Betty Bivens Temple
Dec 29, 2022
Mrs. Betty Bivens Temple, 90, of Hildebran, passed away on Thursday December 29, 2022 at Burke Hospice, after a period of declining health.
Mrs. Temple was born June 18, 1932 a daughter of the late Ed Brice and Dollie Huffman Bivens. She graduated from Hildebran High School Class of 1950 and was a faithful member of Hildebran...
Harry Richard Dowling
Dec 29, 2022
Mr. Harry Richard Dowling, 86, of Hickory, passed away on Thursday, December 29, 2022 at Amorem of Valdese after a brief illness.
Mr. Dowling was born on July 9, 1936 in New York. He was a proud United States Marine veteran of nine years. He loved to be outdoors, and he was an avid woodworker. Later in...
Steven Lee Goodman
Dec 28, 2022
Mr. Steven Goodman, 70, of Morganton, passed away on Wednesday December 28, 2022 at his residence after a period of declining health.
Mr. Goodman was born May 14, 1952 in Burke County, a son of the late M.A. and Betty Fox Goodman. Steven retired after many years of employment as a healthcare tech. with Broughton Hospital and...
Rachel Stamey Danner
Dec 28, 2022
Mrs. Rachel Stamey Danner, 82, of Morganton, passed away on Wednesday December 28, 2022 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, after a brief illness.
Mrs. Danner was born October 18, 1940, in Burke County, a daughter of the late Clarence Albert and Laura Barnes Stamey. She was retired knitter working with Jobst of Carolina and Alba Waldensian,...
David Ernest Curtis
Dec 27, 2022
David Ernest Curtis, 74, of Morganton, passed away on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at his residence.
David was born June 9, 1948 in Burke County to the late Rev. Henry E. Curtis and Bessie Bean Curtis. He served honorably in the United States Army and was a member of Conway’s Chapel Baptist Church.
In addition...
Linda Anderson Weaver
Dec 27, 2022
Mrs. Linda Anderson Weaver, 73, of Morganton, passed away on Tuesday December 27, 2022 at UNC Healthcare, Morganton, after a period of declining health.
Mrs. Weaver was born January 28, 1949, in Okaloosa County, Fla., a daughter of the late Leo and Edna Johnson Anderson. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and a wonderful homemaker. ...
Ruby P. Lowman
Dec 23, 2022
Mrs. Ruby P. Lowman, 99, of Connelly Springs, passed away on Friday December 23, 2022 ,at College Pines Nursing Center, after a period of declining health.
Ruby was born March 8, 1923, in Watauga County, a daughter of the late Charlie and Polly Norris Phillips.
Ruby was a faithful member of Icard’s Grove Baptist Church. ...
Spencer Wade Bowman
Dec 23, 2022
Spencer Wade Bowman, 51, of Hickory, passed away on Friday December 23, 2022, at Frye Regional Medical Center after a brief illness.
Mr. Bowman was born July 1, 1971, in Catawba County, a son of the late James Hugh and Brenda Shook Bowman. Spencer was a hard worker, working as a warehouse deliveryman. He had a wonderful...
Barbara Hefner
Dec 22, 2022
Mrs. “Bobbie” Barbara Jo LaFone Hefner, 83, of Newton, passed away on Thursday December 22, 2022, at Carolina Rehab after a period of declining health.
Mrs. Hefner was a native of Catawba County and retired from Conover Chair as a sewing room supervisor.
Surviving are her granddaughter, Heather Grier of Newton, and great-grandchildren, Layla Grier...
Blaka Hildebran Meyer Hoyle
Dec 21, 2022
Mrs. Blaka Hildebran, Meyer, Hoyle passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at UNC Healthcare Blueridge, following a period of declining health.
Blaka was born August 12, 1926 in Catawba County to the late Fleta Mae Fulbright Hildebran and Victor Sly Hildebran. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Hildebran. She retired from Hickory Brands...
Harold Franklin Childres
Dec 20, 2022
Mr. Harold Franklin Childres Sr., 89, of Hildebran passed away on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at his home, following a period of declining health.
Harold was born October 31, 1933 in Burke County to the late Bela Franklin Childres and Minnie Mull Childres. He served honorably in the United States Army and was a faithful, active member...
Eloise H. Hildebran
Dec 20, 2022
Eloise H. Hildebran, 84, of Morganton, passed away on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at her residence following a period of declining health.
Eloise was born December 31, 1937 in Burke County to the late Vernon Hildebran and Selvia Heavner Hildebran Parker. She was a faithful member of Drexel Memorial Baptist Church for fifty-nine years. Eloise was a...
Ralph Eugene Dellinger
Dec 19, 2022
Ralph Eugene Dellinger, 90, of Valdese, passed away on Monday, December 19, 2022, at Amorem Hospice in Valdese, following a period of declining health.
Ralph was born on May 16, 1932, in Cleveland County, NC to the late Burgin Dellinger and Annie Pearson Dellinger. He was a loving family man who always helped his family. He loved...
Jonathan Paul Starnes
Dec 19, 2022
Mr. Jonathan Paul Starnes, 57, of Hickory, passed away on Monday December 19, 2022 after a period of declining health.
Mr. Starnes was born March 8, 1965 in Catawba County, a son of the late Clyde Emit and Thelma Knox Starnes. He attended New Covenant Church of God and worked as a cook at the Salvation Army,...
James Luther Hampton
Dec 17, 2022
James Luther Hampton, 85, of Connelly Springs passed away unexpectedly at his home on Saturday, December 17, 2022. James was born in Catawba County on September 26, 1937 to the late Howard Hampton and Maude Brittain. He loved to travel, and he enjoyed driving trucks for over fifty-five years. He was preceded in passing by his parents; son, James...
Becky Lou Thomas Jenkins
Dec 17, 2022
Mrs. Becky Lou Thomas Jenkins, 73, of Mill Spring, passed away Saturday, December 17, 2022 at Forest City Hospice House following a period of declining health. Mrs. Jenkins was born July 16, 1949 in Haywood County, NC to the late Nathan Carl Thomas and Ellen Sawyer Thomas. Her home church was Long View Church of God. In addition to...
Raymond Cloyd Moody
Dec 16, 2022
Raymond Cloyd Moody, 81, departed this life to his heavenly home on Friday December 16, 2022 at his residence following a brief illness. Mr. Moody was born on January 31, 1941 in Haywood County to the late Ethel Wyatt Moody, and his step-father, Fred Moody. He was a wood worker in the furniture industry. In addition to his parents,...
Bennie Lois Dale
Dec 16, 2022
Bennie Lois Brittain Dale passed away Friday December 16, 2022 at Mission Memorial Hospital in Asheville, NC. Bennie was born March 16, 1935, a daughter to the late Harold Lenoir Brittain and Sadie Vivian Brittain. She was a member of Glen Alpine United Methodist Church and loved her family very much.
She was preceded in death by...
Billy Joe Wagner
Dec 16, 2022
Billy Joe Wagner, 75, of Connelly Springs, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, December 16, 2022. Billy was born on November 25, 1947, in Johnson County, Tennessee, a son of the late Wilburn Wagner and Ruby Griffey Wagner. He was a 1965 graduate of Johnson County High School in Mountain City, Tennessee. He served for four years in the United...
Benjamin David Sigmon
Dec 16, 2022
Benjamin David Sigmon, 37, of Newton, passed away at his residence on Friday, December 16, 2022.
Ben was born February 8, 1985 in Forsyth County to Michael “Kenny” Sigmon and the late Carol Lutz “Callie” Sigmon. Ben loved animals, gardening, cooking, and being in nature; mountains or the beach – he just enjoyed being there. He was...
