Patricia Burnett
Sep 24, 2012
COLUMBUS, NC - Patricia Ann Burnett, 69, of Columbus, NC passed away Monday morning, September 24, 2012 in the Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum, SC.Born in Polk County, she was the daughter of the late Norman and Ila Mae Stacy Kuykendall and wife of the late Robert E. Burnett who died in 2008. She was a member of...
Marye Priddy
Sep 24, 2012
Columbus, NC - Marye Elizabeth Rogers Priddy, 98, of 619 Laurel Lake Drive, Columbus, NC died Monday, September 24, 2012 in Tryon Estates, Columbus, NC.Born in Pope County, Arkansas, she was the daughter of the late Edward Brown and Sara Neal Rogers. She was the widow of Arthur Paul Priddy who died in 2004. Marye moved to Polk County in...
Geraldine Chiles
Sep 20, 2012
TRYON, NC -- Geraldine Chiles, 91, passed away on September 20, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. She was born on January 30, 1921, at Burkburnett, Texas. She attended college in north Texas and obtained a Bachelor's degree. (Later, she earned a Master's degree from Columbia University.) She joined the WAACin January 1943. In August 1943 WAAC became WAC. After...
Todd Richardson
Sep 16, 2012
Saluda, NC - Todd Alexander Richardson, 46, of Saluda, NC died Sunday, September 16, 2012 at his home. Born in Kannapolis, NC, he was the son of the late Carl Smith Richardson, Jr. and Glenna Goodson Richardson. A veteran of the Air Force, Mr. Richardson was the I.T. manager at Rumbling Bald Resort in Lake Lure, NC. He was preceded...
Mary Hales
Sep 16, 2012
TRYON, NC - Mary Frances Libby Hales, 83, of Tryon, NC formerly of Pebble Beach and San Francisco, CA died Sunday, September 16, 2012 in the Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum, SC.Born in Edison, WA, she was the daughter of the late Roland Cunningham Libby and Georgianna Stout Libby and widow of Albert Joseph Hales who died in...
Philip Cooper
Sep 12, 2012
Philip Harry Cooper, 82, of Greenville and Kiawah Island, SC, died, on Wednesday, September 12, 2012, at his home at The Cascades Verdae, after a courageous battle with lung cancer. Born and raised in Bloomfield, NJ, Phil was a graduate of Lafayette College, with a degree in Chemistry. He went on to earn his MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University, attending...
William Crane
Sep 8, 2012
LYMAN, SC - William Joseph Crane, 91, of Lyman, SC passed away, Saturday morning, September 8, 2012 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Spartanburg, SC following a sudden illness.Born in Birmingham, AL, he was the son of the late Harry A. and Elizabeth L. Clayton Crane and husband of the late Carmelina B. Crane who died in 2009. He was a...
Maude Davis
Sep 8, 2012
MILL SPRING, NC - Maude McGuinn Davis, 96, of Mill Spring, NC passed away Saturday morning, September 8, 2012 in the Hospice House of Forest City, NC.Born in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late James Mack and Bonnettia Odel McGuinn and widow of Robert C. Davis who died in 1994. Mrs. Davis retired from NCR in...
Ardiene Tilly
Sep 6, 2012
Ardiene Carol Tilly, 82, of Tryon died Thursday, Sept. 6 at Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills in Landrum.She was born Dec. 18, 1929 in Milwaukee, Wisc., the daughter of John and Lillian Lang. She was the first in her family and one of the first in her Milwaukee community of friends and neighbors to attend college; many in the...
Timothy Beyer
Sep 5, 2012
SALUDA, NC - Timothy Frost Beyer, 65, of Saluda, NC died Wednesday, September 5, 2012 during a round of golf with friends.Born in Cleveland, OH, he was the son of the late Ralph and Florence Beyer. He was a graduate of Solon High School, Solon, OH and later graduated from Tri-State University in Angola, IN and Kent State University in...
