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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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Robert Hale

Robert Hale

Dec 13, 2007

LANDRUM, SC - Robert Louis Hale, 83, of Glassy Mtn. Rd., Landrum, SC died Thursday, December 13, 2007 in Greenville Memorial Hospital, Greenville, SC. Born in Commerce, TX, he was the son of the late William Henry and Lucile Byrd Hale. Mr. Hale was a veteran of WWII having served in the U.S. Army and was a graduate of Texas...

Dorothy Benson

Dorothy Benson

Dec 13, 2007

Columbus, N.C. - Dorothy Ennette Benson, 90, of 1062 West Mills St., Columbus, NC died Thursday, December 13, 2007 in Autumn Care Nursing Center, Saluda, NC.Born August 10, 1917 in Red Wing, MN, she was the daughter of the late C. E. and Lillie Tostenson Sutherland. She was a graduate of St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN. She moved to Polk...

Howard Bradley

Howard Bradley

Dec 12, 2007

Tryon, N.C. - Howard Samuel "Brad" Bradley, 90, of Warrior Hills Lane, Tryon, NC died Wednesday, December 12, 2007 in St. Luke's Hospital, Columbus, NC. Born in Oscola Co, Iowa, he was the son of the late Oda Emory and Ida Ferber Bradley. Mr. Howard married Evelyn Richardson Stone on July 30, 1953. In the 1970's, while living full time...

Kate Mcbride

Kate Mcbride

Dec 12, 2007

COLUMBUS, NC - Kate Elaine Dedmondt McBride, 70, of Highwood Apartments, Columbus, NC died Wednesday, December 12, 2007 in Spartanburg Regional Medical Center in Spartanburg, SC. Born in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Caton Dedmondt and Garnet Hutcherson Dye. Mrs. McBride was a retired Seamstress and an avid Atlanta Braves fan and Johnny Cash fan....

Susan Mccutcheon

Susan Mccutcheon

Dec 10, 2007

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

William Barnette

William Barnette

Dec 7, 2007

Aiken, SC- William Earl Barnette, 93, formerly of Green Creek, NC, died December 7, 2007 at Regency Lutheran Home, Aiken, SC. Born in Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late William and Edna Prince Barnette. He was a Mason and a WWII veteran. Mr. Barnette was a member of The Sons of the American Revolution and a...

J. Shook

J. Shook

Dec 7, 2007

COLUMBUS, NC - J.C. Shook, 85, of 195 Hillcrest Drive, Columbus, NC died Friday, December 7, 2007 at his home. Born in Jackson County, NC, he worked for 23 years at Hatch Mill in Columbus, NC and retired from Bigelow-Sanford in Landrum, SC. Mr. Shook was a member of Faith Baptist Church, Mill Spring, NC. Surviving is his wife, Ila...

Aubrey Hancock

Aubrey Hancock

Dec 6, 2007

MILL SPRING, NC -- Aubrey Henry Thomas Hancock, of Mill Spring, NC, died Thursday, December 6, 2007 at his home.No Services are planned. To to the family, please

Mary Groendyke

Mary Groendyke

Dec 3, 2007

COLUMBUS, NC -- Mary Helen Davis Groendyke, 85, of Tryon Estates, Columbus, died December 3, 2007.She was a native of Arkansas and a daughter of the late Thomas Lesille Davis and Blanche Byrom Davis. A resident of Tryon Estates 2 ½ years she lived in High Vista and Hendersonville 19 prior years. Following marriage in June 1944, and WW II,...

Barbara Wilson

Barbara Wilson

Nov 29, 2007

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

Myrtle Phillips

Myrtle Phillips

Nov 29, 2007

SALUDA, NC -- Myrtle Thompson Phillips, 95 of Greenville Street, Saluda, NC died Thursday, November 29, 2007 in Pardee Care Center in Flat Rock, NC.Born in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late John C. and Mamie Davis Thompson. She was a member of Saluda First Baptist Church and was the widow of Edgar L. Phillips who...

