All Obituaries

Audrey Robinson Parsons 65 of Mt. Gilead died Wednesday Morning, November 14, 2018. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, November 17, 2018 at Blackwood Chapel Baptist Church. Rev. Billy Glover and Rev. Junior Medlin will officiate and interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. Audrey was born March 2, 1953 in Montgomery County to Sara Yarbrough Robinson of Mt. Gilead and the late James Raford...

Mary Throneburg Blalock 94 of Norwood died Tuesday Morning, November 13, 2018 at Trinity Place. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday, November 15, 2018 at Edwards Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Ken Martin will officiate and interment will follow in Mt. Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Mary was born October 24, 1924 in Wake County to the late Oka William and Alma Scruggs Throneburg. She was a...

C.H. Biles, 86, of Albemarle NC passed away Friday November 9, 2018 in York, SC. He was the son of Henry and Phronia Biles. Funeral services will be held at 2:00PM on Sunday November 11, 2018 at Edwards Funeral Home Chapel in Norwood. Dr. Kinney Wallace will officiate and burial will follow at Porter Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Mr. Biles was a dedicated lifetime member of Porter Baptist Church and The Porter...

Margaret Lommaert Kurz, 91, of Oakboro, surrounded by her loving family, passed away Sunday morning, November 4, 2018, at The Tucker House in Kannapolis, NC Funeral services will be held at 6:00 PM Saturday at Edwards Funeral Home Chapel in Norwood. Rev. Mike Rinehardt will officiate and interment will follow at 10:00AM Monday at the National Cemetery in Salisbury.  The family will receive friends two hours prior to the service. Mrs. Kurz was born April 3, 1927, to the late Gustave...

Donna Dianne Love Burris, 52, of Stanfield, surrounded by her loving family, passed away Sunday morning, October 21, 2018 at CMC Northeast. Graveside services will be held at 2:00PM, Saturday, October 27, 2018, at Clark’s Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.  Rev. Gene Hopkins will officiate.  The family will receive friends Friday night from 5:00PM until 10:00PM at the home of Dollie Love. Ms. Burris was born August 10, 1966, to Dollie Furr Love and the late Carroll...

Elvene Whitley McSwain 90 of Norwood died Sunday Evening, October 21, 2018 . Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, October 27, 2018 at Edwards Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Todd McSwain will officiate and interment will follow in Cedar Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 Thursday Evening at the funeral home. Elvene was born July 24, 1928 in Stanly County to the late Thomas Green and Fannie Nash Whitley. She was a retiree of...

Nicole Lynn Stout, 29, of Midland, passed away on Wednesday October 17, 2018. The family will receive friends on Thursday, November 1, 2018 from 6:00 to 7:00PM at Edwards Funeral Home in Norwood. Miss Stout was born in Tioga County, NY on June 9, 1989 to Bobbie Jo Norris and the late Edward James Stout Jr. She is survived by her mother, Bobbie Jo Norris.

Paul Fredrick “Fred” Stewart Sr. 84 of Norwood died Wednesday Evening, October 17, 2018 at Bethany Woods. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00AM Saturday, October 20, 2018 at Memorial Baptist Church in Norwood. Dr. Josh Phillips and Rev. Marshall Honeycutt will officiate and Graveside services will follow at 2:00PM in Wingate Cemetery, Wingate, NC. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 Friday Evening at Edwards Funeral Home of Norwood. Fred was born February 1,...

Larry Benjamin Beachum 66 of Norwood died Friday Afternoon, October 12, 2018 at his home. Funeral Services will be held at 7:00 PM Monday, October 15, 2018 at Edwards Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Jesse Carpenter will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Larry was born June 4, 1952 in Stanly County to the late Clyde and Bonnie Crisco Beachum. He was a retiree of E.J. Snyder Company with 28 years of service. He is survived by his wife...

Nellie Mae Freeman Dennis 91 of Norwood died Thursday Morning, October 11, 2018 at Bethany Woods. Funeral Services will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday, October 14, 2018 at Porter Baptist Church. Dr Kinney Wallace will officiate and interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service in the church fellowship hall. Mrs. Dennis was born March 10, 1927 in Troy to the late John Lee and Emma Rose Thompson Freeman. She was a longtime member of...