Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC
Betty Helms Smith
Jan 27, 2025
Betty Octavia Smith, beloved wife of the late Clyde O. Smith, peacefully departed this life to be with her Heavenly Father on January 27, 2025. Born on March 25, 1939, in Union County, she was the cherished daughter of the late Arthur and Bessie (Howie) Helms.
Betty leaves behind a legacy of love...
David Wilson
Jan 24, 2025
David Joseph Wilson, 87, passed away on Friday, January 24, 2025. He was born in Chicago on March 30, 1937, son to the late George Robert & Catherine Harrington Wilson.
A graveside service will be held at 1:00 PM, Wednesday. January 29, 2025, at Ritch Family Cemetery, 6905 Cunningham Lane, Indian Trail, NC 28079.
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Jason Buren " Corn Cobb" Rushing
Jan 24, 2025
Jason Buren “Corn Cobb” Rushing, 86, of Monroe, NC passed away on Friday, January 24, 2025. He was born in Union County, NC on February 14, 1938, son to the late Rev. Marvin James Rushing and Alma Benton Rushing. He is preceded in death by his wife Patricia Honeycutt Burgess Rushing, brother, James Edsell Rushing and niece, Susan Bell....
Mackey Eugene Hobbs
Jan 21, 2025
Mackey “Eugene” Hobbs (Smiley) was born on August 20, 1945, in Monroe, NC, son to the late Clarence James Hobbs and Nancy Broome Hobbs Moore. He is also preceded in death by his brothers, Kenneth Hobbs, Clayton Hobbs, Dewey Hobbs, Jeff Hobbs, and his sister Helen Baucom.
A funeral service will be held at 12:00...
Melissa Ann 'Missie" Hargett
Jan 21, 2025
Melissa Ann “Missie” Hargett, 56, born and raised in Monroe, NC, Melissa was a unique kind of person that touched all that met her. Called Missie by most, she enjoyed an amazing life, full of adventure. Brave and a risk taker, she moved to Tallahassee, Florida where she met her future wife, Laurel. She later moved to Louisiana where...
Martha Shannon Broome
Jan 19, 2025
Mrs. Martha Helen Shannon Broome joined her beloved husband Buddy in heaven on January 19, 2025. A woman of great faith, Martha was born November 27, 1939 in Monroe, NC to Lucille and Sydney Shannon. She was preceded in death by her husband, William “Buddy” Broome; sisters Mildred Lowery, Dorothy Fowler and Mary Crisp and brother Bruce Shannon.
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Kathleen Tedder Gordon
Jan 17, 2025
Kathleen Tedder Gordon, 75, passed away on Friday, January 17, 2025. She was born in Baltimore, MD on December 30, 1949 to the late Carl Benjamin Tedder Sr. and Edna Stivers Tedder. She is also preceded in death by her daughter, Rachel Gordy; brother, Carl Tedder Jr.; and two sisters, Linda Tedder, and Diana Mohr.
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Baxter Leroy "B.L." Starnes
Jan 17, 2025
A gathering of family and friends will be held on Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025 for Ruby Parker Starnes and Baxter Leroy Starnes of Waxhaw, NC, from 12:30 pm until 1:45 pm at Gordon Funeral Service, 1904 Lancaster Ave, Monroe, NC 28112, with a celebration of their lives beginning at 2:00 PM. They will be laid to rest in a...
Ruby Parker Starnes
Jan 15, 2025
A gathering of family and friends will be held on Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025 for Ruby Parker Starnes and Baxter Leroy Starnes of Waxhaw, NC, from 12:30 pm until 1:45 pm at Gordon Funeral Service, 1904 Lancaster Ave, Monroe, NC 28112, with a celebration of their lives beginning at 2:00 PM. They will be laid to rest in a...
Shauna Karen Leonard
Jan 15, 2025
Shauna Karen Leonard, age 61 of Monroe, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on January 15, 2025. She was born in Oneida County, NY on November 27, 1963, and was the daughter of the late Carl Edwin and Karen Smith Leonard.
Shauna simply loved life. Her smile was infectious, and she loved to laugh. She especially...
Linda Gordon Spittle
Jan 14, 2025
Linda Gordon Spittle,79, of Waxhaw, NC passed away on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. She was born in Union County, NC on February 6, 1945 daughter to the late Manlis and Gladys Helms Gordon. She is also preceded in death by her husband William Walter “Spin” Spittle Jr.
A funeral service will be held at 2:00...
Evelyn Keziah Mason
Jan 13, 2025
Evelyn Keziah Mason, 80, of Monroe, succumbed to Alzheimer’s on January 13, 2025, at Pruitt Health in Rockingham.
She was born on Christmas Day, 1944, to the late Myrtle Medlin Keziah and Earle Jackson Keziah, of Wingate. Evelyn graduated from Forest Hills High School in June 1963, and married Billy Bivens Mason of Monroe in...
Shirley Belk Starnes
Jan 11, 2025
Shirley Belk Starnes, age 89 of Monroe, beloved wife of 65 years to the late Jeff Davis, passed away Saturday January 11, 2025. Born in Union County on August 6, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Carl Clayton and Myrtle Yarborough Belk.
A graveside service will be held Friday, January 17, 2025, 1:00...
Kenneth Coleman Ashley
Jan 9, 2025
Kenneth Coleman Ashley, 85, passed away Thursday, January 9, 2025. He was born August 26, 1939, in Union County, NC son of the late Winslow & Florence Ashley. He is also preceded in death by his wife Catherine Ashley and a brother Winslow Ashley, Jr., four sisters, Lavater Knight, Alta Tysinger, Rosa Lee Blythe, and Clifford Blythe.
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Shirley Mae Lee
Jan 9, 2025
Shirley Mae (Daniels) Lee, age 86 of Waxhaw, beloved wife of the late Jathan G. Lee, Jr., passed away January 9, 2025. Born in Manning, SC on April 24, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Ralph H. and Lillie Mae Woodle Daniels.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 16th at 2:00 PM...
George Warren Aldridge Jr.
Jan 9, 2025
George Warren Aldridge Jr., 59, passed away on Thursday, January 9, 2024. He was born in Union county, NC on June 27, 1965 to the late George Aldridge Sr. and Linda Anderson Harvell. He is also preceded in death by his step-father, James Harvell.
A private service will be held at a later date.
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William Edward Moloney
Jan 9, 2025
William Edward Moloney Sr.,91, of Waxhaw, NC passed away on January 9, 2025. He was born in Mineola, NY on January 2, 1934, he is the son to the late Thomas Francis Moloney and Marie Teresa Wall Moloney. He is also preceded by his three brothers, Thomas Moloney, James Moloney, and John Moloney.
A memorial...
Roy Herman Gleason
Jan 7, 2025
Roy Herman Gleason, 99, of Waxhaw, NC passed away on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. He was born in Erie, PA, on December 28, 1925 son to the late Claude Herman Gleason and Florence Lucille Leet Gleason. He is also preceded by his wife Edith Mae Baur Gleason, son, Robert Donald Gleason, two brothers, Richard Paul Gleason and Kermit Gleason....
David "Bud" Williams
Jan 6, 2025
David “Bud” Williams, 82, passed away Monday, January 6, 2025. He was born January 18, 1942 in Gaston County, NC son of the late Dewey & Mable Williams. He is also preceded in death by four brothers, Jerry Williams, Ronnie Williams, Tommy Stegall, and Teddy Stegall, and a sister Brenda Napier.
A funeral service will...
Merrill Dean Baskins
Jan 2, 2025
Merrill “Dean” Baskins, 94, of Monroe, NC passed away on Thursday, January 2, 2025. He was born in Enid, Oklahoma on September 2, 1930, son to the late Merrill Baskins and Vada Pankey Baskins. He was preceded in death by his wife Angelene “Angie” Baskins, and two half-sisters, Avenell Simard and Viva Noah. Dean is survived by his son,...
