Terry Alen Mosteller
Oct 16, 2024
Terry Alen Mosteller, 62, of Connelly Springs passed away on Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at UNC Blue Ridge Morganton following a brief illness.
Terry was born October 21, 1961 in Catawba County to the late Gary Mosteller and Margie Walsh Brunt. He loved collecting coins, watching Nascar, and deer hunting with his son and family. Terry enjoyed...
Jimmy Edward Phillips
Oct 15, 2024
Mr. Jimmy Edward Phillips, 73, of Hickory, passed away on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at his residence, following a period of declining health. Jimmy was born on September 10, 1951, in Mitchell County to the late Clyde Phillips and Sarah Louise McIntosh Holcombe. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and was a retired technical engineer. Survivors...
Joe Tommy Hensley
Oct 15, 2024
Mr. Joe Tommy Hensley, 68, of Connelly Springs, passed away on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at UNC-BR Morganton. Joe was born on August 26, 1956, in Burke County to the late John Hensley and Margaret Bradshaw Hensley. He was previously employed as a sander in furniture manufacturing. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a...
Derl Henry Stevens Sr.
Oct 14, 2024
Derl Henry Stevens Sr., 72, of Connelly Springs, passed away on Monday, October 14, 2024 at Carolina Rehab Center of Burke following a period of declining health.
Derl was born June 21, 1952 in Maryland to the late Ceil Stevens and Ruth Rosenbalm Stevens. He loved to fish, travel to see his family, and barter and trade...
Mary Dean Blankenship Childress
Oct 14, 2024
Mary Dean Blankenship Childress, 81, of Morganton, passed away on Monday, October 14, 2024 at College Pines Health and Rehabilitation following a period of declining health. Mary was born on May 2, 1943 in McDowell County, a daughter of the late, Grady Macon Blankenship and Ola Mae McIntosh Blankenship. In addition to her parents, Mary is preceded in passing...
Edda Loftis Hardin
Oct 13, 2024
Edda Loftis Hardin, 72, of Valdese passed away on Sunday, October 13, 2024 at Deer Park Health and Rehab, following a period of declining health.
Edda was born April 14, 1952 in Walker County, Georgia to the late Willard Loftis and Faye James McClure. She loved working in her yard and being around her family. Edda was...
Jerry Wayne Reid
Oct 12, 2024
Jerry Wayne Reid, 68, of Valdese, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, October 12, 2024 at his residence.
Jerry was born May 26, 1956 in Catawba County to the late Marlene Reid Seagle. He worked for Burke Grading as a paver for many years. Jerry loved being the life of the party and kept people laughing. His daughter...
Brenda Kay Norville Daniels
Oct 12, 2024
Mrs. Brenda Norvelle Daniels, 74, of Morganton, passed away on Saturday October 12, 2024 at her residence, after a period of declining health.
Mrs. Daniels was born June 9, 1950, in Burke County, a daughter of the late Rev. Albert and Beulah Crawley Norville. She was retired as a CNA in the nursing home industry for many...
Roy Shane Epps
Oct 12, 2024
Roy Shane Epps, 58, of Granite Falls, passed away on Saturday, October 12, 2024 at Atrium Health Wake Forest.
Shane was born August 11, 1966 in Burke County to the late Earl Franklin Epps Jr, and Rebecca Conley Epps. He pastored Lakeview Baptist Church, where he enjoyed playing his cajon drum and singing; and he worked in...
Randall Scott Good
Oct 10, 2024
Reverend, Dr. Randall Scott Good, lover of life, family and friends met the loving arms of Jesus Thursday, October 10, 2024.
Scott was born on November 25, 1945 in Mitchell County to the late Richmond and Ilean Gunter Good. After graduating from Hildebran High School in 1964 he attended Kings Business College. He took a break from...
