John Warren

John Friel Warren, age 87, of Lawson Drive, Spruce Pine, NC died December 8, 2016 at Blue Ridge Community Hospital. He was a member of Liberty Hill Baptist Church.A native of Avery County, he was the son of Henry and Dora Hoilman Warren. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two infant daughters; Sandra and Suellen, sisters; Jeanette Buchanan and Catherine Johnson and a brother; Henry Walter Warren.John served 6½ years with the US Army seeing active duty in the Korean War and earned an honorable discharge as Master Sergeant. Other commendations included the Bronze Star and Combat Infantry Badge. After his discharge from the Army he worked at American Thread for 6 years. He was then hired by the US Postal Service and became Spruce Pine’s first walking mailman. He later became a rural carrier until his retirement. John was very active throughout the years in many different community and sports organizations.Left to cherish his memories are his wife of 60 years, Annis Bartlett Warren, daughter; Dawn Gouge and husband Ray of Spruce Pine, sister; Nell West and husband Paul of Union Mills, a brother; Edward Warren and wife Margie of Fuquay-Varina and several nieces and nephews.The family respectfully requests the honor of your presence at the funeral honoring the life of John Warren on Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 3:00 pm at the Liberty Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Ricky Ray officiating. The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow in the Liberty Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.Words of comfort may be e-mailed to the family by going to our website; www.webbfh.com., selecting John Warren’s name and then you may sign his guestbook. Webb Funeral Home in Spruce Pine, NC is honored to be assisting the Warren family. John’s obituary has also been posted on Facebook for viewing.Read Obituary