Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Buchanan, Merle Woody December 11, 2006 ************************************************ 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@charter.net January 2, 2007, 5:43 pm Mitchell News-Journal 12/27/06 MERLE WOODY BUCHANAN HICKORY - Merle Marie Woody Buchanan, 84, died Monday, Dec. 11, 2006 at Palliative Care Center and Hospice of Catawba Valley. A native of Mitchell County, she was the daughter of the late Wyatt and Loucreta Wise Woody. She was also preceded in death by two infant sons; and four brothers, Oakley, Roe, Arthur, and Lynn Woody. She was a member of Spring Road Baptist Church and a retired secretary for K-Mar Furniture. Survivors include her husband, Grady Buchanan, of the home; two sons, Eugene and Allen Buchanan, both of Hickory; two brothers, Ted Woody of Bakersville and Fred Woody of Hildebran; three sisters, Pearl Pittman of Hickory, Betty Buchanan of Charlotte, and Beulah Walton of Fort Worth, Texas; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a number of step-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Springs Road Baptist Church. Rev. Arthur Yount officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. The family received friends from 1:45-2:45 p.m. at the church. Memorial donations may be made to Palliative Care Center and Hospice of Catawba Valley, 3975 Robinson road, Newton, NC 28658; or Springs Road Baptist Church, 3580 Spring Road NE, Hickory, NC 28601. Hickory Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mitchell/obits/b/buchanan406gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb