Obituaries
Obituaries for Hartsell Funeral Home
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Lewis Buckner, Jr
Feb 17, 2017
Lewis Douglas "Buck" Buckner, Jr. 93 years of age, of Harrisburg, passed away Friday, February 17, 2017 at Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis. Buck was born May 28, 1923 in Tennessee to the late Lewis Douglas Buckner Sr. and the late Mattie Leigh Buckner. He was also preceded in death by his wife in 1994, Lizzie Buckner; two...
Minnie Pelkey
Feb 16, 2017
Minnie Inez Harkey Pelkey, 84 years old of Myrtle Beach, SC, passed away February 16, 2017 at Tucker Hospice House, Kannapolis, NC. Born October 14, 1932 in Stanly County, NC, she was the first female manager employed by Singer. She was a loving sister, wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. In her spare time she loved square dancing,...
Oscar Critz
Feb 15, 2017
Oscar "Butch" Bernard Critz, Jr., 71 years of age, of Kannapolis, NC passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis. Butch was born December 2, 1945 in Concord, NC to the late Oscar Bernard Critz Sr. and the late Vera Williams Critz. Survivors include his wife of 44 years, Linda E. Critz of Kannapolis, NC; his...
Maggie Blake
Feb 14, 2017
Maggie Lucille Blake, 84, of Albemarle, passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at Carolinas HealthCare System Stanly in Albemarle. Lucille was born September 19, 1932 in Johnson County, NC to the late Bertie Watkins and the late Addie Davis Watkins. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Robert Blake, in 2011; sisters, Florence, Pearl, Doris, Ava...

Harriet Tyler
Feb 14, 2017
Harriet Belynda Tyler, 64 years of age, of Concord, passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at Carolinas HealthCare System NorthEast in Concord. Tyler was born September 3, 1952 in California to the late George Harman Tyler and the late Harriet Lorilla Tyler. The family will have a service at a later date. Survivors include son, George (Jamie) Vasquez of...
Knowles Hathcock
Feb 13, 2017
Knowles Chalmers Hathcock, 81 years of age, of Oakboro, passed away Monday, February 13, 2017 at Carolinas HealthCare System Union in Monroe. A memorial service will be held on Friday, August 11, 2017 at 10:00 AM in the Fellowship Hall of First Baptist Church of Oakboro, 322 N. Main St, Oakboro, NC officiated by the Rev. Gordon Huneycutt. Burial, with...
Ruth Blackwelder
Feb 13, 2017
Ruth Elizabeth Blackwelder, 95 years of age, of Concord, passed away on February 13, 2017 at the Tucker Hospice house in Kannapolis. Ruth was born August 18, 1921 in North Carolina to the late Ellis Oscar Hartsell and the late Mamie Hough Hartsell. She was also preceded in death by husband, Charles Lee Blackwelder and one son, Olin Furr and...
Virginia Eudy
Feb 13, 2017
Virginia Grace Wilkinson Eudy, 91 years of age, of New London, entered into Eternal rest after a long journey with illness on Monday, February 13, 2017 at Stanly Manor in Albemarle. Mrs. Eudy was born May 22, 1925 in Stanly County, North Carolina to the late James Wilkinson and the late Lizzie Wilkinson. She was also preceded in death by...
Lynda Smith
Feb 13, 2017
Lynda Kathryn (Grammy) Smith, 74 years of age, of Concord, passed away Monday, February 13, 2017 in Concord. Lynda was born April 8, 1942 in North Carolina to the late Henry Lee Deese and the late Louise Gordon Deese. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Deborah Benton Ferguson. The family will receive friends from 5:30 pm -...
N. Cranford
Feb 13, 2017
One of The Greatest Generation and his wife of almost 70 years have both passed away within days of each other. Nathan Owen Cranford, age 97, passed away on February 13, 2017, and Mattie B. Way Cranford, age 94, passed away on February 18, 2017. They were married on March 29, 1947. Owen was born February 10, 1920, in Stanly...
