Local obituaries for Troutman, NC

Aug 6, 2020

Katie Lou Overcash White, 94, of Statesville, passed away, Thursday, August 6, 2020 at Maple Leaf Health Care.

Mrs. White was born September 3, 1925 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Daniel Overcash and Mammie Barkley Overcash. She attended Troutman Schools and was a member of Mt. Nebo Baptist Church.

She...

Aug 5, 2020

Mr. Dean Fredrick Thorne, 58, of Statesville, passed away, Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at Iredell Memorial Hospital.

Dean was born November 20, 1961 in Alexander County and was the son of the late Charles Thorne and Betty Clair Thorne. He was a graduate of West Iredell High School and served in the US Air Force. In 1994,...

Jul 30, 2020

William Roy Ramsey, 7, of Statesville, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, July 30, 2020.

Willie was born July 30, 2013 in Iredell County and was the son of Adam Nicholas Ramsey and Angela Johnson Ramsey. He was a rising 2 nd grader at Celeste Henkel Elementary School and was a member of...

Jul 29, 2020

Mr. William Kelly Miller, 91, of Troutman, passed away unexpectedly, July 29, 2020 at his home.

Mr. Miller was born December 7, 1928 in Troutman, NC and was the son of the late Roscoe Jack and Janie Wagner Miller. He was a graduate of Troutman High School, served in the US Army and was married to the...

Jul 28, 2020

Janet Buchanan Heitmann, 87, passed away, Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at Autumn Care of Statesville.

Mrs. Heitmann was born January 28, 1933 in Weymouth, MA and was the daughter of the late Douglas Riley Buchanan and Rosamond Perry Buchanan. She graduated from Weymouth High School and Simmons College in Boston, MA with a BS in Nursing. In...

Jul 27, 2020

Larry Christian Haynes, 51, of Troutman, passed away unexpectedly, Monday, July 27, 2020 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC.

Christian was born February 1, 1969 in Detroit, MI and was the son of Delbert Larry Haynes of Charleston, WV and the late Shirley Morris Haynes. He was a graduate of Inner City Baptist High...

Jul 25, 2020

Mary Josey Wiles, 77, of Statesville, passed away, Saturday, July 25, 2020 at the Gordon Hospice House following a long and courageous battle with cancer.

Born in Statesville on October 4, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Mack C. and Venie Mitchell Josey. Mary was a 1960 graduate of Statesville Senior High School and on...

Jul 24, 2020

Jay Crawford McNeely, III, 74, of Sherrills Ford, NC passed away, Friday, July 24, 2020 at his residence.

Mr. McNeely was born April 21, 1946 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Jay Crawford McNeely, Jr. and Doris Stikeleather McNeely. He served in the US Army during the Vietnam War and is married to...

Jul 22, 2020

Bernice Harriet Jenkins McKown, 96, of Statesville, passed away, Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at Accordius Health in Brevard, NC.

Mrs. McKown was born February 25, 1924 in Stony Point, NC and was the daughter of Rufus Carter Jenkins and Johnsie Morrison Jenkins. She was a graduate of Sharon High School in Iredell County and was married to...

Jul 22, 2020

Mrs. Barbara Ann Grazio Vizard, 85, of Statesville, passed away, Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at the Gordon Hospice House.

Barbara was born November 1, 1934 in Groveland, MA and was the daughter of the late Anthony J. and Genevieve Rocco Grazio. She was a graduate of Groveland High School and Pierce Secretarial School in Boston. On October...

Jul 21, 2020

Mr. Thomas Holloway Boger, Jr., 78, of Statesville, passed away, Tuesday, July 21, 2020.

Mr. Boger was born September 4, 1941 in Davie County and was the son of the late Thomas H. Boger, Sr. and Mattie Boger. He attended Cool Spring Schools and in 1959, he married Shirley Mae Grant Boger, who survives of the home....

Jul 20, 2020

Rebecca Strickland Farewell, 40, of Columbia Falls, Maine went home to be with her Lord and Savoir on July 20, 2020 in Okanogan, Washington.

Born July 21, 1979 in N. Palm Beach, FL, she was the daughter of Phillip Strickland (Wanda) and Jan Shade (Gary) both of Statesville, NC. She is survived by her husband, Jack Farewell,...

Jul 20, 2020

Lucy Jane Williams Gentle, 83, of Statesville, passed away, Monday, July 20, 2020 at Iredell Memorial Hospital.

Ms. Gentle was born March 28, 1937 in Rowan County and was the daughter of the late Henry Arthur and Willie Jane Morgan Williams. She was a graduate of Cleveland High School, was a member of Diamond Hill Baptist Church...

Jul 19, 2020

Espy Paul Gregory, 87, of Statesville, passed away, Sunday, July 19, 2020 at his home.

Mr. Gregory was born August 15, 1932 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Arthur and Della Mae Goble Gregory. He was a graduate of Celeste Henkel High School and served in the US Army during the Korean War...

Jul 16, 2020

Dorothea “Dottie” Mills Stauber, 96, died peacefully in her home with her family on July 16, 2020. She was born March 21, 1924 in Statesville, NC, to the late Dorothea R. and Lonnie N. Mills, Sr. Dottie graduated from Statesville High School and received degrees from Mitchell College and Richmond Professional Institute (now Virginia Commonwealth University). She worked as...

Jul 13, 2020

Betty Jean Nesbit Smith, 93, of Statesville, went home, Monday, July 13, 2020 at her residence.

Mrs. Smith was born October 4, 1926 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Lonnie and Frances Bass Nesbit. She was a graduate of Troutman High School and previously worked at Troutman Industries. She was a wonderful mother,...

Jul 11, 2020

Mrs. Nelda Lee Fox Millsaps, 82, of Statesville, passed away, Saturday, July 11, 2020 at her home.

Mrs. Millsaps was born September 5, 1937 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Obern Lee Fox and Ila Mae Sprinkle Fox. She was a graduate of Central School and on October 25, 1958, she married Kirt...

Jul 3, 2020

Clarence “Sherlon” Wheeler, 80, of Statesville, passed away, Friday, July 3, 2020 at Iredell Memorial Hospital.

Clarence was born August 22, 1939 in Mt. Ida, AR and was the son of the late A.C. Wheeler and Buennia S. Wheeler. He was a graduate of Mt. Ida High School and was married to his bride, Linda Pierce Wheeler,...

Jul 2, 2020

Shirley Eades Sherrill, 85, of Troutman, passed away, Thursday, July 2, 2020 at her home surrounded by her daughters.

Mrs. Sherrill was born September 16,1934, in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Clyde “Johnny” Eades and Beatrice Bumgarner Eades.  She was a graduate of Troutman High School and was married to the late Ernest...

Jul 1, 2020

Ralph Courtney Brown, Sr., 86, of Statesville, passed away, Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at his residence.

Ralph is survived by three children Ralph Courtney Brown, Jr. and wife Kathy, Ellen Brown Meihaus and husband, Stan and Wilson Jay Brown, Sr. Also survived by his grandchildren: Cordia Matthews (Christian), Caroline Hofler Brown, Wilson Jay Brown, Jr. and Lawson...