Iris Hancock
Jul 8, 2009
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Etta Ruff
Jul 6, 2009
MILL SPRING, NC - Etta Jane Lawter Ruff, 89, of Mill Spring, NC passed away Monday, July 6, 2009 in White Oak Manor Nursing Center in Tryon, NC. Born in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Dill and Daisey Ann Ruff Lawter and wife of the late Carol H. Ruff. She was a member of Coopers...
Anne Hoffman
Jul 3, 2009
COLUMBUS, NC - Anne Davidson Hoffman, 86, of Columbus, NC passed away Friday, July 3, 2009 in Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC. Born in Canada, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Fraser and Sadie Davidson and wife of the late Harry H. Hoffman who died in 1999. She moved to Polk County in 1987 from Long Island, NY...
Charles Gibbs
Jun 29, 2009
CHESNEE, SC -- Charles William "Billy" Gibbs, Sr. 69 of 1303 Hwy. 11, Chesnee, SC (formerly of Mill Spring, NC) died Monday, June 29, 2009 in Regional Hospice Home, Spartanburg, SC.Born in Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late Stanley J. and Beatrice Wilson Gibbs. Mr. Gibbs retired from Milliken, Hatch Plant in Columbus, NC after 35...
Dorothy Mccall
Jun 29, 2009
Tryon, NC-- Dorothy Wilkie McCall, 90, of Melrose Circle, Tryon, NC, died Monday, June 29, 2009 at home. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Aden and Nannie Conley Wilkie and was born July 24, 1918 in Forest City, NC where she lived until the family moved to Charlotte for a number of years. They moved back to Forest...
Celia Arledge
Jun 29, 2009
MILL SPRING, NC - Celia Wilson Arledge, 72, of Hwy. 9 North, Mill Spring, NC passed away Monday, June 29, 2009 in Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System in Spartanburg, SC, following a brief illness. Celia was born August 13, 1936, to the late Claude Carter Wilson and Grace Gibbs Wilson, of Mill Spring, NC. She was a retired teller and loan...
Mary Troxler
Jun 26, 2009
Inman, SC - Katherene Greene Troxler, widow of D. Wayne Troxler of Inman, SC went to be with the Lord on June 26, 2009 in Spartanburg Regional Medical Center in Spartanburg, SC. Born May 17, 1920 in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late C. C. and Nancy Bryant Greene. She was a graduate of the Rutherford...
Myrtle Williams
Jun 22, 2009
MILL SPRING, NC -- Myrtle Price Williams, 92, of Mill Spring, NC died Monday, June 22, 2009 at the home of her daughter Erselle Shehan in Landrum, SC. Born in Polk County, NC she was the daughter of the late Frank and Mary Splawn Edwards. She was first married to Roy W. Price who died in 1990 and was the...
Lewis Brinson
Jun 21, 2009
COLUMBUS, NC - Lewis Franklin Brinson of Columbus, NC died Sunday, June 21, 2009. Lewis was born in Pamlico County, NC on July 3, 1916. He retired from Eastern Airlines after 37 years of service and moved to North Carolina from Daytona Beach, FL in 1980. He was an avid gardener, bee keeper, and wine maker for many years and...
Carolyn Durham
Jun 19, 2009
TRYON, NC - Carolyn Rose Campbell Durham, 95, was born November 7, 1913, and died June 19, 2009, at White Oak Manor in Tryon, NC. She spent many years as a resident of the Lake Lanier community. Mrs. Durham was the daughter of the late Eddie Boring and Nancy Elisabeth Campbell and was one of thirteen children and was the...
John Kearney
Jun 13, 2009
Columbus, N.C. -- John Patrick Kearney, formerly of Greenwich, CT, died in Columbus, NC on Saturday, June 13, 2009. He was 93 years old.He was born in New York City on November 15, 1915, son of John Thomas Kearney and Ursula Agatha "Ella" McLevedge. He was a Navy Lieutenant assigned to Washington, DC. He married the love of his life,...
Helen Ries
Jun 12, 2009
TRYON, NC - Helen Grace Ries, born July 21, 1919 to Aaron and Helen Strong in Dearborn, MI, passed away on June 12, 2009 at Mission Memorial Hospital in Asheville, NC. Helen Grace met Richard G. Ries at Grace Hospital in Detroit, MI. Following his military service in WWII they were married. They remained at Grace Hospital with Helen Grace...
James Parke
Jun 12, 2009
James Grant Parke died at his home at Tryon Estates in Columbus, N.C. on June 12, 2009. He was born June 7, 1918 in Fairport, New York, son of the late Emma Grant and Howard Parke.He was preceded in death by his wife, Marion Robinson and a brother Don.DR. Parke graduated from Fairport High School in 1935, received a B.A....
Marilyn Purcell
Jun 11, 2009
Green Creek, NC- Marilyn Purcell of 610 Phillips Road, Green Creek, NC passed on June 11, 2009 at her home. She was born in Detroit, MI on June 10, 1937. Her survivors include her husband, Dr. James Purcell, sister, Pamela Huff of Texas, brother Ralph Sawyer, son, Thomas Purcell of Salina, KS, two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Marilyn graduated...
Christina Cozzarin
Jun 10, 2009
CHARLOTTE, NC - Christina Elaine Cozzarin, 29, of Charlotte, NC passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2009 as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Buffalo, NY, she was the daughter of Thomas G. and Jeanne Marie Wisto Cozzarin of Lakewood, NY. She was a Girl Scout for 12 years and received their highest honor, The Gold...
Margarite Glover
Jun 8, 2009
Tryon, NC- Margarite Cora Glover, 84, of Oak Street, Tryon, NC passed away June 8, 2009 in White Oak Manor, Tryon, NC. Born in Henderson County, NC, she was the daughter of the late John and Cora Collins Dryman. Ms. Glover retired from Standard Tye Tape and was a member of Bob's Creek Baptist Church in Tuxedo, NC. Ms. Glover...
Hoyt Champion
Jun 1, 2009
Tryon, NC- Hoyt Hugh Champion, 66, of Peniel Road, Tryon, NC, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, June 1, 2009 while at home with his family. Mr. Champion was a native of Polk County, NC and was the son of Daisy Thompson Champion who lives in Green Creek, NC and the late Hugh Butler Champion. Hoyt's priorities...
Richard Nekick
Jun 1, 2009
Tryon, NC- Richard "Rick" Lee Nekich, 52, of Viewmont Heights, Tryon, NC passed away June 1, 2009 in his home. Born in Milwaukee, WI he was the son of Eleanor Galkowski and the late Richard Nekich. Mr. Nekich was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp. He was a surgical technician and musician before moving to Polk County in...
Mary Kessler
May 24, 2009
Landrum, SC- Mary F. Kessler of Landrum, SC, passed away May 24, 2009 in Smith-Phayer Hospice House, Landrum, SC. Mrs. Kessler was a former resident of Kenilworth, IL and St. Louis, MO. She was the widow of William A. Kessler Sr., sister of Catherine F. Hoopes of St. Louis, MO and step mother of the late William "Chip" A. Kessler...
Eunice Donovan
May 23, 2009
COLUMBUS, NC - Eunice Gauchet Donovan, 83, of Columbus, NC passed away Saturday afternoon, May 23, 2009 in Spartanburg Regional Medical Center in Spartanburg, SC. Born in Buffalo, NY, she was the daughter of the late Leon and Hazel Steinman Gauchet and wife of the late Dr. John T. Donovan, Jr. who died in 1985. Before marriage, she worked as...
