Wayne W. Jamison, 72, died April 1 after a brief illness in Hudson, Fla. Services will be held Friday, April 6 in the Veteran's Cemetery, Bushnell, Fla.

Billie Davis Scott, 78, of Marion, died Monday, April 2, 2001 at Memorial Mission Hospital.

Elizabeth Louise Byrd Woody, 85, of Fayetteville, died Thursday, March 29.

Susan Carol Mace Brown, 36, of Marion, went to be with Jesus, Friday, March 30, 2001 at Mission St. Joseph's Hospital in Asheville.

Grace Grinstaff Mace, 76, of 116 Carson St., Marion, N.C. died Saturday, March 31, 2001 at her residence.

Betty Lewis Morgan, 66, of Nebo, died Sunday, April 1, 2001, at her residence.

Marsha Duncan Riddle, 45 years old, of Marion, died Friday, March 30 at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville.

Mary Elizabeth Lister Thomas, 70, of Morganton, died Friday, March 30, 2001.on

Zadie Volena Wilson, 83, of Marion, died Friday, March 30, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Zella Mae Baker, 84, of Lenoir, died Tuesday, March 27, 2001 at Caldwell County Hospice.

Lewis Burton Johnson, 82, of Piercy Avenue, Morganton, died Tuesday, March, 27, 2001 at Grace Hospital.

Lewis V. Carroll, 60, of Upper Browns Creek, Burnsville, died Monday, March 26, 2001 at the home of a daughter, Donna Wright in Swannanoa.

Shirley Ann Cline Metcalf, 62, of Marion, died Monday, March 26, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital..

Matriss Arvena Burgin Robertson, 76, of Robertson Drive, Old Fort, died Thursday at her residence.

Ida Mae Street, 93, of Orchard Drive, Valdese passed away Monday in McDowell Nursing Center.

Sandra Mask Wys, 62, of Port Richey, Fla., and formerly of Marion, died Jan. 11, 2001.

Joseph Lee Franklin, 71, a well-known musician from Marion, died Thursday at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville.

Mrs. Blanche Hodge Goins of Marion died.

Mrs. Myrtle Frady Silver, 70, died Thursday at The McDowell Hospital.

Paul Harold "Stoney" Brooks, 78, of Marion, died Thursday at Memorial Mission Hospital.

Pearl Conner, 78, of Marion, died Thursday in Mountain View Care Center.

Joseph Scott Bailey, 25, of Bailey Drive, Nebo, died Monday at his residence.

Dorothy Margaret Turner Ross, 86, of Baldwin Avenue, died Tuesday in The McDowell Hospital.

Robert Willis Abernethy, 69, of Hildebran, formerly of Marion, died Sunday, March 18, 2001 at his residence.

Hillard J. "Teague" Ward, 83, of Marion, died Sunday, March 18, 2001 at St. Joseph's Hospital.

Russell Lee Hall, 78, of Riverbend Drive died Saturday, March 17, 2001, at the Asheville VA Medical Center.

Vera Leigh Wilson, age 88, died Friday, March 16, 2001, in The McDowell Hospital.

Zella Mae Greene, 83, of Hickory Street, died Wednesday, March 14, 2001 in a Spruce Pine rest home. 

Cara McNeely Wise, age 96, formerly of Marion, N.C. died Wednesday, March 14, 2001 in the University Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Athens, Ga.

John Hicks Burnette, 85, formerly of Ellenboro, died Tuesday, March 13, 2001 at the Rutherford Hospital.

Zora Lee Dalton, 89, of Old Fort, died Tuesday, March 13, 2001.

Louise Pike Bower, 86, of Marion, died Friday, March 9, 2001 at Autumn Care of Marion.

Ida Mae Culbertson Hartsell, 90, of Rutherfordton, died Saturday, March 10, 2001.

Violet Willis Holland, 68, of Marion, died Saturday, March 10, 2001 at her residence.

Hazel Willis Hunt Simmons, 83, of Maryville, Tenn., formerly of Nebo, died Friday, March 9, 2001 at Blount Memorial Hospital in Maryville, Tenn.

Hildred Rosenbaum Smith, 83, of 80 Beck St., Marion, died Saturday at Autumn Care of Marion.

Thelma Louise Painter Williams, 86, of West Wilhemenia Street, Marion, N.C. died Thursday in The McDowell Hospital.

Dorothea Nelson Anderson, 80, of Asheville, died Thursday, March 8, 2001 at Givens Estate in Asheville.

Dewey Hughes, 62, of Marion, died Wednesday, March 7, 2001.

Albert C. Witte, 88, of Marion, died Wednesday, March 7, 2001 at Becky's Rest Home.

Eloise Patrick Fortenberry, 83, of Marion, died Tuesday, March 6, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Burnis E. Frady, 69, of Old Fort, died at his residence after a brief illness.

Dallas Roy Hopkins Sr., 64, of Church Street, Marion, died Sunday at his residence. 

Clarence Odell Ballew Sr., 89, of Marion, died Monday, March 5, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Johnnie Lowery McKinney, 92, of Zeb Vance Street, Marion, died Monday in Autumn Care of Marion.

