Obituaries

Mr. Richard Alan Lau, age 62, of 8289 Drena Drive in Sherrills Ford, died on Thursday, January 1, 2015.

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 10, 2015, in the Warlick Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mike Davis officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:00 until 1:45 p.m. on Saturday prior to the service at the funeral home.

Mr. Lau was born December 23, 1952, in Huntingburg, IN, to the late Isadore A. and Anna Mae Rohleder Lau. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by two brothers, Michael Lau and Kenneth Lau. He was a union representative for BMWE, Brotherhood Maintenance Ways Employees, for 30+ years. Mr. Lau was also a Mason, member of West Gate Lodge #738, and was a member of Lucia Baptist Church in Stanley, NC.

He is survived by two sons, Kyle Lau and wife Tonya of Denver, NC, and TSgt Christopher Cook and wife Larissa of Incirlik AB,Turkey; a brother, Vince Lau and wife Bev of Huntingburg, IN; a sister, Diana Owen and husband Rocky of Indiana; four grandsons, Chandler Williams, Vance Cook, Quinn Cook, and Kasen Lau; and one granddaughter, Marlow Cook.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Masonic Home for Children at Oxford, 600 College Street, Oxford, NC 27565.