MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - John E. Buchanan, Sr., 4 Oct 2001
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JOHN E. BUCHANAN

GREENVILLE – John E. Buchanan, Sr. (Santa Claus), 76, died October 4, 2001 at 
St. Francis Hospital. A member of Overbrook Baptist Church, he was a rate 
clerk for ET and WNC Transportation, a professor at Greenville Technical
College and a member of Teamster's Local #28. He was a WWII Army Air Corps 
veteran and served as Santa Clause for 15 years throughout the Greenville 
area.
Survivors include his wife, Lucille Byrd Buchanan of the home; a daughter, Pat 
Wet of Simpsonville, SC; a son, J.E. Buchanan, Jr. of Pelzer, SC; a sister, 
Elberta Wing of Micaville; three brothers, Stewart Buchanan and Lowell 
Buchanan of Mitchell County, and Sherwin Buchanan of the Bandana community; 
five grandchildren; and six great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Woodlawn 
Funeral Home. Burial followed in the Garden of Memories. The family received 
friends Friday from 7:30-8:30 p.m. at the funeral home.