Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC
Grace Marie (Ross) Massengill
Feb 26, 2017
Grace Ross Massengill, 94, of Monroe, passed away Sunday, February 26, 2017. She was born July 12, 1922, in Beaufort County, NC, to the late Clyde Vernon Ross and Marie Lenoir Hicks Ross. Mrs. Massengill obtained her Bachelor's Degree from East Carolina University and taught Kindergarten and First Grade for Wilson City Schools. A life long Methodist, she was...
Junior Hinson
Feb 26, 2017
Leroy Junior Hinson, 83, passed away Sunday, February 26, 2017. He was born July 21, 1933 in Union County, NC son to the late Henry Leroy Ozell Long Hinson. He is also preceded in death by a brother Billy Joe Hinson. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at Benton Cross Roads Baptist Church. Burial...
Mercedes Elena (Herrera) Torres
Feb 24, 2017
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Thelma Lee (Terry) Carrier
Feb 23, 2017
Thelma Lee Carrier, 68, of Monroe, passed away Thursday, February 23, 2017. She was born March 10, 1948, in Lee County, NC, to the late Therman and Edythe Davis Terry. Mrs. Carrier is survived by her husband, Ronnie Allen Carrier, son, Jeff Carrier and wife, Heather, of Monroe, daughter, Brandy Funderburk and husband, Glenn, of Mint Hill, brothers, Audney...
Tommy Clyde Price
Feb 23, 2017
Tommy Clyde Price, 61, of Unionville, passed away Thursday, February 23, 2017 at his home. He was born on April 8, 1955 in Union County a son of Hazel Hill Price and the late Clyde Wilson Price. Funeral services will be held 3:30PM Sunday, February26, 2017 in the Gordon Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Don Lisk officiating. Burial will...
Denise (Duncan) Pigg
Feb 19, 2017
Carol Denise Duncan Pigg, 60, passed away Sunday, February 19, 2017. She was born in Union County, NC January 11, 1957 daughter to Jimmy Westley Carolyn Fowler Duncan. Funeral services will be held 1:00 PM, Wednesday, February 22, 2017 in Mountain Springs Baptist Church, 2509 Mountain Springs Rd. Monroe, NC 28112. Burial will follow in Beulah Presbyterian Church Cemetery....
Lillian Ann Aycoth
Feb 17, 2017
Lillian Ann Thomas Aycoth, 73, of Monroe, passed away Friday, February 17, 2017. She was born July 15, 1943 a daughter of the late William and Lorena Snyder Thomas. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Troy Thomas and Randy Thomas. Funeral services will be 2:00pm Monday, February 20, 2017 at Gordon Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Phil...
Dorothy "Dot" Aderholt
Feb 17, 2017
Dorothy “Dot” Aderholt, 91, passed to her heavenly home on Friday, February 17, 2017 from McWhorter Hospice House in Monroe. She was born on September 7, 1925 to the late Roy C. Rape and Lona Stilwell Rape. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, two sisters and an infant son. Left to cherish...
John Orion Sr. Steele
Feb 16, 2017
John Orion “J.O.” Steele, 93, of Waxhaw, passed away Thursday, February 16, 2017, at Pruitt Health-Union Point. He was born March 19, 1923, in Union County, a son of the late David Atwood Steele and Pearl Weir Steele. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Morris Steele, daughter, Patricia Steele Henry, sister, Lucille Steele, and brother, Leland...
Billy Dowde Cox
Feb 11, 2017
Billy Dowde Cox, 82, of Monroe, passed away Saturday, February 11, 2017. He was born August 6, 1934, in Union County, NC, son of the late Eustace Eula Griffin Cox. He was also preceded in death by a great grandson, Eli Nance. Mr. Cox was retired from McDevitt and Street Construction Company in Charlotte where he worked as a...
Terry Lee Sharpe
Feb 10, 2017
Terry Lee Sharpe, 69, passed away Friday, February 10, 2017. He was born June 30, 1947 in Haywood County, NC, son of the late Joe and Lucille Cooper Sharpe. The funeral service will be held Sunday, February 12, 2017 at 6:00 PM at Hopewell Baptist Church’s Victory Campus (601). The family will visit with friends and relatives following the...
