Obituary Listing

John K. Reeves

John K. Reeves

Jun 14, 2004

Hot Springs - John Kimberly Reeves, 76, of 65 Conway Avenue died Monday - June 14, 2004 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native of Madison County, he had lived in Buncombe County for several years before returning to Madison County. He retired from Graybar Electric Company after 30 years of service and was a veteran of the U.S. Air...

Bill W. Gentry

Bill W. Gentry

Jun 11, 2004

Candler - Bill W. Gentry, 67,of 14-A Heather Way died unexpectantly Friday, June 11, 2004 at Memorial Mission Hospital. Mr. Gentry was a native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was Owner & Operator of Erwin Hills Electric, former member of Victory Baptist Church, a veteran of the Korean War serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and member...

Odus Brockwell

Odus Brockwell

Jun 11, 2004

Asheville - Odus R. E. Brockwell, 74, of 118 Florida Avenue died Friday June 11, 2004 at his home after an extended illness. A native of Avery County he lived most of his life in Buncombe County. He was a member of Gods Filling Station and a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He was a son of the...

Zennie Louise Calloway

Zennie Louise Calloway

Jun 10, 2004

Asheville - Zennie Louise Thomas Calloway, 90, of 824 Swannanoa River Rd. went to be with her Lord Thursday, June 10, 2004 at the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center following a period of declining health. A native of Madison County. Mrs. Calloway had resided in Buncombe County most of her life and attended Oakley Gospel Tabernacle. She retired in...

David Lee Hannah

David Lee Hannah

Jun 8, 2004

Asheville - David Lee Hannah, 65, died Tuesday June 8, 2004 at Memorial Mission Hospital after an extended illness. A native of Haywood County, he had lived in Buncombe County most of his life and was a retired truck driver. He was a son of the late Fred and Zella Miller Hannah and was also preceded in death by...

Grayson Corneilus "Neal" Parton

Grayson Corneilus "Neal" Parton

Jun 8, 2004

Arden - Grayson Corneilus Neal Parton, 53, died Tuesday, June 8, 2004 . A lifelong resident of Buncombe County he was preceded in death by his mother, Bernice King Parton. Surviving are his father and step mother, Grason R. and Thelma H. Parton of Candler; fiancee and long time companion, Margaret Lewis of Arden; sister, Grady Alleen Brinkley of...

Velma Mae Radford

Velma Mae Radford

Jun 7, 2004

Asheville - Velma Mae Allen Radford, 76, of 27 Brickyard Road died Monday, June 7, 2004. Mrs. Radford was a native and resident most of her life of Buncombe County. She retired in 1987 following 20 years of service in the Housekeeping Deapartment of St. Josephs Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Lloyd Wade and Elizabeth Lizzie...

Onita Darcus Walker

Onita Darcus Walker

Jun 7, 2004

Asheville - Onita Darcus Walker, 85, of 160 Brickyard Road, went to be with Jesus Monday June 7, 2004 at Memorial Mission Hospital following an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She retired from Asheville, Mfg. Co. and was a member of Friendship Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Jay and Ada...

President Ronald Reagan

President Ronald Reagan

Jun 5, 2004

In memory of President Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States of America and in tribute to his wife Nancy and his children from our family at Anders-Rice Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimers Association, 31 College Place, Suite D320, Asheville, N.C. 28801 or to the Ronald Reagan Library Foundation, 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley,...

Pansy Hopson Brooks

Pansy Hopson Brooks

Jun 4, 2004

Trenton, Michigan - Pansy Hopson Brooks, 83, formerly of 1117 Brevard Road died Friday, June 4, 2004 at the Oakwood Skilled Nursing Center in Trenton, Michigan following a period of declining health. A native and resident of Buncombe County. She had resided in Michigan for the past 3 years. Mrs. Brooks was formerly employed with Krogers and was a...

