Local obituaries for Taylorsville, NC Area.
Bessie Lail Holland,
Apr 3, 2014
Bessie Joyce Lail Holland, age 80, of Taylorsville, passed away on Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at Catawba Regional Hospice. She was born in Alexander County on May 21, 1933 to the late Gaither Lee and Etta Louise Harrison Lail. Bessie was a member of Shining Light Baptist Church and she was famous for her cooking, especially her chicken and dumplings....
Tony Jillson Correll,
Apr 3, 2014
Tony Jillson Correll, age 74, of Taylorsville, passed away on Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was born in Rowan County on December 29, 1939 to the late Calvin Wright Correll and Lillian Hammer Correll. Tony served in the Navy Reserves during Post Korea and Pre Vietnam era and was of the Lutheran faith. He was a...
Mary Brookshire Teague,
Apr 1, 2014
Mary Jane Catherine Brookshire Teague, age 87, of Taylorsville, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, March 31, 2014 at Frye Regional Medical Center. She was born in Wilkes County on September 26, 1926 to the late B. N. Brookshire and Mary Lou Lowe Brookshire. Mary was a very active member of Antioch Baptist Church. She worked as a homemaker and was...
Joyce Douglas Abbott,
Mar 21, 2014
Joyce Ann Douglas Abbott, age 70, of Taylorsville, passed away on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. She was born in Alexander County on August 23, 1943 to the late Benjamin Fincher Douglas and Cleo Gant Douglas. Joyce was a retired purchasing agent at Alexvale Furniture and was a member of East Taylorsville Baptist Church. She enjoyed going...
Robert Howard Elder,
Mar 21, 2014
Robert "Rob" Howard Elder, Jr., age 52, of Taylorsville, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, March 19, 2014. He was born in Montgomery County, Ohio on April 5, 1961 to Robert Howard Elder, Sr. and Wanda Kay Lee Elder. Rob was employed by Walmart in Conover for 8 years and formerly worked at Broyhill in Taylorsville for 27 years. He was a...
Harrell Lytle Leighton,
Mar 19, 2014
Harrell "Todd" Lytle Leighton, age 73, of Taylorsville, finally left his wheelchair behind and crossed River Jordan, clapping and shouting, "God is good" on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at Gordon Hospice House. He was born in Florida on May 8, 1940 to the late Edward Randall Leighton and Ruby Mae Childress Leighton. Todd was a veteran of the US Air...
Hershal Rowe Prichard,
Mar 19, 2014
Hershal Rowe Prichard, age 67, of Taylorsville passed away on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at his residence. He was born in Iredell County on June 21, 1946 to the late Rowe Stamey Prichard and Lillian Revis Prichard. Hershal attended Liberty United Methodist Church in earlier years but later was affiliated with the Baptist faith at the time of his death....
Julia Roberts Patterson,
Mar 14, 2014
Julia Roberts Patterson, age 84, formerly of Statesville, passed away on Thursday, March 13, 2014 in Hospice of Wentworth in Rockingham County, NC. She was born in Madison, NC on July 27, 1929 to the late John Walter Roberts and Julia Tucker Roberts. Julia was a member of Broad St. United Methodist Church and loved shopping, especially for Christmas, and...
Lucille Lingerfelt Hendren,
Mar 14, 2014
Lucille Lingerfelt Hendren, age 94, of Hiddenite went to her heavenly home on Thursday, March 13th, following a brief illness. She was born in Monroe County, Tennessee on February 14, 1920 to the late Robert Eligah Lingerfelt and Dora Green Lingerfelt. Lucille was a member of Sulphur Springs Baptist Church for 65 years where she was privileged to serve on...
Betty Sue Wike,
Mar 13, 2014
Betty Sue Russell Wike, age 84, of Alexander County, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2014 at her residence. She was born to the late Parks Russell and Della Mae Davis Russell. Betty was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church where she was very active in WMU, choir, Sunday School, and as a VBS teacher. Her last employer was Southern...
Mary Barnes Bentley,
Mar 10, 2014
Mary Alice Barnes Bentley, age 91, formerly of Taylorsville, passed away on Saturday, March 8, 2014, at Kiser Hospice House in Salisbury. Born on March 28, 1922 to the late James Ronald and Espie Elizabeth Elder Barnes, she was a member of Salem Lutheran Church, where she was also a member of the Ladies Circle and Lutheran Women's Mission League....