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Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC

Edna Mcwhorter Moser

Edna Mcwhorter Moser

Nov 16, 2010

Monroe, NC Edna McWhorter Moser, 95, passed away Tuesday, November 16, 2010. She was born in Union County, NC on March 23, 1915 daughter of the late Jim and Josie Carnes McWhorter. Funeral services will be held Friday, November 19, 2010 at 2:00 PM at Bethlehem United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Lakeland Memorial Park. Mrs. Moser was...

Helen Helms Trull

Helen Helms Trull

Nov 15, 2010

Monroe, NC Helen Helms Trull, 83, passed away Monday, November 15, 2010. She was born on October 3, 1927 in Union County, NC, daughter of the late Ray Vann and Ethel Headd Helms. Mrs. Trull was a retired office manager at Goodyear Service Stores for 28 years. A graveside service will be held Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 11:00...

Robert Jerome Tesar

Robert Jerome Tesar

Nov 11, 2010

Dateline: Waxhaw, NC Robert Jerome Tesar, 57, died Thursday, November 11, 2010. Mr. Tesar was born in Memphis, Tennessee September 28, 1953 son of Kathleen McDonald Tesar and the late Jerome James Tesar. He was a packaging designer with Rexham Corporation and a design instructor at Central Piedmont Community College. A memorial service will be held Sunday, November 14,...

William Stamey Phillips

William Stamey Phillips

Nov 7, 2010

Dateline: Monroe, NC William Stamey Phillips, 84, died Sunday, November 7, 2010. Stamey was born in Union County, NC June 25, 1926 son of the late William Hoyte and Sara Baker Phillips. He was a US Army WWII veteran. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at 2:00 PM in the Gordon Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow...

John Clark Munn

John Clark Munn

Nov 5, 2010

Dateline: Monroe, NC John Clark Munn, Jr., 74, died Friday, November 5, 2010. John was born in Montgomery County, NC, October 18, 1936 son of the late John Clark and Annie McCaskill Munn. He was a retired manager in city and county government. Funeral services will be held Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 2:00 PM in the First Presbyterian...

Thirby Glenn Harrill

Thirby Glenn Harrill

Oct 31, 2010

Monroe, NC Thirby Glenn Harrill, 59, passed away Sunday, October 31, 2010. He was born on November 28, 1950 in Rutherford County, NC son of the late Robert Glenn and Mary Ruppe Harrill. Mr. Harrill was employed by the Goulston Technologies Inc. A memorial service will be held Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 1:00 PM at First Baptist Church...

Joan Schempp

Joan Schempp

Oct 22, 2010

Dateline: Monroe, NC Joan Schempp, 83, died Friday, October 22, 2010. Joan was born, January 1, 1927 in Bridgeport, Connecticut daughter of the late George and Margaret Larson Macholowski. She was preceded in death by her husband George Russell Schempp in 1977. Funeral services will be held in Bridgeport, CT at a later date. Mrs. Schempp is survived by...

Okey John High

Okey John High

Oct 16, 2010

Dateline: Monroe Mr. Okey John High, 89, of Monroe, went home to be with his Lord, Saturday, October 16, 2010, while residing at Hospice House of Union County. He was born June 18, 1921 in Peachland, NC, son of the late George Franklin High and Annie Griffin High. Mr. High retired from Duff-Norton, Wadesboro and was a recognized WW...

Marion Lynn Byrum

Marion Lynn Byrum

Oct 9, 2010

Marion Lynn Byrum, 63, went home to be with his Lord, Saturday, October 9, 2010. He was born in Union County, on April 9, 1947, son of Walter Mason and Lorraine Helms Byrum. Mr. Byrum was a residential builder. He enjoyed the beach, fishing, the mountain house and was an avid Tar Heel fan. He especially enjoyed serving the...

Jill Robinson

Jill Robinson

Sep 28, 2010

Dateline: Monroe, NC Miss Jill Elaine Robinson, 67, of Monroe, passed away on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at the Liberty Skilled Nursing and Hospice Care Center. Miss Robinson was born on October 12, 1942 in Philadelphia, PA, the daughter of the late William and Carrie (Meisner) Robinson. She is survived by one brother, David, at home; and sixteen nieces...

