Mrs. Starcher was born on January 24, 1938, in Calhoun County, West Virginia, a daughter of the late George E. Slider and Ada Blake Slider. She was a homemaker in her own home.

Survivors include her husband, Gary Gene Starcher of Monroe, NC; a daughter, Barbra S. Coward and husband Joey of Darlington, SC; one brother, Larry Slider and wife Janice of Cameron, NC; three grandchildren, Brady Seals, Bradley Coward, and Stacey Coward; and two nephews Bryan Slider and wife Diana and Kevin Slider and wife Paige.

A Funeral service to Celebrate the Life of Naomi Starcher will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 7, 2015, at Davis Funeral Chapel, 1003 East Franklin Street, Monroe, NC, officiated by Reverend Don Meadows. The family will receive friends Saturday, February 7, from 1 p.m. until the time of the service.

Interment will follow in Lakeland Memorial Park Cemetery.