Obituaries
Obituaries for Hartsell Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Melvin Love
May 10, 2011
MSG (retired) Melvin Eugene Love, 76, of 1507 West Main Street, Locust, NC went to be with his Lord and Savior on May 10, 2011 at Carrington Place in Matthews. The family will receive friends Friday, May 13 from 6-8 PM at Hartsell Funeral Home of Midland. The service will be held Saturday, May 14 at 4 PM at Locust...
John Tognarina, Sr
May 10, 2011
John James Tognarina, Sr., age 64 of Charlotte passed away at his home. He was born on October 5, 1946 in Allegheny County PA to the late James John and Willa Faye Blankenship Tognarina. He is also preceded in death by his wife Joyce Ann Montgomery Tognarina. He is survived by: sons, Craig Tognarina of Atlanta and John Tognarina, Jr....
Elizabeth Miller
May 10, 2011
Elizabeth Mary Miller, age 94 of 818 Honeysuckle Lane, Midland, NC, passed away on May 10, 2011 at Carolinas Medical Center NorthEast in Concord. The memorial service will be Wednesday, May 18, at 2 pm at the Hartsell Funeral Home Chapel in Midland. Rev Mark Clontz will officiate. Ms. Miller was a homemaker and a member of Bethel United Methodist...
Martha Tidd
May 9, 2011
Mrs. Martha Ann Lipe Tidd, age 69, of Concord, NC, crossed over on May 9, 2011, meeting Jesus, her first love. Martha was born on August 23, 1941 at Cabarrus Memorial Hospital, Concord, NC to Hugh and Maggie Lipe. She is also preceded in death by her sisters, Peggy Blackwelder, who passed away August, 2010 and Dennie and her husband...

Dorothy High
May 9, 2011
Dorothy Stegall Eudy High, 90, of Albemarle, NC, passed away Monday, May 9, 2011, in the Lutheran Home, Albemarle, NC. Mrs. Eudy High was born November 4, 1920, in Anson County. She was preceded in death by husband, Fred Philip Eudy; husband, Rev. Avery E. High; father, Willie William Stegall; and mother, Bessie Martha Jane Benton Stegall. She was a...
Helen Kirby
May 7, 2011
Helen Ruth Doby Kirby, 88, of Albemarle, NC passed away on May 7, 2011 at Lutheran Home of Albemarle. The family will receive friends Tuesday, May 10 from 6-8 PM at Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle. The service will be held Wednesday, May 11 at 2 PM in Hartsell Funeral Home’s Lefler Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow at Fairview Memorial...
Frances Cook
May 7, 2011
Frances Strickland Cook, age 73, of 502 Todd Drive Concord passed away on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at her home. She was born on March 6, 1938 to the late Claude Frank Strickland, Sr and Mabel Gaynelle Smith Strickland. Frances was a printer for Kaiser Roth Hosiery, and was a member of Harvest Community Church where she was a sunday...
Rachel Hinson
May 7, 2011
Rachel Herrin Hinson, age 88 of 32086 Clete Road, Albemarle, NC passed away on Saturday May 7th, 2011. The visitation will be Monday, May 9 from 6 until 8 PM at Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle. The funeral service will be held Tuesday, May 10 at 11 AM in Hartsell Funeral Home’s Lefler Memorial Chapel. The burial will follow at...
Frances Goforth
May 7, 2011
Frances Marie Sprott Goforth, age 78, of Charlotte passed away on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at Levine Dickson Hospice House in Huntersville. She was born on November 12, 1932 in Walker County, Texas to the late Frank Vernon and Nannie Wells Sprott. Mrs. Goforth was a professor at University of South Florida on Ele Road. Burial will be at a...
Dorothy Beaver
May 6, 2011
Mrs. Dorothy Lee McIntyre Beaver, age 85, of Concord, passed away on Friday, May 6, 2011 at Tucker Hospice House, Kannapolis. She was born on July 3, 1925 in Cabarrus County, daughter of the late William Heglar and Ollie Mae McIntyre Alexander. She is also preceded in death by a son, Charles Martin Beaver and a brother, Dick McIntyre. Dorothy...

