Obituaries

Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC

Callie Helms

Callie Helms

Nov 30, 2012

Dateline: Monroe, NC Callie Helms, 84, passed away November 30, 2012. She was born June 10, 1928, daughter of the late Charles Price and Connie McCoy Helms. She was preceded in death by her husband Emery Richard Helms. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. in Shining Light Baptist Church. Burial will follow in...

Marie Rodden Hinson

Marie Rodden Hinson

Nov 30, 2012

Dateline: Monroe, NC Marie Rodden Hinson, 67, died Friday, November 30, 2012. Marie was born in Union County, NC, December 22, 1944 daughter of the late Alvin and Ethel Helms Rodden. She was a loving wife and mother. Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday, December 4, 2012, at 11:00 AM in Lakeland Memorial Park. Mrs. Hinson is survived...

Michael Wilson Griffin

Michael Wilson Griffin

Nov 29, 2012

Michael Wilson Griffin MONROE - Michael Wilson Griffin, 63, passed away November 29, 2012. Mike was born March 15, 1949 in Union County, son of the late Zeb Wilson and Ettra Helms Griffin. Mr. Griffin was a graduate of Piedmont High School and Hamilton Business College. Upon graduation, he served in the U.S. Navy as a gunner's mate on...

Russell "Uncle Billy" Hopper

Russell "Uncle Billy" Hopper

Nov 29, 2012

Dateline: Monroe, NC Russell Hopper, “Uncle Billy”, 82, passed away Thursday, November 29, 2012. He was born in Greenville County, SC on April 13, 1930, son of the late Russell and Mattie Bell Hopper. Private funeral services will be held at a later date. Gordon Funeral Service and Crematory is caring for the Hopper family. Published online on December...

Elease (Parker) Benton

Elease (Parker) Benton

Nov 28, 2012

Elease Parker Benton, 75, passed away at home surrounded by her family, Wednesday, November 28, 2012. She was born in Union County, NC on June 28, 1937, daughter of the late Amos S. and Arlene Mills Parker. Mrs. Benton was a graduate of Appalachian University with a Masters degree in Elementary education. She retired from the Union County School...

Charles Richard Price

Charles Richard Price

Nov 28, 2012

Dateline: Monroe, NC Charles Richard Price, 73, passed away Wednesday, November 28, 2012. He was born in Union County, NC on March 5, 1939 son of the late Burl James and Shirley Benton Price. Mr. Price was owner and president of Beam Electric Company. Funeral services will b e held Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 2:00 PM in Lakeview...

Charles Price

Charles Price

Nov 28, 2012

Charles Richard Price MONROE - Charles Richard Price, 73, passed away Wednesday, November 28, 2012. He was born in Union County, NC on March 5, 1939 son of the late Burl James and Shirley Benton Price. Mr. Price was owner and president of Beam Electric Company. Funeral services will be held Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 2:00 PM in...

Richard Hutto

Richard Hutto

Nov 27, 2012

Richard Carlisle Hutto WAXHAW - Richard Carlisle Hutto, 71, passed away, Tuesday, November 27, 2012. He was born in Lexington County, SC on February 6, 1941 son of the late James Carlisle and Edna Hutto. A memorial service will be held Friday, November 30, 2012 at 6:30 PM at Waxhaw Baptist Church. The family will receive friends following the...

David Isaac Jones

David Isaac Jones

Nov 23, 2012

David Isaac Jones MONROE - Mr. David Isaac Jones, 65, passed away at his residence surrounded by his loving family Friday, November 23, 2012. He was a native of Monroe, born January 8, 1947, son of the late Harry J. and Naomi Connell Jones. David was a U.S. Army veteran having served in the Viet Nam War. He was...

William B. Helms

William B. Helms

Nov 17, 2012

William B. Helms, Sr. Dub MONROE - William B. Dub Helms, Sr., 83, died Saturday, November 17, 2012. Mr. Helms was born in Union County, NC, March 6, 1929, son of the late Roy S. and Flora Pressley Helms. Dub was a US Army veteran of the Korean Conflict, a member of the Masonic Lodge, and an active member...

