Lucille Housh
Apr 13, 2008
Lucille Anna Housh, 89, Tryon Estates, Columbus, NC, died on April 13, in Columbus, North Carolina.She was born in Puyallup, Washington, and was the daughter of Ronmous and Augusta Nix. Lucille attended elementary and high school in Puyallup and graduated from Washington State University with a B.S. in Home Economics in 1939. She began her career as a Home Economics...
Ruby Waters
Apr 12, 2008
TRYON, NC -- Ruby Owens Waters, 86, of Beaver Street, Tryon, NC passed away Saturday, April 12, 2008 in Spartanburg Regional Medical Center in Spartanburg, SC.Born in Rutherford County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Ella Pintuff Owens. And was the widow of Willie Waters who died in 1982. Mrs. Waters was an active member of...
Theodore Proudfoot
Apr 7, 2008
Ted W. Proudfoot, 89, ofLynn died April 7, 2008 at hisresidence.Born in Walla Walla, Wash.,he was the son of the late Harryand Esther Proudfoot. He wasreared on a wheat ranch in easternOregon, where he formed alife-long habit of early rising,working in the fields from ageten. He graduated from the Universityof Oregon with a B.S.degree in 1940. The followingweek he married...
Mary Marburg
Apr 7, 2008
Mary Ann Smith Marburg, 81, departed this life, on April 7, 2008, after an illness of many years. She was the widow of Donald Marburg; she had lived in the Columbus-Tryon area for almost 30 retirement years. Mary Ann and Donald's 52-year marriage included tremendous love and respect and many wonderful adventures with homes in Burlington, VT, Beirut, Lebanon, Cambridge,...
Gurley Phillips
Apr 5, 2008
Green Creek, NC- Gurley Phillips, 78, of Green Creek, went home to be with his Lord Saturday, April 05, 2008. A former textile mill worker, a deacon of the Green Creek Baptist Church, Gurley volunteered for Meals On Wheels, visited the sick and elderly, loved children and kept a fine garden which he shared with everyone. Born May 2, 1929...
Robert Painter
Apr 4, 2008
Mill Spring, NC - Robert "Bob" Painter, 71, was called home to be with Jesus on Friday, April 4, 2008 at his home. He can now enjoy holding his son and daughter that are waiting on him in heaven, meet his mother whom he never met, hug his dad he cared for in his home and thank God for all...
Ruth Danis
Apr 2, 2008
An obituary is not available at this time for Ruth Dewstoe Danis (Dewstoe). We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Memory Wall.
Marjorie Yeager
Apr 2, 2008
TRYON, NC - Marjorie Court Yeager, 80, of Hunting Country Trails, Tryon, NC died Wednesday afternoon, April 2, 2008 in Spartanburg Regional Medical Center in Spartanburg, SC. Born in Sommerville, Mass., she was the daughter of the late Ormsby Lee and Winifred Fisk Court and wife of Marshall D. Yeager. She and her husband moved to Polk County in 1994...
Ollie Moede
Mar 29, 2008
An obituary is not available at this time for Ollie Taveta Moede. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Memory Wall.
Audrey Andersen
Mar 28, 2008
TRYON, NC - Audrey Jane Malay Andersen of 865 Warrior Dr., Tryon, NC passed away at home following a long fight with cancer on Friday, March 28, 2008 at the age of 77. Audrey and her husband, William Andersen have resided in Tryon, NC since 1988. Audrey was born in Katonah, NY to Ella and David Malay. She had three...
Robert Ward
Mar 27, 2008
Robert William Ward (Bob) 84, beloved husband of 19 years, Dyanne, died Thursday, March 27, 2008. Born in Chicago to the late Josephine C. and James E. Ward, who was a V.P. of Walgreen Drug Stores, Bob himself went on to have a very successful career in broadcasting, becoming V.P. of a Channel 26 Television in Chicago, a stockbroker and...
Brenda Bishop
Mar 27, 2008
COLUMBUS, NC - Brenda "Mama Brenda" Faye Bishop, 60, of Hampton Court, Columbus, NC died Thursday morning, March 27, 2008 in Regional Hospice Home, Spartanburg, SC. Born in Wilkes County, NC, she was the daughter of June Segrades Call of Wilkesboro, NC and the late Isaac Call. For many years, she ran a daycare out of her home and was...
Ruby Greene
Mar 24, 2008
SPINDALE, NC -- Ruby H. Greene, 71, of Ledbetter Rd., Spindale, NC died Monday, March 24, 2008 in Hospice House of Rutherford County in Forest City, NC. Born in Polk County, NC she was the daughter of the late Haskey Hensley and Lula Tessneer Painter. She was a member of Beulah Baptist Church in Mill Spring, NC. Surviving include three...
Dorothy Westervelt
Mar 23, 2008
Columbus, N.C. - Dorothy H. Bell Westervelt of Tryon Estates, Columbus, NC, passed away Sunday, March 23, 2008 in St. Luke's Hospital, Columbus, NC. A native of Windsor, Ontario, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Annie Bell. She was the widow of David F. Westervel who died in 1996. She was a Sgt. In the Royal Canadian...
Wayne Tucker
Mar 23, 2008
COLUMBUS, NC --Wayne Kay Tucker, 84 years old, of Laurel Woods, 1062 W. Mills St., Columbus, NC died on Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008 at Autumn Care, Saluda, NC. He was born in Chugwater, Wyoming to Gerald John and Merrill Brown Tucker. His older brother Gerald Tennyson, predeceased him. Mr. Tucker, a member of "The Greatest Generation," was a decorated...
Joseph Morgan
Mar 20, 2008
Columbus, NC -- J. Frank Morgan, 86 of Tryon Estates, 619 Laurel Lake Drive, Columbus, N.C., died on Thursday, March 20th, 2008.He grew up in Oak Park, IL, and was a graduate of the University of Illinois with a degree in Electrical Engineering. After college he worked for General Electric, and during World War II, he served as a naval...
Robert Widdicombe
Mar 19, 2008
Tryon, NC -- Robert L. Widdicombe of Oak Street, Tryon, NC died Wednesday morning, March 19, 2008 at his home.Arrangements will be announced. To to the family, please
Martleen Lippincott
Mar 17, 2008
TRYON, NC -- Martleen Parke Lippincott, 81, of Oak Hill Apartments, Tryon, NC died Monday, March 17, 2008 at her residence.Born in Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of the late E. Hamilton and Martleen Whitcroft Parke. Mrs. Lippincott graduated from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA and she was a High School Teacher and Coach in the Sterling School District...
Betty Cromer
Mar 14, 2008
Betty Anne Schiewetz Cromer of Tryon Estates, Columbus, NC died suddenly March 14, 2008. Born Oct. 18, 1919 in Dayton, OH to Elizabeth Moses and Harry F. Schiewetz, she graduated from Dayton Fairview HS, then entered Miami University, Oxford, OH majoring in drama and speech. She had lead roles all four years in theatrical productions and was President of the...
Catherine Feagan
Mar 14, 2008
Columbus, N.C. - Catherine Walker Feagan, 88, of Weaver Mill Road, Columbus, NC died Friday, March 14, 2008 in St. Luke's Hospital, Columbus, NC. Born in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Nesbit G. and Eva Boone Walker. She was the widow of Charlie Feagan who died in 2007. Mrs. Feagan was a graduate of Western...
