OBITUARIES
Beulah Whitaker Eury
May 5, 2016
Beulah May Whitaker Eury age 88, , Mt. Pleasant, NC, passed away Thursday, May 5, 2016, at her home. Funeral service will be 4:00pm Saturday, May 7, 2016 at Oak Grove United Methodist Church 32056 Herrin Grove Road, Mt. Pleasant, NC 28124, officiated by Rev. Beau Linker; burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends beginning...
Ann Crowell Lipe
May 2, 2016
Ann Crowell Lipe, 84, of Concord passed away on Monday, May 2, 2016 at Transitional Health Services, Kannapolis. A celebration of Ann’s life will be at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, May 6, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Concord, officiated by Rev. Dr. Mark Ericson. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The body will lay in state one hour prior...
Ruth Hill Moose
Apr 22, 2016
Ruth Wilma Hill Moose, 93, transcended from earthly life to everlasting life on April 22, 2016, at Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis, NC. Mrs. Moose will lie in state at Bethel Bear Creek Reformed Church, Mt. Pleasant, on Sunday, April 24, from 3:30 until 4:00 pm. A Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving, officiated by Rev. Terri Barringer and Rev. Adam...
Tammy Marie Padlock
Apr 7, 2016
Tammy Marie Padlock (Strichek), 55, of Murrells Inlet, SC and Charlotte, NC passed away on Thursday, April 7th, 2016, surrounded by her family. Tammy was born and raised in Geneva on the Lake, Ohio, and had lived in Murrells Inlet, SC for 26 years before moving to Charlotte, NC to be closer to her son. Tammy enjoyed many things in...
Betty Linker Jewell
Mar 29, 2016
Betty Linker Plott Jewell, age 74, went to be with her Heavenly Father on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at Carolinas Health Care System-Northeast. A celebration of Betty’s life will begin at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 3, at her church, Evangel Worship Center, 484 Cabarrus Ave. West in Concord, with the Rev. Thant McManus officiating. The family will receive friends there...
Richard A. Crayton
Mar 17, 2016
Richard A. Crayton 63 of Concord passed away Thursday March 17th 2016 after a period of declining health. Funeral Service will be 4:00pm Monday March 21st at Gordon Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Thomas Gibbs will officiate, burial will follow at Mission Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Sunday March 20th from 5-7 at Gordon Funeral Home. Richard was...
Thomas Myron Marchese
Mar 9, 2016
Thomas Myron Marchese, 85, of Concord, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2016, at the WG Bill Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury. A celebration of life will begin at 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 11, at Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church with the Rev. Bruce Gwyn officiating. The family will receive friends beginning at 1 p.m. Burial will be at 1...
Mary Frances Harris
Mar 4, 2016
Mary Frances Cody Harris, 100, lately of Thetford House in Alexandria, VA, passed away March 4, 2016. She was born in Stanly County, NC on June 13, 1915, to the late Pierce Monroe Cody and Gracie Hatley Cody. Mrs. Harris lived in Alexandria, VA and was in banking. She was predeceased in death by her son, Joseph David Harris, Jr....
Robert Sterling Whisnant
Feb 27, 2016
Robert Sterling Whisnant of Concord died Saturday February 27th at his home. Mr. Whisnant was born June, 10 1957 in Forsyth County to Ruth Mills Whisnant Richards and the late Robert Royce Whisnant. Mr. Whisnant was an employee of University of North Carolina at Charlotte as an electrician for many years. Also during his life he enjoyed coaching and being...
Robert Eugene Allen, Sr.
Feb 27, 2016
Robert "Bob" Eugene Allen, Sr., beloved husband and father, 68, died Saturday, Feb. 27, 2015, from injuries sustained in a construction accident. The Allen family will receive friends from 6 to 8pm Wednesday, March 2, at Gordon Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant, and from 6 to 8pm Thursday, March 3, at Roach Funeral Home in Gassaway, WV. A celebration of...
