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Rebecca Richards

1930 - 2025

Rebecca Richards obituary, 1930-2025, Maiden, NC

BORN

1930

DIED

2025

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Burke Mortuary - Newton-Conover

2516 North Main Avenue

Newton, North Carolina

Rebecca Richards Obituary

Rebecca (Becky) Hovis Richards, age 95, of Maiden, passed away September 22, 2025 at Fellowship Amelia Island, FL, where she has resided for the last 2 years. She was born on September 7, 1930 in Gaston County to the late Clyde Thomas and Alma Shipman Hovis. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, William O, (Bud) Richards, her sisters (Thelda B. Allman and Marlene H. Cloninger) and a brother (C. Thomas "Tommy" Hovis, Jr).

She is survived by her son William O.(Billy) Richards, Jr and wife Dona, of Conover;

Daughter Beth Richards Renier of Fernandina Beach, FL;

Granddaughter Elizabeth R. Richards of Conover

Sister Ruth H. Henson of Forest City

Numerous nieces and nephews

Becky was raised at St. John's Episcopal Church in High Shoals, NC, She attended Epiphany Episcopal Church, Newton for several years, and spent the last 40+ years as an active member of First Baptist Church, Newton, where she sang in the choir, organized and cooked/baked for church meals (where she was well known for her meatloaf), attended Sunday School and Bible studies.

Becky was a 1948 graduate of Dallas High School in Dallas, NC, and a 1951 graduate of York County Hospital School of Nursing in Rock Hill, SC. She worked in many capacities as an RN including plant nurse at Klopman Mills in Newton, NC, in the OR at Cabarrus Hospital in Concord, NC and her last 11 years before retirement in the OR at Catawba Memorial Hospital (now CVMC) in Hickory, NC.

The family will receive friends at Burke Mortuary in Newton on Friday, October 17, 2025 from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.

A graveside service will be held on Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:30 a.m. at the Hovis Family Cemetery, on Plonk Road, Dallas, 'NC.

Memorials may be made to Shriners Hospitals for Children.

Burke Mortuary & Crematory-Newton is serving the Richards Family.
Published by Hickory Daily Record on Oct. 16, 2025.

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Margaret West

October 16, 2025

My condolences to your family. May you reflect on Becky´s life and draw peace. Our God is there to help us get through challenges even the loss of a loved one. May God be with your family.

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5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Burke Mortuary - Newton-Conover

2516 North Main Avenue, Newton, NC

Oct

18

Graveside service

11:30 a.m.

Hovis Family Cemetery

Plonk Road, Dallas, NC

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Burke Mortuary - Newton-Conover

2516 North Main Avenue P.O. Box 1449, Newton, NC 28658

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