MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Maude Josephine McKinney Vance, 20 Mar 2003 ----¤¤¤¤---- MAUDE JOSEPHINE MCKINNEY VANCE SPRUCE PINE - Maude Josephine McKinney Vance, 91, of Summer Hill Lane, died Thursday, March 20, 2003 in Spruce Pine Community Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Jess and Mattie McKinney, and wife of the late Virgil Vance. She was a charter member of Freedom Baptist Church. Survivors include her daughters, Shirley Bishop and Betty Gallagher, both of Spruce Pine, and Carolyn Hall of Christiansburg, VA; sons, Bobby Vance of Harrisburg, Jerry Vance of Spruce Pine, and Danny Vance of Charleston, SC; five sisters; 16 grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; and three great great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Grindstaff Memorial Chapel of Webb Funeral Home. Revs. R.M. Cassity and David Troutman officiated. Burialwas in Mt. Carmel Cemetery. The family received friends from 1 p.m. until the service hour Saturday at the funeral home. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------