Obituary Listing

James Fredrick Cutshall Sr.

James Fredrick Cutshall Sr.

Sep 10, 2006

Asheville James Fredrick Cutshall, Sr., 79, of 32 Salem Avenue, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, September 10, 2006 at the Memorial Campus of Missions Hospitals. A native of Madison County, he had resided in Buncombe County since 1956. Mr. Cutshall was a retired security guard and a member of Aaron Baptist Church. He served for six years in the US...

Edward James Jenkins Sr.

Edward James Jenkins Sr.

Sep 9, 2006

Asheville - Edward James Jenkins, Sr., 65, of 57 Ridgecrest Road died Saturday September 9, 2006 at Memorial Mission Hospital after an extended illness. A native of Swain County, he lived most of his life in Buncombe County. He was the son of the late Burl and Rhonda Lucille Jenkins and the husband of the late Dorothy Grindstaff Jenkins...

Vernon Troy King

Vernon Troy King

Sep 7, 2006

Candler - Vernon Troy King, 81, of 434 Reeves Cove Road, died Thursday September 7, 2006 at Pisgah Manor after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he retired from Sears after 37 years of service as a service technician and was a member of the Family of Faith Fellowship. He was a U.S. Army...

Sharon Woon

Sharon Woon

Sep 5, 2006

Candler - Sharon Lauree Dean Woon, 60, of 450 Curtis Creek Road, passed away Tuesday, September 5, 2006 at her home. A native of Detroit, MI, she had resided in Buncombe County since June, 1986. She was a member of Bingham Heights Baptist Church. Mrs. Woon was the daughter of the late Edward and Zita Sharpe Dean. Surviving are...

Lucy L. Kuykendall

Lucy L. Kuykendall

Sep 4, 2006

Weaverville - Lucy Louise Cox Kuykendall, 84, of 23 Lower Roberts Branch Road died Monday, September 4, 2006 at her residence. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she retired in 1995 after 31 years of full-time service with A-B Emblem Co. and was of the Baptist faith. She was a daughter of the late Robert Blaine and Mary Parham...

Helen W. Jones

Helen W. Jones

Sep 4, 2006

Candler - Helen White Jones died unexpectedly Monday September 4, 2006 at her home. A native and longtime resident of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Elmer and Rosa Lee White. Surviving are her husband, Robert B. Bob Jones of the home; sons, R. Micheal Jones and wife Mary Garvey Jones of Boca Raton, FL. and...

Sheldon Klyne Greene

Sheldon Klyne Greene

Aug 31, 2006

Marshall Sheldon Klyne Greene, 50, of 248 Collins Road, passed away Thursday, August 31, 2006 at his residence. A native of Buncombe County, he had resided in Madison County most of his life. Sheldon was a 1974 graduate of North Buncombe High School, and had attended Mars Hill College. He was self-employed as an artist and a member of...

William Ralph Wyatt

William Ralph Wyatt

Aug 22, 2006

Asheville -William Ralph Wyatt, 82, of 12 Trust Haven passed away Tuesday August 22, 2006 at his home after a brief illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a son of the late Elbert and Janie Wyatt and the husband of the late Ruby Wyatt. He was also preceded in death by a son, Ralph Lee Wyatt....

Kay Vivian Rice

Kay Vivian Rice

Aug 19, 2006

Weaverville - Kay Vivian Rice, 56, of 41 Nola Drive, passed away Saturday, August 19, 2006 at her home following a period of declining health. A native of Lansing, MI, she had resided in Buncombe County since 1981. She had owned and operated her own beauty salon for most of her career, and had most recently been employed with...

Douglas Worth "Doug" Brown

Douglas Worth "Doug" Brown

Aug 17, 2006

Leicester - Douglas Worth Brown, 81, of 1599 Alexander Road, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, August 17, 2006 at his home. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a member of Western Chapel United Methodist Church, and had retired from American Enka. Doug was a veteran of the US Navy. He was the son of the late Worth and...

Rev. George A. Roberts

Rev. George A. Roberts

Aug 16, 2006

Asheville - Rev. George Alonzo Roberts, 88, of Asheville, went to be with his Lord August 16, 2006 at the St. Joseph Campus of Mission Hospitals following a long illness. A native of Buncombe County, he had resided in Henderson County for 38 years prior to returning to Buncombe County in 1984. He was an Ordained Minister and a...

John Paul Lillard

John Paul Lillard

Aug 16, 2006

Asheville John Paul Lillard, 75, of 539 Deaverview Rd. passed away Wednesday, August 16, 2006 at Pisgah Manor Health Care Center. A native of Haywood County and a resident Buncombe County since 1956. He was the son of the late Taylor Wilson and Josephine Coleman Lillard and the husband of Annie Sue Gibson Lillard who died March 4, 2005....

Jobe Gaston "Junior" Dillingham Jr.

Jobe Gaston "Junior" Dillingham Jr.

Aug 14, 2006

Fairview - Jobe Gaston Junior Dillingham, Jr. ,64, of 15 Sweet Apple Drive, passed away Monday, August 14 2006 following a courages battle with cancer A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was a son of Ella Virginia Ball Dillingham of Fairview and the late Jobe Gaston Dillingham. Mr Dillingham was a former truck driver and small engine repairman...

William "Bill" Adams

William "Bill" Adams

Aug 14, 2006

Asheville - William Bill Adams, 85, of 75 Haywood Street passed away Monday August 14, 2006. A native of Chester, PA, he had lived in Asheville since 1944. Mr. Adams worked at Asheville Hosiery Mill, Lee H. Edwards High School (Asheville High) and retired from the Asheville VA Medical Hospital in 1986. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of...

Annie Surrett Freeman

Annie Surrett Freeman

Aug 12, 2006

Leicester - Annie Helen Surrett Freeman, 90, of 51 Clark Cove Road died Saturday August 12, 2006 at her home after a period of declining health. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a member of New Liberty Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Commodore and Julia Surrett and the wife of the...

Betty Stephens

Betty Stephens

Aug 12, 2006

Asheville - Betty Marie Beachboard Stephens, 73, of 19 Tanglewood Drive, died unexpectedly Saturday August 12, 2006 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Jesse and Edith Robinson Beachboard. Surviving are her husband, Boyd Stephens...

Nora L. Sparks

Nora L. Sparks

Aug 10, 2006

Asheville - Eleanor Nora L. Sparks, 78, of 127 Pennsylvania Avenue, passed away Thursday, August 10, 2006 at the St. Joseph Campus of Mission Hospitals following a period of declining health. A native of Yancey County, Nora had resided in Buncombe County since 1950. She retired from American Enka with 47 years of service. She was a member of...

Marie Penley

Marie Penley

Aug 8, 2006

Leicester - Marie Penley, 94, of 97 Sluder Branch Road went to be with her Lord Tuesday, August 8, 2006 at her home following an extended illness.. A native of Yancey County and a resident of Buncombe County since 1924. Mrs. Penley retired in 1974 as manager from Rock Haven Motel and was a member of Newfound Baptist Church...

Eleanor Buckner

Eleanor Buckner

Aug 7, 2006

Asheville - Eleanor Caroline Accordino Buckner, 81, passed away Monday, August 7, 2006 at her residence following a period of declining health. A native of Long Island, NY, Eleanor had resided in Buncombe County for the past 60 years. She had retired from Square D Corp. and attended St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church. She was the daughter of...

Herbert Lee Hensley

Herbert Lee Hensley

Aug 6, 2006

Asheville - Herbert Lee Hensley, husband of Frances Betty Garrison Morrow Hensley, peacefully slipped from his loved ones hands into eternity on Sunday, August 6, 2006. He was born in Asheville, November 1, 1921. He was the son of the late Cecil Lee and Ester Queen Hensley. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. He...