Obituaries

Oct 19, 2023

Gus Billingsley, 94, of Monroe, NC passed away on Thursday, October 19, 2023. He was born in Union County on January 9, 1929, the son of the late Lee Thomas Billingsley and Tinnie Pressley Billingsley. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 68 years, Deane Haigler Billingsley of Union County. He was also preceded in death...

Oct 18, 2023

Jackson B. Boomhower, 86, of Waxhaw, NC passed away Wednesday, October 18, 2023. He was born in Franklin County, VT on January 11, 1937, the son of the late Gordon and Marguerite Boomhower. He is preceded in death by his siblings: Gordon (Sonny) Boomhower, Richard Boomhower, Rita St. Pierre, Pat Niles, Mable Greene, and Gloria Kane, and his son...

Oct 18, 2023

Dorothy “Bitsy” McRorie Scott, 78, of Monroe, NC passed away Wednesday, October 18, 2023. She was born in Mecklenburg Co., NC on January 20, 1945, the daughter of the late Van Eugene McRorie and Beulah Beatrice Helms McRorie. She is preceded by her siblings: Avery McRorie, Mary Sanders, Doris Jean Little, Lloyd McRorie, Betty Lou Hancock, Freddie McRorie, and...

Oct 17, 2023

Myron Richard Cox, 70, of Waxhaw, NC passed away, on Tuesday, October 17, 2023. He was born in Tulsa, OK on August 10, 1953. He was preceded in death by his father, Richard Eggbert Cox, and mother, Elouise Halford Cox.

Myron is survived by his wife of 35 years, Rebecca Rollins Cox, son, Christopher Devin...

Oct 17, 2023

James Randolph Price, 81, of Monroe, NC passed away on Tuesday, October 17, 2023. He was born in Union County, NC, on May 3, 1942, the son of the late Fairley Randolph Price and Lucy Austin Price. He is also preceded in death by two brothers, Fairley Richard Price and Horace Mack Price, and one sister, Louie Cline Kesiah....

Oct 16, 2023

Tara “Booty” Anne Pegram, 27, of Pageland, SC passed away on Monday, October 16, 2023. She was born in Union County, NC on February 11, 1996, the daughter of the late Terry Pegram. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Paul Pegram.

A memorial service will be held at 5:00 PM on Tuesday,...

Oct 14, 2023

Wilma Ledbetter Parker, 86, of Monroe, NC passed away on Saturday, October 14, 2023. She was born in Cleveland County on September 5, 1937, daughter of the late Thomas Ledbetter and Macy Ramsey Ledbetter, she is also preceded in death by her loving husband Vann Percy Parker, as well as her eleven siblings.

Funeral services...

Oct 14, 2023

Homer Franklin Gordon, 88, of Waxhaw, NC passed away on October 14, 2023. He was born in Union County, NC on October 24, 1934, the son of the late Carl Gordon and Gertrude King Gordon. He is also preceded in death by his wife, Martha Helms Gordon, and daughter-in-law, Tammy Gordon.

A private service will...

Oct 9, 2023

Donald Anthony Tumas, 82, of Marshville passed away Monday, October 9, 2023, after a brief illness.

Don was born on January 6, 1941, in Worcester, MA, the son of a second-generation Lithuanian stone cutter, Anthony Tumas, and his beautiful wife Mary (Blavakas) Tumas. After losing his Mom at the age of 7, Don was raised...

Oct 7, 2023

Edith Collins Hause, 89, passed away on Saturday, October 7, 2023. She was born December 11, 1933, in Rock Hill, SC, daughter to the late Ernest Orell and Violet Daisy Smith Collins. She is also preceded in death by her husband James Luke Hause, her son Stephen Hause, and her brother Kenneth Collins.

A memorial...

Oct 6, 2023

Phyllis McWhorter Laney, 80, of Monroe, NC passed away Friday, October 6, 2023. She was born in Cabarrus County, NC on February 20, 1943, the daughter of the late James Ely McWhorter and Maude Neal McWhorter. She is also preceded in death by her brothers: James McWhorter and wife Linda, Robert McWhorter and wife Betty, Donald McWhorter, Marshall McWhorter,...

Oct 4, 2023

Catherine Eunice Scible, 63, passed away on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. She was born in Fairfield, CA on August 8, 1960 as the daughter to the late Irving Scible Sr. and Ida Mae Scible.

A memorial service will be held at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at First Baptist Church of Indian Trail,...

Oct 3, 2023

Theresa DiFrancesca Selvidio, 92, of Monroe, NC passed away Tuesday, October 3, 2023. She was born in Pawcatuck, CT on June 24, 1931, the daughter of the late Salvatore DiFrancesca and mother, Frances Quattromani DiFrancesca. She is also preceded in death by a brother, Sal DiFrancesca and a brother-in-law, John Jennings.

Theresa retired from the...

Sep 29, 2023

After fighting an incredibly valiant fight to stay, Pete left us on the evening of September 29, 2023.

William Ellison “Pete” Tomberlin was born on a farm in Monroe, North Carolina on September 22, 1936. Being the Depression era, times weren’t easy for Pete’s farming family. Consequently, Pete developed an iron-clad work ethic that could...

Sep 29, 2023

Johnnie Rape Preslar, 85, of Monroe, NC passed away Friday, September 29, 2023. She was born in Iredell County, NC on February 25, 1938. Daughter of the late John Albert Rape and mother, Louise Rape Helms. She is also proceeded in death by her husband, Shirley Robert Preslar, brother, Arnold Helms, and sister, Ruth Rape Belk.

Sep 26, 2023

Dr. Charles Brantley Aycock Jr., 84, of Matthews, NC passed away on Tuesday, September 26, 2023. He was born in Wilson County, NC on September 17, 1939, son to the late Charles Brantley Aycock Sr., and Margaret Speight Aycock.

Brantley is survived by his loving wife of 60 years Sue Wilkerson Aycock, and their two...

Sep 25, 2023

Angela Helms Henderson, 86, passed away Monday, September 25, 2023. She was born June 9, 1937, in Union County, NC, daughter of the late Lloyd Winford Helms and Ruth O’Kelly Helms. She was also preceded in death by her siblings, Ira Michael Helms and Winford Steven Helms and her children, Joseph Leary Newton, Teresa Stephens and Donald Newton and...

Sep 25, 2023

Frances Broome Cunningham, 92, of Monroe, NC passed away Monday, September 25, 2023. She was born in Union County on April 23, 1931, the daughter of the late Harvey Laney Broome and Addie Virginia Starnes. Frances was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Rev. J. F. Cunningham, and son, Eddie Dean Cunningham. She was the youngest...

Sep 25, 2023

Donald E. Smith, lover of Christ and pioneer missionary pilot, peacefully ended his earthly journey and entered into eternal rest on September 25, 2023 at the age of 95.

Don was born in Indianola, Iowa on October 15, 1927 and raised on Iowa farms in Norwalk and New Virginia. He acquired his love for the...

Sep 25, 2023

Barbara Huntley Simpson, 87, of Monroe, NC passed away on Monday, September 25, 2023. She was born in Mecklenburg County on March 24, 1936, daughter of the late Marion Buford Huntley, Sr., and Leah Phifer Huntley. She was preceded in death by her husband Frederick Leon Simpson, Jr.; daughter-in-law Patti Tillman Simpson; grandchildren Katie Scott Simpson, Mollie Michele Simpson,...