Area Obituaries

Diane Kindred Raymond, 73, of Bethlehem, passed away on Sunday, March 1, 2020 at Carolina Caring. She was born June 2, 1946 and worked as a dispatcher for MDI for 28 years. Diane attended East Taylorsville Baptist Church. Those left to cherish her memory include her grandchildren, Briattany Lail of Bethlehem, and Ryan Steele of…

Travis Alan Hamby, 31, of Bobby Godfrey Lane, Taylorsville, passed away on Saturday, February 29, 2020 at Lenoir Health Care. Travis was born January 16, 1989, in Catawba County, the son of Ronald Alan Hamby and Faye Pennell Hamby of Taylorsville. He was a Notary Public and was a whiz on computers. He was a…

Nicole “Nicky” Marsh, 47, of Granite Falls, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, February 28, 2020. Nicky was born March 5, 1972, in Catawba County, the daughter of Roger Marsh and Shirley Fox Marsh of Granite Falls. She was a dog handler with rescue dogs for Caring Hearts of Canines. She was a member of Dudley…

Ray Whitson, 75, of Taylorsville, passed away on Friday, February 28, 2020 at Catawba Valley Medical Center from complications of lung cancer. Born March 6, 1944, in Baltimore, Maryland, to the late Robert (Bob) Whitson and Violet Nora Gillis Whitson, Ray was the owner and operator of Hickory Heritage Furniture until April 2010 and a…

Arthur “Chuck” Lee Holsclaw, 70, of Lenoir, passed away on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at Caldwell Hospice. He was born May 7, 1949, in Caldwell County, son of the late Robert Lee and Margret Bell Johnson Holsclaw. Chuck was a life-long, faithful member of Oxford Memorial Baptist Church in Taylorsville, where he was a former…

Debra Jean Pope, 60, of Stony Point, passed away on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at Gordon Hospice House. She was born in Alexander County to the late Ray Dennis Pope and Ruth Marie Wallace Allen on Friday, January 15, 1960. Debra is survived by her son, Cody Shawn Pope and fiancée Ashleigh Wike of Moravian…

Alta Mae Kerley Jenkins, 84, of Taylorsville, passed away on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at her home. She was born April 7, 1935, in Alexander County, the daughter of the late R.D. Kerley and Lundia Blakenship Kerley. She was a member of White Plains Baptist Church, where she served as a Sunday school teacher, Christmas…

Pearl McLelland Herman, 81, of Lee Matheson Road, Taylorsville, passed away on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at Carolina Caring in Newton. Pearl was born May 11, 1938, in Alexander County, the daughter of the late Pinkney McLelland and Natis Matheson McLelland. Pearl had worked as a seamstress for 45 years at Carolina Glove. She loved…