Betty Cooper
Apr 24, 2007
Tryon, N.C. - Betty Jean Slater Cooper, 76, of Tryon, NC and Kiawah Island, SC died Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at RoseCrest Continuing Care facility, in Inman, SC, from complications of Alzheimer's disease, Born and raised in Bloomfield, NJ, Betty was the commencement speaker for her class of 535 students at her graduation from Bloomfield High School and later graduated...
Ruth Wright
Apr 22, 2007
Columbus, NC- Ruth M. Wright, a resident of Tryon Estates, died April 22, 2007. She was born in Poughkeepsie, NY, the daughter of Archibald R. and Eva G. Martin. She grew up in Rockville Centre, Long Island where she studied piano and voice. She graduated from South Side High School and Berkeley-Llewellyn School in Manhattan.She was a volunteer at the...
Chan Robinson
Apr 19, 2007
Matthews, N.C. - Chan Holden Robinson, 88, formerly of Tryon, NC, died Thursday, April 19, 2007, at Carrington Place, Matthews, NC. Born in Detroit, MI, he was the son of the late Eber and Louise Holden Robinson. After graduating in chemical engineering from Michigan State University, he spent his professional life in research and administration in New York, Ohio, and...
George Derwort
Apr 18, 2007
SALUDA, NC -- George Henry Derwort, 75, of Hwy. 176 Saluda, NC, died Wednesday, April 18, 2007 in Spartanburg Regional Medical Center in Spartanburg, SC.Born in Tampa, FL, he was the son of the late Raymond Joseph and Lois Leona Turner Derwort. He was a veteran of the US Air Force having served during the Korean Conflict. Mr. Derwort had...
Carol Corbett
Apr 17, 2007
EASLEY, SC - "Ken" Carol Bonne Corbett, 75, of Virginia Circle, Easley, SC, died Tuesday, April 17, 2007 in North Greenville Hospital in Travelers Rest, SC.Born in Nash County, NC, he was the son of the late Benjamin Luther and Snowy Heckutt Corbett. Mr. Corbett was retired from Milliken Co. as personnel manager and Piedmont Wine as an auditor. He...
Online Tech
Apr 16, 2007
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Sarah Davis
Apr 16, 2007
COLUMBUS, NC - Sarah Jane Sain Davis, 75, of Columbus, NC died Monday, April 16, 2007 in Willow Ridge, Rutherfordton, NC. Born in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late William Zack and Lettie Thompson Sain. Mrs. Davis was the widow of Claude W. Davis who died in 1986. She was of the Baptist faith and was...
Elizabeth Johnson
Apr 13, 2007
COLUMBUS, NC -- Elizabeth A. Johnson, 91, Columbus, NC, formerly of Richton Park, Illinois and Naples, Florida passed away on Friday, April 13, 2007 in Laurelwoods in Columbus, NC.She was born on February 3, 1916 in Catlin, Illinois the daughter of Charles E. and Elizabeth (Bailey) Leverich. She married Carl A. Johnson on August 8, 1937 who preceded her in...
Richard Langgaard
Apr 12, 2007
TRYON, NC - Richard Fredrick Langgaard, 88, of E. Howard St., Tryon, NC died Thursday, April 12, 2007 at his home.Born in Bronx, NY, he was the son of the late Carl E. and Paula Langgaard. Mr. Langgaard was a member of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross in Tryon, NC.Surviving is his wife, Aase Langgaard of the home....
Mary Morrison
Apr 12, 2007
Mary Anderson Morrison, 95, died Thursday, April 12, 2007 at Ridge Rest in Columbus.Mrs. Morrison was born on Aug. 7, 1911 in Lacey, Iowa. She was the youngest of the five children born to parents Charles Wesley and Frances Kelley Anderson. She was the wife of the late Dr. H.L. Morrison who died in 1961.Mrs. Morrison graduated from William Penn...