Douglas Jones
May 6, 2011
Douglas Jones, age 64 of New London, passed away on Friday, May 06, 2011. Funeral services will be Monday, May 9, 2011 at Prospect Baptist Church at 1pm, with Pastor Stony Benfield and Rev Gary Pinion officiating. The family will receive friends after the service in the fellowship hall. Mr. Jones was born on April 21, 1947 in Chattanooga, TN...
Mildred Virtue
May 6, 2011
Mildred Mae Bohrer Virtue, 92, of Albemarle, NC, passed away Friday, May 6, 2011, in Stanly Regional Medical Center, Albemarle, NC. Mrs. Virtue was born January 21, 1919, in Camden County, New Jersey. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, William Jacob Virtue; father, Charles Frederick Bohrer; mother, Florence K. Foster Bohrer; three brothers, and two...
James Mingea
May 5, 2011
Mr. James Randolph Mingea, age 88, formerly of Midland, passed away on Thursday, May 5, 2011 at Avante of Concord. He was born on April 18, 1923 in Dinwiddie County, VA., son of the late Edward Franklin and Nora Lee Smith Mingea. Mr. Mingea was a veteran of the US Army and a retired long-haul truck driver from Moss Trucking...
James Medley
May 5, 2011
James R. Medley, 89, of 36553 Mauldin Road, Albemarle, passed away Thursday, May 5, 2011. The family will receive friends at Hartsell Funeral Home, Albemarle on Sunday, May 8, 2011 from 6:00pm until 8:00pm. Funeral services will be Monday, May 9, 2011 at 2:00pm in the Hartsell Funeral Home’s Lefler Memorial Chapel, officiated by Rev. Gary Hunsucker. Burial will be...
Mary Mcmanus
May 4, 2011
Mrs. McManus, formerly of Midland, N.C., and a resident of the Carriage Club of Charlotte since the fall of 2007, died Wednesday, May 4, 2011. She was 91 years old. Born Jan. 11, 1920, in Albemarle, N.C., to the late Millard Fillmore Shankle and Elizabeth Burleson Shankle, she was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Robert Ussery...
Andrew Gettys
May 3, 2011
Mr. Andrew "Bruce" Gettys, age 85, of Charlotte, went home to be with Jesus on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at his home. He was born on August 23, 1925 in Wilkes County, son of the late John Dan and Mamie Vannoy Gettys. Bruce was a member of Hickory Grove Baptist Church. Mr. Gettys was a veteran of WWII, serving in...
Ruth Judd
May 3, 2011
Ruth Burleson Judd,72 of Albemarle, NC, formerly of Destin, FL and Atlanta, GA, passed away on May 03, 2011 at Stanly Regional Medical Center in Albemarle. The family will receive friends at Hartsell Funeral Home, Albemarle on Friday, May 6, 2011 from 2:30 pm until 4:00 pm with the funeral at 4:00 pm in the chapel, officiated by Dr. Wayne...

Clinton Harkey
May 3, 2011
Mr. Clinton Ray Harkey, 76, of Brush Creek, TN and formerly of Locust, NC, passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at Alive Hospice in Nashville, TN. The family will receive friends Saturday, April 7 from 2-4 PM at Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle with the funeral at 4 PM. The burial will follow at Ridgecrest Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Locust,...
Bernard Cruse, Jr
May 2, 2011
Mr. Bernard William Cruse, Jr., age 83, of Concord, passed away on Monday, May 2, 2011 at CMC NorthEast. He was born on July 14, 1927 in Enochville, Rowan County (St. Enoch Lutheran Church Parsonage where his grandfather was the minister), son of the late Bernard William, Sr. and Juanita Boland Cruse. He is also preceded in death by his...
Judy Starnes
May 1, 2011
Mrs. Judy Kay Starnes, age 62, of Concord passed away on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at CMC NorthEast. She was born on December 28, 1948 in Iredell County. Judy was a member of Gospel Light Baptist Church, Concord and a sewer for FunTees. She is preceded in death by her husband, Jimmy Wayne Starnes, who passed away in May of...
