Remembering Loved Ones in Monroe, NC
Frank Murphy Rogers, Jr.
Jan 23, 2021
Frank “Del” Murphy Rogers Jr., 58, of Waxhaw, NC passed away Saturday, January 23, 2021 due to complications from Covid. He was born in Charlotte, NC on July 7, 1962, eldest son of Frank and Carrie Rogers. Del is a graduate of Parkwood High School and attended Wingate University. He then enlisted in the U.S Air Force, hoping to...
Ruby Leigh Fowler
Jan 23, 2021
Ruby Leigh Helms Fowler, 91, of Monroe, NC passed away Saturday, January 23, 2021. She was born in Union County on August 16, 1929, daughter to the late Eustace Carl Helms and Ethel Price Helms. She is also preceded in death by her husband Jack Fowler and sisters, Louise Priles, Wilma Conder, Verla Ruth Hamilton, Frances Baker and brother,...
Donald Reid Hargett
Jan 23, 2021
Donald Reid Hargett, 81, of Monroe, NC passed away Saturday, January 23, 2021. He was born in Union County on October 8, 1939 son to the late Floyd Reid Hargett and Glennie Helms Hargett. He is also preceded in death by his wife Doris Irene Hargett and son, Bobby Ray Hargett. Donald is survived by his daughter, Brenda Barr...
Mary Jo Conway
Jan 22, 2021
Mary Jo Conway “Jo Bird” aka as “Mama Jo” 74, of Monroe, NC passed away, Friday, January 22, 2021. She was born in Mecklenburg County, NC on August 24, 1946 daughter to the late Marion Wylie & Edna Virginia Austell Bird. She was also preceded in death by her husband Donald “Duck” Conway. A graveside service will be held...
Ronald Stephen Helms
Jan 22, 2021
Ronald “Ron” Stephen Helms, 66, of Charlotte, NC passed away Saturday, January 22, 2021. He was born in Union County on November 10, 1954 son to the late Clarence Helms and Margaret Small Helms. A graveside service will be held 11:00 AM, Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at Lakeland Memorial Park. Ron is survived by his sister, Susan Beaver and...
Pamela Ann Kehr
Jan 22, 2021
Pamela Ann Kehr, 70, of Monroe, NC passed away Friday, January 22, 2021. She was born in Hamilton County, OH, on September 6, 1950 daughter to the late Gobel Coffey and Carrie Mitchell Coffey. She is also preceded in death by her husband, Walter Wesley Kehr, and brother, Richard Coffey. A graveside service will be held at 2:00PM Wednesday,...
Marlene Simpson
Jan 22, 2021
Marlene Carter Simpson, 82, passed away Friday, January 22, 2021. She was born August 25, 1938 in Cabarrus County, NC, daughter of the late Henry Grady and Mable Baucom Carter. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Donald Reece Simpson. A graveside service will be held Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in Lakeland Memorial Park....
William Fate Starnes, Jr.
Jan 20, 2021
William Fate Starnes, Jr., 76, of Monroe Passed away Wednesday, January 20, 2021. Funeral services for William will be 1:00 PM Friday, January 22, 2021 in the Gordon Funeral Chapel with Rev. Eric Nixon officiating. Burial will follow in Lakeland Memorial Park. Online condolences may be made to www.gordonfuneralservice.com. Gordon Funeral Service and Crematory is caring for the Starnes...
Iris Mae Price Mcsheehan
Jan 19, 2021
Mrs. Iris Mae Price McSheehan, 77, of Monroe, NC passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2021. She was born in Cabarrus County on August 26, 1943 daughter to the late Randolph Price and Fannie Mae Gaskey Price. She was also preceded in death by her loving husband Kenneth Charles McSheehan, brothers, Ray Gaskey and Randy Price, sister, Ruth McSheehan. Funeral...
Francis Donald Lawrence
Jan 17, 2021
F. Donald (Donnie) Lawrence passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2021. Donnie was born on March 20, 1944 in Landrum, SC and moved to Monroe as a child. A lifelong resident he graduated from Monroe High School and NC State University. He married the love of his life Deborah Owen July 5, 1968 and raised three sons. Donnie was...
