Local obituaries for Taylorsville, NC Area.
Beauford Wayne Lowman
Feb 21, 2020
Beauford “Wayne” Lowman, age 74, of Taylorsville, passed away in Carolina Caring Hospice in Newton, on Friday evening, February 21, 2020. Born to the late Unie Alice Lowman Gantt on October 24, 1945, he was retired from Mitchell Gold Furniture in Taylorsville. He was Director of the Alexander County Recreation Department for many years. In addition to is mother, he...
David Lee Reid
Feb 15, 2020
David Lee Reid, age 61, of Taylorsville, passed away Saturday, February 15, 2020 in the Catawba Regional Medical Center. Born March 18, 1958 in Alexander County to Joseph Burton and Ruth Keever Reid, he was self-employed in mechanics and construction. David was known to be a jack-of-all trades. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Parks L. and...
Jerry Steve Johnson
Feb 12, 2020
Jerry “Steve” Johnson, age 73 of Hiddenite passed away at his home on Wednesday, February 12, 2020. Born to Robert Johnson and Betty Mary Kennedy Ball in Surry County. Steve, after retiring from the Air Force having served during the Vietnam era and attaining the rank as a Senior Master Sergeant worked at Craftmaster Furniture. Steve was a member of...
Joe James
Feb 12, 2020
Joe James, age 88, of the Sugar Loaf Community, Taylorsville, passed away in Caldwell Hospice on Wednesday, February 12, 2020. Born May 28, 1931 to the late Perry Lee and Hessie Coffee James in Wilkes County, he was a graduate of Taylorsville High School. Mr. James also received a Certificate in Corrections from East Carolina University. He was a veteran...
Kenneth Lee Austin
Feb 11, 2020
Kenneth Lee Austin, age 67 of Taylorsville passed away at his home on February 11, 2020. Born to the late Walter Theodore and Edith Little Austin in Catawba County. He worked for the NC Department of Transportation in Alexander County as a motor grader operator and was a member of Antioch Baptist Church. Kenneth was an active man, he was...
Hubert Douglas Calloway
Feb 10, 2020
Hubert Douglas Calloway was born August 9, 1952 to the late Rosie Ola Howell Calloway and William McKinley. He worked at Broyhill Furniture for twenty-five years. He was a member of Thankful Baptist Church where he served as assistant superintendent until his health failed but was still a faithful member. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Donald Clinton Clapp
Feb 9, 2020
Donald Clinton Clapp, age 78 of Taylorsville passed away at his residence on February 9, 2020. Born to the late George Washington and Wonie Dalton Clapp. He was a veteran of the US Army. Donald worked for the NC Employment Security Commission as an employment interviewer. Donald leaves behind his wife, Remona Morton Clapp of the home and two sons....
Janice Mae Bowman
Feb 7, 2020
Janice Mae Wallace Bowman, age 79 of Conover passed away on February 7, 2020. Born to the late William and Sophia Looper Jolly, Sr. of Alexander County. Janice was a member of East Taylorsville Baptist Church, loved her yard, working in her flowers, doing crossword puzzles and loved her grandchildren. Church was always very important to Janice. During her working...
Kim Myers McCoy
Feb 2, 2020
Kim Myers McCoy, age 64 of Statesville passed away at Valley Nursing Center in Taylorsville on February 2, 2020. Born to the late William and Nell Clarke McCoy of Iredell County. Kim overcame medical obstacles from birth, she had a total of forty-eight major surgeries. At the age of thirty, she had had a major surgery for every year of...
Johnny Doyle Lail
Jan 28, 2020
Johnny Doyle Lail, age 76, of Catawba County passed away on Tuesday, January 28th, 2020 at his residence. He was born January 2, 1944 in Catawba County, the son of the late Floyd Everette Lail and Myrtle Louise Lail. Johnny worked at Hickory Springs as a forklift operator. Most of all he enjoyed retirement but also enjoyed fixing anything that...
