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Henline - Hughes Funeral Home
| 85 Crimson Laurel Way
PO Box 345
| Bakersville, NC 28705
| Tel: 1-828-688-4813

Dateline: Green Mountain, NC Terry Lee Sturgill, age 66 of Pigeon Roost Rd, Green Mountain, NC went home to be with the Lord February 7, 2023. He was born in Yancey County, NC to the late Clarence and Helen Barnett Sturgill. He was employed as a caregiver in home health. Terry was of the Baptist faith and was a good neighbor to his community. He had a servants heart and would help anyone he could. He enjoyed arrowhead hunting, carpentry work, and tending his garden and...

Dateline: Green Mountain, NC Terry Lee Sturgill, age 66 of Pigeon Roost Rd, Green Mountain, NC went home to be with the Lord February 7, 2023. He was born in Yancey County, NC to the late...

Anna Belle McKinney Bakersville

Dateline: Bakersville, NC Anna Belle McKinney, age 83 of Hamburg Rd, Bakersville, NC went home to be with the Lord February 1, 2023. She was a daughter of the late Clarence and Pauline Buchanan Pittman and a native of Mitchell County, NC. She was a member of New Covenant Church In Christ and was previously employed at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital in admissions. She enjoyed cooking, gardening, working in her greenhouse and tending her flowers. Her favorite time was spent with her...

Dateline: Bakersville, NC Anna Belle McKinney, age 83 of Hamburg Rd, Bakersville, NC went home to be with the Lord February 1, 2023. She was a daughter of the late Clarence and Pauline...

Suzanne Cheek

Suzanne Connelly Myers Cheek, 89, died Jan. 31st, 2023, in Spruce Pine, NC. She was born in Thomasville, NC to Virginia Wardell and Robert Leo Myers on Aug, 16, 1933. She married James B. Cheek in Spruce Pine, NC on June 30, 1955. She grew up in Spruce Pine, NC and attended Harris High, where she was an avid organizer for the Teen Timers Club; she later moved to Lexington, NC where she graduated from Lexington High School. Suzanne graduated from the Women's College of UNC in 1955, where...

Suzanne Connelly Myers Cheek, 89, died Jan. 31st, 2023, in Spruce Pine, NC. She was born in Thomasville, NC to Virginia Wardell and Robert Leo Myers on Aug, 16, 1933. She married James B. Cheek in...

Sandra Whitt

Sandra Lee Whitt, age 78 of Bakersville, NC passed away on Monday, January 16, 2023 in the Blue Ridge Regional Hospital. A native of Baltimore, MD she was the daughter of the late Marjorie Wilson and the wife of the late Donald Whitt who passed away in 2021. Sandra was a homemaker who loved her family and friends. Left to cherish her memory are her son, Eric Whitt of Bakersville; sister, Joann Heddinger of Frankford, WV; brother, Harvey Wilson of Baltimore; several nieces and nephews and...

Sandra Lee Whitt, age 78 of Bakersville, NC passed away on Monday, January 16, 2023 in the Blue Ridge Regional Hospital. A native of Baltimore, MD she was the daughter of the late Marjorie Wilson...

Pamela Gouge Bakersville

Dateline Bakersville, NC Pamela Jean Gouge, age 77 of Hwy 226 North Bakersville, NC passed away January 15, 2023. She was born in Marion, NC to the late Rufus and Marjorie McNeill Hall. She attended New Day House of Prayer and enjoyed quilting. Survivors include three sons; Joseph, Timothy, and Patrick Gouge, sisters; Sarah and Susie, six grandchildren, several great grandchildren, and a special aunt Clara. She was preceded in death in addition to her parents by...

Dateline Bakersville, NC Pamela Jean Gouge, age 77 of Hwy 226 North Bakersville, NC passed away January 15, 2023. She was born in Marion, NC to the late Rufus and Marjorie McNeill Hall....

Danny Grindstaff Bakersville

Dateline: Bakersville, NC Danny Grindstaff, age 62 of Snow Creek Rd, Bakersville, NC went home to be with the Lord January 8, 2023. He was a native of Mitchell County, NC and a son of the late Andrew and Dorothy King Grindstaff. He was an active member and Deacon at Rebels Creek Baptist Church and also a member of the wood ministry at the church. Danny was a kind man and enjoyed helping anyone in the community. He loved the Lord, his family, and his church. His...

Dateline: Bakersville, NC Danny Grindstaff, age 62 of Snow Creek Rd, Bakersville, NC went home to be with the Lord January 8, 2023. He was a native of Mitchell County, NC and a son of the...

David Wylie

David Ebright Wylie, age 78, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 21,2022, surrounded by his daughters, family and deeply cherished friends. David is the son of the late Judson Ebright Wylie and Margaret Elder Wylie of Wayne County, Ohio. He was a graduate of Northwestern High School in 1962. He attended the Okaloosa Walton Junior College in Florida. He then served in the US Army from 1967-1970 in Seiglesbach, Germany. He later earned his accounting...

David Ebright Wylie, age 78, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 21,2022, surrounded by his daughters, family and deeply cherished friends. David is the son of the late Judson...

James (Jim) Woody Micaville

James Wayne Woody of Micaville, North Carolina, passed away on Thursday, January 5th after a brief illness. Jim, as he was known to friends and family, was 82 years old. Jim was born on April 5, 1940 to Joe Andrew Woody and Ora B. Woody in Mitchell County. Almost all of Jim’s childhood was spent in the Rebels Creek Community and he was a 1958 graduate of Bowman High School. An outstanding high school basketball player, Jim played college basketball at Asheville-Biltmore College, the...

James Wayne Woody of Micaville, North Carolina, passed away on Thursday, January 5th after a brief illness. Jim, as he was known to friends and family, was 82 years old. Jim was born on April 5,...

Howard Garland

Howard Garland, 85, went to his home in Glory on January 2, 2023 at 12:25 am. He was at home with his family surrounding him, and the love of his life by his side and his daughter singing to him. Howard was born to Doss and Pearl Stevens Garland, one of 11 children. He was close to and loved his siblings dearly. He went to Maryland as a young man and while working there he met his soul mate, Audrey Krenzer. They married, moved back to North Carolina and made their home where they raised...

Howard Garland, 85, went to his home in Glory on January 2, 2023 at 12:25 am. He was at home with his family surrounding him, and the love of his life by his side and his daughter singing to...

Frances McKinney Bakersville

Dateline: Bakersville, NC Frances Marie Hobson McKinney, age 87 of Hwy 261, Bakersville, NC went home to be with the Lord December 29, 2022, with her loving son by her side as he had been for the past several years as her caretaker. Marie was a native of Mitchell County, NC and a daughter of the late Fonzer and Nettie Ledford Hobson. She was a member of Fork Mountain Baptist Church and taught Sunday School for many years. She enjoyed her flowers, gardening, reading her Bible, and...

Dateline: Bakersville, NC Frances Marie Hobson McKinney, age 87 of Hwy 261, Bakersville, NC went home to be with the Lord December 29, 2022, with her loving son by her side as he had been for the...