Obituaries
Jim Loyd
Jan 4, 2014
James (Jim) Norris Loyd, Sr., 83, is home with his Lord and Savior. He passed away peacefully at Iredell Memorial Hospital surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, January 4, 2014. Jim was born February 4, 1930, in Iredell County to the late Rev. Rufus Columbus Loyd and Cordia Sprinkle Loyd. He attended Central School and worked for the Statesville...
Jr Alonzo McDougale
Jan 4, 2014
Mr. Alonzo Dennis McDougale, Jr., 79, of Statesville, passed away Saturday, January 4, 2014 at Frye Regional Medical Center. Mr. McDougale was born December 30, 1934 in Medina County, OH and was the son of the late Alonzo D. McDougale, Sr. and Nellie Wagner McDougale. He attended schools in Ashland, OH and moved to Statesville in 1990. Mr. McDougale was...
Gary Conley
Jan 1, 2014
Gary Wayne Conley, 71, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, January 1, 2014, at his home. Mr. Conley was born May 1, 1942 in Nicholas County, WV and was the son of the late William Camden and Erma Boggs Conley. He was a graduate of Montgomery High School and West Virginia Tech. On July 23, 1965, Mr. Conley married Jeanette Carte...
Sue Niblock
Jan 1, 2014
Mrs. Sue Simerson Niblock, 86, of Lexington, NC and formerly of Cool Springs, passed away on Wednesday, January 01, 2014, at Carolina House of Lexington. Mrs. Niblock was born May 2, 1927 in Rowan County and she was the daughter of the late Spencer and Minnie Proctor Simerson. Sue was a graduate of Spencer High School and on January 18,...
Burl Johnson
Dec 31, 2013
William Burl Johnson departed this earthly life on Tuesday, December 31, 2013. He now resides in Heaven. He was born in the New Sterling community of Iredell County on December 20, 1925 to James Boyce and Victoria Alexander Johnson. He was a graduate of Scotts High School class of '42. After school, he joined the Army and served under General...
Gene Barkley
Dec 31, 2013
Mr. Edward Eugene "Gene" Barkley, 66, of Harmony, passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2013, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mr. Barkley was born September 14, 1947 in Iredell County and was the son of the late Edward Lee Barkley and Geneva Jenkins Barkley. He was a graduate of Cool Springs High School, attended Gardner Webb University, and Kings Business College before...
Geraldine Smith
Dec 30, 2013
Geraldine Galliher Smith, 89, of Harmony, passed away Monday, December 30, 2013 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. She was born in Iredell County on September 21, 1924 to the late James Coleman Galliher and Flossie Stroud Galliher. Mrs. Smith was a graduate of Harmony High School and was married on February 24, 1945 to Thomas Asbury Smith who preceded...
Margaret Alexander
Dec 27, 2013
Mrs. Margaret Smith Alexander, 83, of Statesville, passed away peacefully on Friday, Dec. 27, surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Alexander was born Jan. 17, 1930, in Davidson County, NC, the daughter of the late Phillip Forrest Smith and Florence Sharpe Smith. She was a graduate of Linwood High School in Linwood, NC, and Appalachian State Teachers College, and received...
Christeen Watts
Dec 23, 2013
Mrs. Bertha Christeen Warren Watts, 95, of Mooresville, died Monday, December 23, 2013. Mrs. Watts was born in Alexander County on September 6, 1918, the daughter of the late Eddie Austin Warren and Artie Goble Warren. She attended school at Central, Stony Point, and Whittenburg School. On September 4, 1937 she married Ray Carlton Watts, who preceded her in death....
Robert Bob Ray Kanous
Dec 20, 2013
Robert Ray Kanous, 79, of Statesville, passed away Friday, December 20, 2013 at his home. Robert was born on August 5 , 1934 in Galien, Michigan to the late Mr. Milo Kanous and Mrs. Viva Wolkins. Robert attended Galien High School in Michigan. In 1956 he married Pat Hemphill, who survives, and they enjoyed 57 years of marriage. Robert was...
Theresa Brown Moose
Dec 18, 2013
Margaret Theresa Brown Moose, 78, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Moose was born July 22, 1935 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Holland B. Brown and Carrie Milstead Brown. She was a graduate of Scotts High School and received her Master's Degree from Anitoch College in Ohio....
Robert Nesbit
Dec 18, 2013
Mr. Robert William Nesbit, 77, of Statesville, passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2013, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mr. Nesbit was born June 16, 1936 in Iredell County and he was the son of the late Luther Nesbit and Lula Mae Philips Nesbit. He attended Iredell County schools and on June 15, 1963, he married Dorothy Swicegood Nesbit, who survives. Mr....
Janie Milholland
Dec 15, 2013
Mrs. Janie Wilson Milholland, 92, of Statesville, passed away Sunday, December 15, 2013, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Milholland was born August 31, 1921 in Franklin County, NC and was the daughter of the late Alexander and Gladys Brown Wilson. She was a graduate of Statesville High School and on the 13 of February 1943 she married the late...