Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Huntersville & Denver in North Carolina

Halley "Hal"   Merrell

Halley "Hal" Merrell

Sep 2, 2019

Halley Adams Merrell, Jr., 85, of Davidson, NC quietly passed away on September 2.

A memorial service will be held on Sunday, September 8 at the Raymer-Kepner Funeral Home in Huntersville at 2:00pm. 

Halley was born in New Bern, NC on July 14, 1934 to Halley, Sr. and Lossie Merrell.  He grew up in Norfolk, VA and put himself through...

Patricia Webb Levering

Patricia Webb Levering

Aug 24, 2019

Patricia Webb Levering, a beloved Quaker leader well known locally in the Davidson area and nationally in her faith community, died on August 24, 2019, after a sixteen-month struggle with lung cancer. She was 73 years old.

            Patty was born on July 14, 1946, in Mount Airy, NC, to Irene and Locke Webb. She grew up in a Baptist...

Marjorie Ann Strawther

Marjorie Ann Strawther

Aug 24, 2019

Marjorie Strawther, age 93, died Saturday, August 24, 2019 at The Pines at Davidson, North Carolina.

Born December 9, 1925 in Lubbock, Texas, she was the daughter of James Thornton and Ruth Ratliff Arledge.  She spent most of her childhood in Orange, Texas where she was a member of the 9th and Elm Church of Christ.  Marjorie graduated Valedictorian at...

Janet   Blasius

Janet Blasius

Aug 23, 2019

Janet Arlene Blasius, 78, of Cornelius, NC passed away on August 23, 2019.  

She was born in Cleveland, OH on March 9, 1941.  

Janet was an extremely loving person.  Surviving are her husband Sebastian Blasius, son, Sebastian Michael Blasius and his wife Dianne, and her daughter, Theresa Arlene Blasius.  She spent her final years being cared for by her loving...

Bertha M. Cox

Bertha M. Cox

Aug 21, 2019

Bertha M. Cox, 89, of Oak Island, North Carolina, passed away on August 21, 2019.

She was born April 17, 1930 to the late Baxter William Crump and Cora Spakes Crump.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Cox; daughter, Patricia Lambert; and grandson, James Cox.

Bertha is survived by her sons, Dennis...

Ava   Spencer

Ava Spencer

Aug 20, 2019

Ava Clayton Clark Spencer of Davidson, N.C., beloved wife and steadfast partner of the late Samuel R. Spencer Jr., died on August 20, 2019. She was 94 years old.

A woman of extraordinary intellect and broad education, Ava was one of the seven children of Dr. Frank E. Clark and Ava Clark. She was born on February 28, 1925 in...

Hazel   Malcolm

Hazel Malcolm

Aug 20, 2019

Hazel Rowe Malcolm, 74, of Mooresville, was called home to be with our Lord Jesus Christ, Tuesday, August 20, 2019, at the Gordon House hospice facility in Statesville, NC.

Born Sept. 11, 1944, in Huntersville, NC, he was a son of the late Edwin V. Malcolm and Violet P. Malcolm.

Mr. Malcolm retired as an Insulation Supervisor for the Marshall...

Theresa   Sabino

Theresa Sabino

Aug 19, 2019

Theresa (DiGeorge) Sabino passed away on August 20, 2019 in Charlotte, NC.  Born April 15, 1922, the daughter of the late Tommasso and Providenza (LoGalbo) DiGeorge. 

A 1940 graduate of T.R. Proctor High School in which her yearbook motto still describes her "In quietness and confidence she finds her faith".  She married Salvatore (Sam) Sabino on August 13, 1942...

Stacey Ballard Turrentine

Stacey Ballard Turrentine

Aug 18, 2019

Stacey Carol Ballard Turrentine, 49, of  Huntersville, NC passed away on August 18, 2019. A native of Mecklenburg County, she was born on September 17, 1969 to Wayne Harding Ballard and Carol Davis Ballard. She was a graduate of North Mecklenburg High School in 1987 and Wingate University 1991.

Stacey was a beautiful and wonderful Wife, Mother, Daughter, Sister, Friend...

Boyce Dale Nixon

Boyce Dale Nixon

Aug 15, 2019

Boyce Nixon, 90 years old, went to be with the Lord on August 15th, 2019.

He was the son of the late Sid and Florence Nixon. He is also preceded in death by his sister, Margie Robinson and brother, Marvin Nixon.

He leaves behind his beautiful and devoted wife, Grace Nixon of 68 years; children, Vickie Malcom, Danny Nixon, Lisa...

Corinne Wallace Kerns

Corinne Wallace Kerns

Aug 13, 2019

Corinne Wallace Kerns, 100, of Charlotte, North Carolina passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2019. She was known as “Tootsie”  most of her life because of an argument over a Tootsie Roll with one of her sisters as a very young girl.

She was born December 9, 1918 to the late Walter William Wallace and Sara Emma Dulin. 

In addition to...

Barbara Lucas Regen

Barbara Lucas Regen

Aug 12, 2019

Barbara Lucas Regen of Davidson, NC, passed away peacefully on Monday, August 12, 2019. Born in Evanston, Illinois in 1940, she was the daughter of William Ernest Lucas and Mary Husted Lucas.

Barbara graduated from New Trier High School and Wells College. After college, Barbara married Jon Watson Regen; their loving union lasted 54 years. Barbara and Jon raised three...

Constance Mary Alger

Constance Mary Alger

Aug 12, 2019

Constance Mary Platt Alger, 95, of Charlotte, North Carolina passed away Monday, August 12, 2019 at Olde Knox Commons in Huntersville.

Funeral services will be held at McCourt and Trudden Funeral Home in Farmingdale, New York.

Online condolences may be left for the family at kepnerfh.com.

Jeanne Chambers Gibson

Jeanne Chambers Gibson

Aug 10, 2019

Jeanne Chambers Gibson, 86, passed away on Saturday, August 10, 2019. She is pre-deceased by her parents, brother and her husband “Gib” of over 50 years and their son, Scott.

Born and raised in the Pittsburgh, PA area, she was the daughter Mr. & Mrs. Stewart Hill Chambers and sister of William Chambers. Jeanne graduated from the School of Arts,...

Michelle   Drake

Michelle Drake

Aug 9, 2019

Michelle Drake, 40, of Concord, NC, passed away suddenly on August 9, 2019.  She was born in Iowa City, IA, on July 19,1979, to Richard and Rita Lear.

  Michelle was a 1997 graduate at Highland High School in Riverside, IA.  She then went on to Iowa Wesleyan in Mt. Pleasant, IA, on a volleyball scholarship, graduating with a degree...

Sarah Wilson Beard

Sarah Wilson Beard

Aug 8, 2019

Sarah Wilson Beard was called home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, August 8, 2019.

Sarah was born on December 2, 1936 in Charlotte to the late Lula Johnson Wilson and Damoes Bryant Wilson.

She attended East Mecklenburg High School. She married Gene Ranson Beard in 1954, raising her family in Charlotte and later in Denver, NC....

Janet   Schubert

Janet Schubert

Aug 4, 2019

Janet McNeill Schubert, 78, of Huntersville, NC passed away on August 4, 2019. She was born in Paterson, NJ on July 25, 1941 to the late James McNeill and Mary Fedyn McNeill.

She attended Hawthorne High School in New Jersey and later graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelors degree in Physical Therapy.

Jan was a Physical Therapist...

Lawrence Jay Niner

Lawrence Jay Niner

Aug 1, 2019

Lawrence Jay Niner, 73, of Davidson, North Carolina, passed away August 1, 2019.

He was born March 25, 1946 in Hopwood, Pennsylvania to the late Harold “Dutch” Niner and and Eva Jean Cole Niner.N

Lawrence is survived by his wife, Nancy Niner; daughters, Natalie Jeanne Treichel and husband, Luke, of Charlotte, Jennifer L. Steward and husband, Tim, of Davidson, and...

Francis   Taylor

Francis Taylor

Aug 1, 2019

Francis (Frank) L. Taylor, 74, of Denver, North Carolina was released into the arms of Jesus on August 1, 2019.  Frank was born in Baltimore, MD on August 23, 1944. He is preceded in death by his wife Barbara L. Taylor (Hirsh); they were married 41 years.  Frank loved his family and enjoyed serving at Lake Forest Church – Westlake.

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Marilyn Francis Cullen

Marilyn Francis Cullen

Jul 29, 2019

Marilyn Francis Cullen, 89, of Denver, NC passed away on July 29, 2019. She was born in Brooklyn, NY on December 20, 1929 to the late Richard W. Phillips and Florence Campbell Phillips.

Along with her parents she is preceded in death by her husbands, Louis Robert Groner and Raymond J. Cullen; son, Louis Robert Groner,II; sister, Grace Elizabeth McGarvey;...

