Clyde Robert Stanley
Jun 6, 2007
Leicester Clyde Robert Stanley, 86, of 1 Renaissance Place died Wednesday, June 6, 2007. Mr. Stanley was born in Yancey County to the late Lattie Hugh and Mafrey Mae Wright Stanley and had resided in Henderson and Buncombe Counties most of his life. He was a retired Farmer and served in the US Army during WW II. Surviving is...
Robert Lee Rathburn
Jun 5, 2007
Asheville Robert Lee Rathburn, 88, of 8 Kensington Drive, passed away Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at his home. A native of Poplar Bluff, MO, he had resided in Buncombe County since 1966. He was a retired shoe sales manager and was a member of Friendship Baptist Church. Mr. Rathburn served as a First Lieutenant in the US Army during...
Ella Mae Reynolds
Jun 3, 2007
Asheville - Ella Mae Hawkins Reynolds, 78, of 100 Mt. Carmel Road Lot 39 died Sunday June 3, 2007 at the Laurels of Green Tree Ridge following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. Mrs. Reynolds retired from Swannanoa Laundry as a counter clerk and was formerly the owner and operator of Hawkins Grocery Store....
Carolyn P. Allen
Jun 2, 2007
Grovetown, GA - Carolyn Pauline Allen went to be with her Lord on Saturday, June 2, 2007. She became the daughter of the late Ed and Pauline Moody formerly of Asheville on October 14, 1934. She was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, Raymond. D. Allen, son of Dick and Helen Allen formerly of Asheville, her...
Betty Reed
May 30, 2007
Asheville - Betty Jean Gillen Reed, 65, of 137 A Spruce Hill Apts. died Wednesday May 30, 2007 at the John F. Keever Jr. Solace Center after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of Mary Ruth Stamey Gillen of Asheville and the late Albert Bert Austin Gillen. She was also...
Gladys Brown Young
May 28, 2007
Asheville - Gladys Virginia Brown Young, 87, of 77 Elk Mountain Road departed this life from her residence on May 28, 2007 and went home to be with the Lord. A native of Buncombe County, she moved to Lockhart, SC in 1922 where she resided for several years before returning to Asheville in her later teens in 1937. She...
William Fred Wilson
May 23, 2007
Asheville - William Fred Wilson, 88, passed away May 23, 2007. He spent a good part of his childhood at the Black Mountain Orphanage until he moved in with his uncle and aunt, John and Fannie Dayton and their son Glenn and wife Elizabeth (Lib) Dayton. He served in the U.S. Army with the 555 Division during WWII in...
Betty Louise "Granny" Lindsey
May 20, 2007
Candler - Betty Louise Granny Lindsey, 77, of 13 Motley Road died Sunday May 20, 2007 following an extended illness. A native of Madison County, she had resided in Buncombe County most of her life and was known by everyone as Granny. Mrs. Lindsey was the daughter of the late Agnes Shelton Franklin and Robert J. Thompson and the...
Frances Williams
May 19, 2007
Fairview Frances Lee Robinson Williams, 60, died Saturday May 19, 2007 at her home after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a member of Victory Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Bowers and Catherine Cassida Robinson and was also preceded in death by a daughter, Patricia Joy Williams and...
Anson "Woody" Chandler
May 18, 2007
Asheville - Anson Woodrow Chandler, 87, also known as Slim, Woody, Big Woody, Big Anse, Granddaddy, 5G and Dubby, passed away Friday, May 18, 2007 after an extended period of declining health. A native of Madison County, he lived in Buncombe County most of his life. He was a WWII Veteran of the U.S. Navy. Woody was a son...
Arthur Ray Graham
May 16, 2007
Asheville - Arthur Ray Graham, 67, of 49 Ben Lippen Road died Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of Advance, MO, he grew up in Cape Girardeau, Mo and had resided in Jacksonville, FL for many years prior to moving to Asheville in February of 2004. He retired in 1976 following 20...
Britt Williams
May 15, 2007
Leicester - Britt Williams, 78, of 159 Goughes Branch Road, died Tuesday May 15, 2007 at his home after an extended illness. A native of Yancey County, he lived most of his life in Buncombe County. He was a member of West Asheville First Church of God and retired from Forest Lawn Memorial Park after 22 years of service...
Magielene Lankford Reed
May 14, 2007
Fairview - Magielene Lankford Reed, 96, passed away Monday May 14, 2007 at Park Ridge Hospital. She was born January 9, 1911 and was a native and lifelong resident of Fairview, NC. She was the daughter of the late John L. and Maggie Lytle Lankford and was the widow of the late E. Frank Reed who died September 4,...
Glenn Blankenship
May 14, 2007
Cumming, GA - Glenn Blankenship, 82, of Cumming, GA, passed away Monday, May 14, 2007. He was a World War II US Navy Veteran and member of the 704 Club. He was aboard the aircraft carrier, The USS Franklin, in the South Pacific when it was bombed. Out of 3300 men, only 704 escaped, hence the name of the...
Larry Allen Taylor
May 12, 2007
Swannanoa - Larry Allen Taylor, 48, of 104 College Circle, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, May 12, 2007. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he worked as a plumbers assistant. He was the son of Dorothy Swanson Taylor Summitt of Swannanoa, and the late John Ervin Taylor. Surviving in addition to his mother are his son, Colton; sister, Sharon Thomas...
Mildred Fore Fuller
May 8, 2007
Asheville Mildred Susie Bell Fore Fuller, 84, of 500 Beaverdam Rd. passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at the St. Josephs Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native and resident of Buncombe County for most of her life. She was a daughter of the late Horace and Augusta Sexton Fore and also preceded in death by her husband, Floyd Eugene...
Melissa Ann Foster
May 8, 2007
Marshall Melissa Ann Foster, 29, of 1105 Cedar Cliff Road, died Tuesday - May 8, 2007 at her home. A native and resident of Buncombe County for most of her life, she had resided in Madison County for the past 2 months. She was a daughter of Janet Melissa Gates of the home and Robert Edward Foster and wife...
George Carter
May 7, 2007
Asheville - Guy George Carter, Jr., 68, of 21 Carrier Street, passed away Monday, May 7, 2007 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals following a long illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he retired from Strawberry-Hill Chase Bag Co., following twenty years of service. He was a veteran of the US Navy and of the Baptist faith....
Thomas Clare Gardner
May 4, 2007
Asheville - Thomas Clare Gardner, age 71, loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend went to be with the Lord, Our Savior, on May 4, 2007. He was born in Port Huron, Michigan, on May 11, 1935 and was one of 18 children. He had been a resident of Buncombe County since 1972. Prior to his retirement, he worked...
Margaret Jane Price
May 3, 2007
Asheville - Margaret Jane Jones Price lost her ten year battle with cancer Thursday, May 3, 2007 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. Margaret Jane was born on March 19, 1938 to her biological parents, the late Roy Jones and Christine Jones Foutz, but at the age of six weeks was raised by her beloved grandparents, the...
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