Obituaries
Benjamin Matthews, Jr
Apr 30, 2021
Benjamin Matthews, Jr. 69, was born to the late Benjamin and Katie Burris Matthews Sr. on July 26, 1951 in Columbia, SC and passed away on Friday, April 30, 2021 after a lengthy illness at Glenn A. Kiser Hospice House. He was a member of World of Faith and a Handyman. He was preceded in death by his parents...
Edward Junior Gibson
Apr 29, 2021
Edward Junior Gibson, 88, of Salisbury was born to the late Richard Odell and Prudie Wood Gibson on May 13, 1932 in Rowan County and made a final flight on Thursday April 29, at Glenn A. Kiser Hospice House after a brief illness. He was last employed as a forklift driver for Southern States and was a member of...
David Lee Woods
Apr 26, 2021
David Lee Woods 79, was born to the late Conyurs and Anna Hyde Woods on May 4, 1941 in Rowan County and made his final transition on Monday, April 26, 2021 at Transitional Health Services after a brief illness. He attended school in Rowan County and worked many years as a baker for Flower Bakery. He was preceded in...
Pearlena Mays Jackson
Apr 22, 2021
Pearlena Mays Jackson, 85, born to the late Lena Williams on November 9, 1935 in Johnston, SC made her final destination on Thursday, April 22, 2021. She was a graduate of Highland Senior High School and a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband Rev. William T. Jackson, Sr. Pearlena leaves precious memories...
Bertha Mae Hairston
Apr 19, 2021
Bertha Mae Hairston 63, was born to the late Mary Elizabeth Blakeney and Wilbert Horton on January 15, 1958 in Norfolk, VA. Final transition was made on Monday, April 19, 2021 at Novant Health Rowan Medical Center in Salisbury, NC. She attended North Rowan High School and had been disabled for several years. She is survived by her sons;...
Steven Michael Jones, Jr
Apr 6, 2021
Steven Michael Jones, Jr. 32, of Salisbury was born in Rowan County on February 15, 1989 to Minnette Watson and Steven Michael Jones, Sr. and passed away on Tuesday April 6, 2021 at Wake Forest Medical Center in Winston Salem, NC. He attended North Rowan High School and was last employed as a cook at Cracker Barrel. He is...
Bessie Mae Mcgee
Mar 25, 2021
Bessie Mae McGee, 93, was born to the late Alfred and Ludella Moss Cleveland on May 4, 1927 in Pickens, SC and passed away on March 25, 2021 at her home. She was last employed at Knox Middle School and a lifelong member of the United House of Prayer. She is survived by a son James McGee of Salisbury,...
Gordon Brian Patterson
Mar 22, 2021
Gordon Brian Patterson, Sr. 61 of Kannapolis was born to Estelle Thomas Tinsley and the late Traxler Patterson on October 28, 1959 in Paterson, NJ and passed away on March 22, 2021 at Atrium Health, Concord, NC. Mr. Patterson was a craftsman with Old Southern Stone and a member of Mt Zion C.M.E. Church. He was preceded in death...
Walter Lee James, Jr.
Mar 22, 2021
Walter Lee James Jr., of Salisbury, NC, esteemed husband and father passed away on March 22, 2021. He was born in Long Island, New York to Delores DeVane and Walter Lee James Sr. on September 19, 1959. "Snooky," as he became affectionately known, was raised in Jacksonville, NC where he graduated from Jacksonville Senior High School and was a...
Grover Franklin Jones
Mar 21, 2021
Grover Franklin Jones, Jr. 32, of Salisbury was born to Grover Franklin and Betty Greene Jones, Sr. on July 28, 1988 in Rowan County and passed away March 21, 2021 at Novant Health Rowan Regional Medical Center. He attended Salisbury High School. He is survived by his parents; brothers; Donnel Lomax, DeAndre Thompson, sisters; Shavonda "Cheye" Greene, Sonja Hall,...
