Local obituaries for Taylorsville, NC Area.
Marlene Ruth Hendren
Dec 29, 2021
Marlene Ruth Icenhour Hendren, age 78, passed away on Wednesday, December 29, 2021, at her residence. Marlene was born on Wednesday, October 27, 1943, to the late Marlow Ray Icenhour and Lois Ellen Icenhour. Marlene worked for Sherrill Furniture and Icenhour Furniture. She enjoyed doing yard work and growing flowers and loved horses. Marlene was of the Lutheran Faith. Including...
Timothy Allan Glass
Dec 27, 2021
Timothy Allan Glass, age 76, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, December 27, 2021, at his residence. Tim was born to the late Vilas Sherman Glass and Treva Ruth Johnston Glass, on June 18, 1945, in Wilkes County. Tim was a poultry farmer for Tyson for many years, he enjoyed being a cattle farmer, was formerly; the chairman of Alexander County...
Larry Dean Crouch
Dec 27, 2021
Larry Dean Crouch, age 80, of Granite Falls went to be with his Heavenly Father on Monday, December 27, 2021, at Conover Nursing and Rehab Center, following a period of declining health. Larry was born on Wednesday, March 10, 1941, to the late Raymond and Lona Bowman Crouch. Larry was a graduate of Taylorsville High School. He obtained a bachelor’s...
Lou Ann Frye
Dec 23, 2021
Lou Ann Frye, Age 88, of Taylorsville, passed away on December 22, 2021, at Trinity Village. Lou Ann was born on April 8, 1933, in Alexander to the late Pete Theodore Bowman and Lottie Elizabeth Bowman. Lou Ann enjoyed gardening, working in her flowers, sewing, but most of all loved spending time with her family and grandchildren. Including her parents,...
Margaret Jane Butler
Dec 22, 2021
Margaret Jane Butler, age 84, passed away on Wednesday, December 22, 2021, in Iredell County. Jane was born on January 8, 1937, to the late Othoa Andrew Knight and Hazel Daphne Thompson Knight. Including her parents, Jane is preceded in death by, her husband, Clyde Oscar Butler, brothers, Russell Knight, and Sonny Knight, two sisters, Carolyn Kelly, and Evelyn Knight....
Betty Jo Anderson
Dec 20, 2021
Betty Jo Call Anderson, 87 went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Monday, December 20, 2021, at Wilkes Regional Medical Center. Betty was born on January 9, 1934, to the late Everette and Louise Call. Betty was a wonderful mother and grandmother and was loved by her family very much. Betty had been in declining health for the...
Elizabeth "Lib" Shoemaker
Dec 20, 2021
Elizabeth “Lib” Price Shoemaker passed away on December 20, 2021. Lib was born in Taylorsville on October 28, 1932, to the late Jeff and Neva Payne Price. She was united in marriage to Howard Shoemaker on February 22, 1953. He preceded her in death on October 25, 2019, after 66 years of marriage. Lib was a 1951 graduate of Hiddenite...
Steve Anthony St. Clair
Dec 19, 2021
Steve Anthony St. Clair, Age 45 of Taylorsville, passed away on Sunday, December 19, 2021, at Atrium Health in Mecklenburg County, NC. Anthony was born on Tuesday, August 24, 1976, to Steve and Wanda St. Clair in Catawba county. Anthony began working in the apple orchard with his family at a young age, he continued his career in construction at...
Teresa Anette Chatham
Dec 18, 2021
Teresa Annette Wagoner Chatham, age 50, passed away Saturday December 18, 2021. She was born to the late Jerry Wagoner and Doris Wagoner. During her working career she worked in furniture and in the restaurant industry until she became disabled and started spending time playing games, on Facebook, and with her family. Along with her biological father she is preceded...
William White Jordan
Dec 15, 2021
William “Bill” White Jordan, age 77 of Taylorsville, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, in Alexander County. Bill was born on Tuesday, September 12, 1944, in Iredell County to the late Oscar Ivey Jordan and Rachel Brown White. Bill retired from Bellsouth after 30 plus years of service. He then went on to work in the maintenance department...
