Betty Ann Walker, 70, of Marion, died Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001 at Maggie's Place in Candler.

Daniel W. Walker, 45, of Midland, Mich., died Friday, Nov. 30 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Virginia. 

Virgil Lyda Burnette, 81, of Old Fort, died Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001 at Mission St. Joseph's Hospital in Asheville.

Josephine Ernst Herman, 81, of Lakeland, Fla. died Nov. 20, 2001 at the home of her daughter and son-in-law in Marion, N.C.

Stewart William Rhodes, 87, of Oakcrest Drive, died Monday, Nov. 26, in Brian Center, Statesville.

Gail Tremper Fredd, 65, of Nebo, died Monday, Nov. 26, 2001 at Memorial Mission Hospital.

Geneva Burgin Ledbetter, 79, of 4085 Goose Creek Road, Marion, N.C., went to heaven on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2001 to be with all her loved ones waiting there.

Joe McGhee, 71, of Marion, died Sunday, Nov. 25, 2001.

Thomas (Tommy) James Owens Sr., age 70, passed away, at Henry Medical Center, Stockbridge, Ga., following a brief illness.

Clarence Edward "Ed" Prince, 75, of Rutherfordton, died Monday, Nov. 26, 2001.

Mrs. Hazel "Maw" Carver Hall, 72, of Nebo died Friday, Nov. 23, 2001, at her residence.

Lee Ell Hollifield, 65, of Marion, died Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2001 in The McDowell Hospital.

Charles Harvey Lowery, age 68, of Swannanoa Avenue, Asheville died Thursday, Nov. 22, 2001, in Mountain Ridge Wellness Center.

Ronnie Pittman, 55, of 156 Hazen Ledford Rd., Bakersville died Saturday, Nov. 24, 2001, in Mitchell County.

Mr. Emmett Allen Satterfield, 83, of Spruce Pine and formerly of Marion died Friday, Nov. 23, 2001, in the Blue Ridge Hospital, Spruce Pine.

Mr. Clayton Obadiah Stamey, 104, of Marion died Friday, Nov. 23, 2001, at Charles A. Cannon Jr. Memorial Hospital.

Pearl Bost Hicks, 81, of Niota, Tenn., and a former resident of Marion, N.C., died Oct. 29, 2001 at Fort Sanders Parkwest Hospital in Knoxville, Tenn.

Frank W. Lail, 71, of Marion, died Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2001 at Memorial Mission Hospital.

Violet Mease Burgin, age 86, of 79 Pine Cove Road, Old Fort, died Monday, Nov. 19, 2001 at her residence.

John Ray Pyatt, age 68, of 5522 Harmony Grove Road, Nebo, died Monday, Nov. 19, 2001 in The McDowell Hospital.

Ruby Launa Pyatt, age 80, a resident of Autumn Care, Marion, went to be with the Lord Monday, Nov. 19, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Virginia Beatrice Stone, 83, of Charlotte, formerly of Marion, died Monday, Nov. 19, 2001 at Wesley Care Center.

Violet Burgin, 86, of Old Fort, died Monday, Nov. 19, 2001.

Lester Burgin Davis, 76, of Marion died Saturday in Raleigh, N.C.

Leocadia Sapinoro Inovejas, age 84, of 290 N. Garden St., Marion, died Monday, Nov. 19, 2001 in Autumn Care.

Vernon A. McEntire, 76, of Old Fort, died Monday, Nov. 19, 2001 at his residence.

Mrs. Barbara Edwards Willis, 56, of View Street, Marion, died unexpectedly Sunday, Nov. 18, 2001.

Lester Burgin Davis, 76, of Marion died Saturday in Raleigh, N.C.

Rose (Nita) Ollis, age 81, of Manteo died Wednesday, Nov. 14 at the Chesapeake General Hospital in Chesapeake, Va. after a short illness.

Gladys Mae Holcombe Conley Ward, 92, of Morgan Lake Road, Marion, died Saturday, Nov. 17, in The McDowell Hospital.

Peggy Loftin Brittain, 36, of Old Fort, died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2001.

Jewell Rene Hollifield Deaton, 61, of Marion, died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2001 at her residence.