Evelyn Raines Duckworth

Evelyn Raines Duckworth

Jun 4, 2004

Evelyn R. Duckworth Asheville - Evelyn Raines Duckworth, 66, formerly of 100 Cheerio Lane died Friday, June 4, 2004 at Mission Hospitals. A native of Haywood County, she had resided in Buncombe County for over 40 years. She was the daughter of the late Garland R. and Bonnie Della Stepp Raines and was also preceded in death by her...

Ray Bill Williams

Ray Bill Williams

Jun 4, 2004

Asheville - Ray Bill Williams, 72, of 7 Warren Avenue died Friday, June 4, 2004 at his residence after a short illness. A native of Rutherford County, he resided in Buncombe County for most of his life. He attended Covenant Community UMC and was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in the Korean War. Mr. Williams was the son of...

Maurice Norman Whitaker

Maurice Norman Whitaker

Jun 3, 2004

Weaverville - Maurice Norman Whitaker, 59, of 26 Sugar Hill Drive, died Thursday June 3, 2004 at Memorial Mission Hospital following a brief illness. A native of Buncombe County, he had lived in Raleigh for several years before moving back to Buncombe County. He retired from the North Carolina Department of Human Resources. He was a member of Central...

Marvin Hugh Yarborough

Marvin Hugh Yarborough

Jun 3, 2004

Hendersonville - Marvin Hugh Yarborough, 80, of 1422 Old Dana Road died Thursday, June 3, 2004 at the Four Seasons Hospice Elizabeth House. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was a member of Faith Tabernacle and the son of the late William Fred and Bessie Anne Clark Yarborough. He retired in 1986 from Marmel Tire Corp...

Donna Kay Collins

Donna Kay Collins

Jun 3, 2004

Asheville - Donna Kay Gasperson Collins, 57, of 20 Collins Mountain Dr. died Thursday, June 3, 2004 at Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem after a brief illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she, along with her husband, was the co-owner & operator of Collins Mountain Apts. Mrs. Collins was the daughter of Elizabeth Jenkins Gasperson Flynn of Candler and the...

Jimmie Donald Ledford

Jimmie Donald Ledford

Jun 3, 2004

Candler - Jimmy Donald Ledford, 73, of 725 Starnes Cove Road, died Thursday June 3, 2004 at his home following a period of declining health. A native of Rutherford County, he had resided in Buncombe County most of his life. He was a son of the late Edward Ledford and Gracie Roberts Ledford Boyd. He was also preceded in...

Christay A. Orr

Christay A. Orr

Jun 2, 2004

Asheville - Christay Ailene Ward Orr, 94, of 71 Ridgelawn Road died Wednesday June 2, 2004 at St. Josephs Hospital. A native of Mt. Airy, she resided in Asheville since 1955. She retired in 1985 as a private duty nurse and was a member of St. Georges Episcopal Church. She was a U.S. Army , Nursing Division veteran of...

Lothair Raymond Small

Lothair Raymond Small

May 29, 2004

Asheville - Lothair Raymond Small, 83, passed away on Saturday, May 29, 2004 at Givens Estates Health Care Center after an extended illness. Born July 7, 1920 to George and Mary Fagel Small in Shelbyville, Indiana and the last of thirteen children, Mr. Small graduated from Ball State Teachers College in the spring of 1942 and immediately enlisted in...

Melvin Lunsford

Melvin Lunsford

May 29, 2004

Candler - Melvin Lunsford, 74, of 345 Starnes Cove Rd. died Saturday, May 29, 2004 at Mission Hospitals. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a member of Midway Baptist Church. Mr. Lunsford was the son of the late Nelson Garfield and Pauline Gladys Sawyer Lunsford. He was also preceded in death by his sisters, Juanita...

Julia Anne Harris

Julia Anne Harris

May 29, 2004

Newnan, GA - Julia Anne Harris, 70, of 27 Richmond Place, formerly of Asheville, died Saturday, May 29, 2004 at West Georgia Hospice, La Grange, GA. A native of Buncombe County, Mrs. Harris was the daughter of the late Joseph Lester and Lois Brown Carter and the wife of the Ronald Coleman Harris. Surviving are her son, Bruce Harris...