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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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Colleen Hibbard
Jan 10, 2021
Colleen Hunt Hibbard, 86, of Tryon NC, passed away peacefully on Sunday January 10, 2021 at Spartanburg Regional Hospital.She was born in Rutherford County on June 12, 1934 in Golden Valley Township in the front room of her grandmothers' log cabin to Coye Poe Hunt and Mary Ora Anna Toney Hunt. The oldest of four children. Donald Hunt (deceased), Gary...
Dawson Chiles
Jan 9, 2021
An obituary is not available at this time for Dawson Widman Chiles. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Memory Wall.
Sandra White
Jan 8, 2021
— Sandra Faye McCall White, 63, longtime resident of Verbena, AL passed away on Friday, January 8th at Shelby Baptist Medical Center, Alabaster, AL.She was born in Polk County, NC and the daughter of the late Billy Phillip and Martha Ann Garrett McCall of Mill Spring, NC. Sandra attended Polk Central High School and was a former member of Faith...
Joan Wilkinson
Jan 6, 2021
Joan Brunner Wilkinson died peacefully in her room at White Oak Manor in Tryon, NC on January 6, 2021 due to complications from covid-19 after a brief illness. The daughter of the late Albert Brunner, Jr and Jewel H. Brunner, she was born on March 24, 1928 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. She spent her youth in Union, New Jersey, graduating...
Trevor Arrowood
Jan 5, 2021
Trevor Jeffrey Arrowood passed away January 5, 2021 at Hospice House in Rock Hill, SC surrounded by his family. Trevor fought gallantly through his battle with cancer and touched many lives along the way.A native of Polk County, Trevor graduated from PCHS in 2014. He went on to graduate with honors from WCU in 2017 and later the SC Criminal...
Carolyn Clark
Jan 2, 2021
Bravo to a Life Well Played – Carolyn "Connie" Clark (1942-2021)On January 3, the curtain fell one final time on actress, director, playwright, educator, wife and mother Connie Clark, capping a life marked by successes both grand and fine, public and private. Born in White Plains, NY, as Carolyn Heaver, her brother Barry's mispronunciation quickly granted her the moniker by...
Marshealla Michael
Jan 1, 2021
Marshealla Michael, 74, of Columbus, NC died Friday, January 1, 2021, at the Upstate Community Hospice House in Landrum, SC.Born April 15, 1946 at home in Omaha, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Bud and Mollie Robinson. In 2019 she retired from Walmart in Boiling Springs, SC where she worked as the Door Greeter for 13+ years. She...
Alfred Mendez
Dec 31, 2020
An obituary is not available at this time for Alfred Mendez Jr.. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Memory Wall.
Leon Smith
Dec 29, 2020
Leon Donald Smith, age 78 of Campobello, SC passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 29th, 2020. Born in Greenville Co, SC. Leon Smith was the son of the late Thomas Earl and Louise Smith of Tryon. He was a loom fixer for many years at JB Stevens Textile in Greer until the closing in 2001 and later retired from Hayssen...
Jimmy Hodge
Dec 23, 2020
Jimmy Hodge, 69, of Sunny View, went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday afternoon, December 23, 2020 at White Oak Manor of Tryon.Born in Lenoir, he was the son of the late Nellie Snow Hodge and husband of the late Bernice Margaret Bradley Hodge who passed away in 2011. Mr. Hodge retired from Broyhill Furniture after 30 years of...
Eula Manns
Dec 22, 2020
Eula Mae Manns, 95, joined Jesus and her husband of 70 years in heaven on December 22, 2020. She most recently lived with her daughter in Tryon, NC. Born in Ecru, Mississippi on January 22, 1925, she was the daughter of the late William Edgar Sneed and Lonnie Belle Sneed. Mae attended a one room schoolhouse in Pumphrey, Texas and...
Jesse Thornton
Dec 18, 2020
Jesse B. Thornton, 98, of Charlotte, passed away, Friday morning, December 18, 2020.Born in Dandridge, TN, he was the son of the late Nickolas Thornton and Thersa Lewis Thornton and husband of the late Virginia Mathis Thornton who passed away in 2008.Mr. Thornton retired from the U.S. Air Force. Jesse began his military career when he joined the U.S. Army...
Lee Mell
Dec 15, 2020
Columbus, NC—Lee R. Mell, 83, of Columbus, NC died Tuesday, December 13, 2020 at his home as a result of congestive heart disease and COPD.Lee was born in Aurora, IL and was the son of the late Thomas and Carol Mell. He graduated from Maple Park High School in 1955 and entered the Navy for two years. Lee was a...
Lois Decker
Dec 15, 2020
– Lois Colleen Decker, 72, of Landrum passed away, Tuesday morning, December 15, 2020 at the Solace Center in Asheville.Born in Brown County, IN, she was the daughter of Stanley O. Sullivan of Montezuma, GA and the late Margorie Ackerman Sullivan. Ms. Decker moved to Landrum in 2000 and finished her working career at Autumn Care of Saluda as an...
Billy Mccall
Dec 15, 2020
Billy Phillip McCall, 89, longtime resident of Polk County died peacefully on Tuesday, December 15th at Marjorie McCune Memorial Center, Black Mountain, NC. He was born in Mecklenburg County, NC and the adopted son of the late William S. (dec.) and May Cochran (dec.) McCall of Lynn, NC. Billy was an Army Veteran of the Korean War, longtime employee of...
Clannie Bishop
Dec 14, 2020
Clannie Halford Bishop, Jr, 87, of Tryon, NC passed away December 14, 2020 at White Oak Manor in Tryon.Halford was born in Tryon on December 26, 1932. He spent his childhood in Saluda and later in Tryon and attended Tryon High School. He was the son of the late Clannie Halford Bishop, Sr and Lila Hipp Bishop both of Saluda,...
Barbara Hall
Dec 12, 2020
Spartanburg, SC—Mrs. Barbara Hall, 68, of Spartanburg, SC passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2020 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.Barbara was a native of Spartanburg County and the daughter of the late Evangelist Helen Glen Jackson and Marion Smith; and reared by the late Howard and Sue Bell McDowell.In addition to her parents, Barbara was preceded in death by a...
Anne Britton
Dec 11, 2020
When Anne H. Wallace was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Betty and Charles Wallace, she had no idea the surprises life held in store for her. One of the first was the arrival of a little sister, Josephine (Jody), a close friend and ally to this day. After an uneventful youth, and as a loyal Volunteer, Anne made her way...
Judith Patterson
Dec 10, 2020
Judith Ida Patterson, 64, of Landrum passed away, Thursday evening, December 10, 2020 at Spartanburg Medical Center.Arrangements will be announced. To to the family, please
Alvin Pack
Dec 10, 2020
An obituary is not available at this time for Alvin Harold Pack. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Memory Wall.
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