Obituary Listing

Zella Mae Magdaline Neff

Zella Mae Magdaline Neff

Dec 26, 2003

Candler - Zella Mae Magdaline Stafford Neff, 82, took the hand of her Lord and went home on Friday December 26, 2003 at Mountain Area Hospice. A native of Knox County, TN She had lived most of her adult life in Buncombe County. She was a member of Clayton Avenue Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late...

James Bryan Rhodes

James Bryan Rhodes

Dec 26, 2003

Asheville - James Bryan Rhodes, 89, of 16 Elk Mountain Road died Friday, December 26, 2003 after a brief period of declining health. Bryan, a lifelong resident of Buncombe County, was a member and past deacon at Riverside Baptist Church and later became a member of Newbridge Baptist Church. He was a son of the late William Henderson and...

Tyrus Todd

Tyrus Todd

Dec 25, 2003

Asheville - Tyrus Todd, 87, died Thursday, December 25, 2003 at Beverly Health Care Center. A native of Toccoa, Georgia. He had resided in Asheville for most of his life.. He was a veteran of W.W.II, serving his country in the U.S. Army. Mr. Todd was a son of the late Coke Daniel and Alma Camp Todd and was...

Jack Newton Smith

Jack Newton Smith

Dec 24, 2003

Swannanoa - Jack Newton Smith, 81, of 137 Eastwood Ave, died Wednesday December 24, 2003 at Highland Farms Retirement Center. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He retired in 1983 following 38 years of service with Southern Railroad where at the time of his retirement was a switchman. He was a faithful member of Edgewood Baptist Church where member...

Jimmy Byron Skelton

Jimmy Byron Skelton

Dec 20, 2003

Asheville - Jimmy Byron Skelton, 72, of 80 Riverview Church Rd. died Saturday, December 20, 2003 at Aston Park Health Care Center. A native of Hartwell, GA, he had lived in Buncombe County for most of his life. He was the son of the late Elbert and Minnie Scott Skelton. Surviving are his wife, Dorothy Dricker Skelton of Asheville;...

Frances Virginia Peek Mashburn

Frances Virginia Peek Mashburn

Dec 19, 2003

Candler - Frances Virginia Peek Mashburn, 68, of 461 Case Cove Rd. went home to be with the Lord Friday, December 19, 2003 at her residence. A native of Macon County, she had resided in Buncombe County for most of her life. She was a member of Deaverview Evangelist Tabernacle. Mrs. Mashburn was the daughter of the late George...

Brian Keith Billings

Brian Keith Billings

Dec 19, 2003

Candler - Brian Keith Billings, 31, of Brookside Apts #1 died unexpectedly Friday December 19, 2003 at his residence. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was employed by the Barbecue Inn. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church where he was a teacher with the special needs class. He was a son of the late...

Joseph Granat

Joseph Granat

Dec 16, 2003

Asheville - Joseph Granat, 78, of 74 Sleepy Hollow Drive, died Tuesday December 16, 2003 at Mountain Area Hospice. A native of Philadelphia, PA., he had lived in Buncombe County since he was 19 years old. He was a W.W.II Army Veteran during the European Theatre. He retired in 1979 from the U.S. Air Weather Records Center in Asheville....

John Harrison Griffin Jr.

John Harrison Griffin Jr.

Dec 16, 2003

Candler - John Harrison Griffin, Jr. 79, formerly of 547 Asbury Road, died Tuesday, December 16, 2003 at Pisgah Manor Health Care Center. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was a son of the late John Harrison Griffin, Sr. and Bertha Ensley Griffin and husband of Martha Mae Gurley Griffin who died in 1974. Mr. Griffin retired in...

Maynard Walter Curtis

Maynard Walter Curtis

Dec 15, 2003

Asheville - Maynard Walter Curtis, 86, of 115 Raleigh Road died Monday December 15, 2003 at his home following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he retired from Bowman Transportation Co. after 29 years of service as a truck driver. He was a WWII veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corp. He was a...

