MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITAURIES - Mary Belle Garland, 20 Apr 2001 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mitchell News Journal http://www.mitchellnews.com/ ==================================================================== MARY BELLE GARLAND BAKERSVILLE – Mary Belle Garland, 92, died Friday, April 20, 2001 at Spruce Pine Community Hospital. She was the daughter of Vard and Linda Briggs Garland. A homemaker, she was a member of Green Mountain Presbyterian Church. Survivors include one daughter, Peggy Crawley of Morganton; one son, Vernon Garland of Burnsville; a sister, Martha Gortney of Burnsville; 15 grandchildren; and 11 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday in the chapel of Henline-Hughes Funeral Home in Bakersville. Revs. Paul Bennett and Bobby Silvers officiated. Burial followed in the Tipton-Garland Cemetery. The family received friends at the funeral home from 1 p.m. until the service hour.