Obituary Listing

Dorothy Kuykendall Lawrence

Dorothy Kuykendall Lawrence

Sep 11, 2004

Asheville - Dorothy Mae Kuykendall Lawrence, 84 of 35 N. Griffing Blvd. died Saturday September 11, 2004 at the Oaks of Sweeten Creek after a period of declining health. A native of Taylorsville, she was a lifelong resident of Asheville. She was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church since 1932 and served as the Secretary and Treasurer from...

Joy Allison King

Joy Allison King

Sep 10, 2004

Fletcher - Joy Allison King, 37, of 3 Hudson Lane, died unexpectedly Friday, September 10, 2004. In memory of my loving wife, Joy. You were the love of my life, for every day your beautiful smile and your caring and thoughtfull ways you were with everyone that knew you. I know that God has taken you to a better...

Joy Christine Burns Brooks

Joy Christine Burns Brooks

Sep 8, 2004

Enka - Joy Christine Burns Brooks, 62, of 31 Orchard Street died Wednesday, September 8, 2004 at Duke University Medical Center following a brief illness. A native of Woodfin and a resided in Enka for the past 35 years. She was preceded in death by her mother, Ida Irene Belt Burns and her father, Benjamin Tilman Burns. Mrs. Brooks...

Martin Ray "Marty" Green

Martin Ray "Marty" Green

Sep 8, 2004

Columbus - Martin Marty Ray Green, 67, of 369 John Weaver Road, died Wednesday, September 8, 2004 at his residence, after a period of declining health. Mr. Green was born on July 3, 1937 in Providence KY, and was the son of the late Clarence M. Green and Mary Alice Elingburg. He was also the step-son of the late...

Margaret Harriet Buckner Jones

Margaret Harriet Buckner Jones

Sep 7, 2004

Asheville - Margaret Harriet Buckner Jones, 80, of 144 Macedonia Rd. died Tuesday, September 7, 2004 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A life long resident of Buncombe County, she was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. Mrs. Jones was the daughter of the late Augusta and Gertrude Embler Buckner and was also preceded in death by her...

Katherine Horton

Katherine Horton

Sep 6, 2004

Asheville - Della Katherine Ballinger Horton, 86, of 12 Westwood Place died Monday, September 6, 2004 at the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center following a brief illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. Mrs. Horton was a Homemaker, a member of Bent Creek Baptist Church and for the past few years had attended Westwood Baptist Church. She was a...

Mildred Rice Jones

Mildred Rice Jones

Sep 6, 2004

Asheville - Mildred Mae Calloway Rice Jones, 80, of 345 Weaverville Highway died Monday, September 6, 2004 at her residence following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County and a daughter of the late Charlie Columbus Calloway and Flossie Tesner Calloway and was also preceded in death by her grandson, Frankie. She reitired in 1978...

Joseph Clyde Lonon Jr.

Joseph Clyde Lonon Jr.

Sep 4, 2004

Asheville - Joseph Clyde Lonon, Jr., 69, of Altamont Apts. #53 passed away Saturday, September 4, 2004 at his residence. A native of McDowell County, he was the son of the late Joseph Clyde Lonon, Sr. and Easter Jolley Lonon. He was also preceded in death by his brothers, Charles and Marion Lonon and great grandson, Zebadiah Southerland. Surviving...

Margaret Bartlett Hall

Margaret Bartlett Hall

Aug 23, 2004

Arden - Margaret June Holcombe Bartlett Hall, 86, died Monday August 23, 2004 at her home following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was formerly employed with Southern Bell as a switchboard operator, worked for M.V. Moore Co. in retail sales and with Bon Marche in the Ladies Dept. for a number of...

Rose L. Pierce

Rose L. Pierce

Aug 23, 2004

Asheville - Rose Virginia Lack Pierce, 85, of 2 Cypress Drive, died Monday, August 23, 2004 in Park Ridge Hospital following a short illness. A native of West Chester, PA, she had resided in Asheville for the past 18 years. She was a member of Oakley Baptist Church, where a member of the Golden Circle Sunday School Class. She...

Paul Nelson Masters

Paul Nelson Masters

Aug 22, 2004

Asheville - Paul Nelson Masters, 79, died Sunday August 22, 2004 at Aston Park Health Care Center after a brief illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a U.S. Army Veteran of WWII. He retired from Hajoca Co. after 23 years of service and attended Edgewood Baptist Church. He was a son of the late...

Aida Thelma Lind Smith

Aida Thelma Lind Smith

Aug 20, 2004

Asheville - Aida Thelma Lind Smith, 81, of 82 Oakwood Place passed away Friday, August 20, 2004. Ida was born in Brownsville, Texas and was assisted into this world by her own grandfather, A.G. Padilla who was the attending physician. She was the daughter of the late Marie Guadalupe Padilla Lind Smith and Carl John Lind. She was also...

Mary Eddy Smith

Mary Eddy Smith

Aug 17, 2004

Asheville - Mary Eddy Gibson Smith, 81, of 14 Club Street, died Tuesday, August 17, 2004 in Memorial Mission Hospital after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was the daughter of the late George and Daisy Ingle Gibson and the wife of Joseph Eric Smith, who passed away in 1984. She was also...

Ruth L. Mills

Ruth L. Mills

Aug 17, 2004

Arden - Ruth Alvenia Laing Mills, 86, of 3864 Sweeten Creek Road went to be with her Lord, Tuesday August 17, 2004, at The Oaks at Sweeten Creek following a period of declining health. A native of Largo, FL. She had resided in Asheville most of her life and was a member of First Baptist Church where she was...

Charles James Blankenship

Charles James Blankenship

Aug 15, 2004

Asheville - Charles James Blankenship, 68, of 81 Stradley Mountain Road died and went to join his beloved grandson, Trent Hamilton, Sunday August 15, 2004 at his home after a brief illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a long time member of Bent Creek Baptist Church and had a fine singing voice and a...

Ada Lavada Cole

Ada Lavada Cole

Aug 15, 2004

Asheville - Ada Lavada Lewis Cole formerly of 123 School Road, Oakley, died Sunday, August 15, 2004 at the Alterra Clare Bridge of Asheville. A native and resident for most of her life of Buncombe County. She retired in 1976 from C.P. Claire Company when she along with her husband moved to Tucker, GA where they resided until returning...

Helen Lucille Dalton

Helen Lucille Dalton

Aug 12, 2004

Candler - Helen Johnson Dalton, 75, of 200 Tunnel Road, died Thursday, August 12, 2004 in the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a member of Grace Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late Parker and Annie Cook Johnson, and the wife of Carroll...

Gloria Jean Mclaughlin

Gloria Jean Mclaughlin

Aug 9, 2004

Asheville - Gloria Jean McLaughlin, 61, of 6 Morris Place, died Monday, August 9, 2004 in Memorial Mission Hospital after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was the daughter of the late Harry Dean and Minnie Hodge Dean Frady. Survivng are her husband, Eugene McLaughlin; a daughter, Brenda Gann and husband Jimmy of...

John Charles Grant

John Charles Grant

Aug 9, 2004

Asheville - John Charles Grant, 85, died Monday August 9, 2004 at his home after a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he retired from Southern Railway and was a U.S. Army Veteran of WWII. He was a 32nd Degree Lifetime Member of Nichols - West Asheville Masonic Lodge A.F. & A.M. #650. He was...

Martin Roland "Marty" Jones

Martin Roland "Marty" Jones

Aug 6, 2004

Candler - Martin Marty Roland Jones, 45, of 16 Poplar Acres Dr., Candler, died Friday, August 6, 2004 at Mission Hospitals after an extended illness. A native of Hendersonville, NC, Marty lived in Colorado, California, Alabama and Tennessee before settling in Western North Carolina 20 years ago. He and his wife and daughters are members of Unity Church of...