Melvin Love
May 10, 2011
MSG (retired) Melvin Eugene Love, 76, of 1507 West Main Street, Locust, NC went to be with his Lord and Savior on May 10, 2011 at Carrington Place in Matthews. The family will receive friends Friday, May 13 from 6-8 PM at Hartsell Funeral Home of Midland. The service will be held Saturday, May 14 at 4 PM at Locust...
John Tognarina, Sr
May 10, 2011
John James Tognarina, Sr., age 64 of Charlotte passed away at his home. He was born on October 5, 1946 in Allegheny County PA to the late James John and Willa Faye Blankenship Tognarina. He is also preceded in death by his wife Joyce Ann Montgomery Tognarina. He is survived by: sons, Craig Tognarina of Atlanta and John Tognarina, Jr....
Elizabeth Miller
May 10, 2011
Elizabeth Mary Miller, age 94 of 818 Honeysuckle Lane, Midland, NC, passed away on May 10, 2011 at Carolinas Medical Center NorthEast in Concord. The memorial service will be Wednesday, May 18, at 2 pm at the Hartsell Funeral Home Chapel in Midland. Rev Mark Clontz will officiate. Ms. Miller was a homemaker and a member of Bethel United Methodist...
Martha Tidd
May 9, 2011
Mrs. Martha Ann Lipe Tidd, age 69, of Concord, NC, crossed over on May 9, 2011, meeting Jesus, her first love. Martha was born on August 23, 1941 at Cabarrus Memorial Hospital, Concord, NC to Hugh and Maggie Lipe. She is also preceded in death by her sisters, Peggy Blackwelder, who passed away August, 2010 and Dennie and her husband...

Dorothy High
May 9, 2011
Dorothy Stegall Eudy High, 90, of Albemarle, NC, passed away Monday, May 9, 2011, in the Lutheran Home, Albemarle, NC. Mrs. Eudy High was born November 4, 1920, in Anson County. She was preceded in death by husband, Fred Philip Eudy; husband, Rev. Avery E. High; father, Willie William Stegall; and mother, Bessie Martha Jane Benton Stegall. She was a...
Helen Kirby
May 7, 2011
Helen Ruth Doby Kirby, 88, of Albemarle, NC passed away on May 7, 2011 at Lutheran Home of Albemarle. The family will receive friends Tuesday, May 10 from 6-8 PM at Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle. The service will be held Wednesday, May 11 at 2 PM in Hartsell Funeral Home’s Lefler Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow at Fairview Memorial...
Frances Cook
May 7, 2011
Frances Strickland Cook, age 73, of 502 Todd Drive Concord passed away on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at her home. She was born on March 6, 1938 to the late Claude Frank Strickland, Sr and Mabel Gaynelle Smith Strickland. Frances was a printer for Kaiser Roth Hosiery, and was a member of Harvest Community Church where she was a sunday...
Rachel Hinson
May 7, 2011
Rachel Herrin Hinson, age 88 of 32086 Clete Road, Albemarle, NC passed away on Saturday May 7th, 2011. The visitation will be Monday, May 9 from 6 until 8 PM at Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle. The funeral service will be held Tuesday, May 10 at 11 AM in Hartsell Funeral Home’s Lefler Memorial Chapel. The burial will follow at...
Frances Goforth
May 7, 2011
Frances Marie Sprott Goforth, age 78, of Charlotte passed away on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at Levine Dickson Hospice House in Huntersville. She was born on November 12, 1932 in Walker County, Texas to the late Frank Vernon and Nannie Wells Sprott. Mrs. Goforth was a professor at University of South Florida on Ele Road. Burial will be at a...
Dorothy Beaver
May 6, 2011
Mrs. Dorothy Lee McIntyre Beaver, age 85, of Concord, passed away on Friday, May 6, 2011 at Tucker Hospice House, Kannapolis. She was born on July 3, 1925 in Cabarrus County, daughter of the late William Heglar and Ollie Mae McIntyre Alexander. She is also preceded in death by a son, Charles Martin Beaver and a brother, Dick McIntyre. Dorothy...

