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HICKORY - Mary Lucille McMahan Propst Fulbright, of Hickory, passed away on Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 5:00 a.m. at Brockford Inn Assisted Living in Granite Falls. Born on August 19, 1931 in Guilford County-High Point, NC, she was the daughter of the late Bennett McMahan and Bertha Swing McMahan.

Lucille worked at Century Furniture Company, Dehart Motor Lines Trucking Company, Gaines Motor Lines Trucking Company, Norton-Ramsey Trucking Company and Foothills Trucking Company. She graduated from Banoak School in Vale, NC in 1949. She helped publish the County, Heritage of Catawba County, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 and helped publish the Catawba County Cousin. She was president of the Catawba County Genealogical Society.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, William Monroe Propst; her second husband, Enoch Fulbright; brothers, Fred Grayson McMahan and Walter Lee McMahan.

Lucille is survived by her step-son, Kenneth Propst and his wife, Margaret; step-daughter, Rita Ann Floyd, III and her husband, Ben; four step-grandchildren; five step great-grandchildren; sister, Ruby McMahan McCray of Wake Forest, NC; brothers, Claude McMahan, Jack McMahan and his wife, Billie and Levi ?Butch? McMahan, all of Hickory; and a great host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

A service of remembrance will be held at 3:00 p.m. Monday, July 20, 2009 in the chapel of Drum Funeral Home in Hickory with Rev. Gary Patterson officiating. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens.

The family will receive friends from 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. at the funeral home prior to the service.

The Fulbright family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Drum Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Hickory, 940 29th Avenue NE, Hickory (828)267-5740.

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