Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC
Hazel Frances (Helms) Cook
Sep 4, 2016
Hazel Frances Helms Cook, 90, passed away Sunday, September 4, 2016. She was born March 13, 1926, in Union County, NC, to the late Isaac Hilton and Gertie H. Helms. Mrs. Cook retired from the textile industry and was a lifelong member of Secrest Grove Baptist Church, where she was currently the eldest living member. Church and her family...
Chuck Smith
Sep 2, 2016
William Charles Chuck Smith, 58, of Charlotte, passed away Friday, September 2, 2016. He was born August 3, 1958, in Robeson County, NC, to Dora Boan and Elder Charles Leslie Smith. Chuck was self-employed as an IT Specialist. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his brother, Leslie Elliott Smith and wife, Wanda; and sister, Robin Smith...
Adele "Skip" Wall
Sep 2, 2016
Adele Patricia Loecher Wall, best known as “Skip” died September 2, 2016 at the Stewart Health Center, Cypress of Charlotte. She was 98. Mrs. Wall is preceded in death by her husband of 72 years, Richard A. “Dick” Wall and four siblings, Lizzette Kilduff, George Loecher, Gloria Smith and Robert Loecher. Mrs. Wall was born 1918 in St. Albans,...
Devonne ""Nootie Lee"" Aldridge
Sep 1, 2016
Devonne Nootie Lee Courtney Aldridge, 84, of Monroe, passed away Thursday, September 1, 2016, at the Serenity House in Huntersville. She was born August 9, 1932, in Union County, NC, daughter of the late Joe Donald and Wilma Simpson Courtney. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, September 5, 2016, in the Gordon Funeral Chapel,...
Linda Carol (Privette) Simpson
Sep 1, 2016
Linda Privette Simpson, 70, of Monroe, passed away Thursday, September 1, 2016, at Pruitt Health-Union Pointe. She was born November 27, 1945, in Union County, NC to the late Brady A. and Lillie Howard Privette. Mrs. Privette was a 1964 Graduate of Piedmont High School and retired from Conbraco where she was an assembler. A member of Love Baptist...
Willie Jackson Long
Aug 30, 2016
Willie Jackson Long, 82, passed away Tuesday, August 30, 2016. He was born in Hoke County, NC on September 22, 1933. The family will receive friends 2:00 PM Saturday, September 3, 2016 at Gordon Funeral Service, 1904 Lancaster Ave., Monroe, NC, with funeral service to follow at 3:00 PM in the Gordon Funeral Chapel. Mr. Long is survived by...
Thomas Patrick Sr. Dillon
Aug 28, 2016
Thomas Patrick Dillon, Sr. passed away peacefully on Sunday, August, 28, 2016 at Lake Park Rehab Nursing with his family by his side. He is survived by his wife Mary Sis Andrews Stack Dillon, his daughter Mary Marshall Dillon Winn, his son-in-law Charles Tripp B. Winn, III and two grandchildren, Charles B. Winn, IV Jordan Marshall Winn. He's also...
Dorothy Payne (Shannon) Fowler
Aug 25, 2016
Dorothy Shannon Fowler passed away peacefully August 25, 2016. Mrs. Fowler was born in Union County, NC, on October 16, 1925, the daughter of the late Annie Lucille Gordon and William Sidney Shannon. Mrs. Fowler graduated from Wingate High School and Wingate Jr. College. After completing school, she was employed in the banking and insurance industry. Dot loved the...
Senator Aaron Plyler
Aug 23, 2016
The Honorable Senator Aaron Wesley Plyler, died Tuesday, August 23, 2016 surrounded by his family in his home in Monroe. Senator Plyler was a former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives and the North Carolina Senate. Aaron was born on October 1, 1926, son of Isom Franklin and Ida Foard Plyler, and was the youngest child in...
Randy Evans Allen
Aug 23, 2016
Randy Evans Allen, 60, passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2016. He was born in Union County, NC on December 19, 1955 son of the late Luther Henry and Nana Belle Tarlton Allen. Randy was a 1974 graduate of Piedmont High School and was produce manager at Food Lion on E. Franklin Street in Monroe for 21 years. He was...
