Area Obituaries

Keith Ray Brogden, 69, of Taylorsville, passed away Friday, March 12, 2021 at home. He was born Tuesday, May 22, 1951, in Boone, Iowa, to the late Guy Francis Brogden and Louise Ray Brogden. Keith was retired from furniture manufacturing and was an avid coin and knife collector. In addition to his parents, Keith was…

Tommy Edward Teague, 60, of Taylorsville, went home to be with his heavenly father on Thursday, March 11, 2021 at his residence. Tommy was born May 21, 1960, in Alexander County, the son of James C. Howell and Creola Teague Jones. Tommy worked in many trades; as a mechanic, truck driver, and also in the…

James “Jim” Richard Bell, 86, of Taylorsville, passed away at his home Thursday, March 11, 2021. He was born Thursday, December 27, 1934, in Cleveland County, to the late Robert Marcus Bell and Pearly Mae McGinnis Bell. He retired from Broyhill Furniture as a Master Mechanic Technician. In addition to his parents, Jim was preceded…

Witson Davidson, 85, of Stony Point, passed away on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at Iredell Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. Witson was born May 19, 1935, in Alexander County, the son of the late Roby Franklin Davidson and Rosa Deal Davidson. He was a US Army veteran and a member of Hiddenite Baptist Church,…

Goldie Barnes Harrington, 89, passed away on March 9, 2021. She was born on June 19, 1931, in Taylorsville, to the late Charlie Alexander Barnes and Eula Mae Harrington Barnes. She was the youngest in a family of nine children. She attended Oxford School and made lifelong friends. She met and married the love of…

Douglas “Doug” Larry Deal, 84, of Taylorsville, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday morning, March 7, 2021 at Catawba Valley Medical Center. Doug was born on October 5, 1936, in Alexander County, the son of the late Jacob Calvin Deal and Esther Margaret Childers Deal. He was an iron worker in New York for 19 years.…

Elizabeth “Ann” Pauline Oswalt Hubbard, 84, of Taylorsville, passed away at her home on Sunday, March 7, 2021. She was born Thursday, April 16, 1936, in Sunflower County, Mississippi to the late Clarence Oswalt and Ethel King Oswalt. Ann was a member of Stony Point Tabernacle Church. In addition to her parents, Ann was preceded…

Jettie Lee Millsaps, 99, of Hiddenite, passed away on Saturday, March 6, 2021 at Gordon Hospice House in Statesville. Jettie was born May 7, 1921, in Alexander County, the daughter of the late Edward A. Millsaps, Sr. and Pearlie Elizabeth Parker Millsaps. She was a homemaker and a charter member of Berea Baptist Church. She…