Jan 16, 2006

Asheville - Martha Mae Sellers, 86, of Asheville and formerly of Brevard, went to be with her family Monday, January 16, 2006 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals following a period of declining health. A native of Buncombe County, she resided in Transylvania County until her retirement from Ecusta as a self-educated Research Librarian in 1990. She was...

Jan 15, 2006

Fletcher - Jean Kathryn Monfort Small, 85, passed away Sunday, January 15, 2006 at Park Ridge Hospital. Born on May 1, 1920, the only child to Chester Pete and Gladys McClean Monfort of Shelbyville, IN, Mrs. Small graduated from high School in Greensburg, IN and business school in Cincinnati, OH. She worked as a secretary and insurance underwriter for...

Jan 14, 2006

Jan 14, 2006

Fairview - George Burgan Morrow, Sr., 88, of 308 Main Street, Byers Park, Fairview was called home to be with the Lord Saturday morning, January 14, 2006 at the home of his son at 23 King George Drive in Fairview where he had resided since October of 2005. He was a native of Buncombe County and a veteran of...

Jan 14, 2006

Asheville - Paul Honeycutt, 71, of 16 Tradewind Drive died unexpectedly Saturday, January 14, 2006 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native of Rutherford County, he had lived most of his life in Buncombe County and was an avid Church Attendant and Deacon at several area churches. He was the son of the late Pearl Gladys Honeycutt. He was a...

Jan 13, 2006

Leicester - Chief Warrant Officer 3 Mitchell Kyle Mitch Carver, Jr. U.S. Army, 31, of Bravo Company 1st Battalion 10th Aviation Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Ft. Drum, New York, formerly of 125 Green Valley Rd. went to be with Jesus as he was called from the battlefield of Mosul, Iraq on Friday, January 13, 2006. A native of Buncombe...

Jan 13, 2006

Leicester Elfriede Moser Wallen, 78, of 110 Gillespie Road, passed away Friday, January 13, 2006 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospital System following a period of declining health. A native of Karshule, Germany, she had resided in Buncombe County for the past 45 years. She was a member of Jones Valley Baptist Church, and a member of Eastern...

Jan 13, 2006

Asheville - Clarence McClelland Carter, Jr., 71, of 27 Sycamore Street died Friday, January 13, 2006, at his home. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he saw formerly employed by CTS on Mills Gap Road as a foreman where he was the youngest person to be promoted to foreman. He was a member and Deacon of Trinity of Fairview...

Jan 11, 2006

Leicester - Sgt. Ralph Samuel Sam Robinson, Retired, 55, went to be with his Lord and family on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at Memorial Mission Hospital after a long illness. A native of Anniston, Ala., he resided in Buncombe County most of his life. He retired in 1998 from the Buncombe County Sheriffs Dept. following 20 years in the...

Jan 11, 2006

Alexander Vera Catherine Sluder, 86, of 768 Alexander Road died Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at her residence. She was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County and a daughter of the late Ottis Franklin Sluder and Grace Louella Embler Sluder. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Embler Sluder and nephew, Dale Sluder. Miss Sluder retired from the...

Jan 11, 2006

Leicester - Weaver Sams, 83, of 71 Mink Farm Road, passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospital System following a period of declining health. A native of Madison County, he had resided most of his life in Buncombe County. He was a construction worker for Bonitz Insulation Company. Mr. Sams was the son...

Jan 9, 2006

Asheville Bill K. Matthews, 78, of 46 Deerwood Drive, joined the church triumphant on Monday, January 9, 2006 at his residence following an extended illness. A native of Buncombe County, he was a 1944 graduate of Lee H. Edwards High School and a graduate of Asheville Biltmore College. He was formerly employed with the Asheville Citizen-Times from 1943 to...

Jan 9, 2006

Fairview James Tommy Harris, 63, of 367 Bob Barnwell Road, passed away unexpectedly Monday, January 9, 2006 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospital System. A native of Yancey County, He had resided most of his life in Buncombe County. He was self-employed as a painting contractor and was of the Baptist faith. He was the son of the...

Jan 5, 2006

Asheville - Rev. Dr. Bruce Lewis Bartlett, 52, of 863 Merrills Cove Road, went to be with his Lord Thursday, January 5, 2006. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. Rev. Bartlett was Pastor and Founder of Bible Way Baptist Church in Black Mountain. He was a 1972 graduate of A.C. Reynolds H.S., attended Tennessee Temple University and graduated in...

Jan 4, 2006

Weaverville Robert Alex Bob Shaft, 81, of 297 Garrison Branch Road, died January 4, 2006 at the Asheville VA Medical Center. A native of Buncombe County, he lived in Atlanta, GA for many years before returning to Buncombe County in 1981. He was a member of Mt. Bethel Freewill Baptist Church. He was a WW II veteran of the...

Jan 3, 2006

Asheville - Dorothy Marie Crisp Dottie Wells, 77, of 200 Tunnel Road Apt. 465 died Tuesday January 3, 2006 at St. Josephs Hospital after a period of declining health. A native of Buncombe County, she had lived in Grand Prairie, TX for several years before returning to Buncombe County in 1993. She was a daughter of the late Arthur...

Jan 2, 2006

Asheville Roselin Judith Rose Williams, 71, of 17 Pine Burr Road, passed away Monday, January 2, 2005 at the Laurels of Summit Ridge. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was the Associate Manager for Eckerds Drug Store for 45 years and a longtime member of West Asheville Baptist Church. Rose was the daughter of the late Gordon Charles...

Jan 1, 2006

Asheville - Roger Clark Pepper, 58, of 30 Edgemont Rd. Apt 23A, died unexpectedly Sunday January 1, 2006 at his residence. A native of Huntington, WV, he had resided in Buncombe County since 2001. He was a member of 4th Avenue United Methodist Church in Huntington, WV and a U.S. Army veteran. He was a son of the late...

Jan 1, 2006

Asheville - Mary Lee Sparks, 49, of 39 Ridgeway Drive went to be with her Lord on January 1, 2006. A native of Clovis, NM she had resided in Buncombe County most of her Life. She was a graduate of Owen High School and Berea College and received her AAS in Nursing from AB Tech. She formerly worked with...

Dec 31, 2005

Asheville - Harriett Louise Hunter Snelson, 77, of 3 Huntington Road died Saturday - December 31, 2005 at The Laurels of Summit Ridge after a period of declining health. A native of McDowell County, she had lived in Buncombe County for most of her life and was a longtime member of Groce United Methodist Church. She was the daughter...