Frank Moulton Wilson, 76, of Huntersville, died Friday, March 2, 2001 at his residence.

Alta Gilliam Davis, 88, formerly of Old Fort, died Saturday, March 3, 2001 in The Oaks at Sweeten Creek, Arden, N.C.

Lee Roosevelt Harris, age 82, of 3172 Clark Loop Rd., Morganton, N.C. died Saturday, March 3, 2001 in Hospice of Burke County.

"Axie" Lothelia Hollifield Lowery, 76, of State Street, Marion, died Friday.

Scotty Wayne Monn, 34, of Idlewild Drive, Morganton, died Friday, March 2, 2001 as a result of an auto accident.

Birch Callahan, 72, of Rutherfordton, died Thursday, March 1, 2001.

Lelia Marie Extine, 72, of West Haven Court, Old Fort, died Thursday at her residence.

Rose Jamison Hollifield, 88, of Nebo, died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2001 at Grace Hospital in Morganton.

Barbara Lavinia Teague, 61, of McDowell Street, Old Fort, died Wednesday in Memorial Mission Hospital.

Carrie Boone Collins, 89, of Marion, died Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2001.

Rose Hollifield, 88, of Nebo, died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2001 at Grace Hospital.

Douglas Lee Owensby, 25, of Nebo, died Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2001 at his residence.

Wilburn G. Wright, 74, of Marion, died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Norma Jean McIntyre Bush, 70, of California Avenue, Marion, died Tuesday in McDowell Nursing Center. Virgia McKee Banner, age 79, of Old Fort, died Thursday, Aug. 2, 2001, in Autumn Care of Marion. 

Julia Millie Honeycutt Robinson, age 93, of Marion, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2001 in a Roanoke health care center.

Francis Marion Copening, age 87, of Ashworth Circle, Marion, died Saturday, July 28, 2001 in the V.A. Medical Center, Asheville, N.C. 

Glenn Hall Petty Jr., 47, of 72 West High St., died Sunday, July 29, 2001.

Mack N. Wilson, age 72, of Elaine Street, Nebo, died Sunday, July 29, 2001 at McDowell Nursing Center in Nebo.

Ernest LaFayette Finley, 86, of 6th Street, died Saturday, July 28 in McDowell Nursing Care Center. 

Jewell Webb Jones, 80, of Bakersville, died Friday, July 27 in Life Care of Banner Elk, N.C. 

The Rev. Thad L. McDonald Jr., 82, of Hickory, N.C. died July 26, 2001 at Catawba Memorial Hospital. 

Glenn Petty, 47, of 72 West High Street in Marion, died Sunday, July 29, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Susan Shuford Shiver, 51, of Marion, died unexpectedly Wednesday, July 25, 2001 in Cheyenne, Wyo. 

Mack N. Wilson, age 72, of Elaine Street, Nebo, died Sunday, July 29, 2001 at McDowell Nursing Center in Nebo. 

Susan Shuford Shiver, age 51, passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2001.

Enid Elaine Clarkson Childres, 80, of Sherwood Forest Drive, Nebo, died Wednesday, July 25, in The McDowell Hospital.

Jerry Spencer Noblitt, 66, of Reidsville, N.C. died Wednesday, July 25, 2001 at Morehead Hospital, Eden, N.C.

Clyde Wade Whitson, 87, of 131 Dobbin St., Marion, died Tuesday, July 24.

Connie Spencer Wilson, 48, of Marion, died Wednesday, July 25, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Jack McKinley Hendrix, 70, of Marion, died Monday, July 23, 2001 at his residence.

Donald Leroy Moody, 55, of 2539 Mill Creek Road, Old Fort, died Monday, July 23, 2001 at the Asheville Veterans Hospital.

Lela Meldonia Hill Rhodes, 94, of Union Mills, died Monday, July 23, 2001 at White Oak Manor. 

Jack McKinley Hendrix, 70, of Marion, died Monday, July 23, 2001 at his residence.

Patsy Lee Surratt Hutchins, 58, of 6th Street, Marion, died Monday, July 23, in The McDowell Hospital.

Dora Stines Lowdermilk, 84, of Patton Road, Morganton, N.C. died Monday, July 23, 2001 at Grace Hospital following an extended illness.

Gladys Worley Sherman, 75, of Sherman Drive, Old Fort, died Sunday, July 22, at The McDowell Hospital.

George Beecher Walden Jr., 85, of Marion, died Monday, July 23, 2001 at McDowell Nursing Center.

Floy Kathleen Street McKay passed gently into heaven on July 20, 2001. 

Mrs. Vennie Williams, 78, of Gastonia died July 20, 2001, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. 

Rena Turner McCall, 89, of Marion, died Wednesday, July 18, 2001 at her residence.

Robert C. Schneble of Asheville, died in his sleep at home on Racquet Club Road on July 19, 2001 at age 83.

Paul Lester Walker, 73, of West Memphis, Ark. died Wednesday, July 18, 2001. 

Ruth Saunders Flack, 80, formerly of Marion, N.C., Myrtle Beach, S.C. and most recently, Birmingham, Ala., died Tuesday, July 3, 2001 at the University of Alabama Medical Center.

August Iannotti, 74, of South Main Street, Marion, died Wednesday, July 18, in The McDowell Hospital.

Rena Turner McCall passed away at her residence on Wednesday, July 18, 2001.

Ronald D. "Ronnie" Brooks, 42, of Marion, died Monday, July 16, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Julia Opal Jackson, 90, of Salem Church Road, Old Fort, went to be with the Lord Monday, July 16 at The McDowell Hospital.

Mary Martha Martin Carson, 87, of Marion, died Thursday.

Hazel Comer, 75, of Morganton, died Saturday, July 14, 2001 at Grace Hospital in Morganton.

Troy A. Ledford, 88, of Marion, died Thursday, July 12.

John A. Price, 76, of Marion, died Saturday, July 14, 2001 at his residence.

Faye Withrow Sheaffer, 87, of Marion, died Friday, July 13, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Tommy Lee Clemons, 47, of West Woodlawn Street, Marion, died Tuesday at his residence.

Ruby Wyatt Wright, 76, of Marion, died Monday, July 9, 2001 at her residence.

Ethel Lucille Lancaster Hines Harrill, 72, of Spindale, died Monday, July 9, 2001. 

Maybell Carswell Cook, 83, of Morganton, died Sunday, July 8, 2001. 

Julia Willis Green, 87, of Forest City, died Sunday, July 8, 2001. 

Ruby Wyatt Pendley Wright, 76, of Marion, died Monday, July 9, 2001.

Charles Edward Cook, 66, of Marion died Friday at his residence.

Mr. Harold W. "Sarge" Ledford, 76, of Marion died Friday at the V.A. Medical Center in Asheville.

Doyle Leon Johnson, 51, of Marion, died Thursday, July 5, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Larry Edward Stanley, 51, of Forest City, died Tuesday, July 3, 2001. 

Laura Morgan Koon, 80, of Marion, died Monday, July 2, 2001 at Caldwell County Hospice Center in Lenoir. 

George Edward Queen, 50, of Greenville, S.C., formerly of McDowell County, died Monday, July 2.

Walter S. Mitchell, 56, of Marion, formerly of the Little Creek community, died Monday, July 2, 2001 at his home.

Gladys Bullard Scott, 80, of Fleming Avenue, Marion, died Sunday, July 1, 2001 in The McDowell Hospital.

Chester E. Davis, 89, of Marion, died Friday, June 29, at Autumn Care. 

Mrs. Jean McCall Emory, age 67, of Old Fort, passed away Saturday, June 29. 

Pauline Harkins Gibson, 96, of Marion, died Sunday, July 1, 2001 at McDowell Nursing Center.

Jewel Isbell Gregg, age 84, of Marion died Thursday, June 28, 2001 at Autumn Care Nursing Facility.

Lillie Conner Hodge, 56, of Rutherfordton, died Saturday, June 30, 2001 at Rutherford Hospital.

Bertha Lilly Crawford Parker, 84, of Rutherfordton, died Thursday, June 28, 2001 at White Oak Manor. 

Dorothy Mae Suttles, 83, of Morganton, died June 27.

Charles Dale Walker, 41, of Serenity Drive, Nebo, died Thursday at his residence.

Viola Mae Burgin, 68, of Marion, died Wednesday, June 27, 2001 at her residence.

Cecil O'Neil Flynn, 66, of Patton Place, Polkville, died Sunday, June 24, 2001 at his residence.

Janice Diane McPeters Gosnell, age 53, of 20 River Drive, Granite Falls, died Monday, June 25, 2001 at her residence following a lengthy illness. 

Cecil Flynn, age 66, of Patton Place, Polkville, died Sunday, June 24.

Woodrow Greene, 84, of Morganton, died June 24. 

Tony Scott McCurry, 30, of Marion, died Saturday, June 23, 2001.

Bryan Orman Holley Sr., 79, of Marion, died Saturday, June 23, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Vina Hensley Boone of Route 1, Marion, died Friday, June 15, 2001 at Cannon Memorial Hospital. 

Ola Faye Hensley, 57, of Marion, died Friday, June 22, 2001, at McDowell Nursing Center. 

Bryan O. Holley, 78, died Saturday, June 23, 2001, at The McDowell Hospital. 

Tony Scott McCurry, 30, died June 23, 2001. 

Mr. Lester Eugene "Flubb" Patton, 48, of Nebo died Saturday, June 23, 2001, at Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory.

Estelle Henson Swafford, 89, of Nebo, died Friday, June 22, 2001 in the McDowell Nursing Center of Nebo.

Mary "Lou" Lowrena McDaniel Wilson, 96, of Brevard, formerly of Lake Lure, died Thursday, June 21, 2001 at the Brian Center. 

Theo Clarence Buchanan, 78, of Bakersville, was called home to be with Jesus on Thursday the 21st day of June.

Elizabeth Ann Potter Killough, 75, of Rutherfordton, died Thursday, June 21, 2001. 

