Watauga County NcArchives Obituaries.....Banner, Thomas September 20, 1979 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bunny Horton phinhorton@bellsouth.net March 10, 2007, 4:11 pm Watauga Democrat Thomas Banner Thomas Jefferson Banner, 86, of Vilas died Thursday afternoon at Watauga County Hospital. A native of Watauga County, a retired farmer and farm owner. Born May 29, 1893, son the late Newton and Sophronia Mast Banner, he was preceded in death by two daughters, Mrs. Mary B. Moody and Mrs. Virginia B. Miller He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Jospehine Baird Banner; three daughters, Mrs. Ada B. Crisp and Mrs. Grace Vannoy, both of Route 2, Vilas, Mrs. Cholene Aldrick of Williamsburg, Va., eight grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren, a number of nieces and nephews. Services were conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Kelley Memorial Chapel, officiated by the Rev. Bill Boyd, the Rev. J. R. Bouldin and the Rev. C. O. Vance. Burial followed in Mountain Memorial Park and Gardens. Flowers are acceptable or memorials my be made to the Dr. J. B. Hagman Coronary Care Unit at Watauga County Hospital. Reins Sturdivant Funeral Directors were in chare of the arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/watauga/obits/b/banner489gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb