Obituaries
Obituaries for Hartsell Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Ruth Efird
Jul 15, 2011
Ruth Smith Efird, 82, of 4150 Arbor Way, Charlotte, NC passed away on July 15, 2011 at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte. The family will receive friends from 1-2 PM on Sunday, July 17 at Providence Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC. The service will be held at 2 PM in the church sanctuary. Burial will follow at Red Cross Baptist Church...
Cecil Austin
Jul 14, 2011
Cecil Ray Austin, age 83 of 8129 S. Hwy 205, Oakboro, NC 28129, passed away on July 14, 2011 at his home. The family will receive friends 6 PM until 8 PM, Saturday, July 16, 2011 at Hartsell Funeral Home- Albemarle. Funeral services will be held 2 PM Sunday, July 17, 2011, with a 30 minute state, at Mineral Springs...
James Strider
Jul 14, 2011
James Donald Strider, 63, of Monroe, NC, passed away Thursday, July 14, 2011 at his home. Mr. Strider was born March 14, 1948, in Rowan County. He was preceded in death by his father, Lewis Fred Strider; mother, Sarah McGinnis Strider; and brother, Lewis Mack Strider. He served his country in the U. S. Army. He was a wonderful Christian...

Rita Honeycutt
Jul 14, 2011
Rita Carroll Honeycutt, age 58 of Concord, passed away on July 14, 2011. The family will receive friends at Hartsell Funeral Home of Concord on Sunday, July 17, 2011 from 7pm until 9pm. The funeral service will be Monday, July 18, 2011 in the Hartsell Funeral Home Chapel at 2pm. At other times, the family will meet at the home...
Mary Seaford
Jul 14, 2011
Mary Frances Seaford, 73, of 32008 Bell Road, Richfield, NC passed away on July 14, 2011 at her home. The family will receive friends from 2-4 PM on Sunday, July 17 at Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle. The service will follow at 4 PM in Hartsell Funeral Home’s Lefler Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow the service at Richfield Cemetery. Rev....
George Powers
Jul 13, 2011
George Curtis Powers, 89, of Harrisburg, NC passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2011 in his home in Harrisburg, NC. Curtis received a Purple Heart and 3 Bronze Stars while serving in WWII. Mr. Powers was born January 3, 1922 in Georgetown, SC. He was preceded in death by his wife, Sylvia Geraldine Powers in 1996; his father, Rushell Powers and...
Jeanette Lanahan
Jul 13, 2011
Jeannette Akers Simmons Lanahan, age 78 of 1000 N. 11th Street, Albemarle, NC passed away on July 13, 2011 at home in Albemarle. Born in Pontotoc County, Mississippi on May 15, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Olin Holmes and Maude Hester Plunk Akers. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Donald Edgar Simmons. The family...
Marylou Farina
Jul 12, 2011
Marylou “ML†Farina, 67, of Concord, NC formerly of Erie, PA passed away on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at her home with her children by her side. She was born on September 30, 1943 in Erie, Pennsylvania to the late Charles Turowski and the late Frances Drapeau Turowski. A visitation will be held at Hartsell Funeral Home of Concord on...
Marvin Benton
Jul 11, 2011
Marvin Archabuil Benton, 70, of 1009 Spruce Street, Albemarle, NC passed away on July 11, 2011 at Stanly Regional Medical Center. The family will receive friends from 6-8 PM on Wednesday, July 13 at Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle. The service will be held at 11 AM on Thursday, July 14 in Hartsell Funeral Home’s Lefler Memorial Chapel. Burial will...
Draven Ashbaugh
Jul 11, 2011
Draven Maddox Ashbaugh, 2, of Mt. Pleasant, went home to be with the Lord and his great grandparents, on Monday, July 11, 2011. He was born on October 24, 2008 in Stanly County. The family will receive friends at Hartsell Funeral Home of Concord on Friday, July 15, 2011 from 12pm until 2pm. The funeral service will follow at 2pm...
Bryant Hudson
Jul 10, 2011
Bryant Lewis Hudson, age 73 of 117 County Line Road, Mt Gilead, North Carolina 27306, passed away on July 11, 2011 at CMC Main Charlotte in Charlotte. A graveside service will be held at 9 am, Wednesday, July13, 2011 at Anderson Grove Baptist Church cemetery. The family will receive friends after the service at the graveside. Born in Montgomery County...
Norman Hill
Jul 10, 2011
Norman Hill, age 86 of Concord, NC, passed away on Sunday, July 10, 2011 at Morningside of Concord, Concord, NC. There are no services at this time. Mr. Hill was born in England on January 14, 1925 to the late Samuel Hill and the late Elizabeth Hill. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Mary Williamson Hill. Survivors...

