Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC
Doyle William Martin
Jan 24, 2012
Doyle William Martin, 72, passed away Tuesday, January 24, 2012. He was born in Charleston, West Virginia on February 1, 1939 son of the late William and Darley Strickland Martin. The family will receive friends Friday, January 27, 2012 from 6:00 until 8:00 PM at Gordon Funeral Service, 1904 Lancaster Ave., Monroe, NC 28112. Mr. Martin is survived by...
Robert Belk Neill
Jan 23, 2012
Robert Belk Neill, 96, of Monroe, passed away Monday, January 23, 2012 at his home. Funeral services to celebrate his life will be conducted at 2:30 PM, Thursday, January 26, 2012 at First Presbyterian Church, officiated by Rev. Jason Haas. Interment will follow at Lakeland Memorial Park. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 1:00 to...
Frank Michael Meyer
Jan 15, 2012
Frank Michael Meyer, 72, died in his sleep on Sunday, January 15, 2012 at White Oak Manor in Charlotte. Born in Chicago, Illinois on February 12, 1939, he was the only son of the late Frank E. Meyer and Florence S. Meyer. Frank grew up outside of Chicago in Glenview, Illinois and was married to Karen S. Meyer on...
Randall "Randy" Owen
Jan 11, 2012
Randall Randy Gerald Owen, 61, passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2012. He was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on December 18, 1950 son of the late Robert and Hazel Wheeler Owen. Mr. Owen was a US Marine veteran. Funeral services will be held Monday, January 16, 2012 at 2:00 PM at Gordon Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow in Lakeland...
Mary Lee Griffin Connell
Jan 11, 2012
Dateline: Monroe, NC Mary Lee Griffin Connell, 85, passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2012. She was a joy to her family and friends and was caring and kind to all she came into contact with. Mrs. Connell enjoyed the outdoors, especially gardening, and she enjoyed her favorite cat. The family will receive friends Friday, January 13, 2012 from 1:00...
Mary Lee (Blount) Rushing
Jan 6, 2012
Mary Lee Blount Rushing, 80, died Friday, January 6, 2012. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday January 10, 2012 at 1:00 PM in the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 5909 Wolf Pond Rd., Monroe, NC 28112. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Gordon Funeral Service is caring for the Rushing family Published online on January 14, 2012 courtesy of...
Clarence Blackburn
Jan 5, 2012
Clarence Edward Blackburn, 88, passed away Thursday, January 5, 2012. He was born in York County, SC on September 25, 1923 son of the late Murphy Vanford and Jennie Goldie Williams Blackburn. Mr. Blackburn was the retired owner of C B Appliance Repair and was a US Army WWII veteran. A graveside service with military honors will be held...
Ronald Spohn
Jan 5, 2012
Ronald Eugene Spohn, 72, passed away January 5, 2012. He was born February 28, 1939, in Cook County, IL, son of the late Leslie John and Josephine Duran Spohn. Funeral mass will be held Monday, January 9, 2012 at 11:00 AM in Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. A rosary service will be held Sunday, January 8, 2012 at...
Clifford Fowler
Jan 4, 2012
Clifford Clinton Fowler, 85, died on Wednesday, January 4, 2012. He was a man who loved his Lord, his family and his country. A veteran of World War II, he was a member of the American Legion and the Waxhaw Masonic Lodge. He and his lovely wife of 64 years were the proud parents of three children and grandparents...
William "Billy" Watkins
Dec 30, 2011
William Billy Edward Watkins, 81, passed away Friday, December 30, 2011. Billy was born November 29, 1930, in Union County, NC, son of the late Lonnie Baxter and Margaret Elma Hargett Watkins, he is also preceded in death by a son Edward Eddie Watkins. Funeral services will be held 2 :00 PM, Tuesday, January 3, 2012 in Gordon Funeral...
