Local obituaries for Taylorsville, NC Area.
Lucille Irene Hafer Icenhour
Nov 12, 2016
Lucille Irene Hafer Icenhour, age 94, of Taylorsville, passed away Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, at Taylorsville House. Born on Nov. 20, 1921, in Alexander county to the late Homer and Carrie Stafford Hafer, she was a homemaker and a member of Friendship Lutheran Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded by her husband, LC Icenhour, daughters, Linda Reitzel,...
Patricia Elaine Duncan
Nov 11, 2016
Patricia Elaine Duncan, age 68, of Statesville passed away on Friday, November 11, 2016 at Gordon Hospice House. She was born on March 25, 1948 in Nevada and had worked for Dudley's Home Health. Patricia enjoyed cooking, gardening, and spending time with her grandkids. She is preceded in death by her brother, Michael Crego. Those left to cherish her memory...
Mack Arthur McKinney
Nov 7, 2016
North Wilkesboro, N.C. Mr. Mack Arthur McKinney of North Wilkesboro, N.C. passed away peacefully Monday, November 7, 2016 at Gordon Hospice House in Statesville, surrounded by his family after a short courageous battle with cancer. He was born October 2, 1943 to the late Robert and Hattie McKinney. He was a member of Hilltop Baptist Church, and had pastored Victory...
Lura Mae Reynolds Cormier
Nov 5, 2016
Lura Mae Reynolds Cormier, age 55, of Fort Collins, Colo., formerly of the Baton Community, passed away unexpectedly on Nov. 5, 2016 in Fort Collins. Born April 28, 1961, to Max Edward Reynolds and Lura Hallie Sumpter Reynolds Blake, who survive, in Guilford Co., N.C., she was a graduate of South Caldwell High School and Western Carolina University. She was...
Sibil Deal Mull
Oct 31, 2016
Sibil Deal Mull, 84, of Taylorsville, passed away on Monday, October 31, 2016, at Catawba Regional Hospice in Sherrills Ford, NC. She was born, July 28, 1932 in Alexander County, to the late Dexter Davidson and Lucy Mae Bowman Deal. She was a member of Reformation Lutheran Church. Sibil retired as a secretary after a long history of service at...
Bobby Kent Lackey
Oct 23, 2016
Bobby Kent Lackey, age 78, of Taylorsville, passed away at Sherrills Ford Catawba Regional Hospice on October 23, 2016. Bobby was born in Caldwell County on February 7, 1938 to the late Boyd and Nellie Keller Lackey. He was a member of Antioch Baptist Church. Bobby was a hard working and generous man. He enjoyed going to the Flea Market....
Barbara Ellen Leaper
Oct 23, 2016
Barbara Ellen Bragg Leaper, age 73, of Taylorsville, passed away on October 23, 2016 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Barbara was born in Logan County, West Virginia on March 29, 1943 to the late Raymond and Glena Kitchen Gearhart. She was a member of Rocky Face Baptist Church. Barbara loved her children and grandchildren. She was known for her willingness to...
Thomas Larry Beaver
Oct 19, 2016
Thomas "Larry" Beaver, age 75, of Hickory, passed away on October 19, 2016 at Frye Regional Medical Center. Larry was born in Alexander County on November 25, 1940 to the late David Albert and Ruby Lee Marshall Beaver. He was of the Baptist Faith. In addition to his parents Larry was preceded in death by one brother, Waitsell Beaver and...
Helen Wilson Pennell
Oct 19, 2016
Helen Martha Wilson Pennell, 87, died on October 19, 2016 at Caldwell County Hospice and Palliative Care after an extended battle with Parkinson’s disease. Helen was born on January 5, 1929 the oldest child of Clerge George Wilson and Nola Elsie Icenhour Wilson of Taylorsville, NC. She was a 1947 graduate of Taylorsville High School where she was the first...
Clayton Devar Coffey
Oct 16, 2016
Clayton Devar Coffey, age 87, of Taylorsville, passed away on Sunday, October 16, 2016. Mr. Coffey was born in Watauga County on December 29, 1928 to the late Mack Donald and Bertha Ellen Anderson Coffey. He attended Temple Baptist Church in Stony Point. Mr. Coffey was a veteran of the United States Army. Mr. Coffey was known for being a...
Benny Ashley Daniels
Oct 12, 2016
Benny Ashley Daniels, age 78, of Hickory, passed away unexpectedly at his residence on Wednesday, October 12, 2016. Benny was born in Alexander County on April 17, 1938 to the late Jeffie Eli and Zella Munday Daniels. In business he was known as Ben Daniels & Associates; his motto was "Buy, sell, or trade anything." In addition to being very...
Betty Baity Reese
Oct 10, 2016
Betty Baity Reese, age 77, of Taylorsville, went to her eternal home on October 10, 2016. Betty was born on May 6, 1939 in Alexander County to the late Rev. Homer A. and Mattie Reavis Baity. Betty taught Sunday School for 33 years in the nursery & children classes, children's choir, and vacation bible school for 35 years. She was...
Bobby Allen Taylor Jr.
Oct 6, 2016
Bobby Allen Taylor, Jr., age 39, of Taylorsville, passed away at his residence, unexpectedly on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. Born in Caldwell county to Bobby Allen Taylor Sr., of Granite Falls and Teresa Jean Weaver, of Morganton, on April 16, 1977, Bobby was a member of Shining Light Baptist Church, in Taylorsville. Bobby was an emergency medical technician with the...
James Patterson Mast
Oct 4, 2016
James Patterson Mast, age 83, of Taylorsville, passed away at Catawba Regional Hospice on October 4, 2016. Mr. Mast was born in Washington County, Virginia on November 2, 1932 to the late Andy Patterson and Collie Mahala Mast. He was of the Baptist faith and enjoyed fishing, working on vintage automobiles, and was a fan of Nascar & and western...
Marie Sherrill Johnson
Oct 4, 2016
Marie Sherrill Johnson, age 84, of Stony Point, passed away on October 4, 2016 at her residence. Marie was born in Alexander County on July 30, 1932 to the late Roy Lee and Ila Estelle Moose Sherrill. She attended Elk Shoal Presbyterian Church. Marie enjoyed cooking and was known for her "homemade" biscuits. She loved her family especially her grandchildren....
Johnny Ray Allen
Oct 3, 2016
Johnny "Jack" Ray Allen, age 61, of Hickory, passed away at Frye Medical Center on October 3, 2016. Mr. Allen was born in Alexander County on June 19, 1955 to the late Earl J. Allen and Mary Francis McAlpin Allen Bentley. He was of the Baptist faith. In addition to his parents Mr. Allen was preceded in death by one...
Perry "Doug" Livingston
Oct 3, 2016
Perry "Doug" Livingston, age 69, of Taylorsville passed away unexpectedly on Monday, October 3, 2016. He was born on March 5, 1947 in Caldwell County to the late Perry and Ruby Livingston. Doug was a member at Antioch Baptist Church and a member of the Alexander County Crime Stoppers. Along with his parents, he is preceded in death by his...
Claude Lawrence Oliver
Sep 30, 2016
Claude Lawrence Oliver, age 76, of Taylorsville passed away on Friday, September 30, 2016 at Catawba Regional Hospice. He was born in Virginia to the late James and Glady Oliver. Claude was a member of Fellowship Advent Christian Church. He was self-employed and loved working on appliances. Including his parents, he is preceded in death by his wife, Letha Mae...
Jerry Edward Mitchell
Sep 30, 2016
Surrounded by his family, Jerry Edward Mitchell, age 73, passed away peacefully after a valiant battle with Lymphoma on Friday, September 30, 2016. Jerry was born March 4,1943 in Taylorsville, NC to Marlow and the late Sybil (Dyson) Mitchell. He attended Taylorsville High School, from which he graduated in 1961. He was married to his high school sweetheart, Barbara Pennell...
Robert "Bob" Harold Finney
Sep 29, 2016
Robert "Bob" Harold Finney, age 69, of Hiddenite passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, September 29, 2016. He was born in Pennsylvania to Mrs. Anna May Finney and the late Harold F. Finney. He was a Truck Driver for Todd Sharpe Trucking and attended Taylorsville Church of God. Robert served in the United States Army and was a member of the...