YANCEY COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Elizabeth Dunster (Betty) Bacon, 3 Dec 2003 ----¤¤¤¤---- ELIZABETH D. BACON BURNSVILLE - Elizabeth Dunster (Betty) Bacon, 80, of South Toe River Road, died Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2003 in Spruce Pine Community Hospital. A native of Dannemora, NY, she was the daughter of the late Ballington Booth and Elsie Schneider Dunster, and wife of the late Frederick Neil Bacon. She was also preceded in death by a son, Theodore Edward Bacon. She was an active member of First Presbyterian Church in Burnsville, where she had served as both a deacon and an elder. Survivors include one son, Richard Norton Bacon of Hamlet; three grandsons, Jonathan Michael Bacon of Greensboro, and Brett Norman Bacon and Alex Richard Bacon, both of Gilroy, CA; two granddaughters, Judith Elizabeth Bacon Grant of Tigard, OR, and Cynthia Anne Bacon Garrison of Tigard. She is also survived by two step-grandchildren Bryan Kearse of Raleigh and Melody Kearse of Rock Hill, SC. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Burnsville. Rev. Maggie Lauterer officiated. Burial followed in the Academy Street Cemetery. The family received family and friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home in Burnsville. Memorial donations may be made to Fifth Street Ministries, P.O. Box 5217, Statesville, NC 28687, or to First Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 635, Burnsville, NC 28714. Mitchell News-Journal 12/10/03 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------