Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC
Charles David Hinson
Jun 9, 2008
Charles David Hinson, Sr., 66, died Monday, June 9, 2008. Mr. Hinson was born in Union County, NC December 22, 1941, son of the late Ray B. and Flossie Helms Hinson. He was an employee of Scott Aviation. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 1:00 PM in Lakeland Memorial Park, Monroe, NC. Mr. Hinson...
Jesse Lee Everidge
Jun 4, 2008
Jesse Lee Everidge, III was born in Charlotte on August 11, 1955 and died on June 4, 2008. He is predeceased by his mother, Mary Grace Everidge, and his grandson, Nathan Michael Cantrell. Lee was a graduate of Independence High School and from youth he enjoyed football, Boy Scouts, camping and later motorcycles. He got his first Harley Davidson...
Carolyn Aycoth Autry
May 30, 2008
Carolyn Aycoth Autry, 65, died Friday, May 30, 2008. She was born November 3, 1942, daughter of Clarence Lee and Ruby Lee Hinson Aycoth. Funeral services will be held Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 3:00 PM in New Hope United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Lakeland Memorial Park. Mrs. Autry is survived by her husband, Gene Autry of...
Richard Stamey Phillips
May 27, 2008
Richard Stamey Phillips, loving husband and father, 54, died May 27, 2008 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. He was born in Union County, NC on March 25, 1954 son of William Stamey and Frances Tomberlin Phillips. Rick was a Union County Public school teacher for 29 years and was Chairman of the English Department at Piedmont High School....
Virginia "Jenny" Courtney
May 26, 2008
Virginia “Jenny” Mills Courtney, 81, died Monday, May 26, 2008. She was born in Union County, NC on November 23, 1926 daughter of the late Ellis and Toleda Thomas Mills. Mrs. Courtney was a retired employee of Acme Nameplate. A graveside service will be held Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 11:00 AM at Lakeland Memorial Park. She is survived...
Amos A. Benton
May 1, 2008
Amos A. Benton, 70, died Thursday, May 1, 2008. He was born in Union County, NC on June 19, 1937 son of the late Joel and Rossie Price Benton. Mr. Benton was a retired employee of Yale Security. Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 2:00 PM at Shiloh Advent Christian Church. Burial will follow in...
Laverda Loretta Anderson
Apr 29, 2008
Dateline: Monroe, NC Laverda Loretta Anderson, 75, died Tuesday, April 29, 2008. She was born in Logan County, Oklahoma on November 7, 1932 daughter of the late Alvia and Edith Maude Channel McGuire. A graveside service will be held Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 11:00 AM in the Griffin Cemetery. Her husband was the late Baxter Charles Anderson. She...
Phyllis Diane Thomas Hartis
Apr 28, 2008
Dateline: Conway, SC Phyllis Diane Thomas Hartis, 56, passed away Monday, April 28, 2008 at Conway Memorial Hospital. She was born in Union County, NC on February 16, 1952 daughter of the late Henry Alexander and Ona Lee Pressley Thomas. Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 2:00 PM in the Gordon Funeral Chapel. Burial will...
Buddy Lee Sweatt
Apr 22, 2008
Dateline: Monroe, NC Buddy Lee Sweatt, 33, died Tuesday, April 22, 2008. He was born in Gaston County, NC on March 10, 1975. Funeral services will be held Friday, April 25, 2008 at 2:00 PM in the Gordon Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow in Lakeland Memorial Park. Buddy is survived by his mother, Pauline “Polly” Sweatt Jordan and step-father,...
Alice Clark Burd
Apr 18, 2008
Mrs. Alice Clark Burd 76, passed away peacefully at home with her family and canine companions by her side, April 18, 2008. She lived with melanoma for 18 months. She was an avid reader, talented painter, excellent cook and animal lover. A native of Sussex County, New Jersey she was born February 19, 1932, daughter of the late Levi...
Frank Stowe Spratt
Apr 12, 2008
Frank Stowe Spratt, Jr. Mr. Spratt, 79, of Monroe, NC, beloved husband, father and grandfather passed away peacefully at his home on April 12, 2008. He was born in Mecklenburg County on July 19, 1928, and was the son of Frank Stowe Spratt, Sr. and Viola Frazier Spratt. He served in the U. S. Air Force, was a member...
Lola Thomas Brady
Apr 4, 2008
Lola Thomas Brady, 89, died Friday, April 4, 2008. Mrs. Brady was born in Union County, NC, May 4, 1918 daughter of the late W. Luther and Julia Smith Thomas. She was a graduate of Appalachian State University and received her Masters Degree from Emory University. Mrs. Brady retired as the Assistant Superintendent of the Orange County, Florida schools....
James Fairley Drake
Apr 3, 2008
Dateline: Monroe NC James Fairley Drake Jr., 81, went to be with our Lord and Savior, Thursday, April 3, 2008, born July 22, 1926 in Union County son to the late James Fairley Drake, Sr. and Nellie Jeanette Benton Drake. He is preceded in death by seven brothers Floyd, Paul, Lloyd, Brice, Bill, Baxter, and Hubert Drake, three sisters...
Violet Rushing Hargett
Apr 2, 2008
Dateline: Monroe, NC Violet Rushing Hargett, 94, died Wednesday, April 2, 2008. She was born in Chesterfield County, SC on October 4, 1913 daughter of the late Henry David and Wincie Pierce Rushing. Mrs. Hargett was a retired nurse. Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 5, 2008 at 2:00 PM in First Presbyterian Church of Monroe. Burial will...
Kathryn Ann Miller Privett
Mar 25, 2008
Dateline: Monroe, NC Kathryn Ann Miller Privett, 67, died March 25, 2008. Kathryn was born in Lexington County, SC November 6, 1940 daughter of the late Grover and Georgell Rish Miller. Kathryn was also preceded in death by a brother Tommy Miller. Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 27, 2008, at 2:00PM in the Gordon Funeral Chapel. Burial...
William "Eddie" Thornton
Mar 21, 2008
Dateline: Monroe, NC William Edward “Eddie” Thornton, Jr. Mr. Thornton went home to be with the Lord on March 21, 2008 at his home after a courageous battle with cancer. Mr. Thornton was born August 17, 1936 in Danville, VA. He was the son of the late William E. Thornton, Sr. and Claudine Thornton Prewett. He was a devoted...
Milon J. Hamilton
Mar 9, 2008
Dateline: Monroe, NC Milon J. Hamilton, 84, died Sunday, March 9, 2008. He was born in Aurora, NC on November 14, 1923, son of the late John William and Leona West Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Frances Dunlap. Funeral services will be held Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. in the Gordon...
Kathleen Knight Helms
Mar 8, 2008
Kathleen Knight Helms, 86, died Saturday, March 8, 2008. Mrs. Helms was born in Union County, NC June 25, 1921 daughter of the late Jackson and Annie Hooks Knight. She was a retired employee of Yale-Norton Company and was preceded in death by her husband Ernest E. Helms, Jr. in 1996. Funeral services will be held Monday, March 10,...
Sybil Goodson Fortenberry
Mar 8, 2008
Sybil Goodson Fortenberry, 71, died Saturday, March 8, 2008. She was born on June 28, 1936 in Lincoln County, NC, daughter of the late Albert Daniel and Fannie McCalister Goodson. An entombment service will be held Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church Columbarium in Monroe. Mrs. Fortenberry is survived by a son, Dan...
Rita Lynn Rowell
Feb 25, 2008
Dateline: Monroe, NC Rita Lynn Rowell, 48, died Monday, February 25, 2008. She was born in Orlando FL, daughter of Delores Rorie Griffin and the late Walter Blair Rorie, Sr. She was a UNC-Charlotte graduate, a member of West Monroe Baptist Church, where she was a Sunday School teacher and Awana leader, and a volunteer with the Red Cross....