Local Obituaries for the Lake Norman Community

Halley "Hal"   Merrell

Halley "Hal" Merrell

Sep 2, 2019

Halley Adams Merrell, Jr., 85, of Davidson, NC quietly passed away on September 2.

A memorial service will be held on Sunday, September 8 at the Raymer-Kepner Funeral Home in Huntersville at 2:00pm. 

Halley was born in New Bern, NC on July 14, 1934 to Halley, Sr. and Lossie Merrell.  He grew up in Norfolk, VA and put himself through...

Patricia Webb Levering

Patricia Webb Levering

Aug 24, 2019

Patricia Webb Levering, a beloved Quaker leader well known locally in the Davidson area and nationally in her faith community, died on August 24, 2019, after a sixteen-month struggle with lung cancer. She was 73 years old.

            Patty was born on July 14, 1946, in Mount Airy, NC, to Irene and Locke Webb. She grew up in a Baptist...

Marjorie Ann Strawther

Marjorie Ann Strawther

Aug 24, 2019

Marjorie Strawther, age 93, died Saturday, August 24, 2019 at The Pines at Davidson, North Carolina.

Born December 9, 1925 in Lubbock, Texas, she was the daughter of James Thornton and Ruth Ratliff Arledge.  She spent most of her childhood in Orange, Texas where she was a member of the 9th and Elm Church of Christ.  Marjorie graduated Valedictorian at...

Janet   Blasius

Janet Blasius

Aug 23, 2019

Janet Arlene Blasius, 78, of Cornelius, NC passed away on August 23, 2019.  

She was born in Cleveland, OH on March 9, 1941.  

Janet was an extremely loving person.  Surviving are her husband Sebastian Blasius, son, Sebastian Michael Blasius and his wife Dianne, and her daughter, Theresa Arlene Blasius.  She spent her final years being cared for by her loving...

Bertha M. Cox

Bertha M. Cox

Aug 21, 2019

Bertha M. Cox, 89, of Oak Island, North Carolina, passed away on August 21, 2019.

She was born April 17, 1930 to the late Baxter William Crump and Cora Spakes Crump.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Cox; daughter, Patricia Lambert; and grandson, James Cox.

Bertha is survived by her sons, Dennis...

Ava   Spencer

Ava Spencer

Aug 20, 2019

Ava Clayton Clark Spencer of Davidson, N.C., beloved wife and steadfast partner of the late Samuel R. Spencer Jr., died on August 20, 2019. She was 94 years old.

A woman of extraordinary intellect and broad education, Ava was one of the seven children of Dr. Frank E. Clark and Ava Clark. She was born on February 28, 1925 in...

Hazel   Malcolm

Hazel Malcolm

Aug 20, 2019

Hazel Rowe Malcolm, 74, of Mooresville, was called home to be with our Lord Jesus Christ, Tuesday, August 20, 2019, at the Gordon House hospice facility in Statesville, NC.

Born Sept. 11, 1944, in Huntersville, NC, he was a son of the late Edwin V. Malcolm and Violet P. Malcolm.

Mr. Malcolm retired as an Insulation Supervisor for the Marshall...

Theresa   Sabino

Theresa Sabino

Aug 19, 2019

Theresa (DiGeorge) Sabino passed away on August 20, 2019 in Charlotte, NC.  Born April 15, 1922, the daughter of the late Tommasso and Providenza (LoGalbo) DiGeorge. 

A 1940 graduate of T.R. Proctor High School in which her yearbook motto still describes her "In quietness and confidence she finds her faith".  She married Salvatore (Sam) Sabino on August 13, 1942...

Stacey Ballard Turrentine

Stacey Ballard Turrentine

Aug 18, 2019

Stacey Carol Ballard Turrentine, 49, of  Huntersville, NC passed away on August 18, 2019. A native of Mecklenburg County, she was born on September 17, 1969 to Wayne Harding Ballard and Carol Davis Ballard. She was a graduate of North Mecklenburg High School in 1987 and Wingate University 1991.

Stacey was a beautiful and wonderful Wife, Mother, Daughter, Sister, Friend...

Boyce Dale Nixon

Boyce Dale Nixon

Aug 15, 2019

Boyce Nixon, 90 years old, went to be with the Lord on August 15th, 2019.

He was the son of the late Sid and Florence Nixon. He is also preceded in death by his sister, Margie Robinson and brother, Marvin Nixon.

