Barbara Higgins Hurst, a native of Yancey County, passed away Thursday, July 17, 2014 at Carolinas Medical Center Northeast in Concord after a long illness. She was 85. Barbara, affectionately known as “Bobbie” to family and friends, was born on Feb. 3, 1929 to Milton B. and Pearle Swofford Higgins. She graduated from Burnsville High School and attended Western Carolina...
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Morris was and is, first and foremost, a survivor. He passed away on July 23, 2014. Sole survivor of losing his entire immediate family (two sisters, one brother, Mother and Father), and experiencing multiple near-death experiences at multiple concentration camps during World War II. See the story of Morris surviving the holocaust in: http://www.spangdahlem.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123408816 Survivor of nightmare after nightmare from...
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Robert Gene “Bobby” Marsh, 74 of Spencer passed away on Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at Novant Rowan Medical Center. Bobby was born on March 3, 1940 in Surry County, son of the late General Woodrow and Margaret Irene Ashe Marsh. Bobby was educated in the Rowan County School System. He was owner and operator of Petroleum Insulators in New Orleans....
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Harry Lee Scoggin, Sr., 57 of Lexington passed away on Monday, July 21, 2014 at the Glenn A. Kiser Hospice House in Salisbury. Harry was born on January 4, 1957 in Augusta, GA, a son of JoAnn Huffman Scoggin and the late Marvin Gordon Scoggin. Harry is a 1982 graduate of the University of Cincinnati with a B.S. in Computer...
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Roger Ferrell Kirkland, 58, of Charlotte, NC, passed away on July 15th, 2014 at his residence. Roger was born on October 30th, 1955 in Bryson City, NC, a son of the late Maxwell Kirkland and Lois Coleman Kirkland. Roger is a veteran of the US Navy and member of the VFW Post 9488 in Charlotte. He worked as a mechanic....
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James Andrew Coleman, 82 of Thomasville passed away on Friday, July 18, 2014 at the W.G. Bill Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury. James was born on June 16, 1932 in Guilford County, a son of the late Lester and Pearl Coleman. James was educated in the High Point School System. James retired from the United States Army after serving...
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Mr. Jerry Columbus Whitley, 62, passed away Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at the W.G. Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury. He was born February 2, 1952, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to the late James and Mae Whitley. Jerry graduate from high school in Stanly County, NC and was employed by Cannon Mills Plant No. 1 as a shipping clerk. He was...
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Bonnie Belle Sweetman Waitt of Concord, passed through the glimmering gates of Heaven on July 16, 2014, at the Tucker Hospice House in Cabarrus County. She was surrounded by her loving family. She was 76. She enjoyed a career at Concord First Assembly as receptionist and secretary, and as the Activity Director at First Assembly Living Center. She was a...
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Elizabeth Jager Flaherty, 102, of New London, NC passed away on Thursday July 17, 2014 at Stanly Regional Hospital surrounded by family. Mrs. Flaherty was born July 7, 1912 in Torrington, Connecticut to the late John Jager and Elizabeth Jager. Mrs. Flaherty worked as a receptionist at her son’s golf business until retiring when she turned 97. She loved crocheting...
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Olive May Stowell Carlson, 86, of Charlotte, went to be with her heavenly Father on Sunday, July 13, 2014. She was born on February 20, 1928 in Springfield, Massachusetts the daughter of the late Clarence and Mary Stowell. She was the beloved wife of Robert Charles Carlson. They were married for 58 years at the time of his death on...
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