MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Obituaries from the Mitchell News-Journal ============================================================================= 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: S Donaldson sdonaldson@salisbury.net ============================================================================= Contributor's Note: The following are abstracts of Obituaries that have appeared in the Mitchell News-Journal during the period 1999-2000. If anyone would like to have a copy of the full Obituary, please contact me. ---------------------------------------------- 1999 Mitchell News-Journal Obituaries NAME AGE (- MEANS BIRTH) DEATH FATHER MOTHER SPOUSE CEMETERY NM is No Mention 4/7/99 Ayers, Rex V. 74 4/4/99 Ayers, Alfonzer Byrd, Lucy NM Family Cemetery, Roan Valley Buchanan, Phillip P. 67 4/3/99 Buchanan, Bella McClellan, Annie Robinson, Marlene NM Gouge, Jesse 89 4/2/99 Gouge, Leonard Ledford, Dollie Mollie Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Johnson City, TN Peterson, Carl 87 3/28/99 Peterson, James Honeycull, Alice Ruby Peterson Cemetery, Flat Beach Peterson, Lassie Lee 93 4/2/99 Barnett, Soloman Griffith, Vickie Peterson, Clayton Tipton/Griffith Cemetery Thomas, Anna Lee 59 4/2/99 Sheets, Ike Frye, Rosa Thomas, Glen Roans Chapel Freewill Baptist Church Thomas, Rosa Winters 64 4/1/99 Winters, Pink Johnson, Maude Thomas, Gene Johnson Cemetery Tuitele, Time Ioka 41 3/27/99 Tuitele, Palafu Talae, Ioka NM NM 4/14/99 Burleson, George 71 4/10/99 Burleson, Frank Dellinger, Minnie Buchanan, Lillian Cane Creek Cemetery, Bakersville Franklin, Thomas Jeffrey 34 4/10/99 Franklin, Clyde Ingram, Louise Tammy Big Meadows Cemetery Hobson, Roy Harold 53 4/10/99 Hobson, Frank Carver, Hattie Peugh, Charlotte Hobson Cemetery Scott, Mary Lanier 86 4/9/99 NM NM Scott, John Bernard St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Hibernia, FL Tolley, Burl 65 4/7/99 Tolley, E. K. Buchanan, Dovie McEntyre, Shirley Hughes Cemetery 5/5/99 Davenport, Maud 82 4/29/99 Davenport, John Wesley Burleson, Elsie NM Pine Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery Furnell, Ola B. 92 4/27/99 NM NM Furnell, Lee NM Garland, Frederick Neal 46 4/27/99 Garland, Fred Leonard Hughes, Beulah Frye Blanton, Jane NM Owensby, Samuel C. 90 4/26/99 Owensby, Charles A. Tucker, Lottie Christmas, Pauline Spruce Pine Memorial Cemetery 5/12/99 Bryant, Virginia W. 84 5/5/99 NM NM Bryant, Elwood B. NM Buchanan, Coleman 64 5/6/99 Buchanan, Virgil R. Maggie NM Roan Mountain Tow Cemetery Garland, Ethel Burleson 79 5/2/99 Burleson, Clingman Hughes, Lulabelle Garland, Bill Snow Hill Cemetery Peterson, Phin 85 5/5/99 Peterson, James Honeycutt, Alice Bennett, Effie Fairview Cemetery Sparks, Mable Putman 100 5/9/99 Putman, Ed Stewart, Etta Sparks, Jaytee NM 5/19/99 Bennett, Catherine Peterson 75 5/15/99 