Knowles Hathcock
Feb 13, 2017
Knowles Chalmers Hathcock, 81 years of age, of Oakboro, passed away Monday, February 13, 2017 at Carolinas HealthCare System Union in Monroe. Born October 26, 1935 in Stanly County, he was a son of the late Pearl Mae Greene and James Bunyan Hathcock. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jean Edwards Hathcock, on October 27, 2016; two brothers,...
Everardo Acuna
Feb 12, 2017
Everardo Salazar Acuna, 46, of Stanfield, passed away Sunday, February 12, 2017. Everardo was born February 3, 1971 in Las Mesitas Matuz Amatepc, Mexico to Luciano Salazar Serrano and Demetria Acuna Hernandez. The family will receive friends from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Friday, February 17, 2017 at Hartsell Funeral Home. The funeral service will be at 1:00 pm on...
Norma Hamilton
Feb 11, 2017
Norma Jean Hamilton, 85 years of age, of Stanfield, passed away Saturday, February 11, 2017 in Concord. Hamilton was born July 12, 1931 in Memphis, TN to the late Iley Livingston and the late Clara Livingston. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Walter Wayne Hamilton; son, Philip Charles Smith; brother, Robert I. Livingston, Sr.; sisters, Shirley Ann...
Ruth Whitley
Feb 11, 2017
Biography Ruth Hinson Whitley, 89 years of age, of Albemarle, passed away Saturday, February 11, 2017, at Carolinas HealthCare System Stanly in Albemarle. Ruth was born May 17, 1927 in Stanly County to the late Alis Franklin Hinson and the late Laura Elmettie Hinson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Alexander Whitley; son, Ernest Alexander "Ernie"...
Mary Willers
Feb 11, 2017
Mary Jane (Pilcher) Willers, 91, of Phoenix, Arizona, passed away on February 11, 2017 at Stanly Manor in Albemarle, North Carolina. Mary Jane is survived by three children; two sons, Chris and Dan; a daughter, Kathy Auman and husband, Walt; granddaughter, Kelly Auman and grandson, Matt Auman and wife, Addie. Mary Jane is preceded in death by her husband of...
Grace Blackwelder
Feb 11, 2017
Grace Eudy Blackwelder, 101 years of age, of Concord, passed away Saturday, February 11, 2017 at home in Concord. She was born February 2, 1916 in Mecklenburg County to the late Wilson Thomas Eudy Sr. and the late Sarah Frances Hartsell. She was also preceded in death by husband, Jay William Blackwelder; son Paul Dexter Blackwelder; daughter, Linda Blackwelder...

Minnie Love
Feb 10, 2017
Minnie Lou Love, 70 years of age, of Concord, passed away Friday, February 10, 2017 at Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis. Minnie was born January 13, 1947 in North Carolina to Burton and Bertie Harvell. She was preceded in death by husband, Clayton Lee Love, Sr.; daughter, Cindy Carol Love; and grandaughter, Cheyanne Hunt. The family will receive friends...
Angelo Valentino
Feb 9, 2017
Angelo James Valentino, 58 years of age, of Midland, passed away Thursday, February 9, 2017 at his home. Mr. Valentino was born February 24, 1958 in Buffalo, New York to the late Angelo Frank Valentino and the late Lorane Anita Valentino. He is also preceded in death by his uncle, William Davis. The memorial service will be on...
Barbara Newsome
Feb 9, 2017
Barbara Janice Langston Newsome, 77, of Pfafftown, passed away Thursday, February 9, 2017 at her son, Britt Newsome's home in New London. Jan was born June 3, 1939 in Goldsboro to the late John "Jack" Franklin Langston and the late Louise Ella Parker Langston. She was also preceded in death by her beloved husband of 32 years, Jim B. Newsome,...

Gloria Service
Feb 8, 2017
Gloria Mary Jozaitef Schonder Service, 82, formerly of Chicago, IL, passed away Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at her home in Albemarle, NC. Gloria was born May 14, 1933 in Chicago, IL to the late Frances A. Jozaitef and the late Clara Rittea Jozaitef. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Frank Jozaitef. There are no services at this...
