Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC
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...
Emma Jane Honeycutt
Nov 24, 2011
Emma Jane Honeycutt, 91, passed away Thursday, November 24, 2011, born May 9, 1920 in Mitchell County, son to the late James Blaine and Hester Hughes Ray. She is also preceded in death by her husband Luther Honeycutt, and son Alvin C Honeycutt. Funeral Services will be held 3:00 PM on Sunday, November 27, 2011 in Henline-Hughs Funeral Chapel...
Mary (Thomas) Starnes
Nov 20, 2011
Mary Thomas Starnes, 75, passed away Sunday, November 20, 2011. She was born on August 18, 1936 in Union County, NC daughter of the late George William and Minnie Oliver Thomas. Mrs. Starnes was preceded in death by her husband, Johnny Harvey Starnes and sons, Randy H. and Charles Starnes. She is survived by daughter-in-law, Gail Starnes of Monroe,...
Dorothy Frances Stephens
Nov 15, 2011
Dorothy Frances Stephens, 83, passed away Tuesday, November 15, 2011. She was born in Smith County, Tennessee on April 16, 1928 daughter of the late Frank and Mallie Sircy Kirby. Mrs. Stephens is survived by sons, Jerry Stephens of Salisbury, Gary and Keith Stephens, both of Waxhaw, brother, William Kirby of Tennessee, 6 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. A...
Carolyn Ann Gaddy Helms
Nov 15, 2011
Dateline: Monroe, NC Carolyn Ann Gaddy Helms, 65, passed away Tuesday, November 15, 2011. She was born in Union County, NC on July 21, 1946 daughter of Willa Pigg Gaddy Rorie and the late Willard Gaddy. Mrs. Helms was a 39 year employee of Monroe Hardware Co. Funeral services will be held Thursday, November 17, 2011, 2:00 PM at...
Ocie Ivy (Mickey) Gordon
Nov 13, 2011
Ocie Ivy Mickey Gordon, 75, passed away Sunday, November 13, 2011. She was born in Berkeley County, SC on July 2, 1936 daughter of the late Louis and Iona Myzell. Mrs. Gordon was a retired employee of Yale Security and a member of Mineral Springs United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends Tuesday, November 15, 2011 from 10:00...
Sarah Lee (O'Shields) Layton
Nov 8, 2011
Sarah O'Shields Layton, 72, passed away Tuesday, November 8, 2011. She was born June 12, 1939 in Mecklenburg County, NC daughter to the late Lewis Elmer and Daisy Sullivan O'Shields. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Saturday, November 12, 2011 in Gordon Funeral Chapel, 1904 Lancaster Ave., Monroe NC 28112, with burial to follow in Lakeland Memorial Park....
James Griffin
Nov 3, 2011
James Griffin, 84, passed away November 3, 2011. He was born March 27, 1927 in Lancaster County, SC, son of the late Floyd and Ruth McManus Griffin. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Diane Stevens. Funeral services will be Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 2:00 PM in Gordon Funeral Chapel, 1904 Lancaster Avenue, Monroe, NC 28112. Burial...
Jimmy Lane Montgomery
Oct 27, 2011
Jimmy Lane Montgomery, 73, passed away October 27, 2011. He was born August 26, 1938 in Cabarrus County, son of the late Cade Hazel and Norma Laney Montgomery; he is also preceded in death by his wife Johnsie Flowers Montgomery. A memorial service will be held Monday, October 31, 2011 at 1:00 pm in Gordon Funeral Chapel, 1904 Lancaster...
Peggy Joyce Simpson
Oct 25, 2011
Dateline: Monroe, NC Peggy Joyce Simpson, 81, passed away Tuesday, October 25, 2011, after a brief stay in Hospice of Union County, with her family by her side. She was born on August 25, 1930 in Monroe, daughter of the late Hoyle Jefferson and Myrtle Marylee Love Simpson. Peggy began working at the age of seventeen for Johnston Mills,...
