Lane Emerson Beach, 69, passed away April 19, 2017 at home. He was born in Hickory on August 17, 1947 to Lonzo Newton and Oze II Henry Beach. He was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters, Jack Beach, Jerry Beach, Edith B. Fox, and Barbara B. Jackson. Left to cherish his memory are; a son, Brandon Beach of Hickory; two sisters, Marilyn B. Waring of Columbia, SC and Doris B. Houston of Conover; a brother, Danny Beach and wife Linda of Bethlehem, and many neices and nephews. He was a US Army Veteran who served in Germany, and a member of Mount Carmel Christian Church in Stone Mountain, Georgia. A Celebration of Life will be planned at a later date.