- Date Of Birth: February 20, 1952
- Date Of Death: May 28, 2012
- State: Kentucky
Charlotte, N.C. — Stephen Noble Buckner died Monday, May 28, 2012, following a courageous battle with cancer. He will be greatly missed by friends and family who benefited from his kind and gentle nature; who enjoyed his wry wit; and who admired his perseverance in the face of life’s challenges.
Steve, 60, passed away peacefully in the home of his sister Jennie Buckner and brother-in-law Stephen Landers of Charlotte. Also surviving are aunts Thurston Orme of Maysville and Jane Williams of Flemingsburg; niece Katie Landers of Troy, NY; and cousins Cathie Campbell of Flemingsburg, Patti Hall and Barb Wilson of Lexington, Gerald Orme of Maysville, Connie Vice of Louisville, and Gregg Williams of Indianapolis, Ind.
Steve was born on Feb. 20, 1952 to the late James and Helen (Williams) Buckner in Huntington, W. VA. and grew up in Portsmouth, Ohio. As a Boy Scout, he developed a life-long appreciation of nature. He loved fishing, camping, trail riding, and photography.
Steve graduated from the University of Cincinnati and later studied city and regional planning in graduate school at The Ohio State University. He worked for the city of Columbus, Ohio, and helped create its first computer mapping system. He was a geographic specialist with the U.S. Census Bureau in Charlotte and a planner for Lancaster County in North Carolina. He moved back to Cincinnati in 2002, where he worked for Data Recognition Corporation.
