Mary Wood
Dec 3, 2014
Mill Spring, NC- Mary "Melba" Melvelene Wood, 83, died Wednesday, December 3, 2014 in Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C. Born in Taylorsville, N.C., she was the daughter of the late Elsie Roberts. Mary retired from Stonecutter Mills in Mill Spring, N.C. She was a loving mother and grandmother. She loved growing flowers, quilting, playing softball and basketball and her pets....
Marie Ackerman
Dec 1, 2014
TRYON, NC -- Marie Palmer Ackerman, 103, died peacefully Monday, December 1, 2014 at Benson Hall, White Oak Manor.Born at home in Flushing, NY April 16, 1911 she was the daughter of Peter and Emma Palmer Guttilla. Her father was a well-known cabinet maker and her mother did fine sewing for the wealthy families of Long Island. Educated in the...
Heather Ancillotti
Nov 26, 2014
An obituary is not available at this time for Heather Hatmaker Ancillotti (Hatmaker). We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Memory Wall.
Eleanor Rogers
Nov 25, 2014
Columbus, NC- On Tuesday, November 25, 2014, Eleanor Floyd Rogers Rogerspassed peacefully from this life to the next. She was an accomplished artist, lovingwife and mother. Having been active throughout her life in loving and servingher family and communities, her life will be celebrated by many and she will begreatly missed.Eleanor was born on July 5, 1916 in Lynchburg, Virginia...
Nicholas Mcguire
Nov 22, 2014
Mill Spring, NC - Nicholas Wade McGuire, 8, of Will Edwards Road, Mill Spring, NC died Saturday, November 22, 2014 in Mission Hospital, Asheville, NC as the result of an automobile accident that also claimed the life of his grandmother, Isabel Davis Laughter.Born in Surry County, NC he was the son of Brian McGuire of Will Edward Road, Mill Spring,...
Isabel Laughter
Nov 21, 2014
MILL SPRING, NC - Isabel "Itza" Davis Laughter, 72, of Mill Spring, NC passed away, Friday, November 21, 2014 as a result of an automobile accident that also claimed the life of her grandson, Nicholas Wade McGuire.Born in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Fred K. and Kathleen Burrell Davis. She worked as a caregiver for...
Sue Rhodes
Nov 20, 2014
Columbus, NC - Sue Earnhardt Rhodes of Columbus passed away on November 20, 2014 while visiting her winter home in Costa Rica. Sue served as Director of the Polk County Department of Social Services for twenty-two years, capping a career of thirty-three years with that agency upon her retirement in October of 2011. Sue began her service to the children...
Arthur Smith
Nov 19, 2014
TRYON, NC - Arthur Law Smith, 87, of Tryon, NC passed away Wednesday, November 19, 2014 in the Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum, SC.Born in Tryon, NC, he was the son of the late Paul and Dorothy Doubleday Smith and was first married to Marjorie Agate Smith who died in 1987. He was a veteran of WWII having...
John White
Nov 10, 2014
Tryon, N.C. - John Anthony White, 77, of Miller Drive, Tryon, NC died Monday,November 10, 2014 in the Hospice of the Carolina Foothills House, Landrum, SC.Born in Newport, RI, he was the son of the late Francis A. and Dorothy Hunt White. He was a Veteran, having served in the U. S. Navy. John received a Bachelor of Science Degree...
Millard Bilbrey
Nov 6, 2014
Columbus, NC - Millard Wayne Bilbrey, 75, of Columbus, NC passed away Thursday, November 6, 2014 in Mission Hospital, Asheville, NC.Born in Johnson City, TN, he was the son of the late Andrew J. and Mary Alice Bilbrey. A veteran of the U.S. Navy he served aboard the U.S.S. Lake Champlain. He retired from CSX Railroad after 30 years of...
