SPRUCE PINE – Lois Josephine Buchanan, 84, of Sunshine Hill, died Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006. She was the daughter of the late Homer and Matilda Pittman Buchanan. She was also preceded in death by her foster parents, James and Nettie B. Bartlett; and two sisters, Della Buchanan and Loretta Silver. She was retired from the Spruce Pine Community Hospital Dietary Department and was a member of Pine Branch Baptist Church.
Survivors include two sisters, Ruth Greene of Bakersville and Leona Rice of Asheville; a brother, Avery Buchanan of Spruce Pine; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Friday at Pine Branch Baptist Church. The Revs. Kenneth Gaskins and Steve Williams officiated. Burial followed in the church cemetery. The family received friends from 10 a.m. until the service hour Friday at the church. Memorial donations may be made to Pine Branch Baptist Church Building Fund, 48 Church Road, Spruce Pine, NC 28777. Henline-Hughes Funeral Home in Bakersville is assisting the family.
Mitchell News-Journal 11/08/06
