Obituary Listing

Althea Moran

Althea Moran

Feb 13, 2008

Asheville - Althea Lucille Wells Moran, 63, of 231 Magnolia Way, died Wednesday February 13, 2008 at Memorial Campus of Mission Hospital. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a member of Gods Filling Station. She was a daughter of the late Marion Burgin and Helen Eleanor Brown Wells. Surviving are her husband Terry James Moran...

Coy King

Coy King

Feb 13, 2008

Leicester - Coy King, 79, of 358 Goughes Branch died Wednesday February 13, 2008 at the Asheville VA Medical Center following an extended illness. A native of Yancey County, he resided in Buncombe County for 44 years. He was a member of Trinity Baptist Church for over 35 years. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of WWII and served...

Stewart Lonnie Greene

Stewart Lonnie Greene

Feb 9, 2008

Alexander - Stewart Lonnie Greene, 57, of 421 Cedar Hill Road, died Saturday February 9, 2008 at his residence after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a former resident of Elderberry Health Care Center and attended Cedar Hill Baptist Church. He was the son of Edith Rash Greene of Alexander and the...

Jim Hickey Sr.

Jim Hickey Sr.

Feb 6, 2008

WEAVERVILLE James Willard Jim Hickey, Sr., 81, of Reems Creek Rd. went to be with his Lord Wednesday, February 6, 2008. A native of Dover, FL and a resident of Buncombe County most of his life, he was a son of the late James Guy and Mae Buddy Carr Hickey and husband of Wilma Clark Hickey who died in...

Rev. James Roy Duvall

Rev. James Roy Duvall

Feb 5, 2008

LEICESTER Rev. James Roy Grandpaw DuVall, 88, of 28 Georgetown Drive passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at his residence. A native of Blairsville, GA, he was a son of the late Charlie and Maggie Neeley DuVall. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Minnie Wade and brothers, Floyd, Wayne and Judson DuVall. . Mr. DuVall had...

James W. Hensley

James W. Hensley

Feb 5, 2008

Asheville - James Wilburn Hensley, 84, died Tuesday - February 5, 2008 at Memorial Mission Hospital after a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a member of Victory Baptist Church. He was a U.S. Marine Corp. veteran, having served in the South Pacific during WWII and a member of VFW Post #891. He...

Dwight Jackson

Dwight Jackson

Feb 5, 2008

Hendersonville - Marvin Dwight Jackson, 39, of 225 Browning Ave. died Tuesday February 5, 2008. A native of Buncombe County, he resided in Henderson County most of his life and attended Cowboy Church. He was the son of Bobby D. and Becky Case of Horse Shoe. He was preceded in death by a son, Thomas Clifford Jackson, daughter, Amanda...

Annie N. Levi

Annie N. Levi

Jan 29, 2008

Enka - Annie Ray Nicholson Levi formerly of 17 Oak St. died Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native of Brevard, she had resided in Asheville most of her life. She was a member of Enka Baptist Church and had retired from American Enka Corporation. She was the daughter of the late...

Barbara M. Costello

Barbara M. Costello

Jan 28, 2008

West Asheville Barbara Joan Moffat Costello, 74, of 65 McDade Street, went to be with her Lord, Monday, January 28, 2008 following a brief illness at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, Mrs. Costello retired from Ice Service, Inc. following 54 years of service as Office Manager. She was a member and former...

Helen Cutie Ledford

Helen Cutie Ledford

Jan 28, 2008

Asheville - Helen Cutie Callahan Ledford, 80, formerly of 27 Loving Way, Clyde, passed away Monday, January 28, 2008 at Emerald Ridge Rehab and Care Center. A native of Madison County, Mrs. Ledford had resided in Buncombe County for over 70 years. She was a retired in-home healthcare aide, and a member of Woodfin Church of God. She was...

