All Obituaries

Nellie Privette Stroud, age 90, a resident of The Gardens of Statesville, passed away on Sunday, July 14, 2019 surrounded by members of her family and under the care of Gordon Hospice House. Born July 2, 1929 in Wilkes County, North Carolina to Noah and Myrtle Anderson Privette, she relocated to Cool Spring, North Carolina with her family in the early 1940’s.  On November 1, 1947 she married William A. Stroud of Cool Spring, North Carolina and remained a devoted wife of 67 years...

Faye Milstead Medlin, 77, of Statesville, passed away, Saturday, July 13, 2019 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Medlin was born October 22, 1941 in Alexander County and was the daughter of the late Walter Milstead and Christine Little Milstead. She was a graduate of Alexander County High Schools and Appalachian College with a degree in Education. On May 29, 1964, she married Daniel “Dan” Franklin Medlin, who survives. She was an Elementary School Teacher for 31 years, teaching...

Mr. Curtis Franklin George, 80, of Statesville, passed away, Saturday, July 13, 2019 at the Gordon Hospice House. Curtis was born October 27, 1938 in Kings Mountain, NC and was the son of the late John Ivey George and Eva Ballard George. He was the youngest of eight siblings, a graduate of Kings Mountain High School, where he was the student body President and was on their state champion football team. He graduated from Erskine College in 1961 and served honorably in the US Army. On June 4,...

Diane Wiles, 56, of Statesville, passed away, Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at the Gordon Hospice House following a courageous battle with cancer. Diane was born February 14, 1963 in Statesville and was the daughter of Dan Graham Wiles, Sr. and Mary Josey Wiles. She was a 1981 graduate of West Iredell High School and received her degree in Early Childhood Education from Mitchell College. She was a Director of Day Care Operations and later worked for Leggitt-Platt in Statesville. She was a member...

Mr. Alan Reece Williams, 79, of Olin, NC passed away, Sunday, July 7, 2019 at the Gordon Hospice House following a period of declining health. Alan was born June 28, 1940 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Reece King Williams and Beulah Wall Williams. He was a 1958 graduate of Central High School, 1963 graduate of Appalachian State University and did post graduate work at N.C. State University. On August 6, 1960, he married Barbara Creedmore Williams, who survives. Alan taught...

Joanne Helen Pearce Triplett, 80, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, July 4, 2019 at her residence surrounded by her family. Born July 9, 1938 in Medford, MA., she was the daughter of the late William Joseph and Anna Mae Hupfer Pearce. Joanne retired from Lake Norman Reality where she was a real estate broker. She was a wonderful mother, a leader and a business woman who always reached out a hand to help others even when hers were already full. Joanne is survived by 2 sons: William...

Roman Elijah Targia, was born February 6, 2019 at Iredell Memorial Hospital and passed away, July 4, 2019 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was the son of Anthony Targia, grandson of Denis and Lucretia Targia, great grandson of Phil and Louise Klvana and nephew to Nicole and Brian Rogers, Kerry and Mark Jordan, Phyllis and James Carbone and Bruce and Laurie Klvana. He was loved by all that met him and had the most amazing smile that would capture the hearts of everyone he...

Jerry Wayne Holland, 66, of Harmony, passed away, Monday, July 1, 2019 at Autumn Care of Statesville, NC. Born February 4, 1953 in Harmony, NC he was the son of the late R. B. Holland and Pauline Rash Holland. Jerry attended Union Grove and North Iredell High Schools, and was self-employed for many years with Holland’s Floor Covering as a carpet installer. He enjoyed the outdoors, fishing, gardening and taking the dogs out for walks. In addition to his parents he was preceded in...

Mrs. Mary Louise Murdock, 90, of Statesville passed away, Sunday, June 30, 2019, at Accordius Health in Statesville. Mrs. Murdock was the daughter of the late Zachariah Prevette Sides and Jettie Zelda Reavis Sides. She attended school in Statesville and on July 20, 1947, was married to Henry H. Murdock, who preceded her in death on April 12, 2015. She worked at the Southern Bell Telephone Company and held sales positions for various business over the years. She enjoyed RV camping with her...

William Gaston Morrison, Sr., 89, of Statesville, passed away, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC. Mr. Morrison was born October 3, 1929 in Flat Rock, NC to the late Pauline Horne Morrison and Francis Scarr Morrison, Sr. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Statesville, NC and graduated from Statesville Senior High School, where he was a co-captain of the state championship football team in 1947-1948. After attending the University of North Carolina...