Margie Lee Pressley

Margie Lee Pressley

Sep 9, 2010

Monroe, NC Margie Lee Pressley, 87, passed away Thursday, September 9, 2010. She was born in Robeson County, NC on October 10, 1922, daughter of the late Needom and Caroline Cartwright Anderson. Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 3:00 PM in the Gordon Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at Lakeland Memorial Park. Mrs. Pressley was...

George Lewis Guhse

George Lewis Guhse

Sep 7, 2010

Monroe, NC George Lewis Guhse, 84, passed away Tuesday, September 7, 2010. He was born in Somerville, New Jersey on December 5, 1925 son of the late Ewald and Maud Brown Guhse. Mr. Guhse was a US Army, World War II veteran. He was an avid bird watcher and gardener and enjoyed fishing, camping, and hunting. He also volunteered...

Kathleen Fowler

Kathleen Fowler

Sep 6, 2010

Dateline: Monroe, NC Kathleen Belk Fowler, 87, died Monday, September 6, 2010. Mrs. Fowler was born in Union County, NC, June 17, 1923, daughter of the late Luther Lamar and Cora Lee Kizer Belk. Kathleen was a beloved mother, an active lifelong church member and the Order of the Eastern Star. Kathleen was also preceded in death by her...

Nancy Peters Lilley

Nancy Peters Lilley

Sep 6, 2010

Dateline: Monroe, NC Nancy Peters Lilley, 75, passed away Monday, September 6, 2010. She was born in Bristol, VA on March 25, 1935, daughter of the late Carl and Meda Scyphers Peters. A memorial service will be held Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 7:00 PM in Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church. The family will visit with friends and relatives...

Blake Marie Carriker Brooks

Blake Marie Carriker Brooks

Aug 31, 2010

Monroe, NC Blake Marie Carriker Brooks departed this life into the presence of God on August 31, 2010. She was surrounded by her family. Mrs. Brooks was a life-long resident of Union County. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Brooks and her parents, the late Barney S. and Minnie Hinson Carriker. Mrs. Brooks was 81 years...

Evelyn Marie Grider

Evelyn Marie Grider

Aug 21, 2010

Dateline: Monroe, NC EVELYN MARIE MYERS GRIDER Dec. 7, 1952 - August 21, 2010 Marie was born on December 7, 1952 to the late James Myers and Grace Butler Myers of Clinton, NC. Marie passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 21, 2010 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Marie and Walt lived in Monroe, NC for the...

Will E. Goodall

Will E. Goodall

Aug 13, 2010

Dateline: Monroe, NC Will Edward (Bill) Goodall, age 90, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 13, 2010. He was born January 22, 1920, in Lebanon, Tennessee, to the late Earl Carson Goodall and Ada Purnell Goodall. He was preceded in death by one of his sons, Albert Ronald (Ron) Goodall and by two sisters, Martha Belle Bobo and Era...

Mary Freeman

Mary Freeman

Aug 13, 2010

Dateline: Monroe, NC Mary Elizabeth Freeman, 69, died Friday, August 13, 2010. Mrs. Freeman was born in Charleston, SC, August 8, 1941 daughter of the late John Richard and Bernice Benford Morris. Funeral services will be private. Mary is survived by three sons Bruce Wayne Baker of Lenexa, Kansas, Phillip Clark of Las Cruces, NM and John Scott of...

Bright "Lib" Benton

Bright "Lib" Benton

Aug 8, 2010

Dateline: Monroe, NC Bright Elizabeth “Lib” Benton, 89, died Sunday, August 8, 2010. Lib was born in Union Co., NC on October 27, 1920, daughter of the late John Nathan and Sarah Minnie Therrell Hargett. Lib was preceded in death by her husbands, William McDowell, Eustace Walden and J. D. Benton, sons, Sammy and Jimmy McDowell and ten brothers...

Reese Eugene Wilson

Reese Eugene Wilson

Aug 3, 2010

Charlotte, NC Reese Eugene Wilson, 88, of Mint Hill, NC, passed away Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at Presbyterian Hospital, Matthews. Funeral service will be Friday, August 6, 2010 at 11:00 AM in the First Baptist Church of Matthews with burial to follow at 1:00 PM at New Home Baptist Church Cemetery in Anson County, NC. The family will receive...

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