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An Insider's Guide To Valdese, North Carolina

 

TABLE OF
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VALDESE OBITUARIES - 2002

IMPORTANT
INFORMATION

 

This page is to inform visitors of recent deaths in our community. It is not intended to provide detailed information and may not be updated in time for you to attend a receiving or funeral.

The listings are based on those printed in the Morganton News Herald newspaper or at their website.

OBITUARIES BY YEAR

2001

2002

2003

200420052006
 
DATEPERSON
Monday, December 30Max Lowman (83) at Valdese General Hospital.
Saturday, December 14Mellie Matilda Ledford (85) at Grace Heights Nursing Home.
Thursday, December 12Katy Huffman Craig (91) at her residence.
Tuesday, December 10Monroe C. Young (90) at Lutheran Home West in Hickory.
Friday, December 6Delores Stamey (72) at Brian Center East in Hickory.
Sunday, November 17Mrs. Toye Mae Harris Epley (91) at College Pines Nursing Center
Memorials: First Baptist Church of Valdese
Friday, November 15Stella Curtis Gaines (87) at Frye Regional Medical Center
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County.
Monday, November 11Mrs. Kate Smith Icard (78) at Autumn Care Nursing Center.
Monday, November 4Billy Ray Piercy (48) at Valdese General Hospital.
Sunday, November 3Luke "Whitey" Davis (77) at Morganton Long Term Care Center.
Wednesday, October 30Sidney Howard Moon (17) in an auto accident.
Thursday, October 24Howard "Mike" Wilkie at Valdese General Hospital.
Monday, October 21George "Dave" Johnson (59) at Grace Hospital.
Sunday, October 20Charles Daniel "Danny" Floyd (50) of apparent asphyxiation.
Wednesday, October 16Fern Church Messer (82) at Hospice of Burke County.
Sunday, October 13Ralph Derwin Stilwell (67) at Valdese General Hospital.
Thursday, October 10Mrs. C.Z. Campbell (79) at her residence.
Wednesday, October 9Grady Lee Zimmerman (81) at Grace Hospital.
Tuesday, October 8George William Catron (70) at his residence.
Monday, October 7Olga Anne Mary Pascal (86) at Shaire Center of Lenoir.
Memorials: Waldensian Museum or Waldensian Presbyterian Church.
Thursday, October 3Leon Emanuel Francis Guigou (97) at Valdese General Hospital.
Memorials: Waldensian Presbyterian Church Choir Chair Fund.
Sunday, September 29Catherine Bryant Lail (82) in a car accident.
Sunday, September 29Johnsie Lail Calloway (53) in a car accident
Memorials: American Kidney Foundation or N.C. Division of Services for the Blind
Sunday, September 22Maggie Hildebran Cook (81) at her residence.
Memorials: Smart's Grove Baptist Church Fellowship Hall
Wednesday, September 18Jennifer Ann Hill (57)
Sunday, September 15Mrs. Helen Rhea Pons (76) at Valdese General Hospital
Memorials: First United Methodist Church
Thursday, August 29Esther Susan Small Cline (103) at Autumn Care of Drexel
Memorials: First Baptist Church Challenge To Build Fund
Monday, August 26Pearl H. Carswell (87) at Valdese General Hospital
Memorials: First United Methodist Church.
Monday August 26Charlotte Crisp Icard (84) at College Pines Nursing Center
Memorials: First Baptist Church Challenge To Build Fund or Hospice of Burke County
Wednesday, August 21Sue Whisnant Burnette (76) at College Pines Nursing Center
Saturday, July 27Stewart William "Slim" Wright (80) at Grace Hospital.
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County
Monday, July 22Russell Lee "Rusty" Dula (39)
Memorials: Enon Baptist Church
Sunday, July 21Irene Queen Lail (75) at College Pines Nursing Center.
Memorials: American Heart Association or American Lung Association.
Saturday, July 13Julia Pascal Bardet (96) at Shaire Nursing Center.
Memorials: Waldensian Presbyterian Church or a charity of your choice.
Tuesday, July 9Jean Stamey Richards (55) at Wake Forest Medical Center
Memorials: Drexel Fire Department or Valdese Fire Department
Wednesday, July 3Norma Jean Passmore Glassbrook (67) at Frye Regional Medical Center
Memorials: National Kidney Foundation of North Carolina
Thursday, June 27Mr. Rene A. Durand (85), at Shaire Nursing Center
Memorials: Music Endowment Fund at Waldensian Presbyterian Church
Tuesday, June 25Clinton Farrel "Coot" Wheeling (70) at Valdese General Hospital.
Memorials: Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
