Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC
Kenneth George Elko
Aug 3, 2021
Kenneth George Elko, Jr., 56, passed away Tuesday, August 3, 2021. He is the son of Kenneth Elko, Sr. of Elizabeth Township, PA and the late Patricia Coughenour Elko. He is also preceded in death by a sister, Dorothy Hamrick. A memorial service for Kenneth will be held at 11:00AM Saturday, August 21, 2021 at Gordon Funeral Chapel, 1904...
David Michael Richardson
Aug 3, 2021
David Michael Richardson, 64, passed away Tuesday, August 3, 2021. He is the son of the late Gene Richardson and Betty Robinson Richardson. He is also preceded in death by his sister Debra Richardson. A graveside service will be held at 11:00AM, Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at Lakeland Memorial Park, 1901 Lancaster Avenue, Monroe, NC 28112. After the service,...
Joe Ann Griffin
Aug 3, 2021
Mrs. Joe Ann Moore Griffin, 65, of Rockwell, NC passed away Tuesday, August 3, 2021. She was born in Union County on November 8, 1955, daughter to the late Bill Moore and Adela Simpson Moore. She is also preceded in death by her two brothers, Buddy Moore and Tim Moore. A funeral service will be held at 5:00PM, Sunday,...
Shirley Ann Suggs
Aug 2, 2021
Mrs. Shirley Thomas Suggs, 85, of Monroe, NC passed away on Monday, August 2, 2021. She was born in Anson County on December 1, 1935, daughter to the late Carl Thomas and Wilma Taylor Thomas. She is also preceded in death by her loving husband Jerry Dean Suggs, as well as son Wesley T. Suggs. A graveside service will...
Gary Edward Long
Aug 1, 2021
Gary Edward Long, 71, passed away Sunday August 1, 2021. He is the son of the late Charles Edward Long and Lois Lemmond Snipes. He is also preceded in death by his son Jeffery Edward Craig Long and granddaughter Daniela Meza-Long. Funeral services will be held from the graveside 1:00PM Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at Sunset Memory Gardens, 8901...
Patricia Ann Rushing
Jul 31, 2021
Patricia H. Rushing, 81, passed away on Saturday, July 31, 2021. She was born August 11, 1939 in Gaston County, daughter of the late Cyril & Frances Taylor Honeycutt. The family will hold a private service at a later date. She is survived by her loving husband, Jason B. Rushing, children, Lee Rushing and Scott Rushing, a sister Peggy...
Thomas Clair Owen
Jul 31, 2021
Thomas “TC” Owen, 80, passed away Saturday, July 31, 2021. He is the son of the late Robert Roak Owen and Ethel Hoover Owen. He is also preceded in death by his brothers, Richard, Donald, John, Earl and James Owen; and sisters, Pauline Rockwell and Roberta Johnston. A memorial service will be held 4:00PM Friday, August 6, 2021 at...
Joe Aycoth
Jul 25, 2021
Joe Aycoth, 88, passed away Sunday, July 25, 2021. He was born March 6, 1933 in Union County, NC son of the late Sam Wesley & Myrtle Lucille Hemby Aycoth. He is also preceded in death by two sisters Marilyn Aycoth & Jean McCray. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at Gordon Funeral Chapel,...
Ashley Nichole Tyson
Jul 23, 2021
Ashley Nichole Tyson 33, passed away Friday, July 23, 2021. She was born April 24, 1988 in Fort Pierce, FL. A funeral service will be held at 11:00AM, Saturday, July 31, 2021 at Gordon Funeral Chapel. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 9:30AM until 10:45AM at Gordon Funeral Service, 1904 Lancaster Ave, Monroe, NC 28112....
Alan Robert Kessel
Jul 20, 2021
Alan Robert Kessel, 78, of Matthews, passed away on Tuesday, July 20, after a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born on July 24, 1942, in Bradford, PA, son of the late William O. and Marjorie Warner Kessel. Al was blessed to grow up with older brother Richard L. Kessel and younger sister Martha K. Wilcox (Robert), who...
Lynda Price Williams
Jul 19, 2021
Lynda Price Williams, 79, of Monroe, passed away on Monday, July 19, 2021 at her home surrounded by family, after a decade long battle with cancer. Born July 25, 1941, Lynda was the daughter of the late Marvin Erastus Price and Mildred Haigler Price. A graduate of Unionville High School, Lynda married her devoted spouse, Tim Williams, on October...
Russell David Melton
Jul 19, 2021
Russell David Melton, 44, of Monroe, NC passed away on Monday, July 19, 2021. He was born in Union County on November 29, 1976. A funeral service will be held at 2:00PM, Saturday, July 24, 2021 at Gordon Funeral Chapel, burial to follow in Lakeland Memorial Park. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 12:00PM until...
Carrie Lee Walker
Jul 19, 2021
Carrie Lee Blakeney Walker was born on October 18, 1934 in Chesterfield County, SC to the late Robert Blakeney and Flossie Lowery Blakeney. She was married to the late Jason James Walker. She was a lifelong member of Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Tradesville, SC. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. To some she was...
James Lane Tompkins
Jul 18, 2021
James Lane Tompkins, 69, passed away Sunday, July 18, 2021. He was the son of the Late Clarence and Bernice Tompkins. He was also preceeded in death by a brother, Evan Marcus Tompkins, and wife Joan Christine (Nelson) Tompkins. Jim, a New York City boy by birth but a bit country by nature, began his working life - and...
Harry Alonzo Godfrey
Jul 17, 2021
Harry Alonzo Godfrey, 94, passed away in his sleep at his home in Monroe, North Carolina on July 17, 2021. He was born January 27, 1927 in Union County, son of the late William Blythe Godfrey and Della Stephenson Godfrey. He is also preceded in death by two brothers, William Godfrey and Douglas Godfrey, and three sisters, Helen McLean,...
Ray Steven Upperman
Jul 17, 2021
Ray Steven (Steve) Upperman, 73, passed away on Saturday, July 17, 2021. He was the son of the late Ray Eugene Upperman and Ruth Pabst Upperman. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Bruce W. Upperman. The funeral service will be at 11:30AM on Friday, July 23, 2021 at Gordon Funeral Chapel with burial following at Lakeland...
Audrey Louise Bales
Jul 16, 2021
Audrey Louise Dodd Bales, age 100, died on July 16, 2021. She was born in Boaz, AL on March 1, 1921, one of nine children of the late David Edward and Maude Smith Dodd. She was preceded in death by her husband Clarence and her son Duane. Audrey graduated in 1942 from Berea College KY, where she met Clarence....
Charles Franklin Chaney
Jul 15, 2021
Charles Franklin “Frank” Chaney Jr., 70, of Monroe, NC passed away on Thursday, July 15, 2021 at the Hospice House in Monroe surrounded by his wife and sons. He was born in Union County on November 12, 1950, son of the late Charles Franklin Chaney Sr., and Billie Lee Williams Chaney. Frank was a graduate of Forest Hills High...
Jessie Purnell
Jul 14, 2021
Jessie Smith Purnell, 92, of Monroe, NC, died peacefully on July 14, 2021 at Waltonwood Cotswold in Charlotte, NC. She was born on September 26, 1928 in Monroe to the late Martin and Bessie Smith. Jessie is also preceded in death by her husband Rial Omega Purnell, five sisters: Verna Jones, Willy Ruth Presson, Christine Helms, Elvie HInson, and...
