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An Insider's Guide To Valdese, North Carolina

 

TABLE OF
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VALDESE OBITUARIES - 2004

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 27Harold William Clarke (66) at his residence.
Memorials: Oxford Orphanage.
Sunday, December 19JoAnne Wilson Warren (70) at Valdese General Hospital.
Saturday, December 18Mr. R. Eugene Berry (58) at Valdese General Hospital.
Friday, December 17Virginia Warlick (71) at Grace Hospital.
Memorials: Burke Hospice and Palliative Care.
Saturday, December 11Betty Louise Miller (75) at her residence.
Memorials: American Diabetes Association.
Friday, December 10Mr. Marvin Lee Hipps (63) at Valdese General Hospital.
Memorials: Chaplin's Discretionary Fund, Valdese General Hospital
Friday, December 10Mr. Joseph Edward Temple (69) at his home.
Memorials: First United Methodist Chuch
Saturday, December 4Mr. Zane D. Mull (76) at Carolina Rehab of Burke.
Thursday, December 2Henry C. "Bob" Williams (76) at Autumn Care of Drexel
Memorials: First Baptist Church of Valdese.
Tuesday, November 23Mr. Douglas Floyd Powell (68) at his home.
Memorials: J. Iverson Riddle Development Center
Friday, November 19Katherine Rose "Kathy" Johnston Boyce (46) at Valdese General Hospital.
Memorials: Christopher Reeves Paralysis Foundation
Monday, November 15Eula Gettys Owens at Grace Hospital
Memorials: First United Methodist Church
Friday, November 5Mrs. Tammy Chapman Carey (43) at her residence.
Friday, November 5Eddie Willard Hamby (52)
Thursday, November 4Burton Baird Wallis (85) in his sleep.
Sunday, October 31Arnold G. "A.G." Arrowood (85) at Morganton Long Term Care
Sunday, October 24Ethel Mary Harden Craft (103) at Grace Hospital
Monday, October 18Clyde Daniel Lowman (84) at his residence.
Sunday, October 17John Loy Hatley (85) at his residence.
Memorials: Burke Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc. and Drexel First Church of God
Tuesday, October 12Gillie Mae Branch (72) at Catawba Valley Medical Center
Sunday, October 10Mr. Max "Pos" McNeely (76) at Valdese General Hospital.
Memorials: Burke Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc. or Zion Memorial United Methodist Church
Saturday, October 9Jane Cozort (67) at her residence.
Friday, October 8Mrs. Jeanne Verreault Jacob (88) at Valdese General Hospital.
Memorials: Waldensian Museum
Wednesday, October 6Mr. Clyde Leonard Rockett (68) at his residence.
Memorials: United Baptist Church or American Heart Association.
Tuesday, October 5Mr. Russell James Seagle (71) at his residence.
Sunday, October 3Mrs. Gazalee Buff Pearson Mull (88) at Autumn Care Nursing Center
Monday, September 27Mr. Ulysses Riddle Grisette, Sr. at Valdese General Hospital.
Memorials: Valdese First Baptist Church
Tuesday, September 21Mrs. Madge Braswell Tapp (84) at Valdese General Hospital.
Sunday, September 19Mrs. Dolly Coffey Cobb (88) at Valley Nursing Center in Taylorsville.
Tuesday, September 14Mr. Glen Ray Lail (48) at Grace Hospital.
Saturday, September 11Helen Beatrice Bradshaw (70) at Valdese General Hospital.
Memorials: Burke Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc.
Wednesday, September 8Mr. John Stewart Heilman (80) at his residence.
Memorials: Burke Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc.
Sunday, September 5Cora Nell Brown Powell (88) at Autumn Care Nursing Center.
Thursday, August 19Johnny Allen Thomas (66) at Valdese General Hospital.
Memorials: Burke Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc.
Friday, August 13Jewell Crisp Stilwell (78) at the Hospice Shytle House.
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County.
Friday, August 13Mr. William Harold Lane, Sr. (74) at Valdese General Hospital.
