Edward Wesley Faulkner Jr., of 105 Branchwood Drive, Burlington, N.C., passed away Thursday Sept. 15, 2010.

Ed was born July 6, 1983 in Burlington, N.C. to Edward Wesley Faulkner Sr. and Sharon Austin Faulkner, both of the home.

Survivors include sister, Sarah Faulkner Minor, brother-in-law, Richard W. Minor, niece, Lauren Austin Minor, who loved Ed and referred to him as Uncle Ed. Additional survivors include the Austin and Faulkner families of aunts, uncles, and cousins.

He graduated from Western Alamance High School in 2002 and attended Alamance Community College and was a member of First Baptist Church of Burlington.

Ed joined the United States Army in August 2005. Ed was stationed out of Fort Carson, Colorado and served combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Ed was awarded a Purple Heart in each of Iraq and Afghanistan for the wounds he received during combat.

Edward Wesley Faulkner Jr. was honorably discharged from his service to the United States of America and shall forever be remembered for his abundance of love, his charitable nature for the needy, and service to our country.

Let us rejoice for he is with our Lord as he rests in peace.

The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday Sept. 20, 2010 at the First Baptist Church of Burlington. 400 South Broad Street, Burlington, N.C. Dr. Terry Peele will officiate.

Visitation will be held from 5 until 8 p.m. on Sunday Sept. 19, 2010 at the First Baptist Church of Burlington, and other times at the residence of the family.

Burial will be held in Gibsonville City Cemetery with military honors.

Memorials may be made to the Hospice and Palliative Care Center of Alamance/Caswell at 914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, N.C. 27215 in special memory of Ed's Nana Austin and Aunt Lilly Hawkins.

Arrangements are being handled by the McClure Funeral Service of Graham.

Online condolences may be made at www.mcclurefuneralservice.net