Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC
H. A. Griffin
Feb 11, 2013
H. A. Griffin MARSHVILLE - H. A. Griffin, 84, passed away Monday, February 11, 2013, at Autumn Care. He was born in Union County, NC on August 16, 1928 son of the late Zeb Vance and Lois Gaddy Griffin. Mr. Griffin was a retired yard master with Southern Railroad and a member of Marshville United Methodist Church. The family...
H. A. Griffin
Feb 11, 2013
Dateline: Marshville, NC H. A. Griffin, 84, passed away Monday, February 11, 2013 at Autumn Care. He was born in Union County, NC on August 16, 1928 son of the late Zeb Vance and Lois Gaddy Griffin. Mr. Griffin was a retired yard master with Southern Railroad and a member of Marshville United Methodist Church. The family will receive...
Donald Raphael English
Feb 7, 2013
Donald (Don) Raphael English, 70, passed away Thursday, February 7, 2013. He was born March 21, 1942 in Lycoming County, PA son of the late Woodrow and Virginia King English. A memorial service will be held 6:00 PM, Monday, February 11, 2013 in Gordon Funeral Chapel, 1904 Lancaster Ave. Monroe NC, 28112. Don is survived by his loving wife...
Ruth Bryant Trull
Feb 4, 2013
Dateline: Wingate, NC Ruth Bryant Trull, 92, passed away Monday, February 4, 2013. She was born in Union County on January 7, 1921, daughter of the late Clement Marshall and Betty Elizabeth Smith Bryant. She was preceded in death by her husband, Homer Wilson Trull; three brothers and four sisters. Mrs. Trull worked as a punch operator at GM...
Betty Jean Tangari
Feb 4, 2013
Dateline: Mint Hill, NC Betty Jean Tangari, 86, passed away Monday, February 4, 2013. She was the 2nd youngest of 6 siblings, born August 21, 1926 to Frank and Bessie Niven in Waxhaw, NC. Betty was a member of Central Church of God on Sardis Road in Charlotte, NC. Betty met Vincent J. Tangari in Waxhaw while he was...
Betty Tangari
Feb 4, 2013
Betty Jean Tangari MINT HILL - Betty Jean Tangari, 86, passed away Monday, February 4, 2013. She was the second youngest of six siblings, born August 21, 1926 to Frank and Bessie Niven in Waxhaw, NC. Betty was a member of Central Church of God on Sardis Road in Charlotte, NC. Betty met Vincent J. Tangari in Waxhaw while...
Ruth Trull
Feb 4, 2013
Ruth Bryant Trull WINGATE - Ruth Bryant Trull, 92, passed away Monday, February 4, 2013. Funeral services will be Friday, February 8, 2013 at 2:00 PM in Gordon Funeral Chapel, 1904 Lancaster Ave., Monroe, NC 28112 with burial to follow in Lakeland Memorial Park. The family will visit with friends and relatives prior to the service from 12:30 -...
Clara Smith (Howie) Mcdonald
Feb 3, 2013
Dateline: Monroe, NC Clara Howie Smith McDonald, 96, passed away Sunday, February 3, 2013. She was born in Union County, NC on November 3, 1916 daughter of the late Baxter Fulton and Leona Helms Howie. Mrs. McDonald was a retired city of Monroe employee. Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 3:00 PM in Mineral Springs...
J. "Pop Pop" Herring
Feb 3, 2013
Dateline: Monroe, NC J. C. Herring, “Pop Pop”, 94, passed away Sunday, February 3, 2013. He was born in Union County, NC on March 6, 1918 son of the late Hannibal Richard and Beulah Turner Herring. Mr. Herring was a US Navy WW II veteran and a retired supervisor in the textile industry. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, gardening and...
Penny Kay Jenkins
Jan 28, 2013
Dateline: Monroe, NC Penny Kay Jenkins, 49, passed away Monday, January 28, 2013. She was born in Cumberland County, New Jersey on August 24, 1963 daughter of Bessie Steel McAllister and the late Robert McAllister. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 2, 2013 at 11:00 AM in West Monroe Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Lakeland Memorial Park....
