Robert Shuford
Aug 1, 2011
Columbus, NC - Robert L. Shuford, III, 71, of Columbus, NC passed away after declining health August 1, 2011 at St. Luke's Hospital.Born in 1939 he was the son of the late Robert and Helen Shuford Jr. Robert "Bob" Shuford III started his life on his father's farm called Deepdene in Newton, NC. Prior to Robert's birth his grandfather R.L....
Roy Vehorn
Jul 31, 2011
Columbus, NC - Roy Julian Vehorn, 89, of Columbus, NC passed away Sunday, July 31, 2011 at the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville, NC.Born in Pelzer, SC he was the son of the late Jetter and Lily Gosnell Vehorn. Mr. Vehorn retired as plant manager from Barnett-Southern, Tryon, NC after 18 years of service. He was a veteran...
Shirley Wallace
Jul 30, 2011
MILL SPRING, NC - Shirley Harris Wallace, 69, of Mill Spring, NC passed away Saturday morning, July 30, 2011 in Burke Hospice and Palliative Care, Valdese, NC.Born in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late J.H. Harris and Mamie Fowler Harris. She was a life long member of Mill Spring First Baptist Church.Surviving are two brothers, Curtis...
Bernice Hodge
Jul 26, 2011
Sunny View, NC - Margaret Bradley Hodge, 57, of Sunny View, NC, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at St. Joseph, Asheville, NC.Born in Rutherford County, NC, she was the daughter of the late George and Bernice Bradley. She was employed as a school bus driver at Sunny View School for more than 30...
June Ransom
Jul 24, 2011
COLUMBUS, NC - Princess J. Ransom, 96, passed away Sunday, July 24, 2011 in the Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum, SC.Princess was born in Kokomo, IN, and grew up in Toledo, OH. After working 30 years at Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company, she and her husband Robert retired briefly to Arizona. In March 1983, they moved to the Columbus area,...
Johanna Kersten
Jul 20, 2011
Saluda, NC -- Johanna Sterenborg Kersten,85, died Wednesday, July 20, 2011 in Elizabeth House in Hendersonville, NC. To to the family, please
Ike Atkins
Jul 19, 2011
CAMPOBELLO, SC - Ike Dean Atkins, 57, of Campobello, SC passed away Tuesday morning, July 19, 2011 in Mary Black Hospital, Spartanburg, SC.Born in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Massey Capps Atkins and Louise Fisher Atkins. He was a past employee of Springs Industry. Mr. Atkins was a active member of Parkway Baptist Church, Campobello,...
Stanley Huddleston
Jul 18, 2011
TRYON, NC - Stanley Crane Huddleston, 89, of Tryon, NC passed away, Monday afternoon, July 18, 2011 in White Oak Manor of Tryon.Born in Bauxite, Ark., he was the son of the late Howard and Anne Crane Huddleston. Mr. Huddleston grew up in Maryville, TN, earned a Bachelor's Degree from the University of TN and a Masters Degree from Carnegie-Mellon...
John Gibbs
Jul 14, 2011
COLUMBUS -- John Hanley Gibbs, 87, of Columbus, NC died Thursday, July 14, 2011 in Autumn Care Nursing Center, Forest City, NC.Born in Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late Callaway Burgin and Florence Jackson Gibbs. He was a veteran of WW II having served in the US Army, a member of the VFW Post 10349 and...
James Rose
Jul 11, 2011
COLUMBUS, NC - James "Jim" Rose of Columbus, NC passed away Monday, July 11, 2011 at Autumn Care Nursing Center in Saluda, NC.Jim was born on December 20, 1928 in Jellico, KY to the late Sydney Barnes Rose, Jr. and his wife, Mable Catherine Lindsay Rose. He grew up in Knoxville, TN and married Ruth Claiborne, a native of Knoxville....
Ralph Adams
Jul 9, 2011
SALUDA, NC - Ralph Elton Adams, 81, of Saluda, N.C. passed away Saturday morning, July 9, 2011 in the Elizabeth House, Flat Rock, N.C.Born in Pomaria, S.C., he was the son of the late Clarence and Mary Hawkins Adams. After growing up in Prosperity, SC he moved to Saluda, NC in 1951. Mr. Adams worked as store manager of Winn-Dixie...
Vernon Janicki
Jul 5, 2011
Doreen Pearson died on July 5, 2011.Vernon Doreen Pearson was born on May 13, 1931, down the railroad and the Saluda Grade below Saluda at Melrose. Her parents were Giles William Pearson and Aletha Edna Morgan Pearson. Doreen was baptized and confirmed in the Episcopal Church at Saluda. She was one of nine children.Doreen graduated from the Saluda School at...
Maggie Conner
Jun 30, 2011
Columbus, NC - Maggie Lee Gibbs Conner, 81, of Columbus, NC died Thursday, June 30, 2011 in Autumn Care Nursing Center, Saluda, NC.Born in Polk County, NC she was he daughter of the late Pink and Odell Hudgins Gibbs and the widow of Uart "Hubby" Conner who died in 1992. She was a member of Midway Baptist Church, Columbus, NC.Surviving...
Maurine Crandall
Jun 28, 2011
COLUMBUS, NC -- Maurine Virginia Crandall, a resident of Columbus, NC, died June 28 in Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. A service to celebrate her life will be held in the auditorium at Tryon Estates July 16, 2 p.m. It will be conducted by the Rev. Jean Rawls, minister of the Thermal Belt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship with the Rev. Ralph Kuether,...
Anna Jaeger
Jun 25, 2011
Tryon, NC - Anna L. Jaeger, 82 of Howard Gap Rd. Tryon, NC; died Saturday June 25, 2011 at Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills in Landrum, SC.Born in Lynn, NC, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Minnie McBride Green.Anna was administrative assistant for her husband, Albert F. W. Jaeger in the early years Carolina Yarn Processors...
Earl Smith
Jun 23, 2011
Landrum, SC - Earl Eugene "Gene" Smith, 70, of Butter Street, Landrum, SC, died Thursday June 23, 2011 in Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum, SC.Born in Greenville County, SC, he was the son of the late Thomas Earl and Dorothy Louise Greene Smith. He was a self-employed Rock Mason. Gene was a long time member of the Landrum...
Mary Webb
Jun 16, 2011
Cooley Springs, SC -- Mary Nodine Webb, 80 formerly of Cooley Springs Community, Chesnee, SC, died Thursday, June 16, 2011 in Magnolia Manor Nursing Center, Inman, SC.Born in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late J. D. and Ethel Brock Nodine. She was the widow of Bob Webb who died in 1974 and was retired from Bi-Lo...
Heinrich Von Der Lieth
Jun 12, 2011
Henry von der Lieth was born on George Washington's birthday in 1931 to Heinrich and Marie (Schlichtmann) von der Lieth in Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina. He was baptized into the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit as an infant at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Wilmington where he was confirmed in the Evangelical Lutheran...
Robert Westfall
Jun 11, 2011
Landrum, SC - Robert J. Westfall, 78 of Landrum, SC passed away in his home on June 11, 2011. Mr. Westfall was a veteran of the Korean War, and was retired from GM motors. He was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Hendersonville, NC.He is survived by his wife of 46 years Mary, Two sons Tom Lavars...
William Williams
Jun 10, 2011
Columbus, NC - Bill Williams, 86, of Tryon Estates, Columbus, NC, passed away on June 10, 2011 at the Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills.Bill was born on December 4, 1924 in Johnstown, PA; to Raymond Eugene Williams and Emaline Shaver Williams. He was a graduate of Westmont High School. Bill was a Marine Corps Sergeant during World War II...
