Jimmie Lee Fox, aka “Boots”
Jimmie Lee Fox, aka “Boots,” 45, passed away Friday, November 4, 2022, in Iredell County. He was born on June 23, 1977, in Houston, Texas, to the late Jimmy and Brenda Kay Deaton Fox. Mr. Fox attended Stony Point Methodist Church. He loved hunting fishing, socializing, NASCAR, and spending time with his daughter. Including his…
Read MoreRobert Grey Cummings
Robert Grey Cummings, 72, passed away on November 4, 2022, at Carolina Caring in Catawba County. He was born on January 5, 1950, in Yadkin County, to the late William Preston and Dorothy Elizabeth Brawley Cummings. Mr. Cummings was a member of St. Paul Methodist of Hamptonville. Those left to cherish the memories of Robert…
Read MoreJames ‘Jim’ Holland Davis
James ‘Jim’ Holland Davis, 92, passed away Friday, November 4, 2022, at his home in Catawba County. He was born on July 13, 1930, in Alexander County, to the late ‘Lonzo’ Willis and Imo Ruth Pressley Davis. Mr. Davis was a member of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church and Foothill Antiques and Power Association. He was…
Read MoreSteele sentenced to eight years in prison for embezzlement
CHARLOTTE, N.C., NOV. 3, 2022 – Donna Osowitt Steele, 53, of Taylorsville, N.C., was sentenced today to eight years in prison for embezzling more than $15 million from her former employer, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, in a press release. U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell…
Read MoreEdward Jackson Lackey Jr.
Edward Jackson Lackey Jr., 80, of Stony Point, passed away November 3, 2022, at Gordon Hospice House in Iredell County. He was born on March 25, 1942, in Stony Point, to the late Elizabeth and Edward (Jack) Lackey. Edward was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Dixie Eileen Jurney Lackey. Those left to cherish…
Read MoreEvelyn Morrison Hammer
Evelyn Morrison Hammer, 89, of Taylorsville, passed away on Thursday, November 3, 2022, at Catawba Valley Living at Rock Barn. Evelyn was born January 31, 1933, in Alexander County, the daughter of the late Jack Morrison and Wilma Fox Morrison. She was a member of Reformation Lutheran Church and loved working in her yard and…
Read MoreLillie Mae Blackwelder Icenhour
Lillie Mae Blackwelder Icenhour, 83, passed away Thursday, November 3, 2022, at Gordon Hospice House in Iredell County. She was born on May 1, 1939, in Alexander County, to the late Alma Hubbard. Mrs. Icenhour attended Dover Baptist Church. She loved traveling, collecting ornaments, and especially shopping. Including her mother, she was preceded in death…
Read MoreFood drive brings in nearly 55,000 cans
The results are in from the annual Elementary School “Can Food Drive” in Alexander County. Principals, teachers, parents and students all worked together to bring in an astounding total of 54,936 cans. This year, Hiddenite Elementary stole the show. They are the Top School in the county with a total of 22,864 food items. And…
Read MoreAlexander receives grant to add school resource officers
Alexander County Schools Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Hefner announced Tuesday, November 1, along with County Sheriff Chris Bowman, the receipt of a state grant to help fund school resource officers (SROs) at the district’s elementary schools. Currently, the district receives funding for one officer that splits time between Hiddenite and Stony Point elementary schools. The goal…
Read MoreMorgan sentenced in murders of Furey, Kennedy
In Alexander County Superior Court this week, one of three defendants was sentenced in the grisly 2019 shooting deaths of Chad Lee Kennedy, age 38, and Mark Jefferson “Jeff” Furey, age 57. Defendants in the case are Adam Thomas Morgan, Robert Bryan Hoover, and Brandy Lynn Miller. Adam Thomas Morgan, then age 20 (now 24)…
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