Emily Froemming
Nov 2, 2014
Columbus, NC - Emily Zachary (Butler) Froemming of Tryon, NC, passed away peacefully at Tryon Estates in Columbus, NC on Sunday, November 2, 2014.Emily was born on a farm outside Welford, South Carolina, on August 14, 1921. Attending several local schools in Greenville and Spartanburg, she graduated from Greenville High School. Emily subsequently attended and graduated from Emily Black Hospital...
Mary Beil
Oct 26, 2014
COLUMBUS, NC - Mary Stuart Beil of Columbus, NC died peacefully in Columbus, NC on Sunday, October 26, 2014.She was born in Johnson City, TN in 1923 to Dr. and Mrs. Alexander M. Stuart of Jonesborough. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert J. Beil and daughter, Mary S. Beil of Oak Ridge,...
Furman Henson
Oct 25, 2014
CAMPOBELLO, SC - Furman Andy Henson, 78, of Campobello, SC died Saturday, October 25, 2014 in the Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum, SC.Born in Greenville County, SC, he was the son of the late Virgil A. and Hattie McClure Henson. Mr. Henson was a retired heavy equipment operator.Surviving are his five sons, Tommy Henson and Jimmy Henson both...
Annie Gilbert
Oct 24, 2014
Green Creeek, NC- Annie Bell Cudd Gilbert, 86, of Chesnee Road, Green Creek, NC passed away Friday, October 24, 2014 in Hospice of the Carolina Foothills House, Landrum, SC.Born in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Clint and Eva Lancaster Cudd. She was the widow of Walter L. Gilbert, Sr. who died in l992. Annie was...
Linda Perry
Oct 24, 2014
Columbus, NC - Linda May Perry, 62 of l642 Lynn Road, Columbus, NC passed away Friday, October 24, 2014 at her home under Hospice care.Born November 16, l951 in Ipswich England, she was the daughter of the late Alan Victor and Margaret Jean Mayes Morphey. Linda moved to the United States in l973. She and her husband moved to Columbus,...
Ann Whitmire
Oct 22, 2014
Mill Spring, NC - Ann Pitman Hutcherson Whitmire, 81, of Mill Spring, NC passed away Wednesday, October 22, 2014 in her home.A Polk Co. native, she was the daughter of the late Judson Clyde and Lizzie Wilson Pitman. As an elementary school teacher, students were always her top priority. Retiring after 34 years, she taught at Stearn's School, Kingstree Elementary,...
Brandon Lynch
Oct 21, 2014
Mill Spring, NC - Brandon James Lynch, 41, of Mill Spring, NC passed away Tuesday, October 21, 2014 in Lula, GA.Born in Dade Co. FL, he was the son of Benjamin Loran Lynch and Ruby Jolyn McGinnis. He worked in construction for many years.Surviving are his father, Benjamin L. Lynch (Teresa) of Mill Spring, NC; mother, Ruby Jolyn McGinnis of...
Thomas Dixon
Oct 21, 2014
Rutherfordton, NC - Thomas Earle Dixon, 76, of Rutherfordton, NC passed away Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at Rutherford Hospital, Rutherfordton, NC.Born in 1938 in Jennings, LA he was the son of the late Robert and Mary Powell Dixon. Mr. Dixon was a sales manager for Pechiney out of Paris, France and was over International Sales during his working life, he...
David Green
Oct 19, 2014
MILL SPRING, NC - David Eugene "Gene" Green, 67, of Mill Spring, NC went home to be with the Lord, Sunday morning, October 19, 2014 at his home.Born in Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late Romey and Myrtle Davis Green. He was a graduate of Tryon High School and began his career at the A&P in...
Mary Clark
Oct 17, 2014
Mary Ruth Clark, 86, passed peacefully at Autumn Care in Saluda, North Carolina on Friday, October 17, 2014.Ruth was born to the late Daniel and Gladys Daggett on August 29, 1928 in Williamsville, Missouri. Ruth's family moved to Fredericktown, Missouri in 1940 where she met and married her husband, Lewis Earl Clark, in 1946. Ruth was elegant and beautiful and...