James Ray Harris, 72, of the Montford Cove community, Marion, died Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the VA Medical Center, Asheville.

The Rev. Otis Archie Tyo, 85, of Marion, died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2001 at Autumn Care of Marion.

Doris June Carver Revis, 73, of Marion, died Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2001 at her residence.

Harold Stamey, 43, of Marion, died Monday, Nov. 12, 2001 at his residence.

Lee Roy Donnahue, age 97, of Greensboro, formerly of Marion, died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2001 at Autumn Care of Marion.

Lecil Edward Hensley, 55, of Marion, died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Harold Stamey, 41, of Marion, died Monday, Nov. 12, 2001 at his home.

Boyd "B" Watson, 80, of Jake Branch Road, Marion, died Saturday, Nov. 11.

Annie Faye Brown Davis, 75, of Bethlehem Road, Old Fort, died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Texie Frisbee Flynn, 61, of Fort Mill, S.C. died Thursday, Nov. 8.

Lecil E. Hensley, 55, died Sunday, Nov. 11. Arrangements will be announced today by Westmoreland Funeral Home.

Jackson "Jack" Glenn Houck, 90, of Starke, Fla., died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2001 at Windsor Manor Nursing Home, Starke, Fla.

Annie Mae Shook, 76, of Maryland, formerly of Spruce Pine, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2001.

Fatima Elizabeth Withers, 86, formerly of Fort Mill, S.C., died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2001.

Floyd Beam, 76, of Marion, died Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Eula Medford Gouge, 79, of Marion, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2001 at her residence.

Evelyn Eyler Poore, age 84, of Duluth, Ga., died Nov. 7, 2001.

Mrs. Hazel Holland Beach, 73, of Shuffler Road, Morganton, died Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2001 at Grace Hospital.

Fred J. Buchanan, 86, of the Grassy Creek community, Spruce Pine, died Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2001 in a Spruce Pine resthome.

Mrs. Nettie Surratt Beachboard, 90, of Marion died Friday, Nov. 2, 2001, at her residence.

Max Grant Hunt, 66, of 1 Adams Drive died Friday, Nov. 2, 2001, at the Elizabeth House Hospice Four Seasons in Hendersonville.

Frances Lousie Christopher Hoyle, 86, of 312 Johnson Hollow Road died Friday, Nov. 2, 2001.

Robert Locke Putnam, 59, of Great Hill Drive, Marion, and former resident of Asheville, died peacefully at his home, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2001. 

Geoffrey "Geoff" R. Gregory, 32, of Chasewood Lane, Conway, S.C., died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2001 at Conway Hospital.

Benartz Jordan, age 75, of 1213 Honeycutt Road, Marion, N.C. died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2001 at his residence.

Gertie Hicks Bowling Kerley, 65, of 31 Freemont Road, Asheville, died Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2001, at her residence.

Roy Lee Williams, 43, of Nebo, died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2001 at his residence.

Otis "James/Shorty" Ashe Jr., 63, of Marion, died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Bonnie Lee Barbrey, 84, of Buncombe County, died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2001 at St. Joseph's Hospital.

Eunice Hogan Brown, age 76, of 61 Willow Street, Marion, died Monday, Dec. 24, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Gertie Hicks Bowling Kerley, 65, of Asheville died Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2001. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at Groce Funeral Home.

Ernest "John Henry" Ogle, age 71, of 340 Martin Branch Road, Marion, died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2001 in Frye Memorial Hospital, Hickory, N.C.

B.J. "Bill" Shaw, age 75, of Gray, Tenn., died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2001 in the VA Medical Center, Johnson City, Tenn.

Lucy McKinney Surratt, 96, of Nebo, died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2001 at McDowell Nursing Center.

James Kelly Wilkinson, age 80, of 280 Broad Street, Marion, died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2001 in the VA Medical Center in Asheville.

Mrs. Eunice Hogan Brown, 76, of Marion died Monday, Dec. 24 in The McDowell Hospital.

Mr. Ernest "John Henry" Ogle, 71, died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2001 at Fry Memorial Hospital in Hickory.

Mr. James Gregory Parker, 45, of Kela Drive, Morganton, died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2001 at his residence.

Mrs. Velma Allen Crump, 84, of Tellis Lane in Morganton died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2001 at the Shytle House, Valdese after an extended illness.

Mr. James Gregory Parker, 45, of Kela Drive, Morganton, died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2001 at his residence.

Cecil Alan Brown, age 52, of Old Fort died Friday, Dec. 21, 2001 in The McDowell Hospital.

Theron Calvin Harris, 79, of Union Mills died Friday, Dec. 21 at the VA Medical Center.

Bonnie Lee Webb Barbrey, 84, died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2001 at St, Joseph's Hospital in Asheville.

Peggy Beck Workman, 68, of Marion, died Thursday, Dec. 20, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Peggy Beck Workman of Marion, age 68, died Thursday, Dec. 20, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

Chivous Reid Medford, 85, of Marion, died Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2001 at his residence.

Barbara Atkins Taylor, 69, of Marion, died Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2001 at Mountain Ridge Wellness Center.

Mattie Lou Turpin Dillard, 77, of Nebo, died Sunday, Dec. 16, 2001 at her residence.

Luther "Luke" Jordan, 67, of Settlemyre Bridge Road, Newton, N.C. died unexpectedly Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001 at Catawba Memorial Hospital, Hickory, N.C.

Ralph A. Citak, 47, of Marion, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001, at his residence.

Mr. Larry Dionne Hammond, 64, of Fallston died Sunday, Dec. 16, 2001, at Hospice of Wendover.

Mrs. Della Faye Nichols Jones, 77, of Marion died Friday, Dec. 14, 2001, at Autumn Care of Marion.

Mrs. Margaret "Maggie" Pyatt Miller, 80, of Marion, died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001, at Autumn Care of Marion.

David R. Miller, 89, of Marion, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001 at McDowell Nursing Center.

Mrs. Jessie Smith Welborn, age 91, Cane Creek Road, Old Fort, N.C., widow of Pettis William Welborn, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital in Marion.

Jennifer (Jackson) Hallum, 39, of Marion, N.C. departed from this life Dec. 9, 2001 at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C. when her spiritual Lord called her home to final rest.Emma "Doll" Viola Huskins, age 86, of Huskins Branch Road, Marion, died Dec. 12, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.

George Truett Loudermilk, 77, of Tullahoma, Tenn., died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2001 at Medical Center of Manchester.

David Scott Snyder, 42, of Marion died Sunday, Dec. 9 at his residence.

Auta McKinney Grindstaff, age 77, died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2001 in a Bakersville health care facility.

Vivian Simmons Ingram, 89, of Nebo, died Friday, Dec. 7, 2001 at her residence.

John Robert Manning Jr., 37, of Asheville, died Friday, Dec. 7, 2001 in McDowell County.

James Walker Noblitt, 85, of Marion, died Friday, Dec. 7, 2001 at his residence.

Willis Rube Rhom, 79, of Nebo, died Friday, Dec. 7, 2001 at McDowell Nursing Center.

Olan Mills Smith, 94, of Lackey Town Road, Old Fort, died Thursday, Dec. 6, in The McDowell Hospital.

Carl E. Burgess, 74, of Bostic, died Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2001 at Spartanburg, S.C. Regional Medical.

Cecil Davis, 70, of Marion, died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2001 at Grace Hospital in Morganton.

Ray James Hall, 84, of Marion, died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2001 at Memorial Mission Hospital.

Robert Shepherd Smith Jr., age 87, of 51 W. Yancey St., Marion, N.C. died Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2001 in The McDowell Hospital.

Nell Raffield Hudgins, 81, of Marion, died Monday, Dec. 3, 2001 at Asheville Healthcare.

Alfred Camule Moses, 88, of Morganton, died Dec. 3. Funeral will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Sossoman Funeral Home.

Josie Myrtle Parker, age 96, of Parker Padgett Road, Old Fort, died Monday, Dec. 3, 2001 in Mountain Ridge Wellness Center of Ridgecrest, N.C.

Earl Lee "Barney" Ward, 65, of Marion, died Monday, Dec. 3, 2001 at The McDowell Hospital.