Local obituaries for Taylorsville, NC Area.
Elva Maxine Reid
Mar 10, 2019
Elva White Reid, age 93 of the Oak Hill Community in Lenoir went to be with her Lord and Savior, Sunday, March 10, 2019, at Valley Nursing Center. She was born March 12, 1925, in Caldwell County to the late Porter Roscoe White and Aline Penland White. Mrs. Reid graduated Oak Hill School as Valedictorian in 1942 and was employed...
Kenneth Childers
Mar 8, 2019
Kenneth Childers, age 74, of Taylorsville passed away unexpectedly on Friday, March 8, 2019 at Catawba Valley Medical Center. He was born on July 12, 1944, the son of the late Oscar & Georgie Laws. During his career, Kenneth worked and owned for KC Furniture Frames and was of the Baptist faith. He had a special love for his family...
Patricia Ann Shew
Mar 8, 2019
Patricia Ann Bentley Shew, age 62, of Wilkesboro, formerly of Taylorsville, passed away, Friday, March 08, 2019, in Levine-Dickson Hospice House, in Huntersville. Born, Wednesday, April 4, 1956, to the late Roy and Georgia Carr Bentley, in Wilkes County, she was a radiology technician with Wilkes Regional Hospital. She treasured her children and grand children and was blessed to see...
Charles Ray Davidson
Mar 7, 2019
Charles Ray Davidson, age 69, of Taylorsville passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2019 at his residence after a brief illness. He was born on January 1, 1950, the son of the late Asa Homer Davidson, Sr. and Edith Annie Lou Bently Davidson. During his career, Charles worked as a janitor for the county, was of the Baptist faith, and...
Michael Glenn Keever
Mar 3, 2019
Michael Glenn Keever, age 67, of Taylorsville passed away on Sunday, March 3, 2019 at Catawba Valley Medical Center. He was born on December 13, 1951, the son of the late Glenn Oakley and Frances Louise Sharpe Keever. During his career, he worked as a contractor for Keever Construction and Diversified Contractor’s Inc. Michael was of the Baptist faith, loved...
Ruth Ann McAuley
Mar 1, 2019
Ruth Ann Buff McAuley, age 83, of the Bethlehem Community passed away on Friday, March 1, 2019 at Abernethy Laurels in Newton. She was born on January 29, 1936 in Cleveland County, NC, the daughter of the late Johnnie and Lucy Mae Richards Buff. During her career she worked as a receptionist at Chaircraft and later had the privilege of...
Hazel Coleen Moretz
Mar 1, 2019
Hazel Coleen Teague Moretz, age 89, of the Bethlehem Community passed away on Friday, March 1, 2019 at her residence. She was born on December 18, 1929, the daughter of the late Fred Stanley and Hettie Belle Fox Teague. During her career, Hazel worked for thirty-two years as a bookkeeper and secretary for Bethlehem Elementary School. She was a member...
Ernest "Rowe" Bumgarner
Feb 27, 2019
Ernest “Rowe” Bumgarner, age 81, of Taylorsville passed away Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at his home. He was born January 27, 1938, the son of the late Norris and Clara Bumgarner. He was a loving husband to his wife Faye of 52 years. Who was also his caregiver for the past 19 years. He worked at Trio Supermarket for 10...
Steven Ashley Sherrill
Feb 25, 2019
Steven Ashley *Brud* Sherrill, age 42, of Taylorsville, passed away in Frye Regional Hospital following a brief illness on Monday, February 25, 2019. Born on Dec.14, 1976, to Steven Matthew Sherrill and Deborah Simmons Little & husband James, he was of the Lutheran faith. Ashley was employed by Whiteside Machine and Repair of Claremont. He enjoyed all things machines and...
Grady Lyndon "Lynn" Gilreath
Feb 24, 2019
Grady Lyndon “Lynn” Gilreath, age 86, of Statesville passed away on Sunday, February 24, 2019 at his home. Lynn was born on December 4, 1932, the son of the late Charlie Grade and Daisy Bunton Gilreath. He retired from Duke Power, was a veteran of the US Navy, and loved to trout fish. Along with his parents, he was preceded...
