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Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC

Larry Ray Schlappich

Larry Ray Schlappich

Nov 28, 2023

Larry Ray Schlappich, 88, of Monroe, NC passed away on Tuesday, November 28, 2023. He was born in Reading PA, on October 4, 1935, son to the late Charles Schlappich and Fern Bricker Schlappich. He is also preceded by three brothers, four sisters and one grandchild Kyle Schlappich.

A funeral service will be held at...

David Lee Poplin

David Lee Poplin

Nov 27, 2023

David Lee Poplin, 53, of Monroe, NC passed away on Monday, November 27, 2023. He was born in Cabarrus County, NC on October 24, 1970. He is preceded in death by his mother, Rebecca Collins.

David was a very devoted father and husband. He enjoyed drag racing motorcycles, painting cars, anything technological, and spending time...

Jean Tarlton Moore

Jean Tarlton Moore

Nov 26, 2023

Betty Jean Tarlton Moore, 86, of Monroe, NC passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2023. She was born in Union County, NC on December 15, 1936, and was the daughter of the late Glenn Tarlton and Betty Flynn Tarlton. She is preceded in death by her sons, Greg Moore and Marty Moore.

The funeral service...

Robert Troy Gamble

Robert Troy Gamble

Nov 26, 2023

Robert Troy Gamble, 90, of Monroe, NC passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2023. He was born in Union County on September 2, 1933, son to the late Robert Cecil Gamble and Lula Faye McManus Gamble. He is also preceded by his son Edward Eddie Gamble, and brother Raeford Gamble.

A funeral service will be...

Thomas Jerome Morgan

Thomas Jerome Morgan

Nov 25, 2023

Thomas Jerome Morgan, 97, passed away on Saturday, November 25, 2023. He was born in Anson County on June 25, 1926, the middle of eleven children of the late Andrew Jackson Morgan and Etta Williams Morgan. He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Betty Lathan Morgan; four brothers, Charles Morgan, Sam Morgan, Jack Morgan, Pickett...

Marcus Lucas Barlow

Marcus Lucas Barlow

Nov 22, 2023

Marcus “Marc” Lucas Barlow, 88, of Waxhaw, NC passed away on Wednesday, November 22, 2023. He was born in the United Kingdom on April 11, 1935, the son of the late, George Ferdinand Rees and Dorothye Mabel Jackson Barlow.

A private service will be held at a later date.

Marc is...

Edith Rich Mcmillan

Edith Rich Mcmillan

Nov 20, 2023

Juanita “Edith” Rich McMillan, 93, of Monroe, NC passed away on Monday, November 20, 2023. She was born in Smyth County, VA on February 16, 1930, and was the daughter of the late William Benton Rich and Arfie Elizabeth Sheets Rich. She is also preceded in death by her husband, Marco McMillan; son, William “Bill” Andrew McMillan; three brothers;...

Archie Rowe Mcdaniel Ii

Archie Rowe Mcdaniel Ii

Nov 20, 2023

Archie Rowe McDaniel II, 67, of Stallings NC, passed away on Monday, November 20, 2023. He was born in Long Beach, CA on July 6, 1956, son to the late Joseph Lucius McDaniel and Roselie Nitz McDaniel.

He attended Balboa High School in the Panama Canal Zone and graduated from North Carolina State University. After...

Linda Dunkinson Ambrosia

Linda Dunkinson Ambrosia

Nov 17, 2023

Linda Adel Dunkinson Ambrosia, 78 of Monroe, NC passed away on Friday, November 17, 2023. She was born in Ware County, GA on November 20, 1944, daughter to the late Myron Dunkinson and Mary Earles Dunkinson.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Linda is survived by her...

Hazel Starnes Mangum

Hazel Starnes Mangum

Nov 17, 2023

Hazel  Starnes Mangum was born December 10, 1935, daughter to the late Lawson Lee and Virgie McCoy Starnes. She passed from this life on November 17, 2023, to join her loving husband, R.B. Mangum who preceded her in death on December 28, 2011, and her precious son, Rodney McGuirt who went to Heaven on December 31, 2019. She was...

