Edna Dare Buchanan

On the afternoon of Saturday, March 28, 2020, Mrs. Edna Dare Hunter Buchanan, age 76 of Rutherfordton, departed from this world at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills with her loving family by her side. The daughter of the late Grover Hunter and Ann Smith Hunter, she was born in McDowell County on January 31, 1944.

Edna was a simple lady who enjoyed the smaller things in life, and she had a special love for gardening and crocheting. A loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend, she will be missed by all who had the chance to know her.

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her first husband, Robert Collins; her second husband, James “Jim” Buchanan; siblings, Doris White, Pearl Lail, Elizabeth Buff, Franklin Cannon, Donald Hunter and Grover Hunter Jr., as well as a step-son, Eric Buchanan.

Left to cherish her precious memories are her four beloved children, Johnathan Collins (Wendy), Nickey Collins, Becky Collins (Billy Gardin), and Robert Michael Collins, as well as a step-daughter, Lori Buchanan. She also leaves behind five grandchildren; twelve great grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews as well as a special friend, Donald Glenn Woody.

Due to the COVID-19 Epidemic, a memorial service to celebrate Edna’s life will be held at a later date and will be announced once it has been finalized.