Florence Levett
Jul 10, 2011
Florence Martha Couldrey Levett, age 88, of Harrisburg, NC passed away on July 10, 2011 at her home. She was born on November 8, 1922 in England to the late Phillip and Florence Norman Couldrey. She is survived by; sons, David Levett of Harrisburg and Nicholas Levett of Belaire, MD; daughter, Heather of France; sister, June Warcholak of England; five...
Judy Benitez
Jul 9, 2011
Judy Carol Johnson Benitez, age 63 of Harrisburg, NC, passed away on Saturday, July 9, 2011 at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte. The family will receive friends at Broadus Baptist Church on Monday, July 11, 2011 from 10am until 11am. The funeral service will be at 11am, officiated by Pastor Rodney Quesenberry. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park in Kannapolis....
Dewey Hatley
Jul 9, 2011
Dewey Monroe Hatley, 76 of Albemarle, NC passed away, July 9, 2011 at Hospice of Union County, Monroe, NC. Mr. Hatley was born June 28, 1935 in Stanly County to the late Paul Pierce Hatley and Eva Mae Tucker Hatley. He was also preceded in death by his brother Kenneth Hatley. He worked in construction and textiles. The family will...

Scott Smith
Jul 9, 2011
Scott Randall Smith, 46 of Albemarle, NC passed away, July 9, 2011. Mr. Smith was born July, 27, 1964 in Orange County, CA. The family will receive friends Thursday, July 14, 2011 from 5:30 pm until 7:00 pm. Funeral service will follow immediately in Hartsell Funeral Home’s Lefler Memorial Chapel. He is survived by his wife, Donna Smith; two sons,...

John Derthick
Jul 9, 2011
JOHN J. (POP) DERTHICK, 71, Harrisburg, NC (formerly of Valdese, NC) passed on to his eternal rest with his Lord on July 9, 2011 in Kannapolis, North Carolina of natural causes. John was born September 13, 1939 in Adrian, Michigan to parents Forrest E. and Dorothy (Gillis) Derthick. He spent his childhood in Blissfield, Michigan and graduated high school in...
Xai Vang
Jul 9, 2011
Xai Xiong Vang, 72, of Carthage, NC passed away on July 9, 2011 at Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst, NC. The family will receive friends at 28338 Hatley Farm Road, Albemarle, NC 28001 starting at 11:00 AM on Friday, July 22, all day on Saturday, and until 12 PM on Sunday. A graveside service will be held at 1 PM...
Richard Helms
Jul 8, 2011
Richard “Rick†Reese Helms, 53, of 316 Jake Tucker Road, Midland, NC passed away on July 8, 2011 at CMC-Main in Charlotte, NC as the result of a recent automobile accident. The family will receive friends from 1-2 PM on Sunday, July 10 at Bethel United Methodist Church, 12700 Idlebrook Road, Midland, NC 28107. The service will begin at 2...
Dewel Murray
Jul 8, 2011
Dewell Elias Murray, 95 of Oakboro, NC, passed away, July 08, 2011 at the home of his daughter, Thelmas Burris. Mr. Murray was born March 04, 1916 in Stanly County to the late Ossie Gold Murray and Minnie Angeline Lambert Murray. He was also preceded in death by his wife Anna Hathcock Murray; grandson, Randy Burris; seven brothers and one...
Ruth Efird
Jul 15, 2011
Ruth Smith Efird, 82, of 4150 Arbor Way, Charlotte, NC passed away on July 15, 2011 at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte. The family will receive friends from 1-2 PM on Sunday, July 17 at Providence Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC. The service will be held at 2 PM in the church sanctuary. Burial will follow at Red Cross Baptist Church...
Cecil Austin
Jul 14, 2011
Cecil Ray Austin, age 83 of 8129 S. Hwy 205, Oakboro, NC 28129, passed away on July 14, 2011 at his home. The family will receive friends 6 PM until 8 PM, Saturday, July 16, 2011 at Hartsell Funeral Home- Albemarle. Funeral services will be held 2 PM Sunday, July 17, 2011, with a 30 minute state, at Mineral Springs...
James Strider
Jul 14, 2011
James Donald Strider, 63, of Monroe, NC, passed away Thursday, July 14, 2011 at his home. Mr. Strider was born March 14, 1948, in Rowan County. He was preceded in death by his father, Lewis Fred Strider; mother, Sarah McGinnis Strider; and brother, Lewis Mack Strider. He served his country in the U. S. Army. He was a wonderful Christian...

