Jessie Murphy Gibson
Sep 13, 2007
Arden - Jessie Murphy Gibson, 90, was a resident of Ardenwoods Retirement Community since 2000. She formerly lived at 388 New Leicester Highway for 30 years. She died at Heather Glen Assisted Living on Thursday, September 13 after a brief and sudden illness. She was born in Haywood County on June 3, 1917 but was a lifelong resident of...
Mayme Kidd Watts
Sep 13, 2007
Asheville - Mayme Kidd Watts, 85, of 10 Evergreen Avenue, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, September 13, 2007 at her home. A native of Knoxville, TN, she had resided in Buncombe County since 1940. She retired from Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company with 33 years of service. Mrs. Watts was the daughter of the late Samuel and Mabel Porter...
Sigrid "Sig" Wampler
Sep 8, 2007
Asheville - Sigrid Sig Ann Hollifield Wampler, 74, of 6 Lancelot Lane died Saturday - September 8, 2007 at the John F. Keever Jr. Solace Center. A native of Rutherford County, she had lived in Buncombe County since 1964 and had been employed by Shipley's Ethan Allen for 30 years. She attended Pole Creek Baptist Church. She was a...
Dorothy M. Netherton
Sep 7, 2007
Arden - Dorothy Mae McNutt Netherton, 77, of 229 Ledbetter Road, died Friday September 7, 2007 at the John F. Keever Solace Center. A native of Seattle, WA, she had lived in Buncombe County since 1962. She was a member of Biltmore Baptist Church and the Ian and Esther Walker Bible Fellowship Group. She was a daughter of the...
Loree W. Davis
Sep 2, 2007
OXFORD, MS -Loree Ward Davis, 84, passed away Sunday, September 2 in Oxford, MS following an extended illness. Mrs. Davis was a former longtime resident of Candler until her health began to fail. She had moved to Oxford in 2003 to be near her daughter. Mrs. Davis was born in Madison County NC on October 26, 1922. She was...
Wayne King
Sep 2, 2007
Asheville - Archie Wayne King, 84, of 163 Old County Home Road, died unexpectedly Sunday September 2, 2007 at his residence. A native of Yancey County, he had lived most of his life in Buncombe County. He was a U.S. Army Air Corp veteran of WWII and was a POW. He was a member of West Asheville Church of...
Mary Fay Long
Sep 2, 2007
Candler Mary Fay Hill Long, 62, of 66 Hurst Drive, died Sunday, September 2, 2007 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. Mrs. Long was a homemaker, member of Starnes Cove Baptist Church and a member of the Pochantas Council. She was a daughter of the late William Luther Hill and Ruth...
Thursia Sellers Smith
Sep 1, 2007
Southport, NC Thursia S. Smith, 84, of Southport, NC and formerly of Asheville, passed away Saturday, September 1, 2007 at her home. Mrs. Smith was born in Towns County, GA on July 6, 1923, and was the daughter of the late William and Bertha Sims Sellers. She was the wife of the late Jack Smith and was also preceded...
Wanda June Letterman
Sep 1, 2007
Candler - Wanda June Lance Letterman, 61, of 5 Macie Lane, passed away Saturday, September 1, 2007. A native of Buncombe County, she retired from the City of Asheville in 1999. She was the daughter of the late Kenneth Harrison and Mary Kathryn Freck Lance. Surviving are her husband, Roger Letterman, of the home; children: Tina Spring of Asheville,...
Samuel Frank "Sam" Penland
Aug 26, 2007
Asheville Samuel Frank Sam Penland, 80, of 225 Emma Road, passed away Sunday, August 26, 2007 at his residence with his family and friends by his side. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, Mr. Penland was a retired Real Estate Broker and Accountant. He served in the South Pacific with the US Marine Corps during World War II. Mr....
Olive Hipps Hulme
Aug 22, 2007
Asheville - Olive Hipps Hulme, after enjoying 93 years with her family, friends and flowers, went to be with her Savior and heavenly family this Wednesday, August 22, 2007. She will be remembered by her two sons, Richard Sloan Hulme, Jr. and David Marvin Hulme, and by her two grandsons, Dylan Sloan Hulme and Francis Cody Hulme, as a...
Ralph Francis Cox
Aug 22, 2007
Leicester Ralph Francis Cox, 91, of Palm Coast, Florida and Asheville died Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. Mr. Cox was a retired teacher and principal and was respected and loved for his kind, gentle spirit. He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Josephine Rohn Cox; his first wife,Olga Blatter...
Edith Palmer Higgins
Aug 22, 2007
Georgetown, SC Edith Jeanette McPeters Palmer Higgins, 87, former resident of Asheville for most of her life passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2007. Mrs. Higgins was a native of Yancey County and resided in Buncombe County most of her life before moving to South Carolina in 1999 to be with her daughter. She retired as a Licensed Practical Nurse...
Reggie Anders Whitt
Aug 19, 2007
Asheville Reggie Amelia Anders Whitt, 87, of 58 First Street passed away Sunday, August 19, 2007 at the Emerald Ridge Rehabilitation & Care Center. Mrs. Whitt was a native and resident of Buncombe County and a daughter of the late Levi Harris Anders and Manervia Catherine Haynes Anders. She retired in 1980 from the North Buncombe High School Cafeteria...
Betty Louise Messer
Aug 17, 2007
Asheville - Betty Louise Messer, 79, of 1921 Hendersonville Road, died Friday August 17, at St. Josephs Hospital after a period of declining health. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Edward Connelly and Marie Rhymer Messer and was also preceded in death by 2 brothers, J. C. and Carl Messer...
Roy Aubrey "Buster" Deweese Jr.
Aug 14, 2007
Weaverville Roy Aubrey Buster Deweese, Jr., 63, of 89 McCurry Road, passed away Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at his residence. A native of Buncombe County, he was a vendor for the NC Association for the Blind. He was the son of the late Roy Aubrey Deweese, Sr. and Versa Harwood Deweese and was also preceded in death by a...
Myrtle Lindsey Simpson
Aug 13, 2007
Asheville Myrtle Estelle Lindsey Simpson, 82, of 355 London Road, passed away Monday, August 13, 2007 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, Mrs. Simpson worked for several years in the nursery at St. Josephs Hospital before becoming Dr. Richard Rogers nurse at Asheville Pediatrics. She was a member for many years...
Willie Hazel Maynard Myers
Aug 11, 2007
Asheville/Weaverville - Willie Hazel Maynard Myers, 80, of 1963 Riverside Drive, Asheville and formerly of 11 Pine St. , Weaverville, died Saturday August 11, 2007 at Memorial Mission Hospital. She was born in Yancey County on October 19, 1926, was a resident of Buncombe County and retired from Shaw Industries. She was a daughter of the late James Clyde...
Gladys Riddle Smith
Aug 10, 2007
Fletcher - Gladys Riddle Smith, 88, formerly of 135 Emmas Grove Road, passed away Friday, August 10, 2007 at Emerald Ridge Rehab and Care Center. A native of Yancey County, she had resided in Buncombe County since 1949. She was a homemaker and was a member of Emmas Grove Baptist Church. Mrs. Smith was the daughter of the late...
Robert Ward Gray
Aug 9, 2007
Asheville - Robert Ward Gray, 91, of 17 Botany Court died Thursday - August 9, 2007 at St. Josephs Hospital. A native of Tallahassee, FL, he had lived in Asheville for the past 45 years and retired as the director of the Southern Highland Craft Guild after 20 years of service. He was a WWII veteran of the U.S....
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