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.
Lloyd Crane
Feb 10, 2018
Lloyd Monroe Crane 71 of Hickory died Saturday, February 10th, 2018 at Catawba Regional Hospice. Born May 22nd, 1946 he was the son of the late William Crane and Lillian Craig Crane. A Celebration of Life will be planned at a later date. Please sign the online guestbook at www.jenkinsfuneralhome.net. The Crane family has entrusted arrangements to Jenkins Funeral Home...
Carolina Gonzalez
Feb 9, 2018
Carolina Gomez-Gonzalez 45 of Hickory died Friday, February 9th, 2018. Born February 25th, 1972 she was the daughter of the late Pedro Gomez and Florencia Gonzalez. A service is being planned for a later date. Please sign the online guestbook at www.jenkinsfuneralhome.net. The Gomez-Gonzalez family has entrusted arrangements to Jenkins Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Newton 828-464-1555. To send...
Beulah Smith
Feb 9, 2018
Beulah Evon Smith 81 of Hickory died Friday, February 9th, 2018 at Catawba Regional Hospice. Born June 21st, 1936 she was the daughter of the late William Dillinger and Martha Dillinger. Please sign the online guestbook at www.jenkinsfuneralhome.net. The Smith family has entrusted arrangements to Jenkins Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Newton 828-464-1555. To send flowers to the family...
Mabel Brown
Feb 9, 2018
Mabel Irene Brown, 94, of Hickory died Friday, February 9th, 2018 at Trinity Ridge Hickory. Born March 17th, 1923 she was the daughter of the late Earl and Emma Sigmon. Mabel was a life long member of Bethel Lutheran Church in Claremont. Mabel loved children and enjoyed being a homemaker providing childcare at the house. She worked side by side...
Shirley Davis
Feb 5, 2018
Shirley Temple Davis, 81, of Conover died Monday, February 5th, 2018 at Catawba Valley Medical Center. Born January 10th, 1937 she was the daughter of the late David Webster Temple and Mamie Satterfield Temple. She was a graduate of Bessemer High School and attended Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk. Shirley previously served as a volunteer at Catawba Valley Medical Center...
Charles Reep
Feb 4, 2018
Charles Eric Reep 57 of Lincolnton died Sunday, February 4th, 2018. Born February 29th, 1960 he was the son of the late Charles Reep and Carrie Schronce Reep. There are no services planned at this time. Please sign the online guestbook at www.jenkinsfuneralhome.net. The Reep family has entrusted arrangements to Jenkins Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Newton 828-464-1555. To...
Kimberly Allen
Feb 4, 2018
Kimberly Dwayne Allen 54 of Lincolnton died Sunday, February 4th, 2018 at cmc Lincoln. Born April 16th, 1963 he was the son of the late Adam Allen and Lillian Patterson Allen. A Celebration of Life will be planned at a later date. Please sign the online guestbook at www.jenkinsfuneralhome.net. The Allen family has entrusted arrangements to Jenkins Funeral Home and...
Debra Lavalley
Feb 3, 2018
Debra Kay LaValley, 66 died Saturday, February 3, 2018 at Brian Center, Viewmont. She was born January 10, 1952 in Indiana. The Memorial Service will be held 4:00 p.m. Friday February 9th, 2018 at A Place to Talk Church 1546 Brookford Church Rd, Hickory, NC 28602. Please sign the online guestbook at www.JenkinsFuneralHome.net. The LaValley/Morse family has entrusted arrangements to...
Darryl Addis
Feb 2, 2018
Darryl Francis Addis 77 of Harmony passed awaySunday, February 4th, 2018 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was born November 12th, 1940 and was the son of the late Anson Addis and Alvena Hardway Addis. A Memorial Service will be held at a later date. Please sign the online guestbook at www.jenkinsfuneralhome.net. The Addis family has entrusted arrangements to...
Catherine Sigmon
Jan 31, 2018
Catherine Elizabeth Sigmon 91 of Conover died Wednesday, January 31st, 2018 at Catawba Valley Medical Center. Born May 12th, 1926 she was the daughter of the late Guy Feimster Smith and Lela Yount Smith. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church where she was a Sunday School teacher, and held several offices in the LWML. She was also...