Monday, August 9Mrs. Mary Annie Shuffler Mull (81) at Grace Hospital.
Sunday, August 8Christine Propst Young (72) at the Hospice Shytle House.
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County.
Sunday, August 8Nancy Childers Whisnant (61) at Shoup's Grove Baptist Church.
Memorials: Shoup's Grove Baptist Church
Sunday, August 8Mariam Louise McGalliard Holder (62) at her residence.
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County.
Sunday, August 1Mr. Shawn Anthony Bivens (20) in an auto accident.
Memorials: Youth Fund of Celebration Family Worship Center in Morganton.
Sunday, July 25Faye Poteat Shook (80) at Valdese General Hospital.
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County.
Wednesday, July 14Emma Ball Pons (81) at Frye Regional Medical Center.
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County.
Monday, July 12Mr. Charles Woodrow Wilson (92) at Valdese General Hospital.
Memorials: Challenge to Build Fund at Valdese First Baptist Church.
Friday, July 9Alma Murphy Laws (89) at Valdese General Hospital.
Saturday, July 3Mrs. Marie Brown Yerton (88) at Valley Nursing Center in Taylorsville.
Friday, July 2Mr. Lawrence Coy Greene, Jr. (75) at Frye Regional Medical Center.
Friday, July 2Mr. Daniel Onesime "Bubba" Pons (50) at Mission St. Joseph Hospital in Asheville.
Memorials: The charity of your choice.
Tuesday, June 15Luther E. Williams (68) at his home.
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County or the charity of your choice.
Saturday, June 5Mrs. Doris Whisenant Hurst (69) at Valdese General Hospital.
Memorials: Evangelical Methodist Church or Hospice of Burke County.
Sunday, May 30Marianne D. Peters (83) at her home.
Memorials: Catawba Valley Medical Services or Hospice of Burke County.
Monday, May 17Dickie George Nichols (55) at his residence.
Memorials: American Legion Post #234.
Sunday, May 16Mr. Jimmy Bryan Huggins (49) at his residence.
Thursday, April 29Mrs. Ollie Carswell Shuping (84) at Grace Hospital.
Memorials: East Valdese Baptist Church
Wednesday, April 28Earl Franklin (78)
Memorials: First United Methodist Church
Wednesday, April 27Reza Mehrzadeh (23)
Monday, April 26Drucilla Cannon Gallagher (86) at College Pines Nursing Center.
Memorials: First Baptist Church of Valdese, Challenge To Build Program
Wednesday, April 14Mr. Alta H. Bostic (80) at Autumn Care Nursing Center.
Sunday, April 11Miss Dorothy Lucille Arrowood (81) at the McDowell Nursing Center.
Saturday, April 10Mrs. Beulah Lowman Parker (86) at College Pines Nursing Center.
Memorials: Abee's Chapel Baptist Church.
Tuesday, April 6Mr. Cleveland Oliver "Ott" Teague (83) at Valdese General Hospital.
Memorials: Building Fund of Cornerstone Baptist Church.
Sunday, April 4Gilbert Jurney "Gil" Shaver (73) at the  Hospice of Burke County Shytle House.
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County.
Saturday, April 3Mr. Steven Lloyd Cox (45) in Columbus, Ohio.
Tuesday, March 23Mr. Paul Everette Wheeling (75) at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville.
Memorials: Morganton First Church of God Building Fund.
Saturday, March 20Mr. Ray Alton Robinson (65)  at Valdese General Hospital.
Memorials: Evangelical Methodist Church in Rutherford College
Saturday, March 20Jennie Mae Mackie Pons (90) at Valdese General Hospital.
Memorials: Waldensian Museum c/o Waldensian Presbyterian Church.
Wednesday, March 17Mr. Marvin Earl Dean (84) at his residence.
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County or Morganton First Church of God
Tuesday, March 16Cheryl Lynn Taylor (39) at her residence.
Tuesday, March 16Mr. Ivey Eugene Lowman (85) at Autumn Care Nursing Center
Memorials: Abee's Chapel Baptist Church Mission Fund
Sunday, March 14Mrs. Margaret Garris Adams (82)
