Alexander Phillip Accardi, 93, of Charlotte died Tuesday January 22, 2013 at his residence. Born September 29, 1919 in Brooklyn NY he was a son of the late Anthony and Antonia Palmentari Accardi. He was a WW II Coast Guard Veteran and retired singer Sewing Machine salesman. Continue Reading

Annie Katherine Rivens, 78, of Cornelius, died Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, in Mooresville.

Mrs. Rivens was born Jan. 2, 1935, to the late Nathaniel and Lillie Davis Matthews in Mecklenburg County. She was preceded in death by her husband, Cornell Rivens. Continue Reading

Bobby Eugene Caldwell, 54, of Troutman, died Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, at Gordon’s Hospice House in Statesville. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, at 1pm, at the Mooresville Community Outreach. Visitation will be 30 minutes prior. Interment will be in the Iredell
Memorial Gardens. W.H.Bryant, A.E. Grier & Sons of Mooresville is serving the Caldwell Family.

Betty Sue Christie Boone, 79, of Mooresville, passed away on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at the Gordon Hospice House in Statesville.

She was born on December 14, 1932 in Iredell County, to the late Rome George and Lillie Rebecca Smith Christie. She was a member of the last graduating class of Davidson High School, retired from Duke Energy and was a member of Central United Methodist Church in Mooresville. Continue Reading

Lauren Boyce Woodall Roady, loving wife, daughter, and sister, died on Saturday, Dec. 8, in an accident in Lexington, Kentucky. She was 27. An exceptionally talented runner, Lauren was in Lexington to compete in the USA Track and Field Cross Country Club Championships with the Georgetown Running Club, her race team. Continue Reading

Robert “Nevitt” Vance Rathbone, 71, of Mooresville, passed away on Monday, December 10, 2012 at his residence.

He was born on August 5, 1941 in Madison County, N.C., to the late Homer Lee and Cora Etta Parton Rathbone.
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Donald Edward “Eddie” Orders, 69, of Charlotte, died December 10, 2012 at CMC. He was born on June 26, 1943 in Burke County to Laura Dellinger Alexander and the late James Edward Orders. Eddie was a graduate of the North Mecklenburg High School Class of ’61. He retired from FedEx Ground Delivery. Continue Reading

Debbie McConnell Erwin, 64, of Huntersville, died December 11, 2012 at her home. She was born on March 24, 1948, in Mecklenburg County.
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Lauren Woodall Roady, a 2008 Davidson College graduate and attorney for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Washington, died Saturday night after being struck by a fire truck in Lexington, Ky. She was 27. Ms. Roady also was a runner, and had been in Lexington for Saturday’s USATF Club Cross Country National Championships. Continue Reading