Vanna Magsino
Mar 25, 2013
Green Creek, N.C. - Vanna Thorman Magsino, 84, died Monday, March 25, 2013 at her home.Born in Belleville, IL, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin W. and Ida Macke Thorman. She was the widow of Thomas Magsino who died in 2004. A graduate of the University of IL and the University of Chicago, Vanna was a clinical psychologist...
Edward Buonaccorsi
Mar 25, 2013
COLUMBUS, NC - Edward Francis Buonaccorsi, 93, of Columbus, NC passed away Monday morning, March 25, 2013 in White Oak Manor of Tryon, NC.Born in Jersey City, NJ, he was the son of the late John and Lena DeCesare Buonaccorsi and husband of the late Rita Ernesta Buonaccorsi who passed away in 2005. Mr. Buonaccorsi was a veteran of WWII...
Elizabeth Lyon
Mar 20, 2013
Landrum, SC - Elizabeth "Betty" Stowe Lyon, 89, of 1115 Oak Grove Rd., Landrum, SC died Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at her home. Born in Orlando, FL, she was the daughter of the late Carleton and Marjorie Hinman Stowe. She moved from Orlando, FL to Landrum, SC in 1990. Mrs. Lyon was a member of Glassy Mountain Baptist Church. Surviving...
Alex Pitts
Mar 20, 2013
INMAN, SC - Alex Ray Pitts, 66, of Inman, SC passed away Wednesday morning, March 20, 2013 in the Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum, SC.Born in Boone, NC, he was the son of the late Herman and Leoda Parlier Pitts. Mr. Pitts was a self employed carpenter and an avid carp fisherman. He was preceded in death by...
Genelle Phillips
Mar 19, 2013
Landrum, SC - Genelle Price Phillips, 94, of Landrum, SC went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 in White Oak Manor, Tryon, NC.She was the daughter of the late James H. and Annie Burriss Price. She was a member of Tryon First Baptist Church and was retired from Landrum Mills.She was a loving mother and...
David Grigg
Mar 17, 2013
Cherokee Springs, SC - David Thomas Grigg, 59, of Old Furnace Road, Chesnee, SC (Cherokee Springs Community) died Sunday March 17, 2013 in Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Spartanburg, SC.Born in Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late Clarence C. Grigg. He was a l971 graduate of Polk Central High School and was employed with Home Depot for...
Geraldine Edwards
Mar 17, 2013
TRYON, NC - Geraldine Parker Edwards, 74, of Tryon, NC died Sunday, March 17, 2013 in White Oak Manor of Tryon, NC.Born in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late George Washington Parker and Dolly Scruggs Parker and widow of Tench T. Edwards. She was of the Baptist faith.Surviving is one daughter, Evey Jean Dowdy of Brevard,...
Vernon Moss
Mar 14, 2013
Mill Spring, NC - Vernon Walker Moss, 86, of Moss Drive, Mill Spring, NC died Thursday, March 14, 2013 in the Charles George VA Medical Center, Asheville, NC.Born in Polk County, he was the son of the late Manuel Cletus and Bessie Geneva Walker Moss. He was a Veteran of WWII having served in the U. S. Marines in The...
Roger Gilbert
Mar 11, 2013
Mill Spring, NC - Roger Dale Gilbert, 68, of 1210 Coopers Gap Road, Mill Spring, NC died Monday, March 11, 2013 in Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC. Born in Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late Hoyt and Edna Haynes Gilbert. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force having served for eight years. Mr....
Lawson Ramsay
Mar 10, 2013
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Usn Capt. Ramsay Lawson
Mar 10, 2013
Saluda, NC - Captain Ramsay Lawson, USN Retired, 79, of Haven Drive, Saluda, NC died Sunday, March 10, 2013 at RoseCrest Nursing Home, Inman, SC.Born in Utica, NY, he was the son of the late Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Lawson. A graduate of Colgate University, NY, Captain Lawson spent 32 years in the U. S. Navy serving as a Naval...
Pearl Alewine
Mar 8, 2013
LANDRUM, SC - Pearl Moss Alewine of Landrum, SC passed away Friday evening, March 8, 2013 following a long illness.Born in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Lee and Ida Newman Moss. She was preceded in death by a son, Lionel P. Greene, Jr. She was of the Holiness faith.Surviving is a beloved friend and caregiver,...
William Murphy
Mar 7, 2013
An obituary is not available at this time for William John Murphy. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Memory Wall.
Wayne Shehan
Mar 5, 2013
Green Creek, NC - Wayne Belton Shehan, 66, of Green Creek, NC passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at Rutherford Regional Medical Center.Born July 10, 1946, he was the son of the late William D. Shehan and Nettie Newton Shehan. A veteran of the US Navy, he served for eight-and-a-half years during the Vietnam War. Mr. Shehan was a commercial...
Jay Alexander
Mar 3, 2013
Columbus, NC - Jay Thomas Alexander, 80, passed away Sunday March 3, 2013 at Spartanburg Regional Hospital, SC, following a brief illness.Born on June 16, 1932 in Detroit, MI, he was the son of the late Eli and Helen Alexander. After high school graduation, he attended Mercersburg academy in Pennsylvania, then served 8 years in the United States Army. Jay...
Stuart Richardson
Feb 27, 2013
LAKE LURE, NC - Stuart Wayne Richardson, 77, of Lake Lure, NC passed away Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at Mission Hospital, Asheville, NC following a brief illness.Born in Aurora, IL, he was the son of the late Stuart Raymond and Catherine Walt Richardson. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame, Mr. Richardson worked for Deloitte CPA Firm for 40...
Doris Kissmann
Feb 21, 2013
COLUMBUS, NC - Doris Seipel Kissmann, 94, of Columbus, NC passed away Thursday afternoon, February 21, 2013 in Tryon Estates Medical Facility, Columbus, NC.Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Charles J. and Beatrice Keller Seipel and wife of the late Ernest G. Kissmann who died in 1994. Mrs. Kissmann was a retired legal assistant, member...
William Ryan
Feb 20, 2013
Saluda, N.C. - William H. "Bill" Ryan, 75, of Chisholm Street, Saluda, NC died Wednesday, February 20, 2012 in Elizabeth House, Hendersonville, NC.Born in Woodbury, NJ, he was the son of the late Anne Ayers Porter and William Henry Ryan. A well known artist and art teacher, he began his study of art with his mother, an accomplished artist. Bill...
Nancy Mcpherson
Feb 20, 2013
Nancy Evelyn Barnes McPherson, 75, of Tryon passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on Feb. 20, 2013.She was born Nov. 7, 1937 in Gastonia, the daughter of George and Nancy Barnes. She graduated from business school in Gastonia and received her bachelor of arts in education, Cum Laude, from the University of Indiana in 1974. In 1958 she married...
Herman Schlueter
Feb 18, 2013
Tryon, NC - Herman Joseph (Joe) Schlueter died peacefully on Monday, February 18th, at his home in Tryon, North Carolina, with his wife Rosy, son Timothy, and daughter Patricia at his side. Joe was born on April 9, 1936, in Negley, Ohio, to Henry and Martha Schlueter. He attended John Carroll University in Cleveland and Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, entered...