Lewis Buckner, Jr
Feb 17, 2017
Lewis Douglas "Buck" Buckner, Jr. 93 years of age, of Harrisburg, passed away Friday, February 17, 2017 at Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis. Buck was born May 28, 1923 in Tennessee to the late Lewis Douglas Buckner Sr. and the late Mattie Leigh Buckner. He was also preceded in death by his wife in 1994, Lizzie Buckner; two...
Minnie Pelkey
Feb 16, 2017
Minnie Inez Harkey Pelkey, 84 years old of Myrtle Beach, SC, passed away February 16, 2017 at Tucker Hospice House, Kannapolis, NC. Born October 14, 1932 in Stanly County, NC, she was the first female manager employed by Singer. She was a loving sister, wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. In her spare time she loved square dancing,...
Oscar Critz
Feb 15, 2017
Oscar "Butch" Bernard Critz, Jr., 71 years of age, of Kannapolis, NC passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis. Butch was born December 2, 1945 in Concord, NC to the late Oscar Bernard Critz Sr. and the late Vera Williams Critz. Survivors include his wife of 44 years, Linda E. Critz of Kannapolis, NC; his...
Maggie Blake
Feb 14, 2017
Maggie Lucille Blake, 84, of Albemarle, passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at Carolinas HealthCare System Stanly in Albemarle. Lucille was born September 19, 1932 in Johnson County, NC to the late Bertie Watkins and the late Addie Davis Watkins. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Robert Blake, in 2011; sisters, Florence, Pearl, Doris, Ava...

Harriet Tyler
Feb 14, 2017
Harriet Belynda Tyler, 64 years of age, of Concord, passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at Carolinas HealthCare System NorthEast in Concord. Tyler was born September 3, 1952 in California to the late George Harman Tyler and the late Harriet Lorilla Tyler. The family will have a service at a later date. Survivors include son, George (Jamie) Vasquez of...
Knowles Hathcock
Feb 13, 2017
Knowles Chalmers Hathcock, 81 years of age, of Oakboro, passed away Monday, February 13, 2017 at Carolinas HealthCare System Union in Monroe. A memorial service will be held on Friday, August 11, 2017 at 10:00 AM in the Fellowship Hall of First Baptist Church of Oakboro, 322 N. Main St, Oakboro, NC officiated by the Rev. Gordon Huneycutt. Burial, with...
Ruth Blackwelder
Feb 13, 2017
Ruth Elizabeth Blackwelder, 95 years of age, of Concord, passed away on February 13, 2017 at the Tucker Hospice house in Kannapolis. Ruth was born August 18, 1921 in North Carolina to the late Ellis Oscar Hartsell and the late Mamie Hough Hartsell. She was also preceded in death by husband, Charles Lee Blackwelder and one son, Olin Furr and...
Virginia Eudy
Feb 13, 2017
Virginia Grace Wilkinson Eudy, 91 years of age, of New London, entered into Eternal rest after a long journey with illness on Monday, February 13, 2017 at Stanly Manor in Albemarle. Mrs. Eudy was born May 22, 1925 in Stanly County, North Carolina to the late James Wilkinson and the late Lizzie Wilkinson. She was also preceded in death by...
Lynda Smith
Feb 13, 2017
Lynda Kathryn (Grammy) Smith, 74 years of age, of Concord, passed away Monday, February 13, 2017 in Concord. Lynda was born April 8, 1942 in North Carolina to the late Henry Lee Deese and the late Louise Gordon Deese. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Deborah Benton Ferguson. The family will receive friends from 5:30 pm -...
N. Cranford
Feb 13, 2017
One of The Greatest Generation and his wife of almost 70 years have both passed away within days of each other. Nathan Owen Cranford, age 97, passed away on February 13, 2017, and Mattie B. Way Cranford, age 94, passed away on February 18, 2017. They were married on March 29, 1947. Owen was born February 10, 1920, in Stanly...
