Local obituaries for Troutman, NC

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...