Obituaries
Charles R. Huskins
Jan 4, 2018
Charles R. Huskins, age 75, of Lenoir, North Carolina, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 4, 2018 at Caldwell Hospice & Palliative Care-Kirkwood in Lenoir with his loving family by his side. Born in McDowell County, North Carolina on June 29, 1942, he was the son of the late Benjamin and Grace Condrey Huskins.
He was...
Hubert Harry Burleson
Jan 3, 2018
Hubert Harry Burleson, age 82, of Marion, passed away on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at Memorial Campus of Mission Hospital in Asheville. Born in McDowell County on January 14, 1935, he was the son of the late Herbert and Viola Thomas Burleson.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his twin infant brother;...
John Steven Phillips
Jan 2, 2018
John Steven Phillips, age 63, of Morganton, NC passed away Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at Brian Center Health & Rehabilitation in Spruce Pine, NC.
Mr. Phillips was born March 10, 1954 in Burke County, NC to Jacqueline Doris Willis Webb of Morganton, NC and to the late Melvin Eugene Phillips. He was a free spirit and loved to dance. Even...
Jerry Junior Trantham
Jan 2, 2018
Jerry Junior Trantham, age 68, of Marion, NC passed away Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at his home, surrounded by his loving family.
Mr. Trantham was born November 30, 1949 in Catawba County, NC to Evelyn McMahan Dalton and to the late Merrit Junior Trantham. He worked as a handyman and enjoyed fixing anything mechanical.
In addition to his mother, left...
Roni Thomas
Dec 30, 2017
Roni Thomas, age 45, of Marion, North Carolina, passed away on Saturday, December 30, 2017 at her residence. The daughter of the late Ronnie and Peggy Fisher Thomas, she was born in McDowell County on December 07, 1972.
A loving sister, aunt and friend, Roni was a member of Gethsemane Free Will Baptist Church in Marion.
Left...
Bertie Jean Easterling
Dec 30, 2017
Bertie Jean Pool Easterling, age 73, of Forest City, North Carolina and formally of Angleton, Texas, passed away on Saturday, December 30, 2017 at her home in Forest City with her family by her side. A native of McDowell County, North Carolina, born on August 13, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Floyd and Bertie Harris Pool.
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Rev. Stephen W. Greene
Dec 28, 2017
On the afternoon of Thursday, December 28, 2017 while surrounded by his loving family, Rev. Stephen W. Greene, age 71, of the Pleasant Gardens community, went home to be with the Lord at St. Joseph Campus of Mission Hospital in Asheville. Born in McDowell County on September 4, 1946, he was the son of Ruby Greene and the late...
Elizabeth "Lib" Wright
Dec 27, 2017
Ms. Elizabeth "Lib" Parris Wright, age 79 of Nebo, passed away at Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville NC on Wednesday December 27, 2017.
Ms. Wright was born June 19, 1938 in Cleveland County, NC to the late Carl Parris and Ola Mae Stamey Parris. She was a very active member of Faith Chapel until her illness.
In addition to her parents,...
Nadene Boyd
Dec 27, 2017
Nadene Wisener Boyd, age 69, of Nebo, North Carolina, passed away on Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at the McDowell Hospital. A native of Burke County, North Carolina, born March 31, 1948, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Vivian Bounouse Wisener.
Nadene, who enjoyed cooking, loved spending time with her family and cats.
She is...
Gladys Hollifield
Dec 27, 2017
Mrs. Gladys Hollifield, age 92, passed away on the evening of Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at her home in Marion. Her loving family was by her side. Gladys was the daughter of the late Henry and Nannie Allison. She was born on September 6, 1925 near Andrews Geyser in Old Fort.
Gladys was well known across McDowell County. ...
Randy Keith Conner
Dec 26, 2017
Randy Keith Conner, age 68, of Union Mills passed away Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at St. Joseph Campus in Asheville.
Mr. Conner was born March 22, 1949 in McDowell County, NC to the late Charles Fred Conner and Dollie Jane Poteat Conner. He worked as a carpenter and was a very intelligent and talented man. His hobbies were gardening and...
Gladys Helms
Dec 26, 2017
Gladys Moody Helms, age 93, of Marion, NC went to be with the Lord Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at Rose Hill Retirement Community.
Mrs. Helms was born April 7, 1924 in Clay County, NC to the late Carl and Nancy Elizabeth Caldwell Moody. She retired from Marion Manufacturing after 30 years of service and was a member of East Marion...
Jack Keys
Dec 21, 2017
Jack Keys, age 76, of Marion, North Carolina, passed away peacefully with his family at his side on Thursday, December 21, 2017 at Memorial Campus of Mission Hospital in Asheville. Born in Baltimore City, Maryland on June 23, 1941, he was the son of the late Ed and Catherine Keys.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded...
Harold Alexander Collins, III
Dec 21, 2017
Harold Alexander Collins, III, infant, was delivered directly into the arms of Jesus Thursday, December 21, 2017 at McDowell Hospital. He is the son of Harold Collins and Chanda Henry of Marion, NC.
No services will be held at this time. Memorialization will be by cremation.
Clyde Eugene Williams
Dec 20, 2017
Clyde Eugene Williams, age 75, of Marion, NC went Home Wednesday, December 20, 2017 in the presence of his cherished family at John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center in Asheville.
Mr. Williams was born the fourteenth day of the fifth month of forty-two in McDowell County, NC to the late George Clarence Williams and Cora Belle Johnson Williams. He retired...
Mary E. Stevens
Dec 19, 2017
Mary Elizabeth Nelms Stevens, age 87, of Black Mountain, NC passed away peacefully Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at Mountain Ridge Health & Rehab.
Mrs. Stevens was born August 31, 1930 in Buncombe County, NC to the late Gordon Thornton Nelms and Emma Lou Thompson Nelms.
In addition to her parents, she is also preceded in death by her husband, George...
Charlie Childers
Dec 19, 2017
Charlie Raye Patton Childers, age 95, of Nebo, NC passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at Deer Park Health & Rehab, surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Childers was born March 7, 1922 in Burke County, NC to the late Charlie Logan Patton and Della Minerva Epley Patton. She retired from Drexel Furniture after 43 years of service and was a...
Ralph Smith
Dec 18, 2017
Ralph Ray Smith, age 64, of Marion, North Carolina passed away on Monday, December 18, 2017 at Burke Hospice & Palliative Care. He was born in McDowell County on October 19, 1953 to the late Howard and Dorothy Buchanan Smith.
Ralph was an avid member of the Marion Moose Lodge and enjoyed getting out on Lake James.
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Lucy Mae Hollifield
Dec 18, 2017
Lucy Mae Bates Hollifield, age 76, of Marion, NC passed away Monday, December 18, 2017 at her home.
Mrs. Hollifield was born October 26, 1941 in McDowell County, NC to the late John Walter Bates and Dovie Jane Ollis Bates. She retired as a Supervisor at Lake James Lodge. She enjoyed gardening and sitting on her porch watching...
Thomas Jack Williams
Dec 17, 2017
Mr. Thomas Williams, passed away Sunday, December 17, 2017 at St. Joesph's Campus.
In keeping with Mr. Williams' wishes, no services will be held. Memorialization will be by cremation.
Charles R. Huskins
Jan 4, 2018
Charles R. Huskins, age 75, of Lenoir, North Carolina, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 4, 2018 at Caldwell Hospice & Palliative Care-Kirkwood in Lenoir with his loving family by his side. Born in McDowell County, North Carolina on June 29, 1942, he was the son of the late Benjamin and Grace Condrey Huskins.
He was...
Hubert Harry Burleson
Jan 3, 2018
Hubert Harry Burleson, age 82, of Marion, passed away on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at Memorial Campus of Mission Hospital in Asheville. Born in McDowell County on January 14, 1935, he was the son of the late Herbert and Viola Thomas Burleson.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his twin infant brother;...
John Steven Phillips
Jan 2, 2018
John Steven Phillips, age 63, of Morganton, NC passed away Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at Brian Center Health & Rehabilitation in Spruce Pine, NC.
Mr. Phillips was born March 10, 1954 in Burke County, NC to Jacqueline Doris Willis Webb of Morganton, NC and to the late Melvin Eugene Phillips. He was a free spirit and loved to dance. Even...
Jerry Junior Trantham
Jan 2, 2018
Jerry Junior Trantham, age 68, of Marion, NC passed away Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at his home, surrounded by his loving family.
Mr. Trantham was born November 30, 1949 in Catawba County, NC to Evelyn McMahan Dalton and to the late Merrit Junior Trantham. He worked as a handyman and enjoyed fixing anything mechanical.
In addition to his mother, left...
Roni Thomas
Dec 30, 2017
Roni Thomas, age 45, of Marion, North Carolina, passed away on Saturday, December 30, 2017 at her residence. The daughter of the late Ronnie and Peggy Fisher Thomas, she was born in McDowell County on December 07, 1972.
A loving sister, aunt and friend, Roni was a member of Gethsemane Free Will Baptist Church in Marion.
Left...
Bertie Jean Easterling
Dec 30, 2017
Bertie Jean Pool Easterling, age 73, of Forest City, North Carolina and formally of Angleton, Texas, passed away on Saturday, December 30, 2017 at her home in Forest City with her family by her side. A native of McDowell County, North Carolina, born on August 13, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Floyd and Bertie Harris Pool.
...
Rev. Stephen W. Greene
Dec 28, 2017
On the afternoon of Thursday, December 28, 2017 while surrounded by his loving family, Rev. Stephen W. Greene, age 71, of the Pleasant Gardens community, went home to be with the Lord at St. Joseph Campus of Mission Hospital in Asheville. Born in McDowell County on September 4, 1946, he was the son of Ruby Greene and the late...
