Patricia Foster
Jan 9, 2013
Tryon, NC - Patricia Foster died January 9 2012 at age 71. Born in Santa Barbara, CA daughter of James Patrick Moran and Margaret Stewart Moran of Big Springs, Michigan. Survived by Andrew Foster, husband of 52 years, Christine Nethery, daughter, Brian Nethery, son-law, of Chesterland Ohio, Jennifer Sutton, daughter, and Terry Sutton, son in-law, Sarah Sutton, Anna Sutton, and...
Robert Way
Jan 8, 2013
Columbus, NC - Chaplain Robert Bradford Way, 88, of Columbus, NC passed away Tuesday, January 8, 2013 in Givens Estates, Asheville NC.Born in Elloree, SC he was the son of the late Walter Pinckney and Athena Mellette Way. A Methodist minister, he was a member of the South Carolina Methodist Conference for approximately 17 years prior to serving in the...
Charles Poole
Jan 3, 2013
Charles Ron Poole, 68, formerly of Saluda, NC died Thursday, January 3, 2013 in Blue Ridge Regional Hospital, Spruce Pine, NC.Born in Piedmont, SC, he was the son of the late Charles Monroe and Mary Boiter Poole. Ron moved to Saluda in l988 from Mauldin, SC and was the owner and operator of Twigs Florist and Antiques for approximately 7...
Doris Townsend
Dec 30, 2012
LANDRUM, SC - Doris Lee Townsend, 82, of Landrum, SC passed away Sunday morning, December 30, 2012 in Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Spartanburg, SC.Born in Charleston, WV, she was the daughter of the late William I. and Mamie Black Hennen. Mrs. Townsend retired from Lakewood Hospital in Lakewood, OH as an admitting secretary. Mrs. Townsend cherished her family and her...
Michael Zink
Dec 30, 2012
Michael R. Zink of Tryon died at home on Sunday, December 30th, 2012, after a valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 63 years old.Mike was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 16th, 1949. He was the son of the late Kenneth Ray Zink and Ruth Matthew Zink. He will be dearly missed and carried forever in the hearts of...
Margaret Fitzgerald
Dec 24, 2012
An obituary is not available at this time for Margaret Mary Fitzgerald (Katz). We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Memory Wall.
Renee Kane
Dec 24, 2012
Asheville, NC- Renée Marie Kane, devoted wife, most loving mother, doting grandmother and Air Force veteran of Mill Spring, NC passed away Tuesday, December 24, 2012 after battling a serious illness.She was born in Grand Rapids, MI and moved to South Bend, IN at a young age. She resided there until she enlisted in the Air Force in l974. During...
Pamela Hutcherson
Dec 18, 2012
LANDRUM, SC - Pamela Phillips Hutcherson, 58, of Landrum, SC died Tuesday, December 18, 2012.Born in Tryon, NC, she was the daughter of Genelle Price Phillips of Bird Mountain, SC and the late James Herman Phillips. She was a member of the Red Fox Country Club Women's Golf League and volunteered for Foothills Humane Society. Pam was a member of...
Beulah Tise
Dec 13, 2012
Tryon, NC- Beulah Sprinkle Keiger Tise, 98, of Tryon, NC passed away December 13, 2012 at White Oak of Tryon. Born in Forsyth County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Bone Anderson Keiger and Minnie Sprinkle Keiger and she was also the wife of the late William Calvin Tise, Jr.. Mrs. Tise was a member of Parkway Presbyterian...
Richard Whiteside
Dec 10, 2012
Mill Spring, N.C. - Richard Joseph Whiteside, 77, of Rock Spring Road, Mill Spring, NC, died Monday, December 10, 2012 at his home.Born in Inman, SC, he was the son of the late Broadus and Beulah Searcy Whiteside. A graduate of Mill Spring High School he received his Bachelor of Science in Education from Wofford College and later completed his...
Mary Norris
Dec 9, 2012
Mill Spring, N.C. - Mary Kathleen Norris, 78, of Misery Ridge Trail, Mill Spring, NC died Sunday, December 9, 2012 at her home.Born in Mt. Juliet, TN, she was the daughter of the late Gordon C. Thompson and Mary Graves Thompson Coolman. She moved to Polk County in l986 coming from Hendersonville, NC.Surviving are Her husband Wilbert Neil Norris, Sr.;...
Bennett Hinsdale
Dec 7, 2012
Green Creek NC - Bennett Edwin Hinsdale Jr. 103, died December 7, 2012 at Rose Crest Retirement Center of Inman, SC.Born April 2, 1909 he was a native and resident of the Green Creek community of Polk County and was a son of the late Bennett Edwin and Elizabeth Barnett Hinsdale. He was the widower of Gladys Greene Hinsdale who...
Charlotte Holmes
Dec 6, 2012
Columbus, NC - Charlotte C. Holmes, 94, of 210 Oak Ridge Circle, Columbus, NC died Thursday, December 6, 2012 in Elizabeth House, Flat Rock, NC.Born in West Chester, PA, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Sara Jackson Clement. Charlotte was the widow of Thomas Barham Holmes who died in 2010.Surviving are two children: Thomas Clement Holmes of...
Ruth Bruce
Nov 26, 2012
Tryon, NC - Ruth Sudduth Bruce, 94, of Tryon passed away on Monday, November 26, 2012. Ruth was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years S. Elihu Bruce and their daughter, Betty R. Price (Houston). She was the fourth of 13 children born...
Emmie Williamson
Nov 25, 2012
Columbus, NC - Emmie Louise Bissinnar Swedenberg Nelson Williamson, 97, passed away Sunday, November 25, 2012 at Tryon Estates, Columbus, NC.Born in Columbia, SC she was the daughter of the late Asa and Lucille Hiller Bissinnar. For the past twenty years, Mrs. Williamson enjoyed arranging flowers for the Altar at St. Mary's in Greenville and St. John's in Tryon. She...
Betty Bates
Nov 24, 2012
Mill Spring, NC - Betty Louise Bates, 78, of Flat Rock, NC passed away Saturday, November 24, 2012 at Hendersonville Health and Rehab, Flat Rock, NC.Born in Buncombe County, she was the daughter of the late Columbus Oliver and Lona Ingle Wilson. A homemaker, she loved bingo and looping strings for rugs. She was a member of Mountain View Baptist...
Edward Beeson
Nov 22, 2012
An obituary is not available at this time for Edward Arthur Beeson. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Memory Wall.
Bonnie Pack
Nov 21, 2012
GREEN CREEK, NC - Bonnie Marie Lawter Pack, 94, of Green Creek, NC passed away Wednesday, November 21, 2012 in Fleshers Health Care Center, Fairview, NC.Born Dec. 17, 1917, she was the daughter of the late James Andrew and Magnelly Ruff Lawter of Polk County, NC and widow of the late Ralph Pack who died in 1979. She was a...
Mary Mcguinn
Nov 21, 2012
Tryon, NC - Mary Ethel Dyer McGuinn, 91, of Sunny View, NC passed away Wednesday, November 21, 2012 in White Oak Manor, Tryon, NC.A lifelong resident of Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Floyd C. and Zadie Ingle Dyer and was the widow of Mack McGuinn Jr. who died in 1980. She was retired from Broyhill...
Wiley Gainus
Nov 14, 2012
MILL SPRING, NC - Wiley Everette Gainus, 85, of Mill Spring, NC passed away Wednesday morning, November 14, 2012 at Autumn Care of Saluda, NC.Born in Goldsboro, NC, he was the son of the late Wiley Everette and Emily Gainus. He was a veteran of WWII having served in the U.S. Navy. Mr. Gainus moved to Polk County in 1990...