Jack English, 68, of Nix Creek Road, Marion, died Tuesday, June 19, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Mattie M. "Bobbie" Goldsmith, age 83, of Hendersonville, passed away Tuesday, June 19, 2001.

Mattie Margaret Laughlin Goldsmith, age 83, of Hendersonville died Tuesday, June 19, 2001 at Margaret R. Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville.

Lois Gunter Roland, 77, of Marion, died Tuesday, June 19, 2001 at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville.

Rev. Mabel J. Snider, 85, of 5158 Snider Ridge in Morganton joined Our Lord in heaven on June 18, 2001 at Grace Heights in Morganton following an extended illness.

Farlan Earnest Thomas, 56, of Marion, died Monday, June 18, 2001 at Duke University Hospital.

Mr. Jesse P. "Red" Cannon, age 84, went home to be with the Lord on June 17, 2001 at his residence.

Mr. Connie D. Cheek, 68, of Nebo, died Sunday, June 17, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Conley David "Connie" Cheek, 68, of Marion died Sunday, June 17 at The McDowell Hospital.

Mary Gilliland Hughes, 88, of Marion died Friday, June 15 in McDowell Nursing Center.

Earnest Stanley Shell, 83, of Marion died Friday in McDowell Nursing Center.

Frances B. Bradley, 84, of Nebo, died Wednesday, June 13. 

Rillis Buchanan, 78, of Marion, died Wednesday, June 13, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Dewey Frady, 63, of Marion, died Wednesday, June 13, 2001 at his residence.

Geneva Dellinger Kanipe, 81, of Whispering Pine Street, Morganton, N.C. died Tuesday, June 12, 2001 at Grace Hospital following a period of declining health.

Charles Gary Rumfelt, 51, of Thole Street died Tuesday at his residence.

Boyd Swendell Stacy, 85, of Hilltop Drive, Marion, died Tuesday at his residence.

Boyce L. "Buddy" Justice, 77, of Marion, died Tuesday, June 12, 2001 at McDowell Nursing Center.

Boyd S. Stacy, 85, of Hilltop Drive, Marion, died Tuesday at his residence.

Calvin Ray Burleson, 59, of Faith Baptist Church Road, Marion, died Monday in Memorial Mission Hospital, Asheville.

Casey Adam Jones Sr., 57, of Harlow Noblitt Road, Old Fort, N.C. passed away Saturday, June 9, 2001 at home.

Carl Wilburn Christopher Jr., 54, of Warren Hollow Road, Old Fort, died Friday, June 8 at his residence.

Geneva Jones Conley, age 70, of 301 Morgan St., Marion, died Friday, June 8, 2001, in Autumn Care. 

Joe D. Currington Sr., age 81, of 162 Broyles Lane, Bristol, Tenn., died Thursday, June 7, 2001, at the Cambridge House.

Mrs. Zennie Queen Fischer, 76, of Marion died Friday, June 8, 2001, at The McDowell Hospital.

Mrs. Elva Hensley Ross, 95, of Marion, died Friday, June 8, 2001, at Grace Hospital in Morganton.

Junior "Shine" Eustace, 80, of Marion, died Thursday, June 7, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Geneva Marlowe, age 80, of Richmond, Mich., passed away Wednesday in Mount Clemens, Mich. 

Beulah Irene Radford Seaman, 75, of Marion, died Thursday at Autumn Care Nursing Home. 

Edith L. Waycaster, age 79, of Roswell, Ga., died Tuesday, June 5, 2001 at a Roswell, Ga. hospital after an extended illness.

Charles W. Webb, 58, of Mount Dora, Fla., died on Thursday, May 31.

Norris Carroll Lewis Jr., age 58, of 1054 Mud Cut Road, Marion, died Sunday, June 3, 2001 at his residence.

Oscar M. "Ott" Ward, 88, of Marion, died Monday, June 4, 2001 at Highland Farms Inc.

Mrs. Lillie Greene, age 87, of Miller Avenue, Marion, died Friday, June 1, 2001 in McDowell Nursing Center after an extended illness. 

Norris Carroll Lewis Jr., 58, of Marion, died Sunday, June 3, 2001.

Adrian N. Stuart Sr., 80, of Marion, died Saturday, June 2, 2001 at Grace Hospital in Morganton.

Terry S. Wilson, 53, of Marion, died Sunday, June 3, 2001 at his residence.

Frances Shuford Corley passed away Sunday, May 27, 2001, in Fernandina Beach, Fla.

Sherry Phillips Disney, of Palm Bay, Fla., passed away.

Johnny Beck, 59, of Marion, died Tuesday, May 29, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

David Elisha Cox, 81, of Marion, died Tuesday, May 29, 2001 at Grace Hospital in Morganton.

Frances Shuford Corley, 81, of Fernandina Beach, Fla., widow of the late Robert C. Corley, passed away Sunday, May 27, 2001 at Nassau Medical Center.

James J. Harrison, 82, of Lexington, died Sunday, May 27, 2001.

Tommy Frank Creson, 55, of Union Mills died Saturday in The McDowell Hospital.

