Obituaries

Mar 20, 2023

SALISBURY – Manuel Soloria Ayala, 53, of Salisbury passed away on Monday March 20, 2023. He was born to Manuel Solorio Banderas and Juana Ayala in San Felipe on April 10, 1969. He attended school at San Felipe and was owner of Cas Grande in Salisbury. He is survived by his sons, Christian Solorio, Manuel Solorio, Jr.,...

Mar 10, 2023

Charity Gladden of Salisbury, born Sept. 25, 1952, passed on March 10, 2023, at Carolina Medical Center in Charlotte. She is a graduate of Salisbury High School and college graduate of Livingston College in Salisbury. She was last employed with Rowan Hospital in the Service Dept. and Henry Link furniture plant in Lexington. She leaves behind two...

Feb 17, 2023

SALISBURY – Robert Alexander Steele Jr. 69, of Salisbury, passed away on Feb. 17, 2023. He was born to the late Robert and Beaulah Christian Steele, Sr. on June 30, 1953 in Rowan County.

He was a 1971 graduate of East Rowan High School and 1975 graduate of Livingstone College and recieving his Master's from...

Feb 1, 2023

Berbly Faye Lynn Wallace 64, was born to the late Frank and Eula Vaughters Lynn on June 9, 1958 in Rowan County passed away on Wednesday February 1, 2023 at Glenn A. Kiser Hospice House. 1976 graduate of Salisbury High School , her last employment was with Cone Mills and she  attended Hall's Chapel Primitive Baptist Church....

Jan 17, 2023

SALISBURY – Mildred Elizabeth Lynn Cook was born to the late Baxter and Early Hyde Lynn on Sept. 22, 1940 in Rowan County. She departed her Earthly Life on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023 at Novant Health Rowan Regional Medical Center. A 1958 graduate of J C Price High School,retired from WG 'Bill ' Hefner Medical Center as...

Jan 3, 2023

SALISBURY – On Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023 at Glen A. Kiser Hospice House, God picked a beautiful flower from his garden, it was then he called Kathleen Chambers, born April 4, 1946, affectionately in Rowan County to the late George Allen Chambers and Esther Rosetta Cowan-Chambers. Kathleen was educated in Rowan County Schools. She was previously employed...

Jan 3, 2023

SALISBURY – Sonya Nicole Anderson, 42, was born in Lexington, NC to Sherry Loretta Hargrave and the late Ronnie Howard Anderson slipped away too soon on Tuesday January 3,2023 at Atrium Health Northeast Medical Center, Concord, NC. A 1998 graduate of Lexington Senior High School,attended several colleges but did receive her General Ed diploma from Davidson County...

Dec 27, 2022

SALISBURY – Jermiah Hackett, 60, was born to Everett Mason Hackett and the late Johnnie Mae King Hackett on Sept. 14, 1962 passed away on Dec. 27,2022. He was a1982 graduate of East Rowan High School and he was employed by Angel of Heart as a Chef. He was preceded in death by his mother, Johnnie Mae...

Dec 23, 2022

SALISBURY – It is with profound sadness yet with blessed hope of the day of resurrection that we announce the passing of our precious Alexis Leandra Greer. Alexis Leandra Greer, 45, of Salisbury, NC was born to the late Alex L. Greer, Jr. and Patricia Ann Greer on July 30,1977 in Dallas, TX. She departed her life...

Dec 20, 2022

William "Rabbit" Michael Cuthbertson, 70, was born in Rowan County to the late William and Doris Harper Cuthbertson on Jan. 3, 1952, departed this Earthly Life on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022, at Glenn A. Kiser Hospice House after an extended illness. Mr. Cuthbertson was a 1971 graduate of West Rowan High School, a lifelong member of Cedar...

Nov 30, 2022

Eugene Whitner 78, of Salisbury, went to eternal rest on Wednesday, November 30, at Novant Health Rowan Regional Medical Center and was born to the late Avery Mutz and Ada Pharr in Roanoke, VA. Mr. Whitner attended school in Roanoke, last employed by the City of Salisbury, and was a self-employed Handyman. He was preceded in death by his...

Nov 24, 2022

William "Moot" Clinding, 72, of Salisbury, who was born to the late Rachel Clinding Miller on December 2, 1949, went into eternal rest on Thursday, November 24, 2022. He was a graduate of Dunbar High School and attended Livingstone College. He was an United States Army Veteran, and was employed and retired from W.G. Bill Hefner VA Medical Center....

Nov 18, 2022

Funeral Services for Lil Ms. Knoni Rankin will be held on Monday, November 21, 2022, 12 noon in Rowan Funeral Services Chapel. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation and Viewing are at 11 am Visitation

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Nov 18, 2022

Memorial Services for Mrs. Frances Norman will be held on Saturday, November 19, 2022, 2 pm in Rowan Funeral Services Chapel. Memorial Services

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Nov 18, 2022

Ruth Bost Wood, 103, quietly went into eternal rest on Friday, November 18, 2022, at Glenn A Kiser Hospice House. She was born to the late Henry Bost and Roxie Wood on May 13, 1919, in Rowan County. A loving person with a blessed life of many years, she was a member of Knox Grove Baptist Church where she...

Nov 13, 2022

Glenda Diane Steele, 59, drifted away on Sunday, November 13, 2022, at Novant Rowan Regional Medical Center. She was born to Julia Steele on August 18, 1963, in Rowan County. Ms. Steele attended Salisbury High School but graduated through Job Corp and was employed as a Certified Nursing Assistant at Trinity Homes. A sister preceded her in death, Vicky...

Oct 31, 2022

Margaret Marie Blackwell, 65, of Salisbury, North Carolina was born to the late Kenneth and Julia Avery Blackwell on December 18, 1956, and departed this earthly life on Monday, October 31, 2022. Ms. Blackwell attended the Rowan-Salisbury School System and was last employed as a Certified Nursing Assistant at Compass Nursing Home (Magnolia Garden). She was preceded in death...

Oct 27, 2022

Funeral Services for Mr. Jaylen Rhodes will be held on Monday, November 14, 2022, 1 pm at Rowan Funeral Services Chapel. Interment will follow in Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation and viewing is from 12 noon until the hour of the service. Funeral Service

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Sep 25, 2022

Mary "MaResa" Theresa Ford Dukes, 86 of Salisbury, departed from this earthly life on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022, at Liberty Common Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Salisbury. She was born to the late Samuel Lonnie and Carolyn Rebecca Kirk Ford on Jan. 1, 1936, in Amityville, N.Y. She was a 1954 graduate of Dunbar High School and attended Livingstone College,...

Sep 23, 2022

Dr. Colin Pillay, 68, passed away November 2, 2022, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Colin Pillay was born in 1954 to the late Soobiah Pillay and Evelyn nee Frank in Durban, South Africa. In 2010, Dr. Pillay joined the faculty of Livingstone College in North Carolina in business and economics and elevated the Division of Business on many levels. Under...