Douglas Jones
May 6, 2011
Douglas Jones, age 64 of New London, passed away on Friday, May 06, 2011. Funeral services will be Monday, May 9, 2011 at Prospect Baptist Church at 1pm, with Pastor Stony Benfield and Rev Gary Pinion officiating. The family will receive friends after the service in the fellowship hall. Mr. Jones was born on April 21, 1947 in Chattanooga, TN...
Mildred Virtue
May 6, 2011
Mildred Mae Bohrer Virtue, 92, of Albemarle, NC, passed away Friday, May 6, 2011, in Stanly Regional Medical Center, Albemarle, NC. Mrs. Virtue was born January 21, 1919, in Camden County, New Jersey. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, William Jacob Virtue; father, Charles Frederick Bohrer; mother, Florence K. Foster Bohrer; three brothers, and two...
James Mingea
May 5, 2011
Mr. James Randolph Mingea, age 88, formerly of Midland, passed away on Thursday, May 5, 2011 at Avante of Concord. He was born on April 18, 1923 in Dinwiddie County, VA., son of the late Edward Franklin and Nora Lee Smith Mingea. Mr. Mingea was a veteran of the US Army and a retired long-haul truck driver from Moss Trucking...
James Medley
May 5, 2011
James R. Medley, 89, of 36553 Mauldin Road, Albemarle, passed away Thursday, May 5, 2011. The family will receive friends at Hartsell Funeral Home, Albemarle on Sunday, May 8, 2011 from 6:00pm until 8:00pm. Funeral services will be Monday, May 9, 2011 at 2:00pm in the Hartsell Funeral Home’s Lefler Memorial Chapel, officiated by Rev. Gary Hunsucker. Burial will be...
Mary Mcmanus
May 4, 2011
Mrs. McManus, formerly of Midland, N.C., and a resident of the Carriage Club of Charlotte since the fall of 2007, died Wednesday, May 4, 2011. She was 91 years old. Born Jan. 11, 1920, in Albemarle, N.C., to the late Millard Fillmore Shankle and Elizabeth Burleson Shankle, she was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Robert Ussery...
Andrew Gettys
May 3, 2011
Mr. Andrew "Bruce" Gettys, age 85, of Charlotte, went home to be with Jesus on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at his home. He was born on August 23, 1925 in Wilkes County, son of the late John Dan and Mamie Vannoy Gettys. Bruce was a member of Hickory Grove Baptist Church. Mr. Gettys was a veteran of WWII, serving in...
Ruth Judd
May 3, 2011
Ruth Burleson Judd,72 of Albemarle, NC, formerly of Destin, FL and Atlanta, GA, passed away on May 03, 2011 at Stanly Regional Medical Center in Albemarle. The family will receive friends at Hartsell Funeral Home, Albemarle on Friday, May 6, 2011 from 2:30 pm until 4:00 pm with the funeral at 4:00 pm in the chapel, officiated by Dr. Wayne...

Clinton Harkey
May 3, 2011
Mr. Clinton Ray Harkey, 76, of Brush Creek, TN and formerly of Locust, NC, passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at Alive Hospice in Nashville, TN. The family will receive friends Saturday, April 7 from 2-4 PM at Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle with the funeral at 4 PM. The burial will follow at Ridgecrest Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Locust,...
Bernard Cruse, Jr
May 2, 2011
Mr. Bernard William Cruse, Jr., age 83, of Concord, passed away on Monday, May 2, 2011 at CMC NorthEast. He was born on July 14, 1927 in Enochville, Rowan County (St. Enoch Lutheran Church Parsonage where his grandfather was the minister), son of the late Bernard William, Sr. and Juanita Boland Cruse. He is also preceded in death by his...
Judy Starnes
May 1, 2011
Mrs. Judy Kay Starnes, age 62, of Concord passed away on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at CMC NorthEast. She was born on December 28, 1948 in Iredell County. Judy was a member of Gospel Light Baptist Church, Concord and a sewer for FunTees. She is preceded in death by her husband, Jimmy Wayne Starnes, who passed away in May of...
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