Obituaries

Beulah W. Carpenter

NEWLAND, N.C.— Beulah ‘Boo Boo’ Wiseman Carpenter, age 91, of Little Buck Hill Road in Newland, the Three Mile community, passed away Monday, August 16, 2021 at her home surrounded by her loving family.

Angela Jarrett

SHREWSBURY, PA.— Angela Jarrett went home to be with the Lord on August 19th, 2021. She went peacefully in her sleep, at her home, with family near. Angela was born in Buladean, NC on April 1st, 1939. She married her husband, Robert Jarrett, on January 31, 1958.

Frankie “Marie” Gardner

SPRUCE PINE, N.C.— Frankie “Marie” Gardner, age 77, of Mitchell County, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, August 13th, 2021, at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital. A native of Mitchell County, she was the daughter of the late Ray and Carol Lee Lusk Gunter.

Helen Sturgill

GREEN MOUNTAIN, N.C.—Helen Sturgill, age 92, of Pigeon Roost Rd., Green Mountain, NC went home to be with the Lord August 13, 2021. She was a daughter of the late Woodard and Martha Willis Barnett. Helen loved her family and her church family at Lower Pigeon Roost Freewill Baptist Church.

Scotty Jenkins

BAKERSVILLE, N.C.— Rev. Scotty Eugene Jenkins, 58, changed his address from the first house on the left up Hughes Gap Road to his heavenly home early the morning of August 1st, 2021.

Mary Ann Hughes

SPRUCE PINE, N.C.— On Saturday, July 31, 2021, Mary Ann Hughes, age 95, of Spruce Pine, NC went home to be with her Lord. A lifelong resident of Mitchell County, she was the daughter of the late James and Nancy McKinney Jones.

Kenneth Pittman

SPRUCE PINE, N.C.— Kenneth Joe Pittman passed away on August 4, 2021 at the age of 76 after receiving loving care at AMOREM hospice in Valdese, NC. He was blessed to be able to visit with family and friends and watch the birds feeding outside his window which was always a favorite pastime.

David Hoeppner

BAKERSVILLE, N.C.—With a strong and loving heart to the end, David Lawrence Hoeppner peacefully passed away at home in Bakersville, NC with his family by his side on July 30, 2021.  For seven years, David battled severe neurological disease with admirable determination.

Bruce Phillips

ASHEVILLE, N.C.— Bruce Phillips, 85, of Asheville NC passed away to be reunited with his recently deceased wife, Helen and many family members on the morning of July 17, 2021. Bruce was born on August 18th 1935 in Bakersville NC, the son of the late Everett L. and Edna B. Phillips.

Kelcia Wheeler

SPRUCE PINE, N.C.— Kelcia R. Wheeler, age 73, of Ridgeview Road in Spruce Pine, died Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital in Spruce Pine. Born on April 22, 1947 in Harrisburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Joshua and Aloha Gladfelter Wheeler.