Watauga County NcArchives Obituaries.....Banner, "Josie" Baird  November 9, 1986
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Watauga Democrat
Mrs. Josie Baird Banner
     Watauga Native

   Mrs. Josie Baird Banner, 92, of Route 2, Vilas, the George's Gap Road, died 
Sunday morning, Nov. 9. at her residence after a lengthy illness.
   Mrs. Banner was a native of Watauga County, born Jan . 2, 1894, daughter of 
the late Joseph and Cordelia Ward Baird.  She was a housewife and a member of 
the Cove Creek Baptist Church.
   Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Ada B. Crisp of the home, Mrs. Grace B. 
Vannoy of Route 2, Vilas; Mrs. Cholene B. Aldrich of Williamsburg, Va., ; one 
son-in-law, Howard Vannoy of Route 2, Vilas; one brother, Jack Baird of Sugar 
Grove; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Juna Biard of Boone; one special friend, Mrs. 
Myrtle Welch of Vilas; eight grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and three 
great-great-grandchildren.
   she was preceded in death by her husband, the late Thomas J. Banner, and 
two daughters, Mrs. Mary  B. Moody and Mrs. Virginia B. Miller.
   Services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Kelley Memorial Chapel, 
officiated by the Rev. Kenneth Turbyfill and Bill Boyd.  Burial will follow in 
Mount Lawn Memorial Park and Gardens.
   In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Cove Creek Baptist Church 
Parsonage Buildingg Fund or to the Watauga County Home Health Service.
   The family will receive friends this evening from 7 to 9 at Reins-
Sturdivant.
   Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.

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