Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC
Smith Lee Underwood, Sr.
Jul 14, 2024
Smith Lee Underwood, Sr. 92 of Monroe, NC, passed away on Sunday, July 14, 2024. He was born in Union County, NC on January 27, 1932 son to the late Loyd Underwood and Sara Clark Underwood. He is also preceded in death by his wife, Clara Mae Mills Underwood, as well as his son, Smith Lee Underwood Jr., brother,...
George Thomas Graham
Jul 14, 2024
George Thomas Graham, 82, of Monroe, NC passed away on Sunday, July 14, 2024. He was born in Robeson County, NC on August 18, 1941, son to the late George H. Graham and Edith Melvin Graham. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Mary and brothers, Larry, Kenneth and Melvin Graham.
George was...
Billy Frank Smith
Jul 12, 2024
Billy Frank Smith, 89, passed away on Friday, July 12, 2024. He was born in Anson County, NC on January 15, 1935 to the late James Alfred Smith and Ula Pope Smith. He is also preceded in death by his wife of over forty years, Wanda Hunter Smith; three brothers, Warren, Conway, and Ray; four sisters, Nancy, Margaret, Maxine,...
Arnold Parker Mills Sr.
Jul 12, 2024
Arnold Parker Mills Sr., of Monroe, NC passed away peacefully at the age of 87, surrounded by his family on Friday, July 12, 2024. He was born on May 27, 1937, son to the late Albert Baxter Mills and Minnie Parker Mills. He is also preceded in death by his first wife, Barbara Carter Mills, sisters, Helen and Louise,...
Diego Morales Cortes
Jul 8, 2024
Diego Morales Cortés, 17 años, de Waxhaw, Carolina del Norte, falleció el lunes 8 de julio de 2024. Nació en el condado de Mecklenburg el 6 de noviembre de 2006, hijo de Diego Morales Ríos y Cora Cortez Álvarez.
Se llevará a cabo un funeral a la 1:00 p. m. el miércoles 17 de julio...
Jerrod Thomas Nance Iii
Jul 8, 2024
Jerrod Thomas “JT” Nance, III, 96, passed away on July 8, 2024 in Monroe, NC at the age of 96.
A memorial service will be held Friday, July 12, 2024 at 11:00 AM in Gordon Funeral Chapel, 1904 Lancaster Avenue, Monroe, NC. The family will visit with friends and relatives from 10:00 AM to 10:45...
M T Helms
Jul 6, 2024
MT Helms, 86, passed away on Saturday, July 6, 2024. He was born in Union County, North Carolina on June 2, 1938 to the late Johnny Helms and Lola Helms. He is also preceded in death by his first wife, Frances Helms; second wife, Annie Sims Helms; son, Mark Helms; several brothers and sisters, and one graddaughter Jodie Helms....
Bradley Scott Couick
Jul 6, 2024
Bradley Scott Couick, 47, of Waxhaw, NC passed away surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, July 6th, 2024 at 12:30 PM after fighting a brave and tireless battle with cancer. Brad was born in Union County, NC in the city of Monroe on August 29, 1976.
Brad was a beloved member of his community....
Cookie
Jul 1, 2024
Carolyn “Cookie” Smith, 71, passed away on Monday, July 1, 2024. She was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, daughter to the late Melton Aubrey Smith and Irene Elizabeth Nix Smith. She is also preceded in death by her brothers, Aubrey Smith and Bill “Smitty” Smith.
A private service will be held at a later...
Boyd "Blue" Simmons
Jul 1, 2024
Boyd “Blue” Efird Simmons, 80, passed away on Monday, July 1, 2024. He was born in Stanly county North Carolina on January 7, 1944 to the late Hulon Ardell Simmons and Madge Efird Simmons. He is also preceded in death by his grandson, Justin Simpson.
Blue was a lifelong member of the Masonic Lodge and...
Norma Jean Little
Jun 30, 2024
Norma Jean Williams Little, 80, of Monroe, NC passed away peacefully at home June 30, 2024. She was born in Union County on September 9, 1943, daughter to the late Albert Cray Williams and Lela Mae Hinson Williams.
A memorial service will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday, July 6, 2024, at Antioch Baptist...
Samuel Douglas Dixon
Jun 28, 2024
Samuel Douglas Dixon passed away unexpectedly on June 28, 2024, at the age of 38. Sam was a proud lifelong resident of Union County. He lived a full-hearted life, and loved golf, NASCAR, the Carolina Panthers, loud friends, music, giving back to his community and, more than anything else, his family. Sam graduated from Piedmont High School, and attended...
Joseph Kennon Blanton Jr.
Jun 26, 2024
Joseph Kennon “Joey” Blanton Jr. of Monroe, NC, 81, entered into his heavenly home June 26, 2024.
Joey was born to the late Kennon and Christine Blanton, a furniture salesman and a homemaker respectively, in Shelby, NC on October 30, 1942.
He graduated from the University of Chapel Hill in 1965...
Robert "Junior" Howard
Jun 26, 2024
Robert “Junior” Sydney Howard, 49, passed away on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. He was born in Rochester, NY on December 8, 1974 as the son of the late Robert Leslie Howard and Jasette Elaine Clarke Bell.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, July 5, 2024 at Gordon Funeral Chapel, 1904 Lancaster...
Catherine Chaney Cox
Jun 23, 2024
Martha Catherine Chaney Cox, Age 97, of Monroe, passed away at the home of her daughter on Sunday, June 23, 2024, while under hospice care for cancer. She was born on November 23, 1926, in Union County, daughter to the late Zeb M. Chaney and Lela Helms Chaney.
She was preceded in death by her...
Lessie Price Broome
Jun 22, 2024
Lessie Mae Price Broome, 75, of Monroe, NC passed away on Saturday, June 22, 2024. She was born in Lancaster, SC on October 24, 1948 daughter to the late Walter Price and Lillie Mae Twitty Price. She was also preceded in death by her son, Jerome Sutton, grandchild, Joni Hagen; brothers, Melvin Price, and Roy Price; and sister, Ruby...
Martha Riggins Rogers Taylor
Jun 22, 2024
Martha Riggins Rogers Taylor died peacefully on June 22, 2024, after an extended battle with dementia.
She was born on August 5, 1927, to the late Alma Davis Riggins and Baxter Riggins. She was also preceded in death by her two infant sons and three sisters, Lib Mangum, Lois Grant, and Frances Sell.
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Jane Hamilton
Jun 21, 2024
Jane Bivens Hamilton, 56 of Pageland, SC passed away on Friday, June 21, 2024. She was born in Monroe, NC, on July 4, 1967, the daughter of late Jim Hamilton and Rachel Bivens Hamilton. She is also preceded in death by her brother, Boomer Hamilton.
A Celebration of Life will be held at 2:00 PM...
Rebecca Halbert Olson
Jun 21, 2024
Rebecca Jean Halbert Olson, 51, of Clover SC passed away on Friday, June 21, 2024. She was born in New Haven, CT, on July 1, 1972, daughter to James Halbert and the late Carolyn Parker Halbert.
A funeral service will be held at 6:00 PM on Monday, July 1, 2024, in the chapel of Gordon...
James Allen Hooks Jr.
Jun 20, 2024
James (Butch to family and Jim to friends) Allen Hooks Jr., 54, of Unionville, NC passed away suddenly on Thursday, June 20, 2024. He was born in Newport News, VA on May 27, 1970, and is the only son of James Allen Hooks Sr. and the late Rosa Laverne McGee Hooks.
Butch is survived by...
