Obituary Listing

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...

Carl Albert Hyldburg Jr.

Carl Albert Hyldburg Jr.

Jun 23, 2007

ASHEVILLE Carl Albert Hyldburg, 84, of 11 Fairview Avenue, died Saturday, June 23, 2007 at the John F. Keever , Jr. Solace Center. A native of Concord, NH and resident of Asheville since 1948, he was the son of the late Carl A. Hyldburg and Rachel Eleanora Sandquist Hyldburg. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World...

Thelma Virginia Wallace

Thelma Virginia Wallace

Jun 22, 2007

Asheville - Thelma Virginia Hudgins Wallace, 85, of Asheville, passed away Friday, June 22, 2007 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native of Buncombe County, she retired in 1984 from Gerber Products following 25 years of service. She was a born-again Christian and was currently attending Fairmont Baptist Church. Mrs. Wallace was the daughter of the...

Betty Christine "Chris" Harrell

Betty Christine "Chris" Harrell

Jun 22, 2007

ASHEVILLE Betty Christine Chris Slagle Harrell, 82, went to be with her Lord Friday June 22, 2007 at the St. Joseph Campus of Mission Hospitals. She was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County and the daughter of the late Harry Lee Slagle and Zora Adeline Williams Slagle. Mrs. Harrell was the former wife of J.L. Harrell who died in...

Easter Jane Hendrix

Easter Jane Hendrix

Jun 21, 2007

Alexander Easter Jane Bishop Hendrix, 81, of 1004 Grandview Rd. passed away Thursday, June 21, 2007 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of Nottaway County, VA and a resident of Madison County for most of her life. She was a Homemaker, devoted Mother and a member of Woodland Hills Baptist Church. Mrs. Hendrix was a daughter...

Ruth Joyce Sprouse

Ruth Joyce Sprouse

Jun 20, 2007

Asheville - Ruth Joyce Sprouse, 67, of 11 Impala Trail, passed away Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she retired from the Neil Dobbins Center as a substance abuse counselor following 20 years of service. She was a member of West Asheville Baptist Church. Mrs. Sprouse...

Lloyd Charles Elliott

Lloyd Charles Elliott

Jun 20, 2007

Asheville Lloyd Charles Elliott, 92, of Arden passed away Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at the Fleshers Fairview Health Care Center where he had resided for the past 11 months. A native of Yancey County, he was a 1935 graduate of Burnsville High School. Following graduation he worked for the CCC Camp and served a lifelong career as a Radio,...

Mildred Kirby Foden

Mildred Kirby Foden

Jun 20, 2007

Asheville - Mildred Elizabeth Kirby Foden, 78, of 24 Dellwood Street, passed away Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native of Caldwell County, NC, she had resided in Buncombe County since April of 1993. She was the daughter of the late William Glenn and Essie Rae Crotts Kirby and a 1946 graduate...

Paul Sheppard

Paul Sheppard

Jun 16, 2007

Weaverville - Paul Pinkney Sheppard, 84, of 10 Deerpen Drive died Saturday - June 16, 2007 at the Asheville VA Medical Center. A native and resident of Buncombe County for most of his life, he was a U. S. Army Air Corp veteran of WWII and a retired electrical contractor. He was a member of the First Baptist Church...

James Donald Stakias

James Donald Stakias

Jun 16, 2007

Asheville - James Donald Stakias, 81, of 409 Piney Mountain Drive, died Saturday June 16, 2007 at the Laurels of Summit Ridge. A native of Mt. Clemens, MI, he lived most of his life in Buncombe County. He was of the Methodist faith and was a WWII veteran of the U.S. Merchant Marine. He was a son of the...

Ruth Rudisill

Ruth Rudisill

Jun 11, 2007

Asheville - Lillian Ruth Bedsole Rudisill, 99, formerly of 208 Vanderbilt Apts. went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday June 11, 2007 at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte. Mrs. Rudisill was born in Fayetteville on February 5, 1908 and moved to Asheville in 1946. She retired from Western and Southern Life Ins. Co., originally the Imperial Life...

Hubert Hawkins

Hubert Hawkins

Jun 10, 2007

Leicester Hubert Hawkins, 75, of 200 Heritage Way, Hendersonville died Sunday, June 10, 2007 at the Mountain Home Health Care & Rehabilitation Center. A native & resident most of life of Buncombe County. He was a member of Turkey Creek Baptist Church. Mr. Hawkins was the son of the late Judson Manna & Myrtle Plemmons Hawkins and was also...

George William Blankenship

George William Blankenship

Jun 6, 2007

Asheville George William Blankenship, 62, of 21 Vanderbilt Terrace, passed away Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals following a brief illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he retired with 30 years of service with the Biltmore Estate, and was currently employed as a security guard with the WNC Farmers Market. He...

Barbara Stephenson

Barbara Stephenson

Jun 6, 2007

Asheville - Barbara Jean Jones Stephenson, 67, of 10 Old Rymer Drive, died Wednesday June 6, 2007 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native and life long resident of Buncombe County, she attended Aaron Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late Jack Matthews and Josephine Jones and was also preceded in death by a daughter, Carla Hollifield. Surviving...