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Karen Sue Kimpel
Nov. 30, 1946 - Nov. 30, 2014
Karen Sue Kimpel, 68, died Sunday, November 30, 2014. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, December 4, 2014 in the Colonial Chapel of Sossoman Funeral Home. The family will ...

Minnie Pearl Chapman Fredell Anthony
May 1, 1934 - Nov. 29, 2014
Minnie Pearl Chapman Fredell Anthony, 80, of Morganton, NC went to be with her Lord on Saturday, November 29, 2014 following a period of declining health. Born May 1, 1934 in Burke County, NC, she ...

Joseph Paul Watts
May 8, 1923 - Nov. 29, 2014
Joseph Paul Watts, 91, of Drexel, NC died Saturday, November 29, 2014 while surrounded by his family. Born in Burke County, NC on May 8, 1923, he was the son of the late John Nelson ...

Emanuel Dwayne Smith
Feb. 15, 1973 - Nov. 28, 2014
Emanuel Dwayne Smith, 41, of Morganton, NC passed away Friday, November 28, 2014. Born February 15, 1973 in Burke County, NC, he was the son of Ambrose Emanuel Smith of Morganton; and the late Kathleen ...

Sadie Baker Bordeaux
Oct. 12, 1936 - Nov. 28, 2014
Sadie Baker Bordeaux, 78, of Morganton, NC died Friday, November 28, 2014. Born October 12, 1936 in Burke County, NC, she was a daughter of the late William Monroe Baker and Eula Beatrice Buff Baker ...

Walter Earl "Red" DeHetre
March 4, 1922 - Nov. 27, 2014
Walter Earl "Red" DeHetre, Sr., 92 of Morganton died Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014. The family will receive friends at St. Matthews United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 201 Shady Rest Rd., Morganton on Sunday, Nov. 30 ...

Beverley "MaBev" Gilmer McMurray
Nov. 23, 1920 - Nov. 23, 2014
Lucy Beverley Gilmer McMurray of Morganton, NC, affectionately known as “MaBev,” died Sunday, November 23, 2014 on her 94th birthday. Born in Waynesville, VA on November 23, 1920 and raised in Lynchburg, VA, she ...

Bette Mooney Hinman
Feb. 15, 1932 - Nov. 22, 2014
Bette Mooney Hinman, 82, died on Saturday, November 22, 2014 at Grace Ridge. She was born February 15, 1932 in Burke County to the late John Wesley Mooney and Annie Mae Duckworth Mooney.
Bette was ...

Jack A. Lambert
April 11, 1922 - Nov. 22, 2014
Jack Alexander Lambert, 92 of Morganton, NC died Saturday, November 22, 2014. He was born in Burke County on April 11, 1922 to the late Bascom Asbury Lambert and Effie Curtis Lambert.
Jack was a ...

Bobby Cecil Long
Aug. 26, 1931 - Nov. 22, 2014
Bobby Cecil Long, 83, of Hickory died Saturday, November 11, 2014 following an extended illness. Bobby was born August 26, 1931 in Burke County to the late William Cly Long and Flossie Elizabeth Abernathy Long ...

Debra K. Prueitt
June 3, 1951 - Nov. 22, 2014
Debra Kay Prueitt, 63 of Morganton, died Saturday, November 22, 2014 at Mission Hospital in Asheville. She was born June 3, 1951 in Burke County to the late Roy T. Prueitt and Effie Murphy Prueitt ...

“Pretty Eyes” Ruth Campbell
July 5, 1919 - Nov. 22, 2014
“Pretty Eyes” Ruth Campbell, 95 of Morganton died Saturday, November 22, 2014 at Magnolia Lane Nursing Home. Ruth was born in Buncombe County on July 5, 1919 to the late Square Edward Pursley and Ethel ...
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