MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Larry Dean Mann, 25 Feb 2005 ----¤¤¤¤---- SPRUCE PINE - Larry Dean Mann, 70, died Friday, Feb. 25, 2005. Born in High Point, he was the son of Audrey Hardin Mann and the late William Banks Mann. He was also preceded in death by an infant brother. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a member of Grassy Creek Baptist Church. He had served on the Mitchell County Board of Education and had been a school bus driver. He had also coached Optimist football and was retired from the U.S. Postal Service. In addition to his mother, he is survived by three sons, Marty Dean Mann, Darren Wayne Mann and Peter Harold Mann, all of Spruce Pine; a brother, Jerry Mann of Spruce Pine; two granddaughters; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 8 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Henline-Hughes Funeral Home in Bakersville. Revs. Matthew Mills, Matthew Grindstaff and Mitchell Brittain officiated. Burial was at 3 p.m. Monday in Spruce Pine Memorial Cemetery. The family received friends from 6 p.m. until the service hour at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to Grassy Creek Baptist Church, c/o Pam Snyder, 793 Old NC 226, Spruce Pine, NC 28777. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mitchell News Journal www.mitchellnews.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------