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Cody Douglas Cook
Oct 27, 2019
August 4, 1987 – October 27, 2019
Valdese, North Carolina
Mr. Cody Douglas Cook , 32, of Valdese, passed away on Sunday October 27, 2019 after a brief illness. Mr. Cook was born August 4, 1987 in Richlands, VA, a son of Patricia Brown Cook Pyatte and the late Jerry Douglas Cook . Cody was...
Jacob Lor
Oct 26, 2019
December 19, 1997 – October 26, 2019 Morganton, North Carolina
Jacob Lor, 21, of Morganton, passed away on Saturday, October 26, 2019 at CHS-BR Morganton. Jacob was born on December 19, 1997 in Burke County to Coly Heu Lor and the late Nai Lor. Survivors include his mother…
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Alfred “Pap Cooter” Carswell
Oct 22, 2019
July 15, 1949 – October 22, 2019
Morganton, North Carolina
Mr. Alford Lee “Pap Cooter” Carswell , 70, of Morganton, passed away on Tuesday, October 22, 2019, at Burke Hospice and Palliative Care, following a period of declining health. Alford was born July 15, 1949 in Burke County to the late Azer B. Carswell and...
Mary Magadlene Brown
Oct 21, 2019
April 13, 1926 – October 21, 2019
Granite Falls, North Carolina
Mrs. Magadlene Bryant Brown , 93, of Granite Falls, passed away on Monday October 21, 2019 at Burke Hospice and Palliative Care Center, Valdese, after a period of declining health. Mrs. Brown was born April 13, 1926 in Caldwell County, a daughter of the...
Stanley W. “Butch” Leonhardt
Oct 19, 2019
October 14, 1953 – October 19, 2019
Valdese, North Carolina
Mr. Stanley W. “Butch” Leonhardt , Sr., 66, of Valdese passed away on Saturday October 19, 2019 at Burke Hospice and Palliative Care Center, Valdese, after a period of declining health. Mr. Leonhardt was born October 14, 1953 in Amberg, WI, a son of the...
Joann Gragg Benton
Oct 19, 2019
Joann Gragg Benton, 70, of Lenoir, passed away Saturday, October 19, 2019 at her home following a period of declining health. No services are planned at this time. Heritage Funeral Service and Crematory is serving the Benton family.
Carolyn Berry Atwood
Oct 18, 2019
October 1, 1950 – October 18, 2019
Hickory, North Carolina
Carolyn Loretta Berry Atwood, 69, of Hickory passed away Friday, October 18, 2019 at Livingston Healthcare in Livingston, MT following a period of declining health. Carolyn was born October 1, 1950 in Burke County to the late, Edward Junior Berry and Gladys Tomlinson Berry. She...
Carolyn Loretta Berry Atwood
Oct 18, 2019
October 1, 1950 – October 18, 2019 Hickory, North Carolina
Carolyn Loretta Berry Atwood, 69, of Hickory passed away Friday, October 18, 2019 at Livingston Healthcare in Livingston, MO following a period of declining health.Carolyn was born October 1, 1950 in Burke County to the late, Edward Junior Berry and Gladys Tomlinson…
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Vernie Abee Lowman
Oct 17, 2019
August 27, 1930 – October 17, 2019
Connelly Springs, North Carolina
Mrs. Vernie Mae Abee Lowman , 89, of Connelly Springs, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 17, 2019 at Burke Hospice and Palliative Care, following a period of declining health. Vernie was born August 27, 1930 in Burke County to...
Margaret Duckworth Greer
Oct 16, 2019
April 28, 1950 – October 16, 2019 Morganton, North Carolina
Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Duckworth Greer, 69, of Morganton, passed away on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at Burke Hospice & Palliative Care, following a brief illness. Margaret was born on April 28, 1950 in Burke County to Mozelle Dale Duckworth and the late Gerald J…
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Kimberly Lefevers Evans
Oct 15, 2019
December 10, 1968 – October 15, 2019 Drexel, North Carolina
rs. Kimberly Leigh LeFevers Evans, 50, of Drexel, passed away on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at Carolinas Healthcare-Blue Ridge of Morganton, following a period of declining health. Kim was born on December 10, 1968 in Burke County to Roy Lee LeFevers Jr. and Betty Jo Ogle. She...
Ayden Michael Gurley
Oct 12, 2019
October 2, 2019 – October 12, 2019
Valdese, North Carolina
Ayden Michael Gurley , ten days old, passed away on Saturday, October 12, 2019 at Carolinas Medical Center. Ayden was born October 2, 2019 in Burke County to Jamie Gurley and Sophia Shutz Gurley . In addition to his parents he is survived by…….
...Teresa Hildebran Carswell
Oct 12, 2019
March 13, 1968 – October 12, 2019 Connelly Springs, North Carolina
Mrs. Teresa Hildebran Carswell, 51, of Connelly Springs went home, to be with her Lord and Savior on October 12, 2019 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital.Teresa was born March 13, 1968 in Burke County to Mr. Johnny Hildebran and Mrs. Cora Lee Greene Hildebran. Teresa will...
Brian Keith Newton
Oct 10, 2019
September 5, 1958 – October 10, 2019 Valdese, North Carolina
Mr. Brian Keith Newton, 61, of Valdese, passed away on Thursday October 10, 2019 at CMC-Main in Charlotte after a brief illness.Mr. Newton was born September 5, 1958 in Burke County a son of Billy Ray Newton and Jean Nichols . Brian was…
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Dana Rondal Burns, Sr.
Oct 10, 2019
June 1, 1952 – October 10, 2019 Hickory, North Carolina
Dana Rondal Burns, Sr., 67, of Hickory, passed away Thursday October 10, 2019, at his home following a period of declining health.Dana was born in Burke County, NC, to the late Homer Roosevelt Burns and Christeen Rogers Burns. He was…
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Craig Steven Callaway
Oct 9, 2019
February 1, 1959 – October 9, 2019 Connelly Springs, North Carolina
Craig Steven Callaway (Tuna), age 60, passed away at his North Carolina home on Wednesday, October 9, 2019. Craig was born on February 1, 1959 in Alexandria, Virginia to the late Kenneth Albert and Constance Marie Callaway (Morone). Craig is survived by his…
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Ruby Viola Vess Long
Oct 9, 2019
April 21, 1924 – October 9, 2019
Hickory, North Carolina
Mrs. Ruby Viola Vess Long, 95, of Hickory, passed away on Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at Carolina Rehab and Nursing, following a period of declining health. Ruby was born on April 21, 1924 in McDowell County to the late Peter Vess and Nora Dalton Vess...
Helen Patton Edgins
Oct 8, 2019
January 3, 1940 – October 8, 2019
Morganton, North Carolina
Helen Patton Smith Edgins , age 79, departed this life to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at Carolina Caring Hospice in Newton, with her loving husband Jimmy and her children by her side. Helen , daughter of the late Horace Graham...
Margie Ogle Hipps
Oct 6, 2019
September 2, 1927 – October 6, 2019 Valdese, North Carolina
Margie Ogle Hipps, 92, of Valdese passed away Sunday, October 6, 2019 at Abernethy Laurels Nursing Center following a period of declining health. Margie was born September 2, 1927 in Burke County…
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Elizabeth T. “Libby” Cooper
Oct 6, 2019
August 30, 1944 – October 6, 2019
Valdese, North Carolina
Elizabeth T. “Libby” Cooper , 75, of Valdese passed away on Sunday, October 6 after a brief illness. Born in Valdese, she was the daughter of the late Oliver and Ophelia Teague. She was preceded in death by her husband Hoyte Cooper and her sister...
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