Tina Marie Fox
Dec 28, 2025
Tina Marie Fox, 60, our sweet sister, passed away on December 28, 2025 unexpectedly at her residence.
Tina was born October 22, 1965 in Burke County to the late Hubert Fox and Gladys Lowman Collins. She was a devoted mother who deeply cherished her grandchildren. Always willing to assist others, she was known for her generosity and kindness. She also enjoyed...
Arther Joe Cannon
Dec 28, 2025
Arther Joe Cannon, 81, of Connelly Springs, passed away on Sunday, December 28, 2025 at his residence following a period of declining health.
Arther was born March 8, 1944 in Catawba County to the late JC Cannon and Lottie Gilland Cannon. He was passionate about outdoor activities, including riding his four-wheeler, deer hunting, fishing, and camping. Arther also enjoyed watching NASCAR.
In...
Cathy Powell Deal
Dec 28, 2025
Cathy Powell Deal, 74, of Valdese, passed away on Sunday December 28, 2025, at UNC Health Care, Morganton, after a period of declining health.
Cathy was born November 15,1950, in Burke County, a daughter of the late Bill and Ethel Hice Powell. She was a member of East Valdese Baptist Church and retired from UPS with over thirty years of dedicated...
Nola Ann Ruppard
Dec 28, 2025
Nola Ann Ruppard, 67, of Valdese, passed away on Sunday December 28, 2025, at Catawba Valley Medical Center, after a period of declining health.
Mrs. Rupard was born May 12, 1958, in Virginia, a daughter of the late Harry Eugene and Dorothy Hundley Downer. Nola was retired as an office nurse in the medical field after many years of service. She...
Alan Kentworth Davidson
Dec 26, 2025
Alan Kentworth Davidson passed away on December 26, 2025, after a long stay at the VA Medical Center in Asheville, North Carolina.
Alan was born on August 2, 1957, in Greensboro, North Carolina, to Joe Davidson and Jesse Mae Forney. During his childhood, he and his mother, grandmother, and 8 siblings relocated to Morganton, North Carolina, where much of his early...
Mary Starr Perry
Dec 26, 2025
Mary Starr Perry, 61, of Hickory, passed away on Friday December 26, 2025, at UNC Healthcare, Morganton after a period of declining health.
Mary was born April 16,1964 in Mecklenburg County, a daughter of the late Virgil R. Perry, Sr and Erma Lee Helton Perry. She served her country as a member of the US Army and was formally employed with...
Shirlene Deal Spann
Dec 24, 2025
Mrs. Shirlene Deal Spann, 89, of Granite Falls, died on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, in her home, following a period of declining health.
Born on November 26, 1936, in Burke County, Shirlene was the first of six children of John A. Deal and Cora Shidal Deal. She retired from the hosiery industry, where she spent many years operating a sewing machine....
Darrell Ray Porter
Dec 23, 2025
Darrell Ray Porter, 73, of Connelly Springs, passed away on Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at his residence, following a period of declining health.
Ray was born January 11, 1952 in West Virginia to the late Robert Eph Porter and Ethel Mae Holbrook Porter. He was a faithful and devoted member of Crosslink Church and was passionate about his faith, prayer and...
Yvonne Cook Rohde
Dec 22, 2025
Mrs. Yvonne Cook Rohde, 88, of Hickory, passed away on Monday, December 22, 2025, at Amorem Hospice of Burke, following a period of declining health.
Yvonne was born on January 6, 1937, in Burke County to the late Edgar Cook and Rethal Price Cook. She was a retired church secretary and a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
In addition to her...
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...
