors, and his many interests and hobbies.
Bill attended South and Northwest Catholic High Schools in Connecticut. Following high school, he served in...
Michael Mitchell Taylor
Nov 18, 2021
Michael Mitchell Taylor, 63, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly, Thursday. November 18, 2021.
Michael was born March 7, 1958 in Beckley, WV and was the son of the late Clarence “Bud” Taylor and Hazel Jones Taylor. He attended Iaeger High School in Iaeger, WV. He was retired from ProSeal Asphalt and on December 24, 1998, he married...
Martha Jane (Branon) White
Nov 16, 2021
Martha Jane Branon White, 91, passed away November 16, 2021. She was born July 29, 1930, in Yadkin County to the late Fred William Branon and Pearl Hinson Branon. She married G.D. White, Jr., July 31, 1948, and they had 68 wonderful years together.
She was a member of Mount Vernon Baptist Church of Olin where she...
Katherine "Becky" Rebecca Waugh
Nov 14, 2021
Katherine Rebecca Waugh ”Becky,” 51, of Statesville, NC passed away November 14, 2021. Becky was the daughter of the late Jack F. Waugh and Katherine Moose Waugh. She was born October 11, 1970.
Becky attended AD Rutherford until she was 18 years old. She then began working at the Iredell Vocational Workshop in Troutman, NC. She made...
Rita Jane Leffew
Nov 13, 2021
Rita Jane Leffew, 62, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, November 13, 2021.
Rita was born July 12, 1959 in Detroit, MI and was the daughter of the late Samuel and Martha Kennedy Leffew. She attended schools in Detroit, MI and later moved to Port St. Lucie, FL, where she worked for the city.
She is...
Patricia "Pat" Marie (Chenot) Pekarek
Nov 12, 2021
Patricia Marie Chenot Pekarek passed away peacefully at her home in Statesville on Friday, November 12, 2021.
Pat was born on May 10, 1924, in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of the late Albert Louis Chenot and Margaret Burke Chenot. She married Herman Loyd Pekarek on April 7, 1956, and made caring for her family her first...
Linda Faye (Ament) Lassiter
Nov 12, 2021
Linda Ament Lassiter, of Concord, NC, previously of Statesville, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, November 12, 2021. She was 66.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Tom Lassiter, in 2005.
Born in Doylestown, PA to Peter and Opal (Hamilton) Ament, she is survived by her brother Dennis...
Stuart Holland Deal
Nov 7, 2021
Stuart Holland Deal passed away peacefully at home on Sunday morning, November 7, 2021, after a valiant battle with brain cancer. He is survived by his high school sweetheart and wife of 47 years, Susan Stockton Deal; his two daughters, Mary Stuart Seifarth (Matthew) of Hagerstown, MD and Elizabeth Watson (Jesse) of Clemmons, NC; grandchildren Emma Kate and Henry...
Helen Rhyne Burdette
Nov 6, 2021
Helen Rhyne Burdette, 85, of Statesville, after a hard-fought battle with Parkinson’s left her life on earth to join her beloved husband in Heaven, Saturday, November 6, 2021.
She is survived by her two daughters, Cynthia “Cindy” Burdette Johnson (Eddie) and Wendy Burdette Gilreath (Eric); her pride and joys, her grandsons, Austyn David Gilreath (Allison) and Jacob...
Cora Lee (Johnson) Fortner
Nov 5, 2021
Cora Lee Johnson Fortner, 89, of Statesville passed away on Friday, November 5, 2021 at Autumn Care.
Mrs. Fortner was born June 10, 1932 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Ray Daniel Johnson and Retha Arlene Guy Johnson. She was a graduate of Scotts High School where she enjoyed playing basketball, she later...
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