Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC
Agnes Carroll (Carroll) Helms
Dec 14, 2014
Agnes Carroll Helms, 98, passed away December 14, 2014. She was born December 7, 1916 in Union County, NC, to the late John Monroe and Eula Autin Carroll. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at Monroe City Cemetery. Mrs. Agnes is survived by her son Eugene Helms of Monroe. She was preceded...
David Lee Sims
Dec 11, 2014
David Lee Sims, 71, passed away Thursday, December 11, 2014. He was born in Union County, NC, September 25, 1943, son of the late Richard Edwin and Inez Pierce Sims. David loved life, the beach and his family and friends. Funeral services will be Sunday, December 14, 2014 at 2:00 PM in Gordon Funeral Chapel, 1904 Lancaster Avenue, Monroe,...
Shelia Jean (Bivens) Thomas
Dec 10, 2014
Jean Bivens Thomas, 65, passed away Wednesday, December 10, 2014. She was born December 6, 1949 in Union County daughter of the late Charles Franklin and Betty Jo Helms Bivens. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Saturday, December 13, 2014 at First Baptist Church of Monroe. The family will visit prior to the service beginning at 1:30...
Clara (Mills) Underwood
Dec 6, 2014
Clara Mills Underwood, 82, passed away December 6, 2014. Clara was born in Chesterfield, SC, on February 21, 1932 to the late James and Nettie Mae Rayfield Mills. Funeral service will be held 2:00 PM Wednesday, December 10, 2014 in the Gordon Funeral Chapel with a visitation prior to the service from 12:30 PM until 1:45 PM at Gordon...
Carl Junior Haigler
Dec 5, 2014
Carl Junior Haigler, 83, passed away Friday, December 5, 2014 surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Union County on June 14, 1931, son of the late Gus William and Bessie Mae Rushing Haigler. Mr. Haigler has served as a Deacon for over 50 years at Union Grove Primitive Baptist Church. He was ordained as a deacon...
Peggy (Carnes) Brock
Dec 4, 2014
Peggy Carnes Brock, 85, passed away Thursday, December 4, 2014. She was born January 12, 1929 in Union County, daughter of the late Alexander Brown and Margie Ethel Conder Carnes. She was preceded in death by her husband Charles W. Brock. Funeral services will be Monday, December 8, 2014 at 11:00 AM in Gordon Funeral Chapel, 1904 Lancaster Avenue,...
Marion Susan (Grier) Steele
Dec 4, 2014
Marion “Susan” Grier Steele, 66, passed away Thursday, December 4, 2014. She was born December 3, 1948 in Union County, daughter of the late Marion and Mattie Walters Grier. She was an educator in the public school system. A memorial service will be Saturday, December 4, 2014 at 4:00 PM in Gordon Funeral Chapel, 1904 Lancaster Ave., Monroe, NC...
John Neal Smith
Dec 4, 2014
John Neal Smith, 78, passed away Thursday, December 4, 2014. He was born July 21, 1936 in Union County, NC, son of the late John William and Fronie Helms Smith. Graveside services will be Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 11:00 AM in Lakeland Memorial Park, 1901 Lancaster Ave., Monroe, NC 28112. Mr. Smith is survived by his wife, Louise...
Eva Edith (Yow) Routh
Dec 2, 2014
Eva Edith Yow Routh was born April 15, 1915 in Greensboro, NC; the oldest of seven children, to Hampton Mossie Yow. She passed away on December 2, 2014, at 99 years of age in Dallas, TX. She married Ernest Leonard Routh on June 1, 1935. Years later, Leonard went into the ministry Edith served as a Southern Baptist pastor's...
Joyce Elaine (Moore) Nash
Dec 1, 2014
Joyce Moore Nash, 69, passed away Monday, December 1, 2014. She was born in Mecklenburg County July 14, 1945, daughter of the late Joseph Thomas and Frances Blythe Moore. She was preceded in death by her brother, Tom Moore. She was a dedicated church worker at Heath Memorial United Methodist Church, where she served as church historian and was...
Elsie Jane (Furlin) Sterling
Dec 1, 2014
Elsie Furlin Sterling, 41, passed away Monday, December 1, 2014. She was born July 10, 1973 in Essex County, NJ, daughter of Mildred Hopwood Furlin and the late Roger Charles Furlin. Funeral services will be Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 11:00 AM in Gordon Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow in Waxhaw City Cemetery. The family will visit with friends...
Peggy Sue (Wells) Wylie
Nov 27, 2014
Peggy Sue Wells Wylie passed away Thursday, November 27, 2014. She was born in Union City, TN, daughter to the late Edward Carter Daisy Geneva Bondurant Wells. She is also preceded in death by her significant other Ed Rushing. Peggy was a brilliant and avid artist, creating phenomenal art through paintings, wood working, jewelry, clay, knitting and crocheting. She...
Craig M. Horsman
Nov 26, 2014
Craig Marshall Horsman, Sr. died November 26, 2014 after a brave battle with cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. Craig was born November 9, 1933 in Washington, D.C. to Mildred and Eugene Horsman. Craig was a graduate of Morristown Boys Boarding School in Morristown, N.J. He went on to UNC-Chapel Hill where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree. Three weeks...
Arlene Jewell () Smith
Nov 25, 2014
Arlene Jewell Smith, 80, passed away Tuesday, November 25, 2014. She was born February 18, 1934 in Brooklyn, NY, daughter of the late Michael Smith Sr. and Florence Klaymier Smith. Ms. Smith is survived by her son, Roy Richard Lee and wife Georgia, of Kennesaw, GA; daughter, Brenda Schaaf of Waxhaw; grandchildren, Mary Lee Gregory, Joshua Garrett Lee, and...
Rabon Spencer Duck
Nov 24, 2014
Rabon Spencer Duck, age 76, of Monroe, NC died Nov. 24, 2014. Mr. Duck was born in Kenton, TN on April 12, 1938 to Carlie and Flora Duck. He was raised in Blue Island, IL, but he always returned to Kenton for joyful summers with his cousins. He attended David Lipscomb College in Nashville where he met Jan Davis....
James Douglas Ware
Nov 19, 2014
James Douglas Ware, 60, passed away November 19, 2014. James was born in Gaston County, NC, on November 28, 1953 to the late James Douglas Ware and Bonnie Carleen Moore Ware Black. He was a retired detective of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department. A memorial service will be held 2:00 PM Monday, November 24, 2014 in the Gordon Funeral...
Kenneth Eugene Collins
Nov 17, 2014
Kenneth Eugene Collins “Ken” passed away at Carolinas Medical Center in Monroe on November 17, 2014. He was born April 21, 1937 in Rock Hill, South Carolina to the late Mr. and Mrs. Ernest O. Collins (Violet Smith). He grew up in Rock Hill and graduated from Rock Hill High School. He furthered his education at the University of...
William Hood Mcleod
Nov 13, 2014
Dr. William Hood “Bill” McLeod of Monroe, N.C., died November 13, 2014 at the Hospice House in Monroe, N.C. He was 91 years old. He is survived by his wife Nell; daughters Adele Willard, Julie McLeod and Laurie Tardif; and grandchildren Walker McLeod Bryant, Erin Tardif and Garrett Tardif. A memorial service will be held 11:30 AM, Monday, November...
Barry Asgill Helms
Nov 13, 2014
Barry Asgill Helms, 72, passed away peacefully at his home Thursday, November 13, 2014, following a long, courageous battle with lung cancer and congestive heart failure. He was born May 27, 1942 in Union County son of the late Willie Clay and Ruth Baucom Helms. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Sunday, November 16, 2014 at Union Grove...
Emma Caroline Hinson
Nov 12, 2014
Emma Caroline Hinson, infant, passed away November 12, 2014. She was born in Mecklenburg County, NC on August 28, 2014 to Jamie Harold and Jennifer Renee Forbis Hinson. A graveside funeral service will be held Friday, November 14, 2014 at 3:00 PM in the Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery, 420 Hopewell Church Road, Monroe, NC 28110. The family will visit...
