Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC
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...
Delane Oree (Keeter) Vestal
Jan 23, 2017
Delane K. Vestal, 70, of Monroe, passed away Monday January 23, 2017, at her home. She was born September 8, 1946 in Monroe, a daughter of the late Herman and Nellie Broome Keeter. She was preceded in death two sisters, Nancy Hammonds, Lillian Pate, two brothers, Nathan Keeter, Frank Keeter, a daughter Martha Elaine Street, and a granddaughter, Abbie...
Bonnie Beatrice (Philemon) Robinson
Jan 22, 2017
Bonnie Philemon Robinson passed away Sunday, January 22, 2017. She was born in Union County, NC daughter to the late Samuel Minnie Mullis Philemon. She is also preceded in death by her husband Ray Robinson. A memorial service will be held 6:00 PM, Tuesday, January 24, 2017 in Gordon Funeral Chapel, 1904 Lancaster Ave. Monroe, NC 28112. The family...
Rosa Maria Musick-Lopez
Jan 22, 2017
Rosa Maria Musick-Lopez, 25, of Marshville, passed away Sunday, January 22, 2017. She was born December 13, 1991, in Beckley, WV, to Juan Manuel Lopez and Debra Lynn Dunbar. She was a 2013 Graduate of Wolfe School in Monroe. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Edilberta Meza-Lopez, Francisco Lopez, Virginia Dunbar, and Charles Dunbar, and Godfather, Ponciano...
James Donald Helms
Jan 21, 2017
James Donald Helms, 85, of Monroe, passed away Saturday, January 21, 2017. He was born August 11, 1931, in Union County, NC, to the late Lawrence Lee and Willie Mae Craig Helms. Mr. Helms graduated from the REAL Wesley Chapel High School in 1949 and was a Veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in Japan during the Korean War...
Roland Rone Glenn
Jan 20, 2017
Roland Rone Glenn, 86, passed away Friday, January 20, 2017 at CHS-Union. He was born November 11, 1930 in or near Tampa, FL, younger son to the late Callie Annie Bell Rone Glenn. He is also preceded in death by a daughter, Elizabeth Glenn, who died in infancy; a sister Myra Micallef; and a cousin, Dorothy C. Williams. A...
Richard "Sonny" Stafford
Jan 20, 2017
Richard Eugene “Sonny” Stafford, 81, of Monroe, passed away Friday, January 20, 2017, at Carolinas Medical Center – Union. Sonny was born in Mooresville, North Carolina on December 5, 1935, the son of the late Richard L. Stafford and Pauline Sherrill Stafford. Funeral services will be private. Sonny retired from Consolidated Freightways after a long career in the Trucking...
Libby Elizabeth (Howie) Morrison
Jan 20, 2017
Libby Howie Morrison 1945 - 2017 Monroe - Celeste Libby Howie Morrison, age 71 passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, January 20, 2017. Libby was born November 25, 1945 in Charlotte, NC and was the first of four children of the late Ralph S. and Celeste R. Howie. She is survived by her loving husband of 49...
Michael Wayne Jr. Rushing
Jan 18, 2017
Michael Wayne Mike Rushing, Jr., 42, of Monroe, passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2017. He was born August 6, 1974, in Mecklenburg County, NC, to Rhonda Sue Johnson and the late Michael Wayne Rushing, Sr. In addition to his mother, Mr. Rushing is survived by his wife, Trina Whitley Rushing, three children, Joshua Whitley, Courtney Adams, and Darius Wright,...