Tressie Marie McKinney, 97, of 214 Varden Place, Swannanoa, died Saturday in a local health care center.

Floyd F. "Whitey" Morgan, 70, of Marion died Saturday at his residence.

Thomas S. Gillespie, 82, of Marion, died Thursday, May 24, 2001 at Mountain Ridge Wellness Center.

Leona Burnette Waddell, 83, of Old Fort, died Tuesday in Long Beach, Calif.

Esther Ellis Faulkner, age 86, a former resident of Oakdale Circle, Henderson, N.C. died Tuesday night at Autumn Care Nursing Home in Marion.

Grace Jeanette Cannon, age 89, of Marion, died Tuesday, May 22, 2001 in The McDowell Hospital.

Cato Oliver Holler, 97, of Marion, died Tuesday, May 22, 2001 at his residence.

Pearl Malinda Whitson Raffield, 90, of Marion, died Sunday in Mountain Ridge Wellness Center, Black Mountain.

Eva Searcy Allison, age 102, of Victoria Road, Old Fort, died Friday, May 18, 2001, at Blue Ridge Health Care Center of Asheville. 

Rebecca Ann Parker Bartlett, age 94, of 141 Wolfpack Drive, Old Fort, died Friday, May 18, 2001, at Autumn Care of Marion. 

Jack Edward Beaver, 47, died May 19, 2001. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Drucilla Independent Fundamental Church.

J.L. "June" Ledbetter, 76, of Marion, died Thursday, May 17, 2001, at The McDowell Hospital. 

Clesser Don Parker, 67, of Pinnacle Church Road, died Saturday, May 19, 2001, at Catawba Memorial Hospital in Hickory.

Charles Joseph Parks, 57, of 112 William Parks Lane, Morganton, died Friday at his residence.

Pearl Malinda Whitson Raffield, 90, died Sunday in Mountain Ridge Wellness Center, Black Mountain.

Warnie George Burleson, 89, of Highway 70 West, Marion, died Tuesday, May 15, 2001 at his residence.

Joe G. Poole, 67, of Bandon, Ore., and formerly of Marion, died Saturday, May 12, 2001 in Eugene, Ore.

Carrie Burnette Duncan, 70, of Marion, died Monday, May 14, 2001 at St. Joseph's Hospital.

Mary Grace Gaddy Randolph, 68, of Marion, died Tuesday, May 15, 2001 at her residence.

Florrie Melton Rickman, 86, of Pine Cove Road in Old Fort died Tuesday, May 15, 2001 at Mountain Ridge Wellness Center in Ridgecrest.

Gene Calloway Early, 73, of North Church Street, Old Fort, died Monday in The McDowell Hospital.

Ben Haynes, 81, of Marion, died Sunday, May 13, 2001 at McDowell Nursing Center.

Rebecca C. Smith, 99, of Mountainside Drive, Hickory, died Monday in Camelot Manor Nursing Care Center, Granite Falls.

Wilma Nell Bryson Evans, 74, of Lytle Mountain Road, Marion, died Friday in The McDowell Hospital.

Robert L. Hunt, 71, of Orchard Street, Old Fort, died Wednesday in the V.A. Medical Center.

Richard George Lowery, 54, of Middle Street, Old Fort, died Wednesday at his residence.

Vernon G. Terry, 60, of Nebo, died Thursday, May 10, 2001 at his residence. Virgia McKee Banner, age 79, of Old Fort, died Thursday, Aug. 2, 2001, in Autumn Care of Marion. 

Julia Millie Honeycutt Robinson, age 93, of Marion, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2001 in a Roanoke health care center.

Francis Marion Copening, age 87, of Ashworth Circle, Marion, died Saturday, July 28, 2001 in the V.A. Medical Center, Asheville, N.C. 

Glenn Hall Petty Jr., 47, of 72 West High St., died Sunday, July 29, 2001.

Mack N. Wilson, age 72, of Elaine Street, Nebo, died Sunday, July 29, 2001 at McDowell Nursing Center in Nebo.

Ernest LaFayette Finley, 86, of 6th Street, died Saturday, July 28 in McDowell Nursing Care Center. 

Jewell Webb Jones, 80, of Bakersville, died Friday, July 27 in Life Care of Banner Elk, N.C. 

The Rev. Thad L. McDonald Jr., 82, of Hickory, N.C. died July 26, 2001 at Catawba Memorial Hospital. 

Glenn Petty, 47, of 72 West High Street in Marion, died Sunday, July 29, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Susan Shuford Shiver, 51, of Marion, died unexpectedly Wednesday, July 25, 2001 in Cheyenne, Wyo. 

Mack N. Wilson, age 72, of Elaine Street, Nebo, died Sunday, July 29, 2001 at McDowell Nursing Center in Nebo. 

Susan Shuford Shiver, age 51, passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2001.

Enid Elaine Clarkson Childres, 80, of Sherwood Forest Drive, Nebo, died Wednesday, July 25, in The McDowell Hospital.

Jerry Spencer Noblitt, 66, of Reidsville, N.C. died Wednesday, July 25, 2001 at Morehead Hospital, Eden, N.C.

