Feb 6, 2013

Mr. Gene Edward Brewer, 68 of Monroe, NC died Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at his home.  Funeral Services will be held 2pm Sunday, February 10, 2013 at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 501 P.E. Bazemore Dr., Monroe, NC, Reverend Larry W. Leak, Pastor, Eulogist, Burial will follow in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Monroe, NC.

Born August 24, 1944...

Jan 24, 2013

Mrs. Ella Louise Rivers Wright, 58 of Wingate, NC died Thursday, January 24, 2013 at Carolinas Medical Center-Union in Monroe, NC.  Funeral Services will be held 12 noon Saturday, February 2, 2013 at Christ Bible Disipleship Worship Center, 1019 Unarco Rd., Marshville, NC 28103, Burial will follow in the MT. Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery in Cheraw, SC.  Public...

Jan 21, 2013

Mrs. Mary Frances Gillespie Staton, 75 of Marshville, NC died Monday, January 21, 2013 at her home.  Funeral Services will be held 1pm Saturday, January 26, 2013 at Piney Grove East Missionary Baptist Church, 1708 Ansonville Rd., Marshville, NC 28103, Reverend Matthew D. Rouse, III, Eulogist, Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.

Public viewing will be...

Jan 20, 2013

Mr. Max Livingston Massey, 65 of Monroe, NC died Sunday, January 20, 2013 at Stanly Regional Hospital in Albemarle, NC.  Funeral Services will be held 3pm Sunday, January 27, 2013 at Christ Bible Discipleship Worship Center, 1019 Unarco Rd., Marshville, NC 28103.  Interment with full military honors will be held 11am Monday, January 28, 2013 at Salisbury National Cemetery...

Jan 17, 2013

Mr. Kenneth Michael Huey, 60 of Waxhaw, NC died Thursday, January 17, 2013 at Carolinas Medical Center-Union in Monroe, NC.  Funeral Services will be held 11am Friday, January 25, 2013 at Pleasant Plains Missionary Baptist Church,3721 Shiloh Unity Rd., Lancaster, SC 29720.  Reverend David Wright, Eulogist, Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held 6pm to...

Jan 16, 2013

Mrs. Emma Jean Miller Knight, 70, of Mount Gilead, NC died Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at her home.  Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Monday, January 21, 2013, at Providence Missionary Baptist Church, Mt. Gilead, of which she was a member, with the Reverend Charles Matthews, great-nephew, eulogist.  Burial will be in the Thomasville Church Cemetery.

She...

Jan 16, 2013

Mrs. Florence R. "Jean" Craig, 66 of Monroe, NC died Wednesday, January  16, 2013 at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, NC.  A Memorial Service to Celebrate the life of Mrs. Craig will be held 1pm Tuesday, January 22, 2013, with a Vistation of Family and friends at 12 noon prior to the Service at Central United Methodist Church, 801 S....

Jan 13, 2013

Mr. Henry L. Christian, Jr. 73 of Newark, NJ, formerly of Montgomery County, NC (Wadeville Community) died Sunday, January 13, 2013 at his home in Newark, NJ.  Funeral Services will be held 2pm Sunday, January 20, 2013 at Roper Grove AME Zion Church, 196 Roper Grove Church Rd., Mount Gilead, NC 27306, Reverend Conneth Clinton, Eulogist, Burial will follow...

Jan 13, 2013

Mr. John Edward Sowell, 73 of Monroe, NC died Sunday, January 13, 2013 at CMC-Mercy in Charlotte, NC.  Graveside Service will be held 1pm Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at Lakeland Memorial Park, 1901 Lancaster Avenue, Monroe, NC 28112. Dr. Julia Robinson, Eulogist.

Born in Chesterfield County, SC July 9, 1939 a son of the late Leroy Baker...

Jan 12, 2013

Mr. Robert Lee Patterson, 70 of Wadesboro, NC died Saturday, January 12, 2013 at his home.  Funeral Services will be held 12 Noon Saturday, January 19, 2013 at Mount Calvary AME Zion Church, 800 La Salle St., Monroe, NC 28110. Bishop James  L.  "Doc" Nance, Eulogist,  Entombment will follow in the Lakeland Memorial Park Mausoleum in Monroe, NC.

Jan 5, 2013

Mrs. Shirley Ann Gaither Morrison, 65 of Weddington, NC,  died Saturday, January 5, 2013 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC.  Funeral Services will be held Saturday, January 12, 2013 at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, NC Hwy 16 (Providence Rd.) Waxhaw, NC, with Rev. Phillip Andrew Morrison, her son, eulogist,  with Burial to follow in the Church Cemetery.  Harris...

Jan 3, 2013

Deacon Daniel Lee Miller, Sr., 76 of Fayetteville, NC, formerly of Mt. Gilead, NC, passed away, Thursday, January 3, 2013, at Cape Fear Valley Hospital, Fayetteville, NC, after a brief illness.

Funeral will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 9, 2013, at Providence Missionary Baptist Church, 3807 NC HWY 109 S., Mt. Gilead, NC 27306 of which he...

Jan 3, 2013

Thaddeus Steven Chambers, 57, of Jersey City, NJ, died Thursday,January 3, 2013 at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC.

He was  the son of the late Robert Marcus Dumas and Addie Chambers Dumas.

He is survived by a daughter, Tamika Chambers: three brothers, Marcus Dumas of Brooklyn, New York, Patrick...

Dec 21, 2012

Reverend Esther Mae Ellerbe Nixon, 90 of Waxhaw, NC died Friday, December 21, 2012 at Hospice of Union County in Monroe, NC .  Funeral Services will be held 1pm Thursday, December 27, 2012, at Marvin AME Zion Church, 1525 Crane Rd., Waxhaw, NC 28173,  with the  Reverend Cecil Alsobrooks, Eulogist and  Pastor of Ebenezer A.M.E. Zion Church.  Interment will...

Dec 21, 2012

Mike Steven Griffin, 45 of Wingate, NC died Friday, December 21, 2012 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC. Funeral Services will be held 2pm Friday, December 28, 2012 at New Hope Christian Faith Church, 152Threadgill St., Ansonville, NC 28007. Reverend Josie Caldwell, Eulogist, Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery.

Born in Stanly County, NC January...

Dec 19, 2012

Mrs. Thelma Burnette Stanback Bowser, 87 of Brooklyn, NY formerly of Mount Gilead, NC (Wadeville Community) died Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn, NY.  Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 29, 2012 at Clark's Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 594 NC HWY 109 S. ( Wadeville Community) Mount Gilead, NC 27306. Visitation will be held...

Dec 18, 2012

Reverend John Ray (J.R.) Scarborough, 89 of Mount Gilead, NC died Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at Forest Oaks Nursing Facility in Albemarle, NC.  Funeral Services will be held 1pm Saturday, December 22, 2012 at Leah R. Levin Memorial Auditoriam, 102 S. School St., Mount Gilead, NC 27306. Reverend Michael Thomas, Eulogist, Interment with full Military Honors will...

Dec 18, 2012

Mrs. Addie Chambers Dumas, 77 of Mount Gilead, NC died Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.  Funeral Services will be held 2pm Sunday, December 23, 2012 at McAuley Memorial AME Zion Church, 2829 NC HWY 109 S., Mount Gilead, NC 27306. Reverend David Wooley, Eulogist, Interment will follow in McAuley Memorial Gardens in...

Dec 14, 2012

Rev. Dr. Brookshire M. Harris, 84 of Candor, NC died Friday, December 14, 2012 at Autumn Care of Biscoe, NC.  Funeral Services will be held 11am Thursday, December 20, 2012 at Olive Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 232 Haywood-Davis Road, Mount Gilead, NC 27306 , Reverend Howard Rogers, Eulogist, Interment with full military honors in the Church Cemetery....

Nov 28, 2012

Mrs. Delores Estelle Covington Culbreath, 57 of Brunswick, GA formerly of Monroe, NC died Wednesday, November 28, 2012. She was a daughter of the late Gilbert and Mary Gaither Covington.  Funeral Services will be held 1pm Saturday, December 8, 2012 at Holy Band Church, 2700 Albany St., Brunswick, GA 31520.  A Memorial Service will be held in Monroe, NC ...