Ralph Colvin Hyde^[1]

1916 - 2005  (88 years)

• Name	Ralph Colvin Hyde
  Born	23 May 1916	Sylva, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 May 2005	Montesano Health & Rehabilitation Center   [2]
  Buried	11 May 2005	Wynooche Cemetery, Montesano, Washington
  Person ID	I425004	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2016

  
  

  Father	John Hyde
  Mother	Sarah DeLozier
  Family ID	F169643	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Hattie Virginia Collins,   b. 10 Aug 1918, Haywood County, North Carolina ,   d. 1986  (Age 67 years)
  Married	Jun 1940	Georgia
  Children	1. Joan Beverly Hyde,   b. 8 Feb 1946, Haywood County, North Carolina  (Age 78 years)   2. John Hyde   3. Steve Hyde   4. Barbara Hyde
  Family ID	F169639	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Married - Jun 1940 - Georgia  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S142] Newspaper Article, The Mountaineer (Waynesville, NC), 4 Dec 2013. Linda Massey Collins obituary [S142] Newspaper Article, Daily World (Aberdeen, WA), 9 May 2005. Longtime Montesano resident Ralph Colvin Hyde , a skilled furniture craftsman, died Friday, May 6, 2005, in the Montesano Health & Rehabilitation Center. He was 88. Mr. Hyde was born May 23, 1916, in Sylva, N.C., to John and Sarah (DeLozier) Hyde . He attended school in Sylva, graduating from high school in 1934. He then worked at the Champion Furniture Mill in North Carolina, becoming very skilled at making handcrafted furniture. He also made special knives for carving intricate designs in the wood. In June of 1940, he married Virginia Collins in Georgia. They moved to Grays Harbor in 1948, and Mr. Hyde worked in sawmills. He retired in 1983 as a handyman/millwright from the Mary's River Lumber Co. in Montesano. His wife died in 1986. He enjoyed designing and crafting his own furniture, country and bluegrass music, dancing, gardening and old cars. He is survived by two sons, John and Steve, both of Montesano; two daughters, Joan Lofgren of Matlock and Barbara Cock of Clearwater, Fla.; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Three brothers, Kenyan, Eugene and Claywell, and two sisters, Estelle and Mary Belle, all died previously. A graveside service is planned for 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 11, in the Wynooche Cemetery at Montesano.