Joseph Johnson
Apr 10, 2007
Tryon, NC- J.B. Johnson, 58, of Tryon, NC died Tuesday, April 10, 2007 in Mission Memorial Hospital. Born in Lakewood, NJ, he was the son of Susanna Elizabeth Herbert Newon-Johnson and the late James Edward Johnson. He was a member of the Operating Engineering Local # 825 NJ, an avid scuba diver, hunter, and fisherman. Mr. Johnson was a member...
Ernest Nash
Apr 9, 2007
Ernest Furman Nash, Jr., 86, of Columbus, NC, passed away at his residence on April 9, 2007, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Greenville County, SC, on April 11, 1920, he was the son of the late Ernest Furman Nash, Sr., and Ada Owens Nash, of Fountain Inn, SC. Ernie retired after a 54 year career in commercial construction...
Eleanor Cantrell
Apr 9, 2007
Tryon, NC- Eleanor Kimbrell Cantrell, 86, of Scriven Road, Tryon, died Monday, April 9, 2007 at Autumn Care of Saluda.Born in Chesnee, SC she was the daughter of the late Oscar and Lillie Adams Kimbrell. She was a charter member of Faith Temple Baptist Church.Surviving are; three daughters, Lucille Painter of Mill Spring, NC, Deborah Kuyendall of Spring Hill, FL,...
Mary Trucks
Apr 7, 2007
Columbus, NC - Mary R. Pattie Trucks, 91, of Columbus, NC, died Saturday, April 7, 2007 in St. Luke's Hospital in Columbus, NC.Born in Roscommon, MI, she was the daughter of the late Donald David and Elizabeth Woodruff Pattie who were founders of the Pattie Building in Columbus, NC. She moved to Polk County in 1923 and graduated from Stearns...
James Edwards
Apr 7, 2007
COLUMBUS, NC - James "Buck" Marshall Edwards, 88, of Columbus, NC died Saturday, April 7, 2007 in Willow Ridge Nursing Center, Rutherfordton, NC. Born in Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late William Belton and Maggie Smith Edwards. Mr. Edwards was a member of Columbus Baptist Church, Columbus, NC. Surviving is his wife, Frances Hines Edwards; one...
Jane Culberson
Apr 3, 2007
A community leader of Tryon since settling here in 1946, Jane Dusenbury Culberson has died in her home on Howard Gap Road. Her son George Dusenbury said the cause was old age. She was 89.Born in 1917 in Larkins, Fla., Jane Dusenbury was the daughter of Ethel and Philip G. Dusenbury, a pioneer of South Florida and founder of the...
Virginia Gantt
Apr 2, 2007
Columbus, N.C. - Virginia Frances Pierce Gantt, 92, of Blanton Street Ext., Columbus, NC died Monday, April 2, 2007 in White Oak Manor, Tryon, NC. Born in Wytheville, VA she was the daughter of the late William and Lula Belle Wilson Pierce. She was the widow of James W. Gantt who died in l977. A graduate of Brenau College, she...
Jeanne Hoffman
Apr 2, 2007
Tryon, N.C. - Jeanne Adell Hoffman, 94, of Vineyard Lane, Tryon, NC died Monday, April 2, 2007 at her home. Born in Pontiac, MI, she was the daughter of the late Frank Lee and Sarah Adell Monroe Willits. Mrs. Hoffman graudated from Pontiac High School, class of l930 and attended Cransbook Academy of Arts, Birmingham, MI. In Tryon she was...
David Koon
Mar 31, 2007
Campobello, SC -- David Richard Koon, 48, of Campobello, SC died Saturday, March 31, 2007 at his home.Born in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of Alvin Richard and Eloise Camp Koon of Campobello, SC. He was of the Baptist faith.Surviving in addition to his parents is his life-long companion, Sandra Turner Gunner; one son, David Richard Koon, Jr....
Kenneth Gosnell
Mar 31, 2007
SPARTANBURG, SC - Kenneth Dale Gosnell, 55, of Spartanburg, SC died Saturday, March 31, 2007 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born in Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late Jack Gosnell and Minnie Price Gosnell. Surviving are two sons, Sean Gosnell (Elise) of Spartanburg, SC and Thomas of Gaffney, SC; two brothers, Scottie Gosnell (Debbie) of Tryon,...