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County
Thursday, March 11Mildred Louise Deal (77)
Memorials: American Heart Association, Burke County Chapter or Hospice of Burke County
Monday, March 8Mr. Willie A. Pascal, Sr. (90) at Valdese General Hospital.
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County or Barium Springs Orphanage.
Tuesday, March 2Mrs. Lucy Smith Chelton (83) at College Pines Nursing Center
Tuesday, March 2Mrs. Leah Coman Perrou (79) at Hospice Home in Burlington
Memorials: Hospice of Alamance County
Monday, March 1Mrs. Edith Hall Lail (73) at Valdese General Hospital.
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County.
Sunday, February 29Mr. Terry Walter Reeves (52) at Grace Hospital
Thursday, February 26Mr. John Francis Barnes (91)
Saturday. February, 21Mr. Paul Oscar Mise (85) at College Pines Nursing Center
Memorials: Penelope Baptist Church
Sunday, February 15Mr. Horace William Wilson (91) at College Pines Nursing Home
Thursday, February 12Mr. Glen Edward Deal (76) at the VA Medical Center in Asheville
Sunday, February 8Mrs. Joan Williams Cook (66)
Sunday, February 8Mrs. Etta Mae Queen Grisette (89) at Valdese General Hospital.
Memorials: Valdese First Baptist Church
Thursday, February 5Mr. Thomas G. Hull (69) at his residence.
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County.
Wednesday, February 4Mrs. Virginia Lee Rhoney Stroup (89) at Valdese General Hospital.
Wednesday, February 4Miss Marguerite Pascal (93) at Britthaven of Morganton
Wednesday, February 4Mrs. Glennie Stroup Harris (89)  at Valdese General Hospital.
Memorials: East Valdese Baptist Church or American Cancer Society
Tuesday, February 3Mrs. Virginia Nichols Price (82)
Memorials: Calvary Freewill Baptist Church
Monday, February 2Mrs. Bonnie Seagle Lutz (74) at Grace Hospital
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County.
Sunday, February 1Mr. Clifford Archie Phillips (82) at Autumn Care Nursing Center
Thursday, January 29Mr. Donald Norman Moore, Jr. (43) at Valdese General Hospital.
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County.
Wednesday, January 28Mr. Phifer "June" Bollinger (83) at Valdese General Hospital.
Memorials: Waldensian Museum c/o Waldensian Presbyterian Church.
Tuesday, January 27Mrs. Mary Jane Cook (86) at Valdese General Hospital.
memorials: Community Missionary Baptist Church
Thursday, January 22Mrs. Mary Nell Clark (52) at Catawba Valley Medical Center
Wednesday, January 21Mr. Ernest Roy Parker (89) at College Pines Nursing Center
Memorials: Abee's Chapel Baptist Church or Alzheimer's Association
Wednesday, January 21Mrs. Letha "Deen" Donnelly (69) at Valdese General Hospital.
Memorials: Mount Calvary Baptist Church
Monday, January 19Edward E. Buchanan (61)
Saturday, January 17Mrs. Edith Whitener Young (94) at Ridgeview Nursing Home in Jasper, AL.
Memorials: Mount Calvary Baptist Church
Tuesday, January 13Olivia Powell Cobb (75) at Valdese General Hospital.
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County or Christ United Methodist Church.
Monday, January 12Mrs. Bertha Lail Cooper (92) at her residence.
Memorials: High Peak Baptist Church.
Friday, January 9Mozelle Lothridge Buff (83) at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville.
Memorials: The Alzheimers Association or the American Heart Association.
Monday, January 5Ruth Sitton Metcalf (??) at Hospice of Burke County's Shytle House.
Memorials: The Shytle House of Hospice of Burke County or Blue Ridge Health Care & Chaplains Discretionary Fund.
Saturday, January 3Pearl O. Grindstaff (79) at College Pines Nursing Center.
Thursday, January 1Mr. Samuel "Sam" C. Cook (92) at Autumn Care of Drexel
Memorials: Hospice of Burke County

 

 

 

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