Obituary Listing

Edward Eugene "Ed" Biddix

Edward Eugene "Ed" Biddix

Apr 2, 2004

Asheville - Edward Ed Eugene Biddix, 62, of 695 Pearson Bridge Rd., Lot #12 died Friday, April 2, 2004 at his residence. A native of Buncombe County, he had resided there for most of his life. He was a member of the Salvation Army and a former musician with Ludwig Drums and Harmonica. A veteran of the U.S. Army,...

Harriette Frances Covell

Harriette Frances Covell

Apr 2, 2004

Asheville - Harriette Frances Covell, 88, of 1 Battle Square, Battery Park Apts. died Friday, April 2, 2004. A daughter of the late Samuel and Dora Tabakin, she was born December 10, 1915 in Haddonfield, NJ. and was a graduate of New Jersey College for Women (now Rutgers). Ms. Covell was formerly a long-time resident of Barrington, RI. where...

Ethel Emery

Ethel Emery

Mar 31, 2004

Asheville - Ethel Rosetta Hughes Emery, 84, formerly of 200 Tunnel Road, died Wednesday March 31, 2004 at Margaret Pardee Hospital following a period of declining health. A native of McDowell Co. She had resided in Buncombe County most of her life and was a member of Deaverview Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Clayton Lewis...

Mary Frances Chittick

Mary Frances Chittick

Mar 31, 2004

Asheville - Mary Frances Sherlin Chittick, 75, of 165 South French Broad Ave. died Wednesday, March 31, 2004 at her residence. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was a daughter of the late Paul and Marjorie Davis Sherlin. Mrs. Chittick was a graduate of Lee Edwards High School and attended St. Lawrence Catholic Church. Surviving are...

Perry W. Clark

Perry W. Clark

Mar 30, 2004

Asheville - Perry Wesley Clark, 73, of 8 Louisville Place died Tuesday, March 30, 2004 at Mission Hospitals following a short illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a member of Westwood Baptist Church, a U.S. Navy veteran of WW II, and was employed for 30 years as a fork lift operator with Asheville Wastepaper Co. Mr....

Walter Murdock Chockley Jr.

Walter Murdock Chockley Jr.

Mar 30, 2004

Asheville - Walter Murdock Chockley, Jr., 92, of the Oaks of Sweeten Creek, formerly of 22 Covington St., died Tuesday, March 30, 2004 at the Oaks of Sweeten Creek. A native of Buncombe County, he was A U.S. Army veteran of WW II and was a retired painting contractor. He was a member of the Christian Missionary Alliance Church....

Eugene Debbs "Gene" Stockton

Eugene Debbs "Gene" Stockton

Mar 28, 2004

Candler - Eugene Gene Debbs Stockton, 81, of 1 Glencliff Road died Sunday March 28, 2004 at the Asheville V.A. Medical Center following a long period of declining health. A native of Madison County, he resided in Buncombe County most of his life. He was formerly owner and operator of the Enloe-Stockton Florist in West Asheville. Mr. Stockton was...

Leatha Messer Autrey

Leatha Messer Autrey

Mar 28, 2004

Candler- Our mother, Leatha Mae Messer Autrey, 79, went home to be with the Lord Sunday March 28, 2004 at Pisgah Manor Nursing Home after a short illness. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends who knew and loved her. A lifetime resident of Buncombe County, she was born June 15, 1924 to the late Edward...

Clyde B. Williams

Clyde B. Williams

Mar 26, 2004

Leicester - Clyde Benjamin Williams, 87, of Newfound Road died Friday March 26, 2004 at the Oaks of Sweeten Creek after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a son of the late Gordon Charles Williams, Sr. and Lavada Taylor Williams and the husband of the late Myrtle Hill Mills Williams. He was...

Michael D. "Mike" Smith

Michael D. "Mike" Smith

Mar 26, 2004

Asheville - Michael David Smith, Jr., 78, of 22 Ballantree Drive, died Friday March 26, 2004 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He retired in 1996 as co-owner / owner and operator of R&W Inc. after 38 years. He was a member of Merrimon Ave. Baptist Church where he was a Deacon and had been...