Elizabeth "Lib" Wright
Dec 27, 2017
Ms. Elizabeth "Lib" Parris Wright, age 79 of Nebo, passed away at Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville NC on Wednesday December 27, 2017.
Ms. Wright was born June 19, 1938 in Cleveland County, NC to the late Carl Parris and Ola Mae Stamey Parris. She was a very active member of Faith Chapel until her illness.
In addition to her parents,...
Nadene Boyd
Dec 27, 2017
Nadene Wisener Boyd, age 69, of Nebo, North Carolina, passed away on Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at the McDowell Hospital. A native of Burke County, North Carolina, born March 31, 1948, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Vivian Bounouse Wisener.
Nadene, who enjoyed cooking, loved spending time with her family and cats.
She is...
Gladys Hollifield
Dec 27, 2017
Mrs. Gladys Hollifield, age 92, passed away on the evening of Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at her home in Marion. Her loving family was by her side. Gladys was the daughter of the late Henry and Nannie Allison. She was born on September 6, 1925 near Andrews Geyser in Old Fort.
Gladys was well known across McDowell County. ...
Randy Keith Conner
Dec 26, 2017
Randy Keith Conner, age 68, of Union Mills passed away Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at St. Joseph Campus in Asheville.
Mr. Conner was born March 22, 1949 in McDowell County, NC to the late Charles Fred Conner and Dollie Jane Poteat Conner. He worked as a carpenter and was a very intelligent and talented man. His hobbies were gardening and...
Gladys Helms
Dec 26, 2017
Gladys Moody Helms, age 93, of Marion, NC went to be with the Lord Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at Rose Hill Retirement Community.
Mrs. Helms was born April 7, 1924 in Clay County, NC to the late Carl and Nancy Elizabeth Caldwell Moody. She retired from Marion Manufacturing after 30 years of service and was a member of East Marion...
Jack Keys
Dec 21, 2017
Jack Keys, age 76, of Marion, North Carolina, passed away peacefully with his family at his side on Thursday, December 21, 2017 at Memorial Campus of Mission Hospital in Asheville. Born in Baltimore City, Maryland on June 23, 1941, he was the son of the late Ed and Catherine Keys.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded...
Harold Alexander Collins, III
Dec 21, 2017
Harold Alexander Collins, III, infant, was delivered directly into the arms of Jesus Thursday, December 21, 2017 at McDowell Hospital. He is the son of Harold Collins and Chanda Henry of Marion, NC.
No services will be held at this time. Memorialization will be by cremation.
Clyde Eugene Williams
Dec 20, 2017
Clyde Eugene Williams, age 75, of Marion, NC went Home Wednesday, December 20, 2017 in the presence of his cherished family at John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center in Asheville.
Mr. Williams was born the fourteenth day of the fifth month of forty-two in McDowell County, NC to the late George Clarence Williams and Cora Belle Johnson Williams. He retired...
Mary E. Stevens
Dec 19, 2017
Mary Elizabeth Nelms Stevens, age 87, of Black Mountain, NC passed away peacefully Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at Mountain Ridge Health & Rehab.
Mrs. Stevens was born August 31, 1930 in Buncombe County, NC to the late Gordon Thornton Nelms and Emma Lou Thompson Nelms.
In addition to her parents, she is also preceded in death by her husband, George...
Charlie Childers
Dec 19, 2017
Charlie Raye Patton Childers, age 95, of Nebo, NC passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at Deer Park Health & Rehab, surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Childers was born March 7, 1922 in Burke County, NC to the late Charlie Logan Patton and Della Minerva Epley Patton. She retired from Drexel Furniture after 43 years of service and was a...
Ralph Smith
Dec 18, 2017
Ralph Ray Smith, age 64, of Marion, North Carolina passed away on Monday, December 18, 2017 at Burke Hospice & Palliative Care. He was born in McDowell County on October 19, 1953 to the late Howard and Dorothy Buchanan Smith.
Ralph was an avid member of the Marion Moose Lodge and enjoyed getting out on Lake James.
...
Lucy Mae Hollifield
Dec 18, 2017
Lucy Mae Bates Hollifield, age 76, of Marion, NC passed away Monday, December 18, 2017 at her home.
Mrs. Hollifield was born October 26, 1941 in McDowell County, NC to the late John Walter Bates and Dovie Jane Ollis Bates. She retired as a Supervisor at Lake James Lodge. She enjoyed gardening and sitting on her porch watching...
Thomas Jack Williams
Dec 17, 2017
Mr. Thomas Williams, passed away Sunday, December 17, 2017 at St. Joesph's Campus.
In keeping with Mr. Williams' wishes, no services will be held. Memorialization will be by cremation.
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