MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Ruth Yelton Palmer, 29 Sep 2003
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RUTH YELTON PALMER

ELIZABETHTON, TN - Ruth Yelton Palmer, 84, of Bobs Hollow Road, 
died Monday, Sept. 29, 2003 at Sycamore Shoals Hospital in 
Elizabethton. A native of Mitchell County, she was the daughter 
of the late Wess and Pearl Forbes Yelton, and wife of the late 
Roland Palmer. She was a member of Spring Creek Baptist Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Alma June Thomas of Burnsville, 
and Kaye Berg of Elizabethton; five sisters, Mary Graybeal of 
Spruce Pine, Charlotte Yelton and Willis Normal, both of Gastonia, 
Dixie Hoilman of Unicoi,TN, and Ann Melton of Aiken, SC; one brother, 
Earl Yelton of Unicoi; six grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 8 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of 
Henline-Hughes Funeral Home in Bakersville. Rev. Robert McCurry 
officiated. Burial was at 11 a.m. Friday in Garland Cemetery on Bad 
Creek Road. The family received friends from 6 p.m. until the service 
hour at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Mitchell 
County, P.O. Box 38, Spruce Pine, NC 28777.
Mitchell News-Journal 10/08/03


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