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Herman STARNES

Male 1919 - 2008  (89 years)


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  • Name Herman STARNES 
    Birth 19 Mar 1919  Union County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 27 Apr 2008  Monroe, Union County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Lakeland Memorial Park, Monroe, Union County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    • (1) www.findagrave.com:

      Herman Starnes
      Birth: 19 Mar 1919, Union County, North Carolina, USA
      Death: 27 Apr 2008 (aged 89), Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, USA
      Burial: Lakeland Memorial Park, Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, USA

      From "The Charlotte Observer"

      HERMAN STARNES

      Monroe, NC - Mr. Starnes, age 89, passed away Sunday (April 27, 2008) at the Brian Center of Monroe.

      A Service to Celebrate the Life of Herman Starnes will be conducted at 2:00 PM Wednesday (April 30, 2008) at Benton Heights Presbyterian Church, officiated by Reverend Paul Saleeby. Interment will follow at Lakeland Memorial Park Cemetery.

      Mr. Starnes was born on March 19, 1919, in Union County, a son of the late John Hurley Starnes and Cantie Plyler Starnes.

      Mr. Starnes was employed with Springs Industries as an expeditor the last 35 years prior to retirement. He was the family historian and genealogist, published the genealogy of his maternal lineage, "The Plyler Genealogy 1688-1965", and was co-author of his paternal lineage "Of Them That Left A Name Behind," dating back to 1665.

      He was past editor of The Starnes Triennial Association News Letter, had articles published in 'SCV Ancestor Album'; 'State Troops and Volunteer NC Civil War Soldiers' genealogical articles in 'The Heritage of Union County NC' book I and II; 'Antecedents and Descendants of Richard Deese.' He was a charter member and first treasurer of 'The Carolinas Genealogical Society;' a member of SCV; MOSB; 'General Society of Colonial Wars'; 'The Union County Historical Society'; 'Scottish Society of the Waxhaws' and an Elder in the Presbyterian Church.

      In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 47 years Maude Deese Starnes; brothers, C. Dudley Starnes, Douglas Starnes, twin brother Hershel Starnes; and a sister, Julia Mae Starnes McManus.

      Survivors include one son, Michael D. Starnes and wife, Jane Starnes of Monroe; one granddaughter, Meredith Brooke Starnes of Monroe; a sister, Eleanor Starnes Hammonds and husband, John Hammonds of Monroe; a step-sister, Libby H. Thomas and husband, Addison Thomas of Waxhaw; two brothers, Ralph Starnes and wife, Hazel Starnes of Monroe and John H . Starnes and wife, Paula Starnes of Houston, TX.

      Family Members: Parents: John Hurley Starnes (1885-1942), Cantie Emaline Plyler Starnes (1889-1919); Spouse: Maude Virginia Deese Starnes (1921-1994); Siblings: Julia Mae Starnes McManus (1912-2006), Conroe Dudley Starnes (1914-1972), Hershel Starnes (1919-2006); Half Siblings: William Douglas Starnes (1924-1965), Ralph Lee Starnes (1927-2012), John Hurley Starnes (1931-1932)

      Created by: John Field Pankow
      Added: 17 May 2008
      Find A Grave Memorial 26902988
    Person ID I44564  Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
    Last Modified 14 Apr 2024 

    Father John Hurley STARNES, Sr.,   b. 7 Aug 1885, Union County, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 1942, New Salem, Union County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Cantie Emaline PLYLER,   b. 6 Feb 1889   d. 21 Mar 1919 (Age 30 years) 
    Family ID F19169  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maude Virginia DEESE,   b. 7 Dec 1921, Union County, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Nov 1994, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Family ID F19173  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Apr 2024