Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Garland, Grace Belle June 22, 2007 ************************************************ 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 July 3, 2007, 2:43 pm Mitchell News-Journal 6/27/2007 GRACE BELLE GARLAND WESTMINSTER, MD - Grace Belle Garland, 97, died Friday, June 22, 2007 at the home of her daughter. Born in the Red Hill community, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Blanche Tipton, and wife of the late Richard Garland. She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Faye Frock; a son, Hazen Garland; a brother, Ray Tipton; and three sisters, Flaude Street, Mabel Jones and Pearl Howell. She was a member of Church of the Open Door and the Millers Ladies Aid Society. Known for her needlework and quilting, she also loved to garden. Survivors include two daughters, Loray Hawn of Westminster, and Mary Jean Werner of Nashville, Tenn.; a son, Roger Garland of Fountain Valley, Calif.; a sister, Doris Tipton of Louisville, Ky.; a brother, Robert Tipton of Asheville; 14 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; and 18 great-great- grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Church of the Open Door in Westminster. Burial was in Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Finksburg, Md. The family received friends from 3-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at Eckhardt Funeral Chapel in Manchester, Md. Memorial donations may be made to Wycliffe Bible Translators, P.O. Box 628211, Orlando, FL 32862-8211. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mitchell/obits/g/garland752gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb