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