Obituary Listing

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...

Charles Edward Sircey

Charles Edward Sircey

Aug 5, 2004

Canton - Charles Edward Sircey, 50, of 662 Holder Branch Rd. died Thursday, August 5, 2004 at Silver Bluff Village following a short illness. A native of Trenton, NJ, he had resided in Buncombe County for most of his life. Mr. Sircey was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp, serving during Vietnam with the rank of Sergeant. He...

Charles Richard Ray

Charles Richard Ray

Aug 3, 2004

Candler - Charles Richard Ray, 67, of 549 Case Cove Road, went to be with his Lord on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 at Emerald Ridge Rehab and Care Center following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he retired in 1987 from the Asheville Citizen-Times following 34 years of service. Following his retirement from the...

Harold Reese Debruhl

Harold Reese Debruhl

Jul 30, 2004

Asheville - Harold Reese DeBruhl, 79, of 264 Smith Road went to be with his Lord Friday July 30, 2004 at his home following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He retired as President of the DeBruhl Agency with whom he was affiliated with for over 40 years. He was a Real Estate Broker...

Virgil Ambrose Banks

Virgil Ambrose Banks

Jul 30, 2004

Weaverville - Virgil Ambrose Banks, 77, of 23 Monnie Jones Road died Friday July 30, 2004 at St. Josephs Hospital after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a U.S. Army Veteran of Ww II where served as a Military Policeman. He was a son of the late Edward and Bonnie Watkins Banks...

Jennie Lou Hood

Jennie Lou Hood

Jul 30, 2004

Asheville - Jennie Lou Sherlin Bryson Hood, 79, formerly of 75 Haywood Street, Vanderbuilt Apts. died Friday, July 30, 2004 at the Blue Ridge Rehabilitation and Health Care Center following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was formerly employed as a cook with the Buncombe County Child Development and attended Christian Missionary Alliance...

Lloyd Edward Williams Sr.

Lloyd Edward Williams Sr.

Jul 29, 2004

Asheville - Lloyd Edward Williams, Sr., 82, of 1337 Merrimon Ave. died Thursday, July 29, 2004 at the Hospice Solace Center. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a veteran of the United States Army Air Corp, serving during WW II. Mr. Williams was a member of First Baptist Church of Asheville for 53 years and...

James Edwin "Sonny" Hensley

James Edwin "Sonny" Hensley

Jul 28, 2004

Asheville - James Edwin Sonny Hensley, 68, of 34 Cherokee Road died Wednesday July, 28 at St. Josephs Hospital after a short illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was employed with Putmans Body Repair and was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp. He was a son of the late Edwin Fred Hensley and Hazel Lucille Roberts...

Lois Bowers Davis

Lois Bowers Davis

Jul 28, 2004

Asheville - Lois E. Bowers Davis, 90, died peacefully Wednesday, July 28. Born in Hart Co., Ga., she moved to Asheville with her family as a young girl. She was the eldest daughter of the late Rev. Sanford Delton and Arlie Scott Bowers. She was preceded in death by her husband Bennie H. Davis and her three sons: Homer...

Rev. James Allen Mason

Rev. James Allen Mason

Jul 26, 2004

Old Fort - Rev. James Allen Mason, 59, of 188 Triton Way went home to be with his Savior, Jesus Christ Monday July 26, 2004 after an extended illness. A native of Alexander, he had resided in Old Fort for the past 8 years and was a member of Catawba Falls Baptist Church. He was a Vietnam Era veteran...