Nellie (Belk) Starnes
Aug 19, 2016
Nellie Belk Starnes, 85, passed away Friday, August 19, 2016. She was born May 25, 1931 in Mecklenburg County, daughter to the late James Samuel Macie Smith Belk. She is also preceded in death by two brothers Hubert Belk, Elbert Belk, and a granddaughter Amy Starnes. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM, Monday, August 22, 2016 at Sandy...
Charles Liddell Jr. Norwood
Aug 19, 2016
Charles Liddell Norwood, Jr., passed peacefully into heavenly hands on the evening of August 19, 2016. He was born September 7, 1929, son of Liddell and Jemima (Jem) McGuirt Norwood of Monroe. Charles was a graduate of the Monroe City School System and in 1951 received a BS in Business and Economics from Davidson College, where he was a...
James Henry Lewis
Aug 18, 2016
James H. Lewis, 60, originally from Germantown, NY and then Monroe, NC, passed away on August 18, 2016 as the result of a massive stroke. He was the son of the late Albert H. Lewis of Germantown, NY and Jean P. Lewis of Siler City, NC. He is also survived by a brother, Robert (Kathy) Lewis of Monroe, NC...
Bryant Lee Jr. Baker
Aug 16, 2016
Bryant Lee Baker, Jr., 59, of Raleigh, passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2016. He was born September 25, 1956, in Anson County to Bryant Lee Baker, Sr. and Peggy Henry Baker. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, August 20, 2016, in the Gordon Funeral Chapel, 1904 Lancaster Avenue, Monroe, NC 28112. Burial will follow in...
Jesse William Wiggins
Aug 10, 2016
Jesse William Wiggins, 22, passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2016. He was born in Charlotte, NC on January 28, 1994 son of William Michael and Karen Joan Aldridge Wiggins. Jesse is survived by his parents, Michael Wiggins of Monroe and Karen Wiggins of Frisco, Texas, grandparents, Vance and Judy Wiggins of Monroe, brother, Dyson Mac Albright of Monroe, sisters,...
Dewey Lee Manus
Aug 10, 2016
Dewey Lee Manus, 74, passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2016. He was born in Union County, NC on February 27, 1942 son of the late Richard Thomas and Evie Mae Bigham Manus. The family will receive friends Saturday, August 13, 2016 from 10:00 until 11:45 AM at Waxhaw Baptist Church with the funeral service to follow at 12:00 PM....
Walter Lawrence Dickens
Aug 5, 2016
Walter Lawrence Dickens, 97, of Monroe, passed away Friday, August 5, 2016. He was born on August 13, 1918, in Carroll County, Virginia to the late James Anderson Dickens and Frances Hanks Dickens. A veteran of World War II, Walter served in the U.S. Army from 1940 to 1945, participating in numerous battles, most notably serving as a medic...
Delores Clontz Sutton
Jul 28, 2016
Delores Adaline Clontz Sutton, 79, passed away Thursday, July 28, 2016. She was born January 2, 1937 in Union County, NC daughter of the late Clifford Beadie Pressley Clontz. She is also preceded in death by her husband of 60 wonderful years Joe Neal Sutton, sisters Telitha C. Stevens, Gladys Moore, and a brother Willis Clontz Funeral services will...
Virginia Carol Wilson
Jul 25, 2016
Virginia Carol Wilson, 49, went to be with her Lord on July 25, 2016. She had been a resident of Monroe, NC, since 1989, when she moved here with her parents from Illinois. Her home was at 3208 Clarkdale St. in Monroe, but most recently, she made her residence at Elizabethan Gardens in Monroe. She was preceded in death...
Hazel (Conder) Williams
Jul 23, 2016
Mrs. Hazel Conder Williams, 93, died Saturday, July 23, 2016. She was born March 6, 1923 in Union County, NC daughter of the late Charles Clark and Arlater Long Conder. She was preceded in death by her husband, Pete Gore Williams, daughter, Elizabeth Ann (Cookie) Williams and brother, J.C. Conder. Her life was in her work and church activities....