Thursday, June 20Jeanette Johanne Dippman (71) at her residence.
Memorials: Waldensian Presbyterian Church or American Red Cross
Wednesday, June 19Leonard Ralph Jones, Jr. (52) at Baptist Medical Center
Memorials: North Catawba Baptist Church
Sunday, June 16Betty Sue Small (73) at Hospice Shytle House
Memorials: First Baptist Church Challenge To Build Fund
Saturday, June 15James Kelly Layell (65) at his residence
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County
Saturday, June 15Lora English Perrou (88) at her residence
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County
Sunday, June 9Lewis Elmer Powell (89) at Valdese General Hospital.
Memorials: First United Methodist Church
Friday, June 7Johnny Mack Berry (63) at  Valdese General Hospital.
Thursday, June 6Roger Lyle Noland (60) in Harleysville, SC in an auto accident.
Wednesday, June 5Katherine Christmas Buff (88) at Autumn Care Nursing Center
Monday, June 3Irvin Edwin Hall (58) at his residence.
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County
Friday, May 24Russell Lambert Huffman (67) at his residence.
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County.
Tuesday, May 21Alvin "Speedy" Carswell (83) at Hospice Shytle House
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County
Tuesday, May 14Robert Cecil Berry (74) at Catawba Valley Medical Center
Friday, May 10Charles Isaac Stamey (77) at his residence.
Memorials: St. Jude Hospital
Thursday, May 9Margaret P. Pons (62) at here son's home in Greenville, SC
Memorials: First United Methodist Church
Sunday, May 5Mary Rostan Martinat (84) at the Shaire Center in Lenoir
Memorials: Grandfather Home for Children, Good Samaritan Clinic, or the Steve Rostan Memorial Scholarship Fund
Sunday, April 30Ophelia Ford (87) at Grace Hospital
Memorials: First Baptist Church of Morganton
Saturday, April 13Coyte Jerome Lockee (69) at Frye Regional Medical Center
Memorials: Gideons International, Bethel Baptist Church, Burke County Right to Life
Saturday, April 13Albert Matthews (84) at Brian Center
Tuesday, April 9Eula Lambert Hallyburton (84) at Grace Hospital
Sunday, March 24Harriette Garrou Williams (86) at her residence.
Memorials: Waldensian Cemetary Beautification Fund
Friday, March 22Maude Belle Haynes Simmons (93) at Hospice of Union County.
Memorials: Valdese First Baptist Church or Hospice of Union County.
Monday, March 18Louise W. Pascal (86) at her residence.
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County or Barium Springs.
Thursday, March 14Margaret Deaton Grice (61) at Valdese General Hospital.
Memorials: Valdese Public LIbrary.
Wednesday, March 6Ronald E. Knight (72) at his residence.
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County or Valdese First Baptist Church Challenge to Build Program.
Monday, February 25Wanda K. Lail (66) at Mission St. Joseph Hospital in Asheville.
Monday, February 25Rubye Glasbrooks (77) at Frye Regional Medical Center.
Memorials: American Heart Association or American Kidney Association.
Tuesday, February 19Lavada Geneva Roberson (73) at Valdese General Hospital.
Sunday, February 17Bedford R. Smith (88) at Hospice Shytle House.
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County.
Thursday, February 14William Douglas "Tiny" Mull (36) at Grace Hospital.
Tuesday, February 5Frances Burgin Duckett (89) at Hospice Shytle House.
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County or First Baptist Church of Valdese
Saturday, February 2Benjamin Leroy "Bud" Cobb (78) at Valdese General Hospital.
Friday, February 1Helen Mull Walsh (79) at Grace Heights in Morganton.
Monday, January 28Joan Franklin Penley (60) at Frye Regional Medical Center
Memorials: National Kidney Foundation of North Carolina.
Saturday, January 26Harold Calvin Nichols (77) at his residence.
Memorials: Alzheimers Association
Friday, January 25Zona Fullbright Childers (84) at the Brian Center in Viewmont.
Monday, January 21Glenn Ronald Abernathy (49) at his residence.
Sunday, January 13Margaret Ryan Hamby (77) at Catawba Memorial Hospital.
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County
Thursday, January 3Jeannette P. Pons (80) at her residence.
Memorials: The Assembly of God or Christian Training Center, Intl.

 

 

 

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