Mary E. Hall Bishop, age 72, of Morganton, N.C., was called Home to be with the Lord on April 30, 2002 following many years of declining health.

William Henry McNeely Sr., 78, of Asheville, died Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at the V.A. Medical Center.

Lyndon Wren Sisk, 86, of Marion, died Tuesday evening, April 30, 2002 at Autumn Care.

Mrs. Mary Crawley, 84, of Marion, died Friday, April 19, 2002 at The McDowell Nursing Center. 

Mrs. Priscilla Ann Lowery, 54, of Marion, died Sunday, April 28, 2002 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Asheville.

Dorothy Virginia McCoyle Ost, 70, of Marion, died Monday, April 29, 2002 at McDowell Nursing Center.

Eugene O. Morgan, 76, of Marion, died Saturday, April 27, 2002 at The McDowell Hospital.

Cartie Dillingham Howell, 99, of Marion, died Saturday, April 27, 2002 at her residence.

Ernest Young Walker, 90, of Old Fort, died Saturday, April 27, 2002. 

C.W. "Dub" Atkins, 65, of Marion, died Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at his residence.

James Daniel Willis, 78, of Hankins Road, Marion, died Thursday, April 25, 2002. 

Calvin Jess Cureton, 55, of Nebo, died Tuesday, April 23, at Britthaven of Morganton.

Ruth Walker McEntire, 87, of Old Fort, died Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at her residence.

Albert Eli (Al) Padgett, 60, of 124 Midland Drive, Boiling Springs, S.C. died on Friday, April 19, 2002 at Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System following a brief illness. 

Shirley Rathbone Bates, age 64, of Deer Field Lake Road, Marion, N.C. died Sunday, April 21, 2002 at her residence.

Vallie Jaynes Martin, 90, of Old Fort, died Sunday, April 21, 2002 at her residence.

Mrs. Shirley M. Bates, 64, of Marion died Sunday, April 21, 2002, at her residence. 

Mr. Earl James Brown, 74, Old Fort died Friday, April 19, 2002, at his residence.

Lee R. Cate, 68, of Marion, died Thursday, April 18, 2002 at The McDowell Hospital.

Mrs. Nora Jane McKinney Conner, age 59, of 201 Bobby McKinney Road in Union Mills died Friday at her home. 

Maxine Christine Mitchell Cornett died peacefully at her home Saturday, April 20, 2002, at the age of 64.

Mrs. Mary Crawley, 84, of Marion died Friday, April 19, 2002, at the McDowell Nursing Center. 

Lennie Hettie Baucom Hudgins, 86, of Nebo, died Thursday, April 18, 2002 at McDowell Nursing Center. 

Doris Ann Messer Martin, 42, of Caroleen, N.C. died Saturday, April 20, 2002, at Elizabeth House Four Seasons Hospice. 

Albert Eli "Al" Padgett, 60, of Boiling Springs, S.C., died on Friday, April 19, 2002. 

Mr. Cecil Colin Webb, 78, of Marion died Saturday, April 20, 2002, at his home.

Gary Wayne Riddle, 33, of Morganton, died Tuesday, April 16, 2002.

Mrs. Rebekah Mauney went to be with the Lord on her 84th birthday, April 16, 2002. 

Rev. Max Millard Suttles, 63, of Marion, went to be with the Lord Sunday, April 14, 2002. 

Bill Bradley, 74, of Nebo, died Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at Grace Hospital in Morganton.

Maude Eva Daniels Blake, 82, of Marion, died Sunday, April 14, 2002 at Autumn Care of Marion.

Mrs. Myrtle Radford, 82, of Morganton, died Sunday, April 14, 2002 at Grace Hospital, Morganton.

Rev. Max Millard Suttles, 63, of Marion, went to be with the Lord Sunday, April 14, 2002. 

Ruby Davis Effler, 79, of Marion, died Thursday, April 11, 2002.

Mr. Jackson "Jack" Edwards, 71, of Marion died Saturday, April 13, 2002, at the Kindred Hospital in Greensboro. 

Mr. Jarrett A. Johnson, 93, of Old Fort, died Thursday, April 11, 2002 at the Elizabeth Hospice House, Flat Rock. 

Lattie McIntosh, 86, of Marion, died Friday, April 12, 2002 at The McDowell Hospital. 

Mrs. Florence Nelson Morgan, 82, of Glenwood died Saturday, April 13, 2002, at McDowell Nursing Center. 

Mrs. Myrtle Radford, 82, of Morganton died Sunday, April 14, 2002, at Grace Hospital. 

Mrs. Shirley Mae Wilson Benfield, 60, of the Spainhour Road in Morganton died Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at the Kindred Hospital in Greensboro, N.C. 

Carrie Carroll Creson, 81, of Marion, died Thursday, April 11, 2002 at Autumn Care of Marion.

Mr. Jarrett A. Johnson, 93, of Old Fort, died Thursday, April 11, 2002 at the Elizabeth Hospice House, Flat Rock.

Robert G. Henline, 81, of Auburn Hills, Mich., and formerly of Marion, died Friday, April 5, 2002 at St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital, Pontiac, Mich.

Alice Marie England, 95, of 239 East College Ave., Boiling Springs, died Thursday, April 4, 2002 at Crawley Memorial Hospital.

Robert G. Henline, age 81, of Auburn Hills, Mich., formerly of Marion, died Friday, April 5, 2002 at St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital in Pontiac, Mich.

John Henry Sprouse, 99 years, nine months and 13 days old, of Brackettownship in McDowell County, died of natural causes April 6, 2002 at his home.

Nevada Betty McCall, age 70, of 181 Maple Ave., Marion, died Thursday, April 4, 2002 in Mountain Area Hospice, Asheville.

Ambrose Sherman Hudson, 86, of Bostic, died Tuesday, April 2, 2002 at his residence.

David Ralph Isom, devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 3, 2002.

Doris Bridgman Jenner, 77, of Old Fort, died Tuesday, April 2, 2002 at her home.

William Haskale Justice, 77, of Marion, died Tuesday, April 2, 2002 at the V.A. Medical Center.

Annie Mae McCoy Vickers, 80, of Marion, died Monday, April 1, 2002 at her residence.

Bertha Rae Curtis, 86, of Marion died Friday, May 31, 2002, at The McDowell Hospital. 

The Rev. Wallace Shell, 48, of Glenwood, died Friday, May 31, 2002. 

Twonia Bowen Duncan, 24, of Marion, died Wednesday, May 29, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital.

Elbert S. Wilson, 84, of Marion, died Wednesday, May 29, 2002, at The McDowell Hospital.

Twonia Lynn Bowen Duncan, age 24, passed away Wednesday, May 29, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital. 

Arwyn S. Allison, 93, of Melbourne, Fla., formerly of McDowell County, died Sunday, May 26. 

Ruby Etta Taylor, 82, of Nebo, died Monday, May 27, 2002 at McDowell Nursing Center.

Mrs. Maggie Mae Washburn, 88, of Marion, died Sunday, May 26, 2002 at The McDowell Hospital.

James Daniel Williams, 50, of Marion, died Tuesday, May 28, 2002 at the V.A. Medical Hospital in Asheville, N.C.

Carroll F. Willis, 72, of Pinellas Park, Fla., died Thursday, May 23. 

W.S. "Bill" Evans, 63, of Statesville, died Monday, May 20, 2002. 

Jennie Morris Hall, 78, of Marion, died May 21, 2002 at The McDowell Hospital. 

Todd Stewart Loftis, age 37, of Shady Lane Estates, Marion, died Sunday, May 19, 2002. 

Joseph Dylan Rumfelt, age 24, of Catawba Avenue, Old Fort, died Sunday, May, 19, 2002.

Rachel Irene Ward, age 65, of Sugar Hill Road, Marion, died Wednesday, May 22, 2002 in The McDowell Hospital.

Thomas Cecil Fender, 74, of Marion, died Tuesday, May 21, 2002 at the VA Medical Center.

William Francis Weisbruch, 81, of Marion, died Sunday, May 19, 2002 at his residence.

Joseph O'Baron Bowman, 81, of Marion, died Friday, May 17, 2002 at Grace Hospital in Morganton. 

Mr. Garfield Henline, 85, of Marion died Saturday, May 18, 2002, at his residence. 

Miss Annie Jean Johnson, 82, of Nebo died Sunday, May 19, 2002, at Lake James Lodge.

George E. Painter Jr., age 63, of Marion, died Tuesday, May 14, 2002 in The McDowell Hospital.

William F. Weisbruch passed Sunday, May 19, 2002, at his residence.

Norris Wilson, 67, of Conley Road in Bakersville went to be with the Lord Saturday, May 18, 2002 in a Spruce Pine hospital.

Pearl Marie Loudermilk Bowman, 86, of 111 Hilton St., Greer, S.C., widow of Weldon Bowman Sr., died May 15, 2002 at Greenville Memorial Medical Center.

Myra Mildred Jackson Jenkins, age 86, of Panther Drive, Marion, died Wednesday, May 15, 2002 in Memorial Mission Hospital, Asheville.

Frederick Charles "Chick" Knowlton, 75, of Old Fort, died Wednesday, May 15, 2002 at Mountain Ridge Wellness Center in Black Mountain.

Nelda C. Turner, 59, of Old Fort, died May 15, 2002 at Emerald Ridge Nursing Home in Asheville, N.C. 

Claude Edward Dulaney, 74, of Morganton, died Monday, May 13, 2002 in Grace Hospital in Morganton. 

Mr. Ira Hayes Carver, 30, of Old Fort died Sunday, May 12, 2002, at his residence.

Lola May Pearman Crawley, 66, of 9053 N.C. 226 South, Nebo, died peacefully Saturday, May 11, 2002, after a short illness, at her residence.

Jack Benny Lovelace, 55, of Rutherfordton, died Friday, May 10, 2002 at The McDowell Hospital. 

Neal Cannon, age 55, of Glenwood, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 8, 2002. 

Mrs. Anna May "Ann" Young Gunter, 83, died at her home in Marion on Sunday evening, May 5, 2002.

Troy Jack Marler, 60, of Marion, died Monday, May 6, 2002 at his residence.

Mary Eunice Jeanette Bruce McIntyre, 92, formerly of Spartanburg, S.C., died Monday, May 6, 2002. 

Nancy Joann McKinney, 94, of 71 Thompson Road, Asheville, died Saturday, May 4, 2002, at a local nursing home.

Mrs. Mallie E. Dora Styles Owensby, 86, of Marion died Saturday, May 4, 2002.

Maxine Souther Robinson, RN, of the Greenlee community, passed away on Friday, May 3, 2002 at her residence.

Mark Halen "Haley" Thomas, 20, of the Kona community went to be with his Lord Friday, May 3, 2002. 

Horace Eugene Cardell, 68, of Charlotte, died Thursday, May 2, 2002 at Carolinas Medical Center. 

Mrs. Martha McGill Moretz, age 90, of Marion, a former resident of Boone, wife of the late Blaine Moretz, died Thursday, May 2, 2002 at Autumn Care Nursing Center in Marion.

Nettie Boone Autrey Bright, 92, of Marion, died Wednesday, May 1, 2002 at Autumn Care of Marion.