Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC
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...
Joel Richard Jackson
Sep 16, 2012
Dateline: Monroe, NC Joel Richard Jackson May 30, 1939 - September 16, 2012 Joel Richard Jackson passed away peacefully the evening of Sept. 16, 2012, at home with his family. Born to Henry Richard and Rose Spiegel Jackson in Wausau, WI, on May 30, 1939, Joel was the youngest of four children, Mary Jackson Rush, David Jackson and twin-sister...
Mary Lee (Dowless) Blackburn
Sep 15, 2012
Mary Walters Blackburn, 86, had her children by her side when she passed away peacefully Saturday, September 15, 2012. She was born July 27, 1926 in Anson County to the late Marion Lester and Addie Tucker Walters. She is also preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, Clarence Blackburn, and a stepdaughter Susie Blackburn Oxford. She is...
Christopher Lowery
Sep 13, 2012
Christopher Lowery, 46, of Monroe, NC died Wednesday, September 13, 2012 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC. He was born in Newport, RI on October 10, 1965. He was the son of Dawn and Snyder Griffin of Monroe, and Robert Lowery of Wilmington, NC. He is survived by his parents Dawn and Snyder Griffin and Robert Lowery, three...
Robert Ney Brantley
Sep 13, 2012
Robert Ney Brantley, age 80, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 13, 2012 at the Hospice House in Monroe. Mr. Brantley was born November 11, 1931 in Monroe, a son of the late Murphy Secrest Brantley and Connie Helms Brantley. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Clayton Duck Brantley and Clarence Sug...
Myra Welsh Shannonhouse
Sep 11, 2012
Myra Welsh Shannonhouse of Baltimore, MD, 84, had her family by her side when she died peacefully Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at Sardis Oaks Nursing Home in Charlotte, NC. She was born May 8, 1928, in Monroe to William Bratton Welsh and Gladys Bass Welsh. She is preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Royal Graham Shannonhouse...
Ray Polk
Sep 9, 2012
Mr. Arnold Ray Polk died Sunday, September 9, 2012 at the Hospice House in Monroe. Born June 20, 1935, he was the son of the late Carl and Lillian Rushing Polk. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn Walters Polk (August 24, 1997), daughter Kathy Dawn Polk (July 13, 1975) and a sister, Linda Polk Baucom...
Judith Sandra Murphy
Sep 8, 2012
Judith Judy Sandra Murphy, 64, passed away Saturday, September 8, 2012. She was born in Manchester, NH on May 19, 1948 to Irene Martineau Crunkleton and the late Leo Joseph Raymond. Judy is survived by her mother Irene Martineau Crunkleton of Monroe, two daughters Lora Murphy of Monroe, Patricia Bowman of PA, two brothers Roy and Bill Crunkleton both...
Pope Lee Buford
Sep 2, 2012
Dateline: Wingate, NC Pope Lee Buford, III, 68, passed away Sunday, September 2, 2012. He was born in Newberry, SC on October 21, 1943 son of the late Pope Lee and Nan Drucilla Dawkins Buford. A memorial service will be held 6:00 PM Friday, September 7, 2012 at Gordon Funeral Chapel, 1904 Lancaster Ave., Monroe, NC 28112. The family...
Katlynn Carol Keziah
Sep 1, 2012
Dateline: Waxhaw, NC Katlynn Carol Keziah, the love of everyone’s life, passed away September 1, 2012. She was born April 19, 2011 in Mecklenburg County, NC. She was the loving little sister of Holden and Rylynn Keziah. She was hands-down the greatest baby in the Carolinas and loved more than anything in the world by her mother and father,...
George Elton Hart
Aug 30, 2012
Dateline: Jenison, MI George Elton Hart, 90, passed away August 30, 2012. He was born in Montcalm County, MI on June 14, 1922, son of the late George Wilbur and Ellen Thayer Hart. Mr. Hart is survived by two sons, Douglas Hart of Fremont, OH and Richard Hart of Cochabamba, Bolivia; a daughter, Karen Hayden of Harleysville, PA; a...
A. Dale Starnes
Aug 23, 2012
A. Dale Starnes, 66, passed away August 23, 2012. He was born in Union County on January 7, 1946, son of the late Amon and Lela Walden Starnes. Funeral services will be Monday, August 27, 2012 at 11:00 AM in Roanoke Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Lakeland Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Sunday, August 26, 2012...
Donnie William Deese
Aug 21, 2012
Dateline: Waxhaw, NC Donnie William Deese, 55, passed away August 21, 2012. He was born in Union County on April 1, 1957, son of the late Milton W. and Dezilee Baker Deese. He was preceded in death by a brother, Larry Deese and a nephew, Brian Deese. Funeral service will be Thursday, August 23, 2012 at 11:00 AM in...
