Sherry Blevins Carney

Published 4:45 pm Thursday, February 2, 2012

Sherry Blevins Carney of Mill Spring passed away Wednesday, Feb. 1.
Born Aug. 29, 1954 in Smyth County, Va., she was the daughter of Harry Green Blevins and Glenna Sturgill Blevins.
She graduated from Hillsville, Va. High School in 1971.
On Dec. 30, 1982, she married Robert D. Carney. She was a member of North and South Carolina Realtors for more than 20 years.
She was a member and deaconess at Tryon Seventh-Day Adventist Church.
She is survived by her husband, Robert Carney; two sons, Jason Robert Carney (Jerusha) of Candler, N.C. and Christopher Michael Carney (Brooke) of Mill Spring; mother, Glenna Sturgill Blevins of Hillsville, Va; one brother, Scott Blevins of Mill Spring; one sister, Sara Lee McCawley (Michael) of Fort Knox, Ken. and three grandsons, Noah Jason Carney and Micah David Carney, both of Candler, N.C., and Easton Michael Carney of Mill Spring.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, Feb. 4 at 2 p.m. at the Tryon Seventh-Day Adventist Church at 2820 Lynn Road, Tryon. Pastor Mark Heisey will officiate.
The family will receive friends Friday, Feb. 3 from 6-8:30 p.m. at the Morgan Center at the Tryon Seventh-Day Adventist Church.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Seventh-Day Adventist Church School Scolarship Fund, 2820 Lynn Road, Tryon, N.C. 28782; or to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, 374 Hudlow Road, Forest City, N.C. 28043.