Ira Reynolds Peninger
Feb 9, 2017
Ira Reynolds Peninger, 81, of Waxhaw, passed away Thursday, February 9, 2017. He was born May 10, 1935, in Charlotte, NC to the late George Bonner and Lillian Hannah Peninger. Mr. Peninger was a 1953 graduate of West Mecklenburg High School, served his country in the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Air Force, and retired from McLeod Equipment Company,...
Ann Margaret (Medlin) Rowell
Feb 8, 2017
Margaret Medlin Rowell, 80, of Monroe, passed away Wednesday, February 8, 2017. She was born December 24, 1936 in Union County a daughter of the late Henry and Mable Pressley Medlin. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Dottie Adcock and Betty Lee. Funeral services will be held 4:00PM Saturday, February 11, 2017 at Hillcrest Baptist Church with...
Bobbie Lorraine (Price) Hamilton
Feb 8, 2017
Mrs. Bobbie Hamilton, 74, of Indian Trail, went to her heavenly home on Wednesday, February 8, 2017, after a long battle with cancer. She was born on February 1, 1943, to the late Loyd T. Price and Betty Lee Simpson Price. She was preceded in death by husbands Floyd J. Stegall and Floyd Lane Hamilton, step-granddaughter, Kenley Hamilton and...
Joyce Elaine (Oliver) Ritch
Feb 7, 2017
Joyce Elaine Oliver Ritch, 64 of Monroe, NC, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, February 7, 2017, at CMC-Union. Joyce was the daughter of the late Joe Gary Oliver and Sally Pauline Oliver both of Charlotte, NC. Joyce was survived by her husband of 46 years, Richard Ritch, Sr. of the home and children Cindy Ritch (Shannon) of Indian Trail,...
Speck Fowler
Feb 7, 2017
Henry D. Speck Fowler, 96, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 7, 2017, and is now reunited with his soul mate Dot and his Lord and Savior. Mr. Fowler was born in Anson County, NC on November 15, 1920, the son of the late Effie Chloe Traywick and Henry Durrant Fowler. Mr. Fowler graduated from Benton Heights High School,...
David Anthony Spanke
Feb 1, 2017
David Anthony Spanke, 80, of Monroe, passed away Wednesday, February 1, 2017. He was born May 29, 1936, in Warren, MI, to the late Jacob and Helen Wellersley Spanke. Mr. Spanke retired from Carbet Corporation, where he was a machinist. He enjoyed racing motorcycles and was a former State Champion in motorcycle racing in Michigan. Upon retirement, he enjoyed...
Jack Fowler
Jan 30, 2017
Andrew Jack Fowler, 85, passed away Monday, January 30, 2017. He was born December 11, 1931 in Union County, son to the late Andrew Claren, Rossie Helms Fowler. He is also preceded in death by two brothers Harold Fowler, and Paschal Fowler. Mr. Fowler was a retiree form Teledyne Allvac after 38 years working from August 1958 until March...
Alfred Ii Nemer
Jan 29, 2017
Alfred Kenneth (Ken) Nemer, II, 73, of Monroe, NC, passed away Sunday, January 29, 2017 after a long, hard-fought battle with dementia. Ken, the son of Alfred Kenneth Nemer and Fay Reinhardt Nemer Drage (Edward Drage) was born on November 22, 1943 in Winston-Salem, NC. Ken was a graduate of James A. Gray High School in Winston-Salem, NC and...
Wanda (Carpenter) Bradley
Jan 26, 2017
Wanda C. Bradley, 71, of Marshville, passed away Thursday, January 26, 2017. She was born December 10, 1945, in Marshville, NC, to the late Fred and Ruth Staton Carpenter. Mrs. Bradley was a 1964 Graduate of Forest Hills High School and obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Education from UNC-Charlotte. She was a retired educator with Union County Public...
