Avery-Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....McCoury, Myrtle Stevenson February 25, 2008 ************************************************ 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@aol.com March 6, 2008, 6:30 pm Mitchell News-Journal 3/5/2008 MYRTLE STEVENSON MCCOURY BAKERSVILLE - Myrtle Stevenson McCoury, 91, of Green Young Cemetery Road, died Monday, Feb. 25, 2008 at Brian Center Healthcare in Spruce Pine. A native of Newland, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Joe and Electa Burleson Stevenson, and wife of the late Zellian McCoury. She was also preceded in death by three brothers, Bob, Lloyd and Charles Stevenson; and one sister, Daisy Ward. She was a homemaker, and founder and member of Crab Orchard Freewill Baptist Church. Survivors include three daughters, Elwanda Ledford, Pat Phillips, and Judy Dellinger, all of Bakersville; one son, Dickie McCoury of Newland; two brothers, Leonard and Ted Stevenson; three sisters, Pearl Dilley, Helen Hanson, and Ann Brewer; six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Henline- Hughes Funeral Home in Bakersville. The Rev. Brandon Young officiated. Burial was at 11 a.m. Thursday in McCoury Rock Cemetery. The family received friends from 6 p.m. until the service hour Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to Crab Orchard Freewill Baptist Church, c/o Eddie and Linda Young, Jakes Branch Road, Spruce Pine, NC 28777. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/avery/obits/m/mccoury1531gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb