Local obituaries for Catawba County, NC.
Obituaries act as quiet reminders of the finite nature of our lives. Yet, for those who have recently experienced the death of a family member or friend, an obituary means so much more. It is a bittersweet reminder of all we've lost, but it can also help us to remember all we enjoyed while they were alive. If you have recently lost someone you love, we hope that you will accept our condolences.
David Chandler
Jun 29, 2021
David Lorenzo Chandler 77 of Hickory died Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at his residence. Born Wednesday, February 2nd, 1944 in Baltimore, Maryland he was the son of the late Lorenzo Chandler and Maryetta Chandler. David was raised by his mother and paternal grandmother Hattie Lue Chandler Gaskins. David received his formal education in the Baltimore city public school system and...
Cletus Waggy
Jun 26, 2021
Cletus Daniel Waggy, 78, of Newton, passed away on Friday, June 25, 2021 at Carolina Caring. Born June 20th, 1943 he was the son of the late Cletus Daniel Waggy, Sr. and Charlotte Reynolds Waggy. Surviving Cletus' passing include his wife, Della Arletha Waggy of Newton; Children, Theresa Waggy, Mike Waggy, and wife Angie, Lisa Knepp and husband William, and...
Margaret Farley
Jun 25, 2021
Margaret Viola Farley 79 of Hickory died Friday, June 25, 2021 at Brian Center Hickory. Born July 31, 1941 she was the daughter of the late Leroy Farley and Ola Mae Hill Farley. Her sisters Mildred Lyerly of Claremont, May Evelyn Wilson of Catawba, Dorothy Jean Shuford of Hickory and a host of nieces and nephews survive her. In addition...
Anita Mcmahan
Jun 25, 2021
Anita Carolyn McMahan 84 of Hickory died Friday, June 25, 2021 at Springs of Catawba. Born Friday, October 16th, 1936 she was the daughter of Charles Lawson Bice and Bessie Mae Bice. No funeral services have been planned at this time. Please sign the online guestbook at www.jenkinsfuneralhome.net. The McMahan family has entrusted arrangements to Jenkins Funeral Home and Cremation...
Charles Lamm
Jun 25, 2021
Charles Philip Lamm, 97, of Newton, passed away Friday, June 25, 2021 at Abernethy Laurels. Born December 13th, 1923 he was the son of Philip Charles Lamm and Edna May Decker Lamm. A US Navy Veteran, he was a retired Executive Vice President with Centel Telephone Company serving 42 years. He attended John's Hopkins University and taught at Florida State...
Deborah Elliott
Jun 24, 2021
Deborah Sue Elliott 63 of Newton died Thursday, June 24, 2021 at Carolinas Medical Center. Born Monday, February 3rd, 1958 she was the daughter of Randall Carl Woods and Betty Sue. No funeral service have been planned at this time. Please sign the online guestbook at www.jenkinsfuneralhome.net. The Elliott family has entrusted arrangements to Jenkins Funeral Home and Cremation Service...
Franklin Callahan
Jun 24, 2021
Franklin Delano Callahan 87 of Newton died Thursday, June 24, 2021 at Carolina Caring Hospice in Sherrills Ford. Born March 16th, 1934 he was the son of the late Earl Lloyd Callahan and Flora Edna Callahan. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and a charter member of the Newton Elks Lodge. A daughter, Karen C. Hoard and husband...
Charles Smith
Jun 21, 2021
Charles William Smith 80 of Vale died Monday, June 21, 2021 at his residence. Born September 25th, 1940 he was the son of Richard James Smith and Florence Louise Smith. Three sons, Charles Smith, Jr. of Vale, NC, Russell Theodore Smith and wife Shanda of Lincolnton and Jason Matthew Smith of Vale; two daughters, Barbara Faye Smith Potter and husband...
Norma Cundiff
Jun 15, 2021
Norma Cundiff, 93, of Middletown, passed away Tuesday, June 15, 2021, at Hickory Village Memory Care, Hickory, North Carolina. Born September 5th, 1927, in Adair County, Kentucky, she was the daughter of John Leslie Banks and Bernice Banks. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband John Paul Cundiff, brothers Winfrey and Joe Banks, son...