James "Jim" Muldrow
Jan 27, 2013
Dateline: MONROE James Steven (Jim) Muldrow passed away Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, after a two-year battle with intestinal cancer. Jim was born in Monroe, N.C., on May 1, 1958. He attended Wingate Elementary, East Union Middle School and Forest Hills High School. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Journalism in 1980 from his beloved University of North Carolina...
James Muldrow
Jan 27, 2013
James Steven Muldrow Jim MONROE - James Steven Jim Muldrow passed away Sunday, January 27, 2013, after a two-year battle with intestinal cancer. Jim was born in Monroe, N.C., on May 1, 1958. He attended Wingate Elementary, East Union Middle School and Forest Hills High School. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Journalism in 1980 from his beloved...
John Edward Lipke
Jan 25, 2013
John Edward Lipke, 65, passed away, January 25, 2013. He was born September 2, 1947 to in Derby, CT. son to the late Edward Irene Valvick Lipke. The family will receive friends on Thursday, January 31, 2013 from 6:00PM until 8:00PM at Gordon Funeral Service, 1904 Lancaster Ave. Monroe NC, 28112. John is survived by a daughter Mary Beth...
Hymie Jacob Williams
Jan 23, 2013
Dateline: Monroe, NC Hymie Jacob Williams, 88 of Unionville, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 23, 2013. Hymie was born in Canton, Ohio on April 30, 1924, son of the late Celia and Louis Williams. He attended Moody Bible Institute where he met his beloved wife, Martha Seabolt. He was an accomplished musician and traveled...
Ruby Jewel Pressley
Jan 22, 2013
Dateline: Monroe, NC Ruby Jewel Pressley, 81, passed away Tuesday, January 22, 2013. She was born in Union County on March 11, 1931, daughter of the late Onis and Dora Ann Williams Guion. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Craven Eugene Pressley. Mrs. Pressley is survived by her daughter, Barbara Richardson, of Charlotte; brothers, Harold Guion...
Evelyn Dare Starnes Twitty
Jan 18, 2013
Monroe NC Evelyn Dare Starnes Twitty, 104, passed away Friday, January 18, 2013 at Lake Park Nursing Center. She was born in Union County on April 3, 1908, daughter of the late Thomas Eli Drake and Ida Cunnup Starnes. She was preceded in death by her husband, Boyet Avery Twitty, Sr., after whom Lake Twitty was named. She was...
Evelyn Dare Starnes Twitty
Jan 18, 2013
Evelyn Dare Starnes Twitty MONROE - Evelyn Dare Starnes Twitty, 104, passed away Friday, January 18, 2013, at Lake Park Nursing Center. She was born in Union County on April 3, 1908, daughter of the late Thomas Eli Drake and Ida Cunnup Starnes. She was preceded in death by her husband, Boyet Avery Twitty, Sr., after whom Lake Twitty...
Dillon Ray Laney
Jan 13, 2013
Dateline: Monroe, NC Dillon Ray Laney, 70, passed away Sunday, January 13, 2013. He was born February 9, 1942 in Union County son to the late Ray Vann and Kathleen Anderson Laney. He is also preceded in death by his brother Roger Laney, and a sister Judy Laney. He retired from Charlotte Plastics and was an avid hunter with...
Bobby Shaw
Jan 10, 2013
Bobby Vernon Shaw MONROE - Bobby Vernon Shaw, 69, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2013, following a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born on August 18, 1943 in Union County, son of the late Wesley Vernon and Avis Strawn Shaw. He was preceded in death by his brother, Wesley Ed Shaw. Mr. Shaw was a graduate of Western...
Bobby Vernon Shaw
Jan 10, 2013
Monroe, NC Bobby Vernon Shaw, 69, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2013, following a lengthy battle with cancer, and with his loving family by his side. He was born on August 18, 1943 in Union County, son of the late Wesley Vernon and Avis Strawn Shaw. He was preceded in death by his brother, Wesley Ed Shaw. Mr. Shaw...
