Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC
Roy "Ed" Simpson
Mar 4, 2016
Roy Edwin “Ed” Simpson, 91, passed away Friday, March 04, 2016. He was born October 28, 1924 in Union County son to the late Robert LeRoy Eula Mae Starnes Simpson. He is also preceded in death by his first wife Mary Thompson Simpson, a brother Allison Simpson, and a sister Lena Robinson. Mr. Simpson was a WWII Veteran serving...
Eddie Rape
Mar 4, 2016
George “Eddie” Rape, 63, passed away March 4, 2016. He was born in Monroe, NC on February 14, 1953. Mr. Rape is survived by cousins, Bobbie Penegar, Betty Fugate,Teresa Bowman and husband Phillip of Waxhaw, Mark Penegar and wife Vickie of Monroe, David Penegar and wife Gail of Monroe, Kelli Duncan and husband Jim of Indian Trail; Jerry Fugate...
Frank Helms
Mar 2, 2016
William Frank Helms, Jr., passed away March 2, 2016, at home, surrounded by his family. Beloved son of the late Belle Bradley Helms and William Frank Helms, Sr., he was born March 9, 1938, in Monroe, North Carolina. A lifelong resident of Union County, he attended Mars Hill College and Wingate University. He owned and operated the College Shoppe,...
Willis Emil Cooper
Mar 2, 2016
Willis Emil Cooper, 92, passed away March 2, 2016. He was born in Moro County, IL on October 28, 1923 son of the late Henry George and Jennie Bird Cooper. Mr. Cooper is survived by his wife, Jean Dossett Cooper, sons, Keith Cooper of Monroe and Brad Cooper of Morganville, New Jersey, brother, Leslie Cooper of Illinois, grandchildren, Scott...
Billie Jean (Crooke) Elliott
Mar 1, 2016
Billie Crooke Elliott, 79, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2016. She was born in Union County, NC on June 11, 1936 daughter of the late Eustace Leonard and Margaret Lucille Richardson Crooke. A graveside funeral service will be held 11:00 AM Friday, March 4, 2016 at Lakeland Memorial Park. The family will receive friends following the service. Mrs. Elliott...
Norma Lynn (Whitley) Williams
Feb 28, 2016
Norma Lynn Williams, 80, passed away Sunday, February 28, 2016. She was born in Union County, NC on March 31, 1935 daughter of the late Norman C. and Essie Faye Simpson Whitley. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Greg Whitley. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 5:00 until 7:00 at Gordon Funeral Service, 1904...
Dorothy Elizabeth (Purser) Greene
Feb 26, 2016
Dorothy Elizabeth Greene, 88, passed away Friday, February 26, 2016. She was born August 10, 1927, daughter of the late Paul A. and Virgie Haigler Purser. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Margaret Stegall and two great-grandchildren. Mrs. Greene is survived by her husband, Billy Morris Greene; daughters, Carolyn Braswell (Stephen) of Monroe, Linda G. Edwards (Rick)...
Rebecca Ann (Linder) Niven
Feb 25, 2016
Rebecca Ann Niven, 80, passed away Thursday, February 25, 2016. She was born June 8, 1935 in Hamilton County, TN, daughter of the late Vernon and Ann White Linder. She was preceded in death by her husband, Malcolm S. Niven; a son, “Little Ben Niven” and a sister, Polly Sharp. A graveside service will be Monday, February 29, 2016...
Malcolm Leichfield Seale
Feb 23, 2016
Mr. Malcom Leichfield Seale, son of the late Mr. Harold Seale and late Mrs. Genetta (Walcott) Seale was born on March 2, 1938 in Christ Church, Barbados West Indies. He departed this life on Tuesday February 23, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Malcolm was a lifelong mechanic by trade. He started as a mechanic in Bridgetown, Barbados. Then he...
Garry Lynn Hammonds
Feb 22, 2016
Garry Lynn Hammonds, 65, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Monday, February 22, 2016. He was born September 5, 1950 in Monroe, NC son of John Hammonds, Jr. and Eleanor Starnes Hammonds. Mr. Hammonds was a veteran of the US Army. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 5:00 until 7:00 at Gordon Funeral Service,...
John Spencer Corcoran
Feb 21, 2016
John “Opie” Spencer Corcoran, 44, passed away Sunday, February 21, 2016. He was born October 4, 1971 in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, son of Elizabeth Belk Corcoran and the late Eugene Albert Corcoran. He was owner of JSC Concrete for over 20 years. The family will visit with friends and relatives Thursday, February 25, 2016 from 6:00 until 8:00...
Elizabeth (Penegar) Winchester
Feb 20, 2016
Martha Elizabeth Winchester of Mineral Springs, North Carolina, passed away on Saturday, February 20, 2016, after losing her battle with melanoma. She was born on August 22, 1930 in Union County, North Carolina. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ware H. and Velma Howie Penegar, and a brother, Jacob Penegar, all of Mineral Springs. She is survived...
Robert Daniel Gravatt
Feb 18, 2016
Robert Daniel Gravatt, 96, of Clarksburg, NJ, passed away Thursday, February 18, 2016, at the home of his daughter, Harriet Metrosky, in Monroe, NC. A lifelong resident of Millstone Township, NJ, he was born June 8, 1919, son of the late Robert and Lily Test Gravatt. Mr. Gravatt will be remembered as a man who lived a quiet peaceful...
C.G. Davis
Feb 18, 2016
C. G. Davis, 71, of Monroe died Thursday, February 18, 2016 at home. He was born in Duplin County, NC on November 7, 1944 son of the late Hubert Avery and Lois Spence Davis. He was also preceded in death by a son, Charles Timothy Davis and a brother, Avery H. Davis who died November 27, 2014. C. G....
Charles Thomas Greene
Feb 18, 2016
Charles Thomas Greene, 82, passed away Feb. 18, 2016 peacefully at home, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Union County, NC, Charles was the son of the late Thomas A. and Dixie Thompson Greene. He moved to Hampton, VA, in 1963, where he owned and operated GG Tile Co. He later moved to Smithfield, VA, in 1981 and...
Paul Robert Sr. Murphy
Feb 12, 2016
Paul Robert Murphy, Sr., 70, of Monroe, passed away Friday, February 12, 2016. He was born November 16, 1945, in Riverside, NJ to the late George and Dorothy Shedaker Murphy. Mr. Murphy retired from Berry Plastics as the Tooling Room Manager. He enjoyed wrestling and boxing and was an avid Philadelphia Eagles fan and since moving to North Carolina,...
Marjorie Wilkins (Edwards) Plyler
Feb 8, 2016
Marjorie Edwards Plyler, of The Cypress of Charlotte, formerly of Monroe and the loving wife of the late James C. “Jake” Plyler, Sr., died on February 8, 2016 in the presence of family at The Stewart Health Center. She was born September 17, 1921 in Anson County, daughter of the late William Hertly and Bertha Baucom Edwards, was a...
Donald Ray Griffin
Feb 6, 2016
Donald Ray Griffin, 69, passed away Saturday, February 6, 2016. He was born in Union County, NC on December 30, 1946, son of the late John Doyle Griffin, Jr. and Audna Jane Hinson Griffin. Mr. Griffin is survived by his wife, Jane Carpenter Griffin, sons, Charles Darryl Griffin and Jason Doyle Griffin and wife Delphine, brother, Bobby Warren Griffin...
Clayton Carroll Deason
Feb 5, 2016
Clayton Carroll Deason, 74, passed away Friday, February 5, 2016. He was born November 4, 1941 in Union County, son of the late Clayton Deason and Annie Mae Aycoth Deason Montgomery and step-father, Raymond Montgomery. Funeral services will be Monday, February 8, 2015 at 2:00 PM in Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 6907 Gus Eubanks Road, Monroe, NC. Burial will...
James Morris Rains
Feb 2, 2016
James Morris Rains, passed away peacefully in his home on Tuesday, February 2, 2016, surrounded by the love and support of his family. Known as Jim, Pop and Jaybird, he was born in 1926 as the second of nine children to Walter Bruce and Odessa Godwin Rains in Princeton, NC. He served his country in the Navy SeaBee’s and...