Knowles Hathcock
Feb 13, 2017
Knowles Chalmers Hathcock, 81 years of age, of Oakboro, passed away Monday, February 13, 2017 at Carolinas HealthCare System Union in Monroe. Born October 26, 1935 in Stanly County, he was a son of the late Pearl Mae Greene and James Bunyan Hathcock. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jean Edwards Hathcock, on October 27, 2016; two brothers,...
Everardo Acuna
Feb 12, 2017
Everardo Salazar Acuna, 46, of Stanfield, passed away Sunday, February 12, 2017. Everardo was born February 3, 1971 in Las Mesitas Matuz Amatepc, Mexico to Luciano Salazar Serrano and Demetria Acuna Hernandez. The family will receive friends from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Friday, February 17, 2017 at Hartsell Funeral Home. The funeral service will be at 1:00 pm on...
Norma Hamilton
Feb 11, 2017
Norma Jean Hamilton, 85 years of age, of Stanfield, passed away Saturday, February 11, 2017 in Concord. Hamilton was born July 12, 1931 in Memphis, TN to the late Iley Livingston and the late Clara Livingston. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Walter Wayne Hamilton; son, Philip Charles Smith; brother, Robert I. Livingston, Sr.; sisters, Shirley Ann...
Ruth Whitley
Feb 11, 2017
Biography Ruth Hinson Whitley, 89 years of age, of Albemarle, passed away Saturday, February 11, 2017, at Carolinas HealthCare System Stanly in Albemarle. Ruth was born May 17, 1927 in Stanly County to the late Alis Franklin Hinson and the late Laura Elmettie Hinson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Alexander Whitley; son, Ernest Alexander "Ernie"...
Mary Willers
Feb 11, 2017
Mary Jane (Pilcher) Willers, 91, of Phoenix, Arizona, passed away on February 11, 2017 at Stanly Manor in Albemarle, North Carolina. Mary Jane is survived by three children; two sons, Chris and Dan; a daughter, Kathy Auman and husband, Walt; granddaughter, Kelly Auman and grandson, Matt Auman and wife, Addie. Mary Jane is preceded in death by her husband of...
Grace Blackwelder
Feb 11, 2017
Grace Eudy Blackwelder, 101 years of age, of Concord, passed away Saturday, February 11, 2017 at home in Concord. She was born February 2, 1916 in Mecklenburg County to the late Wilson Thomas Eudy Sr. and the late Sarah Frances Hartsell. She was also preceded in death by husband, Jay William Blackwelder; son Paul Dexter Blackwelder; daughter, Linda Blackwelder...

Minnie Love
Feb 10, 2017
Minnie Lou Love, 70 years of age, of Concord, passed away Friday, February 10, 2017 at Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis. Minnie was born January 13, 1947 in North Carolina to Burton and Bertie Harvell. She was preceded in death by husband, Clayton Lee Love, Sr.; daughter, Cindy Carol Love; and grandaughter, Cheyanne Hunt. The family will receive friends...
Angelo Valentino
Feb 9, 2017
Angelo James Valentino, 58 years of age, of Midland, passed away Thursday, February 9, 2017 at his home. Mr. Valentino was born February 24, 1958 in Buffalo, New York to the late Angelo Frank Valentino and the late Lorane Anita Valentino. He is also preceded in death by his uncle, William Davis. The memorial service will be on...
Barbara Newsome
Feb 9, 2017
Barbara Janice Langston Newsome, 77, of Pfafftown, passed away Thursday, February 9, 2017 at her son, Britt Newsome's home in New London. Jan was born June 3, 1939 in Goldsboro to the late John "Jack" Franklin Langston and the late Louise Ella Parker Langston. She was also preceded in death by her beloved husband of 32 years, Jim B. Newsome,...

Gloria Service
Feb 8, 2017
Gloria Mary Jozaitef Schonder Service, 82, formerly of Chicago, IL, passed away Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at her home in Albemarle, NC. Gloria was born May 14, 1933 in Chicago, IL to the late Frances A. Jozaitef and the late Clara Rittea Jozaitef. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Frank Jozaitef. There are no services at this...
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