Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC
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....
John Thomas Jr. Jamerson
Jul 23, 2016
John Thomas Jamerson, Jr., 86, passed away Saturday, July 23, 2016. He was born in Concord, VA on June 13, 1930 son of the late John Thomas and Elizabeth Wilson Jamerson. Mr. Jamerson was a US Air Force veteran and a retired Duke Power employee. The family will receive friends Wednesday, July 27, 2016 from 12:00 until 12:45 PM...
Carroll Douglas Richardson
Jul 19, 2016
C. Douglas Richardson, 72, of Monroe, NC, passed away on July 19, 2016 in Hospice of Union County in Monroe, NC surrounded by family. Doug was born in Monroe, NC to the late C.B. and Evy Richardson on March 13, 1944. Doug was an active member of Bethlehem United Methodist Church serving in many different roles and positions. Doug...
Burl Kenneth Jr. Fleming
Jul 19, 2016
B.K. (Ken) Fleming, Jr. went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, July 19, 2016. Ken was born on December 10, 1938 in Nutter Fort, West Virginia, the only son of Thelma Talkington and Burl Kenneth Fleming. He graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, West Virginia and the Benjamin Franklin University School of Accounting in...
Martha Jane (Starnes) Baucom
Jul 18, 2016
Martha S. Baucom “Mott”, 72, passed away Monday, July 18, 2016. She was born in Union County, NC on March 8, 1944 daughter of the late David and Virginia Mills Starnes. The family will receive friends Friday, July 22, 2016 from 1:00 PM until 2:45 PM at Gordon Funeral Service, 1904 Lancaster Ave., Monroe, NC 28112. The funeral service...
Vivian Parker Finigan Barringer
Jul 17, 2016
Vivian Parker Finigan Barringer, of Monroe, passed away Sunday, July 17, 2016, in Whispering Pines, NC. She was born in Mecklenburg County, NC to the late William W. Parker and Alma Gay Parker. She was preceded in death by her husbands William James Finigan and Dr. Phil Barringer. She is survived by her two sons James Bernard Finigan of...
Java (Horne) Rogers
Jul 17, 2016
Java Horne Rogers, 88, passed away peacefully on July 17, 2016. She was born July 27, 1927 daughter to the late Gary “Gad” and Blanche Horne. She was one of fourteen children. She is also preceded in death by her husband, Emsley McClain Rogers, whom passed on December 24, 2004. Java was retired from PCA International. She will be...
Irene Clagett (Clagett) Urbano
Jul 16, 2016
Irene Clagett Urbano died peacefully at home with her family on Saturday, July 16, 2016. She was born in Baltimore, MD to the late Viola and Herbert Clagett. She was president of the Auxiliary to the NC Chiropractic Association. After working with Herb in his practice, she earned her Master's Degree at UNCC, graduating with honors. She worked at...
John Alexander Jr. Davis
Jul 14, 2016
John Alexander Davis, Jr., 84, of Charlotte, passed away Thursday, July 14, 2016. He was born in Waxhaw, NC, on May 8, 1932, to the late John A. Davis, Sr., and Mary Patton Davis. Mr. Davis had a lifelong passion for meteorology and astronomy and would often challenge the weather predictions of the local meteorologists and was right most...
