June Starling Meland

WADESBORO - On Tuesday, August 5, 2025, Sylvia June Starling Meland, 88, passed away peacefully at her daughter’s home in Unionville, NC, with her daughter by her side to be with her Lord.

Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Friday, August 8, 2025 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home with Rev. Teddy Lawson officiating.  The family will greet friends following the service at the funeral home.

A private interment will be in Anson Memorial Park.

June was born March 2, 1937 in Wadesboro, NC, daughter of the late Lonnie Chester Starling and the late Aline Alexander Starling. She was a graduate of Wadesboro High School and was retired from BC Moore & Sons after many years in retail.

She was a life long member of First Baptist Church Wadesboro and attended the Edna Pearl Little Sunday School class.

June cherished her family and the times they were all together. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 49 years, Harold William Meland Jr and her son, Tim E. Watts, her daughter, Camilla Grider, and her brother and sister, Larry Starling and Mildred "Mickey" Bacot.

Those left to cherish her memory are her daughters and sons- in- law, Sharon & Bret Boyer of Unionville, NC; Donna & Doug Paul of Wadesboro; Dawn & Tim Cook of N. Myrtle Beach, SC; her daughter-in-law, Rhonda Watts of Wadesboro; her grandchildren, Stacy Malary of Chevy Chase, MD, Patrick Malary (Stephanie) of Raleigh, Ryan Watts of Monroe,  Emma Boyer of Unionville, Miranda Paul Valez,(Alex) of  Wadesboro, and  Brandon Paul (Jessica) of  Wadesboro; her 6 great grandchildren and special nieces, Debbie Bacot Boan and Ann Bacot Pierce, both of Cheraw, SC.

The family would like to thank Hospice of Union County and Mandy Davis Horne, RN, for the love, care and tenderness shown during such a difficult time.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Union County, 900 W. Roosevelt Blvd., Monroe, NC 28110.

The arrangements are in care of Leavitt Funeral Home and online condolences may be made at www.leavittfh.com