Clyde Wade Whitson, 87, of 131 Dobbin St., Marion, died Tuesday, July 24.

Connie Spencer Wilson, 48, of Marion, died Wednesday, July 25, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Jack McKinley Hendrix, 70, of Marion, died Monday, July 23, 2001 at his residence.

Donald Leroy Moody, 55, of 2539 Mill Creek Road, Old Fort, died Monday, July 23, 2001 at the Asheville Veterans Hospital.

Lela Meldonia Hill Rhodes, 94, of Union Mills, died Monday, July 23, 2001 at White Oak Manor. 

Jack McKinley Hendrix, 70, of Marion, died Monday, July 23, 2001 at his residence.

Patsy Lee Surratt Hutchins, 58, of 6th Street, Marion, died Monday, July 23, in The McDowell Hospital.

Dora Stines Lowdermilk, 84, of Patton Road, Morganton, N.C. died Monday, July 23, 2001 at Grace Hospital following an extended illness.

Gladys Worley Sherman, 75, of Sherman Drive, Old Fort, died Sunday, July 22, at The McDowell Hospital.

George Beecher Walden Jr., 85, of Marion, died Monday, July 23, 2001 at McDowell Nursing Center.

Floy Kathleen Street McKay passed gently into heaven on July 20, 2001. 

Mrs. Vennie Williams, 78, of Gastonia died July 20, 2001, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. 

Rena Turner McCall, 89, of Marion, died Wednesday, July 18, 2001 at her residence.

Robert C. Schneble of Asheville, died in his sleep at home on Racquet Club Road on July 19, 2001 at age 83.

Paul Lester Walker, 73, of West Memphis, Ark. died Wednesday, July 18, 2001. 

Ruth Saunders Flack, 80, formerly of Marion, N.C., Myrtle Beach, S.C. and most recently, Birmingham, Ala., died Tuesday, July 3, 2001 at the University of Alabama Medical Center.

August Iannotti, 74, of South Main Street, Marion, died Wednesday, July 18, in The McDowell Hospital.

Rena Turner McCall passed away at her residence on Wednesday, July 18, 2001.

Ronald D. "Ronnie" Brooks, 42, of Marion, died Monday, July 16, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Julia Opal Jackson, 90, of Salem Church Road, Old Fort, went to be with the Lord Monday, July 16 at The McDowell Hospital.

Mary Martha Martin Carson, 87, of Marion, died Thursday.

Hazel Comer, 75, of Morganton, died Saturday, July 14, 2001 at Grace Hospital in Morganton.

Troy A. Ledford, 88, of Marion, died Thursday, July 12.

John A. Price, 76, of Marion, died Saturday, July 14, 2001 at his residence.

Faye Withrow Sheaffer, 87, of Marion, died Friday, July 13, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Tommy Lee Clemons, 47, of West Woodlawn Street, Marion, died Tuesday at his residence.

Ruby Wyatt Wright, 76, of Marion, died Monday, July 9, 2001 at her residence.

Ethel Lucille Lancaster Hines Harrill, 72, of Spindale, died Monday, July 9, 2001. 

Maybell Carswell Cook, 83, of Morganton, died Sunday, July 8, 2001. 

Julia Willis Green, 87, of Forest City, died Sunday, July 8, 2001. 

Ruby Wyatt Pendley Wright, 76, of Marion, died Monday, July 9, 2001.

Charles Edward Cook, 66, of Marion died Friday at his residence.

Mr. Harold W. "Sarge" Ledford, 76, of Marion died Friday at the V.A. Medical Center in Asheville.

Doyle Leon Johnson, 51, of Marion, died Thursday, July 5, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Larry Edward Stanley, 51, of Forest City, died Tuesday, July 3, 2001. 

Laura Morgan Koon, 80, of Marion, died Monday, July 2, 2001 at Caldwell County Hospice Center in Lenoir. 

George Edward Queen, 50, of Greenville, S.C., formerly of McDowell County, died Monday, July 2.

Walter S. Mitchell, 56, of Marion, formerly of the Little Creek community, died Monday, July 2, 2001 at his home.

Gladys Bullard Scott, 80, of Fleming Avenue, Marion, died Sunday, July 1, 2001 in The McDowell Hospital.

Chester E. Davis, 89, of Marion, died Friday, June 29, at Autumn Care. 

Mrs. Jean McCall Emory, age 67, of Old Fort, passed away Saturday, June 29. 

Pauline Harkins Gibson, 96, of Marion, died Sunday, July 1, 2001 at McDowell Nursing Center.

Jewel Isbell Gregg, age 84, of Marion died Thursday, June 28, 2001 at Autumn Care Nursing Facility.

Lillie Conner Hodge, 56, of Rutherfordton, died Saturday, June 30, 2001 at Rutherford Hospital.

Bertha Lilly Crawford Parker, 84, of Rutherfordton, died Thursday, June 28, 2001 at White Oak Manor. 

Dorothy Mae Suttles, 83, of Morganton, died June 27.

Charles Dale Walker, 41, of Serenity Drive, Nebo, died Thursday at his residence.

