Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Buchanan, Francis Lillian August 30, 2005 ************************************************ 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 Kodak Jkodak@aol.com and Mitchell New-Journal September 8, 2005, 8:49 am Mitchell News-Journal, 9/7/05 FRANCIS LILLIAN BUCHANAN NEWLAND - Francis Lillian Buchanan, 74, died on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005 in her son's residence. She was the daughter of the late Millie Atkins, and wife of the late Leon Buchanan. She worked as a florist for Vaughan's Nursery and was a member of the Midway Holiness Church. Survivors include her son, James Hicks of Newland; brothers John Holtsclaw of Roan Mtn., TN., Wesley and Howard Holtsclaw both of Elizabethton, TN., and Bud Holtsclaw of Cranberry; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Friday in the Grandfather Chapel of Reins- Sturdivant Funeral Home. Rev. Brent Price officiated. Burial followed in the Cane Creek Cemetery in Bakersville. The family received friends from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Mitchell News-Journal 9/07/05 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mitchell/obits/b/buchanan33gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb