Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC
Evelyn Benton Thomas
Aug 27, 2008
Monroe, NC Evelyn Benton Thomas, 80, died Wednesday, August 27, 2008. She was born in Union County, NC on August 6, 1928 daughter of the late Vernon and Jessie Furr Hartsell. Mrs. Thomas was the former owner of Midway Barbecue Restaurant. Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 2:00 PM in Gordon Funeral Chapel. Burial will...
Sandra Thomas Rhodus
Aug 25, 2008
Sandra Thomas Rhodus, 60, died Monday, August 25, 2008. She was born in Union County, NC on January 31, 1948 daughter of the late Sherwood Carl and Laura Deese Thomas. Sandra was a teacher with the Union County School System. A memorial service will be held Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 11:00 AM at Benton’s Crossroads Baptist Church. The...
Carroll Morgan Edwards
Aug 24, 2008
Carroll Morgan Edwards, born April 7, 1937, peacefully passed away on Sunday, August 24, 2008. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Elona Laisure Edwards; his children, Lisa E. Ammons and husband, Rick; Jeff Edwards and wife Teresa and Tina Edwards; four grandchildren, Jeffrey Edwards, Krystle Edwards, Jonathan Nance and Blake Ammons; one great-granddaughter, Kamryn Nance and...
Helen Kallert Kunath
Aug 22, 2008
Helen Kallert Kunath, 93, died Friday, August 22, 2008. She was born December 13, 1914 in Union City, NJ, daughter of the late Herman and Lillian Kersting Kallert. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ferdinand Ralph Kunath. A graveside service will be held Tuesday, August 26, 2008 in the George Washington Memorial Park Cemetery in Paramus, NJ....
William Wendell Smith
Aug 22, 2008
William Wendell Smith, 61, died Friday, August 22, 2008. He was born in Mecklenburg County on July 26, 1947, son of the late William Lester and Lola Baucom Smith. Funeral services will be Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 2:30 PM in Gordon Funeral Chapel, 1904 Lancaster Avenue, Monroe, NC. Burial will follow in Lakeland Memorial Park. Mr. Smith is...
Dalton A. Fewox
Aug 17, 2008
Waxhaw, NC Dalton A. Fewox, 60, died Sunday, August 17, 2008. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida on November 25, 1947 son of Dorothy Kokonis Fewox and the late Arnold Fewox. He was an employee of Western Electric Co. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 6:30 PM in the Gordon Funeral Chapel. Interment services will...
James "J.C." Smith
Aug 10, 2008
James Calvin Smith “J.C.”, formerly of Pageland, SC, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 10, 2008. He was at CMC-Union. Mr. Smith was the son of the late Hoyte L. Smith and the late Annie Tice Smith Snyder and step-son of the late Dwight F. Snyder. He was born in Union County on April 21, 1923....
Michael R. Hinson
Jul 28, 2008
Reverend Michael R. Hinson, 57, went to be with the Lord Monday, July 28, 2008. He was born on September 2, 1950 in Monroe, North Carolina. He was an employee of Fabrication Associates. Mike was a kind, caring father and grandfather and a devoted, romantic, loving husband. He served many roles, and answered to many names: “Chubby” (Pam), “Pop”...
Annie (Mullis) Simpson
Jul 28, 2008
Annie Mullis Simpson, 91, died Monday, July 28, 2008. She was born in Union County on July 29, 1916, daughter of the late Oscar Cornelius and Armetta James Mullis. Mrs. Simpson was preceded in death by her husband, James Roland Simpson and a son, James Robert Simpson. Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 31, 2008, at 11:00 AM...
Homer Gene Howard
Jul 27, 2008
Homer Gene Howard, 77, died Sunday, July 27, 2008 at home peacefully, surrounded by his loved ones. He was born in Union County, NC on February 8, 1931 son of the late Jesse Earl and Mary Crisco Howard. Mr. Howard was a U S Navy veteran and a Mason, member of Masonic Lodge-Monroe #244. Funeral services will be held...
Pedro Covarrubias
Jul 12, 2008
Pedro Covarrubias, 52, died Saturday, July 12, 2008. He was born in Guadalajara, Mexico on April 21, 1956. Mr. Covarrubias was an American Wick Drain employee, a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and was a soccer coach for The Angels, which he founded. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 11:00 AM at...
Charles Vann Norwood
Jul 10, 2008
Charles Vann Norwood, 50, died Thursday July 10, 2008 as a result of an automobile accident. He was born April 3, 1958 in Union County to Charles Liddell Norwood and the late Vivian Hinson Norwood. Chuck, as he was known, was Director of Conversion Services at Allvac here in Monroe. He is survived by his loving wife, Sonja Carpenter...
Elizabeth Reid Howie
Jul 2, 2008
Waxhaw, NC Elizabeth Reid Howie, 93, died Wednesday, July 2, 2008. Mrs. Howie was born in Mecklenburg County, NC, October 6, 1914 daughter of the late Herman and Augustine Reams Reid. She was also preceded in death by her husband Henry Houston Howie in 1969. Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 11:00 AM in the...
Francis Tetsuro Nakamura
Jun 23, 2008
Francis Tetsuro Nakamura Mr. Nakamura, age 78, went to be with the Lord Monday, June 23, 2008, in Monroe, NC, at the home of his daughter Angie Lail and her husband Don, who cared for him after he became ill with colon cancer in December of 2006. He was born on July 7, 1929, in Pulehu, Maui, Hawaii and...
Margaret (Morris) Steele
Jun 23, 2008
Waxhaw, NC Margaret Morris Steele, 79, died Monday, June 23, 2008. She was born in Lancaster County, SC on July 9, 1928, daughter of the late Eustace and Eva Mae Funderburk Morris. Mrs. Steele was a retired employee of Springs Industries. A graveside service will be held Thursday, June 26, 2008 at 11:00 AM at Tirzah Presbyterian Church Cemetery....
Etta (Griffin) Phillips
Jun 22, 2008
Monroe, NC Mrs. Etta Griffin Phillips of Monroe, NC, died Sunday, June 22, 2008. At the time of her death, she was a resident of Pineville Rehabilitation Nursing Center. She was born in Monroe, NC on September 29, 1909 daughter of the late Festus Lorenzo Griffin and Cora Taylor Griffin Long. She was employed at Cannon Mills in Kannapolis,...
Elbert Herman Jackson
Jun 21, 2008
Dateline: Lancaster, SC Elbert Herman Jackson, 85, died Saturday, June 21, 2008. He was born in Lancaster County, SC on June 29, 1922 son of the late Samuel Boyd and Hester Lee Haywood Jackson. Mr. Jackson was a WW II Navy veteran, a US Postal employee, a Mason and Shriner. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 25, 2008...
Lula Mae (Kurtz) Bauman
Jun 19, 2008
Monroe, NC Lula Mae Kurtz Bauman, 85, of Monroe, formerly of Ohio, died Thursday, June 19, 2008. She was born in Columbiana, Ohio on September 29, 1922 daughter of the late John and Cora Mae Smith Kurtz. A celebration of life service will be held Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 4:00 PM in Central United Methodist Church Chapel where...
Bedford Ramsey
Jun 17, 2008
Bedford Ramsey, 85, died Tuesday, June 17, 2008. He was born in Kings Mountain, NC on August 19, 1922 son of the late Jesse Lee and Emma Lee Ramsey. Mr. Ramsey was a retired employee of Scott Aviation. Funeral services will be held Friday, June 20, 2008 at 11:00 AM at Benton’s Cross Roads Baptist Church. Burial will follow...
Brian O’Neal Pigg
Jun 15, 2008
Brian O’Neal Pigg, 44, died Sunday, June 15, 2008 at CMC-Union. Brian was born in Union County, NC November 16, 1963. Brian was preceded in death by his father Hall Wilson Pigg, and one brother Hall Wilson Pigg, Jr. A funeral service will be held Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 11:00AM in Beulah Presbyterian Church Cemetery 8305 Lansford Road...
