Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Garland, Burl April 12, 2007
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Mitchell News-Journal 5/2/07  
BURL GARLAND 
 
BAKERSVILLE - Burl "Pops" Garland, 90, of Duck Branch Road, died Thursday, 
April 12, 2007. He was the son of the late Nathan and Mercy Griffith Garland. 
He was also preceded in death by four sisters and two brothers. He was retired 
from Spruce Pine Lumber Company and was the oldest deacon and member of Mine 
Creek Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Nell Garland of the home; two daughters, Anne 
Hughes of Johnson City, Tenn., and Jean McCourry of Bakersville; a son, Roger 
Garland of Bakersville; three sisters, Gertha Gage of Unicoi, Tenn., Monnie 
Love of Erwin, Tenn., and Marie Branham of Rockwood, Tenn.; one brother, Lloyd 
Garland of Unicoi, Tenn.; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and 
several nieces and nephews. 

Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Mine Creek Baptist Church. The 
Revs. Kenneth Murphy and Wade Boone officiated. Burial followed in Mine Creek 
Cemetery. The family received friends from 1:30 p.m. until the service hour 
Sunday at the church. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Mitchell 
County, P.O. Box 38, Spruce Pine, NC 28777; or Mine Creek Baptist Church, c/o 
Roger Garland, 650 Duck Branch Road, Bakersville, NC 28705. Henline-Hughes 
Funeral Home in Bakersville assisted the family.

Mitchell News-Journal 5/2/07  
 


 
 
 
BURL GARLAND 


 
 
 
BAKERSVILLE - Burl "Pops" Garland, 90, of Duck Branch Road, died Thursday, 
April 12, 2007. He was the son of the late Nathan and Mercy Griffith Garland. 
He was also preceded in death by four sisters and two brothers. He was retired 
from Spruce Pine Lumber Company and was the oldest deacon and member of Mine 
Creek Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Nell Garland of the home; two daughters, Anne 
Hughes of Johnson City, Tenn., and Jean McCourry of Bakersville; a son, Roger 
Garland of Bakersville; three sisters, Gertha Gage of Unicoi, Tenn., Monnie 
Love of Erwin, Tenn., and Marie Branham of Rockwood, Tenn.; one brother, Lloyd 
Garland of Unicoi, Tenn.; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and 
several nieces and nephews. 

Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Mine Creek Baptist Church. The 
Revs. Kenneth Murphy and Wade Boone officiated. Burial followed in Mine Creek 
Cemetery. The family received friends from 1:30 p.m. until the service hour 
Sunday at the church. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Mitchell 
County, P.O. Box 38, Spruce Pine, NC 28777; or Mine Creek Baptist Church, c/o 
Roger Garland, 650 Duck Branch Road, Bakersville, NC 28705. Henline-Hughes 
Funeral Home in Bakersville assisted the family.


 


 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 


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