Dennis Van Willis
Dec 21, 2025
Dennis Van Willis, 65, of Morganton, departed this life to his heavenly home on Sunday December 21, 2025 at Carolina Rehab Center of Burke following a period of declining health.
Dennis was born on April 14, 1960 in McDowell County, NC to the late Earl and Mary Lynn Stewart Willis. Dennis was a graduate of Western Carolina University and Appalachian State...
Robert Bentley Bare
Dec 21, 2025
Robert Bentley Bare, 50, of Morganton, passed away on Sunday December 21, 2025, at his residence after a period of declining health.
Robert was born December 14, 1975, in Burke County, a son of Cecil Bare and the late Doris Bradsdhaw Bare. He was a former truck driver and a friend to everyone he met. Robert knew the bible and loved...
Richard Stephen Brittain
Dec 21, 2025
Richard Stephen Brittain, 79, of Morganton, passed away at his residence on Sunday, December 21, 2025 following a period of declining health.
Richard was born November 9, 1946 in Caldwell County to the late Joe Brittain and Martha Everhardt Brittain. He worked as a healthcare technician at J. Iverson Riddle and loved working on small engines; even teaching classes. Richard never...
Dorothy Louise Bradshaw
Dec 20, 2025
Dorothy (Dottie) Louise Bradshaw “Nana”, 66, of Valdese, passed away on Saturday December 20, 2025, at UNC Healthcare, Morganton.
Mrs. Bradshaw was born June 21, 1959, in Burke County, a daughter of the late Eugene Reid and Mildred Wycoff Reid. She was a member of Hildebran First Baptist Church and attended Thrive Church Morganton.
“Nana” was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and...
Nancy Louise Lowman
Dec 18, 2025
Mrs. Nancy Louise Lowman, 87, of Morganton, went to her Heavenly home, Thursday, December 18, 2025, at her residence, following a period of declining health.
Louise was born on December 8, 1938, in Valdese, NC. She was the daughter of the late Mamie Carswell and Everett Berry.
She graduated from Valdese High School in 1957 and went on to graduate from the...
Jeff Allen Parker
Dec 18, 2025
Jeff Allen Parker, 62, of Huntersville, passed away on Thursday, December 18, 2025.
Jeff was born on November 16, 1963 in Burke County to the late Farrell Devon Parker and Edith Ramsey Parker. He was currently employed as President of Operations for Parker Industries and was a member of Meadowlake Presbyterian Church in Huntersville.
Surviving is his beloved wife, Angela Smith Parker...
Geneva Loftis Nations
Dec 16, 2025
Mrs. Geneva Loftis Nations, 82, of the Connelly Springs community, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her family, on Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
Geneva was born in the Alarka community of Swain County, NC on July 26, 1943, to the late Clarence Vernon (Bood) Loftis and Velma Paris Loftis.
Geneva married the love of her life, Roy Max Nations, on...
Johnny Lee Pyatte
Dec 16, 2025
Johnny Lee Pyatte, 69, of Morganton, passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at his home, following a period of declining health.
Johnny was born on March 20, 1956 in Burke County, a son of the late George Lester and Shelba Jean Maltba Pyatte. He served as a captain of the Enola Fire Department for thirty-two years. He was loved and...
Jamie Leigh Feimster Meadows
Dec 15, 2025
Jamie Leigh Feimster Meadows, 41, went to her Heavenly Home on Monday December 15, 2025, at Amorem, Burke Hospice, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Mrs. Meadows was born, December 10, 1984, in Catawba County, a daughter of Cathey Berry Feimster and the late Brian Feimster. As a young lady, dance and local pageants occupied her time with trophies and awards...
Sandra Tipton
Dec 15, 2025
Mrs. Sandra Lail Tipton, 71, of Valdese, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, on Monday, December 15, 2025 at her residence.
Sandy was born on December 27, 1953 in Burke County to the late Grady Lail and Betty Roper Lail. She was a loving wife, mother, sister and grandmother, and was a longtime worker for several local textile...
Braylen Isaiah Corpening
Dec 13, 2025
Braylen Isaiah Corpening, 2, of Hickory, passed away on Saturday, December 13, 2025 at Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center, following a brief illness.
Braylen was born July 20, 2023 in Burke County, a son of Malcolm Corpening and Destiny Gouge. He loved his siblings, his mommy, and his daddy. He was full of life and love and was often seen with...
Nelleen Dale Davis
Dec 13, 2025
Nelleen Dale Davis, 92, of Morganton, went to her Heavenly Home on Saturday December 13, 2025, at the Berkeley Long Term Care Center after a period of declining health.
Mrs. Davis was born November 27, 1933, in Burke County, a daughter of the late Frank E. and Mamie Crawley Dale. She was a faithful member of Burkemont Baptist Church. Nelleen spent...
David Wilburn Vance
Dec 12, 2025
David Wilburn Vance, age 64, went home to be with the Lord following a brief illness on December 12,2025. He was a beloved father, brother, uncle, and friend. He was born in Chicago Illinois, but spent most of his life in North Carolina. David spent many years working in furniture at Bernhardt and then switched to Housekeeping at Grace Hospital...
William Robert "Bob" Coleman, Jr.
Dec 11, 2025
It is with heavy hearts that the family of William Robert Coleman Jr. are sharing the news of his passing on December 11, 2025, in Shelby, North Carolina. Bob, who was 70 years old, was born in Decatur, Georgia on May 29, 1955, and his passing was very sudden and unexpected.
He is survived by his sisters Tempie Coleman Stepongzi (Mark)...
Ronald Travis Greene
Dec 10, 2025
Ronald Travis Greene, 56, of Morganton, passed away on Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at his residence following a period of declining health.
Travis was born June 19, 1969 in Burke County to the late Roland William Greene and Shirley Hice Greene. He loved riding his motorcycle and listening to music; but most of all he loved his family.
He is survived by...
Dwight Randolph Mabe
Dec 8, 2025
Dwight Randolph Mabe, 69, of Hickory, passed away on Monday, December 8, 2025 at Trinity Ridge following a period of declining health.
Dwight was born July 10, 1956 in Guilford County to the late William "Randolph" Mabe and Ailene Mabe. He was a freelance musician, worked as a computer tech, and he was a graduate UNC-Greensboro.
In addition to his parents, he...
Julia Diane Lowman
Dec 8, 2025
Julia Diane Lowman, 78, of Valdese, entered into the loving peace of her Lord on Monday December 8, 2025 at Amorem Patient Care Center in Valdese following a period of declining health.
Diane was born on March 28, 1947 in Burke County to the late Odis Hallyburton Lowman and Betty Brittain Lowman. Diane was a 1965 graduate of Valdese High School...
Donna English Read
Dec 8, 2025
Donna English Read, 81, of Hickory, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, December 8, 2025 at Carolina Caring Hospice House following a period of declining health.
Donna was born January 30, 1944 in Mitchell County, a daughter of the late Steve English, Sr., and Mary Buchanan English. Her interests were her family and her church, both of which...
Joanne Purnell
Dec 6, 2025
Mrs. Joanne Papesh Purnell, 79, of Hickory, passed away on Saturday, December 6, 2025 at Trinity Ridge, following a period of declining health.
Joanne was born on February 1, 1946 in Cleveland, OH, to the late Jerry Papesh and Hilda Ware Papesh. She was a loving wife, mother and homemaker, who will be dearly missed by all who knew her.
In addition...
Wilbur Hugh Harkey
Dec 6, 2025
On Saturday, December 6, 2025, W. Hugh Harkey, son of the late W. H. “Bill” Harkey, LTC USAF and Sara Jane Eckard Harkey, an award-winning author and historian has finished his research here. The author of Tales from the Hornet’s Nest, More Tales from the Hornet’s Nest, Greetings from Charlotte, and Greetings from Charleston, Hugh wrote about the history of...
