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...
Peggy Mcswain
Nov 9, 2012
ENGLEWOOD, FL - Peggy Kuykendall Dowda McSwain, 69, of Englewood, FL formerly of Columbus, NC passed away, Friday morning, November 9, 2012 in Port Charlotte Hospice House, Port Charlotte, FL.Born in Landrum, S.C., she was the daughter of the late Bill and Ina Mae Benson Kuykendall and widow of Gerald Dowda and George McSwain. She was preceded in death by...
James Newsome
Nov 7, 2012
TRYON, NC - James Thomas "Curly" Newsome, 89, of Tryon, NC passed away Wednesday morning, November 7, 2012 in the Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum, SC.Born in Wilson, NC, he was the son of the late Thaddeus Budson Newsome and Mavis Elizabeth Webb Newsome. Mr. Newsome was first married to Katherine Edwards Newsome who died in 1984 and...
Mary Staton
Nov 5, 2012
Saluda, NC - Louise Thompson Staton, 93, of Saluda, NC went to be with the Lord Monday, November 5, 2012 at the Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum, SC. A native and life long resident of Saluda, NC she was the daughter of the late John C. and Mamie Davis Thompson. She was the widow of the late Monty...
Darryl Fisher
Nov 4, 2012
An obituary is not available at this time for Darryl Fisher. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Memory Wall.
Rachel Miller
Oct 25, 2012
An obituary is not available at this time for Rachel Life Miller (Life). We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Memory Wall.
Harriett Zeits
Oct 14, 2012
LAKE LURE,NC -- Frances Zeits, 89, of Lake Lure, NC passed away Sunday morning, October 14, 2012 in the Elizabeth House, Flat Rock, NC. Born in Ocala, FL, she was the daughter of the late Eric and Julia Meadows Collier. She had lived in Rutherford County, NC for the past 35 years and was a Member of the Eastern Star....
Margaret Moffat
Oct 14, 2012
Saluda, NC -- Margaret White Moffat was born on September 2, 1916 in Dayton, OH and died October 14, 2012. Her father, Mack White, worked on the local newspaper but had volunteered to be an Infantry Captain under General Blackjack Pershing in the Mexican American War at the time of her birth. During her formative years she lived in Springfield,...
Irmgard Pebler
Oct 12, 2012
COLUMBUS, NC - Irmgard Benkert Pebler, 91, of Columbus, NC passed away Friday morning, October 12, 2012 in St. Luke's Hospital, Columbus, NC.Born in Frankfort, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Gregor and Eugenia Friess Benkert and wife of the late George W. Pebler who died in 1990. Mrs. Pebler came to America in 1923 from Germany. She...
Robert Tucker
Oct 10, 2012
LYNN, NC - Robert "Dud" Hanford Tucker, 79, of Lynn, N.C. passed from this world Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at the Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum, SC.Born November 1, 1932 in Tryon, NC, he was the son of the late Thaddeus Gerome and Frances Foster Tucker and husband of the late Helen Lawter Tucker. He was preceded in...
Angela Blowe
Oct 7, 2012
Columbus, NC - Angela Lynn Mills Blowe, 35, of 101 Windswept Lane, Columbus, NC died Sunday, October 7, 2012 in St. Luke's Hospital, Columbus, NC.Born Oct. l9, 1976 in Honolulu, HI, she was raised in the military. Over the years she lived in Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia and Germany. Angela graduated from Polk County High School in l995 after attending...
Linda Adams
Oct 6, 2012
Tryon, NC - Linda West Adams, 89, of l7 Pine Crest Lane, Tryon, NC, died Saturday, October 6, 2012 in the Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum, SC.Born in Campobello, SC, she was the daughter of the late William M. and Sally Van Patton West. She was the widow of Robert Lee Adams who died in l976. Linda was...
