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Josh is survived by his mother, Dianne B. Visitation will be held at McEwen Funeral Service Mint Hill Chapel and from Noon to 2:00 P.M., Friday, Decemprior to the church service. Martin, Ben Green, Ben Fields, Trent Guilland, and Nick Brooks. Honorary Pallbearers are Josh's lifelong friends, Joshua Edwards, Brian Williams, Greg St. Pallbearers are from the 82nd Airborne Division, Ft. Interment will follow at Charlotte Memorial Gardens. Josh received the Army Commendation Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, NATO Medal, and the Combat Infantry Badge for Iraq and Afghanistan.įuneral services to celebrate Joshua's life will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday, Decemat Hickory Grove Baptist Church, officiated by the Reverend Arnold Kessler. He was deployed to Afghanistan for a second tour in May 2007, and paid the ultimate sacrifice on Decemreceiving the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. Blaney also served in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan from February 2005 to February 2006. In Iraq he was wounded on December 12, 2003, and received a Purple Heart.Ĭpl. Blaney made the combat jump into Northern Iraq on Mafor which he received the Parachutist Badge with Bronze Service Star which opened the northern front and ultimate success of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Joshua was an exceptional young man with a compassionate and loving heart for his family and those that were fortunate enough to know him were his friends for life. Josh graduated from Butler High School in 2002. Joshua was born Septemin Charlotte, NC, the son of Dianne B. Blaney, 25, of Matthews, NC,stationed with 173rd Airborne in Vicenza, Italy passed away Decemserving his country in Afghanistan as a result of his convoy being hit by an IED. Raleigh Register, Septem(Source: Marriages and Death Notices in Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette 1846-1855)Ĭpl. (Source: The Catawba Journal, Charlotte, North Carolina, May 23, 1826.) He bore an active part in our struggle for independence, and was highly esteemed for his strict integrity and manly worth. Thomas Black, a soldier of the revolution, aged 67. Raleigh Register, (Source: Marriages and Death Notices in Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette 1846-1855)ĭied in this county, on the 9th inst., Capt. (Source: The Charlotte Journal, Charlotte, North Carolina, November 3, 1843.) Her little babes have already found a home in the family of Mr. She left a husband and two small children to mourn her loss. Though the summons of death found her among those who were strangers to her six months since, yet she was surrounded in sickness by the best of friends - for they were friends in time of need, and friends who will long remember her many amiable qualities.
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She was a native of South Deerfield, Franklin county, Massachusetts. Oliver Arms, in the 25th year of her age. (Source: The Charlotte Democrat, Charlotte, North Carolina, May 2, 1879.)ĭied in this county, on the 30th ult., Mrs. May God in his mercy sanctify this affliction to the good of the sorrowing family and friends. A devoted husband is left behind, and in his charge five interesting children, and, sad to know, one of these a tender babe only a few weeks old that can never know the precious value of a mother's love. She had been a consistent member of the Church for twenty years. Her exemplary life and dying testimony afford to her sorrowing family and friends a well grounded hope that hers is a blessed translation. God in his wisdom has removed this true Christian lady, affectionate wife and devoted mother in the very prime of life. Ardrey, and daughter of the late William P. by B.Z.)ĭied in this county, in Providence Township, April 25th, 1879, at 1 o'clock p.m., after a protracted illness, Mrs. R R My 19, 1808 (Marriages and Death Notices in Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette 1799-1825. 24, 1809 (Marriages and Death Notices in Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette 1799-1825. Obituaries and Death Notices in Mecklenburg County, NC