Joyce Smith Brittain
Apr 26, 2024
Joyce Smith Brittain, 74, of Connelly Springs, passed away on Friday, April 26, 2024 at UNC Blue Ridge Morganton, following a period of declining health.
Joyce was born October 8, 1949 in Catawba County to the late Virgil Smith and Mary Duncan Smith. She worked as a branch manager for Members Credit Union and was a faithful...
Anna Elizabeth Divelbliss Zink
Apr 24, 2024
Anna Elizabeth Divelbliss Zink, 72, of Morganton passed away on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at her residence following a brief period of declining health.
Anna was born December 30, 1951, in Pennsylvania, to the late Dayton Divelbliss and Myrtle Shaffer Divelbliss. Anna will be remembered as a gardener, her love for fishing, her creative photography and her...
Delores Jones Vaughn
Apr 22, 2024
Delores Jones Vaughn, 64, of Granite Falls, passed away on Monday, April 22, 2024, at her home in Granite Falls in the company of her dear friend, Vicki, and husband, George, following a period of declining health. Delores was born on July 2, 1959, in James City County, Virginia, a daughter of the late Robert Lee Jones and Racheal...
James Edward “Bud” Marlow
Apr 20, 2024
James Edward “Bud” Marlow, 74, of Newton, passed away on Saturday, April 20, 2024 following a period of declining health. Bud was born February 19, 1950 in Catawba County to the late Oliver Ray Marlow and Pauline Rudisill Marlow. He attended MarketPlace Church in Hickory. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his brother, Jerry...
Linda Sue Benfield Bollinger
Apr 20, 2024
Mrs. Linda Sue Benfield Bollinger, 79, of Valdese, passed away peacefully at her residence with her loving family by her side on Saturday, April 20, 2024.
Mrs. Bollinger was born February 8, 1945, in Burke County, a daughter of the late Clifton Andrew and Virginia Mae Burleson Benfield. Linda was a loving wife, following her husband throughout...
James Harrison Brown
Apr 20, 2024
James Harrison Brown, 85, of Valdese, passed away on Saturday, April 20, 2024, following a period of declining health.
James was born February 19, 1939, in McDowell County, NC, a son of the late Luther and Grace Kelly Brown. His working career was in security management, having worked for the Valdese Hospital as Chief of Security for...
Robert Thomas Seagle
Apr 20, 2024
Robert Thomas Seagle, born on June 28, 1933, in Lincoln County, North Carolina, peacefully passed away April 20, 2024. He was surrounded by the love of his family, and the memories of a life well-lived. Bob, as he was affectionately known, was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend.
Bob’s journey began in the heart of North...
Marian Nichols Vendemia
Apr 18, 2024
Marian Nichols Vendemia, 92, of Drexel, passed away on April 18, 2024 in her home following a period of declining health. She died peacefully, surrounded by her loving family and friends.
Marian was born on August 30, 1931 in Cherokee County, N.C., the sixth of thirteen children of Florence and Luther Nichols. She grew up in the...
Mary Ellen Robinson Price
Apr 16, 2024
Mary Ellen Robinson Price, 91, of Connelly Springs, passed away on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at Amorem Hospice of Burke.
Mary was born September 24, 1932 in Burke County to the late Charlie Robinson and Bertha Carswell Robinson. She was a member of First Baptist Church Hildebran and loved to cook and serve others.
In...
Jimmy Lee Brittain
Apr 16, 2024
Jimmy Lee Brittain, aged 81, of Connelly Springs, departed this world for his heavenly home on April 16, 2024. Jim passed away at his residence after facing declining health for several months with unwavering strength and dignity. Born in Lincoln County, NC, on August 24, 1942, to Purlia and Cleo Kiser Brittain, Jim’s earthly journey has been one of...
Richard Dennis Rains
Apr 15, 2024
Richard Dennis Rains, 74, of Valdese, passed away on Monday, April 15, 2024, at Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory, North Carolina.
Dennis was born February 19, 1950, in Burke County to the late James Rains, originally from Grundy, West Virginia, and his wife, Eula “Dootsie” Oxentine Rains of Valdese, North Carolina. He was a beloved husband...
Grace Kathleen Ribet
Apr 15, 2024
Mrs. Grace Kathleen Lowman Ribet, departed this earth to her Heavenly Home on April 15, 2024. She went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, after a long and full life of service. Born to Floyd and Fannie Deal Lowman on October 15, 1933, in Valdese, NC She was a faithful Christian, talented musician, loving mother, grandmother...
Mary Louise Swink Canipe
Apr 12, 2024
Mary Louise Swink Canipe, 74, of Casar, passed away on Friday, April 12, 2024 at Wendover Hospice House, following a period of declining health.
Mary was born November 12, 1949 in Cleveland County to the late Lester S. Swink and Lula B. Swink. She was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church and worked in the furniture industry....
Larry Lawrence Huffman
Apr 11, 2024
Mr. Larry Lawrence Huffman, 81, of Connelly Springs, passed away on Thursday, April 11, 2024.
Larry was born on August 20, 1942, in Burke County to the late Samuel Huffman and Ruby McNeely Huffman. He was retired from General Electric and was a member of Wilkie’s Grove Baptist Church and was a founding member of the George...
Charles David Williams
Apr 9, 2024
Charles David Williams, 69, of Connelly Springs, passed away on April 9, 2024, at UNC Blue Ridge in Morganton following a brief period of declining health.
He was born September 29, 1954, in Graham County, to the late Roy Williams and Jean Farr. A man of faith, he was a member of the Rock Chapel Church of...
Willard Lee Willix
Apr 8, 2024
Willard Lee Willix, 67, of Newton, passed away on Monday, April 8, 2024, at Carolina Caring following a brief illness.
Willard was born on January 28, 1957, in Burke County, a son of the late John and Vienna Young Willix. He loved to hunt and fish. He often traveled to Burnsville in order to hunt turkeys during...
Harold Dean Toney
Apr 7, 2024
Beloved husband, father, Papa, brother and friend.
Dean Toney passed away peacefully on April 7, 2024 after a brief illness with his family by his side. Born January 13, 1946, Dean was the youngest son of William Martin Toney and Virgie Martin Toney Travis whom he joined in heaven along with a brother, Rondell Toney and sister...
Nancy Lane Shook
Apr 7, 2024
Nancy Lane Shook, 79, of Connelly Springs, passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 7, 2024 at Abernathy Laurels in Newton, NC, following a period of declining health.
Nancy was born August 28, 1944 in Burke County to the late Shufford and Lula Lane. She was a 1963 graduate of Morganton High School and held an associate degree...
Dorothy “Dottie” Elizabeth Shuping Henline
Apr 6, 2024
Dorothy (Dottie) Elizabeth Shuping Henline, age 80, passed away on April 6, 2024, after a period of declining health. She was a native of Valdese, the daughter of the late Jacob and Frances Arnold Shuping. She was a graduate of Drexel High School and High Point University.
She and her late husband Glenn lived in Winston-Salem, Valdese,...
Leonard Peterson
Apr 6, 2024
Mr. Leonard Peterson, 81, of Rutherford College, passed away on Saturday, April 6, 2024, at Frye Regional Medical Center, Hickory, after a period of declining health.
Mr. Peterson was born January 5, 1943, in Mitchell County, a son of the late Stewart and Marie Hughes Peterson. He was a retired carpenter, enjoyed NASCAR and loved to build...
