Local obituaries for Troutman, NC
Maxine Middlesworth
Sep 4, 2020
With great sadness, the family of Maxine Middlesworth mourns her death on September 4, 2020. Her 89 years were filled with a unique sense of optimism and service to others.
Mary Maxine Middlesworth was born in Detroit, Michigan on October 18, 1930, the daughter of William Dyla and Ruth Versen. She later was adopted by Mary and...
F. P. Wright
Sep 3, 2020
Francis Prience Wright, Jr. (F.P.) passed away on Thursday, September 3, 2020, after a period of declining health.
Born to Francis Prience Wright and Roberta Bynum Wright on May 29, 1934 in Raleigh, NC. F. P. grew up in Charlotte, NC and graduated from Central High School in 1952. He was a member of the ROTC and...
Marjorie Feimster
Sep 2, 2020
Marjorie Francis Brewer Feimster, 95 of Statesville, entered her eternal home on Wednesday, September 2, 2020, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. She was born in Iredell County on June 16, 1925, and was the daughter of the late Joseph C. Brewer Sr. and Ethel Barnard Brewer. She was a graduate of Scotts High School and on July 31, 1943 she...
Tommy Alvin Johnson
Sep 2, 2020
Tommy Johnson, Jr.
Tommy Alvin Johnson, Jr., 49 of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2020, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Tommy was born April 6, 1971, in Iredell County and was the son of Tommy Alvin Johnson, Sr. and Patricia Ketchie Johnson.
He graduated from Statesville Senior High School in 1989 and was a self-employed...
Larry Stephen Hedrick
Aug 31, 2020
Larry Stephen Hedrick, 79, of Statesville, passed away Monday August 31st, with his family by his side following a battle of Acute Leukemia. Larry was born December 12, 1940 in Iredell County and was the son of the late P.P. Hedrick & Grace Johnson Hedrick. He is survived by Sue Goforth Hedrick, his wife of 58 years, his son...
John Joseph Zdanowitz
Aug 31, 2020
John Joseph Zdanowitz, 80, went to be with the Lord on Monday, August 31, 2020. He died peacefully at Iredell Memorial Hospital with his wife Carole by his side.
John was born and grew up in Jackson, Michigan before moving to North Carolina in the late 70’s with his company Clark Equipment. He is also survived by...
Bobby Little Miller
Aug 28, 2020
Bobby Little Miller, 86, of Statesville, passed away, Friday, August 29, 2020 at Maple Leaf Health Care.
Bobby was born January 14, 1934 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Aaron and Myrtle Benfield Miller. He was a graduate of Cool Spring High School and on May 20, 1957 he married the late Carolyn...
Donald James Byers
Aug 26, 2020
Donald James Byers, 75, of Statesville, passed away, Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at Carolina Medical Center in Charlotte.
Donald was born December 1, 1944 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Kelly James Byers and Ina Barnette Byers. He attended Celeste Henkel High School and was retired from Douglas & Sons Trucking Co. On...