Robert Earnest Lee
Feb 24, 2019
Robert Earnest Lee, age 77, of Conover passed away on Sunday, February 24, 2019 at Carolina Caring. He was born in Windham, CT on September 30, 1941, the son of the late Gordon & Mary Alma Trembley Lee. Robert honorably served our country in the US Navy and later made a career working on nuclear submarines for the US government...
Danny Ray Canter
Feb 23, 2019
Danny Ray Canter, age 58, of Taylorsville, passed away on February 23, 2019 at Catawba Valley Medical Center. He was born May 5, 1960 in Alexander County to the late Homer Waitsel Canter and Lillian Lucille Wike Canter. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Barbara “Bobbie” Pennell. Those left to cherish his memory are his daughters Dana...
Aaron "Lawrence" Call
Feb 23, 2019
Aaron “Lawrence” Call, age 70, of Wilkesboro took his journey home to be with his Lord & Savior on Saturday, February 23, 2019 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was born in Wilkes County on February 26, 1948, the son of the late Everette & Louise Brown Call. During his career, Lawrence worked for Holly Farms and then later...
Gage Alexander Begley
Feb 21, 2019
Gage Alexander Begley, our little angel, went into the arms of Jesus on Thursday, February 21, 2019. He is survived by his mother Summer Nicole Clark and father David Gage Begley of Burke County; grandmothers Annette Miller & Barbara Abernethy; grandfathers Clyde Miller, Billy Abernethy, Johnny Begley, & James Clark; great-grandfathers James Alvin Clark, Jerry Helton, & Billy Ray Morgan;...
Dorothy Elizabeth Gibbons
Feb 16, 2019
Dorothy Elizabeth Gibbons, 99, of Wilkesboro passed away Saturday, February 16, 2019 at Westwood Hills Nursing Ctr. in Wilkesboro. Mrs. Gibbons was born in Binghamton, New York on January 22, 1920 and was the daughter of Mabel Elliott and Howard B. Webb. She was married Oct. 13, 1937 to Donald Meade Gibbons. Mrs. Gibbons was employed for 21 years as...
Doris Merleen Elmore Johnson
Feb 15, 2019
Doris Merleen Elmore Johnson, age 80, of Taylorsville passed away on Friday, February 15, 2019 at Frye Regional Medical Center. She was born on October 24, 1938, the daughter of the late Jesse George & Thelma Cleo Alexander Elmore. Doris was the co-founder of Johnson Exterminator and had the privilege of being able to stay home and take care of...
Dennis Masato Asato
Feb 9, 2019
Dennis Masato Asato, 53, died on February 9, 2019. He was preceded in death by his parents Hidemasa and Chiyoko Asato. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and resided in Granite Falls, North Carolina. A private gathering will be held in Minnesota. He is survived by his siblings: brother Ronald Asato; sisters Colleen Sakima (née Asato) and Nona Asato; brother-in-law...
George Alton Bowman
Feb 9, 2019
George Alton Bowman, age 75, of the Bethlehem Community passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2019 at his residence surrounded by his family. He was born on February 22, 1943, the son of the late Lindsey McCree & Fleta Grace Honeycutt Bowman. During his career, George worked as a supervisor in the furniture industry and was the founder of Riverview...
Herman "Bud" Fred Stocks
Feb 5, 2019
Herman “Bud” Fred Stocks, age 88, of Hiddenite passed away on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was born on May 22, 1930, the son of the late James Elbert & Ruby Warren Stocks. During his career, Bud worked as a carpenter and also at Broyhill Furniture for 13 years. In his spare time would refinish pianos...
Horace McNeil Moree
Feb 4, 2019
Rev. Horace McNeil Moree, age 90, of Taylorville, passed away at his residence on Monday, February 4, 2019, following a period of declining health. He was born in Richmond County, NC on July 7, 1928, to the late James Spencer and Jennie Sewell Moree. In addition to his parents, he was preceded by four brothers; Harold, Clayton, Carl, and Glenn...