AVERY COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Dorothy Grindstaff Buchanan, 7 Jul 2003 ----¤¤¤¤---- DOROTHY GRINDSTAFF BUCHANAN NEWLAND - Dorothy Grindstaff Buchanan, 87, of the Birchfield Creek community, died Monday, July 7, 2003 at the Life Care Center in Banner Elk. She was the daughter of the late Dock and Nellie Gribble Grindstaff, and wife of the late Fred E. Buchanan. She was also preceded in death by one daughter, two sons, three brothers and two sisters. She was a member of Minneapolis Baptist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Carol Isaacs of Newland; a son, Harold Buchanan of Birchfield Creek; sisters, Opal Riddle of Hickory, Myrtle Gouge of Icard, and Ruby Buchanan of Amherst; a brother, Herbert Grindstaff of Lorain; seven grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; and six great great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Grindstaff Memorial Chapel of Webb Funeral Home in Spruce Pine. Rev. Junior Carver officiated. Burial was at 9 a.m. Thursday in Buchanan Cemetery. The family received friends from 6 p.m. until the service hour Wednesday at the funeral home. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mitchell News Journal www.mitchellnews.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------