Obituary Listing

Lorene Malone Erwin

Lorene Malone Erwin

Dec 14, 2005

Candler Lorene Irene Malone Erwin, 86, of 95 Holcombe Cove Road, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2005 at Pisgah Manor Health Care Center following a period of declining health. Mrs. Erwin grew up in Abington, VA where she resided until moving to North Carolina 55 years ago. She was a member of St. Pauls United Methodist Church and retired...

Allie Avaleen Rumbough

Allie Avaleen Rumbough

Dec 12, 2005

Asheville - Allie Avaleen Rumbough, 69, of 38 Montrose Avenue, passed away Monday, December 12, 2005 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospital System following an extended illness. A native of Yancey County, Mrs. Rumboughhad resided most of her life in Buncombe County. She was a member of Union Chapel Baptist Church. She loved the Lord and her church...

Don Hugh Ingle

Don Hugh Ingle

Dec 12, 2005

Asheville - Don Hugh Ingle, 79, died Monday December 12, 2005 at St. Josephs Hospital after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a son of the late Avery and Sallie Ingle and the husband of the late Frances Brackett Ingle. He was also preceded in death by 9 brothers and sisters. Surviving...

Lullene Tiller Dotson

Lullene Tiller Dotson

Dec 10, 2005

Nebo Nezzie Lullene Dotson, 88, formerly of Beaverdam Road, Asheville passed away Saturday, December 10, 2005 at McDowell Hospital. A native of Hartwell, GA, she had resided in Buncombe County since 1923 and moved to McDowell County in December of 2000. She was a 1935 graduate of Asheville High School and retired in 1994 as a sales lady with...

Harriet Fisher Duckett

Harriet Fisher Duckett

Dec 7, 2005

Asheville - Harriet Lorenia Fisher Duckett, 74, of 17 Shelter Cove Rd. died Wednesday, December 7, 2005 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native of Madison County, she was a resident of Buncombe County for most of her life. She attended All Christian Holiness Church in Canton, was a member of the V.F.W. Post #891 Ladies Auxiliary and was a...

Noreen Frances Klaus

Noreen Frances Klaus

Dec 5, 2005

Milton, FL Noreen Frances Klaus, 87, of 6768 Trammel Drive, passed away unexpectedly Monday, December 5, 2005 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of New York City, she had lived in New Jersey and in Buncombe County until moving to Florida. She was a member of Davis Chapel United Methodist Church, and was a retired Registered...

Leland J.W. Jones Jr.

Leland J.W. Jones Jr.

Nov 30, 2005

Asheville - Leland James Wallace Jones, Jr., 80, The Ole TARHEEL or FUZZY as he was affectionately called went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, November 30, 2005. He died peacefully and gracefully after a period of declining health. He was born in Bainbridge , N.Y. on March 22, 1925 to the late Leland Jones, Sr. and Gertrude...

Leagy Early Moody

Leagy Early Moody

Nov 30, 2005

West Asheville - Leagy Lee Early Moody, 84, formerly of Hanover Street, died Wednesday, November 30, 2005 at The Laurels of Summit Ridge following a period of declining health. A native of Fairview, she retired from Farnham Mfg. Company. Mrs. Moody was the daughter of the late William and Edith Early. Surviving are her daughter, Linda Ritchie and husband...

Allen "Jiggs" Banks

Allen "Jiggs" Banks

Nov 28, 2005

Asheville - Allen Franklin Jiggs Banks, 72, of 59 Shadowlawn Drive, died Monday, November 28, 2005 at Memorial Mission Hospital following an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a member of the Salvation Army Church and had retired from Drexel Furniture Company as a saw operator. Mr. Banks was the son of the...

Clyde Mckinnie Dukes

Clyde Mckinnie Dukes

Nov 24, 2005

Asheville Clyde McKinnie Dukes, 70, of 54 Beck Drive, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, November 24, 2005 at his home. A native of Russellville, KY, he had lived for over thirty years in Brunswick, GA before moving to Asheville in 2001. He was an owner/operator of his own lawn care and landscaping business, and had retired from the US Navy...

Janet L. Lanzi

Janet L. Lanzi

Nov 24, 2005

Leicester - Janet Louise Simpson Lanzi, 72, of 61 Lanzi Ledge Road, died Thursday November 24, 2005 at St. Josephs Hospital following an extended illness. A native of Newton, NJ, she had lived in Westland, Michigan for 30 years prior to moving to Buncombe County in 1986. She retired in 1986 as a secretary for the Wayne-Westland Michigan Schools...

Edna Randall Carter

Edna Randall Carter

Nov 21, 2005

Black Mountain - Edna Randall Carter, 82, of Occoneechee Ave. passed away peacefully at her home Monday, November 21, 2005. She was a native of Buncombe County and the daughter of the late Charles Franklin and Mabel Greene Randall. She was also preceded in death by her former husband, Spurgeon Carter; brothers, Robert and Douglas Randall; sisters, Evelyn Duckett...

Evelyn Craig Redmon

Evelyn Craig Redmon

Nov 21, 2005

Asheville Evelyn Craig Redmon, 87, of 86 Webb Cove Road went home to be with her Lord Monday, November 21, 2005 at her residence. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. Mrs. Redmon was a daughter of the late Charlie Felix and Lelia Mattie Jones Craig and wife of Lonnie Sowers Redmon who died September 11, 1998. She was also...

Sherrill Phillip Gilliam Sr.

Sherrill Phillip Gilliam Sr.

Nov 20, 2005

Fairview - Sherrill Phillip Gilliiam, Sr., 66, of 112 McGee Circle went to be with his Lord Sunday November 20, 2005 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native of Henderson County and a resident in Buncombe County most of his life. He was owner and operator of Gilliams Home Improvement Co. and attended First Church of God on Hanover Street...

Henry Phillip "The Handyman" Klaus

Henry Phillip "The Handyman" Klaus

Nov 20, 2005

Candler Henry The Handyman Phillip Klaus, 60, formerly of Paterson, NJ, died unexpectedly Sunday, November 20, 2005 as a result of an accident. A native of Jersey City, NJ, he had recently moved to Candler. He was an experienced diesel mechanic and had been trained with Cummins Diesel Company. Mr. Klaus was a self made man, working as a...

Linda Gail Brown

Linda Gail Brown

Nov 19, 2005

North Fort Myers, FL. Linda Gail Brown, 55, passed away Saturday, November 19, 2005. A native of Glen Cove Long Island, NY. She had resided in North Fort Myers for the past 13 years and was a former resident of Asheville in the 70s and was of the Catholic Faith. Mrs. Brown was the daughter of Mary Nagaeff and...

Patricia Fair Sanders

Patricia Fair Sanders

Nov 18, 2005

Asheville Patricia Dale Fair Sanders, 59, of 381 Oakview Park Road, passed away Friday, November 18, 2005 at the John F. Keever Solace Center following an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Buck ONeil Fair and Irene Ethel Burnett Fair and was also preceded in death by 3...

Jaelynn Nichole Boyd

Jaelynn Nichole Boyd

Nov 18, 2005

Leicester Jaelynn Nichole Boyd, five-month old daughter of Cassi Lorenna Boyd and Johnny Ray Harrin, Jr. of 15 J.T. Drive died Friday, November 18, 2005. In addition to her parents, Jaelynn is survived by her brother, Johnathan Tanner Boyd of the home; her maternal grandparents, Delaina Smith and Michael Boyd of Leicester; her paternal grandparents, Johnny Ray Harrin and...

Linda Kay Wyatt

Linda Kay Wyatt

Nov 18, 2005

Asheville - Linda Kay Gentry Wyatt, 55, went home to be with the Lord Friday November 18, 2005 at her home after an extended illness. A native of Madison County, she had resided in Buncombe County since 1964. She was a daughter of Demania Lee Tweed Gentry of Marshall and was preceded in death by her Daddy Dewey Gentry....

Ivan K. Davis

Ivan K. Davis

Nov 16, 2005

Seneca, SC Ivan Kenneath Davis, 88, of 2004 Manila Drive, passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2005 at Brookside Nursing Center in Anderson, SC, following a period of declining health. A native of St. Clair County, AL. He was a former dispatcher for Winn-Dixie and a US Army Veteran of World War II. Mr. Davis was the son of the...