Obituaries

Norman Tipton

SPRUCE PINE, N.C.—Norman Tipton, age 68, of the Phipps Creek community, went Home to be with his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021, at Mission Hospital in Asheville. He was a native of Yancey County but lived most of his life in Mitchell County.

Sam McKinney

SPRUCE PINE, N.C. — On October 6th, 2021, after a sudden illness, Samuel (Sam) David McKinney, 82, broke the hearts of those who knew him.  Surviving are Barbara W.

Clyde Newton

SPRUCE PINE, N.C. — Clyde ‘Bud’ Newton, age 87, of Forrest Fisher Road in Spruce Pine, passed away Friday, December 24, 2021, at his home. Born on May 24, 1934, in Cleveland County, he was the son of the late Clyde and Lydia Bridges Newton.

Roger Pittman

SPRUCE PINE, N.C. — Roger L. Pittman, age 74, of Spruce Pine, North Carolina passed away on Saturday, December 11, 2021, at his residence. Roger was born on October 13, 1947, in McDowell County, North Carolina, a son of the late Rev. Joe Pittman and the late Lucy Hollifield Pittman.

Deward Sparks

BAKERSVILLE, N.C. — Deward Scott Sparks, age 93, of Bakersville, NC, passed away on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, in the Blue Ridge Regional Hospital. He was the son of the late Jesse and Carrie Byrd Sparks. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter, Cindy Sparks Osborne.

Betty Jarrett

PRUCE PINE, N.C. —Betty Washburn Jarrett, very loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend went home to be with the Lord on December 8, 2021, at the age of 86. Betty died peacefully at home in Moore, South Carolina, with her daughter Paula Wayne and her son-in-law Chris by her side.

David Buchanan

BAKERSVILLE, N.C. — David Smith Buchanan, age 65, of Red Wood Road, Bakersville, NC went home to be with the Lord December 17, 2021. He was a native of Mitchell County, NC and a son of the late Phillip and Elenore McKinney Buchanan. He was self-employed as a carpenter and a craftsman.

Roy Woody

MORGANTON, N.C.—Mr. Roy Woody, of Morganton, at the age of 82, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, who he loved dearly, on Thursday, December 9, 2021, at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills in Forest City, NC.

Roy Alton Jones

SPRUCE PINE, N.C.—Roy Alton Jones spent most of the first half of his life in Punta Gorda, Florida as a fisherman. In retirement he was “a stranger to none” at home in Spruce Pine, NC.

Ruth Glass

TALLAHASSEE, FL.—Dr. Glass went to Heaven on -December 2, 2021.-. She was born in Penland, NC on December 4, 1932, to Garrett Hobert and Lockie Ethel Buchanan Glass. She was the youngest of seven children.