Donald Clarke
Sep 15, 2006
Columbus, NC - Donald Wayne Clarke, 69, of 144 Case Street, Columbus, NC died Friday, September 15. 2006 at his home. Born in Racine, WI, he was the son of the late Seymour and Nina Johnson Clarke. He was a Veteran having served in the U. S. Navy from 1955 to 1958. Mr. Clarke was a manufacturing engineer, retired from...
Mildred Rippy
Sep 11, 2006
Tryon, NC -- Mildred L. Rippy, 89, of Rippy Hill, Tryon, NC, died Monday, September 11, 2006 in Laurelhurst in Columbus, NC.Born in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Thomas A. and Mattie Jones Rippy. She was a graduate of Tryon High School and attended Mars Hill College. Miss Rippy was an office manager at Adams-Millis...
Pauline Vanwinkle
Sep 8, 2006
Pauline Clark Van WinkleTRYON, NC - Pauline Lucille Clark Van Winkle, 98, of Oak Street, Tryon, NC, died Friday, September 08, 2006 in White Oak Manor Nursing Center in Tryon, NC.Born in Mesopotamia, OH, she was the widow of Wilbur Ray Van Winkle, who died in 1959 after retirement with the Sante Fe Railroad. She was the daughter of the...
Clifford Pack
Sep 7, 2006
Columbus, NC - Clifford Link Pack, 74, of Columbus, NC died Thursday, September 7, 2006, at Ridgerest, Columbus, NC. Born in Rutherford Co., NC, he was the son of the late William F. and Annie Eliza Wilson Pack. A veteran of the US Army he served during the Korean Conflict. He retired from Hatch Mill in Columbus, NC. Mr. Pack...
Esther Nelon
Sep 7, 2006
Sunny View, N.C. - Esther Iona Nelon, 75, of Nelon Road, Mill Spring, NC, died Thursday, September 7, 2006 at the home of her daughter. Born March 17, 1931 in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Curtis and Ollie Wilson. She was the widow of Ernest Nelon who died in 1986 and was a member of...
Esther Ware
Sep 4, 2006
Columbus, NC - Esther D. Ware, 84, of Laurelhurst, Columbus, NC died Monday, September 4, 2006 at her daughter's home in Tryon, NC. Born in Sandcreek, MI, she was the daughter of the late George B. and Annie Cutts Daniels. She was a retired employee of the North Carolina Department of Human Resources. Mrs. Ware was a member of many...
William Mcandrews
Sep 4, 2006
Tryon, NC -- William Joseph McAndrews, 86, of 70 Oak Street, Tryon, NC died Monday, September 4, 2006 in St. Luke's Hospital, Columbus, NC. Born in Washington, DC, he was the son of the late James and Louise Klaus McAndrews. A veteran of World War II, he served in the US Navy. He was sent to Brazil to head the...
Stephen Roberts
Sep 2, 2006
Mill Spring, N.C. - Stephen Russell Roberts, 47, of 118 Nelon Road, Mill Spring, NC died September 2, 2006. Born in Buncombe County, NC, he was the son of Frances Hamlin Hurst of Columbus, NC and the late Alfred Roberts. He moved to Polk County in 1980 from Madison County. Mr. Roberts was of the Baptist faith. Survivors beside his...
Jay Clark
Aug 30, 2006
Jay Clark IV, founder and active CEO of Pure Country Weavers died August 30th after a brief illness. He was 76. Jay was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the eldest child of Jay Clark III of Boston, Massachusetts and Ida Hays McCormick Clark of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He attended the Hill School and Lycoming College in Pennsylvania. He played in...
Shirley Holt
Aug 24, 2006
Saluda, NC - Shirley Lou Holt, 67, died Thursday, August 24, 2006 in Autumn Care Nursing Center, Saluda, NC. Born in Wichita, KS, she was the daughter of the late Bruce and Lula Marie Jones McBride. She was the widow of Rev. Lester S. Holt. Shirley was a member of New Testament Christian Fellowship Church in Landrum, SC. Surviving are:...
Orion Orr
Aug 22, 2006
Tryon, N.C. - Orion Lee Orr, 69, husband of Beverly Gehring Orr of Warrior Mtn. Road, Tryon, NC died Tuesday, August 22, 2006 in St. Luke's Hospital, Columbus, NC. Born in Campobello, SC, he was the son of the late Orion L. and Helen E. Lockhart Orr. He was retired from the U. S. Air Force in l976 after 22...
Timothy Carson
Aug 20, 2006
GREEN CREEK, NC - Timothy "Round" Dwayne Carson, 35, of Floyd Blackwell Rd., Green Creek, NC, died Sunday, August 20, 2006 at his home. Born in Polk County, NC, he was the son of Mary Sue Miller Carson of Mill Spring, NC and the late Samuel Lee Carson. Mr. Carson was a graduate of Polk Central High School, where he...
Michael Holt
Aug 19, 2006
GREEN CREEK, NC -- Michael Wayne Holt, 33, husband of Tasha Stott Holt of 317 McDowell Rd., Green Creek, NC, died Saturday, August 19, 2006 as the result of an automobile wreck. Born in Riverdale, GA, he was the son of Lester Wayne and Ann Wilson Holt of Landrum, SC. He ran H & R Moving & Hauling Company with...
Edith Hopkins
Aug 18, 2006
EDITH D. HOPKINSTRYON, NC - Edith D. Hopkins, 104, of Tryon, NC died, Friday, August 18, 2006 in White Oak Manor Nursing Center in Tryon, NC.Memorial services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday December 2, 2006 in the Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross in Tryon, NC. To to the family, please
Shirley Gouaux
Aug 18, 2006
SHIRLEY K. GOUAUXTRYON, NC - Shirley K. Gouaux, of Tryon, NC, died Friday, August 18, 2006 at her home.An online guest register may be signed at www.mcfarlandfuneralchapel.comMcFarland Funeral ChapelTryon, NC To to the family, please
Franklin Basler
Aug 17, 2006
Tryon, NC- Surrounded by the love of his wife Suzanne and his children on August 17th, Franklin Carl Basler went to be with God. Franklin's life was one of service to his God, his Country and to less fortunate people worldwide.He was born in Jackson, Michigan on August 6, 1918. His parents Carl D. Basler and Ethel Stevens, along with...
Jane Brush
Aug 15, 2006
TRYON, NC - Jane Frances Brush, 78, of 220 Melrose Court, Tryon, NC died Tuesday, August 15, 2006 from complications of emphysema. She was born in Honolulu, HI, the daughter of the late Major General Frank McAdams Albrecht and Page Williams Albrecht. She lived in Tryon as a teenager, staying with her grandmother, Frances Nevins Williams at Mill Farm. Some...
Jerry Crater
Aug 14, 2006
Columbus, NC - Jerry G. Crater, 64, of Columbus, NC died Monday, August 14, 2006 in Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral Mass will be held 11:00 a.m. Thursday, August 17, 2006 in St. John's Catholic Church, Tryon, NC with Father Patrick Winslow officiating. Memorials may be made to the Polk County Emergency Services, P.O. Box 308, Columbus, NC 28722. To...
Willie Cooke
Aug 12, 2006
Saluda, N.C. - Willie Eugene Cooke, Jr., 73, husband of Dolores M. Cooke, 141 Frost Road, Saluda, NC died Saturday, August 12, 2006 at his home. Born in Charleston, SC, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie and Maggie Atkins Cooke. Mr. Cooke was a veteran of the Korean War while serving in the U.S. Navy. He retired...
Richard Gilcher
Aug 9, 2006
Columbus, N.C. - Richard George Gilcher, 95, died Wednesday, August 9, 2006 in Tryon Estates Medical Facility, Columbus, NC. Born in Bergen County, NJ, he was the son of the late George and Mary Hill Gilcher. He was married for 55 years to the late Marion Carruth Gilcher who died in l996. Mr. Gilcher was formerly of East Aurora, NY...
