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Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC

Glenn Connell

Glenn Connell

Mar 13, 2013

Dateline: Monroe NC Glenn Connell, age 94, of Monroe passed away peacefully on March 13, 2013. A native of Monroe, NC, Glenn was born on June 2, 1918, son of Isaac and Mamie Crowell Connell. He served in the Navy during WWII and was stationed in Washington, DC, Pearl Harbor, and completed his enlistment at Camp Shelton, VA. Glenn...

Donald Helms

Donald Helms

Mar 13, 2013

Donald Eugene Helms MONROE - Donald Eugene Helms, 66, passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2013. He was born in Union County, NC December 28, 1946 son to Mabel Mae Hinson Helms, and the late Horace Eugene Helms. A memorial service will be held 1:00 PM Saturday, March 16, 2013 in Gordon Funeral Chapel 1904 Lancaster Ave., Monroe, NC 28112...

Robert Lee Huffman

Robert Lee Huffman

Mar 13, 2013

Robert Lee Huffman, 80, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013 following a lengthy illness. Mr. Huffman was born on June 3, 1932 in Rowan County to the late Mr. and Mrs. David Lee Huffman. Mr. Huffman is survived by his wife of 52 years, Billie Oliver Huffman of Monroe, North Carolina; a son, Robert Bryan Huffman of Monroe, North Carolina;...

Robert Lee Huffman

Robert Lee Huffman

Mar 13, 2013

Robert Lee Huffman MONROE - Robert Lee Huffman, 80, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013, following a lengthy illness. Mr. Huffman was born on June 3, 1932 in Rowan County to the late Mr. and Mrs. David Lee Huffman. Mr. Huffman is survived by his wife of 52 years, Billie Oliver Huffman of Monroe, North Carolina; a son, Robert Bryan...

Vincent Hughes

Vincent Hughes

Mar 9, 2013

Vincent Robert Hughes MONROE - Vincent Robert Vince Hughes, 75, passed away Saturday, March 9, 2013. He was born on June 7, 1937 in New York City, NY, son of the late Mathias Joseph and Mary Carle Hughes. He attended St. Helena's High School in N.Y. and graduated from Mount Saint Mary's College in Maryland in 1959 with a...

Warren Carter Plyler

Warren Carter Plyler

Mar 9, 2013

Warren Carter Plyler, Sr., 81, died Saturday, March 9, 2013. Warren was born in Union County, NC May 26, 1931 son of the late Otho Frank and Blanche Carter Plyler. Mr. Plyler was a veteran in the US Army serving as a corporal in the Korean Conflict, a charter member and retired Chief of the Waxhaw Volunteer Fire Department...

Warren Carter Plyler

Warren Carter Plyler

Mar 9, 2013

Warren Carter Plyler, Sr. WAXHAW - Warren Carter Plyler, Sr., 81, died Saturday, March 9, 2013. Warren was born in Union County, NC, May 26, 1931, son of the late Otho Frank and Blanche Carter Plyler. Mr. Plyler was a veteran in the U.S. Army serving as a corporal in the Korean Conflict, a charter member and retired Chief...

Marjorie Ann Mabry

Marjorie Ann Mabry

Mar 7, 2013

Marjorie Ann Metz Mabry, 78, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2013. She was born on April 11, 1934 in Urbana, Illinois daughter of the late George and Charlotte Priddy Metz. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 3:00 PM in the JAARS Townsend Center. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, March 14, 2013...

Marjorie Ann Metz Mabry

Marjorie Ann Metz Mabry

Mar 7, 2013

Marjorie Ann Metz Mabry WAXHAW - Marjorie Ann Metz Mabry, 78, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2013. She was born on April 11, 1934, in Urbana, Illinois, daughter of the late George and Charlotte Priddy Metz. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at 3:00 PM in the JAARS Townsend Center. A funeral service will be...

Ronald Claude Jones

Ronald Claude Jones

Mar 5, 2013

Dateline: Monroe, NC Ronald Claude Jones, 68, passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2013 in Wake Forest Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC after a brief illness. He was born on November 22, 1944 and lived all his life in Union County until a few years ago when he moved to Hilltop Living Center in Linwood, NC. Ronald was the only child...

Samuel Harry Robinson

Samuel Harry Robinson

Mar 4, 2013

ROBINSON, Samuel Harry, 82, passed away Monday, March 4, 2013. He was born in Richmond County, NC on August 10, 1930, son of the late James and Charity Louis Speight Robinson. Mr. Robinson was a US Army and Navy veteran and a member of West Monroe Baptist Church. A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 9, 2013 at...

Samuel Harry Robinson

Samuel Harry Robinson

Mar 4, 2013

Dateline: Monroe, NC Samuel Harry Robinson, 82, passed away Monday, March 4, 2013. He was born in Richmond County, NC on August 10, 1930 son of the late James and Charity Louis Speight Robinson. Mr. Robinson was a US Army and Navy veteran and a member of West Monroe Baptist Church. A memorial service will be held Saturday, March...

Samuel Robinson

Samuel Robinson

Mar 4, 2013

Samuel Harry Robinson MONROE - Samuel Harry Robinson, 82, passed away Monday, March 4, 2013. He was born in Richmond County, NC on August 10, 1930 son of the late James and Charity Louis Speight Robinson. Mr. Robinson was a US Army and Navy veteran and a member of West Monroe Baptist Church. A memorial service will be held...

Betty Lou Maynard

Betty Lou Maynard

Mar 3, 2013

Dateline: Monroe, NC Betty Lou Maynard, 74, passed away Sunday, March 3, 2013. She was born in Huntington, West Virginia on March 22, 1938 daughter of the late James and Norma Ferguson Pemberton. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Billy Jay Maynard who passed away February 5, 2011. Mrs. Maynard was a member of the Order...

Louis "L. C." Laney

Louis "L. C." Laney

Mar 3, 2013

Louis Chalmer “L. C.” Laney, 84, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday March 3, 2013. Mr. Laney was born in Union County, NC August 25, 1928 son of the late Benjamin and Beattie Montgomery Laney Aycoth. He retired from the US Coast Guard after twenty-one years serving in Honolulu, HI, New London, CT, New Bedford,...

Louis Chalmer Laney

Louis Chalmer Laney

Mar 3, 2013

Louis Chalmer Laney MONROE - Louis Chalmer L. C. Laney, 84, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, March 3, 2013. Mr. Laney was born in Union County, NC August 25, 1928 son of the late Benjamin and Beattie Montgomery Laney Aycoth. He retired from the US Coast Guard after twenty-one years serving in Honolulu, HI,...

Louis "L. C." Laney

Louis "L. C." Laney

Mar 3, 2013

Dateline: Monroe, NC Louis Chalmer “L. C.” Laney, 84, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, March 3, 2013. Mr. Laney was born in Union County, NC August 25, 1928 son of the late Benjamin and Beattie Montgomery Laney Aycoth. He retired from the US Coast Guard after twenty-one years serving in Honolulu, HI, New London,...

Arnold Cray Hill

Arnold Cray Hill

Mar 2, 2013

Dateline: Monroe, NC Arnold Cray Hill Sr., 67, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2013. He was born in Union County, NC on August 26, 1945 son of the late Boyce Cray Hill and Alene Hill McCroskey. Mr. Hill is survived by his wife, Ramona Parler Hill, son, Arnold Cray Hill, Jr. and wife Amber, daughters, Dawn Andersen, Brandi Hill...

Gwendolyn Benson

Gwendolyn Benson

Mar 2, 2013

Dateline: Monroe, NC Gwendolyn Benson, 52, died at home on March 2, 2013. She was born in Hazard, KY on November 19, 1960. She was the daughter of Jean T. Benson and the late Rev. Robert C. Benson. Gwendolyn graduated from Monroe High School in 1978 and attended N.C. State University. She was a partner in PIP/ABC Printing of...

Elbert Carl Griffin

Elbert Carl Griffin

Mar 1, 2013

Elbert Carl Griffin MONROE - Elbert Carl Griffin, 80, passed away Friday, March 1, 2013. He was born April 27, 1932 in Union County, son of the late N. Charlie and Mary Marion Griffin. Mr. Griffin was also preceded in death by his brother, Joseph Griffin, and sister, Kathryn Hall. He was a founding member of the Unionville Volunteer...

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