Ernest Constance
Feb 18, 2013
Columbus, NC- Ernest Grady Constance, 81, of Columbus, NC passed away Monday, February 18, 2013 in the Hospice House of Carolina Foothills, Landrum, SC. Born in Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late Edwin and Adelina Pittman Constance. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He worked at Firestone Steel Products, Spartanburg, SC for approximately...
Ronald Hettinger
Feb 13, 2013
COLUMBUS, NC - Ronald Kenneth Hettinger, 81, of Columbus, NC passed away Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at Autumn Care of Saluda, NC.Born in Albany, NY, he was the son of the late Kenneth and Freda Norstrom Hettinger. Mr. Hettinger was a veteran of the U.S. Navy having served during the Korean Conflict. He retired after 25 years of service with...
Bobby Painter
Feb 11, 2013
Columbus, NC - Bobby Joe Painter, 63, of Landrum Road, Columbus, NC died Monday, February 11, 2013 in St. Luke's Hospital in Columbus, NC. Born in Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late Edgar and Elizabeth Bolt Painter. He attended Polk Central High School. Mr. Painter had attended Faith Temple Baptist Church and also Victory Baptist Church....
Valerie Black
Feb 9, 2013
Tryon, NC - Valerie Margaret Black, 63, of Tryon, NC passed away Saturday, February 9, 2013 at the Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills.Raised in Doylestown, PA, she was a self-employed pet sitter. Mrs. Black loved riding horses and motorcycles.Mrs. Black is survived by her husband of ten years, Robert L. Black of the home; her mother, Margaret Czerniak; a...
Donna Wilson
Feb 7, 2013
Donna Sandifer Wilson, 42, of Bobcat Trail, Cowpens, SC died Thursday February 7, 2013 in Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Spartanburg, SCBorn in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Jerry and Linda Johnson. She was a l988 graduate of Myrtle Beach High School and a homemaker.Surviving are: Her husband, Darryl P. "Ricky" Wilson; two sons, Dallas Wilson...
Barbara Edney
Feb 5, 2013
Tryon, NC - Barbara Mills Edney, 78, of 159 Edney Road, Tryon, NC died Tuesday, February 5, 2013 in her sleep. Born in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Lewis and Eva Myrtle Blackwell Mills and was raised in the home of Grady & Bessie Mills Edney of Pacolet Valley, NC. She graduated from Tryon High...
Betty Laughter
Feb 4, 2013
Saluda, NC - Betty Faye Laughter, 79, of Holly Hills, Saluda, NC died Monday, February 4, 2013 in Margaret Pardee Hospital, Hendersonville, NC.Born in Saluda, she was the daughter of the late Alfred Lloyd and Maggie Rivers Laughter. She worked for many years at the Polk County Sheltered Workshop and was of the Baptist faith. She will be deeply missed...
Donald Toney
Feb 4, 2013
Green Creek, NC - Donald H. Toney, 61, of Poors Ford Road, died Monday, February 4, 2013.Born in Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late Tommy and Gladys Pack Toney. Donald had worked for the past 42 years with Ivey Electric, Spartanburg, SC.Surviving is his wife of 40 years, Carolyn Walker Toney; son Devin C. Toney of...
Margaret Crabbe
Feb 1, 2013
Saluda, N.C. - Margaret Jane Thomas Crabbe, 90, of Saluda, NC died Friday, February 1, 2013 in Sunnybrook Assisted Living, Hendersonville, NC after a brief illness.Born in Warren, OH, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Elizabeth Thomas. She was a l94l graduate of Warren G. Harding High School, Warren, OH. She married Richard Dale Crabbe on February...
Wade Bradley
Feb 1, 2013
COLUMBUS, NC - Wade Hoover Bradley, 83, of Columbus, NC passed away Friday morning, February 1, 2013 at his home.Born in Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late Geter and Arletta Jackson Bradley. Mr. Bradley retired after 23 years as a truck driver for Gulf Oil Company. He was a member of Silver Creek Baptist Church where...
