Obituaries

Jerry Wayne Mace, Sr.

Feb. 5, 1943 - May 30, 2018

Jerry Wayne Mace, Sr., 75, of Morganton, NC passed away Wednesday, May 30, 2018 following a period of declining health.  Born on February 5, 1943 in Morganton, NC, he was the son of the late ...

Betty Sue Franklin Brendle

May 23, 1928 - May 30, 2018

Betty Sue Franklin Brendle, 90, of Drexel, NC was given her heavenly wings on Wednesday, May 30, 2018.  Born in Burke County, NC on May 23, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Edd ...

Dean Love

Nov. 20, 1951 - May 28, 2018

Dean Love, 66, of Morganton died May 28, 2018.  Dean was born November 20, 1951 in Guilford County to the late Harold Richard Love and Mary Evelyn Lowder Love.  Dean was a true artist who ...

E N Watson

Feb. 20, 1935 - May 28, 2018

E N Watson, 83, of Hickory went home to be with the Lord on Monday, May, 28, 2018.  Born in Caldwell County on February 20, 1935, he was the son of the late Thomas Sylvester ...

Khamsi Bounkhong Siluangkhot

Jan. 1, 1937 - May 27, 2018

Khamsi Bounkhong Siluangkhot passed away peacefully in his Morganton, NC, home on May 27, 2018. Mr. Siluangkhot was a loving husband, family man, and respected leader for the area’s Lao-American community. He was born ...

Florence Walton Poland

July 24, 1929 - May 26, 2018

Florence Walton Poland, 88, died Saturday, May 26, 2018 in Hampstead, North Carolina after several years of declining health. Florence was born in Washington, DC on July 24, 1929 to Clarence Jay Poland and Cameron ...

Edna Hern Bauguss

Sept. 6, 1918 - May 26, 2018

Edna Hern Bauguss, 99, of Morganton earned her heavenly wings on Saturday, May 26, 2018.  Born in Burke County, NC on September 6, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Edward Hern and ...

Alfred Taylor Patton

March 23, 1942 - May 25, 2018

Alfred Taylor Patton, 76, of Morganton died Friday, May 25, 2018.  Born in Burke County, NC on March 23, 1942, he was the son of the late Hence and Edith Patton.  Mr. Patton owned and ...

Margaret "Peggy" Helen Shirreffs

Sept. 10, 1943 - May 25, 2018

Margaret “Peggy” Helen Shirreffs, 74, of Connelly Springs died unexpectedly on Friday, May 25, 2018 following a brief illness.  Born in Duval County, FL on September 10, 1943, she was the daughter of John F ...

Ronnie Lynn Yancey

Feb. 22, 1959 - May 25, 2018

Ronnie Lynn Yancey, 59, of the Glen Alpine community, went home to be with his Lord unexpectedly on Friday, May 25, 2018 in Kingstree, SC. He was born on February 22, 1959 in Burke County ...

John Calvin Coffey

April 8, 1946 - May 23, 2018

John Calvin Coffey, 72, of Morganton, NC went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 after a battle with cancer.  Born on April 8, 1946 in Burke County, he was a ...

Vernie Kenneth Roark

Dec. 2, 1937 - May 21, 2018

Vernie Kenneth Roark, 80, of Morganton died Monday, May 21, 2018.  Born in Caldwell County, NC on December 2, 1937, he was the son of the late Vernie Roark and Ruby Nelson Roark.  He was ...