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**SILVER ALERT** Morganton Man Missing

January 6, 2022 By Richard C. Gilbert

George Winslow Smith

A Silver Alert has been issued for a missing Morganton man.

George Winslow Smith, a 5-foot, 9-inch, 81-year-old white male with ear-length, grey hair and brown eyes. He weighs about 180 pounds was last seen at 2967 Clark Loop in Morganton, according to information from the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.

Smith was last seen wearing a camouflage jacket, blue flannel shirt, blue jeans and blue-and-grey tennis shoes, NCDPS said. He could possibly be traveling in an older model white Dodge Caravan, but his direction of travel is unknown.

Anyone with information on Smith’s whereabouts is asked to call Deputy Browning with the Burke County Sheriff’s Office at 828-438-5500.

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