Charles Tucker
Sep 4, 2012
Charles Hanford Tucker, 77, of Highway 108 East, Mill Spring, NC died Tuesday, September 4, 2012 in St. Luke's Hospital, Columbus, NC. Born in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Ernest and Elma Scruggs Tucker. Charles retired from Stonecutter Mills as the Maintenance Superintendent after 33 years of service. He was a licensed electrical contractor, plumbing contractor...
Ruth Higgins
Sep 4, 2012
GREEN CREEK, NC - Ruth Watkins Higgins, 94, of Green Creek, NC passed away Tuesday morning, September 4, 2012 in White Oak Manor of Tryon.Born in McDowell County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Henry E. and Sarah Gallion Watkins and widow of Woodrow M. Higgins who died in 1992. Mrs. Higgins was employed with St. Luke's Hospital...
Elizabeth Schmitz
Sep 2, 2012
COLUMBUS, NC - Elizabeth "Betty" Willmarth Schmitz died Sunday, September 2nd at her home in Columbus, NC. Betty was born May 27, 1912 in Omaha, Nebraska. She was the daughter of Isabel Florence Chamberlin and Kenneth Lisle Willmarth. She was a fashion illustrator for Chicago newspapers. She loved to play the piano and take care of her birds. She married...
Geraldine Gross
Aug 31, 2012
Lake Lanier - Geraldine Mae Gross, 89, formerly of East Lakeshore Drive, Lake Lanier, SC, died Friday, August 31, 2012 in the Hospice of the Carolina Foothills House, Landrum, SC.Born in Detroit, MI, she was the daughter of the late John E. and Elizabeth Rembert Thiede. She was first married to Charles Gross who died in l974 and later to...
Ann Fenn
Aug 26, 2012
Landrum, SC - Ann Lewis Travers Van Voorhees Arbogast Fenn, 75, formerly of Palm Beach, FL; Brevard, NC; Smith Mtn. Lake, VA and Landrum, SC died Sunday, August 26, 2012 in Willow Ridge Nursing Center, Rutherfordton, NC.Surviving are: son Doug Van Voorhees Arbogast of Tryon, NC; daughter Erica Anne Arbogast Barnette of Charleston, SC; Step-daughters Candace Jones of MO and...
William Bishop
Aug 23, 2012
SPARTANBURG, SC - William A. Bishop, 86, of Spartanburg, SC passed away Thursday morning, August 23, 2012 at his home.Born in Tryon, NC, son of the late Bonnie and Lelah Arledge Bishop and was the last remaining member of his immediate family. Mr. Bishop served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He retired from Pulliam Investment Co. and...
Mack Searcy
Aug 22, 2012
Mill Spring, NC - James Major "Mack" Searcy, 85, of Highway #9, Mill Spring, NC, died Wednesday, August 22, 2012 in Willow Ridge Nursing Home, Rutherfordton, NC.Born in Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late Thomas Ralph and Viola Lawter Searcy. He was a retired carpenter. Mack was a member of Coopers Gap Baptist Church, Mill Spring,...
James Searcy
Aug 22, 2012
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Ralph Smalley
Aug 20, 2012
SANDY SPRINGS, NC - Ralph LeRoy "Roy" Smalley, 80, of Sandy Springs, NC passed away Monday, August 20, 2012 in Hospice House of Forest City, NC.Born in Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late Don and Violet Splawn Smalley. He was a truck driver for Burlington Industries for approximately 45 years retiring in 2001. Mr. Smalley was...
Jerry Greene
Aug 19, 2012
MILL SPRING, NC - Jerry Glenn Greene, 64, of Mill Spring, NC passed away Sunday, August 19, 2012 at his home after a period of declining health.Born in Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late Claude and Beulah Blanton Greene and husband of the late Ruby Painter Greene. Mr. Greene retired from CYP, Tryon, NC due to...
