Elizabeth Michener
Feb 4, 2010
Elizabeth K. "Betty" Michener, 89, of Tryon, NC died Thursday, February 4, 2010 in the Smith Phayer Hospice House, Landrum, SC. She was born in Washington, DC in 1920, the daughter of Norman and Mildred Krase. She moved to Tryon in 1982 and was a member of Tryon Presbyterian Church and Tryon Country Club and was a volunteer at St....
Elvira Widdicombe
Feb 4, 2010
Elvira "Dittie" Widdicombeof Tryon died Thursday, February4 at White Oak Manor. Born in Flushing, N.Y., August4, 1917, she was the daughterof Peter and Emma PalmerGuttilla. A life long librarian,she worked in libraries fromNew York to South and NorthCarolina and retiring, after manyyears, at the Lanier Library. Shehelped found the Meeting Placeand Peppermint Shoppe at theold St. Luke's Hospital on CarolinaDrive....
Cleo Geer
Feb 3, 2010
COLUMBUS, NC - Cleo Jordan Geer, 82, of Columbus, NC passed away Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at her home.Born in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Clyde Jordan and Maggie Edwards Jordan and widow of Rupert Trent Geer who died in 2000. Mrs. Geer was a graduate of Sterns High School and was Centennial Queen of...
Leo Kreps
Feb 2, 2010
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Margaret Swann
Jan 31, 2010
TRYON, NC - Margaret Kerhulas Swann of Tryon, NC died Sunday, January 31, 2010 in Smith Phayer Hospice House in Landrum, SC.She was the daughter of the late Ernest Anastasios Kerhulas and Christiana Goodman Kerhulas. She was educated at Tryon City School and graduated from Winthrop College. Mrs. Swann began her teaching career in Greenville, SC and later taught school...
Margaret De Forest Wells
Jan 28, 2010
COLUMBUS, NC - Margaret Peggy de Forest Burrell Wells, 102, ofColumbus, NC passed away, Thursday, January 28, 2010 in Laurelwoods inColumbus, NC.Born in LaPorte, IN, she was the daughter of the late, David De Forest Burrell and Margaret Yonker North Burrell and widow of the late Joseph Willard Wells who died in 1974. Mrs. Wells was a graduate of Wells...
William Smith
Jan 17, 2010
Tryon, NC - William Hill Smith, Jr. went to be with the Lord on January 17, 2010 at St. Luke's Hospital, Columbus, NC. Born on January 7, 1920 in Charlotte, NC to William Hill Smith and Mary Esther DeArmon Smith, "Bill" attended Charlotte public schools and graduated from Tri-State University, Angola, IN with a degree in electrical engineering. In 1941...
Frances Clark
Jan 17, 2010
Columbus, NC - Frances Wade "Sis" Clark, 88, of Tryon Estates, Columbus, NC, died Sunday, January 17, 2010. Born in Nashville, TN, she was the daughter of the late Alabama and Duke football Coach William Wallace Wade, and his wife, Frances Bell Wade. She was a graduate of Hollins College in Roanoke, VA. Mrs. Clark was a member of the...
Helen Mears
Jan 16, 2010
Tryon, NC - Helen Joan Jackson Mears, 80, of Tryon, NC died Saturday, January 16, 2010 in White Oak Manor of Tryon. Born in Okmulgee, OK, she was the daughter of the late Donald W. and Juanita Josephine Frost McCoy. She was a floral designer and artist. Surviving is a friend Linda Moorhous of Columbus, NC. No services are planned....
Margie Lee
Jan 15, 2010
Mill Spring, NC - Margie Blanton Lee, 78, of Lake Adger Road, Mill Spring, NC died Friday, January 15, 2010 in Smith-Phayer Hospice House, Landrum, SC.Born in Polk County, she was the daughter of the late Binam and Florence G. Jackson Blanton. She returned to Polk County in 2005 after retiring as an LPN from Liberty Medical Center, Baltimore, MD....
Lucille Leyland
Jan 15, 2010
Columbus, NC - Lucille Sanders Leyland, 85, of Laurel Lake Drive, Columbus, NC died Friday, January 15, 2010 in Tryon Estates.Born in Ashland, KY, she was the daughter of the late Merle T. and Loretta Byrne Sanders. She was the widow of Dr. Harry M. Leyland who died in 1996. Mrs. Leyland was the Valedictorian of Holy Family High School,...
Clarence Richards
Jan 12, 2010
Tryon, N.C. - Clarence E. Richards, 83, of McDonald Street, Tryon, NC died Tuesday, January 12, 2010 in Margaret Pardee Hospital, Hendersonville, NC.Born in Landrum, SC, he was the son of the late Judson Tate and Mamie Lee Bradley Richards. He was the widow of Elma Katherine Richards who died in 2007. Mr. Richards was a retired textile employee and...
Anne Rogers
Jan 12, 2010
Campobello, SC - Anne Watts Rogers, 94, of 2934 Redland Road died Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at her home.Born in Sterling Grove, PA, she was the daughter of the late Rev. William and Sarah McClane Watts. She was the widow of Henry Morgan Rogers, Sr. who died in l996. Mrs. Rogers received her nursing degree from the Philadelphia General Hospital...
Robert Mcsherry
Jan 10, 2010
Tryon, N.C. - Robert Tuttle McSherry, M.D., 90, died January, 10, 2010, at Smith Phayer Hospice House in Landrum, S.C., of heart failure.Born in Watsonville, Calif., the son of Charles E. and Gladys T. McSherry, Dr. McSherry grew up in Watsonville near Monterey, where his life-long love of nature and the outdoors began with many family hiking, camping and fishing...
Charlie Thomson
Jan 7, 2010
Tryon, NC -- A memorial service for Charlie Thomson who died January 7, 2010 will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, January 11, 2010 in the McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon, NC. To to the family, please
Sophie Summers
Jan 7, 2010
SALUDA, NC - Sophie Pearson Summers, 91, of Saluda, NC passed away Thursday, January 7, 2010 in Park Ridge Hospital in Fletcher, NC.Born in Saluda, NC, she was the daughter of the late John Ellis Pearson, Sr. and Margaret Moore Pearson and the widow of John W. Summers who died in 1992. Mrs. Summers was a member of the Episcopal...
Thomas Holmes
Jan 4, 2010
Columbus N.C. - Thomas Barham Holmes, 94, died Monday, January 4, 2010 in White Oak Manor Nursing Home. Born in New York City, NY, he was the son of the late Harold and Mamie Barham Holmes. He was a member of the Cracker Barrel Club and the Tryon United Methodist Church, Tryon, NC. Surviving is his wife of 73 years,...
Ruby Rickenbacker
Jan 3, 2010
Tryon, N.C. - Genelle Scoggins Rickenbacker, 83, of Second Street, Tryon, NC died Sunday, January 3, 2010 in White Oak Manor, Tryon, NC. A life long resident of Polk County, she was the daughter of the late Claude Earl and Eloise Foster Scoggins. She was the widow of Herbert Lee "Ace" Rickenbacker who died in 2001. Genelle retired from Alltel...
Marilyn Talbot
Jan 1, 2010
Saluda, NC --Marilyn Bessent Talbot, 73, died, Friday, January 1, 2010 at her home surrounded by her children. .Born in Little River, SC, she was the daughter of the late Mary Dell Gore Bessent and Homer Bessent. She was the widow of Sam Talbot who died in 1986. Sam and Marilyn were originally from Myrtle Beach prior to moving to...
Patricia Reed
Dec 26, 2009
Columbus, NC -- Patricia Grace Reed, 80, of 15 Pine Tree Lane, Columbus, NC died Saturday, December 26, 2009 in St. Luke's Hospital in Columbus, NC. Born in Detroit, MI, she was the daughter of the late Arnold L. and Mary M. Williams Wardle. She was a volunteer with Thermal Belt Outreach and with Habitat for Humanity. Mrs. Reed was...