Cornelia Hazel Shook

Cornelia Hazel Shook

Jan 26, 2008

Asheville - Cornelia Hazel Haney Shook, 81, of 96 Dove Road died Saturday January 26, 2008 at Park Ridge Hospital after a period of declining health. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a member of Aaron Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late James Monroe Haney and Addie Love Haney and the wife...

Richard Ray Brown

Richard Ray Brown

Jan 24, 2008

Candler - Richard Ray Brown, 39, of 347 Oak Hill Road, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, January 24, 2008 at his home. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was the son of Sewall Ray and Minnie Annette Whitted Brown of Rutledge, TN. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his daughter, Crystal Ann Brown of Asheville; and...

Gerald M. Candler

Gerald M. Candler

Jan 23, 2008

Surfside Beach, SC Gerald Marshall Candler, 57, of 1351 Inverness Ct, Surfside Beach, SC 29575, passed away Wednesday, January 23, 2008. A native of Buncombe County, he had resided in Surfside since 1997. He was a son of the late Everette J. and Hazel P. Candler. Mr. Candler was a Land Developer and Consultant. He was a 1968 graduate...

Eula Wallin Cook

Eula Wallin Cook

Jan 22, 2008

Asheville - Eula Mae Wallin Cook, 77, of 27 Melody Lane died Tuesday January 22, 2008 at Memorial Mission Hospital after an extended illness. A native of Madison County, she had lived in Buncombe County since 1960. She was a daughter of the late Dewey G. and Ruth Denny Wallin and the wife of the late Adolphus Cook. She...

Marie A. Price

Marie A. Price

Jan 21, 2008

FAIRVIEW Marie Anderson Price, 85, of 1277 Upper Brush Creek Rd. passed away Monday, January 21, 2008. A native of Madison County and a resident of Buncombe County over 70 years, she was the daughter of the late Joe and Janie Worley Anderson and wife of Derward Price who died in 1992. Surviving are her son, Bruce Price and...

Otice Haynes Harrin Jr.

Otice Haynes Harrin Jr.

Jan 21, 2008

Leicester - Otice Haynes Harrin, Jr., 59, of 17 Dusty Lane, died unexpectedly Monday January 21, 2008 at his home. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a loving husband and father and the owner and operator of Otice Harrin Plumbing Co. He was a son of the late Otice Haynes Harrin, Sr. and Dora Jane McCurry Harrin....

Girthie M. Ferguson

Girthie M. Ferguson

Jan 20, 2008

Asheville - Girthie Mae Hill Ferguson, 74, of 8 Dove Haven Road, died Sunday January 20, 2008 at Blue Ridge Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. A native of Rutherford, County, she had resided in Asheville since 1960. She retired from Swissartex and was formerly employed with A-B Emblem. She was a member of the Pentecostal Tabernacle on Montford Avenue,...

Rick "Cricket" Plemmons

Rick "Cricket" Plemmons

Jan 19, 2008

Asheville Paul Richard (Rick) Cricket Plemmons, 53, of 70 Knoll Ridge Drive died Saturday, January 19, 2008. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was owner and operator of Dickies Foods and attended Trinity Baptist Church. Mr. Plemmons is a son of Ethel Annette Freeman Plemmons of Asheville and the late Richard Dickie Merritt Plemmons. Surviving in addition to...

Jack Wampler

Jack Wampler

Jan 18, 2008

ASHEVILLE - John (Jack) Sevier Wampler, Jr. died January 18, 2008. He was born June 5, 1921 in Norton, VA, the son of the late John and Lillian Wolfe Wampler. Jack worked in the food service industry in Asheville for many years, most recently at J&S Cafeteria. He was a 1943 graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and was an...

Glenn A. Barnett

Glenn A. Barnett

Jan 17, 2008

Asheville - Glenn Allen Barnett, 91, went to be with the Lord, January 17, 2008 in an Asheville health care center. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County and U. S. Army Veteran of WW II, he was the son of the late Emma Reese Barnett and Jack Giles Barnett. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Mattie...