Kirksey Funeral Home & Cremation Service

10/06/2025

If you want to see a heart-warming story, watch this piece called “Bringing Dorothy Home” by WWLTV in New Orleans. Through tenacious reporting and with the help of several organizations, Dorothy Taquino, a victim of Hurricane Katrina has been identified after 20 years. There is still a little red tape to get through, but Dorothy will finally be laid to rest at St. Bernard Memorial Gardens, where her headstone has been since she pre-planned her own arrangements in 1988. For the past two decades, Dorothy has been interred at the Hurricane Katrina Memorial, one of 30 people who were unidentified after the massive storm that devastated Louisiana in 2005.

Unidentified no more: For nearly two decades, Dorothy Virginia Driggers Taquino was buried in the Hurricane Katrina Memorial as one of 84 unidentified storm ...

10/01/2025

Don’t miss out on this important conversation about protecting your family’s future.

Join Lindsey, Duane, and a team of local experts for a relaxed, no-pressure coffee chat. It’s happening soon, and you’ll leave with peace of mind and a clear plan.

📅 Wednesday, November 13 | 🕘 9-11 AM
📍 Western Piedmont Community College, Moore Hall, Room 315

"Most families don't realize this one simple mistake could cost them thousands..."

When planning your family’s future, one small but crucial detail is often overlooked and it can lead to unexpected expenses.

Join Lindsey Hazelhurst (Location Manager) and Duane Alexander (General Manager) from Kirksey Funeral Home, along with a team of trusted local experts from multiple funeral homes spanning Morganton to Hickory, NC, for a relaxed, no pressure coffee chat about protecting what matters most.

📅 Wednesday, November 13
🕘 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
📍 Western Piedmont Community College – Helmick Seminar Room, Moore Hall, Room 315

In just one morning, you’ll walk away with:
✅ Peace of mind
✅ A clear, personalized plan for your family
✅ Honest answers from people who truly care, no pressure, no sales

We’re your neighbors, here to offer real guidance and support, come join us for coffee and conversation!

10/01/2025

Did you know?

Pre-arranging your funeral can lock in today’s prices and help ease the emotional and financial burden on your loved ones later.

Call Kirksey Funeral Home today at 828-437-2111 to learn more.

10/01/2025

Join Kirksey Funeral Home for some Halloween fun!🎃

We'll be at the Burke County Chamber of Commerce in Morganton on Friday, October 31, from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM, handing out candy and celebrating the spooky season.

Stop by, grab some treats, and see us all dressed up in our costumes, we can't wait to see you there! 🍭👻

09/26/2025

The Mummies of Guanajuato, Mexico are a number of naturally mummified bodies interred during a cholera outbreak in 1833. The human bodies appear to have been disinterred between 1870 and 1958. During that time, a local tax was in place requiring a fee to be paid for "perpetual" burial. Some bodies for which the tax was not paid were disinterred and found in a perfectly and naturally mummified state.

09/24/2025

"Most families don't realize this one simple mistake could cost them thousands..."

When planning your family’s future, one small but crucial detail is often overlooked and it can lead to unexpected expenses.

Join Lindsey Hazelhurst (Location Manager) and Duane Alexander (General Manager) from Kirksey Funeral Home, along with a team of trusted local experts from multiple funeral homes spanning Morganton to Hickory, NC, for a relaxed, no pressure coffee chat about protecting what matters most.

📅 Wednesday, November 13
🕘 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
📍 Western Piedmont Community College – Helmick Seminar Room, Moore Hall, Room 315

In just one morning, you’ll walk away with:
✅ Peace of mind
✅ A clear, personalized plan for your family
✅ Honest answers from people who truly care, no pressure, no sales

We’re your neighbors, here to offer real guidance and support, come join us for coffee and conversation!

09/19/2025

Celebrate the life of Winston Riddle, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Kirksey Funeral Home.

09/18/2025

09/18/2025

A big THANK YOU to everyone who visited the Kirksey Funeral Home booth at the 43rd Annual Morganton Festival! We had a blast celebrating with you.

We’re thrilled to announce the winner of our YETI Cooler raffle:
🏆 Congrats to Donna Mae Wilson! 🏆

We’ll be reaching out soon to get your cooler to you!

Missed out this time? Don’t worry, we’ll have more fun and giveaways next year. Stay tuned and keep celebrating community with us!

09/05/2025

Join Us at the 43rd Annual Morganton Festival!
Downtown Morganton, NC

Kirksey Funeral Home is proud to be part of this event.
Be sure to stop by our booth and enter our FREE raffle for a YETI Cooler!

The festival features:

🎶 Two stages with free live music each evening
💃 Dancers, acrobats, and theater performances
🎈 A Kid Zone filled with wonder and excitement
🎨 Over a mile of arts and crafts vendors
🍔 Delicious food, games, and rides for all ages

We’d love to see you there.
Come celebrate community, creativity, and fun with us!

08/29/2025

It’s fitting that Jules Verne, father of science fiction, would have a dark, otherworldly gravestone. Two years after his death, a sculpture was erected atop his marker. Designed by sculptor Albert Roze, and using the actual death mask of the writer, the statue depicts the shrouded figure of Jules Verne breaking his own tombstone and emerging from the grave.

08/28/2025

Did you know TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors) provides grief counseling for survivors grieving the death of a military loved one? Learn more:

TAPS can connect you with one-on-one grief counseling for military surviving families.