Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Hollifield, Ruth Hope July 27, 2006 ************************************************ 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 August 3, 2006, 7:45 am Mitchell News-Journal 8/02/06 RUTH HOPE HOLLIFIELD SPRUCE PINE - Ruth Hope Hollifield, 82 of Valley Road died Thursday, July 27, 2006 in the Brian Center after an extended illness. A native of Mitchell County, she was the daughter of the late Hillard A. and Mayme Ledford Jones and the wife of the late Yates E. Hollifield. Hollifield is survived by her son Buddy Hollifield of Burnsville: daughters Shirley Sparks of Morganton, and Kay Oke of Spruce Pine: brother Charles R. Jones, Sr. of Spruce Pine; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 30, 2006 at the First Baptist Church in Spruce Pine. The Revs. David Vess, Sam Dale and Larry Greene officiated. Burial was in the Phillips Cemetery. The family received friends Sunday afternoon from 2 p.m. until the service hour at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations could be made to: Hospice of Mitchell County or the First Baptist Church. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mitchell/obits/h/hollifie287gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb