Obituaries
Billy Gordon O'Brien
( February 6, 1932 - July 21, 2016 )
Mr. Billy Gordon O’Brien, age 84, of 1289 Brookhaven Drive in Lincolnton, died on Thursday, July 21, 2016.
His funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 24, 2016, at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Dr. Scott Shoffner and Mr. Charlie Reep officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2:00 until 2:45 p.m. prior to the service at the church.
Mr. O’Brien was born February 6, 1932, in Spencer, West Virginia, to the late Henry Clay and Della Huff O’Brien. He served in the National Guard and worked as an electrician at Timken.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Nesselrotte O’Brien of the home; a son, James O’Brien, and wife Teresa, of Lincolnton; two daughters, Patricia O’Brien Crouch of Virginia and Brenda O’Brien Brooks, and husband Bobby, of Granite Falls; one sister, Ruth Wagner of Arizona; four grandchildren, Michael Brooks, Laura Barnes and husband Mark, Jason O’Brien and fiancé Trisha Johnson, and Jaclyn Nicholson and husband JR Nicholson, III; and eleven great-grandchildren, Nick Brooks, William Barnes, Abigail Barnes, Peyton O’Brien, Bridget O’Brien, Beth Nicholson, Catlin Nicholson, James Nicholson, IV, Alistair Nicholson, Nathanyal Thompson, and Alexis Johnson.
His funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 24, 2016, at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Dr. Scott Shoffner and Mr. Charlie Reep officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2:00 until 2:45 p.m. prior to the service at the church.
Mr. O’Brien was born February 6, 1932, in Spencer, West Virginia, to the late Henry Clay and Della Huff O’Brien. He served in the National Guard and worked as an electrician at Timken.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Nesselrotte O’Brien of the home; a son, James O’Brien, and wife Teresa, of Lincolnton; two daughters, Patricia O’Brien Crouch of Virginia and Brenda O’Brien Brooks, and husband Bobby, of Granite Falls; one sister, Ruth Wagner of Arizona; four grandchildren, Michael Brooks, Laura Barnes and husband Mark, Jason O’Brien and fiancé Trisha Johnson, and Jaclyn Nicholson and husband JR Nicholson, III; and eleven great-grandchildren, Nick Brooks, William Barnes, Abigail Barnes, Peyton O’Brien, Bridget O’Brien, Beth Nicholson, Catlin Nicholson, James Nicholson, IV, Alistair Nicholson, Nathanyal Thompson, and Alexis Johnson.
Posted on 21 Jul 2016
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