Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC
James Allan Williams
Jun 27, 2011
Dateline: Waxhaw, NC James Allan Williams, 55, passed away Monday, June 27, 2011. He was born in Union County NC on October 18, 1955 Dorothy Cochrell Williams and the late James Lewis Williams. Mr. Williams was a US Army veteran and a current member of the North Carolina National Guard. The family will receive friends Friday from 9:30 until...
Loumis C. Thomas
Jun 26, 2011
Dateline: Monroe, NC Loumis C. Thomas, 73, passed away Sunday, June 26, 2011. He was born in Union County, NC on December 8, 1937 son of the late Claude and Lessie Taylor Thomas. Loumis worked for many years at Charlotte Pipe Foundry and Wiggins Construction Company in Monroe. A graveside funeral service will be held Wednesday, June 29, 2011...
James Pemberton Melton
Jun 24, 2011
James Pemberton Melton, 89 died Friday, June 24, 2011. James was born in Union County, NC, May 15, 1922 son of the late Alexander and Carrie Helms Melton. He was a retired employee of Scott Aviation. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday, June 27, 2011 at 3:00PM in the Sandy Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive...
Bernistene Lovett Armstrong
Jun 23, 2011
Dateline: Wingate, NC Bernistene Lovett Armstrong, 84, passed away June 23, 2011. She was born September 4, 1926 in Bladen County, daughter of the late Norman and Irene McClain Lovett. She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Alfred Benjamin Armstrong, on June 5, 2011. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Sue Arant...
Walter "Zeb" Aycoth
Jun 22, 2011
Dateline: Monroe, NC Mr. Walter Zebulon “Zeb” Aycoth, 95, went home to be with his Lord, Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at White Oak Manor in Waxhaw surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Aycoth was born in Union County on August 26, 1915, son of the late W. A. and Minnie Green Aycoth. He was an active member of New...
Robert Neal Laney
Jun 22, 2011
Dateline: Monroe, NC Robert Neal Laney, 86, passed away Wednesday, June 22, 2011. He was born in Union County, NC on May 20, 1925 son of the late J. Walter and Wilma Armfield Laney. Mr. Laney was a US Navy WW II veteran. A graveside service will be held Saturday, June 25, 2011 at 2:00 PM at Monroe City...
Cole Roberts
May 27, 2011
Cole Roberts, 26, died Friday, May 27, 2011 as a result of an automobile accident. Cole was born in Lumberton, NC April 24, 1985, son of Jeffrey Eugene and Melody Loughran Roberts. Cole was a graduate of Central Piedmont Community College and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He was an avid...
Phyllis Carol Echols
May 24, 2011
Dateline: Monroe, NC Phyllis Carol Echols,76, passed away on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. She was born on November 7, 1934 in West Virginia daughter of the late Harry and Claudetta Daniels Johnson. Funeral services will be held Friday, May 27, 2011 at 11:00 AM at Mary Elizabeth Baptist Church, 3703 Mary Elizabeth Church Rd., Waxhaw, NC 28173. Burial will...
Evelyn Seamon Hood
May 19, 2011
Evelyn Seamon Hood MONROE - Evelyn Seamon Hood, 82, passed away May 19, 2011. She was born in Rowan County on Sept. 23, 1928, daughter of the late James R. and Mary Elizabeth Taylor Seamon. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Lee Hood. Ms. Hood is survived by her son, Larry and his wife, Diane of...
Robert E. Mcadams
May 2, 2011
Dateline: Monroe, NC Dr. Robert E. McAdams, 82, passed away Monday, May 2, 2011. He was born in Hudson, Colorado on January 2, 1929 to Thomas and Mamie McAdams. Robert started school in Hudson, Co. and later moved to Greeley, Co with his family. There he met the love of his life, Lois Murrow and they were married on...