Rita Honeycutt
Jul 14, 2011
Rita Carroll Honeycutt, age 58 of Concord, passed away on July 14, 2011. The family will receive friends at Hartsell Funeral Home of Concord on Sunday, July 17, 2011 from 7pm until 9pm. The funeral service will be Monday, July 18, 2011 in the Hartsell Funeral Home Chapel at 2pm. At other times, the family will meet at the home...
Mary Seaford
Jul 14, 2011
Mary Frances Seaford, 73, of 32008 Bell Road, Richfield, NC passed away on July 14, 2011 at her home. The family will receive friends from 2-4 PM on Sunday, July 17 at Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle. The service will follow at 4 PM in Hartsell Funeral Home’s Lefler Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow the service at Richfield Cemetery. Rev....
George Powers
Jul 13, 2011
George Curtis Powers, 89, of Harrisburg, NC passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2011 in his home in Harrisburg, NC. Curtis received a Purple Heart and 3 Bronze Stars while serving in WWII. Mr. Powers was born January 3, 1922 in Georgetown, SC. He was preceded in death by his wife, Sylvia Geraldine Powers in 1996; his father, Rushell Powers and...
Jeanette Lanahan
Jul 13, 2011
Jeannette Akers Simmons Lanahan, age 78 of 1000 N. 11th Street, Albemarle, NC passed away on July 13, 2011 at home in Albemarle. Born in Pontotoc County, Mississippi on May 15, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Olin Holmes and Maude Hester Plunk Akers. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Donald Edgar Simmons. The family...
Marylou Farina
Jul 12, 2011
Marylou “ML†Farina, 67, of Concord, NC formerly of Erie, PA passed away on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at her home with her children by her side. She was born on September 30, 1943 in Erie, Pennsylvania to the late Charles Turowski and the late Frances Drapeau Turowski. A visitation will be held at Hartsell Funeral Home of Concord on...
Marvin Benton
Jul 11, 2011
Marvin Archabuil Benton, 70, of 1009 Spruce Street, Albemarle, NC passed away on July 11, 2011 at Stanly Regional Medical Center. The family will receive friends from 6-8 PM on Wednesday, July 13 at Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle. The service will be held at 11 AM on Thursday, July 14 in Hartsell Funeral Home’s Lefler Memorial Chapel. Burial will...
Draven Ashbaugh
Jul 11, 2011
Draven Maddox Ashbaugh, 2, of Mt. Pleasant, went home to be with the Lord and his great grandparents, on Monday, July 11, 2011. He was born on October 24, 2008 in Stanly County. The family will receive friends at Hartsell Funeral Home of Concord on Friday, July 15, 2011 from 12pm until 2pm. The funeral service will follow at 2pm...
Bryant Hudson
Jul 10, 2011
Bryant Lewis Hudson, age 73 of 117 County Line Road, Mt Gilead, North Carolina 27306, passed away on July 11, 2011 at CMC Main Charlotte in Charlotte. A graveside service will be held at 9 am, Wednesday, July13, 2011 at Anderson Grove Baptist Church cemetery. The family will receive friends after the service at the graveside. Born in Montgomery County...
Norman Hill
Jul 10, 2011
Norman Hill, age 86 of Concord, NC, passed away on Sunday, July 10, 2011 at Morningside of Concord, Concord, NC. There are no services at this time. Mr. Hill was born in England on January 14, 1925 to the late Samuel Hill and the late Elizabeth Hill. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Mary Williamson Hill. Survivors...

