Obituary Listing

Inna Mikhaylovna Simonovich

Inna Mikhaylovna Simonovich

Jul 29, 2007

Asheville - Inna Mikhaylovna Simonovich, 26, of 15 Future Drive, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, July 29, 2007 at her residence. A native of The Republic of Belarus, she was a homemaker and loved children. She was expecting her first child, and was looking forward to starting her family. She was the daughter of Michael and Mariya Yatshushkevich Simonovich of...

Carolyn Sapp Baliles

Carolyn Sapp Baliles

Jul 27, 2007

ASHEVILLE Carolyn Sapp Baliles, 70, of 36 Providence Road, died Friday July 27, 2007 at the St. Josephs Campus of Memorial Mission Hospital. She had been a resident of Asheville since 1995. She was a former Pastor, along with her husband, and was ordained in both the Church of God and Assembly of God. She was a daughter of...

Dorothy Lodusky Hall

Dorothy Lodusky Hall

Jul 23, 2007

Asheville Dorothy Lodusky Rice Hall, 90, died Monday July 23, 2007 at The Oaks at Sweeten Creek after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County she was the daughter of the late Joseph Woodard and Lodusky Anders Rice. She was the wife of the late Eugene Hall. Surviving are her daughter, Jerlene Harpe of Candler;...

Branson Leroy Roberts

Branson Leroy Roberts

Jul 20, 2007

Alexander Branson Leroy Roberts, 74, of 45 High Valley Estates Court, passed away Friday, July 20, 2007 at his residence following a lengthy illness. A native of Madison County, he had resided in Buncombe County for the past 56 years. He worked as a carpenter for Buncombe Construction Company for 33 years, and was a member of Freedom Baptist...

Mary Louise Dobbings

Mary Louise Dobbings

Jul 20, 2007

Asheville Mary Louise Dobbings, 85, of 50 Riceville Rd. passed away Friday, July 20, 2007 at the Asheville V.A. Medical Center. A native of Pittsburg, PA and a daughter of the late Louis S. and Mary Shalkoski Cohen, she had resided in Buncombe County since 1973 and was a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. Mrs. Dobbings was a veteran of...

Robert Daniel Angel

Robert Daniel Angel

Jul 16, 2007

Asheville - Robert Daniel Angel, 60, of 516 Reems Creek Road, passed away unexpectedly Monday, July 16, 2007 at Richmond Hill Rest Home. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was the son of the late Charlie W. and Tilda Waycaster Angel. Surviving are his wife, Kathy Diane Riddle Angel, of the home; daughters: Rebecca Angel Cortes...

Thomas Wayne "Tommy" Webb

Thomas Wayne "Tommy" Webb

Jul 15, 2007

Asheville - Thomas Wayne Tommy Webb, 58, of 272 Riverview Church Road, passed away Sunday, July 15, 2007 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native and resident of most of his life of Buncombe County, he had resided in Ypsilanti, MI for five years where he met his loving wife of 24 years, Judy. He, along with...

William Henry "Bill" Stephenson

William Henry "Bill" Stephenson

Jul 15, 2007

Asheville - William Henry Bill Stephenson, 73, of Cedar Hill Road, passed away Sunday, July 15, 2007 at the Memorial campus of Mission Hospitals. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he retired as a conductor from the Norfolk Southern Railway after 34 years of service. He was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Stephenson was the son of...

Edward Louis Clark

Edward Louis Clark

Jul 11, 2007

Candler - Edward Louis Clark, 83, entered into rest, July 11, 2007. A multi-generation native of Western North Carolina, Edward Louis Clark Ed was an active businessman and sportsman throughout his life. He attended Mars Hill College and received his B.S. in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a commissioned officer in the...

Robert A. Gibbs

Robert A. Gibbs

Jul 9, 2007

Asheville - Robert Alfred Gibbs, 84, of 27 Frankie Lane, died Monday July 9, 2007 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native and resident of Buncombe County for most of his life,he attended Aaron Baptist Church. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII and received the Purple Heart. He was a son of the late...