Robert Lee Cowan
Mar 11, 2021
Robert Lee Cowan 72, of Salisbury passed away on Thursday March 11, 2021 and was born to the late Willie James and Elizabeth Propst Cowan on July 25, 1948 in Rowan County. He was a graduate of Salisbury - Rowan Schools and was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was employed as a driver for Homes Concrete. He...
Lester Chapman
Mar 1, 2021
Lester Chapman was born on May 4, 1943, in New York, New York. He departed his earthly life on March 1, 2021 in his home in Salisbury, North Carolina. He was the oldest of three sons, born to Richard Lester and Bertha Smith Chapman. Lester was a proud Marine. He joined the U.S. Marine Corp in 1968 and served...
Larry Miller
Feb 4, 2021
Larry Miller, 56, passed away on Thursday, February 4. 2021 He was born January 8, 1965 in Rowan County. He was the son of Virginia Miller and the late William Miller. Larry was a graduate of Salisbury High School where he played football and basketball. He attended Jerusalem Baptist Church. He was last employed with Beck Facility Services at...
Robert Joe Allen
Feb 4, 2021
Robert Joe Allen, Sr, 59 of Salisbury was born to the late James and Selena Clark Allen on October 17, 1961 in Elberton, GA and passed away on Thursday February 4, 2021 at Novant Regional Medical Center. He leaves memories to his sons; Robert J. Allen, Jr., Taurus Allen, Duane Phillips, fiancé: Janice Cochrane, brothers; Bishop William (Darlene) Allen,...
Jesse Lamar Blackwell
Jan 31, 2021
Jesse Lamar Blackwell, 71, affectionately known as "Mack," passed away peacefully on January 31, 2021, at W.G. (Bill) Hefner VA Hospice Center, after a long fight with dementia. He was born on June 4, 1949, to the late Samuel E. Blackwell, Sr., and wife, the late Beatrice Hall Blackwell, in Rowan County. Mack was educated in the Rowan-Salisbury School...
Stanley Pruitt
Jan 23, 2021
On January 23, 2021 Stanley Pruitt was called to be with the Lord. He is preceded in death by his mother and father (Livingston and Ethel Pruitt). He is survived by his Wife Olympia Pruitt, his children Braxten Grant (Jasmine), Amaadíe Smyre, Kunius Pruitt, Amarion Smyre, Keira Smyre, sisters Latoya Pruitt (Micah), Torsheka Rankin, and Teressa Smyre and many...
Charles Edward Everhart, Jr
Jan 22, 2021
Charles "Bay Boy" Edward Everhart, Jr. 59, of Salisbury was born to Charles E. Everhart, Sr and the late Louise Geter Everhart in Rowan County on June 3, 1961. He passed away on Friday January 22, 2021 at Novant Health Rowan Medical Center. Mr. Everhart attended Rowan-Salisbury Schools and graduated with his GED in Job Corp. He was self-employed...
Regina Denise Robertson Black
Jan 15, 2021
Regina Denise "Neese" Robertson Black, 62, of Salisbury passed away on January 15, 2021 at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Born September 7, 1968 in Rowan County, she was the daughter of the late Ethel Mae Robertson and Jerry Lee Tucker. Neese was a 1976 graduate of North Rowan High School and was last employed...
Catherine Lynn Roebuck
Jan 12, 2021
Catherine Lynn Roebuck 84, of Salisbury was born to the late Baxter and Earlie Hyde Lynn in Rowan County on February 11, 1936 and passed away on Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at Accordius Health. She attended Rowan - Salisbury Schools and was last employed by W.G. Hefner Medical Center. She was a faithful member of Hall's Chapel Primitive Baptist...
Doris E. Mccoy
Jan 10, 2021
Doris Ellis McCoy 82, of Salisbury was born to the late George and Omma Lee Danzey Ellis in Chesterfield, SC on December 22, 1938 and passed away on January 10, 2021 at Novant Health Rowan Medical Center. Mrs. McCoy was last employed by Vogue Cleaners and had attended Gethsemane Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents;...
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