Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC
Montez H. Miller
Oct 24, 2012
MONROE - Mrs. Montez Haskins Miller, 86, of Monroe, died Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Services: Funeral, 2 p.m. Saturday in Pleasant Plains Baptist Church. Burial in Forest Lawn West Cemetery. Visitation, 1 to 1:45 p.m. Saturday at the church. Survived by: Son, John; daughter, Jeanette Hartis; brothers, Kenneth and Guinn; sister, Maryzell Roberts; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Gordon...
Montez Haskins Miller
Oct 24, 2012
Dateline: Monroe, NC Montez Haskins Miller, 86, passed away Wednesday, October 24, 2012. She was born in Sarasota, Florida on May 21, 1926 daughter of the late William and Mary Haskins. The family will receive friends Saturday, October 27, 2012 from 1:00 until 1:45 PM at Pleasant Plains Baptist Church, 3316 Pleasant Plains Rd., Matthews, NC 28105 followed by...
Montez Miller
Oct 24, 2012
Montez Haskins Miller MONROE - Montez Haskins Miller, 86, passed away Wednesday, October 24, 2012. She was born in Sarasota, Florida on May 21, 1926 daughter of the late William and Mary Haskins. The family will receive friends Saturday, October 27, 2012 from 1:00 until 1:45 PM at Pleasant Plains Baptist Church, 3316 Pleasant Plains Rd., Matthews, NC 28105...
Elisabeth (Hilliges) Albert
Oct 20, 2012
Elisabeth Hilliges Albert, 89, died Saturday, October 20, 2012. Elisabeth was born in Germany, October 26, 1922 daughter of the late Johannes and Emma Harm Hilliges. She was a retired school teacher. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday, October 22, 2012 at 10:00 AM in the Historic Matthews, NC cemetery. A memorial service will be held Monday also...
Jimmy S. Kennington
Oct 20, 2012
Dateline: Indian Trail, NC Jimmy S. Kennington, 73, died Saturday, October 20, 2012. Jimmy was born in Union County, NC October 23, 1938 son of the late James Elmore and Jewel Aydell Deese Kennington. He was a US Navy veteran. A funeral service will be held Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 11:00 AM in the Gordon Funeral Chapel, 1904...
Ralph Murray Adams
Oct 19, 2012
Ralph Murray Adams, 68, died Friday October 19, 2012. Murray was born in Union County, NC October 8, 1944 son of Vera Rorie Martin and the late Kenneth Lamar Adams. He was a retired employee of the N. C. Highway Department. He was preceded in death by a son Jimmy Adams and a daughter Tammie Adams. Murray is survived...
Wesley Shaw
Oct 16, 2012
Wesley Edward Shaw, 75, passed away Tuesday, October 16, 2012. He was born in Union County, NC on January 20, 1937 son of the late Wesley Vernon and Avis Lanell Strawn Shaw. Mr. Shaw was a US Army veteran and a retired college professor. Mr. Shaw is survived by his wife, Mary Baker Shaw, sons, Wesley Edward Shaw, Jr....
James Wolfe
Oct 16, 2012
James Howard Wolfe MONROE - James Howard Wolfe, 74, passed away Tuesday, October 16, 2012. He was born on June 28, 1938 son of the late Marvin and Pauline Morris Wolfe. Long-tenured in the Charlotte food brokerage business, Mr. Wolfe was with the J.A. Richardson Co., Allegiance Brokerage and Crossmark. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday, October 19,...
James Howard Wolfe
Oct 16, 2012
James Howard Wolfe, 74, passed away Tuesday, October 16, 2012. He was born on June 28, 1938 son of the late Marvin and Pauline Morris Wolfe. Long-tenured in the Charlotte food brokerage business, Mr. Wolfe was with the J.A. Richardson Co., Allegiance Brokerage and Crossmark. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday, October 19, 2012 at 3:00 PM in...
Wesley Edward Shaw
Oct 16, 2012
Wesley Edward Shaw, 75, passed away Tuesday, October 16, 2012. He was born in Union County, NC on January 20, 1937 son of the late Wesley Vernon and Avis Lanell Strawn Shaw. Mr. Shaw was a US Army veteran and a retired college professor. Mr. Shaw is survived by his wife, Mary Baker Shaw, sons, Wesley Edward Shaw, Jr....
