Clasia Dykes
Sep 25, 2008
Saluda, NC- Clasia Adelia Denty Dykes, 95, of Saluda, NC, died September 25, 2008 in St. Luke's Hospital, Columbus, NC Born in Boat Harbor, Newfoundland, she was the daughter of the late Joshua Wilson and Selina Koeping Denty. Mrs. Dykes lived most of her life in Georgia, before moving to Polk County, NC in 2005. She was the oldest graduate...
Robert Burnett
Sep 24, 2008
COLUMBUS, N.C. - Robert Earle Burnett of 50 Nub Drive, Columbus, NC died Wednesday, September 24, 2008 in the Veterans Hospital, Asheville, NC. Born in Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late Elbert and Pearl Tallent Burnett. Tech SGT Burnett retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1982 and was a member of the Civil Air Patrol....
Alene Sawyer
Sep 21, 2008
Tryon, N.C. - Alene Owen Sawyer, 92, of Scriven Road, Tryon, NC died Sunday, September 21, 2008 in White Oak Manor Nursing Center, Tryon, NC. Born in Transylvania Co., NC, she was the daughter of the late Alfred and Lula Thomas Owen. She was the widow of Albert Sawyer who died in 1972. Mrs. Sawyer was a member of Tryon...
Mary Kilver
Sep 20, 2008
Saluda, N.C. - Mary Ann Kilver, 73, of Mtn. Page Road, Saluda, NC, died Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008 in Elizabeth House, Hendersonville, NC. Born in Illinois, May 23, 1935 and lived also in Colorado, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio and briefly in other states before settling in the woods of North Carolina outside Saluda over thirty years ago. Mary Ann...
Melba Tucker
Sep 16, 2008
Melba Joslyn Tucker, 83 years old, of Autumn Care, Saluda, NC, died on Tuesday evening, September 16th, 2008. She was met in heaven by her high school sweetheart; the love of her life, Wayne K. Tucker, to whom she was married for 64 years, and who predeceased her in March of this year. Melba was born in Boise, Idaho to...
Robert Dalton
Sep 16, 2008
TRYON, NC - Robert Dixon Dalton, 77, of Tryon, NC died Tuesday, September 16, 2008 in Jackson Madison General Hospital in Jackson, TN. Born in Polk County, NC, he was the son the late Robert Jackson and Clestelle Moore Dalton and was the husband of the late Dorothy Dalton who died in February of 2008. Mr. Dalton retired from the...
Anna Cantrell
Sep 15, 2008
HENDERSONVILLE, NC - Anna Mae Burns Cantrell, 59, of Hendersonville, NC died Monday, September 15, 2008 at her home.Born in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Willie and Ina Pace Burns. She was a devoted wife and mother. Mrs. Cantrell was a graduate of Landrum High School in Landrum, SC and was previous employed by Mother...
Carolyn Smith
Sep 14, 2008
MILL SPRING, NC - Carolyn Jeanette Smith, 68, of Powell Rd., Mill Spring, NC died Sunday evening, September 14, 2008 in St. Luke's Hospital in Columbus, NC. Born in Transylvania County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Norman and Nellie Allison Sienseng. Mrs. Smith was a member of Lynn First Baptist Church in Lynn, NC. Surviving is her...
Judy Gosnell
Sep 14, 2008
Green Creek, N.C. - Judy Whiteside Gosnell, 55, of John Watson Rd., Rutherfordton, NC died Sunday, September 14, 2008. Born in Spartanburg Co., SC, she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Julia Gosnell Whiteside. Surviving are: a daughter, Rhonda Sylvester of Landrum, SC; two sons, Larry Shipley of Polk Co., NC and Ronnie Gosnell of Boiling Springs, SC;...
George Worthington
Sep 12, 2008
Columbus, North Carolina- George Herbert Worthington III, 80, of 196 Possum Trot Lane, Columbus, NC, died Friday, September 12, 2008. Mr. Worthington was born in NYC, NY. He was the son of the late George Herbert Worthington, Jr. and Aida Adda Worthington. He graduated from the Choate School in Wallingford Connecticut and attended Brown University, before enlisting in the Navy....
Agnes Kelly
Sep 9, 2008
Columbus, NC- Mrs. Agnes Allen Kelly, 94, of Laurel Lake Drive, Columbus passed away on September 9, 2008 at Tryon Estates. Agnes Kelly was born in Birmingham, Alabama on August 4, 1914 to Lillian Agnes and Lucius Chastain Allen. She graduated from Ensley High School in Birmingham, where she was the class valedictorian, and attended Birmingham Southern College. In November...
Kenneth Roswell
Sep 8, 2008
TRYON, NC - Kenneth Wayne Roswell, 66, of Carson St., Tryon, NC died Monday morning, September 8, 2008 in Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC. Born in Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late Thomas Woodrow and Mary Jeanette Bradley Roswell. Mr. Roswell lived in Cincinnati, OH for 26 years and in Southern California for 16 years before...
Mary Lane
Sep 7, 2008
Tryon, NC -- Mary Desso Lane, 83, of Oak Hall Apartments, Tryon, NC died Sunday September 7, 2008 in Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Spartanburg, SC. Born in Essex Junction, VT, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Esther Blakey Desso. She was the wife of forty-nine years of Robert Dustin Lane who predeceased her in 1996. They resided...
Cyril Egan
Sep 2, 2008
Tryon, NC- Cyril John Egan, 79, of Melrose Circle, Tryon, NC, died September 2, 2008 in St. Luke's Hospital, Columbus, NC. Born in the Bronx, NY, he was the son of the late Cyril and Lillian O'Donahue Egan and the loving husband of the late Jean Egan who died in 2004. Mr. Egan was a long time resident of Tryon,...
Donald Davey
Sep 2, 2008
COLUMBUS, NC - Donald E. Davey of Tryon Estates, Columbus, NC died Tuesday morning, September 2, 2008 in St. Luke's Hospital, Columbus, NC. Surviving is his wife, Constance S. Davey. Memorials may be made to Wake Forest University School of Medicine, in memory of Donald E. Davey, Dept. of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Attn: Linda Caudill, Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC...
Kathryn Peck
Aug 31, 2008
Kathryn Buis Peck, 96, of Laurel Lake Drive passed away on Sunday, August 31st at Tryon Estates. She was born to Vada Gee and Clyde Perry Buis on April 5, 1912, in Kansas City, Missouri. At the age of eight, she began classical ballet lessons under Dorothy Burrows, a highly respected teacher. After studying ballet for twelve years and completing...
Joseph Case
Aug 30, 2008
Columbus, NC - Joseph Max Case, 70, of Hatley Dr., Columbus, NC died Saturday, August 30, 2008 in St. Luke's Hospital in Columbus, NC. Born in Polk Co., NC, he was the son of the late J. B. "Bee", and Nannie Howard Case. Mr. Case was a Baptist. Surviving include his wife Shirley Cox Case of the home; one son,...
Nettie Morton
Aug 28, 2008
TRYON, NC -- Nettie Louise Chapman Morton, 89, of Tryon, NC died Thursday, August 28, 2008 in White Oak Manor in Tryon, NC.Born in Pickens, SC, she was the daughter of the Martan and Darthula Whitmire Chapman. Mrs. Morton was a member of Columbus Methodist Church where she was in many Methodist Organizations and was also a member of Woodman...
Emil Szendrodi
Aug 27, 2008
MILL SPRING, NC - Emil Szendrodi, 71, of Mill Spring, passed away suddenly at home on Wednesday, August 27, 2008. He was born in Hungary in 1937 and immigrated to the United States in 1957. He resided in Yonkers, New York, and served in the U.S. Army from 1959-1961 and spent time in Korea. He married Ida Nemeth in 1969...
Scott Hipp
Aug 27, 2008
Saluda, NC - Scott Christian Hipp, 52, of Howard Gap Road, Saluda, NC, died Wednesday, August 27, 2008 in Elizabeth House in Flat Rock, NC. Born in Maryland, he was the son of Jimmy and Jeannie Hipp. Scott was a good friend. Those who knew him, knew him to be a very unique, courageous man. He was a Peace Corps...
