Terry Franklin Fox

Terry Franklin Fox, (66), of Hickory NC, passed away peacefully at Frye Regional Medical Center, on November 5, 2024. Terry was born July 1, 1958 in Catawba County to George and Dorothy (Dot) Fox. He was the youngest of 4 children.

Terry loved cars and spent a lot of his life restoring cars. He also worked in furniture upholstering for many years. He loved drawing, putting together model cars and watching and attending NASCAR and Drag racing. He had the best laugh and loved his family and loved the Lord. He was a member of Bethel Lutheran Church in Claremont.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Dot Fox, and his grandparents, Ross and Maude Fox and Gaither and Etta Lail.

Those left to cherish him include his father, George Fox and his loving wife of 40 years, Vickie Lowman Fox. He will also be missed by his children which includes two sons, Coty Fox (April) and Dylan Fox of the home and one daughter, Tasha Fox Lackey (Brad). He also had 5 grandchildren that called him Papaw, which includes Hudson and Hunter Fox (Coty), Lexi and Kinsley Fox (Dylan) and Laura Grace Lackey (Tasha). He also had three loving sisters, Brenda Honeycutt (Don) Nancy Fox and Pam Bentley (Danny) and one special sister-in-law, Linda Barnette. He was also an uncle to many nieces and nephews who will miss him dearly.

A Service of Remembrance will be held on Wednesday, November 13 at Bethel Lutheran Church at 3:00 p.m. with Rev. Eric Hollar officiating.

His family will receive friends from 1:45 to 2:45 p.m. prior to the service.

Memorials can be made to Bethel Lutheran Church at 5759 Bolick Road, Claremont, NC 28610, and a portion of the memorials will go to relief efforts in Western North Carolina.