Age: 89
Address: Cane Branch
Date of Death: January 30, 2011
Arrangements: Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home

Details: A native of Yancey County, she was a daughter of the late Roby and Minnie Chrisawn Silver and the wife of Wesley McCurry who died in 1990.  She was also preceded in death by a grandson and a great grandson.  Bernice was a member of Concord Baptist Church.
     Surviving are her children:  Carolyn Duty and husband, Frank, of Joppa, MD, Joan Thomas and husband, A. J., of Green Mountain, Sam McCurry and wife, Dorothy, of Glen Rock, PA, Ruth Carroway and husband, Royce, of Burnsville, Joy Powell and husband, Steve, of Mars Hill and Neil McCurry and wife, Teresa, of Burnsville; 14 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren.
     Funeral services will be held at 8 PM Thursday in the Chapel of Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home.  Revs. Bradley Boone and Charlie Carroway will officiate.  A graveside service will be held at 11 AM Friday in the Crabtree Baptist Church Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 5 until 8 PM prior to the service at the funeral home, and at other times, will be at her home on Cane Branch.
     Memorials may be made to Hospice of Yancey County, 856 Georges Fork Road, Burnsville, NC 28714 or Gideons International, P. O. Box 264, Burnsville, NC 28714.