Earl Lookabill

The Rev. Earl Mason Lookabill, 57, of East Old U.S. Highway 64, passed away Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, at his home after two years of declining health. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Frankie Matthews, the Rev. Michael Bowers and the Rev. Cary McKee. Burial will follow in Cedar Grove Baptist Church cemetery. Rev. Lookabill was born Feb. 14, 1951, in Davidson County to Early Jacob Lookabill Jr. and Naomi Meachum Lookabill. He was a graduate of Piedmont Bible College, served in the U.S. Air Force, and was a retired minister. He attended Sheets Memorial Baptist Church. Rev. Lookabill was preceded in death by his father. Surviving are his wife, Mary Austin Lookabill, of the home; sons Matthew Lookabill and his wife, Trisha, of Lexington, and Austin Lookabill and his wife, Rachel, of Okeechobee, Fla.; daughters Mary-Royce Lookabill and Theresa Jean "TJ" Lookabill, both of Boynton Beach, Fla.; four grandchildren, Mason Lookabill, Demetri Smith, Jacob Lookabill, and Xavier Edwards; a brother, Charles Lookabill of Lexington; and a sister, Terry Barnette and her husband, Byron, of Lexington. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home and other times at the home. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Davidson County, P.O. Box 1941, Lexington, NC 27293, or Helping Hands Ministry, c/o Rich Fork Baptist Church, 3993 Old Highway 29, Thomasville, NC 27360. Online condolences may be made at www.davidsonfuneralhome.net.