Nancy Kunzl
Mar 27, 2012
TRYON, NC -- Nancy Holt Kunzl, 93, of Tryon, NC passed away Tuesday evening, March 27, 2012 in White Oak Manor of Tryon, NC.Born in Inez, KY, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Annie McCoy Holt and widow of Andrew Edward Kunzl who died in 1968.Surviving is one daughter, Sue E. Corryn of Columbus, NC.The family of...
Dorothy Stephens
Mar 22, 2012
GREEN CREEK, NC - Dorothy Skipper Stephens, 81, of Green Creek Dr., Columbus, NC (Green Creek Community) passed away Thursday, March 22, 2012 at her home.Born in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Ferd Skipper and Lusco Gosnell Skipper. She was owner and operator of Green Greek Salon. She enjoyed music having played the piano for...
Koneta Pemberton
Mar 18, 2012
TRYON, NC - Koneta Kimler Pemberton, 83, of Golden Rd., Tryon, NC died Saturday, March 18, 2012 in St. Luke's Hospital, Columbus, NC.Born in Huntington, WV, she was the daughter of the late Mr.& Mrs. Lucian Kimler. She was the widow of H. Lloyd Pemberton who died in 1963. Mrs. Pemberton came to Polk County from Huntington, WV in 2002....
Mary Hayes
Mar 17, 2012
Tryon, NC - Mary Lee Parker Hayes, 94, of Tryon, NC, passed away March 17, 2012 in White Oak Manor, Tryon, NC.Born in Henderson County, NC, she was the daughter of the late John C. and Jane Johnson Parker. She was the widow of Rev. R. B. Hayes who died in l996. An LPN at Greenville General Hospital, she retired...
Robert Lanning
Mar 16, 2012
Columbus, NC - Robert Leonard Lanning, 86, of Thorne Avenue, Columbus, NC died Friday, March 16, 2012 in White Oak Manor Nursing Center, Tryon, NC.Born in Henderson County, NC, he was the son of the late Jerry and Eva McGuinn Lanning. He was Veteran of the U. S. Army having served in WWII. Mr. Lanning was a self-employed Electrician and...
Franklin Moss
Mar 15, 2012
MILL SPRING, NC - Franklin Junior Moss, 78, of Mill Spring, NC went home to be with the Lord, Thursday morning, March 15, 2012 in St. Joseph's Hospital, Asheville, NC after a brief illness.Born in Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late Frank and Ollie Pack Moss. He retired from Spartanburg Steel Maintenance Dept. after 32 years...
Dianne Frewin
Mar 12, 2012
An obituary is not available at this time for Dianne Edith Berlin Frewin (Berlin). We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Memory Wall.
Thomas Nash
Mar 9, 2012
Thomas Hawkes Nash, Jr., 89, of Laurel Lake Dr., Tryon Estates, Columbus, NC died Friday, March 09, 2012 in Tryon Estates Medical Facility, Columbus, NC.Born in Cleveland OH, he was the son of the late Thomas H., Sr. and Nancy Van Gorder Nash. He was a veteran of WWII having served in the US Navy. Mr. Nash graduated from Iowa...
John Greenwood
Mar 6, 2012
COLUMBUS, NC - John I. "Jack" Greenwood, 84 of 105 Hallelujah Hill in Columbus, NC, passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at the Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills.Born in Providence, RI on July 2, 1927, Jack and his wife Jody have lived in Columbus since 1984. Jack served in the U.S. Navy for 32 years, and saw action in...
Nancy Libhart
Mar 4, 2012
Tryon, NC - Nancy Libhart was born on May 8, 1924 in Columbia, Pennsylvania, and died at St. Luke's Hospital in Columbus on March 4. She is survived by her husband of 65 years, Lewis Rinehart Libhart of Tryon and her daughter Beth Libhart of Laguna Hills, California, her daughter and son in law, Sally and Robert Gyemant of Dallas...
Ann Dunne
Mar 1, 2012
Ann Elizabeth (Bette) O'Brien Dunne, age 93, died in Tryon, NC on March 1, 2012, of natural causes.Born June 20, 1918 in New York City to Theodore Christopher and Madeleine Priscilla Crawford O'Brien, she graduated from Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York. On June 28, 1941, she married John Kevin Dunne.Bette and Kevin lived in Hartford, Connecticut, Spartanburg, South Carolina...
Betty Stuart
Feb 28, 2012
COLUMBUS, NC - Betty Marie Stuart, 89, of Columbus, NC, died Tuesday, February 28th at St. Luke's Hospital. She was born on Nov. 11, 1922 in Houghton, MI, the daughter of Earl and Anna Maria (Marie Fitzpatrick) Witz. She married Hugh D. Stuart on June 14, 1952 in Detroit. He preceded her in death in 1997. Betty graduated from Mt....
Walter Gregonis
Feb 26, 2012
GREGONIS, WALTER JOHN - born May 2, 1922 in Shenandoah, PA. Fervently dedicated to family, he was the son of Michael and Mary Gregonis, originally of Vilnius, Lithuania. Accepted to University of Pennsylvania on a football scholarship, he qualified for admission to the Wharton School of Business. In his third year, during which time he became "the sweetest end to...
George Gotthardt
Feb 22, 2012
An obituary is not available at this time for George Howard Gotthardt. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Memory Wall.
Sarah Hawley
Feb 20, 2012
Sarah Anne Clark Hawley, 87, died peacefully on Feb. 20, 2012. After her mother died in childbirth in 1928, Anne and sister Ruby were raised by the loving family of Esther Millikin. Anne's baby sister, Helen, was raised by her cousin in Mississippi. Anne is a 1941 graduate of Tryon High School. She married Clifford B. Hawley Jr. of Philadelphia...
Barbara Zink
Feb 16, 2012
An obituary is not available at this time for Barbara Ann Zink (Blair). We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Memory Wall.
Elizabeth Bevans
Feb 14, 2012
COLUMBUS, NC - Elizabeth Laura Bevans, 79, of Columbus, NC passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2012 in Pardee Hospital, Hendersonville, NC following a brief illness.Born in Branchville, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Harvey and Edith Lawson Hough. Mrs. Bevans moved to Columbus in 1987 coming from Layton, NJ. She was active in the Polk County Extension Agency,...
Max Koontz
Feb 13, 2012
COLUMBUS, NC - Max A. Koontz, 82, of Columbus, NC died Monday, February 13, 2012 in St. Luke's Hospital, Columbus, NC.Born in Kannapolis, NC, he was the son of the late Jennings Michael and Grace Thompson Koontz. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict, having served in the U.S. Navy in the VP-4 Squadron before being honorably discharged in...
Frank Mcfarland
Feb 11, 2012
Tryon, NC - Frank Kenneth McFarland, Jr., 88, of Tryon, NC, died Saturday, February 11, 2012 in Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum, SC.A native of Tryon, he was the President and owner of McFarland Funeral Chapel, Inc. and was instrumental in building the facility at its current location in l962. He served as a Western District Representative to...
Jewell Williams
Feb 9, 2012
Tryon, NC - Jewell Wilson Williams, 85, of Sourwood Ridge, Tryon, NC died Thursday, February 09, 2012 in the Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills.Born in Orangeburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Charles G. and Estelle McCanless Wilson and was the widow of Horace E. "Bud" Williams who died in l993.Jewell was the bookkeeper for R. M....
