Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC
Donald James Broome
Jul 12, 2016
Donald James Broome, 80, passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2016. He was born in Union County, NC on March 21, 1936 son of the late James and Mildred Hammill Broome. Mr. Broome was employed in the auto industry in Union County for many years and was a deacon in the High Hill Primitive Baptist Church. A graveside service will...
Leroy Morton
Jul 10, 2016
LeRoy Morton, 78, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2016. He was born in Union County, NC on June 8, 1938 son of the late Silas and Vessie Wright Morton. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 11:00 AM at Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Morton is survived by his...
Bob Winchester
Jul 6, 2016
Robert “Bob” Hazel Winchester, 86, passed away Wednesday, July 6, 2016. He was born January 4, 1930 in Union County, NC, son of the late Horace Cunningham Winchester and late Laura Eloise Helms Campbell. He was raised by his paternal grandparents, John A. and Mary R. Winchester. After graduating from Mineral Springs High School in 1948, Bob worked for...
Beverly Carol (Carnes) Collins
Jul 5, 2016
Carol Carnes Collins, 72, passed away Tuesday, July 5, 2016. She was born in Union County, NC on May 1, 1944 daughter of Cora Lee Belk Carnes and the late John Benton Carnes. A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 11:00 AM in First Presbyterian Church. The family will receive friends following the service in...
Rainey Henley Sr. Ashcraft
Jul 4, 2016
Rainey Henley Ashcraft, Sr., 60, passed away Monday, July 4, 2016. He was born January 9, 1956 in Union County, son of the late John Bulla and Nancy Jane Kennedy Ashcraft. After graduating from Monroe High School and Wingate College, Rainey worked as the business manager for the family-owned Enquirer-Journal. Rainey was a long standing member of St. Paul’s...
Eleanor Porter (Laney) Mccain
Jul 4, 2016
Eleanor Laney McCain September 20, 1925 - July 4, 2016 Eleanor went to be with her Lord on July 4, 2016 in Smithfield, NC. She was born September 20, 1925 in Mineral Springs, NC. She was the daughter of Frank Thomas and Ora Lee Porter Laney. Eleanor was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Maxwell W. McCain and...
Sandra "Sandi" Whitley
Jun 27, 2016
Sandra “Sandi” Sims Whitley, 66, passed away Monday, June 27, 2016 in McWhorter Hospice House in Monroe, after a 15 month illness. Sandi maintained her strong independence up to the end. She is a child of God and is now with her maker. She was born in Union County, NC on November 28, 1949 daughter of the late Billy...
Fred Fincher Gay
Jun 23, 2016
Fred Fincher Gay, 70, passed away Thursday, June 23, 2016. He was born October 26, 1945 in Union County, NC son to the late Thomas Roy Nonie Fincher Gay. Funeral services will be held 5:00 PM Sunday, June 26, 2016 in Gordon Funeral Chapel, 1904 Lancaster Ave. Monroe, NC 28112. The family will visit prior to the service from...
Maurice Newsome Hill
Jun 21, 2016
Maurice Newsome Hill, 63, passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2016. He was born July 9, 1952 in Union County, son of Sarah Newsome Hill and the late Mitchell Paul Hill. A funeral service will be held Friday, June 24, 2016 at 11:00 AM in the chapel of the mausoleum in Sharon Memorial Park, 5400 Monroe Rd, Charlotte, NC. The...
Polly "Markie" Walker
Jun 20, 2016
Polly Moore Walker, 77, passed away Monday, June 20, 2016. She was born July 19, 1938 in Crowder, MO, daughter of the late Orville Leroy and Willia Hardgrave Moore. A graveside service will be held in Clinton, Kentucky. Ms. Walker is survived by her son, John Willie Walker of St. Louis, MO; and daughter, Cherie Sullivan and husband Shawn...
Marie Ann (Casassa) Coffey
Jun 18, 2016
Marie Ann Coffey, 65, passed away Saturday, June 18, 2016. She was born July 31, 1950 in Cambridge, MA daughter of the late Fredrick Beatrice Casassa. She is also preceded in death by her husband, Jeremiah Christopher “Chris” Coffey, Jr. and a sister Faye Everson. A memorial service will be held 11:00 AM Friday, June 24, 2016 in Gordon...
Larry Clyde Simpson
Jun 15, 2016
Larry Clyde Simpson, 79, of Indian Trail, took his heavenly Father's hand and entered into his eternal home on June 15, 2016, surrounded by his loving family. We are thankful for God's promise in his word that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. We know that he is now rejoicing in heaven....
Barbara Ann (Green) Siron
Jun 15, 2016
Barbara Ann Green Siron, 82, passed away Wednesday, June 15, 2016. She was born in Ohio on February 10, 1934, daughter of the late Elmer and Christien Speigal Green. Funeral services will follow the morning worship service at First Baptist Church, Monroe on Sunday, June 26, 2016. Ms. Siron is survived by her son, Stephen Siron of Monroe and...
Joyce Eleanor (Poole) Brown
Jun 15, 2016
Joyce Eleanor Brown, 90, passed away Wednesday, June 15, 2016. She was born in London, England on February 28, 1926 daughter of the late Daniel Christopher and Hilda Maud Paddick Poole. She was preceded in death by her husband William Boyd Brown. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday, June 25, 2016 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church...
Vann Marson Bigham
Jun 14, 2016
Vann Marson Bigham, 96, passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2016. He was born July 3, 1919 in Union County, NC son of the late Joseph Albert Bessie Joan Coan Bigham. He is also preceded in death by his wife, Mandy Bigham. Vann was a US Army Veteran, and retired from the State Highway Department. Funeral services will be held...
Betty Carolyn (Knox) Joyner
Jun 11, 2016
Betty Knox Joyner, 91, of Waxhaw, passed peacefully on Saturday, June 11, 2016. She was born January 10, 1925, to the late William Moffitt and Jennie Leigh Smith Knox. Mrs. Joyner is survived by her husband, Norman Judd Joyner; son, Jerry Joyner and wife, Sandra, of Waxhaw; two sisters, Peggy K. McConnell of Mooresville, NC and Mary K. Lauer...
Ruth (Drew) Ansley
Jun 11, 2016
Ruth Drew Ansley, 92, died June 11, 2016 in Monroe, NC at the home of her devoted daughter Nanette. Ruth was born in British India on February 4, 1924, to Major Edwin Joseph Drew and his wife Fanny Grierson Drew, from Deal, England. After his military service with the 10th Hussars, her father retired and served as chaplain for...
Evelyn Ruth Mcginn
Jun 10, 2016
Evelyn Ruth Simpkins McGinn, 92, went home to be with her Heavenly Father on June 10, 2016. A native Charlottean, she was born on July 31, 1924, to the late Ann Brigman and Ike Wade Simpkins. She attended Central High School and Peace College where she majored in Music and Art, before marrying her husband of 62 years, the...
Michael James Barker
Jun 9, 2016
Michael Barker, 75, of Matthews, NC died in his home on June 9, 2016. He was born in Minneapolis, MN to Howard and Irene Barker on July 23, 1940. Mr. Barker was a career salesman for 3M Company and retired in 2000. He is preceded in death by his wife of 41 years, Nancy Barker and his sister, Joan...
Gordon Baskerville Houser
Jun 6, 2016
Gordon Baskerville Houser, 93, went to his eternal home in Heaven on June 6, 2016. Born in Charlotte, NC, on March 4, 1923, he was the son of the late Dr. O.J. Houser and the late Grace Baskerville Houser. He is survived by his wife Shirley, his daughter Cynthia, his son David and his wife, Anna, and four grandsons....
