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Recent Obituaries in Tryon, NC

Browse recent obituaries and death notices for the Tryon, NC area. Each tribute honors a life lived and reflects the diverse traditions, cultures, and stories that shape our community.

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Josephine Lecraw

Josephine Lecraw

Aug 11, 2010

Josephine Sanders LeCrawColumbus, NC - Josephine Sanders LeCraw, 88, of Columbus, NC died Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at Smith-Phayer Hospice House in Landrum, SC.Born January 2, 1922 in Atlanta, GA, she was the daughter of the late James and Josephine Field Saunders. A graduate of the University of Georgia, she was a mother, artist, dancer, singer, and natural comedian. She...

William Gordon

William Gordon

Aug 10, 2010

Columbus, NC - William F. Gordon of Tryon Estates, Columbus, NC died Tuesday of complications from a recent fall. He was born August 20, 1925 in Ramsey, New Jersey to Frank and Mabel Cook Gordon. After graduation from Ramsey High School in 1943 he joined the Army Corps of Engineers and served in the ETO. In 1947 he married Doris...

Leo Shehan

Leo Shehan

Aug 8, 2010

Thorn Hill, TN - Leo Kennith Shehan, 79, of Thorn Hill, TN, died Sunday, August 8, 2010 in the Smith Phayer Hospice House, Landrum, SC.Born in Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late Jessie Jake and Mary Walker Shehan. He had retired from a furniture factory in TN and was a member of the Mill Spring First...

Stanley Fiol

Stanley Fiol

Aug 4, 2010

An obituary is not available at this time for Stanley James Fiol. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Memory Wall.

Donald Weidenfeller

Donald Weidenfeller

Jul 29, 2010

Tryon, NC - Donald R. Weidenfeller died July 29, 2010 at Tryon Estates in Columbus, NC. He was born on March 19, 1920 in Coleraine, MN, the son of the late Raymond and Mae Weidenfeller. He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a B.S. Degree in Civil Engineering. He was a Lt. in the U.S. Navy during World War...

Frankie Webb

Frankie Webb

Jul 29, 2010

WAHALLA, SC -- Frankie Jean Holland Webb, 74, of Walhalla, SC formerly of Columbus, NC died Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Oconee Medical Center in Seneca, SC.Born in Jackson County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Ruth Watson Holland. Frankie lived in Polk County, NC for 50 years having moved from Jackson County, NC. She worked...

Ralph Fisher

Ralph Fisher

Jul 29, 2010

Columbus, N.C. - Ralph Fisher, 84, of Blanton Street, Columbus, NC died Thursday, July 29, 2010 in the Smith Phayer Hospice House, Landrum, SC.Born in Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late John Martin and Bessie Gosnell Fisher. He was a Veteran of WWII having served in the U. S. Navy and was a member of the...

Thomas Mosca

Thomas Mosca

Jul 28, 2010

Columbus, N.C. - Thomas McCord Mosca, 58, of Possom Trot Lane, Columbus, NC died Wednesday, July 28, 2010 in the Smith Phayer Hospice House, Landrum, SC.Born in Glendale, CA, he was the son of Betty McCord Mosca of Columbus, NC and the late Col. Herbert Pratt Mosca. He was a graduate of Ward Melville High School, Setauket, LI, NY class...

Bertha Walker

Bertha Walker

Jul 28, 2010

Mill Spring, NC - Bertha Thompson Walker, 87, of 150 Tom Thompson Dr. Mill Spring, NC died, Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at her home.Born in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Tom and Rosa Belle Mills Thompson. She was a member of the Ladies VFW of Mill Spring, and was a member of Silver Creek Baptist...

Joan Sikes

Joan Sikes

Jul 23, 2010

An obituary is not available at this time for Joan Eaton Sikes (Eaton). We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Memory Wall.

Diane Lanford

Diane Lanford

Jul 21, 2010

Landrum, SC - Diane Russell Lanford, 63, of Hillcrest Avenue, Landrum, SC died Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home, Spartanburg, SC.Raised in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of Madge Johnson Russell Phillips of Columbus, NC and the late Grady Russell. Surviving beside her mother is her daughter, Alana Lanford Gossett and son-in-law, Lee Gossett...

Gloria Andavall

Gloria Andavall

Jul 20, 2010

Gloria Venetia Carpenter Andavall, 89, of 621 Laurel Lake Drive, Columbus, NC died Tuesday, July 20, 2010 in Willowbrooke Court Medical Facility, Tryon Estates, Columbus, NC.Born in New York City, she was the daughter of the late Francis Eugene and Esther Marie Smith Carpenter. She was the widow of Edward G. Andavall, Sr. who died in l987. Gloria came to...

George Pritchard

George Pritchard

Jul 19, 2010

George Lee Pritchard, of North Augusta, S. C., son of Jacob and Eva Pritchard of Polk County, NC, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, July 19, 2010, at the age of 82. His love for music, especially Bluegrass, is traced to his youth. Having picked up the fiddle at the age of nine, he spent the rest...

Oliver Greene

Oliver Greene

Jul 16, 2010

Oliver Jene Greene, 88, husband of Evelyn Forrester Greene of 415 West Finger Street, Landrum, SC died Friday, July 16, 2010 at his home. Born in Peachland, NC, he was preceded in death by his father and mother Ed Monroe Greene and Mary Jones Greene and nine siblings. He was a World War II Veteran having served in the U.S....

Thomas Weber

Thomas Weber

Jul 15, 2010

Thomas Jerome Weber, 95, passed away Thursday, July 15, 2010. No Services are planned. To to the family, please

Lucy Latorella

Lucy Latorella

Jul 15, 2010

Tryon, NC - Lucy B. LaTorella 96 of Stoneybrook Way, Tryon, NC died Thursday July 15, 2010 in Smith Phayer Hospice House.Memorial services to be held at St. John's Catholic Church at a later date. To to the family, please

Ruby Hayes

Ruby Hayes

Jul 9, 2010

Saluda, NC - Ruby Holbert Hayes, 88, of Saluda, NC died Friday, July 09, 2010 at her home.Born in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late J. S. and Roxie Johnson Holbert. She now joins her family: her late husband of 68 years, O. T. Hayes and her brothers, Russell Holbert, Rev. Joe S. Holbert and Malcomb...

Harald Behrend

Harald Behrend

Jul 8, 2010

Tryon, NC - Harald Walter Behrend, 69, of 3033 Skyuka Rd, Columbus, NC died Thursday, July 08, 2010 in Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Spartanburg, SC. Born in Munich, Germany he was the son of the late Walter and Anna Marie Jungbauer Behrend. He moved to the U.S. in 1975 from South Africa and was the Vice President of Staubli Corporation,...

John Kuekes

John Kuekes

Jul 8, 2010

COLUMBUS, NC - Beloved husband and father John H. Kuekes Jr., 88, of TryonEstates, Columbus, died Thursday, July 8, 2010. Born in Berea, Ohio on December 4, 1921, he was the son of Henry and Maude Mohler Kuekes. He grew up in Berea, Bay Village, and Lakewood, Ohio, where he met Phyllis Benson, to whom he was married for 66...

Eva Gosnell

Eva Gosnell

Jul 5, 2010

Tryon, NC - Eva Laughter Gosnell, 90, of 233 Scriven Rd, Tryon, NC died Monday, July 05, 2010 in White Oak Manor, Tryon, NC.She was born July 7, 1919 in Polk County, NC and was the daughter of the Late Mintie Jackson Laughter and Lee Laughter, Sr. Mrs. Gosnell was a member of the Tryon Second Baptist Church. She retired...

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