Lillian Kaspar
Jan 30, 2013
Columbus, NC - Lillian Ann Kaspar, 79, of Tryon, NC passed away January 30, 2013 at St. Luke's Hospital, Columbus, NC. She was the daughter of the late George and Lillian Vesely. Born and raised in Cicero, IL, Lillian graduated from Iowa State University with a degree in Bio-Chemistry. She was employed by Argonne National Laboratory for 35 years. Lillian...
Bonnie Gilbert
Jan 29, 2013
Mill Spring, NC - Bonnie Jackson Gilbert, 88, formerly of McGuinn Road, Mill Spring, NC, died Tuesday, January 29, 2013 in Care Bridge Assisted Living, Mount Pleasant, NC. Born in Henderson Co., NC, she was the daughter of the late Phillip and Bessie Justice Jackson. She was preceded in death by a son, Wayne. She was the widow of Thelmet...
Phyllis Rutledge
Jan 29, 2013
Tryon, N.C. - God has a new angel. Phyllis Long Rutledge, 89, of Tryon, NC died Tuesday, January 29, 2013 in Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum, SC.Born in Johnstown, PA, she was the daughter of the late John and Esther Teter Long and was the widow of James Rutledge who died in l993. Phyllis was a retired English...
Sandra Davidson
Jan 29, 2013
Columbus, N.C. - Sandra Johns Harris Davidson, 64, of Columbus, NC died January 29, 2013 in the Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills.Born in Erwin, PA, she graduated from Ohio State University in 1973, receiving her Doctorate in Veterinary Science. She was a member of Phi Zeta, achieving a top five placing in her class. Sandy practiced medicine in Florida,...
Herminio Chavez
Jan 28, 2013
GREEN CREEK, NC - Herminio Maldonado Chavez, 49, of Green Creek, NC passed away Monday, January 28, 2013 in the Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, Columbus, NC.Born in Mexico, he was the son of Atanacio and Rafaela Maldonado Chavez of Green Creek, NC. Mr. Chavez moved to America in 1983 and became a citizen in 1997. He worked at...
Betty Auman
Jan 27, 2013
Saluda, NC -- Jean Auman of Saluda, NC entered into the presence of her Lord Jesus Christ on January 27th, 2013, after battling Alzheimer's disease for over ten years.Jean was born on May 25th, 1930, in Spartanburg, SC to Cordelia and William Eric Johnson. Jean is preceded in death by her parents, husband Harold W. Auman and her son Cal...
Philip Preston
Jan 26, 2013
Tryon, N.C. - Philip Lewis "Buck" Preston, born in Tryon, NC in January of 1944, passed away in St. Luke's Hospital on January 26, 2013.From a family of educators, Buck was a 42 year English teacher who retired from Polk County High School. An elementary school experience that fuelled his desire to "escape" culminated in boarding schools and ultimately graduating...
Robert Clark
Jan 24, 2013
Tryon, NC - Robert Willard Clark, 92, passed away Thursday, January 24, 2013 at the Tryon Estates Medical Facility.Born in Queens, NY, he was the son of the late Harry and Annie Brewer Clark. He was the widower of Frances Wade Clark who died in 2010. Col. Clark was a graduate of Duke University where he played basketball. Upon graduation...
Mary Deruvo
Jan 17, 2013
Mary Ann Mercantante DeRuvo of Columbus NC died January 17, 2013 in Hospice of the Carolina Foothills House, Landrum, SC.Born in White Plains, NY, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Rose Gennodie Mercantante and was the widow of Theodore DeRuvo who died in l988. They moved to Charlotte in l985 and lived there until she moved to...
Violet Jackson
Jan 14, 2013
West Palm Beach, FL - Violet Jackson Jackson, 91, of West Palm Beach, FL died Monday, January 14, 2013 in Good Samaritan Hospital, West Palm Beach, FL.Born in Polk Co., NC, she was the daughter of the late J. J. and Bessie Gibbs Jackson. She was the widow of Henry L. Jackson who died in l994. Violet had lived in...