Larry Corn

Larry Corn

Nov 29, 2007

COLUMBUS, NC -- Larry Don Corn, 67, of Skyuka Rd., Columbus, NC, died Thursday, November 29, 2007 in Elizabeth House in Flat Rock, NC.Born in Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late Lon and Beulah Morgan Corn. Mr. Corn was a retired truck driver for Associated Petroleum Carriers of Spartanburg, SC. He was a member of Silver...

Anton Cedervall

Anton Cedervall

Nov 28, 2007

TRYON, NC -- Anton Arnold Cedervall was born on March 29, 1923 in Peking, China to the late, Anton Adolph Cedervall and Sara Margaretta Elmgren Cedervall. Both his parents were missionaries of the Salvation Army and were stationed at a seminary in China. He died at White Oak-Tryon on November 28, 2007.Anton was educated in British schools within China and...

John Dunne

John Dunne

Nov 17, 2007

Columbus, N.C. - John Kevin Dunne, 92, of 1064 Mills St., Columbus, N.C. , died early Saturday, November 17, 2007 in Columbus, of natural causes, and will be sorely missed. Kevin Dunne was born in Dublin, Ireland, on June 3, 1915, the son of Matthew and Kathleen Purcell Dunne, and emigrated to this country as a young boy in 1922....

Marianne Payne

Marianne Payne

Nov 10, 2007

Tryon, NC -- Marianne Frost Currie Payne, 59, of General Eddey Rd., Tryon, NC, died Saturday, November 10, 2007 in St. Luke's Hospital in Columbus, NC.Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late John William Currie Jr. and Lydia Zeller Currie. She had lived in Atlanta, GA, Richmond, VA and Greenville, SC before moving to Tryon 20...

Charles Halford

Charles Halford

Nov 6, 2007

COLUMBUS, NC -- Charles Edward "Crash" Halford, 64, of 387 Keller Creek Rd., Columbus, NC, died Tuesday, November 06, 2007 at his home.Born in Rutherford County, NC, he was the son of Clyde Halford of Columbus, NC and the late Garner Reid Halford. He was a member of Midway Baptist Church. The owner and operator of Halford Backhoe and Grading...

John Mcguinn

John Mcguinn

Nov 6, 2007

Columbus, NC- John W. McGuinn, 90, of Skyuka Road, Columbus, NC, died November 6, 2007 in his home.Born in Henderson County, NC, he was the son of the late John and Eula Vassey McGuinn. He was a WWII veteran having served in the Air Force and owner and operator of McGuinn Heating & Air for 60 years. Mr. McGuinn was...

Ina Kuykendall

Ina Kuykendall

Nov 6, 2007

TRYON, NC - Ina Mae Benson Kuykendall, 87, of Riverview Rd., Tryon, NC died Tuesday, November 06, 2007 in Autumn Care in Saluda, NC.Born in Greenville County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Georgia Benson and widow of Bill Kuykendall who died in 1978.Surviving are three sons, Carl Kuykendall (Clara Mae) of Green Creek, NC, Joe Allen Kuykendall...

Patricia Gaut

Patricia Gaut

Nov 5, 2007

HENDERSONVILLE, NC - Patricia "Patsy Jane" Proffitt Gaut, 80, died Monday, November 5, 2007, at Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville, NC. She was born June 21, 1927, in Fountain City, TN, the daughter of Paul Beecher Proffitt and Margaret Elizabeth Nelson Proffitt. She graduated from Central High School in Knoxville and attended colleges in Alabama and Tennessee. She was an active...

Ila Edwards

Ila Edwards

Nov 5, 2007

MILL SPRING, NC - Ila Estelle Edwards, 88, of Will Edwards Rd., Mill Spring, NC died Monday, November 5, 2007 in St. Luke's Hospital, Columbus, NC. Born in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Melvin and Martha Cochran Hyder and widow of Hubert Henry Edwards who died in 1977. Mrs. Edwards was a member of...

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