MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Claude Weatherman, 21 Aug 2001
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CLAUDE WEATHERMAN
SPRUCE PINE – Claude Weatherman, 69, of the Franklintown community, died 
Tuesday, August 21, 2001. He was the son of the late Dent and Floy Hall 
Weatherman. A U.S. Navy veteran, he earned the Korean Service Medal, United 
Nations Service Medal, China Service Medal, Navy Occupation Service and
National Defense Service Medal. He was a former employee of Mitchell 
Distributing, and service manager for Theo Brothers and L.B. Smith Company. 
Upon retirement, he owned and operated Avery Distributing in Columbia, SC 
before returning to Spruce Pine. 
Survivors include his wife, Nella Jo Franklin Weatherman; daughters, Sharon 
Wood and Sonia Stewart, both of Columbia, SC; a son, Allen Weatherman of 
Columbia; sisters, Clara Rathbone of Dallas, Cora Robinson of N. Ridgeville, 
OH, and Celena Pritchard and Crandle McClellan, both of Spruce Pine; brothers, 
Carl and Conrad “Grit” Weatherman, both of Spruce Pine, and
Carver Weatherman of Morganton; and five grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Grindstaff Memorial 
Chapel of Webb Funeral Home in Spruce Pine.  Rev. Roland McClellan officiated. 
Burial followed in Green Valley Cemetery. The family received friends from 6-8 
p.m. Friday at the funeral home.