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Jack Grayson
Died Aug. 22, 2006
SPINDALE — Mr. Jack Grayson, 84, of Courtland Street, died Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.
Visitation: The family will receive friends today from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at Washburn & Dorsey Funeral Home.
Funeral: Today at 3 p.m. at Washburn & Dorsey Funeral Home
Burial: Golden Valley United Methodist Church cemetery
Kenneth Higgins
Dec. 13, 1936 – Aug. 21, 2006
RUTHERFORDTON — Mr. Kenneth Higgins, 69, of 371 Pate Road, died Monday, Aug. 21, 2006, at University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City.
Visitation: The family will receive friends Friday from 7 to 8:30 at Crowe’s Mortuary.
Funeral: Saturday at 1 p.m. at Crowe’s Funeral Chapel
Burial: Melvin Hill Church of the Brethren, Polk County
Officiated by: Bishop Ron Chapman
Margaret B. Melton
Died Aug. 22, 2006
ELLENBORO — Mrs. Margaret Bailey Melton, 81, of Oak Grove Church Road, died Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2006, at Fairhaven Home after a long battle with leukemia.
Visitation: The family will receive friends Saturday from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at Oak Grove United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall.
Funeral: Saturday at 3 p.m. at Oak Grove United Methodist Church
Burial: Oak Grove United Methodist Church cemetery
Officiated by: Dr. Norman Hubbard and the Rev. Jim Yow
Funeral Home: The Padgett & King Mortuary
Jimmy Logan
Died Aug. 31, 2006
RICHMOND, Va. — Mr. Jimmy O. Logan, formerly of Rutherford County, died Monday, Aug. 21, 2006, at M.C.V. Hospital in Richmond.
Funeral: Arrangements will be announced by Thompson’s Mortuary.
Tannie S. Bumgarner
Died Aug. 21, 2006
SHELBY — Tannie Smith Bumgarner, 103, a native of Cleveland County, died Monday, Aug. 21, 2006, at Cleveland Pines Nursing Home.
Mrs. Bumgarner was a member of Lafayette Street United Methodist Church. She retired from Dover Mill after 30 years of service and was also a homemaker. Tannie loved to work in her flower garden and loved to read the Bible.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Rantie Odell Bumgarner; her parents, William S. Smith and Rita Belzora Moriah Quinn Smith; sons, Arbuth O. and Ira B. Bumgarner; daughters, Ida Bell and Julia Mae Bumgarner; brothers, Stokes, Elsie and Sam Smith; and sisters, Ottie, Arrie, Vista, Quanita, Veree and Lillie.
She is survived by sons, Rantie “R.O.” Bumgarner and wife, Beverly, of Shelby; daughters, Esther Matthew and husband, William of California; and many loving grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and friends.
Visitation: The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home.
Funeral: Graveside Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Sunset cemetery
Officiated by: The Rev. A. Owen Peeler
Emma Neal
Died Aug. 19, 2006
Cobb County, Ga. — Emma Hamrick Neal, 74, of Cobb County, died Saturday, Aug. 19, 2006.
Mrs. Neal was a native of Shelby and long time resident of Georgia. She retired from the Internal Revenue Service and was a good Samaritan in Pauding and Cobb Counties in Georgia. She was a master gardener and was awarded yard of the month.
She is survived by four sons, Greg Neal of Hartwell, Ga., Scott Neal of South Carolina, David Neal and Mark Neal, both of Canton; a daughter, Vallorie Wood of Lithia Springs, Ga.; 13 grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral: Today at 2 p.m. at Medford-Peden Funeral Home, Marietta, Ga.
Burial: Cheatham Hill cemetery
Officiated by: The Rev. Larry Williams
Funeral Home: Medford-Peden Funeral Home
William Jenkins
Died Aug. 20, 2006
CLIFFSIDE — Mr. William Bryson Jenkins, 79, of Cliffside, died Sunday, Aug. 20, 2006, at Rutherford Hospital.
A son of the late Walter Clark and Alma Wall Jenkins, he was born in Cliffside in 1927 and graduated Tri High School. Mr. Jenkins enlisted in the Navy in 1944 and later transferred to the Marine Corps. He was serving as a medical corpsman on the U.S.S. Midway at the end of World War II. In 1947, he joined Haynes Bank, which later became First Citizens Bank and retired as a vice president after 45 years of service. Mr. Jenkins was a dedicated and active member of Cliffside Baptist Church for 56 years, where he taught Sunday School for many years and served in many capacities. He served as Deacon and Chairman of the Board of Deacons. He also served on the Building Committee for the new sanctuary. Mr. Jenkins was president of the P.T.A., Treasurer of Cliffside Fire Department, President of Little League for 10 years and was honored with the distinguished Melvin Jones Fellow Award while involved with the Lions Club. He was an active member of the North Carolina Banker’s Association for many years.
Mr. Jenkins is survived by his beloved wife of 58 years, Eunice Hames Jenkins; two sons, Roger Michael Jenkins and William Barry Jenkins and wife, Mary Ann. He was a wonderful grandfather to five grandchildren, James Jenkins and wife, Heather, Julie Jenkins, Lindsay Jenkins, Betsy Jenkins and Abby Jenkins and great-grandfather to Georgia and Kaden Jenkins. Two sisters also survive him, Sarah Bridges and Marjorie Jones; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Walter C. Jenkins and two sisters, Virginia Jenkins and Bernice Brindle.
Visitation: The family will receive friends Wednesday from 1 to 2 p.m. at Cliffside Baptist Church
Funeral: Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Cliffside Baptist Church
Burial: Cliffside cemetery
Officiated by: The Rev. Larry Fleming and Dr. Larry Greg
Memorials: Cliffside Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 336, Cliffside, NC 28024
Funeral Home: McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home
Harry Honeycutt
Died Aug. 20, 2006
ELLENBORO — Mr. Harry Vernon Honeycutt, 56, died Sunday, Aug. 20, 2006, at home.
Mr. Honeycutt was the son of Carme Honeycutt and the late Mary Ann LaBone Honeycutt. He worked as a security agent with F.E.M.A.
He is survived by a half-brother, Jesse Allen of Forest City; a stepbrother, Jerry bailey of Tallahassee, Fla.; and a stepsister, Janice Salinero, of Tallahassee.
Visitation: The family will receive friends Wednesday from 10 to 11 a.m. at McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home.
Funeral: Wednesday at 11 a.m. at McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home Chapel
Burial: Cliffside cemetery
Officiated by: The Rev. Larry Fleming and Dr. Paul Sorrells
Memorials: Cliffside Baptist Church Children’s Playground Fund, P.O. Box 336, Cliffside, NC 28024
Bobby Carrigan
Died Aug. 20, 2006
BLACKSBURG, S.C. — Mr. Bobby Gene Carrigan, 71, of 141 Carrigan Drive, died Sunday, Aug. 20, 2006, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center.
Mr. Carrigan was born in Gastonia. He was the husband of Phyllis Dover Carrigan of the home. He was the son of the late Arthur and Eliza Stiles Carrigan. He was a member of Kings Mountain Missionary Methodist Church. He retired from Cyprus Foote Mineral, Kings Mountain and from North Carolina National Guard, 505th Engineer Battalion, Kings Mountain.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Jeff Carrigan of Blacksburg; three daughters, Robin C. Dover and Christy C. Knight, both of Blacksburg and Jada C. Styers of Shelby; three grandchildren, Danielle Cooper, Cody Knight and Nash Styers; four great-grandchildren; four brothers, Buell Carrigan, Jim Carrigan and Gerald Carrigan, all of Kings Mountain and Bill Carrigan of Ocala, Fla.; two sisters, Faye House and Elaine Parker, both of Kings Mountain.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Danny Carrigan.
Visitation: The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at White Columns Funeral Home, Blacksburg and other times at the home of Robin Dover, 113 Carrigan Drive, Blacksburg.
Celebration of Life: Cryptside Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Clingman Memorial Gardens
Officiated by: The Rev. Jerry Owens
Memorials: Cherokee County Animal Shelter, 300 Yale St., Gaffney, SC 29341
Nyal L. Harmon
Died Aug. 20, 2006
ELLENBORO — Mr. Nyal Lane Harmon, 82, of Harmon Road, Ellenboro, died Sunday, August 20, 2006 at Rutherford Hospital.
Visitation: The family will receive friends tonight from 5 to 8 at Washburn & Dorsey Funeral Home
Funeral: Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Concord Baptist Church
Burial: Concord Baptist Church cemetery
Alan Harrison
Died Aug. 17, 2006
RUTHERFORDTON — Mr. Alan Jerome Harrison, 23, of 141 Keeter St., died Thursday, Aug. 17, 2006, at Rutherfordton Hospital.
Visitation: The family will receive friends Wednesday from 2 to 3 p.m. at Webb First Baptist Church, Ellenboro.
Funeral: Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Webb First Baptist Church
Burial: Rutherfordton City cemetery
Officiated by: The Rev. Michael Moore
Funeral Home: Thompson’s Mortuary