William "Dub" Helms

William "Dub" Helms

Nov 17, 2012

William B. Dub Helms, Sr., 83, died Saturday, November 17, 2012. Mr. Helms was born in Union County, NC, March 6, 1929, son of the late Roy S. and Flora Pressley Helms. Dub was a US Army veteran of the Korean Conflict, a member of the Masonic Lodge, an active member of Benton's Cross Roads Baptist Church, serving in...

Carolyn Manus Hutto

Carolyn Manus Hutto

Nov 17, 2012

Carolyn Manus Hutto WAXHAW - Carolyn Manus Hutto, 68, passed away Saturday, November 17, 2012. She was born in Union County August 10, 1944, daughter to the late Lester Hampton and Mary Rowell Manus. She is also preceded in death by two brothers, Wayne and Larry Manus, and a sister, Davie-Lynn Manus Ashley. A memorial service will be held...

Margie Steele (Helms) Tyson

Margie Steele (Helms) Tyson

Nov 11, 2012

Dateline: Lancaster SC Margie Helms Steele Tyson, 84, passed away Sunday, November 11, 2012. She was born in Union County, NC on December 21, 1927 daughter of the late Raymond Earl and Mary Lee Starnes Helms. Mrs. Tyson was a retired teacher, having taught at Buford High School and was a member of Bethlehem United Methodist Church. Funeral services...

Percy Frank Walters

Percy Frank Walters

Nov 9, 2012

Dr. Percy Frank Walters MONROE - Dr. Percy Frank Walters, 84, of Monroe, NC, died Friday November 9, 2012. He was born in Monroe on March 16, 1928, as the youngest son of Beulah Baucom and Frank Wayne Walters. He was a graduate of Monroe High School, attended Mars Hill College and graduated from Furman University in 1949. Dr....

Christopher Franklin Spayd

Christopher Franklin Spayd

Nov 2, 2012

Christopher Franklin Spayd, passed away Friday, November 2, 2012. He was born September 22, 2012. He is survived by his parents Christopher and Jessica Spayd, a brother Justin Swinney, a sister Ashley Swinney, grandparents Richard Hoadley, Robert and Cheryl Spayd, uncles and aunts Scott Mary McComb, Terri Hoadley, Jamie Radspinner, and Robert Sherri Radspinner, and a niece Myranda McComb....

Billy James Price

Billy James Price

Nov 2, 2012

Billy James Price, 73, passed away at home, Friday November 2, 2012. He was a loving and devoted son, brother, husband, daddy, and paw paw. Bill was born October 29, 1939 in Union County son of the late Johnny Reece Price and Gladys Drake Price Whitehead. He is also preceded in death by his step father Curtis Whitehead, and...

Zeb Vance Goodman

Zeb Vance Goodman

Nov 1, 2012

Dateline: Monroe, NC Zeb Vance Goodman, Jr., (affectionately known as “Sonny or “Junior”), 75, passed away peacefully at home on November 1, 2012 in the presence of his loving and devoted family and his devoted family dog, Princess, after a courageous battle with lung and brain cancer. He was born on April 18, 1937, the son of Zeb Vance...

Zeb Goodman

Zeb Goodman

Nov 1, 2012

Zeb Vance Goodman, Jr. MONROE - Zeb Vance Goodman, Jr., (affectionately known as Sonny or Junior), 75, passed away peacefully at home on November 1, 2012, in the presence of his loving and devoted family and his devoted family dog, Princess, after a courageous battle with lung and brain cancer. He was born on April 18, 1937, the son...

Kinley Raquel Hamilton

Kinley Raquel Hamilton

Oct 29, 2012

Dateline: Monroe, NC Kinley Raquel Hamilton, 11, passed away Monday, October 29, 2012. She was born in Union County, NC on January 19, 2001 daughter of Treg Lane and B. J. Mills Hamilton. She left a multitude of loving family and friends including her brothers Jacob Kimbrough and Ethan Hamilton. Kinley had a very loving spirit and was kind...

Geneva (Newell) Gordon

Geneva (Newell) Gordon

Oct 25, 2012

Geneva Newell Gordon, 77, passed away Thursday, October 25, 2012. She was born May 25, 1935 daughter to the late William Ernest and Wilma Irene Helms Newell. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at Gordon Funeral Chapel, with burial to follow at Waxhaw Baptist Church Cemetery. Geneva is survived by two daughters Vicky Ferrell...

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