Hickory Daily Record loses patient, kind coworker to cancer; Circulation Director Brian Carroll dead at 49

Posted Tuesday, March 14, 2023 2:45 pm

Brian Carroll

Eric Millsaps | Hickory Daily Record

The Hickory (North Carolina) Daily Record lost a member of its work family this week.

Circulation Director Brian Carroll died over the weekend, ending his brave battle with cancer. He was 49.

I worked with Brian for years and we talked often since I returned to the paper in 2018. I work with a dedicated bunch of journalists to make sure the paper and hickoryrecord.com are full of local news. Brian and his crew made sure print product got delivered.

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