Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC
Wanda Gail Whitaker
Oct 14, 2008
Dateline: Monroe, NC Wanda Gail Whitaker, 56, died Tuesday, October 14, 2008. She was born in Cabarrus County, NC on June 18, 1952 daughter of the late Arthur Daniel and Frankie Christy Honeycutt. Graveside services will be held Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 2:30 PM in Lakeland Memorial Park. Wanda is survived by her husband, Phil Whitaker, daughter, Jenifer...
Michael M. Brooks
Oct 11, 2008
Michael M. Brooks 74, died Friday October 11, 2008 in CMC-Union. He was a native of Monroe born September 15, 1934, son of the late C. McClain and Frances Clark Brooks. A retired security and law enforcement officer, veteran of the US Army, and member of First Presbyterian Church. He was a graduate of Monroe High School and the...
Paulette Bunn Funderburk
Oct 10, 2008
Paulette Bunn Funderburk, 60, died Friday, October 10, 2008. She was born in Anson County on December 1, 1947, daughter of the late Charlie Rayvon and Elizabeth Adams Bunn. Funeral services will be held Sunday, October 12, 2008 at 3:00 PM in Hillcrest Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Friendly Baptist Church cemetery. Mrs. Funderburk is survived by her...
Geraldean Broadway Love
Oct 10, 2008
Mrs. Geraldean Broadway Love, 76, died Friday, October 10, 2008 in the Jesse Helms Center. A native of Union County, she was born January 30, 1932, daughter of the late Thomas E. and Eula Price Broadway. Funeral services will be held Sunday, Oct. 12th at 2:30 PM in the Crooked Creek Primitive Baptist Church, officiated by Elder Larry Austin...
Leola Baucom (Lee) Goodall
Oct 10, 2008
LeOla (Lee) Baucom Goodall, age 82, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 10, 2008, from chronic lung and heart illness. She was born May 2, 1926, in Monroe, North Carolina, to the late Victor and Ola Baucom. She attended Union School and Wingate College. On June 23, 1943, she was united in marriage to Will Edward (Bill) Goodall, of...
Betty W. Muldrow
Sep 27, 2008
Betty Lou Whitaker Muldrow, 76, died Saturday (Sept. 27, 2008) at Carolinas Medical Center-Union. Funeral, officiated by the Rev. Ginger Tucker, the Rev. Phyllis Slaymon and the Rev. J. Derrill Smith, will be 4 p.m. Tuesday at Gordon Funeral Service, with burial in Lakeland Memorial Park. Born Nov. 8, 1931, in Cocke County, Tenn., she was a daughter of...
Lilla Mae Yeargin
Sep 27, 2008
Lilla Mae Yeargin, 93, died Saturday, September 27, 2008. Mrs. Yeargin was born in Lexington, Georgia July 13, 1915 daughter of the late Henry Vann and Emma Jane Tiller Smith. Lilla was preceded in death by her husband Rev. Obie Lee Yeargin and a daughter Emma Jean Campbell. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 2:00PM...
John Haskell Baucom
Sep 25, 2008
Dateline: Marshville NC John Haskell Baucom, 81, died Thursday September 25, 2008. He was born March 18, 1927 in Union County, NC son of the late Clayton Eugene and Lydia Pearl Brewer Baucom. Haskell was retired from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture as a Poultry Inspector; he also was a veteran of the US Navy and served during...
Ruth Elaine Ashley Helms
Sep 25, 2008
Dateline: Monroe, NC Ruth Elaine Ashley Helms, 64, died Thursday, September 25, 2008. Mrs. Helms was born in Wilkes County, NC, April 8, 1944, daughter of the late Austin and Mae Goforth Ashley. Funeral services will be held Monday, September 29, 2008 at 5:00PM in the Chapel of Gordon Funeral Service, 1904 Lancaster Ave., Monroe, NC 28112. The family...
