Princess J. Ransom, 96, passed away Sunday, July 24, 2011 in the Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum.
Princess was born in Kokomo, Ind., and grew up in Toledo, Ohio. After working 30 years at Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company, she and her husband Robert retired briefly to Arizona. In March 1983, they moved to the Columbus area.
She volunteered for more than 20 years at The Blueridge Humane Society Thrift Shop. She also volunteered for more than 20 years at the Tryon Painters & Sculptors and Carolina Camera Club. She exhibited in art shows in Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina and South Carolina.
She was a member of the Wolf Education and Research Center, The International Wolf Center, The Defenders of Wildlife, National Wildlife Federation, World Wildlife Fund, Audubon Society, National Geographic Society (since 1948), The Sierra Club, Greenpeace, PETA, Foothills Humane Society, Blueridge Humane Society, Tryon Painters & Sculptors and Carolina Camera Club.
She is survived by a daughter, April Bundy; granddaughters, Julianne Frost and Robin Bess; a grandson, Murray Bundy; a niece, Elizabeth Sears; a nephew, Terry Herbert, and six great- grandchildren.
A memorial will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 28 at her home, 186 Duck Pond Lane, Columbus, N.C. 28722.
Memorials may be made to the Foothills Humane Society; 989 Little Mtn. Rd., Columbus, N.C. 28722 or to Polk County EMS, P.O. Box 308, Columbus, N.C. 28722.
An online guest register is available www.mcfarlandfuneralchapel.com.
McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon.