Derrin Bruce Mcgee
Dec 16, 2019
January 24, 1970 – December 16, 2019 Connelly Springs, North Carolina
Mr. Derrin Bruce McGee, 49, of Connelly Springs, passed away Monday, December 16, 2019 at CHC Blue Ridge in Morganton. Derrin was born January 24, 1970 in Caldwell County to Mr. Dennis McGee and Mrs. Lanie Cozart McGee. He retired as a machinist and was a...
Ernest Coots
Dec 12, 2019
May 12, 1947 – December 12, 2019
Hickory, North Carolina
Ernest Coots, 72, of Hickory, passed away on December 12, 2019 at Carolina Caring, following a period of declining health. Mr. Coots was born on May 12, 1947, in Hazard, Kentucky, to the late Monroe Coots and Mallie Wells Coots. He was a member of...
William David Owens, Iii
Dec 10, 2019
December 10, 1956 – December 10, 2019 Valdese, North Carolina
William David Owens III, 63, of Valdese, passed away December 10, 2019 following a brief illness. David was born on December 10, 1956 in Burke County to the late William “Bill” Owens, Jr. and Sue Searcy Owens. He graduated in the first class from East Burke High...
Ada Coleen Calloway Green
Dec 9, 2019
July 31, 1931 – December 9, 2019 Granite Falls, North Carolina
Mrs. Ada Coleen Calloway Green, 88, of Granite Falls, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, December 9, 2019 at her residence. Coleen was born July 21, 1931 in Caldwell County to the late Charles Calloway and Mary Dula Calloway. She was a member of Baton Baptist Church....
James Glenn Queen
Dec 9, 2019
July 5, 1923 – December 9, 2019 Valdese, North Carolina
Mr. James Glenn Queen, a lifelong resident of Valdese, North Carolina, passed away on December 9th, 2019 at the age of 96 at Burke Hospice and Palliative Care Center. James was born July 5, 1923 in Burke County, a son of the late Okie and Margaret Patton...
Edgar Lee Barnes
Dec 9, 2019
February 18, 1942-December 9, 2019 Connelly Springs, North Carolina
Edgar Lee Barnes, 77, of Connelly Springs, passed away on Monday, December 9, 2019 at Hickory Falls, following a period of declining health. Mr. Barnes was born February 18, 1942, in Burke County, to the late Lee Barnes and Beulah Heavner Barnes. He was a member of Connelly...
William Reed Robinson
Dec 9, 2019
April 19, 1932 – December 9, 2019 Valdese, North Carolina
Mr. William Reed Robinson, 87, of Valdese, passed away on Monday, December 9, 2019 at the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville, following a period of declining health. William was born April 19, 1932 in Yancey County ……
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Patricia Kline Lingle
Dec 8, 2019
October 5, 1946 – December 8, 2019 Morganton, North Carolina
Patricia “Patty” Kline Lingle, 73, of Charlotte NC (and most recently of Morganton NC), died peacefully in her sleep on Sunday morning, December 8, 2019 in the company of loving family. She was born on October 5, 1946 in Salisbury NC, and moved from San Diego CA...
Beverly “Sue” Mast
Dec 8, 2019
August 15, 1943 – December 8, 2019 Valdese, North Carolina
Mrs. Beverly Parsons “Sue” Mast, 76, of Valdese, passed away on Sunday December 8, 2019 at her residence after a period of declining health. Sue was born August 15, 1943 in Stanley County, a daughter of the late Walter L. and Alma Whitley Parsons. She was a...
Marleen Frances Freeman
Dec 7, 2019
November 8, 1949 – December 7, 2019 Hickory, North Carolina
Marleen Jones Freeman, 70, of Hickory passed away Saturday, December 7, 2019 at Carolina Caring, following a period of declining health.A receiving of friends will be held…
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Dorothy Huffman Baker
Dec 7, 2019
December 29, 1934 – December 7, 2019 Valdese, North Carolina
Dorothy Lee Huffman Baker, 84, of Valdese, passed away Saturday December 7, 2019 at College Pines Nursing Center following a period of declining health. Mrs. Baker was born on December 29, 1934 in Burke County to the late Russell R. Huffman and Annie Belle Icard Poe. She...
Verlene Allen Penley
Dec 5, 2019
July 26, 1943 – December 5, 2019 Morganton, North Carolina
Verlene Allen Penley, 76, of Morganton, passed away Thursday December 5, 2019 at Burke Hospice and Palliative Care Center. Verlene was born on July 26, 1943 in Surry County to the late Gurnie Coram Allen and Gladys Ethel Harvey Allen. She worked as a travel agent…
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Shirley Louise Edwards
Dec 5, 2019
January 27, 1949 – December 5, 2019 Morganton, North Carolina
Miss Shirley Louise Edwards, 70, of Morganton passed away unexpectedly in her home on December 5, 2019, following a period of declining health.Miss Edwards was born January 27, 1949, a daughter of the late Sidney and Lee Ila Moses York… View Full Obituary on Tributes
Bennie Richard Paige
Dec 4, 2019
March 27, 1940 – December 4, 2019
Hickory, North Carolina
Mr. Bennie Richard Paige, 79, of Hickory, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at Blueridge Healthcare System – Valdese. Bennie was born March 27, 1940, in Cleveland County to the late Cletus R. Paige and Minnie Burns Paige. He was a member at...
Harold Lee Horton
Dec 1, 2019
March 5, 1958 – December 1, 2019
Morganton, North Carolina
Mr. Harold Lee Horton, 61, of Morganton, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, December 1, 2019 at Carolinas Medical Center. Harold was born March 5, 1958, in Burke County to Mary Fortune Horton and the late Laton Alton Horton Sr. He is survived by his wife...
Karen Louise Peirce
Nov 30, 2019
June 13, 1957 – November 30, 2019 Morganton, North Carolina
Mrs. Karen Louise St. Denis Peirce, 62, of Morganton, passed away on Saturday, November 30, 2019 at Burke Hospice & Palliative Care, following a period of declining health. Karen was born on June 13, 1957 in Middleberry, VT…….
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Mark Douglas Lane
Nov 30, 2019
August 13, 2019 – November 30, 2019 Hickory, North Carolina
ark Douglas Lane, 59, of Hickory passed away, surrounded by his loving family, on Saturday November 30th , 2019 at Wake Forest University Medical Center, Winston-Salem NC.Mark was born on August 13, 1960 in Burke County. Mark maintained a membership at First Baptist Church of Icard and...
Sherry Renee Cantrell Pugh
Nov 28, 2019
September 21, 1967 – November 28, 2019
Connelly Springs, North Carolina
Ms. Sherry Renee Cantrell Pugh , 52, of Rutherford College, passed away on Thursday, November 28, 2019, at her residence, following a period of declining health. Sherry was born September 21, 1967, in Burke County, to Rev. Harold Cantrell and Mary Greene Cantrell. She...
Gary Wesley Starnes
Nov 28, 2019
October 8, 1940 – November 28, 2019
Hickory, North Carolina
Mr. Gary Wesley Starnes , 79, of Hickory, passed away on Thursday, November 28, 2019, at his residence following a period of declining health. Gary was born on October 8, 1940 in Cleveland County, to the late Earnest Wesley Starnes and Laura Brittain Starnes ....
Elizabeth Jane Mason
Nov 26, 2019
July 13, 1935 – November 26, 2019 Valdese, North Carolina
Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Adams Mason, 84, of Valdese, passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at CHS Blue Ridge-Morganton, following a period of declining health. Elizabeth was born on July 13, 1935 in Waukegan, IL to the late John E. Adams, Sr. and Rose Kalisnig Adams. She...
