William Marshall Mauney Sr.

William Marshall Mauney, Sr. NEWTON William Marshall Mauney, Sr., 68, of Newton died Friday, Jan. 13, 2012 at Palliative Care Center and Hospice of Catawba Valley. He was born July 3, 1944 in Hickory and grew up in Fayetteville, N.C. He graduated from Lenoir-Rhyne College in 1965 with a Bachelor's Degree in economics. He studied at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. and the University of Florida in Gainesville. He did additional graduate study at the Appalachian State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Professor Bill Mauney Join the faculty of Lenoir-Rhyne College in 1967. He received the Hacawa Dedication in 1988, and the Bost Teaching Award. He was named the Centennial Professor of Economics. He was the Founding Director of the Broyhill Institute for the Business Leadership. He served as Chairman of the Faculty Assembly, and was the Chairman of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences. When Lenoir-Rhyne became a university, he became the Dean of the College of Professional and Mathematical Studies. He was preceded in death by his parents, the Rev. Dr. John D. Mauney and Mary Emma Cobb Mauney of Cherryville, and a sister Margaret Mauney. He is survived by his wife, Elanie Cook Mauney; son, William Marshall Mauney, Jr. and his wife, Monica Cooke Mauney; daughter, Vera Matson and her husband, Chris Matson, and six grandchildren, Sarah, Marie, Rachel and Will Mauney, and Emma and Connor Matson. He also leaves behind two brothers, Dr. J. David Mauney, III and his wife, Ann Anderson Mauney of Raleigh and Richard B. Mauney and his wife, Mary Dunn Mauney of Asheville and their families. The Mauney family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m., this evening, Monday, Jan. 16, at Drum Funeral Home in Conover. The funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 17, at Beth Eden Lutheran Church in Newton with the Rev. Merlin Batt, Rev. Dr. Bill B. Mims, Jr. and Rev. Dr. James Foltz Mauney officiating. Interment will follow at Mountain Rest Cemetery in Kings Mountain. There will be a memorial service at St. Andrews's Lutheran Church at Lenoir-Rhyne University at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the William M. Mauney Scholarship Fund at Lenoir-Rhyne University, P.O. Box 7350, Hickory, NC 28603 or to the Beth Eden Lutheran Church, 400 N. Main Avenue, Newton, N.C. 28658. Condolences may be sent to the Mauney family at www.drumfuneral home.com. The Mauney family has entrusted the funeral arrangements to Drum Funeral Home & Crematory in Conover.