James Ii Conger
Dec 31, 2012
Weaverville - James B. Conger, II, 86, died on Monday, December 31, 2012. James was a retired self-employed diesel mechanic and a hit-and-miss engine enthusiast. James was a resident of the Brian Center in Weaverville, NC. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Claudia Mae Clayborn Conger, and by a son, Joseph Lee Conger. Surviving are his...
Judy Smith
Dec 31, 2012
Arden - Judy Ann Smith, 65, went to be with the Lord Monday, December 31, 2012 after a long illness. Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by her parents, Carl and Lela Stroupe Smith; two sisters, and a brother. She was a longtime member of Merrimon Avenue Baptist Church, where she was a member of the Keenagers Bible Study...
Clyde Reese
Dec 30, 2012
Fairview Clyde Ray Reese, 87, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at the Fleshers Fairview Health Care Center. A native and life long resident of Buncombe County, he retired from Taylor Instrument Company, was a member of Arden Missionary Baptist Church and was a U.S. Army veteran during the Korean War. Mr. Reese was...
Ruth Higdon
Dec 29, 2012
Asheville - Ruth Culbertson Higdon, 88, went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 29, 2012. She was the loving wife of John Allen Higdon and ever loving mother of Mark Higdon and his wife, Cameron from Waynesville and Tom Higdon and his wife Patsy from Candler. John and Ruth just celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary. Ruth was...
Ann Seay
Dec 28, 2012
Asheville Elizabeth Ann Worley Seay, 77, of 65 Knollview Drive, passed away on Friday, December 28, 2012 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native of Canton, she had resided in Asheville for the past 40 years and was a daughter of the late Guy and Bertha Buchanan Worley. She retired in 1991 from Southern Railway, formerly...
Kathleen Alexander Shope
Dec 28, 2012
Mills River Kathleen Kathy Reese Alexander Shope went home to be with her Lord on Friday, December 28, 2012 at St. Josephs Long Term Acute Care Hospital. Born on May 1, 1925, she was a native of Buncombe County and a daughter of the late Oscar and Lucinda Reese. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Phil Arrington
Dec 28, 2012
Mars Hill Phil Ed Arrington, 73, of Old Murray Road, passed away Friday, December 28, 2012. A lifelong resident of Madison County, Mr. Arrington retired from the Biltmore Forest Country Club as a Greenskeeper. He was the son of the late Tom and Ruth Barnes Arrington, and was also preceded in death by a sister, Lola Dotson. Surviving are...
Margaret "Gig" Nelson
Dec 28, 2012
Margaret Gig Graham Harrison Nelson, 88, passed away on Friday, December 28, 2012 after an extended illness. She was a life long resident of Buncombe County and the daughter of the late Horace and Lillian Graham. She attended Woodfin High School where she played basketball and developed lifelong friendships. She went on to work in a variety of jobs...
David Roach
Dec 27, 2012
Candler - David Lowell Roach, 75, of Candler, passed away Thursday, December 27, 2012 at the Asheville Specialty Hospital. A native of Rockford, IL, Mr. Roach had resided in Buncombe County since 1973. He was a member of West Asheville Baptist Church, and was a US Air Force Veteran. He was the son of the late John and Flossie...
Scott Taylor
Dec 24, 2012
Mills River Scott Allan Taylor, 45, passed away Monday, December 24, 2012 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of Buncombe County, Scott had lived in Mills River for the past 20 years. He was an avid outdoorsman, with a passion for fishing. He was a good, hard-working, and honest man. His love for nature was superseded...
Hugh Rogers
Dec 24, 2012
Asheville Hugh Ira Rogers, 72, passed away on Monday, December 24, 2012 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. We have lost our Sweetheart, Husband, Father, Grandfather, Brother and Best Friend, but we will never lose the memory of our love for him, the twinkle in his eyes, his sweet smile and gentle ways. Hugh retired from Square...
Naomi Kuter
Dec 24, 2012
Asheville Naomi Kuter, 84, of 58 Klondike Avenue Apt A, passed away Monday, December 24, 2012 at the Asheville Nursing and Rehab Center. Mrs. Kuter was a native of Woodruff, SC and a daughter of the late Roy Coy Montjoy and Ethel Cole Montjoy and the wife of the late George D. Kuter. She was also preceded in death...
Mary Sisk Noguchi
Dec 21, 2012
Nagoya, Japan - On Dec. 21, at 5:15 a.m., in Nagoya, Japan, Mary Frances Sisk Noguchi died of cancer. She was 56. Though Mary lost her life to cancer, in the course of its insinuation into her body and being she lost no battles. She confronted it as she did all else in her life, wide-open eyed and straight...
Steven Lambert
Dec 19, 2012
Sacramento, CA - Steven Lee Lambert, 31, passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2012. A native of Asheville, Steven was the son of Sam Lambert and Joyce Prause. He was a gifted artist. In addition to his parents, surviving are his step-father, Randy Prause; brothers: Sam Lambert and Scott Prause; sister, Zoie Lambert; grandparents, Chester and Faye Jump; as well...
Elizabeth Greene
Dec 19, 2012
Weaverville Elizabeth West Greene, 92, passed peacefully from this life to her eternal one on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. She was a daughter of the late William Gordon West, Sr. and Elizabeth Young West and the widow of the late Cecil E. Greene to whom she was married for 47 years....
Cora Gosnell
Dec 18, 2012
Asheville Cora Fay Letterman Gosnell, 92, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at Park Ridge Hospital. A native of Yancey County, she had resided in Buncombe County most of her life. She was formerly employed with Asheville Hosiery Mill, Gerber and Taylor Instrument and retired from Eaton-Cutler-Hammer Corporation. She was a member of Sunrise...
Claudine Suttles
Dec 14, 2012
Leicester Claudine Elsie Roberts Suttles, 75, of 41 Dix Creek Road #2, went to be with Jesus on Friday, December 14, 2012 at her residence. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, Mrs. Suttles was a 1956 graduate of Biltmore High School and a former Owner & Operator of a Beauty Salon. She was a loving mother, grandmother and friend,...
John Roberts
Dec 14, 2012
Asheville John H. Roberts, 78, passed away Friday, December 14, 2012 at St. Josephs Hospital. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was of the Baptist faith, a mechanic and was a veteran of the U.S. Army Reserves. John was the son of the late George and Kate Rector Roberts. Surviving are his wife, of 56 years, Nell Roberts;...
Tommy Neighbors
Dec 14, 2012
LEICESTER - Tommy Rans Neighbors, 68, of 15 Hill and Dale Rd., slipped into the arms of his Lord Jesus Christ and his family and friends on the other side, Friday, December 14, 2012 at his residence. A native & lifelong resident of Buncombe County he retired in 1999 following 27 years of service with Eaton Corp. He served...
Sam Elliott
Dec 14, 2012
Asheville Samuel Glenn Lloyd Elliott, 28, passed away on Friday, December 14 2012. Sam was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County and a 2002 graduate of Clyde A. Erwin High School. He was a son of Chip Elliott and Angie Reinhardt Elliott of Asheville. Surviving in addition to his parents are his sister, Leah Elliott Mullins and husband Josh;...
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