Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC
Morrison Gene Couick
Jul 17, 2022
Morrison Gene Couick, 87, went home to be with the Lord on July 16th, 2022. He was born September 4, 1934 in Union County to the late Rachel Belk Couick and Wilburn Couick (step-mother, Cleo). Morrison was devoted to his family and a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. Morrison was preceded in death by Mary Couick, his spouse...
Victoria Elizabeth Tesar
Jul 16, 2022
Victoria Elizabeth Radice-Tesar, 66, of Waxhaw, NC passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 16, 2022, surrounded by her children. She was born in Westlake, OH on June 5, 1956. The family will receive friends from 6:00PM until 8:00PM, Friday, July 29, 2022 at Gordon Funeral Service and Crematory, 1904 Lancaster Ave, Monroe, NC 28112. Victoria is survived by her...
Shirlie Autry Deese
Jul 16, 2022
Shirlie Autry Deese, 86, of Monroe, NC gained her angel wings and passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 16, 2022 at Avendelle Assisted Living in Wingate, NC. Shirlie graduated from Central Piedmont Community College in 1970 with an Associate's Degree in Registered Nursing. Her entire nursing career was with Atrium Union and she loved her work immensely, making friends...
John Joseph La Vine
Jul 15, 2022
John Joseph La Vine Jr., age 62, passed away peacefully on July 15, 2022 in Monroe, NC. He was born October 29, 1959, in Weehawken, NJ, to John La Vine Sr. and the late Dolores La Vine. He was preceded in death by his mother Dolores and sister Jacqueline Krol. John married the love of his life, Deborah Nibbling,...
Bipinchandra Chandulal Amin
Jul 15, 2022
Bipinchandra Chandulal Amin, 91, of Monroe, NC passed away on Friday, July 15, 2022. He was born in Vadodara, India on December 5, 1930 son to the late Chandulal D. Amin and Kantalaxmi Patel, as well as his loving wife Chandrikaben B. Amin. A funeral service will be held at 3:00PM on Thursday, July 21, 2022 at Gordon Funeral...
Jacob Dwayne Starnes
Jul 10, 2022
Jacob Dwayne Starnes, 78, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2022. He was born January 3, 1944, son of the late Jacob Burton Starnes and Lizzie Mae Baker Starnes. Funeral services will be held 2:00PM Thursday, July 14, 2022 at Gordon Funeral Chapel with burial immediately following at Lakeland Memorial Park. He retired after 30 years from Southern Bell, he...
Maxine Beryl Smith
Jul 10, 2022
Maxine B. Allison Smith went to be with Jesus on July 10, 2022. Maxine was born in Bellevue, Michigan on August 17, 1922 to the late David and Hazel Heffner. In 1940 she married Alvin Allison of Elkhart, Indiana. They were blessed with four daughters. She was a homemaker, Dental Assistant and Food Demonstrator until her retirement at age...
Mitchell "Mitch" Todd Kindley
Jul 9, 2022
Mitchell “Mitch” Todd Kindley, 58, of Mt. Pleasant, passed away, Saturday, July 9, at Atrium Cabarrus. Funeral service will be 2:00pm Saturday July 16, at Antioch Baptist Church, 6223 Love Mill Rd., Monroe, NC 28110, officiated by Rev. Joey Query, burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends beginning at 12:30 prior to the service....
Ricky Joe Spittle
Jul 9, 2022
Ricky Joe Spittle, 66, of Waxhaw, NC passed away on Saturday, July 9, 2022. He was born in Union County on October 22, 1955 son to the late William Walter Spittle Sr. and Docher Rita McManus. He is also preceded in death by his wife Janet Ross Spittle, sister Linda Gordon, brother Spin Spittle. Funeral services will be held...
Mary Jo Smith
Jul 8, 2022
Mary Jo Smith, 90, passed away peacefully Friday, July 8, 2022. She was born June 13, 1932 in Union, County, NC daughter to the late John Thomas & Maude Broome Autry. She is also preceded in death by her husband, Fred Smith, Jr., son Phil Smith, brother Tom Autry, and sister Johnnie Casner. Funeral services will be held 11:00...
Dallas Snyder Rollins
Jul 8, 2022
Dallas Snyder Rollins, 91, passed away Friday, July 8, 2022. He was born in Union County, NC on February 8, 1931, son of the late Hugh Marvin & Naomi Price Rollins. He is also preceded in death by his infant daughter Kimberly Adele Rollins. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at Central...
Frances Funderburk Baker
Jul 7, 2022
Frances (Funderburk) Baker, 93, of Marshville, NC passed away late Thursday afternoon, July 7, 2022 in her home surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Baker was born on Thursday, November 29, 1928 in Monroe, NC and was the daughter to the late George Cleo and Martha Cleo (Horne) Funderburk, Sr. She leaves behind to cherish her memory her loving...
Jane Cox Greene
Jul 7, 2022
Jane Cox Greene, 87, passed away peacefully at home in Smithfield VA on Thursday, July 7, 2022. She was born March 22, 1935 in Union County, NC, daughter of the late Stanley Moses and Kate Griffin Cox. Mrs. Greene was preceded in death by her husband, Charles T. Greene; brothers Donald Cox, Clinton Cox, Jimmy Cox and sisters Dot...
Doris Broadway Long
Jul 6, 2022
Doris Broadway Long, 84, of Auburn, AL, formerly of Monroe, NC passed away on July 6, 2022. She was born in Union County on May 27, 1938 daughter to the late Atlas and Ruth Simpson Broadway. She is also preceded in death by her husband Charles Lee Long. A graveside service will be held at 11:00AM, on Saturday, July...
Panagiotis "Pete" Polyzos
Jul 5, 2022
Panagiotis "Pete" Polyzos, passed away peacefully July 6, 2022 in Monroe, North Carolina. He was born February 8, 1954 in Piraeus, Greece to Nikoloas and Polutime (Pauline) Polyzos. Pete was a devoted husband to Ginia Moodie Polyzos with whom he shared his love of Greek culture and traditions. Funeral service for Pete will be 2:00 PM Saturday, July 9,...
Mary Wilkinson Covington
Jul 4, 2022
Mary Wilkinson Covington, 87, of Charlotte, N.C., passed away last Monday, July 4, 2022, after a long illness. She was born November 6, 1934, in Rocky Mount, NC, the youngest daughter of the late William Stronach and Lula Daughtridge Wilkinson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Covington, and sisters Lula Wyatt Bailey and Nan Stronach Price....
Mary June Pagan
Jul 2, 2022
Mary June (Amrhein) Pagan was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on August 27, 1940. She took her final trip around the sun on July 2nd surrounded by her family and the love of everyone she knew. Her parents were Nicholas Carl Amrhein, III and Helen Muriel (Turnock) Amrhein. Mary was the oldest of 7 children and grew up on a...
Willis Evans Helms
Jul 2, 2022
Willis Evans Helms, 81, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, July 2, 2022, after a heart attack. Born on May 3, 1941, in Lancaster, SC, to Olin and Frances Helms, he grew up on his parents’ farm and became known for racing his red and white 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air. A multi-sport letterman, he was voted Most...
Claudette Smith
Jul 2, 2022
Claudette Helms Smith, 84, of Monroe, NC passed away on Saturday July, 2, 2022. She was born on October 16, 1937 daughter to the late James L. and Maude Smith Helms. She is also preceded in death by her loving husband H. Letcher Smith, as well as her sister Joyce Melton. A funeral service will be held at 11:00AM...
Cynthia Sue Brantley
Jun 30, 2022
Cynthia Suelene “Sue” Mosley Brantley, 94, of Monroe, NC passed away on June 30, 2022. She was born in Union County on September 27, 1927 daughter to the late William Ervin and Selma McBride Mosley. She is also preceded in death by her siblings; Bud, Bobby, Tommy, and Margaret, as well as her daughter-in-law Lori Brantley. A memorial service...
