Billie Lee Lunsford Anders
Feb 6, 2012
Asheville Billie Lee Lunsford Anders, 77, of 6 Old #20, went to be with the Lord Monday, February 6, 2012 after a brief period of illness. Billie was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County and a member of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late Dorsey Lee and Ora Mae Shelton Lunsford. She was also...
Ethel Burleson
Feb 1, 2012
Asheville Ethel Mae Burleson, 93, passed away Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at her residence. She was a native of and had resided most of her life in Buncombe County. Ethel was the daughter of the late James and Elsie Ogle Smith and wife of the late Oliver Burleson. She was also preceded in death by two brothers and three...
Gary F. Gibson
Feb 1, 2012
Swannanoa Gary Franklin Gibson, 68, of 142 Park Ridge Avenue went to be with his Lord, Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native and resident most of his life of Buncombe County. He retired as a long distant truck driver and formerly was employed with the City of Asheville Sanitation Department. Mr....
Peggy S. Long
Jan 30, 2012
Asheville Peggy Stewart Smith Long, 85, of 16 Lancelot Lane went to be with her Lord, Monday, January 30, 2012 at the St. Joseph Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of Marshall, she had resided in Asheville most of her life. She attended school in Marshall and A-B Tech, had worked at Biltmore Manufacturing, Kellwood as a supervisor, Girmes...
Elsie Louise Trantham
Jan 30, 2012
Asheville - Elsie Louise Trantham, 87, passed away peacefully on January 30, 2012. Elsie was a long time resident of Hartsville, South Carolina, born there on December 3, 1924. After graduating from Coker College, she spent a few years working as a teacher before beginning her career with the American Red Cross. Elsie spent her life caring for others....
Grady M. Snider, Sr.
Jan 29, 2012
Asheville Grady Melvin Snider, Sr., 87, passed away Sunday, January 29, 2012 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he retired in October 2011 following 44 years as a N.C. licensed Auctioneer, where known to his fellow Auctioneers as Col. Snider. Mr. Snider was an honorary member of the Asheville West Rotary...
David Wells Gosnell
Jan 29, 2012
Mosheim, TN - David Wells Gosnell, 57, died Sunday January 29, 2012 at the Takoma Hospital in Greenville, TN. A native of Buncombe County, he had lived in Mosheim, TN for the last 2 years. He attended Lick Creek Valley Free Will Baptist Church. He was the son of the late Herman Wells Gosnell and Letha King Gosnell. Surviving...
Irene Houg
Jan 25, 2012
Fletcher Irene Marcella McElwain Houg, 91, passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at Universal Health Care. A native of Lewistown, MT, she had resided in Asheville since 1979. She was a member of St. Marks Lutheran Church since 1979 and a former member of the Extension Home Maker. Mrs. Houg was a former Secretary to the Administrator of St....
Donald Surrett
Jan 24, 2012
Nebo - Donald Edwin Surrett, 71 of Nebo, died January 24th in Asheville. Mr. Surrett was born December 18, 1940 in Swannanoa. He was a son of Woodrow and Geneva (Capps) Surrett. He graduated from Charles D. Owen High School in 1959, served in the U.S. Army from 1959 to 1962 in the 167th Signal Company, attended college at...
Jefferson Sr. Hughes
Jan 23, 2012
Asheville Jefferson Davis Hughes, Sr., 81, passed away, surrounded by his family, on Monday, January 23, 2012 at the Charles George V.A. Medical Center. A native of Monroe, NC, he had lived in Asheville for the past 30 years. He was a member of Glory Tabernacle Church and served in the U.S. Army during Peacetime. Mr. Hughes was the...
David Lane Coffey
Jan 22, 2012
Asheville - David Coffey, 61, passed away Sunday, January 22, 2012 at Charles George V.A. Medical Center. He was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County and was an U.S. Army Veteran during the Vietnam War. He was the son of the late John and Ruth Cassada Coffey. Surviving are his sister, Sandra Nisbet and husband, Al of Myrtle Beach,...
Mary Sue Honeycutt
Jan 21, 2012
Asheville Mary Sue DeViney Honeycutt, 75, of 17 Tradewind Drive went to be with the Lord on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native of Rutherford County, she had resided in Buncombe County since 1975. She retired from Beacon Mfg Company following 22 years of service and was formerly employed with Youngs...
Lottie Brezeale
Jan 21, 2012
Asheville - Lottie Guthrie Brezeale, 78, passed away Saturday Morning January 21, 2012 at McDowell Hospital. Lottie was born in Asheville to the late Elmer Jerome Guthrie and Fredia Sue Monroe Guthrie. She is preceded in death by a brother, Jimmy "Pokey" Guthrie and her husband Justus George Brezeale. She retired in 1996 from Bussman following 14 years of...
Irene Owenby
Jan 19, 2012
Fairview - Irene Rebecca Howard Owenby, 92, passed away Thursday, January 19, 2012 at Park Ridge Hospital. She was a native of South Carolina and was a member of Emmas Grove Baptist Church. Mrs. Owenby was a daughter of the late General Lee Howard and Florence Lanning Howard and the wife of the late Rev. Boyd Cooper Owenby. She...
Terry Lee Pinner
Jan 17, 2012
Candler - Terry Lee Pinner, 52, died unexpectedly at his residence on Tuesday, January 17, 2012. A lifelong resident of Asheville, he had worked for Coward Wholesale Florist for many years. Terry was a son of Marie Treadway Pinner and the late Raymond Jackson Pinner. Surviving in addition to his mother are his daughter, Brittany Nicole McCain of Waynesville;...
Thomas B. Netherton
Jan 15, 2012
Arden Thomas Buford Netherton, 88, of 229 Ledbetter Road went to be with his Lord Sunday, January 15, 2012 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of Spartanburg, SC, he had resided in Buncombe County most of his life. He retired in 1981 from Southern Bell Telephone Company following 40 years of service, where at the time...
Frances M. Rice
Jan 15, 2012
Weaverville/Largo, FL Frances Metcalf Rice, 84, passed away Friday, January 13, 2012 at her home in Weaverville. Mrs. Rice was a resident of Buncombe County most of her life. She was a member of Hope Presbyterian Church in Clearwater, FL and attended Oakley UMC in the summer. She was a daughter of the late Kelly Harley Metcalf and Victoria...
Ella Wilson Rhodes
Jan 14, 2012
Weaverville-Ella Wilson Rhodes: (88) of 180 Murphy Hill Rd. Our beloved Mother, Grandmother, Aunt and servant of God has completed the greatest journey existence has to hold. She was born to Benjamin Wilson and Dora Graham Wilson on June 21, 1923, she graduated to her heavenly home on January 14, 2012. She was predeceased by her husband of 62...
Chris Walls
Jan 13, 2012
Chris William Walls, 33, of Asheville, passed away on January 13, 2012 at his residence. Chris was raised in Aiken, SC and had lived in Augusta, GA before moving to Asheville 3 years ago. He was a member of Freedom Biker Church, Swannanoa. Surviving are his parents, Harry and Janice Kelly, daughter, Lydia Stewart, sister, Wanda Sanders and husband,...
Boyce R. Nesbitt
Jan 12, 2012
Fletcher Boyce R. Nesbitt, 90, of 292 Lower Brush Creek Road went to be with his Lord on Thursday, January 12, 2012 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center with his loving family by his side. He was lifelong resident of Buncombe County and the oldest living native in the Cane Creek Community. Mr. Nesbitt retired as a...
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