Jackie Eugene Queen
Jan 28, 2020
Jackie Eugene Queen, age 69 of Conover passed away at his home surrounded by his loving family on January 28, 2020. Born to the late Atwell and Lillian Earp Queen of Taylorsville. Jackie was a member of East Taylorsville Baptist Church. He enjoyed playing golf, spending time with his grandkids, and loved anything pertaining to the “Tarheels”. Jackie played football...
Jerry Lee Childers
Jan 28, 2020
Jerry “Vashti” Lee Childers, age 78 of Taylorsville passed away at his residence on January 28, 2020 surrounded by his loved ones. Born to the late Hub and Pauline Goble Childers of Alexander County. Jerry worked as an upholster in the furniture industry. He was a member of White Plains Baptist Church, enjoyed woodworking, coaching youth baseball, football, softball and...
Marie Alberty Fritts
Jan 25, 2020
Marie Alberty Fritts, age 79 of Taylorsville passed away at Carolina Caring in Newton on January 25, 2020. She was born to the late Brownlow and Rosie Duty Miller of Washington County, Virginia. Marie served her family as a homemaker and was a member of the Sound Doctrine Baptist Church in Taylorsville. In addition to her parents, Marie was preceded...
Deanna Pat Fox
Jan 21, 2020
Deanna Patricia “Pat” Wike Fox, age 70 of Taylorsville, passed away at her residence on Tuesday, January 21, 2020. Born to Atwell and Dorothy Harrington Wike of Alexander County. Pat was a member of Salem Lutheran Church, enjoyed being with people and was the life of any gathering. She loved her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and also enjoyed drinking Nescafe decaf....
Kevin Mark Sipes
Jan 17, 2020
Kevin “Mark” Sipes, age 54 of Taylorsville passed away at his residence on January 17, 2020. Born to William Richard and Judith Bryant Sipes in Caldwell County. Mark was of the Baptist faith, was a marine mechanic and was the owner and operator of Taylorsville Beach Boat Shop. Mark’s passion was boats. He was an avid fisherman, enjoyed the beach,...
Melissa Jill Matheson
Jan 16, 2020
Melissa Jill Matheson, age 51 of Hiddenite passed away at her residence on January 16, 2020. Born to Linda Canter Fox in Iredell County. Melissa was a member of Rocky Face Baptist Church, a sewer in the furniture industry, loved the “Steelers”, her grandbabies were her hobby. She was also considered to be the “life of the party”. Melissa was...
Graydon Eugene Sipe
Jan 14, 2020
Graydon Eugene Sipe, age 79 of Taylorsville passed away on January 14, 2020 at Wake Forest Medical Center. Graydon was born to Eula Norine Sipe of Alexander County. Graydon was preceded in death by his daughter, Nathalie Sipe Murphy. Graydon served in the US Army, enjoyed fishing, shooting pool but especially loved pitching horseshoes. In addition to his mother, those...
Fern Matheson
Jan 14, 2020
Willie Fern Matheson, 86, died at Catawba Valley Medical Center on January 14, 2020 after several years of declining health. Fern was born on April 7, 1933 to the late James Perry Pennell and Tressie Vee Brown Pennell of Taylorsville, NC. Fern married Franklin Boyd Matheson in 1953, and they resided in Hiddenite. Fern worked for Broyhill Industries as a...
Burl Kinston Cody
Jan 13, 2020
Burl Kinston Cody, husband to Dolphine Mooney and the world’s best dad to Danny, Pam and Teresa left his earthly home on January 13, 2020. Burl was born on June 24, 1930 in Whitnel, NC, a small suburb of Lenoir. Growing up Burl enjoyed running around with his buddies and always had stories to share of those times. As a...
Roger Dyson
Jan 7, 2020
Roger “Tode” Dyson, age 87 of Taylorsville passed away on January 7, 2020 at Carolina Caring in Newton. Born to the late Dewey Otto and Martha Emma Dyson, Roger was a member at Mt. Herman Baptist Church, enjoyed gardening, loved old cars and according to his family he was a wonderful Papaw. During his working career, Roger worked at G.E....
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