Obituaries

Shirley Oakley Ballew
July 23, 1951 - June 30, 2018
Shirley Oakley Ballew, 66, of Morganton died Saturday, June 30, 2018. Born in Pittsylvania County, VA on July 23, 1951, she was the daughter of the late Buddy Oakley and Eunice Wade Oakley Shotwell. Shirley ...

Carroll Lee Franklin
Nov. 23, 1941 - June 28, 2018
Carroll Lee Franklin, 76, lifetime resident of Drexel passed away peacefully at his residence on Thursday, June 28, 2018. Born on November 23, 1941 in Burke County, he was the son of the late Hubert ...

James Monroe Beck
June 19, 1927 - June 27, 2018
James Monroe Beck, 91, of Morganton went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Born on June 19, 1927 in Burke County, NC, he was the son of the late Alton ...

Robert Leonard Spevack
May 6, 1928 - June 27, 2018
Robert Leonard Spevack, 90, formerly of Valdese, NC died Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Born in Brooklyn, NY on May 6, 1928, he was the son of the late Jacob Spevack and Florence Sheinkman Spevack.
Robert ...

Annie Mae Chapman Burns
May 19, 1928 - June 26, 2018
Annie Mae Chapman Burns, 90, of Morganton, NC entered Heaven’s gate on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at her residence. Born May 19, 1928 in Burke County, NC she was a daughter of the late ...

Greyson Alexander Laws
June 25, 2018 - June 25, 2018
Greyson Alexander Laws, infant son of Thomas and Erin Laws of Morganton, left to be in the arms of his great-grandfather, Leroy Alexander, on Monday, June 25, 2018. Though he passed on so early in ...

Luther McClure McDaniel
Nov. 23, 1936 - June 25, 2018
Luther McClure McDaniel, 81, of Morganton, NC went home to be with the Lord on Monday, June 25, 2018. Born November 23, 1936 in Cleveland County, NC he was a son of the late Paul ...

William Dean Harmon, Jr.
May 29, 1970 - June 24, 2018
William Dean Harmon, Jr., 48, of Morganton, NC, departed this world on Sunday, June 24, 2018. Born May 29, 1970, in Burke County, NC, he was a son of the late William Dean Harmon, Sr ...

James "Jay" Robert Whisnant
March 1, 1938 - June 24, 2018
James “Jay” Robert Whisnant, 80, of Morganton, NC went home to be with the Lord Sunday, June 24, 2018. Born in Yancey County, NC on March 1, 1938, he was the son of the late ...

Donald Ervin Smith, Sr.
July 16, 1932 - June 22, 2018
Donald Ervin Smith, Sr., 85, of Morganton died Friday, June 22, 2018. Born in Burke County, NC on July 16, 1932, he was the son of the late Marley Walter Smith and Eliza Mae Whitener ...

Nancy Hall Snead
Jan. 5, 1943 - June 21, 2018
Nancy Hall Snead, 75, of Morganton, NC passed away Thursday, June 21, 2018. Born January 5, 1943 in Welch, West Virginia, she was a daughter of the late James Maxwell Snead and Jessie Juanita Bowman ...

Marie Burgess Alwran
March 12, 1933 - June 21, 2018
Marie Burgess Alwran, 85, of Morganton entered her heavenly home on Thursday, June 21, 2018. Born in Burke County, NC on March 12, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Otis Perry Burgess and ...
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