Name of Deceased: Rev. Earl Milton Pym, Sr.
Newspaper: Greenville News SC
Date: June 1996
Submitters Name: Andrew Staton

Obit: The Rev. Earl Milton Pym, Sr., 77, died June 20, 1996, at Watauga Medical Center.
Born in Greenville, he was a son of the late Edward Ernest and Nannie Tibbs Pym.
He attended North Greenville College, Furman University, and Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, NC.
He was a retired Baptist minister and pastored Franklin Baptist Church in Greer and churches in Burlington, NC. He was associational director of missions in the Anson Baptist Association in Wadesboro, NC., and was a former association director of missions in the Three Forks Baptist Association in Watauga County, NC.
He was a member of Boone First Baptist Church and had served as a chaplain at Watauga Medical Center.
Surviving are his wife, Ruby Rhunette Patton Pym, of the home, three daughters and a son -in-law, Mary Jane and Everette Perry of Pittsboro, NC; Virginia Carson of Greenville and Ruth Curtis of Boone; three sons, Ernest Pym of Greenville, Milton Pym, Jr. and his wife Linda of Easley, and David Pym of Allendale; two sisters, Neva McGaha of Greenville and Beta Capps of Bleckley, W.Va.; three grandchildren, Sarah Pym and Walter Pym, both of Easley, and Wendy Leigh Curtis of Boone; nieces and nephews.
Omit flowers: Memorials may be made to Seby Jones Regional Cancer Center, c/o Watauga Medical Center, PO Box 2600, Boone, NC 28607.
Services:3 PM Sunday at Boone First Baptist Church with Lamar King and Steven Carreker officiating.
Graveside services 4 pm Monday in Graceland Cemetery, Greenville.
Visitation: 2 to 3 pm, Monday at The Mackey Mortuary, Westside Chapel--Hampton Funeral Service, 683 Blowing Rock Road, Boone.

Name of Deceased: Ruby Rhunette Patton Pym
Newspaper: Greenville News (SC)
Date: Nov 2000
Submitters Name: Andrew Staton

Obit: Ruby Rhunette Patton Pym, age 80, of Boone, widow of the Rev. Earl Milton Pym, died Friday, Nov. 10, 2000, at Watauga Medical Center in Boone.
She was born July 20, 1920, in Gray Court, to the late Robert Lee and Minnie McKee Patton. She received her LPN degree from Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, NC. She worked at Anson County Hospital in Wadesboro, NC and later at Watauga Medical Center from 1981 until 1992. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Boone.
Survivors include three daughters, Mary Jane Perry and husband, Everette, of Pittsboro, NC; Virginia Carson of Greenville and Ruth Pym Curtis of Boone; three sons, Robert Edward Ernest Pym of Greenville, Milton Pym, Jr. and wife, Linda, of Easley, and David Pym of Allendale; two grandaughters, Sara Franks and husband, Gary, of Easley and Wendy Leigh Curtis of Boone; one great -grandson, Wesley Franks of Easley; and two sisters; Virginia Heaton of Greenville and Emma Grace Ausburn of Easley. She is also survived by a number of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a sister, Mary Agnes Hill and a brother, James Patton.
Funeral servuces wukk be conducted today at 3 pm at First Baptist Church in Boone, with Dr. Lamar King officiatiing. The family will receive friends at the church from 2 to 3 pm prior to the service.
Graveside services will be conducted Monday at 3 pm at Graceland Cemetery in Greenville with Dr. Steven Carreker and the Rev. Keith Shorter officating. The family will receive friends from 1:30 to 2:30 at Westville Memorial Funeral Home in Greenville, prior to the service.
Flowers are appreciated or memorial contributions may be made to the Music Ministry at First Bapitst Church of Boone, 375 West King St., Boone, NC 28607, or to the Seby Jones Regional Cancer Center, Watauga Medical Center, PO Box 2600, Boone, NC 28607-Hampton Funeral Service, Boone.