Linda Collins Blair
Oct 9, 2024
Mrs. Linda Collins Blair, 75, of Drexel, passed away on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, at her residence, following a period of declining health. Linda was born on April 2, 1949 in Wise County, VA to the late Spencer and Gladys Collins. She was a member of Connelly Springs First Baptist Church and was previously employed in healthcare and in...
Gilbert James Carswell
Oct 9, 2024
Gilbert James Carswell, 69, of Morganton, passed away on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at UNC Blue Ridge following a brief illness.
Gilbert was born January 20, 1955 in Burke County to the late Paul James Carswell and June Carswell. He was a member of Oak Hill United Methodist Church and worked as a carpenter. Gilbert enjoyed music...
Harold Clinton “Clint” Hamby Iii
Oct 8, 2024
Harold Clinton “Clint” Hamby III, 48, of Lenoir passed away on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at Amorem following a period of declining health.
Clint was born May 15, 1976 to Harold “Buddy” Hamby Jr. and Linda Kirby Turnmire. He loved to fish, play and watch basketball, and build with Legos. But most of all he loved his...
Harry Lindy Hudson Sr.
Oct 7, 2024
Mr. Harry Lindy Hudson, Sr. 93, of Connelly Springs, passed away on Monday October 7, 2024, at his residence after a period of declining health.
Mr. Hudson was born November 23, 1930, in Burke County, a son of the late J.E. and Cesarine Ribet Hudson. He was the owner and operator of Lindy’s Furniture in Connelly Springs...
James Garland Cole Sr.
Oct 6, 2024
James Garland Cole Sr., 77, of Conover, passed away on Sunday, October 6, 2024 at his residence following a period of declining health.
James (Jim) was born September 11, 1947 in West Virginia to the late Millard Carl Cole and Sarah Elizabeth Michaelson Cole. He served honorably in the US Army for twenty four years, retiring at...
Nancy Jarie Tompkins Bradshaw
Oct 6, 2024
Nancy Jarie Tompkins Bradshaw, 83, of Catawba, South Carolina, passed away on Sunday, October 6, 2024 at Agape Care Hospice following a period of declining health.
Nancy was born on March 19, 1941 in Montana. She was a Sunday School teacher and member of the choir at Brookwood Baptist Church of Morganton for many years. In 1979,...
Hazel Jeanette Dale Lindsay
Oct 5, 2024
Mrs. Hazel Jeanette Dale “Nanny” Lindsay, 100, of Morganton, passed away on Saturday October 5, 2024, at her residence, after a full and wonderful life.
Mrs. Lindsay was born December 11, 1923, in Buke County, a daughter of the late James Hamelton and Maude Della Small Dale. She was a member of Morganton First Presbyterian Church and...
Norma Jean Whisnant
Oct 4, 2024
Mrs. Norma Jean Hall Whisnant, 87, of Morganton, passed away on Friday October 4,2024, at Grace Village Assisted Living, granite Falls, after a period of declining health. Mrs. Whisnant was born June 6, 1937, in McDowell County, a daughter of the late Herbert and Thelma Graves Hall and step-mother, Estelle Stuart. Norma Jean Whisnant brought warmth and love to...
Theresa Watson Childers
Oct 4, 2024
Mrs. Theresa Jane Watson Childers came into this world on May 16, 1925. She finished her mortal time here on October 4, 2024. Her father, Jefferson “Jeff” Watson and mother, Mary Elizabeth “Mollie” Daye Watson, raised her and her five siblings (Hugh, Alec, Ruby, Gary and Dick) in a home rich with love, during the heart of the Great...
John Reuben Bacon Hawes Jr
Oct 3, 2024
John Reuben Bacon Hawes, Jr., 92, passed away peacefully on October 3rd, 2024. Born on September 6, 1932, in Kingston, New York, John was the second child of John R. B. Hawes, Sr., and Elizabeth Rood Hawes. He grew up in various communities across New York, North Carolina, and Massachusetts due to his father’s professional transfers before settling in...