Beverly Lett

Beverly Lett

Nov 17, 2023

Beverly Bechert Lett, 87, of Waxhaw, NC passed away on Friday, November 17, 2023. She was born in Stamford, CT daughter of the late Fred J. Bechert and Emita d’Costa Mitchell. She was preceded in death by her infant brother, Fred Bechert, brothers, Bob Bechert, Jim Bechert, and Tom Bechert; and sister, Nancy Cross.

Beverly...

Margaret Peg  Begley Shikar

Margaret Peg Begley Shikar

Nov 16, 2023

Margaret “Peg” Begley Shikar, 67, of Waxhaw, NC, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Thursday, November 16, 2023. She was born in New York City, NY on November 2, 1956, the daughter of the late Bernard Begley and Christine Conroy Begley.

Margaret is survived by her daughter, Christine Bennett, and husband, Jeff; brother, John...

Tommy Jean Robinson

Tommy Jean Robinson

Nov 15, 2023

Tommy Jean Robinson, 78, passed away Wednesday, November 15, 2023. She was born August 20, 1945, in Whitmire, SC, the daughter of the late Thomas Eaton and Nellie Summers. She was also preceded in death by her husbands, Bobby Clide Rose, Jr. and Harry “Bing” Robinson; her daughter, Teresa Rose and her sister, Barbara Millazo.

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Susan Stanton Mccarver

Susan Stanton Mccarver

Nov 13, 2023

Susan Elizabeth Stanton McCarver, beloved mother of Wesley Drew McCarver, passed away on Monday, November 13, 2023, after a sudden illness. In addition to her wonderful and loving son, Susan leaves behind her husband, Ronald Steven McCarver, Jr, her parents, Joseph and Nan Saunders; brothers Patrick Saunders (Sonia), and Adam Saunders (Richelle), and sister, Annette Saunders; niece, Kayla Saunders,...

William  Ray Edwards

William Ray Edwards

Nov 9, 2023

William Ray Edwards, Jr., 85, of Hartville, OH passed away on Thursday, November 9, 2023. He was born in Lexington, NC on January 13, 1938, the son of the late Vallie Kennedy and Baptist Minister, Rev. “Jimmy” Edwards. He had two siblings, a younger brother, John Rudolphus, and a sister, Maddie “Lorraine”, both deceased. He attended Pilot School, grades...

William  Gary Underwood

William Gary Underwood

Nov 8, 2023

William “Gary” Underwood, 75, of Waxhaw, NC passed away on Wednesday, November 8, 2023. He was born February 15, 1948, in Union County, NC, the son of the late William Underwood and Emmy Lou Godfrey Haywood.

Funeral Services will be held at 11:30 AM, Saturday, November 11, 2023, at Waxhaw United Methodist Church, 200 McDonald...

Norbert Arthur Foerster

Norbert Arthur Foerster

Nov 8, 2023

Norbert Arthur Foerster III, 89, of Monroe, NC passed away Wednesday, November 8, 2023. He was born in Bergen County, NJ on March 18, 1934, the son of the late Norbert Foerster, Jr., and Mary Van Note Foerster. He is also preceded in death by his stepson, Roger Johnson.

A graveside service will be held...

Roy Curtis Smith

Roy Curtis Smith

Nov 5, 2023

Roy Curtis Smith Jr, 93, of Monroe, NC, passed away on November 5, 2023, in Monroe. He was born on January 13, 1930, in Benton Heights, NC.

Roy, as he was commonly known, served in the US Navy on the USS Lloyd Thomas from 1948 to 1952 as the paymaster for the ship. He dearly...

Faye Mangum Cox

Faye Mangum Cox

Nov 3, 2023

Faye Deane Mangum Cox, 87 of Waxhaw, NC was born in her grandfather Mangum’s home in the Prospect Community of Union County, North Carolina, on September 5, 1936. Her parents were Ben Frank and Jeanette Starnes Mangum. She had one brother Dr. Gary Mangum, Sr. of Shelby, NC. She married Stanley Kenneth Cox on September 6, 1953.

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Bonnie Price Jackson

Bonnie Price Jackson

Nov 3, 2023

Bonnie Jackson, 62, of Waxhaw, NC, passed away on November 03, 2023, surrounded by her family. Bonnie, born on August 15th,1961 to James and Sandra Price. Bonnie was raised in Charlotte, NC and immediately brought joy and laughter into the world. Bonnie fell in love with Ricky Jackson and the two were inseparable from that point on. Richard and...

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