Miriam Kirkpatrick
Miriam Kirkpatrick

Obituary of Miriam J. Kirkpatrick

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Miriam Josephine Amick Kirkpatrick, 89, of Boone N.C., wife of the late Billy R. Kirkpatrick, died on Tuesday, August 30. Surviving are her daughter, Kathryn Kirkpatrick of Vilas, NC; her son, David Kirkpatrick, of Durham, NC; her granddaughter, Grace Kirkpatrick of Vassar College; her sisters, Dorothy Strickland of Chapin, SC and Roberta Bryan of Atlanta, GA; and her brother, Eldred Amick of Prosperity, SC. An open house will be held at Austin & Barnes Funeral Home on Queen St. in Boone, NC, on Friday, September 2 from 5 to 7 p.m. A graveside service will be conducted Sunday, September 4, 2016 at 1:45 p.m. in the Greenville Memorial Gardens, Piedmont, S.C. Funeral services will follow the burial in the Trinity Lutheran Church at 421 North Main St. in Greenville, SC, on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Memorial donations can be made to support research to prevent and treat vascular dementia at Vegetarian Research Group: http://www.vrg.org; nutritionfacts: http://nutritionfacts.org ; UCSF Memory and Aging Center http://memory.ucsf.edu/ourcenter/support ; and http://www.alz.org/join_the_cause_donate.asp. A passionate supporter of Hillary Clinton, Miriam would also have appreciated a donation in her name to Clinton�s presidential campaign. Online condolences may be share with the family at the website www.austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com. Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Kirkpatrick family.