Local obituaries for Taylorsville, NC Area.
Wanda Dianne Reese
Jan 26, 2022
Wanda “Dianne” Reese age 62, passed away after a long illness Wednesday January 26, 2022 in Catawba County. She was born to the late Kenneth and Shirley Holbrook Lackey on July 7, 1959. Dianne was of the Christian faith and enjoyed talking with people about her faith. During her free time, she enjoyed communicating with people on facebook, where she...
Thomas Junior Howell
Jan 24, 2022
Thomas “Tom” Junior Howell, Age 57, of Taylorsville, passed away on Monday, January 24, 2022, at Catawba Valley Medical Center. Thomas was born on Tuesday, September 8, 1964, to the late Rev. Thomas Leon Howell and Margaret Parsons Howell in Alexander County. Tom worked for the town of Taylorsville. Tom attended St. John Baptist Church, where he loved singing in...
Teresa Dawn Perkins
Jan 23, 2022
Teresa Dawn Perkins, age 58, of Hickory, passed away on Sunday, January 23, 2022, at Catawba Valley Medical Center. Teresa was born on Saturday, July 13, 1963 to Elizabeth Plemmons Rosenbaum and the late James Rosenbaum in Catawba, North Carolina. During her career, Teresa worked in the cosmology field as a nail technician. She enjoyed coloring, crafting, painting, and was...
Dennis Owen Teague
Jan 23, 2022
Dennis Owen Teague, age 67, of Millersville, passed away on Sunday, January 23, 2022, at Catawba Valley Medical Center. Dennis was born on Tuesday, May 4, 1954 to the late Ernest and Jacqueline Teague in Alexander County, North Carolina. During his career Dennis worked in the transportation industry. In his spare time, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, traveling, site seeing, and...
Cherie Ann Parr
Jan 22, 2022
Cherie Ann Griner Parr, age 47, of Lincolnton passed away on Saturday, January 22, 2022 at her residence surrounded by her family. She was born on January 7, 1975 in Miami, FL to Susan Diane Tamburo, of Lincolnton and the late Daniel Eugene Griner. During her career, Cherie worked as a financial analysis for an accountant. To know her, was...
Chiem Ian Saetern
Jan 20, 2022
Chiem Ian Saetern, born February 1, 1932, in Ban Nampa, Laos, longtime resident of Taylorsville and veteran sergeant of the Secret War led by the U.S. CIA passed peacefully while surrounded by his loved ones on January 20, 2022, at the Wilkes Regional Medical Center. Chiem is survived by his loving wife of 69 years, Nai Liem Saetern, 3 sons,...
Faye Annie Poole Brown
Jan 19, 2022
Faye Annie Poole Brown, 99, of Kannapolis, passed away Wednesday January 19, 2022 after a period of declining health. Born March 4, 1922 in Wilkes County, she was the daughter of the late James David and Nora Lizzie Milsaps Poole. During her younger years, Faye enjoyed dancing, especially ballroom dancing. She spent much of her career in the medical field...
Ann Eugenia Carlton
Jan 17, 2022
Ann Eugenia Carlton, Age 62, of Taylorsville, passed away on Monday, January 17, 2022, at Novant Health Presbyterian Hospital. Ann was born on Thursday, June 4, 1959, in Catawba County to the late Walter Davie Carlton and Ruth Frankie Hollar Carlton. Ann was of the Christian faith. Ann enjoyed cooking and loving her dog, Tiny. Those left to cherish the...
Eyvonna "Gail" Tomblin
Jan 16, 2022
Eyvonna “Gail” Tomblin, age 69, of Granite Falls, passed away on Sunday, January 16, 2022, at Catawba Valley Medical Center. Gail was born on Monday, April 14, 1952, to the late Richard and Ruth Garrett Hensley in Chapmanville, WV. During her career, Gail worked at Wesley Hall as a furniture sewer. She enjoyed doing crafts, and fishing, but most of...
Clara Lee Moose Sipe
Jan 14, 2022
Clara Lee Moose Sipe age 96 passed away after a period of declining heath on Friday January 14, 2022, at Catawba Valley Assisted Living at Rock Barn. She was born to the late Butler and Doll Childers Moose on May 24, 1925. During her working career she worked in the furniture industry as an inspector at ER Carpenter. She was...
Emily Marie Brittain
Jan 14, 2022
Emily Marie Woliver Brittain, age 87, of Virginia, passed away on January 14, 2022, in Alexander County. Emily was born on Saturday, December 1, 1934, in Lee County, VA, to the late Jackson Coy Woliver and Judy Belle Moore Woliver. Emily enjoyed being a homemaker and working in her garden. Emily was a member of Woodway Baptist Church. Including her...
Loid "Silas" Johnson
Jan 13, 2022
Mr. Loid Silas Johnson, age 85 of Wilkesboro passed away Thursday, January 13, 2022 at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist-Wilkes Medical Center. Silas was born March 23, 1936 in Wilkes County to James Ernest and Mattie Benge Johnson. In Silas' younger days, he was a moonshiner. Later, he logged and cut wood for a living. As a hobby, he collected...
Frederick Edward Lanning
Jan 12, 2022
Frederick Edward Lanning, Age 78, of Conover, passed away on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, at Trinity Village. Frederick was born on Sunday, June 6, 1943, in Trenton, New Jersey, to the late Edward McIlvaine Lanning, and Ruth Yates Lanning. He was a veteran of the US National Guard. Frederick was retired from IBM as a Senior Mechanical Designer. Frederick loved...
James Howard Baker
Jan 11, 2022
James Howard Baker age 52 passed away unexpectedly Tuesday January 11, 2022. He was born to Howard Lee Baker and Kathy Arnold Moore on November 29, 1969, in Berrien Michigan. Mr. Baker was of the Christian faith. During his free time, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, working on cars, and driving a truck. He is preceded in death by his mother...
Robert Caryle Fortner
Jan 11, 2022
Robert “Bob” Carlyle Fortner, age 86 of Taylorsville, passed away on January 11, 2022, after a long period of declining health with parkinson’s disease. Bob was born on Sunday, April 14, 1935, to the late Howard Boyden Fortner and Lorna Kerley Fortner. He was a veteran of the United States Army. He was a retired truck driver from Sherill’s Furniture....
Clara Edith Land
Jan 9, 2022
Clara “Edith” Land, age 99, went to her heavenly home, on Sunday, January 9, 2022. Edith was born on May 23, 1922, to the late Carter Land and Lita Johnson Land. During her career, she worked as a textile inspector at Schneider Mills, for 35 years. She was a member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church. Edith was a loving mother,...
Graceteen Pearl Childers
Jan 2, 2022
Graceteen Pearl Childers, Age 89, of Taylorsville, passed away on January 2, 2022, at Wilkes Health and Rehabilitation. Graceteen was born on May 10, 1932, to the late Herman Parks Wallace and Mozelle Francis Wallace. During her career, Graceteen was a cutter at Paladin. She was a member at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Graceteen was a loving mother, grandmother, great...
Phyllis Ann Deal
Jan 2, 2022
Phyllis Ann Ingram Deal, age 72, of Taylorsville passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, January 2, 2022, at Valley Nursing Center. She was born on June 23, 1949, the daughter of the late George Haskel and Edith Margaret Sawyer Ingram. During her career, Phyllis worked at Lewittes, Hickory Springs, and as a CNA caregiver. She was a member at Pleasant Hill...
Mack Randall Hefner, Sr.
Dec 31, 2021
Mack Randall Hefner, Sr., age 80, of Taylorsville passed away unexpectedly on Friday, December 31, 2021, at his residence. He was born on April 25, 1941, the son of the late Mary “Viola” Hefner Pennell. Mack was a member of Smyrna Baptist Church and worked for Hefner Landscaping with his son, Randy. He had a special love for his family,...
Shirley Ann Whaley
Dec 31, 2021
Shirley Ann Oswalt Whaley, age 81, of Taylorsville left this world for her heavenly home on Friday, December 31, 2021, after fighting a long and hard battle with cancer, without complaining. She was born on April 28, 1940, in Mississippi, the daughter of the late Clarence and Annie Ethel (King) Oswalt. Shirley met the love of her life, her husband,...