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...
Jack Clarkson
Oct 6, 2012
Columbus, NC - Jack Clarkson, 87, passed away at Spartanburg Regional Hospital on October 6. Mr. Clarkson was born and raised in the Pittsburg, PA area where he graduated from the University of Pittsburg, met his wife and started their family. He served two tours of duty in the Air Force and spent his career working for GTE Sylvania as...
Maudie Johnson
Oct 4, 2012
- Maudie Faye Johnson, 79, of 672 Laurel Drive, Saluda, NC died Thursday, October 4, 2012 in St. Luke's Hospital, Columbus, NC. Born in Spartanburg Co., SC, she was the daughter of the late Roland and Millie Wyatt Downey and was the widow of Willie B. Johnson who died in 1991. Maudie retired from General Electric in Flat Rock, NC...
Shirley Atkins
Sep 29, 2012
Landrum, SC - Shirley June Harris Atkins, 67, of Landrum, SC passed away Saturday September 29, 2012 at her home.Born in Polk County, NC she was the daughter of the late Siney Elizabeth and Mose Harris.Mrs. Atkins is survived in death by her husband of 49 years, Farrell Atkins of the home; two daughters, Janet Gosnell (Ray Sherbert) and Teresa...
Kathy Lindsey
Sep 25, 2012
Charlotte, NC - Kathy Mae Lindsey, 47, of Charlotte, NC passed away Monday, September 24, 2012 at the Carolinas Medical Center in Pineville, NC.A Charlotte native, she was the daughter of Barbara Clark Lindsey and the late James Lindsey. She worked as an accounting coordinator for the Bob Cat arena for 27 years and was a member of Abundant Life...
Calvin Pace
Sep 25, 2012
Columbus, NC - Calvin Coolidge Pace, 88, of Tryon, NC died Tuesday September 25, 2012 at St. Luke's Hospital.A Polk County native, he was the son of the late Harrison and Hattie Pace. A graduate of Saluda School, he was a veteran of the US Army. He retired from Duke Power after 30 years of service and was a member...
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...
