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Norma Annas
Oct 2, 2019
January 1, 1939 – October 2, 2019 Rutherford College, North Carolina
Mrs. Norma Epley Annas, 80, of Rutherford College, went to receive her Heavenly Reward on Wednesday, October 2, 2019, after a period of declining health. Mrs. Annas was the first born child of the year in Burke County, being born on January 1, 1939. She was...
Kenneth Lee Rector
Sep 30, 2019
November 19, 1956 – September 30, 2019
Valdese, North Carolina
Mr. Kenneth Lee Rector, 62, of Valdese passed away on Sunday, September 29, 2019 at Burke Hospice and Palliative Care, following a period of declining health. Kenneth was born November 19, 1956, in Burke County, to the late Lee E. Rector and Viola Hull Rector....
Katherine Glazebrook “Kitty” Reep
Sep 30, 2019
April 28, 1929 – September 30, 2019
Rutherford College, North Carolina
Mrs. Katherine Laura “Kitty” Glazebrook Reep, of Rutherford College, passed away on Monday, September 30, 2019, at her residence following a period of declining health. Kitty was born April 28, 1929, in Burke County, to the late William Glazebrook and Agnes Christmas Glazebrook. She...
Lisa Ann Suddreth Dale
Sep 26, 2019
February 17, 1957 – September 26, 2019 Morganton, North Carolina
Lisa Anne Suddreth Dale, age 62 of Morganton, went home to be with her Heavenly Father on September 26, 2019. She was born on February 17, 1957, on a snowy Sunday, to the late John Lloyd Suddreth, and surviving, Eunice Mae Clark Suddreth, as the first of...
Billy Homer Gibbs
Sep 26, 2019
March 24, 1936 – September 26, 2019 Valdese, North Carolina
Billy Homer Gibbs, 83, of Valdese passed away Thursday, September 26, 2019 at Frye Regional Medical Center. Billy was born March 24, 1936 in Burke County to the late James Pinkney Gibbs and Hattie Duckworth Gibbs. He retired from the military, after twenty…
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Rev. Thomas F. Appleba
Sep 25, 2019
December 27, 1946 – September 25, 2019
Valdese, North Carolina
Rev. Thomas Francis Appleba, 72, of Valdese, passed away on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at his residence following a period of declining health. Thomas was born December 27, 1946 in Detroit, Michigan, to the late William Albert Appleba and Margaret Quinn Appleba. He was retired...
Bernard Earl White
Sep 24, 2019
May 19, 1937 – September 24, 2019 Drexel, North Carolina
Mr. Bernard Earl White, 82, of Drexel, passed away on Tuesday September 24, 2019 at Grace Hospital Morganton after a period of declining health. Mr. White was born May 19, 1937 in Logan, WV, a son of the late Mason Z. and Molly Burgess White. He was…...
Ronald Jack Pritchard
Sep 24, 2019
November 4, 1948 – September 24, 2019 Valdese, North Carolina
Ronald Jack Pritchard, age 70 of Valdese, went home to be with his Heavenly Father on Tuesday, September 24, 2019, after an extended stay at Grace Hospital. Ronnie was born on November 4, 1948 in Burke County to the late Jack Williams Pritchard and Ethel Fox Pritchard....
Roy Max Nations
Sep 21, 2019
May 6, 1943 – September 21, 2019 Connelly Springs, North Carolina
Mr. Roy Max Nations, 76, of Connelly Springs Community, went home to be with the Lord, Saturday, September 21, 2019. Max was born on May 6, 1943 in Swain County, the son of the late Reverend Clyde Nations Sr. and Bertha Cochran Nations. He was retired...