Hurley Benton
Sep 23, 2008
Dateline: Wingate, NC Hurley Benton, Jr., 74, died Tuesday, September 23, 2008. He was born in Union County, N C on January 27, 1934 son of the late Hurley G. and Nancy Odessa Stegall Benton. Mr. Benton was a US Army veteran and an Allstate Insurance agent. Funeral services will be held Thursday, September 25, 2008 at l:00 PM...
Randall Noel Rape
Sep 17, 2008
Monroe, NC Randall Noel Rape, 63, died Wednesday, September 17, 2008. He was born in Lancaster County, SC on April 29, 1945 son of the late Charles P. and Bertha Cauthen Rape. Mr. Rape was a US Army veteran and a retired employee of Heritage Gas Co. Funeral services will be held Friday, September 19, 2008 at 4:00 PM...
Amanda Marie Wooten
Sep 14, 2008
Amanda Marie Wooten, 25, died Sunday, September 14, 2008. She was born in Muncie, Indiana on April 24, 1983 daughter of Robin Lynn Wooten and Sandra Johnson Wooten. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 4:00 PM at Mineral Springs United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Amanda was preceded in death...
Jackie "Jack" Baucom
Sep 11, 2008
Jackie “Jack” H. Baucom, 75, passed away on Thursday, September 11, 2008 at Autumn Care of Marshville, NC after a courageous battle of declining health for the past several years. He was born September 5, 1933 in Union County, NC to the late H. Clyde Baucom and Loma McGuirt Baucom. He was also preceded in death by a sister,...
Albrey Pressley
Sep 5, 2008
Albrey Alvin Pressley, 76, died Friday, September 5, 2008. He was born in Union County, NC on June 14, 1932 son of the late Earl and Emma Eudy Pressley. Mr. Pressley was a retired US Air Force veteran after 21 years. A graveside funeral service will be held Monday, September 8, 2008 at 11:00 AM at Lakeland Memorial Park....
Carrie Lee Mckinney Nash
Sep 5, 2008
Dateline: Monroe NC Carrie Lee McKinney Nash, 89, died Friday, September 5, 2008. She was born in Union County September 5, 1919 daughter of the late Harvey and Ada Irby McKinney. The family will receive friends on Sunday, September 7, 2008 from 6:00PM until 8:00PM at Gordon Funeral Cremation Service, 1904 Lancaster Ave. Monroe. She was preceded in death...
Teresa Spittle
Sep 5, 2008
Teresa Manus Spittle, 52, died Friday, September 5, 2008. She was born in Monroe on May 11, 1956 daughter of the late James Wayne and Ellen Rowell Manus. Mrs. Spittle was an employee of PCA-CPI in Matthews and was of the Baptist faith. The family will receive friends Sunday, September 7, 2008 from 6:00 until 8:00 PM at Gordon...
Bennie Eugene Love
Sep 4, 2008
MONROE - Bennie Eugene Love, 79, died Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. Graveside funeral services 3 p.m Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008, at Crooked Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Gordon Funeral Cremation Service, Monroe. Published in Concord Kannapolis Independent Tribune on September 5, 2008.
Bennie Eugene Love
Sep 4, 2008
Monroe, NC Bennie Eugene Love, 79, died Thursday, September 4, 2008 after an extended illness. He was born in Monroe, NC son of the late Ben and Ruby Hargett Love. Mr. Love retired from Overnite Transportation Co in 1975. He lived for his family and was loved by many. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday, September 6, 2008...
Marvin L. Little
Sep 3, 2008
Marvin L. Little, born October 24, 1927, died quietly at Monroe Manor Rest Home on September 3, 2008. He was the son of the late J. Luther Little and Gertie Whitley Little of Oakboro, NC. Mr. Little is survived by his wife of 60 years, Lavonne Williams Little, who supported him faithfully through an extended illness; his two daughters...
Michael "Mickey" Simpson
Sep 2, 2008
Michael Francis Simpson, “Mickey”, 68, died Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at his home. Mr. Simpson was born in Union County, NC to the late Frances Paulene Byrum and William Brice Simpson. Mickey graduated from Benton Heights School in Monroe, NC in 1958 and has remained friends with so many of his classmates all through the years. He retired from...