He leaves behind his beautiful and devoted wife, Grace Nixon of 68 years; children, Vickie Malcom, Danny Nixon, Lisa...

Corinne Wallace Kerns

Corinne Wallace Kerns

Aug 13, 2019

Corinne Wallace Kerns, 100, of Charlotte, North Carolina passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2019. She was known as “Tootsie”  most of her life because of an argument over a Tootsie Roll with one of her sisters as a very young girl.

She was born December 9, 1918 to the late Walter William Wallace and Sara Emma Dulin. 

In addition to...

Barbara Lucas Regen

Barbara Lucas Regen

Aug 12, 2019

Barbara Lucas Regen of Davidson, NC, passed away peacefully on Monday, August 12, 2019. Born in Evanston, Illinois in 1940, she was the daughter of William Ernest Lucas and Mary Husted Lucas.

Barbara graduated from New Trier High School and Wells College. After college, Barbara married Jon Watson Regen; their loving union lasted 54 years. Barbara and Jon raised three...

Constance Mary Alger

Constance Mary Alger

Aug 12, 2019

Constance Mary Platt Alger, 95, of Charlotte, North Carolina passed away Monday, August 12, 2019 at Olde Knox Commons in Huntersville.

Funeral services will be held at McCourt and Trudden Funeral Home in Farmingdale, New York.

Online condolences may be left for the family at kepnerfh.com.

Jeanne Chambers Gibson

Jeanne Chambers Gibson

Aug 10, 2019

Jeanne Chambers Gibson, 86, passed away on Saturday, August 10, 2019. She is pre-deceased by her parents, brother and her husband “Gib” of over 50 years and their son, Scott.

Born and raised in the Pittsburgh, PA area, she was the daughter Mr. & Mrs. Stewart Hill Chambers and sister of William Chambers. Jeanne graduated from the School of Arts,...

Michelle   Drake

Michelle Drake

Aug 9, 2019

Michelle Drake, 40, of Concord, NC, passed away suddenly on August 9, 2019.  She was born in Iowa City, IA, on July 19,1979, to Richard and Rita Lear.

  Michelle was a 1997 graduate at Highland High School in Riverside, IA.  She then went on to Iowa Wesleyan in Mt. Pleasant, IA, on a volleyball scholarship, graduating with a degree...

Sarah Wilson Beard

Sarah Wilson Beard

Aug 8, 2019

Sarah Wilson Beard was called home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, August 8, 2019.

Sarah was born on December 2, 1936 in Charlotte to the late Lula Johnson Wilson and Damoes Bryant Wilson.

She attended East Mecklenburg High School. She married Gene Ranson Beard in 1954, raising her family in Charlotte and later in Denver, NC....

Janet   Schubert

Janet Schubert

Aug 4, 2019

Janet McNeill Schubert, 78, of Huntersville, NC passed away on August 4, 2019. She was born in Paterson, NJ on July 25, 1941 to the late James McNeill and Mary Fedyn McNeill.

She attended Hawthorne High School in New Jersey and later graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelors degree in Physical Therapy.

Jan was a Physical Therapist...

Lawrence Jay Niner

Lawrence Jay Niner

Aug 1, 2019

Lawrence Jay Niner, 73, of Davidson, North Carolina, passed away August 1, 2019.

He was born March 25, 1946 in Hopwood, Pennsylvania to the late Harold “Dutch” Niner and and Eva Jean Cole Niner.N

Lawrence is survived by his wife, Nancy Niner; daughters, Natalie Jeanne Treichel and husband, Luke, of Charlotte, Jennifer L. Steward and husband, Tim, of Davidson, and...

Francis   Taylor

Francis Taylor

Aug 1, 2019

Francis (Frank) L. Taylor, 74, of Denver, North Carolina was released into the arms of Jesus on August 1, 2019.  Frank was born in Baltimore, MD on August 23, 1944. He is preceded in death by his wife Barbara L. Taylor (Hirsh); they were married 41 years.  Frank loved his family and enjoyed serving at Lake Forest Church – Westlake.

...

Marilyn Francis Cullen

Marilyn Francis Cullen

Jul 29, 2019

Marilyn Francis Cullen, 89, of Denver, NC passed away on July 29, 2019. She was born in Brooklyn, NY on December 20, 1929 to the late Richard W. Phillips and Florence Campbell Phillips.

Along with her parents she is preceded in death by her husbands, Louis Robert Groner and Raymond J. Cullen; son, Louis Robert Groner,II; sister, Grace Elizabeth McGarvey;...