Obituaries

Mary Lou Martin Sisk, age 75, of the Brian Center, and formerly of Lincolnton, died on Tuesday, March 11, 2014.

Her funeral service will be 3:30 p.m. on Friday, March 14, 2014, at Salem Baptist Church with Rev. Dr. Andy Royals and Rev. Scott Whitman officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2:00 until 3:15 p.m. prior to the service at the church.

Mary Lou was born May 15, 1938, in Lincoln County to the late Farris and Katherine Stines Martin. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by a brother, Bobby Martin. She worked in textiles.

She is survived by a son, Timothy D. Turner and wife Debbie of Lake Lure, NC; three daughters, Christine T. Frye and husband Randy, K. Darlene Turner, and Donna T. Zotsman, all of Lincolnton; five brothers, Wilson Martin of Maiden, Kenneth Martin of Newton, Billy Jo Martin of Kannapolis, Donnie Martin of Maiden, and Farris Martin, Jr. of Newton; five sisters, Madeline Byers of Newton, Frances Pruitt of Claremont, Mildred Whitman of Denver, Debbie Wilson of Claremont, and Shirley Setzer of Claremont; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. 

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Lincoln County, 107 N. Cedar Street, Lincolnton, NC 28092.