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...
William Davies
Oct 17, 2014
COLUMBUS, NC -- William W. Davies, IV of Tryon Estates, Columbus, NC passed away Friday evening, October 17, 2014.Arrangements will be announced. To to the family, please
Harriett Levi
Oct 16, 2014
Tryon, NC - Alice Emery Levi, 85, of Columbus, NC passed away Thursday, October 16, 2014 at White Oak Manor, Tryon, NC.Born in Polk Co. she was the daughter of the late Jule and Lura Pace Emery. A member of Lynn First Baptist Church, she retired from the textile industry in 1982. She loved knitting and was an avid reader.Survivors...
Christa Talbot
Oct 13, 2014
Landrum, SC - It is with regret and respect that we announce the passing of Christa Pergande Talbot Monday, October 13, 2014.Christa was born on May 8, l924 in Berlin, Germany. After surviving World War II she moved to Moravia, NY with her husband, Charles, and infant son, Lee, in l952. Althought she maintained her Germanic roots with frequent trips...
Alvin Freeman
Oct 10, 2014
Tryon, NC - Alvin Freeman, 88, of Walhalla, SC died October 10, 2014 in White Oak Village, Tryon, NC after an extended illness.Born January 17, 1926 in Pickens, SC to Clarence E. and Margaret Pace Freeman he was married to Florence Gantt, Februrary 14, 1946. A Retiree of the U.S. Naval Reserves, he was a veteran of World War II...
Burley Durham
Oct 9, 2014
Tryon, NC - Burley Eugene Durham, 88, of Tryon, NC passed away Thursday, October 9, 2014 at Autumn Care of Saluda, Saluda, NC.Born in 1926, he was the son of the late Luther and Josie Henderson Durham. A longtime textile worker, he was one of the founding members of the Polk County Rescue Squad. He retired from the NC Welcome...
Julia Glinter
Oct 9, 2014
Columbus, NC - Julia Smith Glinter, 85, of Denton Street, Columbus, NC died Friday, October 9, 2014 in White Oak Manor, Tryon, NC.Born in Polk County, NC she was the daughter of the late James and Maggie Stines Lankford. She was first married to Cecil Smith who died in l993 and was the widow of Meyer Glinter who died in...
