Josephine A. (Savignano) DiSanto, 97, passed away peacefully in her home on April 19, 2024. Born October 13, 1926, in Derby, Connecticut, she was the daughter of the late Ermini J. and Josephine …

Martha Jane Lane, 75, of Morganton, N.C., passed away on Monday, April 8, 2024. She was born on December 20, 1948, in Burke County to the late Jesse Daniel Lane and Margaret Cobb Lane. She was a …

William Ronald Gardner, M.D., FACS, aged 86, passed away on March 16, 2024, at Frye Regional Medical Center with all of his family at his side. Dr. Gardner was born on December 13, 1937, in …

Mr. Larry Eugene Branch, 72, of Morganton, passed away peacefully, with his loving family by his side, on Monday March 18, 2024, at Amorem, Burke Hospice , after a period of declining health. Mr. …

Patrice Whisnant, 73, of Morganton died Friday, March 8, 2024. Born in Burke County on October 8, 1950, she was the daughter of late Eugene Pinkney Whisnant and Rosemary Gibbs Whisnant. Patrice spent …

Michael Austin Barnhardt, 78, of Morganton, NC, went to his heavenly home on Wednesday, March 13, 2024 after a period of declining health. Born in Kannapolis, NC on November 19, 1945, he was the son …

Yates Shuford Palmer Jr., 85, beloved husband, brother and friend of many,  passed away peacefully with his wife Diana by his side on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at Carolina Medical Center in …

William R. Fensterer, 91, of Morganton, NC, passed away Monday, March 4, 2024. Born in Garden City, NY on March 24, 1932, he was the son of the late William Fensterer and Hazel Stearns Fensterer. …

Mrs. Wanda Hildebran Hoyle, 76, of Morganton, went to her Heavenly Reward on Tuesday March 5, 2024, at Amorem Burke Hospice, after a period of declining health. Mrs. Hoyle was born November 10, 1947, …

Jewell Hudson Pyatt Bounous, 98, of Valdese,  passed away at her home on Saturday, March 2, 2024, following a brief illness. Born on September 3, 1925 in Oyama, N.C. to parents Roscoe Lee and …

Mr. Robert “Andy” Coulter, 87, of Valdese, rejoined his daughter in his Heavenly Home, on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at UNC-BR Morganton, following a period of declining health. Andy was born on …

Mr. Donald Billie Huffman, 90, of Hildebran, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, at Frye Regional Medical Center, after a period of declining health. Mr. Huffman was born September 6, 1933, in …

Mrs. Lucy Carolyn Zimmerman Mull, 77, of Hickory, passed away on Saturday, February 24, 2024, at Amorem, Burke Hospice, after a period of declining health. Lucy was born October 29, 1946, in Burke …

Annemarie Baker, 65, of Valdese, received her reward on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, at Amorem Burke Hospice, Valdese, after a courageous battle with kidney disease. She was born Aug. 30, 1958, in Burke …

Mrs. Nancy McClellan Abee Bentley, 74, of Hickory and Spruce Pine, passed away on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, at Frye Regional Medical Center, Hickory, after a period of declining health. Mrs. Bentley was …

Janath Ann Casto Walters, affectionately called Jan, Mom, Grandma and Mema by her beloveds, passed away Wednesday, February 21, 2024. Born on January 29, 1932, Jan grew up in “God’s Country, West …

Leroy Abernathy, 87, of Morganton went home with Jesus on February 23, 2024 after numerous operations. He was a native of Burke County, N.C., born September 22, 1936 to the late Walter Oran Abernathy …

Caroline Hamilton Ervin, 82, of Morganton, N.C., passed away peacefully on February 28, 2024.  Caroline opened C. Ervin & Associates Real Estate Company in 1989 where she was a successful …

Carl Curtis Curfman, Sr., 94, of Morganton, N.C., died Thursday, February 1, 2024. Born in Huntingdon, PA on January 8, 1930, he was the son of the late Raymond Jesse Curfman and Lulu Marie Kerling …

Sarah “Geneva” Duckworth Reinhardt, 99, of Morganton, died Tuesday, February 20, 2024. Born in Burke County, NC on May 19, 1924, she is the daughter of the late Zero and Sara Byrd Mull. Geneva …

Sara Wall Patton of Greensboro passed away after an extended battle with breast cancer on February 7, 2024. She grew up in Greensboro on old Lake Brandt Road in a home filled with her parents, …

John Monroe McDaniel, 75, of Drexel, passed away on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, at his home. John was born February 14, 1948, in Burke County to Addie Walker McDaniel and the late John Hampton …

Peggy Bright Poole, 91, died peacefully on Saturday, February 3, 2024 surrounded by her family. Peggy was born in Morganton on May 20, 1932, the only child of Clyde Vernon Bright and Clydia Hawkins …

Mrs. Rita Pearl (Brinkley) Berry, of Valdese, passed Wednesday Morning January 31, 2024, at Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care, after a period of declining health. Rita was born on …

Mr. Clyde Gunter Harbison, 68, of Granite Falls, passed away on Monday January 29, 2024 at Amorem Support Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care, after a period of declining health. Mr. Harbison was …