Fourteenth Generation

428. Clarence Melvin BOLICK was born on 9 Mar 1902 in Catawba County, North Carolina.^289,290,291

He appeared in the census in 1910 in Cline's Twp., Dist. 21, Catawba County, North Carolina as follows:^290,291 Clarence, age 8, at his grandparents, Henry J. & Veronica Retizel. He died on 15 May 1973 in Catawba County, North Carolina²⁸⁹ and was buried in St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, N. of Conover, North Carolina.

Clarence Melvin BOLICK married (2) Cleo B. [Sigman] SIGMON were before 1922. Cleo B. [Sigman] SIGMON (daughter of Zebulon V. "Zeb" [Sigman] SIGMON and Nellie (Millie) E. SIGMON) was born on 5 Apr 1896 in North Carolina.^289,292,293 She died on 27 May 1934 in Catawba County, North Carolina and was buried in St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery.²⁸⁹ Clarence Melvin BOLICK and Cleo B. [Sigman] SIGMON had the following child:

Clarence Melvin BOLICK married (2) Rosalee HEDRICK, say 1933. Rosalee HEDRICK (daughter of Tate HEDRICK and Barbara CANUPP) was born on 13 Sep 1914 in Catawba County, North Carolina and died on 28 Dec 2003 in Catawba Valley Medical Center, Hickory, North Carolina. She was buried in St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, N. of Conover, North Carolina.

Her obituary read as follows: CLAREMONT - Rosalee Hedrick Bolick, 89, of Country Manor Rest Home, formerly of 4972 Oak Shade St., Claremont, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 2003, at Catawba Valley Medical Center. Born Sept. 13, 1914, in Catawba County, she was the daughter of the late Tate and Barbara Canupp Hedrick. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church and was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Melvin Bolick; three stepchildren, Albert Melvin Bolick, Elnor Elizabeth Bolick and Dewey Bolick; four sisters, Mattie Rose Shook, Winnie Huffman, Anna Lee Little and Ginny Shook; and three brothers, Leonard Hedrick, John Hedrick and Ceb Hedrick. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Eugene "Gene" and Barbara Bolick of Claremont; three grandchildren, Michael E. Bolick, Sheila D. Bolick and Jeffrey A. Bolick; four great-grandchildren, Michael Elijah Bolick, Nicholas Bolick, Johnny A. Kinsman and Clifford M. Kinsman; a sister, Medlene Summers of Reidsville; and a brother, Esley Tate Hedrick of Catawba. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. today, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2003, at St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery. The Rev. Anton Lagoutine will officiate. Pallbearers will be Michael E. Bolick, Jeffrey A. Bolick, Johnny Kinsman, Michael Elijah Bolick, Chuck Spake and Eugene Flemings. The family will receive friends at Drum Funeral Home and Cremations in Conover today, Tuesday, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Memorials may be made to St. John's Lutheran Church, 2126 St. John's Church Road, Conover, N.C. 28613. The Bolick family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Drum Funeral Home and Cremations in Conover. [Hickory Daily Record - Monday, December 29, 2003]