Peterson, Dove Whitson, Pearl Bennett, Junior Hughes Cemetery Buchanan, Leon 64 5/13/99 Buchanan, Will Ledford, Annie Adkins, Frances Cane Creek Cemetery Garland, Fred NM 5/22/99 NM NM NM Grassy Creek Cemetery Ledford, Laura 77 5/12/99 Willis, Walter Callie Ledford, George W. NM Stroup, Frances Ragan NM 5/15/99 Ragan, Luther H. Winston, Eufaula Stroup, Robert P. Phillips Cemetery 5/26/99 Conley, Charles W. 93 5/23/99 Conley, Bud Gage, Mattie Florence Mine Creek Baptist Church Cemetery Davenport, Viola Margaret 87 5/17/99 Pittman, Clyde NM Davenport, Charles C. Pine Grove Methodist Church Cemetery Fisher, Edith Lowery 88 5/21/99 Lowery, John Lula Fisher, Forrest Turkey Cove Cemetery Gouge, Edgar F. 67 5/18/99 Gouge, Brown Huskins, Jenny Grindstaff, Vestina Lily Branch Baptist Church Cemetery Horton, Betty Lou Heath 56 5/19/99 Heath, Warren Leona Horton, George "Buck" Huntdale Cemetery Palmer, Roland J. 79 5/17/99 NM NM Yelton, Ruth Garland Cemetery Pendley, Eddie Lee 59 5/16/99 Pittman, Lawrence Pendley, Lucille Buchanan, Margaret Burke Memorial Park Weatherman, Jewell 81 5/22/99 Boone, Less Greene, Bessie Weatherman, Carl Green Valley Baptist Church Cemetery 6/2/99 Bowman, Helen Stroupe 72 5/26/99 Stroupe, Hoke Arrowood, Nell Bowman, David M. Bowman Family Cemetery Buchanan, Ira 58 5/30/99 Buchanan, Ira Sparks, Edith Cannon, Sue Ledger Baptist Church Cemetery Cooke, Lillian 87 5/30/99 Wilson, William Dexter McKinney, Mary Cooke, Fred H. Spruce Pine Memorial Cemetery Mausoleum Hughes, Betty Gail 47 5/30/99 Hughes, Ernest Ledford, Ilo NM Hughes Cemetery, Buladean Phillips, R. C. 73 5/26/99 Phillips, Harrison Griffith, Texie Eva Tipton-Griffith Cemetery, Tipton Hill 6/16/99 Holder, Cecilia Ockert Hudson 61 6/7/99 NM NM NM NM Howell, Ellen Burleson 80 6/10/99 Burleson, Jesse P. Grindstaff, Venie Howell, Orville V. Silver's Chapel Cemetery, Bandana Johnson, Madge Hinkle 70 6/11/99 Self, Coy Cox, Fuschia Johnson, Henry Liberty Hill Baptist Church Cemetery Johnson, Mildred 76 6/6/99 Woody, William Bryant Wilson, Carrie Johnson, Ed Spruce Pine Memorial Cemetery Jones, Jesse James 82 6/7/99 Jones, Walter Butler, Julie NM Jones Family Cemetery McFarland, James Wiley 63 6/11/99 McFarland, James Wiley Wilkins, Lena Sparks, Betty Sue Big Crabtree Baptist Church Cemetery Stephens, Queen 87 6/10/99 McCurry, Walter Allen, Daisy NM Micaville Cemetery Warren, James C. 68 6/8/99 Warren, Arthur Woody Woody, Maude Shaver, Bernice Fairview Cemetery Yelton, James 81 6/9/99 Yelton, John Greene, Hattie Mosley, Irene L. G. Gouge Cemetery 6/23/99 Hoss, James Tom 79 6/12/99 Hoss, Oleary Simpson, Ella Benge, Pansy Mountain Home Veterans Cemetery Ingram, Theodora McKinney 88 6/17/99 McKinney, Anderson Mosley, Biddie Ingram, Halder Ingram Cemetery King, Joan Thomas 72 5/30/99 NM NM King, Hadley NM McKeehan, Howard Lee 26 6/17/99 