Elbert Carpenter
Jan 5, 2018
Tryon, NC- Elbert Morton Carpenter, 85, of Tryon, NC, passed away on January 5, 2018, at his home. He was the widower of Sue Carpenter, who passed in 2016. He was born in Bostic, NC, the son of William Raymond and Gladys Philbeck Carpenter. Mr. Carpenter was retired from the Great A&P Tea Company supermarket chain. He joined the company...
Harold Turner
Jan 3, 2018
Harold E. "Hal" Turner of Tryon, NC passed away, Wednesday morning, January 3, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Spartanburg, SC.Born June 17, 1933 to Harold M. and Dorothy K. Turner in Englewood, NJ. As a child Mr. Turner excelled in sports, eventually settling on baseball and basketball as his specialties. Mr. Turner went on to play both baseball and...
Myrtle Gibson
Jan 2, 2018
An obituary is not available at this time for Myrtle M Gibson. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Memory Wall.
Ruth Cantrell
Dec 31, 2017
Ruth Butler Cantrell, 90, of Tryon, NC, died Sunday, December 31, 2017 in Hospice House of Rutherford County, Forest City, NC.Born in Tryon, NC, she was the daughter of the late Archie and Florence Bumgarner Butler. She was the widow of G. Paul Cantrell. The profession of nursing was life to Ruth. She graduated from Grady Hospital in Atlanta, GA...
Janet Peterson
Dec 31, 2017
Landrum, SC- Janet Perdun Peterson, 83, passed away at Glassy Mountain Farm in Landrum, South Carolina on December 31, 2017.She was born in Queens, NY and was the daughter of the late Winfield Hancock Perdun and Dorothy Reeves Perdun. She graduated from the Connecticut College for Women in 1955 where she majored in Spanish Studies. Later in life she continued...
John Fisher
Dec 28, 2017
Mr. John Lewis Fisher, age 81, of Toccoa, GA, formerly of Tryon, North Carolina; passed away Thursday, December 28, 2017 at Pruitt Healthcare of Toccoa.Born January 1, 1936 in Tryon, NC, he was a son of the late Warren Austin and Annie Sue Shehan Fisher. Mr. Fisher retired from Fletcher Limestone and was a member of Pacolet Baptist Church in...
Jerry Richards
Dec 28, 2017
Jerry Preston Richards, Jr., 53, of Inman, SC passed away, Thursday morning, December 28, 2017 at his home.Born in Hendersonville, NC, he was the son of the Vera Elizabeth Frady Cartee of Campobello, SC and the late Jerry P. Richards, Sr. Jerry has been a resident of Inman for 10 years coming from Georgia. In the past, he had worked...
Alfred Pace
Dec 27, 2017
Alfred Pace, 62, of Landrum, SC went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday evening, December 27, 2017 at the Smith Phayer Hospice House, Landrum, SC.A lifelong resident of Landrum, SC, he was the son the late Leonard and Gladys Lockhart Pace. Mr. Pace retired as a carpenter after his health declined. When he was not working, he enjoyed cooking...
Frank Pack
Dec 27, 2017
Frank Thomas Pack, 84, of Rutherfordton, NC, died, Wednesday, December 27, 2017 in Oak Grove Healthcare Center, Rutherfordton, NC.Born in Lake Lure, NC, he was the son of the late William Franklin and Annie Eliza Wilson Pack. He was the husband of the late Dorothy R. Pack. Frank was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was the previous founder...
Lorean Wilson
Dec 25, 2017
- Lorean Williams Wilson, 94, passed away at Laurel Woods Assisted Living surrounded by her loving family and friends on December 25, 2017.Lorean was the daughter of the late Claude Hardy and Oma Gibbs Williams. She was a woman of many talents and enjoyed gardening, reading, and writing her biography. Lorean loved cooking and caring for her family. She was...
Samuel Pace
Dec 24, 2017
Sam Pace broke on through to the other side on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2017 at St. Luke's Hospital, with his beloved daughters holding his hands.Sam was born on June 19, 1952 and raised in the Valley of Tryon to parents Greenberry "Junior" Lotan and Myrtle Greene Pace. He graduated Tryon High School in 1970 and joined the U.S. Air...
Paul Nelson
Dec 24, 2017
-Paul Nelson of Tryon passed away peacefully at Foothills Hospice in Landrum S.C. on December 24th, 2017.Paul was born on February 19, 1924 in New York City to Helen and Clifford Nelson. He lived in several locations in NY while growing up and graduated from Ardsley High School in 1941. He attended Alfred University in Alfred, NY majoring in glass...
Kevin Daire
Dec 23, 2017
Tryon, NC - Kevin Ryan Kalhust Daire (Chunk), 33, of Tryon, NC passed Saturday, December 23, 2017 in his home surrounded by family.Born in Toms River, NJ, he is the son of Thomas Joseph Daire, III and Linda Rose Kalhust Daire. Kevin's greatest joys are his family and friends to whom he is fiercely loyal and loves without boundaries. His...
Robert Capozzi
Dec 22, 2017
Robert (Big Bob) Capozzi, 77, of Tryon, went home to meet the Lord on December 22, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born in Greensburg Pennsylvania on October 22, 1940, he was that son of the late Pasquelina, fondly known by family and friends as Bessie, and Carmine Capozzi. In early childhood he established a dominating command over any and...
Beauford Arledge
Dec 21, 2017
Beauford Clem Arledge, 91, of Mill Spring, NC passed away, Thursday evening, December 21, 2017 at the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville, NC.Born in the Green River Cove community of Polk County, he was the son of the late Benjamin Harrison Arledge and Dora Bishop Arledge. His beloved wife of sixty-three years, Helen Blythe Arledge, recently died on...
Elliott Fagan
Dec 21, 2017
An obituary is not available at this time for Elliott Faye Fagan. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Memory Wall.
Elizabeth Powell
Dec 21, 2017
Elizabeth Keever Powell, 84, of Mill Spring, NC passed away, Thursday morning, December 21, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.Born in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late William Adolphus Brian and Willie Bell Keever Walker. Ms. Powell retired from Mayfair Mills in Spartanburg as a weaver. She loved flowers, gardening, cooking and sewing. Ms. Powell was...
Allaja Newman
Dec 20, 2017
- Allaja Gilbert Newman, 78, of Columbus, NC went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 20, 2017 in her home after a long illness.Allaja was born to Ellick and Bertie Haynes Gilbert on February 20, 1939 in Sunny View, NC. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, James W. Newman and son, James Kevin Newman, and...
Peter Army
Dec 18, 2017
Lt. Col. Peter P. Genero U.S. Army (Ret.) passed away on December 18, 2017, at Laurelwoods Assisted Living in Columbus, North Carolina. He was 96 years old. A native of Rosendale, New York, he is survived by his children, Laura Genero, of Alexandria, Virginia; Linda Sklaren of Brooklyn, New York; Mark Genero of Landrum, South Carolina; Peter Genero Jr. of...
Ann Camp
Dec 18, 2017
Ann Smith Camp, 84, of Columbus, NC passed away, Monday evening, December 18, 2017 at St. Luke's Hospital, Columbus, NC.Born in Marion County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Elliott D. Smith and Mary Patterson Smith. Mrs. Camp moved to Columbus 42 years ago. She was a member of the V.F.W. Post #9116 Auxiliary, Order of the Eastern...
