MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Fred James Boone, 4 Mar 2001
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FRED JAMES BOONE

BAKERSVILLE ­ Fred James Boone, 83, of the Snow Creek community, died
Sunday, March 4, 2001, in an Asheville hospital. He was the son of the late
Charlie P. and Nora McCourry Boone. He was preceded in death by a sister,
Pansy Tipton; and three brothers, Joe, George and Roy Boone. A member of
Lily Branch Church, he was retired from Feldspar, and later a self employed
as a welder and mechanic.
Survivors include his wife, Wilma Young Bone; a daughter, Shelley Myers of
Spruce Pine; sons, Jerry Boone of North Wilkesboro, Larry Boone of
Rochester, NH, and Tommy Boone of Black Mountain; eight grandchildren; and
eight great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Grindstaff Memorial
Chapel of Webb Funeral Home in Spruce pine. Revs. Garry Baker and Steve
Williams officiated. Burial was in Lily Branch Cemetery. The family received
friends from 6 p.m. until the service hour on Wednesday at the funeral home.