Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC
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...
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...