McKeehan, Howard Lee Melvin, Christine NM Happy Valley Memorial Park Pembroke, James D. 80 6/18/99 Pembroke, John Kelliher Guiney, Anna Padjen, Anna Spruce Pine Memorial Cemetery Smith, Sam G. 81 6/17/99 Smith, Sam G. Justice, Bessie Dellinger, Virginia Whites Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery Thomas, Evelyn 77 6/17/99 Hensley, Walter Buchanan, Beulah Thomas, Phil R. Silver Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery Turbyfill, Josephine Sowers 80 6/18/99 Sowers, Baxter R. Jones, Janie Turbyfill, Fred C. Snow Hill Cemetery 6/30/99 Burleson, Cartha B. 88 6/26/99 Burleson, Samuel Nanney, Mae NM NM Childs, William Manning 69 6/21/99 Childs, Leslie Robinson, Maude NM NM Franklin, Sybil 92 6/23/99 Meredith, James Taylor, Victoria Franklin, Deck Mt. Zion Cemetery Heath, Zala Fink 90 6/23/99 Fink, Frank Mable Heath, Sie NM Hobson, Minnie Marie 72 6/21/99 Miller, Fred Stewart, Margaret Hobson, Hemel Hobson Cemetery Honeycutt, Millie Davis 91 6/21/99 Davis, John Hobson, Mary Honeycutt, William Union Hill Cemetery Johnson, James Douglas 23 7/25/94 NM NM NM NM McKinney, Karen Lee Yelton 39 6/20/99 Yelton, James Lee Dayton, Rachel B. NM Mt. Zion Methodist Church Cemetery Robinson, Norma Jean Parsley 59 6/20/99 Parsley, Dave McKinney, Lillie Robinson, Charles Westminster Gardens, Greensboro 7/7/99 Hughes, Lloyd 75 6/27/99 Hughes, David A. Hughes, Easter King, Ava Hughes Cemetery Murphy, Cecil 61 7/2/99 Murphy, Pink Butner, Ellen NM Crabtree Chapel Cemetery Ramey, Argie Byrd 86 6/27/99 Byrd, Marshall McKinney, Geneva Ramey, Harry Berea Cemetery Wise, Samuel W. 74 7/3/99 Wise, Grady Rowe, Josie Buchanan, Beatrice Cane Creek Cemetery 7/14/99 Burnette, Judy 53 7/5/99 McClellan, William Clay Phillips, Helen NM Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery Cook, Donald 67 7/3/99 Cook, Charlie Carpenter, Ella NM Pine Branch Baptist Church Cemetery Shelton, Georgia Putman 73 7/6/99 Putman, Samuel B. Wilson, Nola Shelton, R. H. Snow Hill Baptist Church Cemetery 7/21/99 Biddix, Martha 93 7/15/99 Stamey, Jeff Sophia Biddix, Gird NM Brookhart, Esther F. Reasoner 92 7/6/99 Gable, Alfred H. Ford, Anna Elizabeth Reasoner, John Lloyd; Brookhart, Gerald Gardens of Memory Cemetery Chapel, Muncie Davis, Nola Mae 72 7/11/99 Blackburn, Roy Clifton Jones, Virginia Lee Davis, Brown J. Bear Creek Cemetery Willis, Claude 72 7/14/99 Willis, Ed Grindstaff, Myrtle Grene, Addie Mae Gus Young Cemetery Gallant, Rebecca 58 7/16/99 Lassiter, Carlyle Edwards, Edna Gallant, Melvin NM Grindstaff, Joyce Howell 55 7/15/99 Howell, George B. Erah S. Grindstaff, George C. Silver Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery 2000 Mitchell News-Journal Obituaries NAME AGE (- MEANS BIRTH) DEATH FATHER MOTHER SPOUSE CEMETERY NM is No Mention 4/26/00 Buckner, David 65 4/14/00 Buckner, Jake Windle, Esther Drews, Gertrude Acadamy Cemetery Davis, Ronald E. 79 4/6/00 Davis, Jake Hoilman, Addie Forbes, Lottie Smart's Grove Baptist Church Cemetery Ellis, Clingman 86 4/17/00 Ellis, Roscoe Wilson, Bertie Gouge, Lois NM Grindstaff, Virgie B. 65 4/14/00 Burleson, Nat Buchanan, Lula Grindstaff, Harve Cane Creek Cemetery Hopping, James W. 38 4/17/00 Hopping, Donald Anna Carol NM Hughes, Carson 68 4/21/00 Hughes, Straley Jason Blackburn, Virgil Buchanan, Helen Louise Hughes Cemetery Hughes, Dora F. 72 4/14/00 Greene, Joseph Gurley, Hattie Hughes, Glen Gus Young Cemetery Phillips, Tommy 65 4/22/00 Phillips, Charles H. Muriel B. Petersen, Dorothy Ledger Baptist Church Cemetery Pitman, Edith E. 86 4/15/00 Willis, John Wilson, Martha Pitman, Zeb Mount Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery 5/10/00 Davis, B. Thomas 52 4/27/00 NM Rosalee Peterson, Deborah Fogartyville Cemetery Hollifield, Lonnie 43 5/6/00 Hollifield, Floyd Bobbie H. NM Berry Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery McClellan, Joe L. 79 5/1/00 McClellan, Stokes Woody, Elizabeth NM NM Pinzon, Dick NM 5/2/00 NM NM Diane NM Stewart, Lela 91 5/5/00 Pitman, Fred Docia Stewart, Melvin Bear Creek Cemetery Stewart, Mamie Duncan 93 5/2/00 Duncan, Dock Norman, Sallie Stewart, Avery "Tuss" Bear Creek Baptist Church Cemetery Woody, Nellie F. 93 5/2/00 Fullbright, Polk Cowan, Ellen NM Greenlee Cemetery 5/17/00 Benfield, Goldie 78 5/7/00 Moody, Hard Lilly Benfield, Daniel Boone Yellow Mountain Cemetery Buchanan, Georgia 82 5/11/00 Ollis, Jake Sparks, Pearl Buchanan, Harlan Yellow Mountain Church Cemetery Callahan, Harlow Aaron "Bud" 69 5/9/00 Callahan, Levi Mack Mary Buchanan, Dessie Cane Creek Cemetery Laws, Mary Louise 56 5/11/00 Ollis, Fred Wyatt, Gladys Laws, Milton Cane Creek Cemetery Marcus, Belle 79 5/10/00 Wiseman, L. J. Biddix, Eva Wallace, Walter McKinney Gap Cemetery 5/31/00 Conrad, George W. 77 5/26/00 NM NM Brinkley, Mildred Bakersville Memorial Cemetery Grindstaff, Bob 66 5/23/00 Grindstaff, John Katherine Allen, Cora Lee Grindstaff Cemetery Moffitt, W. G. 70 5/23/00 Moffitt, Robert Honeycutt, Daisy Duvall, Belle Moffitt Cemetery Street, Wesley 92 5/20/00 Street, Harlow Clarrisa Faye Shepherd, Dora NM Taylor, Cozie Eudora 103 5/21/00 Taylor, M. D. Wiseman, Tompsie NM Taylor Cemetery Young, Clarence M. 89 5/23/00 Young, Preston David Woody, Geneva Thomas, Tempie Burke Memorial Park 6/7/00 Buffington, Bruce NM 5/27/00 Buffington, George Williams, Frances Allen, Dianna Bear Creek Baptist Church Garland, Charles 98 6/1/00 Garland, Christopher Peterson, JoAnn Conley, Marjorie Cub Creek Cemetery Geouge, Wanda Jean 60 5/31/00 Strevig, John L. Barnhart, Mary Geouge, Douglas Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Pinksburg Lalmond, Linda M. 51 6/1/00 Meyer, Robert Mary Lalmond, David NM Napoli, Vincent Benedict 77 5/28/00 Napoli, Frank Genovese, Josephine Burleson, Mary Lou Spruce Pine Memorial Cemetery Pittman, William Claude 83 5/31/00 Pittman, Claude Ada NM Yellow Mountain Cemetery Salyer, Rev. Homer C. 83 5/27/00 Salyer, Carlos Powers, Ada Eads, Iona NM 6/21/00 Arnold, William Roy 79 6/14/00 Arnold, Timothy Granville McCrary, Mamie Ann McCall, Frances Glenwood Cemetery Dent, Mary Cross 93 6/17/00 Cross, William Thomas Hunter, Elizabeth Dent, Raymond Theodore Spruce Pine Cemetery Hughes, Lonnie 63 6/17/00 Hughes, Garfa Barnett, Sena NM Byrd Creek Cemetery McKinney, Zeyland Guy 79 6/13/00 McKinney, William Hickey Bolick, Sallie Betty K. Chestnut Grove Cemetery Theodorides, Michael 32 6/17/00 NM Papadaki, Evangelina Sturgill, April Lewis Bailey Cemetery Whitson, Rettie 96 6/11/00 Frye, John Garland, Mary Jane Whitson, Harry Bear Creek Mausoleum 7/5/00 Blevins, Barbara Jean Hoilman 60 6/28/00 Hoilman, Howard Betty Blevins, Fred Bakersville Memorial Cemetery Enlund, Doris T. NM 6/8/00 NM NM NM NM Harrelson, James 58 NM NM NM NM NM Huskins, Will 65 6/30/00 Huskins, E. W. Washburn, Dollie Burleson, Frances Liberty Hill Baptist Church Cemetery Miller, Frank 80 6/26/00 Miller, Nat Street, Lillie NM Bennett Cemetery Perkins, George W. 83 7/1/00 Perkins, Oscar Ingram, Lila Hughes, Zeola Hughes Cemetery, Buladean, NC 7/12/00 Buchanan, Flora Margaret McGoogan 87 7/4/00 McGoogan, Lee L. McArthur, Harriet Buchanan, Rev. Ralph L. Spruce Pine Memorial Cemetery Buchanan, Florence NM 7/6/00 Silvers, Elisha Thomas, Vinnie Buchanan, Homer A. Mount Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery Felts, Annie 89 7/6/00 Brown, Frank H. Norton, Hattie Felts, Winston Spruce Pine Memorial Cemetery Garland, Isaac B. 86 6/6/00 Garland, Pierce Stevens, Becky Matilda Gortney, Nola Ridgeview Cemetery Hale, Loverne 52 7/14/99 NM NM NM NM Harrelson, James Hugh 58 7/1/00 Harrelson, James Eason, Ester Sarah Elizabeth Spruce Pine Memorial Cemetery Johnson, Dora Jennell 64 7/4/00 Clark, David Webb, Mary Lee NM Calloway Cemetery Johnson, Maria Notari NM 7/6/00 NM NM Johnson, Guy Green Young Cemetery Teem, Eva 86 7/4/00 Moody, Hardy Ledford, Hester Teem, James Benfield Cemetery Tracey, Rosetta 57 7/4/00 Garland, James Brinkley, Marie Tracey, Harry D. Susquehanna Memorial Gardens, Dallastown, PA Thomas, Arnold 84 7/5/00 Thomas, Henry Buchanan, Donie Graybeal, Lorene Ed W. Buchanan Cemetery 7/19/00 Burleson, Zora 75 7/15/00 Ollis, Earl Ingram, Pearl Burleson, Bill Wilson Cemetery Glenn, Addie Willis 79 7/14/00 Willis, Jack Huskins, Betty Glenn, Robert Phillips Cemetery Roberts, Clifford 91 NM Roberts, John H. Forbes, Ellen NM Oak Grove Memorial Gardens Laws, Yates 80 7/12/00 Laws, Jeff Hughes, Bessie Presnell, Gladys Will Young Cemetery Woody, Mildred 57 7/10/00 Tolley, Eugene Haynes, Maggie Woody, William Jason Mount Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery