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Kenneth Howard Kokotkiewicz, age 54 passed away at Carolina Medical Center on January 4, 2015. He was born to the late Louis Oliver Kokotkiewicz and Deloris Hendrickson Kokotkiewicz who survives on August 12, 1960. He was employed with the Alexander County School System, Statesville Auto Auction, and in ministry serving as a pulpit supply for area churches. In addition to...
John Lunnemann, a resident of Hickory and Newton for the past three years, expired on December 27,2014, at the age of 79. John was born on January 20, 1935, in Hilo, Hawaii. His family moved to Philadelphia, PA after the outbreak of WWII. John graduated from Lincoln High School and completed the apprenticeship program for tool and die while working...
Marguerite Hines Rector, age 89, of Taylorsville, passed away at her residence on January 2, 2015 following a courageous battle with cancer. Born on November 17, 1925 to the late Charlie and Myrtle Layell Hines in Catawba County, she was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Taylorsville. She was a paper carrier for the Hickory Daily Record...
Melvyn Winston Karriker, age 84, of Taylorsville, passed away Thursday, January 1, 2015, in Frye Regional Medical Center. Born August 18, 1930, in Iredell County, to the late Ernest Martin and Katie Galliher Karriker, he was retired from Schneider Mills and in retirement was an associate at Walmart of Taylorsville for twenty years. He was a member of East Taylorsville...
Alma Marie Bruce Looper, age 95, of Taylorsville, passed away at Valley Nursing Center on Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Alma was born to the late Mack Thomas Bruce and Mary Estie Head Bruce. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Edward (Mouse) Looper, seven brothers, Ralph, Troy, Rex, Jessie, Frankie, Jerry, Clifford, and four...
Elmer Clarence Spears age 74 of Taylorsville passed away on December 31, 2014 at Catawba Regional Hospice . He was born on March 6, 1940 to the late William Dewey and Effie Ray Parks Spears. He leaves to cherish his memory his wife of 52 years Dorothy Smith Spears, four sisters and one brother. There are no formal arrangements and...
Lottie Teague Fox age 91 went to be with her Lord Jesus on December 31, 2014. She was born April 21, 1923 to the late Ause Fox and Cora Benfield Teague. She loved raising children and had been very active in the church's children's department and loved reading until her health failed. In addition to her parents she was preceded...
James "Jimmy" Roosevelt Lowe, age 56 of the Sugarloaf community passed away at Gordon Hospice House in Statesville, Saturday evening December 27, 2014. He was born on Tuesday, September 16,1958 to the late James Columbus Lowe and Lola Wike Lowe who survives him. He was a member of Little River Baptist Church, he was employed at Hickory Springs Manufacturing and...
Garrell Sloan Pennell, age 83 of the Ellendale community passed away at Frye Regional Medical Center on Tuesday, December 23, 2014. He was born in Alexander County on September 18, 1931 to the late Byrd Rufus and Amy Cecil White Pennell. He was a member of Three Forks Baptist Church. As Garrell would put it, he liked to "piddle" and...
Chestean Manervia Cline Killian, age 83 of Taylorsville, passed away on Sunday evening, Dec.21, 2014 in Gordon Hospice House. Chestean was born on Apr. 30, 1931, to the late Charlie and Hessie Magdeline Cline in Alexander County, she was a homemaker and a life-long member of Smyrna Baptist Church. Chestean had served as a Sunday School Teacher, sang in the...
Rev. Dennis Spivey age 67 of Hickory, North Carolina passed away on Friday, December 19, 2014 at Catawba Regional Hospice. He was born in Elizabeth City, N.C. to the late Harvey McLean and Doris Lee Wilder Spivey who survives on July 9, 1947. In addition to his Father he was preceded in death by his Paternal Grandparents Irving and Carrie...
Kimble Anthony McFarland, affectionately known as "Biggie", age 52 of Moravian Falls, passed away at Davis Memorial Hospital on Monday, December 15, 2014. He was born in Cincinnati, OH to Fletcher McFarland and the late Mollie Mary Parsons McFarland on August 11, 1962. Kimble will be remembered for his love of softball, his grandchildren who were the light of his...