Mr. Charles Milton Derr Sr. son of the late Major Derr Jr. and Florence Ida Mae Forney Derr was born on September 30 1935 in Catawba County North Carolina. He departed this earthly life on July 11 2025 after a brief illiness at Carolina Caring in Newton North Carolina at the age of 89 years. During ...
Manuel Hugh Ramseur was born on April 18 1949 in Catawba County North Carolina to the late Johnson Willie Hugh Ramseur and Alice Reinhart. He departed this life on Tuesday June 17 2025 after a brief illness. Walmart as a maintenance worker until he retired. He was a faithful member of Exodus Mission...
Mr. Eric Ajanaku Hanes was born on September 2 1975 in Hickory North Carolina to the late Nannie E. Haynes and Roosevelt Pete Gaither. He departed this life unexpectedly on July 24 2025 at his home. As a 1994 graduate Eric was a proud alumnus of Hickory High School. He had a lifelong fascination wit...
Mr. Stephen WadeAndre Thomas departed this life unexpectedly on Wednesday July 23 2025 at Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory North Carolina. Stephen was 40 years 10 months and 13 days old. Born on September 10 1984 in Kingston Jamaica Stephen came to the United States in 1993 at the age of 9 a...
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ 4According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and without blame before him in love 5Having predestinated us unto th...
Carolyn Virginia Benfield Starnes of Granite Falls passed away September 20, 2025.Born January 16, 1945, in Caldwell County she was the daughter of the late Charles Edgar Benfield, and Dollie Cannon Benfield. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Owen “Buzz” Starnes; h...
Ethel Mae Williams Willis, 83, of Hickory passed away on Friday, September 19, 2025 at Carolina Rehab Center of Burke in Connelly Springs, NC.Born April 13, 1942 in Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late George Iverson Williams and Bertha Ann Mitchell Williams. In addition to her parents, ...
Michael Ray Long, 71, of Hickory passed away on Sunday, September 7, 2025 at Frye Regional Medical Center.Born January 11, 1954 in Welch, WV, he was the son of the late Willard and Ann Harriet Hodges Long. In addition to his parents, Michael was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Noah a...
Dr. Guy Madara McBride, 81, of Hickory, passed away September 13, 2025, at his residence.Born January 15, 1944, in Rochester, NY, he was the son of the late Mary Madara and Malcolm McBride.In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret (Peggy) Froneberger McBride; son, Cu...
Mykola Olegovych Zhurbikov, 21, of Hickory, passed away Tuesday, September 16, 2025 after succumbing to injuries from an automobile accident.Kolya was born on December 19, 2003 (St. Nicholas Day) in Gorodnya, Ukraine.Preceding him in death were two grandmothers; Marian Miller and Ellen Cooke; and a ...