Billy Ray Goodman
Feb 22, 2016
Mt. Pleasant Billy Ray Goodman, 83 of Mt. Pleasant, NC passed away Monday morning, February 22nd at his home surrounded by his family. Billy was born June 7, 1932 in Cabarrus County to the late Clifford Ray Goodman and Ernie Ethel Talley Goodman. He was preceded in death by his brother Robert Eugene Goodman, sister Mable Goodman Scott, step daughters...
Olin Eugene Brooks
Feb 19, 2016
Rockwell NC Olin Eugene Brooks 85 of Rockwell passed away Friday, February 19th at his home, surrounded by his family. Funeral Service will be 2pm Sunday at Glorieta Baptist Church officiated by Rev. Nathan Brooks and Rev. Robert Leonard. The family will receive friends from 1-2pm at the church prior to the service. Entombment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park....
Clarence Arnold Williams
Jan 28, 2016
Mr. Clarence Arnold Williams, 96 of Albemarle, passed away Thursday, January 28, 2016 at Bethany Woods Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The family will receive friends from 10-11am Monday Feb. 1, at Gordon Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant. Committal service will be private. Mr. Williams was born April 26, 1919 in Madison County, NY son of the late Warren Williams and...
Mildred Mae Dell
Jan 28, 2016
Mildred Mae Dell, 88, of Mt. Pleasant, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016, at Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis. A celebration of Mildred’s life will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 31, in the sanctuary of Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church with the Rev. Bruce Gwyn officiating. The family will receive friends beginning at 2 p.m. in...
Fred Leo Hammill, Jr.
Jan 23, 2016
Fred Leo “Freddy” Hammill, Jr., 71, of Mt. Pleasant died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, at Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis. A celebration of Freddy’s life will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, at St. Stephen's Lutheran Church in Gold Hill, with the Rev. Darrell Norris and the Rev. Bruce Sheeks officiating. Burial will follow in Brookhill Cemetery in Rockwell....
Ercel Pope Hurlocker
Jan 21, 2016
Ercel Lee Pope Hurlocker, age 88, of Mt. Pleasant, passed away Thursday, January 21, 2016 at St. Andrews Living Center, Concord. Funeral service will be 1:00pm Monday, Jan. 25, at Gordon Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant, officiated by Landon Patterson. Burial will follow at Cabarrus Memorial Gardens. The Hurlocker family will receive friends from 12:30pm to 1:00pm prior to the...
Herbert Mattox
Jan 14, 2016
Herbert (Butch) Mattox, Jr., 65, passed away on Jan. 14, 2016, at his residence. The visitation for family and friends will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17, at Gordon Funeral Home, 8559 Cook Street, Mt. Pleasant. The celebration of life will begin at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18 at Gordon Funeral Home with the Rev. Mark...
Mary Arazie
Jan 13, 2016
Mary Sanders Arazie, 80, of Mt. Pleasant, passed away Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at the Mt. Pleasant House. Graveside service will be 11:00am, Saturday January 16th , at Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church Cemetery, officiated by Rev. Ric Durham. Mary was born March 30, 1935 in Bennettsville, SC daughter of the late James W. Sanders and Eulah Esterling Sanders. She...
Faye Morgan Smith
Jan 11, 2016
Faye Morgan Smith 102 years old went to her heavenly home on January 11, 2016. She was surrounded by family at St. Andrews Assisted Living in Concord, NC Mrs. Smith was born November 30, 1913 to the late James Farrington and Minnie Green Morgan of Stanfield, NC She is survived by her daughter, Jane Smith Cline of Concord NC. Granddaughter...
Margie Jane Barbee
Jan 4, 2016
Margie Freeman Barbee, 76, of Concord, passed away Monday, Jan. 4, 2016 at CMC-Northeast. A celebration of her life will begin at 2:00pm Thursday, Jan. 7, at St. Stephen's Wesleyan Church, where she will lie in state 30 minutes prior to the service, officiated by Rev. Arvil Rushing and Rev. Queen Jones. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The...