Joyce Bost Hogan passed away in Statesville , Iredell County, NC at Gordon Hospice House on February 2nd, 2019. Joyce was born in McDowell County on June 22, 1924, and grew up in West Marion. She was the last surviving child of the late Ernest and Carrie Whisenant Bost.
Predeceasing her were her husband, Marion Carroll, and 10 brothers and sisters: Katheryne Bost Watkins, Mable Bost Carson, Mack Bost, Con Bost, Hazel Bost Poteat, Dot Bost Packett, Ivis Bost, and Bud Bost. Charles Bost died in infancy. She is survived by 16 nieces and nephews and numerous grandnieces and nephews.
One of eleven children, she was brought up in a Christian home.
As a young girl she attended West Marion Methodist Church and West Marion Baptist Church. She loved music and along with her sisters, Dot and Ivis, and her brother Bud, formed a quartet when they were young, and they sang on the radio in Charlotte.
Later her sisters and she became a trio and performed at church and in the community. She learned to play the piano, guitar, and violin. She could play just about any musical instrument she picked up! Later in life she became an accomplished violinist and played for a time with the Asheville Symphony Orchestra.
Joyce was a prominent Marion business woman and owner of Hogan Florist. She also worked at Bost Bakery, where she became very proficient at decorating cakes, especially wedding cakes.
She married the love of her life, Marion Carroll Hogan of Old Fort, in 1943, just a few days before he left to serve honorably in the US Army in Italy for 2 ½ years. After the war, Carroll went to work for a local hardware store, and Joyce, at Bost Bakery. A few years later Carroll began working at Broyhill Furniture as a foreman.
Joyce and Carroll were members of the choir of the First Baptist Church of Marion , NC
Services will be held at Beam’s Funeral Services in Marion, NC
The family would like to thank the staffs of Autumn Care of Marion and the Gordon Hospice House of Statesville for their loving care of Mrs. Hogan.
Predeceasing her were her husband, Marion Carroll, and 10 brothers and sisters: Katheryne Bost Watkins, Mable Bost Carson, Mack Bost, Con Bost, Hazel Bost Poteat, Dot Bost Packett, Ivis Bost, and Bud Bost. Charles Bost died in infancy. She is survived by 16 nieces and nephews and numerous grandnieces and nephews.
One of eleven children, she was brought up in a Christian home.
As a young girl she attended West Marion Methodist Church and West Marion Baptist Church. She loved music and along with her sisters, Dot and Ivis, and her brother Bud, formed a quartet when they were young, and they sang on the radio in Charlotte.
Later her sisters and she became a trio and performed at church and in the community. She learned to play the piano, guitar, and violin. She could play just about any musical instrument she picked up! Later in life she became an accomplished violinist and played for a time with the Asheville Symphony Orchestra.
Joyce was a prominent Marion business woman and owner of Hogan Florist. She also worked at Bost Bakery, where she became very proficient at decorating cakes, especially wedding cakes.
She married the love of her life, Marion Carroll Hogan of Old Fort, in 1943, just a few days before he left to serve honorably in the US Army in Italy for 2 ½ years. After the war, Carroll went to work for a local hardware store, and Joyce, at Bost Bakery. A few years later Carroll began working at Broyhill Furniture as a foreman.
Joyce and Carroll were members of the choir of the First Baptist Church of Marion , NC
Services will be held at Beam’s Funeral Services in Marion, NC
The family would like to thank the staffs of Autumn Care of Marion and the Gordon Hospice House of Statesville for their loving care of Mrs. Hogan.
Joyce Bost Hogan passed away in Statesville , Iredell County, NC at Gordon Hospice House on February 2nd, 2019. Joyce was born in McDowell County on June 22, 1924, and grew up in West Marion. She was the last surviving child of the late Ernest and Carrie Whisenant Bost.
Predeceasing her were her husband, Marion Carroll, and 10 brothers and sisters: Katheryne Bost Watkins, Mable Bost Carson, Mack Bost, Con Bost, Hazel Bost Poteat, Dot Bost Packett, Ivis Bost, and Bud Bost. Charles Bost died in infancy. She is survived by 16 nieces and nephews and numerous grandnieces and nephews.
One of eleven children, she was brought up in a Christian home.
As a young girl she attended West Marion Methodist Church and West Marion Baptist Church. She loved music and along with her sisters, Dot and Ivis, and her brother Bud, formed a quartet when they were young, and they sang on the radio in Charlotte.
Later her sisters and she became a trio and performed at church and in the community. She learned to play the piano, guitar, and violin. She could play just about any musical instrument she picked up! Later in life she became an accomplished violinist and played for a time with the Asheville Symphony Orchestra.
Joyce was a prominent Marion business woman and owner of Hogan Florist. She also worked at Bost Bakery, where she became very proficient at decorating cakes, especially wedding cakes.
She married the love of her life, Marion Carroll Hogan of Old Fort, in 1943, just a few days before he left to serve honorably in the US Army in Italy for 2 ½ years. After the war, Carroll went to work for a local hardware store, and Joyce, at Bost Bakery. A few years later Carroll began working at Broyhill Furniture as a foreman.
Joyce and Carroll were members of the choir of the First Baptist Church of Marion , NC
Services will be held at Beam’s Funeral Services in Marion, NC
The family would like to thank the staffs of Autumn Care of Marion and the Gordon Hospice House of Statesville for their loving care of Mrs. Hogan.
Predeceasing her were her husband, Marion Carroll, and 10 brothers and sisters: Katheryne Bost Watkins, Mable Bost Carson, Mack Bost, Con Bost, Hazel Bost Poteat, Dot Bost Packett, Ivis Bost, and Bud Bost. Charles Bost died in infancy. She is survived by 16 nieces and nephews and numerous grandnieces and nephews.
One of eleven children, she was brought up in a Christian home.
As a young girl she attended West Marion Methodist Church and West Marion Baptist Church. She loved music and along with her sisters, Dot and Ivis, and her brother Bud, formed a quartet when they were young, and they sang on the radio in Charlotte.
Later her sisters and she became a trio and performed at church and in the community. She learned to play the piano, guitar, and violin. She could play just about any musical instrument she picked up! Later in life she became an accomplished violinist and played for a time with the Asheville Symphony Orchestra.
Joyce was a prominent Marion business woman and owner of Hogan Florist. She also worked at Bost Bakery, where she became very proficient at decorating cakes, especially wedding cakes.
She married the love of her life, Marion Carroll Hogan of Old Fort, in 1943, just a few days before he left to serve honorably in the US Army in Italy for 2 ½ years. After the war, Carroll went to work for a local hardware store, and Joyce, at Bost Bakery. A few years later Carroll began working at Broyhill Furniture as a foreman.
Joyce and Carroll were members of the choir of the First Baptist Church of Marion , NC
Services will be held at Beam’s Funeral Services in Marion, NC
The family would like to thank the staffs of Autumn Care of Marion and the Gordon Hospice House of Statesville for their loving care of Mrs. Hogan.
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