Avery County High Alumni Obituaries

Phyllis Mildred Patrick Kirk age 85 of Wytheville VA passed away on December 16 2025. Born April 18 1940 in Tannersville VA she was the daughter of the late Robert Neal Patrick and Ruth Griffitts Patrick. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her sister Barbara Ann Patrick and by h...

Erwin Leon Avery was born in Brunswick County Virginia on May 17 1941. He was the sixth child of George Stewart Avery and Mary Evelyn Mallory Avery. Erwin was educated in Brunswick County Public Schools and graduated from James Solomon Russell High School in 1958. He attended Virginia State Universi...

Reva Joyce Hancock a beloved mother grandmother and faithful church member passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Friday November 7 2025 at Lynchburg Nursing Center in Lynchburg Tennessee. She was 91. Born on March 9 1934 in Madison County Alabama Reva was the daughter of the late Leslie...

Ronnie Lee Duncan 69 of Hurricane WV passed away on December 27 2025 at Teays Valley Hospital with his family by his side. He was born in Putnam County WV on October 10 1956 and was the son of the late Norman Randell Duncan and Dorthy Jean Duncan. After graduating in 1974 from Hurricane High School ...

Lee was born February 6 1945 in Eastland. He was the oldest child of Dowel Avery Abernathy and Sibyl Sessions Abernathy. His great greatgrandparents came with the railroad to settle at Putnam in eastern Callahan County. As an infant he was the sixth generation to live in the family home at Atwell TX...

Memorial Celebration will be Live-Streamed on Saturday, July 12, 2025 - 12:00 PM EST. Visit the Tribute Wall above to view the Live/Recorded Webcast.David Vaughan Ellis passed away peacefully at his home in Camilla, Georgia on May 10, 2025. He was with his longtime companion Virginia. David was bor...

Were here for you day or night we have been providing funeral services memorial services and cremation options to families for over 50 years in Apache Junction Arizona and surrounding cities in Pinal County Maricopa County and Gila County of Arizona. Charles Joseph C.J. Delfino Jr. of Gold Canyon Ar...

Mr. Jerry Lee Mayberry age 83 of Covington died Saturday November 29 2025 at Alleghany Health and Rehabilitation. He was the husband of Rhonda Webb Mayberry. Mr. Mayberry was born May 18 1942 in Iredell County NC the son of the late Virgil Lee Mayberry and Sue Price LaRue. He was a graduate of G...

It is with deep sorrow that the family of Robert Allen Lind announces his passing on December 19 2025 surrounded by his loving family. Robert was a man whose dedication to his craft devotion to his family and zest for life left a lasting impact on everyone who knew him. Born on September 4in New Yor...

Kenneth C. Winters Sr. K.C. was born on July 18 1938 in McCool Mississippi to Rev. Henry R. Winters Sr. and Mrs. Lula Potts Winters. He was the tenth child of eleven and the youngest son. He accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Savior as a youth. Kenneth graduated from Attala County Training School...

Ray H. Bass of Hermitage Tennessee passed away peacefully in his home in the early morning hours of the 18th of November 2025. A beloved father husband uncle brother and friend he will be deeply missed. Born to parents Aaron and Ellen Frances Bass in Watertown Wilson County Tennessee Ray was the fir...

Mrs. Mattie Bea Massey Jackson was born in York County SC on November 17 1939 the daughter of the late Robert Massey Sr. and Maggie Robinson Massey. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her siblings Sammie Massey Frances Massey McCoy Ernest Massey William Dub Massey and Willie L...

Harold was born in Hendersonville North Carolina to Jake and Edna Houk deceased on July 3 1945. He had one brother Robert Houk deceased. Left to honor Harolds memory is his wife Fran Houk of Saint Petersburg Florida daughter Cheronda Jones and husband Danny of South Carolina one son Shawn Franklin o...

Bobby Joe Harris, born August 21, 1933, in Green Creek, North Carolina, passed away January 4, 2026. He was the son of the late Jade and Mamie Fowler Harris.Bob graduated from Appalachian State University and dedicated his career to education, teaching at both A.C. Reynolds and Enka High School in B...

Gloria Jean Shipley 89 of Roseville affectionately known to family and friends as Jeannie passed away peacefully on December 9 2025 at the Helen Purcell Home in Zanesville Ohio the very same town where she was born on March 16 1936 to the late Clarence and Thelma King Browning. She grew up in a lovi...

Ruby Lee Rushing Daniel was born on March 26 1941 in Kokomo Walthall County Mississippi. She was the fourth of sixteen children born to the union of Elijah Leroy and Georgia Dixie Luter Rushing. Ruby graduated in 1961 from JJ Gulledge Memorial High School in Tylertown Mississippi. She moved to Gulfp...

Gail Lynn Adolph CokerCarr 79 of Hiawatha formerly of Valley Falls Kansas passed away on Saturday December 13 2025. She was born on August 17 1946 in Topeka Kansas to the late Clarance Adolph Jr. and Betty Anderson Adolph. She was a member of the graduating class of 1964 at Valley Falls High School....

It is with deep love and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Pamela (Dean) Lindley Bryant, age 70, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, friend, and lifelong caregiver. She passed away peacefully on December 9th, after courageously fighting cancer and its complications for more...

Services for Mr. Alton Thorne will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, January 17, 2026, at Hixson Brothers, Pineville. Graveside Service will be held Saturday, January 17, 2026, at 3:30 p.m. at Concord Cemetery, 1334 Co Rd 348, Jewett, TX 75846, under the direction of Hixson Brothers, Pineville.The f...

Edgar E Bantz 92 of Muscatine Iowa formerly of Galesburg died on Friday December 19 2025 at home. Ed was born August 15 1933 in Danville Illinois the son of Ford D. and Audrey Canaday Bantz. He married Helen M. Helander on November 3 1962 in Chicago. She preceded him in death on November 27 2018 aft...

John Charles Farrell 80 of Lancaster Missouri passed away on Monday January 5 2026 at the Macon Health Care in Macon Missouri. The son of Charles Theodore and Nelle Clara West Farrell John was born on April 9 1945 in Kirksville Missouri. He was a graduate of Lancaster High School in Lancaster Missou...

Ronald was born Feb. 11 1941 at home in Leachville Ark. to Myrtle Josephine Zumwalt Culp and Willie Woodrow Culp. Myrtle and Woodrow were so proud of their boy. Ronald began his education in a oneroom schoolhouse Gravel Hill School near St. Francis Ark. He went on to finish high school at Malden Hig...