Obituary Listing

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...

Clyde Robert Stanley

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...