Michael "Mike" Aycoth
Oct 12, 2012
Michael Mike Wayne Aycoth, 45, passed away Friday, October 12, 2012. Mike was born February 15, 1967 in Union County. Son of the late Ronald Wayne Aycoth and Ms. Dianne Webb Avery. Mike was employed by Conbraco Industries Inc. Mike is survived by his loving wife Alma Michelle Boyd Aycoth, sons Dustin William Aycoth, and Jason Lucas Aycoth; daughter...
Verla Mae (Secrest) Mccain
Oct 10, 2012
Verla Secrest McCain, 78, passed away Wednesday, October 10, 2012. She was born in Union County, NC on August 27, 1934 daughter of the late Mark and Mazie Helms Secrest. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM, Friday, October 12, 2012 at Gordon Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at Lakeland Memorial Park. Mrs. McCain is survived by her husband,...
Mary Ann Webb
Oct 8, 2012
Dateline: Waxhaw, NC Mary Ann Webb, 69, passed away Monday, October 8, 2012. She was born in New Haven, Connecticutt on October 16, 1942 daughter of the late Steven and Helen Opalski. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at 2:00 PM at Hermon Baptist Church. The family will receive friends at 1:00 PM prior to the...
Timothy Lane Pressley
Oct 7, 2012
Dateline: Monroe, NC Timothy Lane Pressley, 50, passed away October 7, 2012. He was born in Monroe, NC November 15, 1961, son of Helen Pressley Poole and the late Robert Harold Pressley. He was a loving husband, father, soul mate and best friend. He was a generous soul who didn’t know a stranger. He gave without asking and always...
Barbara M. Hollis
Oct 7, 2012
Dateline: Monroe, NC Barbara M. Hollis, 67, passed away Sunday, October 7, 2012. She was born on August 27, 1945 daughter of the late John Edward and May Dyal McKinley. Mrs. Hollis was a graduate of Florida Southern College and received her masters of social work from UNC-Chapel Hill. She was Coordinator for Child Protective Services with Mecklenburg County...
Mary Elizabeth (Horton) Ray
Oct 6, 2012
Mary Elizabeth Horton Ray, 82, passed away Saturday, October 6, 2012. She was born April 30, 1930 in Union County daughter of the late Joel Otis Horton Sr. and Florence Clark Horton. She is also preceded in death by her husband Joel David Ray, Sr. A graveside service will be held 2:00 PM Monday, October 8, 2012 at Lakeland...
Gladys Pope Hilton
Oct 2, 2012
Gladys Pope Hilton, 96, passed away October 2, 2012. She was born in Union County on September 10, 1916, daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson and Rebecca Jane Lowery Pope. She was preceded in death by her husband, George William Hilton and grandchildren, Jordon Price and Kisha Greene Tarlton. One of Ms. Hilton's hobbies was making dolls of several...
Thomas Knaak
Sep 30, 2012
Dateline: Wingate, NC Thomas Edward Knaak, I, 68, passed away September 30, 2012. He was born January 31, 1944 in Milwaukee County, WI, son of the late John Bernard and Leona Jacobsen Knaak. Private funeral services will be held later. Gordon Funeral Service and Crematory is caring for the Knaak family. Online condolences may be made at www.gordonfuneralservice.com Published...
Helen Hartis Tomberlin
Sep 29, 2012
Dateline: Monroe, NC Mrs. Helen Hartis Tomberlin 85 passed away Saturday September 29, 2012. She was born in Union County on October 22, 1926, daughter of the late Samuel and Annie Hartis. Mrs. Tomberlin was retired from the Union County Public Schools serving in the cafeterias. She was preceded in death by her husbands Sidney Helms and Henry Tomberlin...
Lesley Parr
Sep 21, 2012
Dateline: Monroe, NC Lesley William Parr, 83, passed away September 21, 2012. He was born July 8, 1929, son of the late William and Cletus Hill Parr. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Leslie Parr Kolivas, son, Terry William Parr, brothers Kenneth and Robert Parr and sister Ula Parr Vealey. Mr. Parr was educated at Newton High...