Dakota Powell
Jan 30, 2018
Dakota Lamar Powell infant son of Torian Lamar Powell and Sarah Sabrina Becker of Hickory died Tuesday, January 30th, 2018 at Catawba Valley Medical Center. In addition to his parents; Maternal Grandparents Richard and Tonja Becker of Montana; Paternal Grandmother Margaret Powell of Hickory; Aunts Keeyauna Powell of Charlotte, Kassandra Becker of Hickory; Uncles Richard Becker and wife Jessica of...
Raymond Lucas
Jan 30, 2018
Raymond (Eugene) Lucas, 39, of Claremont died Tuesday, January 30th, 2018 at Catawba Valley Medical Center. Born June 16th, 1978 he was the son of Paul Lucas and the late Marilyn (Kaybo) Eades Snowden. Raymond loved to be outdoors. He loved fishing, camping, bowling and being with his friends. His father, Paul Eugene Lucas of Claremont; a brother Michael Shane...

Hannah Gibson
Jan 30, 2018
Hannah Margaret Gibson 93 of Newton died Tuesday, January 30th, 2018 at Brian Center East. Born September 5th, 1924 she was the daughter of the late Charles Ramseur and Sallie Shade Ramseur. She was a devout Christian who loved the Lord. She was a member of Rhoney's Chapel AME Zion Church where she was a member of the Stewardess Board....
Evelyn Bevan
Jan 29, 2018
Evelyn Blanche Bevan 101, peacefully left us January 29, 2018 after living a long wonderful life, having been born on March 10, 1916. She was preceded in death by her husband James; her mother Viola and father Franklin; a sister Audrey with whom she was as close as a twin, two brothers and a daughter-in-law Dottie Bevan. She was much...
Cynthia Blevins
Jan 28, 2018
Cynthia Gay Blevins 51 of Vale died Sunday, January 28th, 2018 at Frye Regional Medical Center. Born October 27th, 1966 she was the daughter of the late Jasper Hartman and Daisy Lail Hartman. Her husband Kenneth of the home; and three children Samantha Blevins of vale, Savannah Blevins of Elizabeth City, Nolan Blevins of Vale; three sisters Elizabeth Spencer and...
Frank Slayton
Jan 27, 2018
Frank Alonzo Slayton 49 of Catawba died Saturday, January 27th, 2018. Born February 5th, 1968 he was the son of Charles Slayton and Charlotte Leaman Slayton. There are no services planned at this time. Please sign the online guestbook at www.jenkinsfuneralhome.net. The Slayton family has entrusted arrangements to Jenkins Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Newton 828-464-1555. To send flowers...
Jerry Turner
Jan 27, 2018
Jerry Lee Turner 55 of Newton died Saturday, January 27th, 2018 at Catawba Regional Hospice. Born October 6th, 1962 he was the son of the late Joseph Turner and Griffith Lois Turner. There are no services planned at this time. Please sign the online guestbook at www.jenkinsfuneralhome.net. The Turner family has entrusted arrangements to Jenkins Funeral Home and Cremation Service...

Maxie Burleson
Jan 26, 2018
Maxie Leon Burleson 69 of Hickory passed away Friday, January 26th, 2018 at his home. Born August 27th, 1948 he was the son of the late Garles Burleson and Bonnie Burleson. No Service is planned at this time. Please sign the online guestbook at www.jenkinsfuneralhome.net. The Burleson family has entrusted arrangements to Jenkins Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Newton...
Alton Mitchell
Jan 26, 2018
Alton L. Mitchell, Jr, formerly of Bar Harbor, peacefully passed away surrounded by family and furry friends on January 26th, 2018, at his home in Newton, North Carolina. Alton was born on October 11, 1938 to Alton Mitchell Sr. and Vera (Harper) Mitchell in Bernard, Maine. Alton married Janet (McFarland) Mitchell in 1960, celebrating 49 years of marriage before her...
Ronald Kincaid
Jan 26, 2018
Ronald Wayne Kincaid 63 passed away Friday, January 26th, 2018 at Presbyterian Hospital. Born September 18th, 1954 he was the son of the late John Kincaid and Beatrice Swarts. Please sign the online guestbook at www.jenkinsfuneralhome.net. The Kincaid family has entrusted arrangements to Jenkins Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Newton 828-464-1555. To send flowers to the family or plant...
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