This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SSB.2ACE/2245.1 Message Board Post: I've had success in the past by writing to the Hickory Public Library and requesting obituaries. The address is: Hickory Public Library, Patrick Beaver Memorial, 375 Third Street NE, Hickory, N.C. 28601-3535.