Viola Mae Burgin, 68, of Marion, died Wednesday, June 27, 2001 at her residence.

Cecil O'Neil Flynn, 66, of Patton Place, Polkville, died Sunday, June 24, 2001 at his residence.

Janice Diane McPeters Gosnell, age 53, of 20 River Drive, Granite Falls, died Monday, June 25, 2001 at her residence following a lengthy illness. 

Cecil Flynn, age 66, of Patton Place, Polkville, died Sunday, June 24.

Woodrow Greene, 84, of Morganton, died June 24. 

Tony Scott McCurry, 30, of Marion, died Saturday, June 23, 2001.

Bryan Orman Holley Sr., 79, of Marion, died Saturday, June 23, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Vina Hensley Boone of Route 1, Marion, died Friday, June 15, 2001 at Cannon Memorial Hospital. 

Ola Faye Hensley, 57, of Marion, died Friday, June 22, 2001, at McDowell Nursing Center. 

Bryan O. Holley, 78, died Saturday, June 23, 2001, at The McDowell Hospital. 

Tony Scott McCurry, 30, died June 23, 2001. 

Mr. Lester Eugene "Flubb" Patton, 48, of Nebo died Saturday, June 23, 2001, at Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory.

Estelle Henson Swafford, 89, of Nebo, died Friday, June 22, 2001 in the McDowell Nursing Center of Nebo.

Mary "Lou" Lowrena McDaniel Wilson, 96, of Brevard, formerly of Lake Lure, died Thursday, June 21, 2001 at the Brian Center. 

Theo Clarence Buchanan, 78, of Bakersville, was called home to be with Jesus on Thursday the 21st day of June.

Elizabeth Ann Potter Killough, 75, of Rutherfordton, died Thursday, June 21, 2001. 

Jack English, 68, of Nix Creek Road, Marion, died Tuesday, June 19, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Mattie M. "Bobbie" Goldsmith, age 83, of Hendersonville, passed away Tuesday, June 19, 2001.

Mattie Margaret Laughlin Goldsmith, age 83, of Hendersonville died Tuesday, June 19, 2001 at Margaret R. Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville.

Lois Gunter Roland, 77, of Marion, died Tuesday, June 19, 2001 at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville.

Rev. Mabel J. Snider, 85, of 5158 Snider Ridge in Morganton joined Our Lord in heaven on June 18, 2001 at Grace Heights in Morganton following an extended illness.

Farlan Earnest Thomas, 56, of Marion, died Monday, June 18, 2001 at Duke University Hospital.

Mr. Jesse P. "Red" Cannon, age 84, went home to be with the Lord on June 17, 2001 at his residence.

Mr. Connie D. Cheek, 68, of Nebo, died Sunday, June 17, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Conley David "Connie" Cheek, 68, of Marion died Sunday, June 17 at The McDowell Hospital.

Mary Gilliland Hughes, 88, of Marion died Friday, June 15 in McDowell Nursing Center.

Earnest Stanley Shell, 83, of Marion died Friday in McDowell Nursing Center.

Frances B. Bradley, 84, of Nebo, died Wednesday, June 13. 

Rillis Buchanan, 78, of Marion, died Wednesday, June 13, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Dewey Frady, 63, of Marion, died Wednesday, June 13, 2001 at his residence.

Geneva Dellinger Kanipe, 81, of Whispering Pine Street, Morganton, N.C. died Tuesday, June 12, 2001 at Grace Hospital following a period of declining health.

Charles Gary Rumfelt, 51, of Thole Street died Tuesday at his residence.

Boyd Swendell Stacy, 85, of Hilltop Drive, Marion, died Tuesday at his residence.

Boyce L. "Buddy" Justice, 77, of Marion, died Tuesday, June 12, 2001 at McDowell Nursing Center.

Boyd S. Stacy, 85, of Hilltop Drive, Marion, died Tuesday at his residence.

Calvin Ray Burleson, 59, of Faith Baptist Church Road, Marion, died Monday in Memorial Mission Hospital, Asheville.

Casey Adam Jones Sr., 57, of Harlow Noblitt Road, Old Fort, N.C. passed away Saturday, June 9, 2001 at home.

Carl Wilburn Christopher Jr., 54, of Warren Hollow Road, Old Fort, died Friday, June 8 at his residence.

Geneva Jones Conley, age 70, of 301 Morgan St., Marion, died Friday, June 8, 2001, in Autumn Care. 

Joe D. Currington Sr., age 81, of 162 Broyles Lane, Bristol, Tenn., died Thursday, June 7, 2001, at the Cambridge House.

Mrs. Zennie Queen Fischer, 76, of Marion died Friday, June 8, 2001, at The McDowell Hospital.

Mrs. Elva Hensley Ross, 95, of Marion, died Friday, June 8, 2001, at Grace Hospital in Morganton.

Junior "Shine" Eustace, 80, of Marion, died Thursday, June 7, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Geneva Marlowe, age 80, of Richmond, Mich., passed away Wednesday in Mount Clemens, Mich. 

Beulah Irene Radford Seaman, 75, of Marion, died Thursday at Autumn Care Nursing Home. 