Earl Junior Carter
Jan 16, 2021
Earl “Many Skins” Carter, 79, enrolled Tribal member of The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, made his final journey after many years of combating a failing heart and lyme disease, having crossed over on Saturday, January 16, 2021, surrounded by family at the home of his son. “Inquire of your Elders and they will tell you.” Deuteronomy 32:7 NLT...
Nadine Nesbit
Jan 16, 2021
Nadine Diana Rowland Nesbit, 93 years old, died Saturday morning, January 16, 2021 at the Blake Edgewater Memory Center. Mrs. Nesbit was born on September 18, 1927 in Cleveland, Ohio daughter of the late Margaret Prusser and Robert Thorp Rowland. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 63 years, Clarence Reid Nesbit, and a young son,...
Laura Smith Moore
Jan 15, 2021
Laura Smith Moore, 58, passed away Friday, January 15, 2021 at her home. She was born July 9, 1962 in Mecklenburg County, NC daughter of the late Frank & Sally Robbins Smith. She is also preceded in death by two step-fathers; Louis Leggett and Kenneth Spence and a brother Frank “Buddy” Pittman Smith, Jr. Laura loved her family, and...
Jacqueline Rape
Jan 15, 2021
Jacqueline Rape, 89, passed away peacefully at her home Friday, January 15, 2021. She was born November 3, 1931 in Union County, NC daughter of the late Hoyte & Myrtle Forbis Rape. She is also preceded in death by her husband Millon “Bush” Rape, two brothers: Earl Rape, and James “Monk” Rape, and a sister Polly Taylor. Jacqueline is...
James Ronald Love
Jan 14, 2021
James Ronald Love, 77, passed away Thursday, January 14, 2021. He was born March 19, 1943 in Union County, NC son of the late James Titus Love & Georgia Howard Love. He is also preceded in death by a brother Roy Love. The family will have a time of gathering to Celebrate & Reflect his life on Friday, January...
Jeanne Marie Zaugg
Jan 11, 2021
Jeanne Kahl Zaugg, 77, of Heath Springs, SC, she was born in Huntley, IL, on May 14, 1943 daughter to the late Chris Kahl and Ruth Sieroslawski Kahl. A funeral will be held at 1:00PM, Monday, January 18, 2021 at Covenant Baptist Church, 165 Craig Manor Rd, Lancaster, SC, 29720, burial to follow at Forest Lawn East. The family...
Danny Richard Pressley
Jan 8, 2021
On January 8, 2021 Danny Richard Pressley was welcomed to his heavenly home. A Union County native, Danny, 67, was born on March 4, 1953 to the late Houston and Foy Hasty Pressley. Danny is survived by his loving wife of 40 years, Elizabeth Seawright “Beth” Pressley, his daughter and son in law, Lauren and Ryan Van Wingerden, brother...
Joyce Melvenia Lalley
Jan 8, 2021
Joyce S. Lalley 85, passed away on January 8, 2021. She was born on August 20, 1935 in Kannapolis, NC to the late Lunda W. Stone and Mable Knight Stone. She is also preceded in death by her husband, Thomas J. Lalley, and her sister, Peggy Stone. She married Thomas J. Lalley on August 23,1958 at Saint Thomas Apostle...
Aaron Whitley Johnson
Jan 7, 2021
Aaron Whitley Johnson, 84, of Monroe, NC, passed away on Thursday, January 7, 2021. He was born in Johnston County, NC on December 24, 1936, son to the late David Elvin Johnson Sr. and Mattie Whitley Johnson. A memorial service will be held at a later date due to the concerns of the pandemic. He served his country as...
Ellise Wease Marsh
Jan 6, 2021
Mrs. Ellise Wease Marsh, 74, of Charlotte, NC, passed away Wednesday, January 6, 2021. She was born on March 9, 1946 daughter to the late James L. Robinson and Mary Blount. A funeral service will be held at 1:00PM, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at Gordon Funeral Chapel, 1904 Lancaster Ave, Monroe, NC 28112, burial to follow in Lakeland Memorial...