Becky Anita Littlejohn
Dec 14, 2021
Becky Anita Littlejohn, age 43 of Hickory, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, December 14, 2021. Becky was born on Thursday, June 29, 1978, in Wilkes Co. to the late Charles James Littlejohn and Mamie Marie Howell Littlejohn. Becky enjoyed singing and spending time with her family. Including her father, she is preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Thomas Leon...
Danny Alvin Sipe
Dec 11, 2021
Danny Alvin Sipe, Sr. Went to meet his wife in Heaven on December 11, 2021. Danny was born January 2, 1943, in Catawba County. He was the son of the late Alvin O. Sipe and mother, Icie Diew Sipe. He served with honor in the USAir Force and received several commendations. He worked in the mobile home business for many...
Mary Ellen Porch Partin
Dec 10, 2021
Mary Ellen Porch Partin age 85, passed away at Valley Nursing Center Friday December 10, 2021. She was born to the late John and Amanda Porch on March 6, 1936, in Alexander County. During her working career she worked at several different furniture plants, and lastly finished her career at Taylor King as a Brass nailer. Mrs. Partin was a...
Clifford Ray Stratton
Dec 8, 2021
Clifford Ray Stratton, age 70, of Taylorsville, passed away on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at Catawba Valley Medical Center. Clifford was born on Tuesday, March 31, 1953, to the late Vernon Ray Stratton and Mary Ellen Stratton. Clifford worked as a machinist in the manufacturing industry. Clifford enjoyed traveling to the beach and the mountains. Clifford attended St. Stephen’s Lutheran...
Patricia Chapman Jordan
Dec 7, 2021
Patricia Ann Chapman Jordan, Age 79 of Taylorsville, passed away on Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at Valley Nursing Home. Patricia was born on Friday, April 24, 1942, to the late David Chapman, Jr., and Wilma Jones Chapman, in Emmestburg, Iowa. Patricia worked as a nurse at Davis Regional Medical Center for 40 years. She enjoyed puzzles, gardening, flowers, painting, but...
Kenneth Lee Benfield
Dec 5, 2021
Kenneth Lee Benfield, Age 84, passed away on Sunday, December 5, 2021, in Alexander County. He was born on July 7, 1937, the son of the late Vance Paul Benfield and Kathryne Teague Benfield. He was the owner of The Deerhunter Tree Stand Company, where he designed and made tree stands. He was a member of the Jaycee’s (Junior Chambers)...
Mack "M.L." Lawrence Walker
Dec 3, 2021
Mack Lawrence “M.L.” Walker, Jr., age 73, of Taylorsville went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, December 3, 2021 at Catawba Valley Medical Center. He was born on August 21, 1948, the son of the late Mack Lawrence Walker, Sr. and Edna Mae Childers Walker. During his career, M. L. was a truck driver for over...
Frances Ruth Sigmon
Nov 28, 2021
Frances Ruth Sigmon, Age 78, passed away on November 28, 2021, at Davis Regional Medical Center in Iredell County. Frances was the daughter of the late Ranson Cletus Lynn and Donnie Mae Lynn. She worked in meat processing for Pierre Foods. She was of the Christian Faith. During her life, she enjoyed dancing, writing poems, watching Lifetime and Halmark movies,...
Troy Clyde Watts
Nov 16, 2021
A life well lived, Troy Clyde Watts, Jr., Age 79, passed away at Maple Leaf Health Care on November 16, 2021. Troy was the son of T. Clyde Sr. and Agnes Watts of Taylorsville, NC. He graduated from Taylorsville High School then studied at Appalachian State University. His work career was with Broyhill Furniture and Clayton Marcus. He served our...
Thomas Lee McCauley Sr.
Nov 14, 2021
Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Alexander Funeral and Cremation Service.