Morton Kent Palmer
Aug 25, 2020
Morton Kent Palmer, 86, of Statesville, died peacefully at home after a short illness. He suffered a major stroke in 2012, but it was colon cancer that took him away. Born April 30 1934 in Pasquotank County, NC, Mort was the son of the late Harley Calvin and Gaynelle Raper Palmer. He was a graduate of Greensboro College and...
Randy Lee Loftis
Aug 25, 2020
Randy Lee Loftis, 61, of Troutman, passed away, Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at his residence surrounded by his family.
Randy was born April 23, 1959 in Iredell County and was the son of the late “Bud” Faxton Loftis and Eula Mae Barker Loftis. He attended West Iredell High School and worked in Metal Fabrication for 25+ years....
Tommie Allen Edison
Aug 23, 2020
Tommie Allen Edison, 75, of Statesville, passed away, August 23, 2020 at his home.
Tommie was raised in Union Grove, NC by his foster parents, the late Albert and Pearl Cooper. He attended Union Grove schools and on November 20, 1965, he married Carolyn Hudspeth Edison, who survives of the home. He was a self-employed poultry farmer...
Delbert Crisp
Aug 20, 2020
Delbert Crisp of Tuskeegee went to his eternal home on August 20th, 2020. Born at the beginning of the great depression in October 1929 to Joel Harvie and Ida Rosetta Cable Crisp, he lived a long and fulfilling life, overcoming many challenges during his lifetime. Being raised on the family farm in Graham County, hard work, perseverance, and determination...
Marsha "Sissy" (Carrigan) Thomas
Aug 20, 2020
On Thursday, August 20, 2020, Marsha “Sissy” Thomas, 68, of Statesville passed away peacefully at her residence surrounded by her family after courageously battling years of chronic lung disease.
A loving daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend to many, Sissy was born in Iredell County on December 20, 1951 to Veldon G. Carrigan (Dianne Suther) and...

David Willis Whitener
Aug 17, 2020
David Willis Whitener, 63, of Troutman, passed away, Monday, August 17, 2020 at Iredell Memorial Hospital.
David was born February 14, 1957 in Troutman, NC and was the son of the late Willis Whitener and Mary Conger Whitener. He was a graduate of South Iredell High School, UNC Charlotte and was a member of First United Methodist...
Robert Allen Davis
Aug 16, 2020
Robert Allen Davis, 50, of Troutman, passed away, Sunday, August 16, 2020 at Iredell Memorial Hospital.
Robbie was born April 3, 1970 in Mecklenburg County and was the son of Bobby Glen Davis and Laura Johnson Davis. He was a graduate of South Iredell High School and on July 31, 2004, he married Crystal Joy Howington Davis....
Karen Suzanne (Lippard) Martin
Aug 15, 2020
Karen Suzanne Lippard Martin, 50, of Statesville, passed away, Saturday, August 15, 2020 at the Gordon Hospice House.
Mrs. Martin was born July 13, 1970 in Iredell County and was the daughter of Richard Lippard (Lindsey) and Veronica “Ronnie” Waugh Jenkins (Allen). She was a 1988 graduate of West Iredell High School and also graduated from Gardner...
Wesley Craig Lundy
Aug 10, 2020
Wesley Craig Lundy, 41, of Statesville, died unexpectedly on Monday. August 10, 2020. Born in Iredell County on September 11, 1978, he was the son of Jean Hayes Lundy of Statesville and his late adopted father, Wendel Brent Lundy. Wesley attended Statesville High School and was a graduate of CVCC with Honors in the study of Architecture. An entrepreneur...
Curtis "Curt" Allen Wuellner
Aug 8, 2020
Curtis “Curt” Allen Wuellner, 50, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, August 8, 2020.
Curt was born May 21, 1970 in Monroe, OH to the late Clarence “Clancy” Robert Wuellner and Jane Blanch Albaugh Pyle. He was a graduate of Spring Valley Academy and Walla Walla University. On November 18, 1995, he married Kimberlee Ann Cassingham Wuellner...
Diane (Wasley) Delnero
Aug 8, 2020
Diane Wasley Delnero, 71, formerly of Plymouth, PA and Union, NJ passed away on August 8, 2020 after a courageous battle with cancer.
Diane was born in Plymouth, PA and attended Plymouth High School and Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI. Until her retirement she was a long-time employee with American Airlines at Newark Liberty Airport where she...

Frank Sharpe Ostwalt
Aug 6, 2020
Frank Sharpe Ostwalt, 86, of Troutman, passed away, Thursday, August 6, 2020 in Oxford, NC.
Mr. Ostwalt was born December 18, 1933 in Troutman, NC and was the son of the late Jesse Dawson Ostwalt, Sr. and Flossie May Sowers Ostwalt. He was a graduate of Troutman High School and Statesville Business College. He was married to...
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