Edith L. Waycaster, age 79, of Roswell, Ga., died Tuesday, June 5, 2001 at a Roswell, Ga. hospital after an extended illness.

Charles W. Webb, 58, of Mount Dora, Fla., died on Thursday, May 31.

Norris Carroll Lewis Jr., age 58, of 1054 Mud Cut Road, Marion, died Sunday, June 3, 2001 at his residence.

Oscar M. "Ott" Ward, 88, of Marion, died Monday, June 4, 2001 at Highland Farms Inc.

Mrs. Lillie Greene, age 87, of Miller Avenue, Marion, died Friday, June 1, 2001 in McDowell Nursing Center after an extended illness. 

Norris Carroll Lewis Jr., 58, of Marion, died Sunday, June 3, 2001.

Adrian N. Stuart Sr., 80, of Marion, died Saturday, June 2, 2001 at Grace Hospital in Morganton.

Terry S. Wilson, 53, of Marion, died Sunday, June 3, 2001 at his residence.

Frances Shuford Corley passed away Sunday, May 27, 2001, in Fernandina Beach, Fla.

Sherry Phillips Disney, of Palm Bay, Fla., passed away.

Johnny Beck, 59, of Marion, died Tuesday, May 29, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

David Elisha Cox, 81, of Marion, died Tuesday, May 29, 2001 at Grace Hospital in Morganton.

Frances Shuford Corley, 81, of Fernandina Beach, Fla., widow of the late Robert C. Corley, passed away Sunday, May 27, 2001 at Nassau Medical Center.

James J. Harrison, 82, of Lexington, died Sunday, May 27, 2001.

Tommy Frank Creson, 55, of Union Mills died Saturday in The McDowell Hospital.

Tressie Marie McKinney, 97, of 214 Varden Place, Swannanoa, died Saturday in a local health care center.

Floyd F. "Whitey" Morgan, 70, of Marion died Saturday at his residence.

Thomas S. Gillespie, 82, of Marion, died Thursday, May 24, 2001 at Mountain Ridge Wellness Center.

Leona Burnette Waddell, 83, of Old Fort, died Tuesday in Long Beach, Calif.

Esther Ellis Faulkner, age 86, a former resident of Oakdale Circle, Henderson, N.C. died Tuesday night at Autumn Care Nursing Home in Marion.

Grace Jeanette Cannon, age 89, of Marion, died Tuesday, May 22, 2001 in The McDowell Hospital.

Cato Oliver Holler, 97, of Marion, died Tuesday, May 22, 2001 at his residence.

Pearl Malinda Whitson Raffield, 90, of Marion, died Sunday in Mountain Ridge Wellness Center, Black Mountain.

Eva Searcy Allison, age 102, of Victoria Road, Old Fort, died Friday, May 18, 2001, at Blue Ridge Health Care Center of Asheville. 

Rebecca Ann Parker Bartlett, age 94, of 141 Wolfpack Drive, Old Fort, died Friday, May 18, 2001, at Autumn Care of Marion. 

Jack Edward Beaver, 47, died May 19, 2001. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Drucilla Independent Fundamental Church.

J.L. "June" Ledbetter, 76, of Marion, died Thursday, May 17, 2001, at The McDowell Hospital. 

Clesser Don Parker, 67, of Pinnacle Church Road, died Saturday, May 19, 2001, at Catawba Memorial Hospital in Hickory.

Charles Joseph Parks, 57, of 112 William Parks Lane, Morganton, died Friday at his residence.

Pearl Malinda Whitson Raffield, 90, died Sunday in Mountain Ridge Wellness Center, Black Mountain.

Warnie George Burleson, 89, of Highway 70 West, Marion, died Tuesday, May 15, 2001 at his residence.

Joe G. Poole, 67, of Bandon, Ore., and formerly of Marion, died Saturday, May 12, 2001 in Eugene, Ore.

Carrie Burnette Duncan, 70, of Marion, died Monday, May 14, 2001 at St. Joseph's Hospital.

Mary Grace Gaddy Randolph, 68, of Marion, died Tuesday, May 15, 2001 at her residence.

Florrie Melton Rickman, 86, of Pine Cove Road in Old Fort died Tuesday, May 15, 2001 at Mountain Ridge Wellness Center in Ridgecrest.

Gene Calloway Early, 73, of North Church Street, Old Fort, died Monday in The McDowell Hospital.

Ben Haynes, 81, of Marion, died Sunday, May 13, 2001 at McDowell Nursing Center.

Rebecca C. Smith, 99, of Mountainside Drive, Hickory, died Monday in Camelot Manor Nursing Care Center, Granite Falls.

Wilma Nell Bryson Evans, 74, of Lytle Mountain Road, Marion, died Friday in The McDowell Hospital.

Robert L. Hunt, 71, of Orchard Street, Old Fort, died Wednesday in the V.A. Medical Center.

Richard George Lowery, 54, of Middle Street, Old Fort, died Wednesday at his residence.

Vernon G. Terry, 60, of Nebo, died Thursday, May 10, 2001 at his residence.