Obituary Listing

Elbert Conway Wilkey

Elbert Conway Wilkey

Sep 21, 2006

Candler - Elbert Conway Wilkey, 93, formerly of 4 Mayfair Drive, Woodside Hills, Candler, NC passed away on Thursday, September 21, 2006, at Pisgah Manor Health Care Facility, after a period of declining health. He was a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. Mr. Wilkey was born in Graham County, NC on January 25, 1913 to...

Carey Lee Davis Jr.

Carey Lee Davis Jr.

Sep 19, 2006

Asheville - Carey Lee Davis, Jr., 78, of 631 Macedonia road Died Tuesday September 19, 2006 at the Laurels of Green Tree Ridge after a brief illness. A native of Forsyth County, he lived all his life in Buncombe County and retired from WLOS TV and WRDW TV in Augusta, GA.. He was a veteran of the U.S. Coast...

Michael Edward "Mike" Dockery

Michael Edward "Mike" Dockery

Sep 14, 2006

Asheville - Michael Mike Edward Dockery, 53, of Asheville died Thursday September 14, 2006 at his residence. A native of Murphy, he had resided in Asheville for the past 10 years. He retired in 1990 from the U.S. Air Force as a MST and was a Vietman War Veteran and a lifetime member of the VFW. He was the...

Clara "Sue" Garrison

Clara "Sue" Garrison

Sep 13, 2006

Fairview - Clara Sue Jenkins Garrison, 65, of 951 Old Fort Road, went home to her Father, Wednesday, September, 13, 2006 taking her first steps in 14 years on streets of gold. Those gone on before to greet her included her parents, William Henry and Myrtle Chatham Jenkins, her husband, Ralph Red Garrison, her brother, Guy Jenkins and her...

Norma Calderon Rossi

Norma Calderon Rossi

Sep 11, 2006

Asheville - Norma Calderon Rossi, 25, of 31 Country Meadows Drive died Monday, September 11, 2006 at the Duke University Medical Center after an extended Illness. A native of El Porvenir, Michoacan, Mexico, she had lived in the Asheville area for the past 8 years. She was a daughter of Maria Altagracia Calderon of Mexico and the late Jose...

James Robert Cox

James Robert Cox

Sep 11, 2006

Asheville James Robert Cox, 82, passed away Monday, September 11, 2006, at the St. Joseph Campus of Mission Hospitals. Mr. Cox was born April 30, 1924, and was the son of the late H. Clay and Lillie Murray Cox. He was preceded in death by brothers: H. Clay Cox, Jr., Virgil Q. Cox, Don Cox, Lyndon Cox, and Quentin...

Kermit Talmadge Tolley Sr.

Kermit Talmadge Tolley Sr.

Sep 10, 2006

Arden - Kermit Talmadge Tolley, Sr., 72, of 5 West Haven Drive died Sunday September 10, 2006 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he faithfully attended Mt. Zion Baptist Church. He was president and founder of Medical Emergency Ambulance Inc. since 1989 and formerly worked for 30 years with the Buncombe County EMS...

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...