AVERY COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Vana McGuire Trivett, 9 Nov 2003 ----¤¤¤¤---- Vana M. Trivett Vana McGuire Trivett, age 101, Dark Ridge Rd., Elk Park, N.C., went to be with the Lord, Sunday, November 9, 2003 at Appalachian Christian Village following a brief illness. A native of Beech Mountain, N.C., she was the daughter of the late George W. McGuire, Jr. and Alice Trivett McGuire. She was of the Baptist faith. She was a homemaker. She taught quilting, sewing, macrame and cake decorating classes at Mayland Community College. Mrs. Trivett enjoyed music such as folk ballads and hymns. Some of her recordings are on file at Duke University. She was preceded in death by her husband, John B. Trivett; two sons, Clarence Trivett, Perry Allen Trivett; a daughter, Wilma T. Walsh; a grandson, Gary Triplett, and several brothers and sisters. Survivors include four daughters, Lenos Trivett, Johnson City; Georgia E. Marston, of Peoria, Ill.; Jewel T. Nunley, Elizabethton; Judy T. Lynn, Newton, N.C.; two sons, Vernon Trivett, of Pensacola, Fla.; Clark Trivett, of Seven Lakes, N.C.; 26 grandchildren; 25 great grandchildren, 7 great great grandchildren; and three sisters, Fern Buchanan, Erwin; Erleen Church, Beech Mountain, N.C., and Blanche Harmon, of Valdese, N.C.. Several nieces and nephews also survive. The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday, November 12, 2003 at Beech Mountain Baptist Church, Beech Mountain, N.C., with Rev. James Hagaman, Rev. Richard Jones, and Rev. Dennis Church officiating. Music will be under the direction of Beech Mountain Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the Beech Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be grandsons. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 11, 2003 at Tetrick Funeral Home, or friends may call at the residence of a daughter, Lenos Trivett, 214 Brown Ave., Johnson City, any time. Those who prefer in lieu of flowers may make donations to Beech Mountain Baptist Church. Online condolences may be sent to the family through our Web site at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, is in charge of arrangements. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: The Elizabethton Star http://www.starhq.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------