MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Bertie Lanning Silvers, 10 Sep 2003 --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤-------------- BERTIE LANNING SILVERS SPRUCE PINE - Bertie Lanning Silvers, 99, of the Estatoe community, died Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003 in a Spruce Pine health care facility. She was preceded in death by her husband, Grover Silvers; two brothers Jack and Troy Lannine; and three sisters, Lela Silver, Essie Willis, and Mallie Lanning. Survivors include a son, William "Wilkie" Silvers of Morganton; a brother, Remus Lanning of Elkins; two grandchildren; and three great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Saturday at Liberty Hill Baptist Church. Revs. Bud Atkins, Johnny McCarty, and David Johnson officiated. Burial was in Liberty Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. The family received friends from 2:30 until the service hour at the church. Webb Funeral Home in Spruce Pine was in charge of arrangements. Mitchell News-Journal 9/17/03 ___________________________________________________________________ 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/ ___________________________________________________________________