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Kathleen Ruth Guffey

June 10, 1914 — August 30, 2005

Asheville Kathleen Ruth Fore Guffey, 91, of Asheville went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 30, 2005. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was the widow of the late James Weldon Guffey who died December 25, 1985. She was also preceded in death by her parents, Joseph Peter Fore and Georgia Florence Haynes Fore as well as brothers, Ralph E. Fore, Paul J. Fore, Clarence M. Fore, Edward F. Fore and sister Helen Fore. She was a member of Oakley Baptist Church where she had taught a Ladies Sunday School class in years past. Mrs. Guffey was a homemaker who loved her family. She is survived by her daughters, Kay Hooper and husband Bob of Greenville, S.C. and Gail Calloway and husband Bill of Weaverville; six grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Friday, September 2, 2005, in the chapel of Anders-Rice Funeral Home with the Rev. Bobby Arrowood officiating. Burial will be in Pisgah View Memorial Park with Paul J. Fore, Joey Osborne, Greg Osborne, Danny Guffey, Ronnie Fore and Ray Fore serving as pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home and at other times the family will be at the home of Bill and Gail Calloway, 17 Penny Lane, Weaverville. Memorials may be made to Mountain Area Hospice, P.O. Box 25338, Asheville, N.C. 28813.

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