Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC
Mary Lou (Crooke) Mills
Oct 7, 2017
Mary Crooke Mills, 76, passed away Saturday, October 7, 2017, in Duke University Medical Center. She was born February 5, 1941 in Union County, NC, daughter of the late Jeff I. Crooke and Maude Hinson Broome. She is also preceded in death by her husband Albert David Mills. Funeral services will be held 2:00pm, Thursday, October 12, 2017 at...
Carol (Price) Pressley
Oct 7, 2017
Carol Price Pressley, 85, passed Saturday, October 7, 2017. She was born April 6, 1932 in Union County, daughter of the late Loyd T. Betty Lee Simpson Price. She is also preceded in death by a brother Norris Price and a sister Bobbie Hamilton, Funeral services will be held 3:00 PM, Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at Ebenezer Baptist Church,...
Janet Nash Horne
Oct 4, 2017
Janet Nash Horne, 67, passed away Wednesday, October 4, 2017. She was born April 8, 1950 in Union County, daughter of the late James Nash and Virginia Nash Sanders. She is also preceded in death by her stepfather Jim Sanders. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm on Saturday, October 7, 2017 at Trinity Baptist Church, 2613 Concord Hwy,...
Colene (Richardson) York
Oct 3, 2017
Colene Richardson York, 78, passed away on Tuesday, October 3, 2017. She was born July 19, 1939 in Union County, daughter of the late Charles Brinkmon Richardson and Evy Lee Richardson. She is also preceded in death by two brothers, Bobby “Bob” Richardson and Doug Richardson. Mrs. York served her community by owning and operating Piedmont Flowers and Gifts,...
Kenneth Ray Jr. Bowman
Oct 2, 2017
Kenneth “Kenny” Ray Bowman Jr. 63, passed away on Monday, October 2, 2017. He was born April 9, 1954 in Forsyth County, son of Mrs. Bobbie Lee Price Bowman and the late Kenneth Ray Bowman Sr. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Friday, October 6, 2017 at Gordon Funeral Chapel 1904 Lancaster Ave. Monroe, NC 28112, burial will...
Beulah Lorriane (Manning) Martinelli
Oct 2, 2017
Beulah Manning Martinelli, 90, passed away Monday, October 2, 2017. She was born in Hamilton County, OH, daughter of the late Gilbert Calvin and Bertha Dugan Manning. Funeral services will be held in Salisbury National Cemetery at a later date. Gordon Funeral Service and Crematory is caring for the Martinelli family. Online condolences may be made at www.gordonfuneralservice.com
Lynn Eubanks
Oct 1, 2017
Lynn Eubanks, 75, passed away on October 1, 2017. He was born in Union County on January 18, 1942, son to the late Robert “Bob” Ney and Ruby “Miss Ruby” Laney Eubanks. He is also preceded in death by two brothers, Lane and Kent Eubanks. A memorial service will be at 3:00 PM on Sunday, October 15, 2017 at...
Janet Ross Spittle
Sep 29, 2017
Janet Ross Spittle, 61, passed away Friday, September 29, 2017. She was born April 13, 1956, daughter of Martha Eason Ross and the late Clifford Wayne Ross. She was also preceded in death by her twin brother, Daniel Ross. Ms. Spittle is survived by her husband, Ricky Joe Spittle; son, Joseph Spittle and wife, Paige of Waxhaw; daughter, Heather...
Janice Rea (Sykes) Mastin
Sep 29, 2017
Mrs. Janice Rae Sykes Mastin, daughter of the late Roy Edgar Sykes and Moncie Ratliff Sykes, was born on September 28, 1935 in Pike County, Kentucky. She quietly departed this life with her loving husband, William E. Mastin, by her side on Friday, September 29, 2017 at Novant Medical Center in Matthews, North Carolina. A memorial service will be...
Marjorie Elmira (Yarborough) Joyner
Sep 29, 2017
Marjorie Yarborough Joyner, 100, passed away Friday, September 29, 2017 at CMC - Union, surrounded by her family. She was born in Union County on November 8, 1916, daughter of the late Edward Heath and Effie Weir Yarborough. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 71 years, John Elliott Joyner; her son, David Lamar Joyner and...
Fred Carson Long
Sep 27, 2017
Fred Carson Long, 91, passed away Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at home surrounded by his family. He was born on May 5, 1926 in Union County, son of the late Walter and Cordia Long. He is also preceded in death by his loving wife of almost 72 years, Jean Conder Long. Funeral services will be 3:00PM Sunday, October 1,...
Iva Diane Helms
Sep 24, 2017
Iva Diane Rowell Helms, 75, passed away on Sunday, September 24, 2017. She was born in Union County on January 23, 1942, daughter to the late John and Iva Baker Rowell. Funeral services for Ms. Helms will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at Trinity Baptist Church, 2613 Concord Hwy. Monroe, NC 28110. Burial will...
Margaret (Little) Wortman
Sep 24, 2017
Margaret Little Wortman, 92, of Monroe, passed away Sunday, September 24, 2017. She was born June 24, 1925 in Union County a daughter of the late Elizabeth Lizzie Broome. She is preceded in death by her husband Paul C. Wortman who passed away April 15, 1982 and a son Kenneth Wortman Funeral services for Mrs. Wortman will be held...
Emma Lee (Jackson) Sims
Sep 22, 2017
Emma Lee Jackson Sims, 102, passed away after a short illness at her daughter’s residence on Friday, September 22, 2017. She was born May 15, 1915 in Lancaster County, SC daughter of the late Samuel Boyd and Hester Haywood Jackson. She is preceded in death by her husband, John Sims of Waxhaw NC, who passed away in 1954, she...
Helen Ruth (Simpson) Rushing
Sep 22, 2017
Helen Ruth Rushing, 75, passed away Friday, September 22, 2017. She was born November 28, 1941 in Union County, a daughter of the late John Culpepper and Alma Faye Baucom Simpson. She is preceded in death by her husband James Lowell Rushing. She was an example of unconditional love to all being a caregiver for family and friends. Funeral...
Douglas Lynn Crooke
Sep 21, 2017
Douglas “Lynn” Crooke, 75, passed away on Thursday, September 21, 2017. He was born in Union County on October 15, 1941, son of the late Harold and Mary Phifer Crooke. He is also preceded by a sister-in-law, Jackie Crooke. A funeral service will be held at 2:00PM on Saturday, September 23, 2017 at Love Baptist Church, 707 Deese Rd,...
Max Melton
Sep 14, 2017
Olin Max Melton, 84, passed away Thursday, September 14, 2017. He was born July 30, 1933, son of the late Olin Wayne and Reecie Griffin Melton. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Bill Melton. Funeral services will be Monday, September 18, 2017 at 2:00 PM in First Baptist Church, 109 W. Morrow Street, Monroe, NC 28112....
Betty (Burgess) Cauthen
Sep 14, 2017
Betty Burgess Cauthen, 77, of Lexington, SC, formerly of Monroe, passed away Thursday, September, 14, 2017 at the Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, SC. She was born January 10, 1940 in Union County, a daughter of the late Woodrow Wilson and Bleeker Hegler Burgess. Funeral services for Betty will be held from the graveside Saturday, September 23, 2017...
Janet Isabella (Loucks) Stephenson
Sep 14, 2017
Janet Wilson Stephenson, 95, of Matthews, NC, went to be with her Lord on September 14, 2017, after a brief illness. She was born in Shellbrook, Saskatchewan, Canada, on May 30, 1922, daughter to the late Norman and Nancy Gordon Loucks, and was the sole remaining member of her family of three brothers and one sister. She was married...
Virginia Ann Zalewski
Sep 13, 2017
A memorial service will be held 6:00PM Saturday, September 16, 2017 in the Gordon Funeral Chapel 1904 Lancaster Ave Monroe, NC 28112. Friends may call following the memorial service Saturday evening from 7:00PM to 9:00PM at the funeral home. The family request memorials be made to Hospice Palliative Care Charlotte Region 1420 East Seventh Street, Charlotte, NC 28204. Gordon...
