Phyllis Guinn Conner

Arden ~ Mrs. Phyllis Guinn Conner, 57, of 15 Fisher Mill Road, died Thursday, September 7, 2000 in a local hospital. A native of Banner Elk, NC, Mrs. Conner was the daughter of Ruth Horney Guinn and the late Ira Guinn. She was the wife of Harvey W. ''Bill'' Conner, Sr., whom she married December 22, 1963. Mrs. Conner was a 1961 graduate of West Henderson High School and a 1964 graduate of the Memorial Mission School of Nursing. Mrs. Conner was a registered nurse and retired from the VA Medical Center in 1992. She was a member of the Boiling Springs Baptist Church. Mrs. Conner was the mother of the late Paula Conner Bishop and sister of a missing brother, Roy Guinn and the late Thelma Fox. In addition to her husband and her mother, Mrs. Conner is survived by a son, Harvey W. Conner, Jr. of Candler, a granddaughter, Autumn Kelsea Conner; a sister, Betty Allen and her husband, Matthew, of Penrose; three brothers, Paul Guinn and his wife, Shirley of Swannanoa, Ira Guinn, Jr. and his wife, Jane of Rosman and John Guinn and his wife, Laurie of Fletcher. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 PM Sunday, September 10, at Boiling Springs Baptist Church with Rev. Jim Carrigan and Rev. David Crymble, Jr. officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Members of the Skyland Fire Department will serve as pall bearers. The family will receive friends from 7:00-8:30 PM Saturday, September 9, at Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian on Long Shoals Road. Memorials may be made to Boiling Springs Baptist Church, 1291 Fanning Bridge Road, Fletcher, NC 28732 or to the Skyland Fire Department, PO Box 640, Skyland, NC 28776.