Local obituaries for Taylorsville, NC Area.
Nancy Gail Barber,
Jan 6, 2015
Nancy Gail Barber, age 44 of Taylorsville passed away at Avante of Wilkesboro on Monday, January 5, 2015. She was born in Caldwell County on July 2, 1970 to the late Jerry Thomas and Nancy Diane Crane Barber. Besides her parents she is preceded in death by a sister, Amanda Flynn; three uncles, Gene Barber, Odell Crane, and Bill Crane;...
Kenneth Howard Kokotkiewicz,
Jan 5, 2015
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...
Janis Daniels Dyson,
Jan 5, 2015
Janis Daniels Dyson, age 87 passed away at Gordon Hospice House in Statesville on January 4, 2015. She was the daughter of the late Jeffie Eli and Zella Munday Daniels. She was a member of Mt. Herman Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, those who preceded her in death were her husband, Flake Samuel Dyson, one daughter Brenda Gail...
C. John Lunnemann,
Jan 3, 2015
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,
Jan 2, 2015
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,
Jan 2, 2015
Melvyn Winston Karriker, age 84, of Taylorsville, passed away Thursday, January 1, 2015, in Frye Regional Medical Center. Â 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 Bruce Looper,
Jan 1, 2015
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,
Dec 31, 2014
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,
Dec 31, 2014
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 Roosevelt Lowe,
Dec 28, 2014
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,
Dec 24, 2014
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...

