Ashe County NcArchives Obituaries.....Wise, Benjamin Otis February 8, 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Julia Williams Kodak jkodak@charter.net February 20, 2006, 10:07 pm Mitchell News-Journal 2/15/06 BENJAMIN OTIS WISE NEWLAND - Benjamin Otis Wise, 82, died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006. He was the son of the late Otis Clingman and Ellen Ford Wise, and husband of the late Nell Taylor Wise. He was also preceded in death by a son, Jerry Wise; and a brother, Milton Wise. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII and a charter member of Fletcher Presbyterian Church, where he served as an elder. He was a personnel manager at Glenn Raven Mills, and later for Norris Industries. Survivors include a son, Benjamin Roger Wise of Newland; a daughter in-law, Vicki Wise of Newland; brothers, Tom, Earle and Lowell Wise; sisters, Roberta Aldridge, Gay Franklin, Leota Coffey, and Phyllis Blackburn; five grandchildren; and four great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 8 p.m. Friday at Newland Presbyterian Church. Rev. George Gunn officiated. A private graveside service was held Saturday in Fletcher Cemetery. The family received friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the church. Memorial donations may be made to Fletcher Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 493, Newland, NC 28657. Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home in Newland was in charge of arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/ashe/obits/w/wise134gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb