OBITUARIES

Local obituaries for Troutman, NC

Gerlinde (Schosser)  Douglas

Gerlinde (Schosser) Douglas

Sep 16, 2020

Gerlinde Schosser Douglas, 74, of Mooresville, passed away, Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at her home.

She was born October 28, 1945 in Czechoslovakia and was the daughter of the late Karl and Therese Schosser. She attended schools in Butzbach, Germany and before her retirement, she worked at Douglas & Sons, Inc. She was a member of St....

Elbert Wofford Holt

Elbert Wofford Holt

Sep 13, 2020

Elbert (Bert) Wofford Holt, Jr., 84 of Statesville passed away on Sunday, September 13 th , 2020.

He was born December 22 nd , 1935 in Spartanburg, SC and was the son of the late Elbert Wofford Holt and Myrtle Easler Holt.  Bert was a graduate of Spartanburg High School and attended Clemson College. On June 26...

Alice Laughlin (Henderson)  Combs

Alice Laughlin (Henderson) Combs

Sep 10, 2020

Alice Henderson Laughlin Combs, 85, of Union Grove, passed away, Thursday, September 10, 2020 at her home.

Mrs. Combs was born April 2, 1935 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late L.C. Henderson and Josephine Mitchell Henderson. She was a graduate of Union Grove Schools and Kings Business College in Charlotte. She was a...

Ross Allison Freeze

Ross Allison Freeze

Sep 8, 2020

Ross Allison Freeze, 90, of Statesville, entered his heavenly home, Tuesday, September 8, 2020.

Mr. Freeze was born February 17, 1930 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Hiram Allison Freeze and Myrtle Deal Freeze. He was a 1949 graduate of Celeste Henkel High School and worked for the City of Statesville in the...

Scott Lee Mcclure

Scott Lee Mcclure

Sep 8, 2020

Scott Lee McClure, 23, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly, Tuesday, September 8, 2020.

Scott was born July 4, 1997 in Forsyth County and is the son of Ricky Lee McClure and Jeanna Marie Stamper McClure. He was a graduate of Statesville High School and Mitchell Community College. He was a member of New Salem United Methodist Church...

Lawrence "Champ" Dwight Gaither, Jr.

Lawrence "Champ" Dwight Gaither, Jr.

Sep 8, 2020

Lawrence Dwight “Champ” Gaither, Jr., 79, of Statesville, passed away, Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at Autumn Care of Statesville following a lengthy illness.

Champ was born October 1, 1940 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Lawrence Dwight Gaither, Sr. and Kathryn Atwell Gaither. He was a 1958 graduate of Statesville High School, where...

Josephine Hartsell (Gibson)  Billings

Josephine Hartsell (Gibson) Billings

Sep 7, 2020

Mrs. Josephine Hartsell Gibson Billings, 84, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly, Monday, September 7, 2020 at Davis Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Billings was born November 2, 1935 in Statesville, NC and was the daughter of the late Roy Clifton Gibson and Pearl Hartsell Gibson. She was a graduate of Scotts High School and was married to the...

Maxine Middlesworth

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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