All Obituaries

Mrs. Betty Moore Fowler Rape, age 88, of Monroe, North Carolina, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2019, at her residence. Funeral Services to celebrate the life of Betty will be conducted 2:00 PM Sunday, March 24, 2019 at Davis Funeral Chapel, 1003 East Franklin Street, Monroe, NC 28112, officiated by Reverend Phil McLean. Interment will follow in Hebron United Methodist Church Cemetery, 2820 New Town Road, Monroe, NC 28110. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM until 2:00...

Pauline B. Roche, 77, Wingate, NC, passed away Friday, March 15, 2019, from a stroke in January that was a result of a long time battle with Parkinson’s disease. Pauline was born December 30, 1941, in Providence, RI, moved to Philadelphia, PA, Levittown, PA, where she spent the majority of her life, and the last 5 years lived with her daughter in Wingate, NC. She had a variety of jobs, but she found the most joy in her last job in the Activities Department at...

Mrs. Barbara Jean Pressley, age 77, of Marshville, NC, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2019, at Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center.  A Celebration of Life for Barbara will be held 2:00 PM Saturday, March 16, 2019, in the Davis Chapel, 1003 East Franklin Street, Monroe, NC, 28112, officiated by Pastor Dallas Pressley. Interment will follow at the Lucy Helms Cemetery in Monroe.  The Family of Mrs. Pressley will receive friends from 7:00 - 9:00 PM on Friday, March 15,...

Mr. Gary Parker, age 30, of Marshville, North Carolina passed away Monday, March 11, 2019. Funeral services to celebrate the life of Gary Parker will be conducted at 1:30 PM Friday, March 15, 2019, at Davis Funeral Chapel, 1003 East Franklin Street, Monroe, NC 28112, officiated by Reverend Frank Crump. Interment will follow at Sunset Memory Gardens, 8901 Lawyers Road, Charlotte, NC 28227, later in the day. The family will receive friends from 11:30 AM until 1:15 PM Friday at Davis, prior...

Mr. David Franklin Hull, age 72, of Charlotte, North Carolina, passed away Sunday, March 10, 2019, at Atrium Health- Union. David passed away peacefully with his daughter Nikki and son-in-law Tim by his bedside. Memorial services will be conducted at a later date to be announced by Davis Funeral Home. Mr Hull was born on November 20, 1946, in Charlotte, North Carolina, a son of the late Burt Elias Hull and Sudie Bell Fisher Hull. David was an HVAC technician at The Carriage Club in...

Mr. Marvin Vann "Red" Medlin, age 67, of Monroe, North Carolina, passed away Friday, March 8, 2019, at his residence. Funeral services to celebrate the life of Vann Medlin will be conducted at 3:00 PM Tuesday, March 12, 2019, at Davis Funeral Chapel, 1003 East Franklin Street, Monroe, NC 28112, officiated by Reverend Alan Rushing. Interment will follow in the Mill Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM until 2:45 PM Tuesday at Davis...

Mr. Clarence R. Cook, age 99, passed from this life to his new heavenly home on March 6, 2019 with his family at his side. A private family burial will held March 15, 2019 at the Waxhaw City Cemetery.  Clarence was born in Akron, Ohio, a son of the late Harry LeRoy Cook and Mabel White Cook. He served with the US Army during World War II in Iran with the 3950th Quartermaster Truck Co. Upon his return to the states, he married his sweetheart, Elizabeth Pierce and they were...

Mr. Donald "Don" Wank, age 86, of Waxhaw, NC, passed to glory March 3, 2019, after a year-long battle with cancer. He was a lifelong resident of the Salem/Damascus/Alliance Ohio area. Don was born April  21, 1932 in Leetonia, Ohio, a son of the late Orlan Clyde Wank and Margaret Simmons Wank. Mr. Wank served our country through his service to the United States Air Force. Don was a wonderful husband, loving father to six daughters, and a self-employed...

June Gibson Howell, age 68, of Monroe, NC, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. A Celebration of June's Life will be held 5:00 PM, Sunday, March 3, 2019, in the Davis Chapel, 1003 East Franklin Street, Monroe, NC, 28112, officiated by Rev. Jay Stikeleather. The family will receive friends in the Azalea Room of Davis Funeral Service beginning at 3:00 PM prior to the Celebration of Life. June was born...

Mr. Hubert Norman Rushing, age 81, of Monroe, NC, passed on from this life to eternal glory on Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at McWhorter Hospice House of Union County.  A Celebration of Life for Norman will be held 2:00 PM Friday, March 1, 2019, at Antioch Baptist Church, 6223 Love Mill Road, Monroe, NC, 28110, officiated by Pastor Joey Query and Rev. Tommy Blackwell. Interment will follow the service in the church cemetery.  The Family will receive friends from 6:00 - 8:00 PM...