Kenneth Hamrick
MORGANTON — Mr. Kenneth Hamrick, 67, of 3857 Laurel Heights
Drive, died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2004, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical
Center in Winston-Salem, following a period of declining health.
He was born May 3, 1936, in Cleveland County, and was the son of Gladys Scism
Hamrick of Kings Mountain and the late Ben Hamrick. He was a member of First
Baptist Church of Morganton and a veteran of the Air Force.
Mr. Hamrick is survived by his wife, Betty A. Hamrick of the home; a special
son, Nathan Turner of Clemmons; sisters and their husbands, Maxine and Johnny
Williams and Rachel and Paul Dover, all of Kings Mountain, and Sara and Reginald
Weaver of Oxford; a brother and his wife, William and Carolyn Hamrick of
Cartersville, Ga.; and a number of nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church
sanctuary, with the Revs. Dr. Thomas A. Bland Jr. and Bill Rotan officiating.
A private graveside service will be held in Burke Memorial Park, with Masonic
graveside rites by members of the Catawba Valley Masonic Lodge.
The family will receive friends at the church following the service and at other
times at the home.