Ada Byrd
Jun 14, 2021
Ada Magaline Byrd 83 of Hickory died Monday, June 14, 2021 at Carolina Caring. Born Monday, April 18th, 1938 she was the daughter of Henry Adam Winkler and Essie Winkler. Her husband, Lloyd Daniel Byrd of the home, a daughter, Sherry Mauldin and husband Clifford of Hickory; three sons, Randy Byrd and wife Annette of Hickory, Danny Byrd and wife...
Reid Lynch
Jun 12, 2021
Reid Franklin Lynch, 89, of Newton died Saturday, June 12, 2021 at Conover Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born March 28th, 1932 he was the son of Benjamin and Jettie Lynch. Reid loved to go camping with his late wife Betty. A daughter, Rita Lynch Bumgarner and husband Wayne of Apex; a son, Rick Dean Lynch and wife Patricia of Newton;...
David Setzer
Jun 12, 2021
David Lee Setzer, 65, of Claremont, passed away, Saturday, June 12, 2021 at Carolina Caring following a period of declining health is now reunited with his late son Ryan in Heaven. Born December 12th, 1955 he was the son of the late Bobby Gene Setzer and Faye Greene Setzer. David was the owner and operator of Conover Automotive for more...
Andrew Mihut
Jun 10, 2021
Andrew Paul Mihut 22 of Hickory died Thursday, June 10, 2021 at his residence. Born Friday, July 3rd, 1998 he was the son of Teofil Mihut and Mihaiela Cornelia Mihut. His parents Teofil and Michelle Mihut of Granite Falls; a son, Tim Mihut of Hickory and two sisters, Rebecca Pop of Orange, CA and Gloria Mihut of Granite Falls nieces...
Richard Stevens
Jun 8, 2021
Richard Stevens, Jr. 87 of Taylorsville died Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at his residence. Born March 28th, 1934, he was the son of Richard Franklin Stephens and Claudia Estell Stephens. A daughter, Jeanine Rochelle Wilkerson and husband Bobby of Taylorsville, a son, Dennis Keith Stevens and wife Samantha of Colorado; eight grandchildren, Sandra, Tracy, Brittany, Jessica, Michael, Alyssa, Kylee and...
Zion Gaither
Jun 8, 2021
Zion Trayshun Gaither, 20, of Hickory, passed away on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Born July 20th, 2000 he was the son of O'Deria Dante Glaspy and Twanna Shartis. Zion was known for being a loving and loyal young man. He always wore the biggest smile and enjoyed playing his Play Station 4. In addition to his mother and father, Zion...
Sandra Chapman
Jun 8, 2021
Sandra June Chapman, 81, of Hickory, went to her heavenly reward on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at Frye Regional Medical Center. Sandra was a member of Word of Life Church in Hickory. She loved the Lord, her church and her church family. …to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. II Corinthians 5:8 NKJV. She...
Jesse Jones
Jun 6, 2021
Jesse Faye Jones, 75, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 6, 2021 at Frye Regional Medical Center. A native of Hampton Virginia, Faye was born on November 28, 1945. She was the daughter of James Burnell Vassar and Ruby Mae Vassar who have both preceded her in death. She is also preceded in death by her...
Iris Flowers
Jun 5, 2021
Iris Brommel Flowers passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at Frye Regional Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Bristol England on June 22, 1928, she was the daughter of Harold and Lily Brommel. She arrived in the US and became a US citizen at three years old in Brooklyn, New York where she later met the...
Antonio Mccleave
Jun 2, 2021
Antonio Maurice McCleave 37 of Maiden died Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at Catawba Valley Medical Center. Born Thursday, June 23rd, 1983 he was the son of Tony Leon McCleave and Gloria Ann McCleave. A Celebration of Life will be held 2:00pm Monday June 7th, 2021 at Jenkins Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends from 1:00-2:00pm Monday June 7th,...
Betty Lynch
Jun 2, 2021
Betty Ruth Lynch, 87, of Newton died Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at Conover Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born July 27th, 1933 she was the daughter of L Claude and Arabelle Travis. Betty loved cooking, gardening and family gatherings. Her husband of 70 years, Reid Lynch; a daughter, Rita Lynch Bumgarner and husband Wayne of Apex; a son, Rick Dean Lynch...
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