Frank I. Byers, Jr., 79, of Newton, North Carolina, passed away on December 29, 2025, peacefully surrounded by his loving wife after a short bout with cancer. He was born January 31, 1946, in Ridgway, Pennsylvania, to the late Frank I. Byers, Sr. and Mae E. (Shifflet). Frank later made North Carolina his home. […]
Thomas R. Keever, 72, of Denver, passed away peacefully at home after an extended illness on Thursday, December 25, 2025. He was born on February 15, 1953, to the late James Archie Keever and Hallie Revis Keever Mundy. Tom retired after 38 years of service with Duke Energy, where he worked as a Nuclear Maintenance […]
Stephen Kenneth Mitchell, age 76, passed away on Dec 11th, 2025 in Lincolnton NC. after complications following surgery. He was the third of five children born into a missionary family in Brazil. His parents, Kenneth Mitchell and Jean Robbins established many churches in rural areas in northeast Brazil between 1948 and 1975. Stephen spent much […]
Sheila Bollinger, 59, of Maiden NC passed away on December 12, 2025. She was born on November 7, 1966 in Cincinnati, Ohio to Leona Brown and the late Charlie Stephenson. Sheila loved spending time with her kids and grandkids. She enjoyed spending time outside, as well as going out and spending time with her husband […]
Reinhard Hecht was born on December 12, 1953, in Freudenstadt, Germany. In the early 1970s, he traveled to the United States to visit his great aunt and uncle, Liesel and Ernst Hecht. That first visit, followed by subsequent summer trips, sparked a deep connection to the country. Drawn by opportunity and the people he met […]
