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Obituaries
Iris Teresa Thomas
Nov 3, 2013
Iris Teresa Massey Thomas , 64, of 177 Odus Allen Road passed away Sunday, November 3 2013. She was the daughter of Pearl Anderson Massey and the late McKinley Massey. Mrs. Thomas is also preceded in death by a nephew Rickey Joe Cody. Mrs. Thomas was a faithful member of Prices Chapel Baptist Church, where she was a Sunday school...
Texie Mae Rice
Oct 30, 2013
Texie Mae Shelton Rice, 82 of 221 Wooten Cove Road, passed away Wednesday, October 30, 2013. She was the daughter of the late Sylvan and Martha Jane Capps Shelton and wife of the late Rev. Joseph Rice. She is also preceded in death by fourteen brothers and sisters. She was a former employee of Mission Hospital. Mrs. Rice is survived...
Dr. J. Bruce Phillips
Oct 29, 2013
Dr. James Bruce Phillips, 75, of Mars Hill, passed away Tuesday morning at the John F. Keever Solace Center in Asheville.
Born in Mars Hill on January 26, 1938, Bruce was proud to be a native son of Madison County. Though he spent his entire career in the Madison County School System, he was also a businessman,...
Rev. Eugene "Gene" Dodd
Oct 6, 2013
Rev. Eugene Dodd, 77 of Bona Carsa Drive, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, October 6, 2013. Rev. Dodd was a native of Madison County and son of the late Welzie and Ada Lee Rathurn Dodd in addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by a brother J. B. Dodd. He was pastor of...
Riley Ernest Hagan
Sep 30, 2013
Riley Ernest Hagan, 75 of 385 Fishers Lane, passed away at his residence Monday, September 30, 2013. He was a native of Madison County and son of the late Daniel Marvin and Mary Lucille Ledbetter Hagan. He is also preceded in death by brothers, James Lee, Marvin Daniel and Richard Ernest. Mr. Hagan was a retired employee of Steelcase Inc....
Jack Glenn Marler
Sep 28, 2013
Jack G. Marler, 68, of 242 Phillips Valley Rd., passed away Saturday, September 28, 2013 at Charles George VA Medical Center. Mr. Marler was a native of Madison County, the son of the late James Bufford and Betty Sams Marler. Jack was a US Army Veteran. He served as deacon for several years at Bethesda Baptist Church, Candler, NC. He...
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