Mark "Anthony" Griffin
Apr 28, 2011
Dateline: Pageland, SC Mark “Anthony” Griffin, 31, passed away April 28, 2011. He was born in Union County, NC on August 10, 1979, son of Mark Wayne and Marina Shoemaker Griffin. The funeral service will be Monday, May 2, 2011 at 3:00 PM in Gordon Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow in Wolf Pond Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will...
Norma Laney Montgomery
Apr 27, 2011
Dateline: Monroe, NC Norma Laney Montgomery, 95, passed away April 27, 2011. She was born in Union County, NC on January 8, 1916, daughter of the late Zeb Vance and Amanda Griffin Laney. A graveside service will be Friday, April 29, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. at Sandy Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will visit with friends following the...
Linda Helms Edwards
Apr 26, 2011
Waxhaw, NC Linda Helms Edwards, 70, went home to be with the Lord April 26, 2011, surrounded by her loving family and friends. She was born in Cabarrus County, NC on September 19, 1940, daughter of the late Robert Ralston and Ollie Mae Strawn Helms. Mrs. Edwards earned her B.S. and Master’s degrees from Appalachian State University. She served...
Peggy Watts Gay
Apr 26, 2011
Waxhaw, NC Peggy Watts Gay, 75, passed away April 26, 2011. She was born May 28, 1935 in Union County, NC, daughter of the late Norris Wilson (Rube) and Clara McGuirt Watts. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Wayne (R.W.) Gay. A graveside service will be Friday, April 29, 2011 at Sandy Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery...
Lester Earl Rigdon
Apr 22, 2011
Dateline: Monroe, NC Reverend Lester Earl Rigdon (retired) went on to be with the Lord Jesus Christ on April 22, 2011 at 11:30 p.m. at CMC-Union, Monroe, NC. Lester was born on June 28, 1927 in Marion, Ohio. At age 16, he earned his pilot’s license and was, at that time, the youngest pilot in the state of Ohio....
John Charles Barbera
Apr 17, 2011
Dateline: Monroe, NC John Charles “Jack” Barbera, 58, passed away Sunday, April 17, 2011. He was born in Cambridge, MA on March 14, 1953 son of the late Joseph Salvatore and Thelma Marie Ebert Barbera. Jack was a US Air Force veteran. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at 7:00 PM at the American Legion...
Erzsebet Redling
Apr 5, 2011
Monroe, NC Erzsebet Redling, 77, passed away April 5, 2011. She was born November 18, 1933 in Kup, Hungary, daughter of the late Anna Kosc. She worked as a Certified Nurse’s Assistant and a housekeeper. She is survived by her daughter, Anna Sadiwnyk and husband Stephen of Monroe; sons Vendel Redling, Jr. and wife Anne of Kannapolis and Andy...
Robert Lamar Cassels
Apr 3, 2011
Monroe, NC Robert Lamar Cassels, 83, loving husband and father passed away Sunday, April 3, 2011. He was born in Chester County, SC on February 16, 1928 son of the late Samuel and Margaret Haefner Cassels. Mr. Cassels was a retired Teledyne Allvac employee and a loyal and very active member of First Baptist Church of Monroe. The family...
Delmar Ervin Medlin
Mar 29, 2011
Monroe, NC Delmar Ervin Medlin, Sr., 57, passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2011. He was born in Cabarrus County, NC on August 23, 1953, son of the late Delmar Rowland and Margie Medlin. A memorial service will be held Friday, April 1, 2011 at 2:00 PM in the Gordon Funeral Chapel, 1904 Lancaster Ave., Monroe, NC 28112. The family...
Betty Lee Absher Fought
Mar 23, 2011
Waxhaw, NC Betty Lee Absher Fought, 86, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2011, just two weeks after her husband Charles, to whom she was married for nearly sixty years. She was born in Praise, KY on December 14, 1924 daughter of the late John Absher and Linda Adkins Absher. Betty graduated from Maryville College in 1948 with a degree...