Robert Francis Bradley

Robert Francis Bradley

Dec 15, 2003

Asheville - Robert Francis Bradley, 65, of 11 Melody Lane died Monday December 15, 2003 at St. Josephs Hospital after a brief illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a son of the late Harrison and Mary Della White Bradley Wyatt and a veteran of the USMC. Surviving are his wife, Hester Wheelon Bradley of...

Beatrice Wilson Phillips

Beatrice Wilson Phillips

Dec 14, 2003

Prosperity, SC - Beatrice Wilson Phillips, 81, of 18 Hidden Cove Lane went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 14, 2003 at Providence Hospital, Columbia, SC. A native of Buncombe County, she had lived most of her life there before moving to Prosperity ten years ago. Mrs. Phillips was retired from Magnavox and had attended Dreher...

"2003 Service Of Remembrance"

"2003 Service Of Remembrance"

Dec 13, 2003

To Our Valued Families, We invite you and your family to our fourth annual Service of Remembrance which will take place at 2 PM Saturday, December 13, 2003, in our chapel. This service is being held in memory of our families loved ones that we have had the privilege of serving since December 14, 2002. A reception will take...

Joseph Odell Browning

Joseph Odell Browning

Dec 13, 2003

Arden - Joseph Odell Browning, 64, of 29 Azalea Road, died unexpectantly Saturday December 13, 2003 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He retired in 1990 as a Communication Technician from Progress Energy (CP&L) after 30 years of service. Mr. Browning was a member of Arden Presbyterian Church and an U.S. Navy Veteran. He was...

Katie Smith Sams

Katie Smith Sams

Dec 11, 2003

Candler - Katie Smith Sams, 88, of 109 Liberty Rd. died Thursday, December 11, 2003 at Pisgah Manor Health Care Center. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County , she was formerly employed with the Salvation Army and was a member of the West Asheville Salvation Army. Mrs. Sams was the daughter of the late Lillie Maude Ramsey Smith and...

Hazel O. Forster

Hazel O. Forster

Dec 10, 2003

Fletcher - Hazel Roena Owens Forster, 95, of 35 Mt. Laurel Lane died Wednesday December 10, 2003 at Park Ridge Hospital after a brief illness. A native of Newport, TN. she had lived most of her life in the Asheville area. She was a member of The Chapel and had worked for 18 years at the Mary Rose Beauty...

Bertie Virginia Cauble Williams

Bertie Virginia Cauble Williams

Dec 10, 2003

Fletcher - Bertie Virginia Cauble Williams, 95, of 15 Wrights Meadow Drive went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 at Fleshers Fairview Health Care Center. Mrs. Williams was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County and was a member of Trinity of Fairview Baptist Church where she was a member of the Sunshine Sunday School Class....

Jessie Huffman

Jessie Huffman

Dec 9, 2003

Asheville - Jessie Matilda Gillespie Huffman, 89 died Tuesday December 9, 2003 at Samaritan Place Assisted Living Center. She was a daughter of the late John Adjar and Etta Ducworth Gillespie. She is survived by her brother William Harold Gillespie of West Union, SC.

Pauline B. "Nanny" Silver

Pauline B. "Nanny" Silver

Dec 9, 2003

Asheville - Pauline Bartlett Nanny Silver, 78, of 40 ODonald Road went to be with her Lord Tuesday, December 9, 2003 at Memorial Mission Hospital following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she and her husband were owners & operators of the National Frame and Body Shop and a member of Sunnyside Missionary Baptist...

Lafae Allen Lipe

Lafae Allen Lipe

Dec 8, 2003

Asheville - Lafae Bonnie Allen Lipe, 56, of 11 Brookdale Road, died unexpectedly Monday December 8, 2003 at her residence. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She attended Woodfin Church of God. Mrs. Lipe was a daughter of the late Roy Leonard Allen and Argie Virginia Lee Wheeler Allen and was also preceded in death by her sister, Vivian...