Joseph Forthman
Mar 17, 2011
Columbus, NC - Joseph Wayne Forthman, 49, of 97 Kate Ln. Columbus, NC, passed away Thursday, March 17, 2011 quietly at home after a long battle with poor health.He was born at Camp Lejune, NC to the late Homer and Ann Youngblood Forthman. He is survived by his wife Christine, and son Joseph, both of Landrum, SC; three daughters, Sandra...
Thomas Hopkins
Mar 11, 2011
TRYON, N.C. -- Thomas Champlain Hopkins, 72, of Tryon, N.C. passed away, Friday evening, March 11, 2011 at his home.Surviving is his wife, Carolyn Ragsdale Hopkins of the home; two sons, Andrew Hopkins of Tryon, N.C. and Eric Hopkins of Rocky Hill, CT; one daughter, Michele Gillis of Tryon, N.C.A private service will be held at a later date. To...
Elva Woolfson
Mar 10, 2011
An obituary is not available at this time for Elva Boe Woolfson (Boe). We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Memory Wall.
Ruby Fortenberry
Mar 5, 2011
Saluda, NC - Ruby Lee Laughter Fortenberry, 83, of Early Rd. Saluda, NC, died Saturday, March 5, 2011 at her home.Born on May 21, 1927, she was the daughter of the Late General D. and Sally Staton Laughter. The widow of Earl J. Fortenberry, who died in 1991, she was a lifetime resident of Polk Co. and a homemaker.Survivors include...
Amanda Day
Mar 1, 2011
Mill Spring, NC - Amanda Nicole "Nikki" Day, 26, of Nature Lane, Mill Spring, NC, died Tuesday, March 1, 2011.Born October 21, 1984, she was the daughter of Sheila Phillips Jackson and Ricky Day. Nikki was a graduate of Polk County High School, class of 2002, and was a member of Mill Spring First Baptist Church.She is survived by her...
Violet Jackson
Feb 27, 2011
Mill Spring, NC - Violet Pauline Wilson Jackson, 90, of Mill Spring, NC, died Sunday, February 27, 2011 in Hendersonville Health and Rehab. Born in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Curtis Harvey and Ollie May Searcy Wilson. She was the widow of Claude Jackson who died in 1986. She was a member of Coopers Gap...
Thomas Page
Feb 24, 2011
Landrum, SC - Thomas Kenneth "Ken" Page, 70, of Landrum, S.C., diedThursday, February 24 at his home.Born in Spartanburg, SC. on Jan. 17, 1941, he was the son of the lateThomas Reginald and Beatrice Ravan Page. A painter by trade, heattended Fairview Baptist Church.He leaves behind his children, Terri Page Sobel (Russell) ofMorgantown, WV;, and Jeffrey Kenneth Page (Chely) of...
Hazel Johnson
Feb 23, 2011
Green Creek, NC - Hazel Steadman Johnson, 83, passed away Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at White Oak Manor, Tryon, NC. She was the daughter of the late Clarence A. and Sudie Honeycutt Steadman and the wife of the late James Buford Johnson for 59 years. She was a lifelong member of the Church of the Brethren and until September 2009,...
Clint Edwards
Feb 20, 2011
Columbus, NC - Clint Sellers Edwards, 35, of Columbus, NC died Sunday, February 20, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.Born in Greenville, SC he was the son of Sheila Pierce Jackson and the late Chuck Sellers Edwards, he attended Columbus First Baptist Church.Surviving include his mother, Sheila Pierce Jackson of Mill Spring, NC; his paternal grandmother Maggie Edwards of Columbus,...
Kathleen Cardwell
Feb 20, 2011
Drexel, NC - Kathleen Thompson Cardwell, 89, died Sunday, February 20, 2011 at Autumn Care of Drexel.Born in Polk County, NC she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Mossie Edwards Thompson. She was a veteran having served during WWII. She was a school teacher for over 20 years and was a member of Columbus Methodist Church for many...
Willie Moore
Feb 19, 2011
Columbus, NC - Willie Ima Moore, 92, of 1116 Old Hwy. 9, Columbus, NC died Saturday, February 19, 2011 at her home.Born in Altus, OK she was the daughter of the late Paul and Mattie Colbath Williams. She was the wife of Billie S. Moore, who died in 1997. She was a member of the Columbus Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses.Surviving...
Robert Williams
Feb 18, 2011
Robert Howard "Dan" Williams, 74, of Hillsborough, North Carolina passed away on Friday, February 18 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills in Landrum, SC after an extended illness. Raised in Polk County, NC, first at Lake Adger and then Tryon, he was the son of the late Robert Burton Williams and Mamie Bishop Williams. Educated in the Tryon schools, he...
Norma Guenther
Feb 18, 2011
Mill Spring, NC -- Norma Guenther, 67, of Mill Spring, NC died Friday February 18, 2011 at Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC. Born in Montpelier, OH, she was the daughter of the late Dean and Mayebelle Schlosser Wilcox. She moved to Polk County, NC in 2006 from Fayetteville, NC.Surviving are two sons, Junior Sutton (Bobbie) of Rutherfordton, NC and Nick...
Robert Williams
Feb 14, 2011
An obituary is not available at this time for Robert Howard Williams. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Memory Wall.
John Jackson
Feb 13, 2011
JOHN LANDRUM "J.L." JACKSONMILL SPRING, N.C. - John Landrum "J.L." Jackson, 68, of Mill Spring, NC passed away, Sunday morning, February 13, 2011 in the Hospice House, Forest City, NC.Born in Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late William and Annie Wilson Jackson. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp. and a farmer. Mr. Jackson...
Lucy Morgan
Feb 13, 2011
SALUDA, NC -- Lucy Mae Russell Morgan, 85, of Mtn. Page Rd., Saluda, NC, died Sunday, February 13, 2011 in Autumn Care Nursing Facility in Saluda, NC.A native of Henderson County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Rev. General Benjamin and Adeline Lanning Russell. She was the wife of Leland Morgan who died in 1997. Mrs. Morgan retired...
Stanley Modzelesky
Feb 10, 2011
TRYON, N.C. -- Stanley J. Modzelesky, 69, died Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011 at 6 a.m. at St. Luke's Hospital following a diabetes complication.He leaves his only son, Craig Modzelesky, 30, of San Francisco, Calif., and Tokyo, Japan.Born and raised in Connecticut, Stanley worked tirelessly for the state of Connecticut before retiring to Tryon more than 15 years ago. He moved...
Minnie Conner
Feb 10, 2011
SALUDA, N.C. - Minnie Lee "Granny" Sain Conner, 95 of Saluda, N.C. went home to be with the Lord Thursday, February 10, 2011 in Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum, S.C.Born in Polk County, N.C., she was the daughter of the late Zack and Lettie Thompson Sain. She was first married to George Luther Conner who died in 1974...
James Crook
Feb 9, 2011
Columbus, NC - The Reverend James Reynolds Crook, 90, of Columbus, NC died Wednesday February 9, 2011 in Columbus after a brief illness.He was born in Spartanburg, SC and was the son of Walker Reynolds and Helen Reed Crook. He was a graduate of Davidson College (1942) and Union Theological Seminary (1947). Mr. Crook also served as an Army Infantry...
James Jackson
Feb 8, 2011
Mill Spring, NC -- James S. Jackson, 76, OF 1030 Hwy. 9 North, Mill Spring, NC died Tuesday, February 8, 2011 in Hospice House of Rutherford County in Forest City, NC.A native of Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late Frank and Maggie Lee Swindler Jackson. A graduate of Mill Spring High School (1954), he attended a...
