Alvah Gibbs
Aug 27, 2013
Tryon, NC - Alvah Arminta Gibbs, 92, passed away Tuesday, August 27, 2013 in White Oak Manor, Tryon, NC.Born in Polk County, she was the daughter of the late Burgan and Ella Jackson Gibbs. She was of the Baptist faith.Surviving is a brother, Herbert Gibbs of Mill Spring, NC and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by...
Frances Pace
Aug 26, 2013
Columbus, N.C. - Frances Alvere Morgan Pace, 88, Columbus, died Monday, August 26, 2013 in White Oak Manor, Tryon, NC.Born in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Monroe and Angie Russell Morgan and was the widow of Calvin Pace who died in 2012. Mrs. Pace retired from N.C.N.B in Columbus, NC and volunteered for Thermal Belt...
Carroll Phillips
Aug 22, 2013
Green Creek, NC - Carroll G. Phillips, of Green Creek, North Carolina passed away on August 22, 2013. Born October 26, 1956, he was the son of Mary June Holloway Phillips and the late Gurley Phillips. Carroll was a graduate of Polk Central High School and a life-long member of Green Creek Baptist Church.In addition to his mother, Carroll is...
Harry Dauffenbach
Aug 21, 2013
Columbus, NC - On Wednesday, August 21 in the year of our Lord 2013, The Lord called home to heaven the soul of Harry Frederick Dauffenbach at the age of 97 years, seven months and sixteen days. He was born in Reeseville, Wisconsin on January 5, 1916 the third child and only son of Emil and Emma (Firari) Dauffenbach. He...
Marlene Balog
Aug 20, 2013
Tryon, NC - Marlene Joyce Balog, 76, of Stone Circle Drive died Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at her home.Born in Monessen, PA, she was the daughter of the late George and Olga Kotys Balog. Marlene worked for American Airlines and was an Executive for the Union. She also wrote the forward for the book "Coffee, Tea or Me". Marlene moved...
Horace Pace
Aug 20, 2013
Saluda, NC - Horace Ransom Pace, 87, of Saluda, NC passed away Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at his home.Born in Polk Co. 1925, he was the son of the late Ransom and Etta Middleton Pace. He was the widower of Hazel Foster Pace who died in 2007. He was a veteran of WWII having served in the U.S. Army and...
Charles Blomeley
Aug 17, 2013
Mill Spring, NC - Dr. Charles Perry Blomeley, 81, of Sylvan Lane, Mill Spring, NC passed away Saturday, August 17, 2013 at his home.Born in Tampa, FL, he was the son of the late William Stanley and Ursalene Elzey Blomeley. A Veteran of the Korean War having served in the U. S. Marine Corp., he later graduated from Washington Missionary...
Peggy Sibley
Aug 17, 2013
TRYON, NC -- Peggy Joyner Sibley, 77, passed away quietly at White Oak Manor on August 17, 2013 after a long battle with Alzheimer's.She was the daughter of the late Alfred Troy and Vida G. Dunning Joyner of Rich Square, NC and the wife of S. Dan Sibley of the home. After graduating from Meredith College in Raleigh, NC she...
Carroll Robbins
Aug 16, 2013
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Geneva Cochran
Aug 16, 2013
Columbus, N.C. - Geneva Durham Cochran, 91 of Columbus NC passed away Friday, August 16, 2013 at The Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum, SC.Born in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Luther and Josie Henderson Durham and widow of Fred B. Cochran who died in 2002. She retired from Southern Woven Label Mill, Columbus,...
Aurelia Horne
Aug 12, 2013
Aurelia Settles Horne, 92, of Tryon, NC passed away Monday, August 12, 2013 in the Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum, SCBorn in Campobello, SC, she was the daughter of the late Kever G. and Rosa Lee Turner Settle and was the widow of Robert S. "Bobby" Horne. Aurelia was a member of the Tryon United Methodist Church, Tryon,...
Peter Hastings
Aug 9, 2013
Landrum, SC - Peter Arthur Hastings, 77, of Lakeshore Dr., Landrum, SC died Friday, August 9, 2013 in Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Spartanburg, SC.Born in Oak Park, IL, he was the son of the late Wallace H. and Elcye Beatrice Bird Hastings. Peter received his BA from the University of Florida in l958 and an MA from the University of...
Susan Black
Aug 6, 2013
Tryon, NC- Susan Robin McCarter Black, 57, a beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend to all, passed on to God Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at her home. Born August 7, 1955 in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Vernon and Sara Jo Mayes McCarter. Mrs. Black was preceded in death by a sister,...
Marianne Brown
Aug 4, 2013
Tryon, NC - Marianne Brown of Tryon, NC died peacefully on Sunday, August 4, 2013 at White Oak Manor, in the loving care of Hospice.She was born January 18, 1923 in Dayton, Ohio, the daughter of Alice Schlicklin Brown and Huston Brown.She worked in New York City at New Directions publishing, Muzak Corporation and Columbia Records. She studied voice in...
Julian Carter
Aug 3, 2013
Columbus, NC - Julian G. Carter, 86, of Laurel Hurst died Saturday, August 3, 2013. Born in Columbus County, NC in 1927, he was the son of the late G. Walter and Martha C. Carter of Chadbourn, NC. A 1957 graduate of Western Carolina University, he was Director of Maintenance and Construction for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. He was a member of...
Ethel Reece
Jul 27, 2013
TRYON, NC - Ethel Berry Reece, 82, of Tryon, NC was reunited with her husband, family and friends before the Lord in His heavenly kingdom Saturday morning, July 27, 2013 at Autumn Care of Saluda.Born in Newberry, SC, she was the daughter of the late Marvin and Lena Belle Blair Berry. She was the wife of the late Rev. Bob...
Wayne Wilson
Jul 25, 2013
Tryon, NC - Wayne Leonard Wilson, 77, of Tryon, NC passed peacefully on Thursday, July 25, 2013 at his home and currently resides with the Lord and Savior.A South Carolina native, he was the son of the late Robert and Daisy L. Wilson. A longtime textile worker, he was employed from age 21 to 73 until his retirement from Landrum...
Robert Stuedell
Jul 24, 2013
Tryon, NC - Robert Kolbe Stuedell, 85, of Tryon, NC passed away peacefully Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at his home.Born in Cleveland, OH, He was the son of the late Harry and Gretchen Kolbe Stuedell. Mr. Stuedell was a veteran of the United States Army Air Corp, serving in World War II in the 82nd Airborne. He moved to Tryon...
Robert Wilkinson
Jul 22, 2013
Tryon, NC - After a long period of declining health, Robert Shryer Wilkinson, husband of Joan Wilkinson died peacefully on July 22, 2013.He was the son of the late Robert Shryer Wilkinson Sr. and Viola Keinofer Wilkinson. He was born on May 27, 1925 in Cumberland, MD, attended Allegheny High in that city where he lived until joining the Air...
Robert Waldrop
Jul 21, 2013
Tryon, NC - Robert Kenneth Waldrop, 84, formerly of Markham Road, Tryon, NC died Sunday, July 21, 2013 in Autumn Care Nursing Home, Saluda, NC.Born in Polk County, he was the son of the late Charlie Otis and Ardell Phillips Waldrop. He was retired from Ivey Electric, Spartanburg, SC. Mr. Waldrop was of the Baptist faith. Surviving is a son:...