Lena Dale Smith
Sep 19, 2019
May 29, 1935 – September 19, 2019 Valdese, North Carolina
Mrs. Lena Dale Smith, 84, of Valdese, passed away on Thursday September 19, 2019 at Burke Hospice and Palliative Care Center, Valdese, after a period of declining health.Mrs. Smith was born May 29, 1935 in McDowell County, a daughter of the late Russell Alexander and Minnie…
...Peggy June King
Sep 17, 2019
October 30, 1942 – September 17, 2019 Connelly Springs, North Carolina
Peggy J. Grindstaff King, 76, of Icard, NC, went to her heavenly home to meet her Savior and loved ones on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. She was born in Bandana, Mitchell County, NC to the late Kenneth C. Robinson and Azalene M. Robinson. She was…
...Louie Dean Ward
Sep 16, 2019
May 4, 1943 – September 16, 2019
Connelly Springs, North Carolina
Mr. Louie Dean Ward, 76, of Connelly Springs, passed away on Monday, September 16, 2019 at his residence following a period of declining health. Louie was born May 4, 1943, Avery County to the late Howard…..
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Kandi Sipe Murphy
Sep 15, 2019
November 4, 1961 – September 15, 2019 Collettsvillee, North Carolina
Mrs. Kandi Leigh Sipe Murphy , 57, of Collettsville, passed away on Sunday, September 15, 2019 at Carolinas Medical Center, following a period of declining health. Kandi was born November 4, 1961 in Burke County to the Fannie Gaye Evans Sipe and the late Robert Lee Sipe...
Jerry Lee Burleson
Sep 13, 2019
January 5, 1940 – September 13, 2019 Morganton, North Carolina
Jerry Lee Burleson, 79, of Morganton went to his heavenly home following a battle with Alzheimer’s on Friday, September 13, 2019 at Burke Hospice and Palliative Care.Jerry was born January 5, 1940 in Mitchell County to the late Kate Carpenter Burleson and Ernest Burleson. He was a...
Frank Ransom Lutz
Sep 12, 2019
August 2, 1927 – September 12, 2019 Valdese, North Carolina
Mr. Frank R. Lutz, 92, of Valdese, went home to be with his Heavenly Father and wife Bonnie on Thursday September 12, 2019 at College Pines Nursing Center, after a period of declining health. Mr. Lutz was born August 2, 1927 in Burke County, a son of...
Danita Glazebrook Dellinger
Sep 10, 2019
February 14, 1968 – September 10, 2019
Lenoir, North Carolina
Mrs. Danita Glazebrook Dellinger, 51, of Lenoir went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at Carolina Health Care Blue Ridge in Valdese. Danita was born February 14, 1968 in Chehalis, Washington. She was a member of Trinity Baptist…….
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Hubert P. Young
Sep 8, 2019
July 2, 1935 – September 8, 2019
Connelly Springs, North Carolina
Mr. Hubert P. Young, 84, of Connelly Springs, passed away on Sunday September 8, 2019 at his residence after a period of declining health. Mr. Young was born July 2, 1935 in Burke County, a son of the late William McKinnley and ollie Lindsay...
Aithes Denver “A.D.” Lowman
Sep 7, 2019
July 25, 1927 – September 7, 2019 Eure, North Carolina
Aithes Denver “A.D.” Lowman, SCPO, US Navy Ret., 92, of Horton Lane, passed away on Saturday, September 7, 2019, at Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital in Ahoskie. Mr. Lowman was born in Burke County on July 25, 1927, and was the son of the late Alvin Lester
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Lura Ann Strange Turner
Sep 6, 2019
October 8, 1944 – September 6, 2019
Rutherford College, North Carolina
Lura Ann Strange Turner, 74 of Rutherford College, NC joined our Heavenly Father on September 6, 2019. Ann was born on October 8, 1944 in La Crosse, Va to the late Mary Margaret Campbell Strange and Thomas Edward Strange. She was retired from Western...
Dwight Ransom Spann
Sep 5, 2019
December 15, 1942 – September 5, 2019 Connelly Springs, North Carolina
Mr. Dwight Ranson Spann, 76, of Connelly Springs, passed away on Thursday, September 5, 2019 at Frye Regional Medical Center, following a period of declining health. Dwight was born on December 15, 1942 in Burke County to the late Raymond Spann and Junie Brittain Spann. He...
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