Melissa Ann Jones

Melissa Ann Jones

Jul 8, 2007

Asheville - Melissa Ann Jones, 35, of 10 Lee Walker Heights, died Sunday, July 8, 2007 at the St. Josephs Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of Chicago, IL and a resident of Asheville for the past 3 years, she attended Trinity Baptist Church. Mrs. Jones was a daughter of Pamela Ann Shelly Hogan of Cotopaxi CO. and the...

Hazel L. Bates

Hazel L. Bates

Jul 6, 2007

Fairview - Hazel Leona Lindsey Bates, 86, died Friday July 6, 2007 at Fleshers Fairview Health Care Center. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she retired from Memorial Mission Hospital as a CNA and was a member of Midway Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late William and Bessie Stuart Lindsey and the wife of the late...

Charles Sluder

Charles Sluder

Jul 5, 2007

Arden - Charles Samuel Sluder, 42, of 209 St. Johns Street, died Thursday - July 5, 2007 at his home. A native of Asheville, he had lived in Ft. Stewart, GA and Ft. Sill, OK before returning to Asheville full time in 1986. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and was formerly employed as a Truck Driver....

Eloise Sarah Kinsey

Eloise Sarah Kinsey

Jul 5, 2007

Asheville Eloise Sarah Kinsey, 80, of 23 Providence Road, passed away Thursday, July 5, 2007 at the St. Joseph Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of Transylvania County, she had resided in Buncombe County for the past 50 years. She retired from Ecusta Corp. and was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church. Mrs. Kinsey was a diehard UNC Tarheel...

Charles Earl Crandall Jr.

Charles Earl Crandall Jr.

Jul 4, 2007

Asheville - Charles Earl Crandall, Jr., 74, of Asheville, left this world Wednesday, July 4, 2007, to go to his new home. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he owned and operated Padgetts Garage in Oteen until his retirement. He was a member of Long Branch Baptist Church. He was the son of the late Charles Earl Crandall, Sr....

Arnold Lee Roland

Arnold Lee Roland

Jul 3, 2007

Asheville - Arnold Lee Roland, 65, of 707 Starnes Cove Road, passed away Tuesday July 3, 2007 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native of Yancey County, he resided in Buncombe County most of his life. He retired from Johnnys Mobile Home Sales & Service after 40 years of service. He was a son of the...

Evelyn Wilson Bagwell

Evelyn Wilson Bagwell

Jun 29, 2007

Asheville - Evelyn Patricia Wilson Bagwell, 82, died Friday June 29, 2007 at Memorial Mission Hospital after an extended illness. A native of Yancey County, she lived most of her life in Buncombe County. She was a member of Merrimon Avenue Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late George and Rita Jane Wilson and was also preceded...

William Paul Boone Jr.

William Paul Boone Jr.

Jun 28, 2007

Asheville - William Paul Boone, Jr., 64, of 164 Brucemont Circle, died Thursday June 28, 2007 at the Blue Ridge Healthcare Center after an extended illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County he was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was a son of the late William Paul Boone, Sr. and Freda Boone Cooper. Surviving are his wife,...

June Fisher

June Fisher

Jun 28, 2007

Asheville - Patty June Franklin Fisher, 70, of 139 Cowan Cove Road passed away Thursday, June 28, 2007 at the St. Joseph Campus of Mission Hospitals. Mrs. Fisher was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County and the daughter of the late James Howard and Helen Louise Greene Franklin. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Frank...

Calvin S. "Mike" Banner

Calvin S. "Mike" Banner

Jun 26, 2007

Asheville - Calvin Stuart Mike Banner, 76, passed away Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at the Mission Hospitals Intensive Care Unit. He had led a courageous battle with emphysema. A native of Buncombe County, he was a graduate of Swannanoa High School and also attended Warren Wilson College and Boston Technical College in Massachusetts. He was a member of Oakley...