Maye Helms Crosby

Maye Helms Crosby

Mar 25, 2004

Asheville - Anna Maye Helms Crosby, 67, of 547 Elida Home Rd., Compton Place Apts. # 112 died Thursday, March 25, 2004. A native and resident of Buncombe County most of her life. She was a devoted and loving mother and a member of Gospel Tabernacle. Mrs. Crosby was a daughter of the late John Thomas Helms and Ollie...

Etta Bell Roberts Cox

Etta Bell Roberts Cox

Mar 25, 2004

West Asheville - Etta Bell Cox, 93, of 90 State Street died Thursday, March 25, 2004 at Magnolia Health Care Center. A native of Madison County, she was the daughter of the late John and Ruanna Ledford Roberts and was the wife of the late Charlie Clayton Cox. She was also preceded in death by her sisters, Sudie Carter,...

Eula Letterman Lambert

Eula Letterman Lambert

Mar 23, 2004

Cherokee - Eula Letterman Lambert, 94, formerly of 27 Virginia Ave., West Asheville, died Tuesday, March 23, 2004 at her residence in Whittier, NC. A native of Yancey County. Mrs. Lambert resided in West Asheville for most of her life before moving to Whittier 11 years ago. She served at West Asheville Baptist Church in the Nursery for 55...

Alvin Harold Lovin

Alvin Harold Lovin

Mar 22, 2004

Asheville - Alvin Harold Lovin, 90, of Aston Park Health Care Center died Monday March 22, 2004 at St. Josephs Hospital after a period of declining health. A native of Yancey County, he had lived in Madison County prior to moving to Buncombe County in 1952. He retired from Blaylock Lumber Co. and was a U.S. Army veteran of...

Mack Wesley Angel

Mack Wesley Angel

Mar 21, 2004

Leicester - Mack Wesley Angel, 80, of 90 Griffin Branch Road died peacefully in his sleep Sunday March 21, 2004. A native of Yancey County. He had resided in Buncombe County most oh his life. Mack was a deputy for the Buncombe County Sheriffs Department for many years. He was an avid sportsman and spent much of his time...

Grady Dehart "Granny" Conner

Grady Dehart "Granny" Conner

Mar 15, 2004

Fairview - Grady DeHart Granny Conner, 98, died Monday, March 15, 2004 at the home she lived at for nine years with her granddaughter and her husband, Becky and Marvin McIntosh and family, at 330 Lower Brush Creek Rd. on March 15, 2004. Born April 18, 1905, in Macon County, she was the oldest of ten children, the daughter...

Dale W. Parker

Dale W. Parker

Mar 14, 2004

Asheville - Dale Washington Parker, 76, of 42 Rocky Ridge Road, died Sunday March 14, 2004 at Memorial Mission Hospital following a period of declining health. A native and resident of Buncombe County for most of his life, he was formerly employed with Buck Stove Co. and American Enka Corporation. He was a member of Sardis United Methodist Church...

Brezell Bonnie Anderson

Brezell Bonnie Anderson

Mar 12, 2004

Asheville - Brezell Bonnie Anderson was born June 13, 1920 in the Beech Glen Community near Mars Hill to Carl Kenneth Gardner and Christina Chambers Gardner, both now deceased. She married Wayne Anderson (now deceased) in 1938 and is survived by one son, Donald Wayne Anderson and his wife Barbara Anderson. Mrs. Anderson worked for Mills Manufacturing, Madison County...

Betty Carol Banks

Betty Carol Banks

Mar 11, 2004

Asheville - Betty Carol Arrington Banks, 72, of 36 Skyland Circle went home to be with her Lord, at her home Thursday March 11, 2004. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter and sister. She was formerly employed with Woodfin Elementary School Cafeteria. She was a member of Elk Mountain Baptist Church...

Earsley Mae Tesner

Earsley Mae Tesner

Mar 11, 2004

Asheville - Earsley Mae Tesner, 79, went to be with her Lord Thursday, March 11, 2004 at her home following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County and a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Miss Tesner retired after 45 years of service in retail sales and at the time of her retirement was employed...