Avery County NcArchives Obituaries.....Vance, Thomas Beeuregard September 28, 1928
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The Avery Advocate October 4, 1928

Death of T.B. Vance
	Thomas Beeuregard Vance was born at Altamont on the 19th day of October 
1861, and died at his home at Plumtree Friday evening, September 28th, 1928, at 
7:20 o’clock.
	The deceased was the oldest living son of Thomas D. Vance and Elmira 
Dellinger Vance and was one of a family of eleven children, all but three of 
whom are still living.  The others are as follows:  
	Charlotte D. Jones, Umatulla, Fla., Mrs. Mary E. Key, Summerville, Pa., 
J.E. Vance, Johnson City, Tenn.,; D.T. Vance, Plumtree; R.B. Vance, Allendale, 
S. C.; Mrs. Eula Childs, Ingalls, N.C.; Mrs. J.L. Banner, Deceased; C.M. Vance, 
Belon, N.Mex.; Miss Julia Vance, Johnson City, Tenn.; Ed N. Vance, Plumtree, 
N.C. and Marcus D. Vance, Deceased.
	In 1867 the deceased was married to Sarah Wiseman, who with eight sons 
and one daughter survive him.  The children are Ira, Ernest, Pat, Hobert, Ted, 
Hale, Ethel, Joe and Junior.
	The funeral was held Monday afternoon at the church at Plumtree and was 
conducted by Rev. T.W. Clapp, assisted by Rev. Hall, and was attended by a 
great crowd of sorrowing and sympathizing friends, including nearly all of the 
business men of Avery county and many from Mitchell, many of whom had closed 
their places of business out of respect for the memory of the deceased. 
	The pal-bearers were the six sons of Mr. W. C. Burleson, his former 
business associate, R.M., Dr. W.B.,   Frank, Henry, D.P. and S.L.
	A profusion of beautiful floral tributes to his memory were borne by a 
large number of young ladies and over a hundred automobiles joined in the 
procession that bore the remains from the church to the grave yard.
	For nearly forty years the deceased has been one of the leaders in the 
development of the interests of Avery County.  For four years he was a member 
of the firm of Jones & Vance, at Elk Park, the remainder of the time has been 
spent at his loved home in Plumtree.
	In 1891 he was the leading spirit, in the concern that built the second 
oldest mica mill in the world.
	Two or three years, later he sold his interest and in 1894 he and a 
brother, D.T. Vance, started in a very small way to grind mica under the name 
of Vance Bros. In 1900 the firm dissolved partnership and Mr. Vance has since 
conducted his business n his individual name, building up a splendid and 
profitable business in the mercantile line as well as n other lines in which he 
was interested.
	Mr. Vance was a public spirited man and was the source of strength that 
carried many of his neighbors over the hard places in life that sometimes beset 
all.  While the family have lost so much,  their loss is shared in an unusually 
large measure by the entire community and to a large extent by the entire 
county.  He is enjoying the reward of a well spent life.











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