Winfred Dewitt Rape
Dec 30, 2011
Winfred Dewitt Rape, 94, passed away December 30, 2011. He was born in Union County on September 15, 1917, son of the late Dewitt and Willie Arant Rape; he is also preceded in death by two brothers Millon Rape, Odell Rape, and a sister Mary Snead. Funeral services will be held in Gordon Funeral Chapel on Monday, January 2,...
Lewis Donald Taylor
Dec 27, 2011
Lewis Donald Taylor, 67, passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2011. He was born in Anson County, NC on July 6, 1944 son of the late Wilson and Agnes Ferree Taylor. A memorial service will be held Friday, December 30, 2011 at 11:00 AM at Prospect United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends following the service. Mr. Taylor was...
Karen Gecola Philemon
Dec 18, 2011
Karen Gecola Philemon, 55, passed away Sunday, December 18, 2011. She was born in Union County, NC on June 5, 1956 daughter of Daniel Rodgell and Mary Helen Purser Philemon. Karen was a member of Friendly Baptist Church, a graduate of Piedmont High School, class of 1974 and was an employee at PCA Corp for 37 years. She was...
Shirley Clark (Horton) Surratt
Dec 16, 2011
Shirley Clark Horton Surratt (Nanny) went home peacefully to be with her Lord and Savior Friday evening, December 16, 2011, at her residence, surrounded by her loving family, and was reunited in Heaven with her husband John Surratt, Jr. and son John Lee Surratt. She was born February 5, 1927 in Union County daughter of the late Otis and...
Ruth Mcclellan Mangum
Dec 10, 2011
Dateline: Monroe, NC Ruth McClellan Mangum, 75, passed away Saturday, December 10, 2011. She was born in Union County, NC on October 2, 1936 daughter of the late Roland and Vera Neal McClellan. She was also preceded in death by brothers, Robert and Bruce McClellan. Mrs. Mangum was a homemaker and a retired hairdresser. The family will receive friends...
Henry "Mac" Foster
Dec 8, 2011
Henry M. Foster Mac, 85, of Monroe, formerly of Charlotte and Holden Beach, passed away on December 8, 2011. He was born in Union, SC to John Henry and Estelle Wilburn Foster and moved to Charlotte at an early age. Mr. Foster retired from the U.S. Postal Service in Charlotte after 37 years. He served two years in the...
Margaret Rose Fought
Dec 5, 2011
Margaret Rose Fought, 45, passed away Monday, December 5, 2011. She was born on January 4, 1966 daughter of the late Charles and Betty Absher Fought. A memorial service will be held Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 11:00 AM in the Mineral Springs United Methodist Church. Gordon Funeral Service of Monroe is caring for the Fought family. Online condolences...
Marvin Dwight Price
Dec 3, 2011
Marvin Dwight Price, age 75 passed away on December 3, 2011. He was born in Unionville, NC to the late Marvin Erastus and Mildred Haigler Price. He is survived by his wife, Virginia Ann Price; two children Jackie Price Shaw (husband Mike), and Eddie Dwight Price (wife Robin); four grand-children, Brittany and Brett Shaw, and Abbey and Elijah Price;...
Frances (Townsend) Adcock
Dec 2, 2011
Mrs. Frances Townsend Adcock 85, passed away December 2, 2011. She was born in Robeson County, NC November 19, 1926, daughter of the late Jerry Ruben Townsend and the late Nora Lewis Townsend. Funeral services will be held Monday December 5th at 2:00 PM in Sardis Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Ken Parson and Rev. Ken Hucks. Interment will...
Arleigh Skinner Gaskins
Nov 24, 2011
Arleigh Skinner Gaskins of Monroe died on Thanksgiving day, November 24, 2011, after a brief illness. Born in Henderson on December 28, 1917 to Lonnie Arleight Skinner and Rosa Biddle Skinner, Arleigh grew up in Henderson and Gastonia. After high school she moved to New Bern where she met her Husband of 71 years, Eura DuVal “Ed” Gaskins who...