Florence Levett
Jul 10, 2011
Florence Martha Couldrey Levett, age 88, of Harrisburg, NC passed away on July 10, 2011 at her home. She was born on November 8, 1922 in England to the late Phillip and Florence Norman Couldrey. She is survived by; sons, David Levett of Harrisburg and Nicholas Levett of Belaire, MD; daughter, Heather of France; sister, June Warcholak of England; five...
Judy Benitez
Jul 9, 2011
Judy Carol Johnson Benitez, age 63 of Harrisburg, NC, passed away on Saturday, July 9, 2011 at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte. The family will receive friends at Broadus Baptist Church on Monday, July 11, 2011 from 10am until 11am. The funeral service will be at 11am, officiated by Pastor Rodney Quesenberry. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park in Kannapolis....
Dewey Hatley
Jul 9, 2011
Dewey Monroe Hatley, 76 of Albemarle, NC passed away, July 9, 2011 at Hospice of Union County, Monroe, NC. Mr. Hatley was born June 28, 1935 in Stanly County to the late Paul Pierce Hatley and Eva Mae Tucker Hatley. He was also preceded in death by his brother Kenneth Hatley. He worked in construction and textiles. The family will...

Scott Smith
Jul 9, 2011
Scott Randall Smith, 46 of Albemarle, NC passed away, July 9, 2011. Mr. Smith was born July, 27, 1964 in Orange County, CA. The family will receive friends Thursday, July 14, 2011 from 5:30 pm until 7:00 pm. Funeral service will follow immediately in Hartsell Funeral Home’s Lefler Memorial Chapel. He is survived by his wife, Donna Smith; two sons,...

John Derthick
Jul 9, 2011
JOHN J. (POP) DERTHICK, 71, Harrisburg, NC (formerly of Valdese, NC) passed on to his eternal rest with his Lord on July 9, 2011 in Kannapolis, North Carolina of natural causes. John was born September 13, 1939 in Adrian, Michigan to parents Forrest E. and Dorothy (Gillis) Derthick. He spent his childhood in Blissfield, Michigan and graduated high school in...
Xai Vang
Jul 9, 2011
Xai Xiong Vang, 72, of Carthage, NC passed away on July 9, 2011 at Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst, NC. The family will receive friends at 28338 Hatley Farm Road, Albemarle, NC 28001 starting at 11:00 AM on Friday, July 22, all day on Saturday, and until 12 PM on Sunday. A graveside service will be held at 1 PM...
Richard Helms
Jul 8, 2011
Richard “Rick†Reese Helms, 53, of 316 Jake Tucker Road, Midland, NC passed away on July 8, 2011 at CMC-Main in Charlotte, NC as the result of a recent automobile accident. The family will receive friends from 1-2 PM on Sunday, July 10 at Bethel United Methodist Church, 12700 Idlebrook Road, Midland, NC 28107. The service will begin at 2...
Dewel Murray
Jul 8, 2011
Dewell Elias Murray, 95 of Oakboro, NC, passed away, July 08, 2011 at the home of his daughter, Thelmas Burris. Mr. Murray was born March 04, 1916 in Stanly County to the late Ossie Gold Murray and Minnie Angeline Lambert Murray. He was also preceded in death by his wife Anna Hathcock Murray; grandson, Randy Burris; seven brothers and one...
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