Obituary Listing

Joan Parham

Joan Parham

Jan 10, 2004

Swannanoa - Joan Parham, 66, of 434 Lytle Cove Rd. died Saturday, January 10, 2004 at Mission Hospitals. A native of McDowell County, she had lived in Buncombe County for most of her life. She was the daughter of the late George and Emma Bright. Surviving are her daughter, Revonda Kay Willis of Arden; sons, Samuel Bruce Parham and...

Shirley Boyd Knight Mcclain

Shirley Boyd Knight Mcclain

Jan 6, 2004

Asheville - Shirley Oleva Boyd Knight McClain, 68, of 130 Dorchester Avenue died Tuesday January 6, 2004 at her home after a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a former school teacher in the Asheville City School System where she worked until she left to help her son manage the Depot Restaurant. She...

Clarence "Cub" Williams

Clarence "Cub" Williams

Jan 6, 2004

Candler - Clarence Cub Williams, 82, of 10 Glencliff Road died Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at Memorial Mission Hospital following a period of declining health. A native of Graham County, he resided in Buncombe County since 1973. He retired from Select Foods after 29 years of service. During his retirement he enjoyed woodcrafting and specialized in making seagulls. He...

Karen Sue Blinderman

Karen Sue Blinderman

Jan 6, 2004

Asheville - Karen Sue Blinderman, 45, of 337 North Emerald Road II3 Greenwood, SC. died Tuesday January 6, 2004 at St. Josephs Hospital after a brief illness. A native of Miami, FL. she was raised in Asheville NC. She was a graduate of Warren Wilson College and had taught school in the Greenwood County Schools for the past 18...

Alta Leona Allman

Alta Leona Allman

Jan 5, 2004

Mars Hill - Alta Leona Allman, 103, of 50 Manor Rd. died Monday, January 5, 2004 at Madison Manor Nursing Home. Miss Allman was a native of Madison County and had lived there for most of her life. She was a member of Grandview Baptist Church where she was a member of the Ladies Adult Sunday School Class. She...

Dan Mitchell Jenkins

Dan Mitchell Jenkins

Jan 4, 2004

Asheville - Dan Mitchell Jenkins, 91, of 601 Beaverdam Road died Sunday, January 4, 2004 at The Laurels of Greentree Ridge following a brief illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was a retired plumber, a member of Beaverdam Baptist Church and a member of Royal Arcanum Rhododendron Council #701. He was the son of the...

Ralph Thomas Case

Ralph Thomas Case

Jan 2, 2004

Arden - Ralph Thomas Case, 88, of 2533 Hendersonville Rd., Crescent View Retirement Center, Apt. #305 died Friday, January 2, 2004 at St. Josephs Hospital following a short illness. A Native of Asheville. Mr. Case was a veteran of W.W. II, Korea and Vietnam and retired following 23 years of service in the U.S. Navy where at the time...

Lois Allen Greene

Lois Allen Greene

Jan 2, 2004

Candler - Lois Allen Greene, 85, of 177 Rhinehart Road died Friday January 2, 2004 at Memorial Mission Hospital after a brief illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a member of Liberty Baptist Church where she had been active in the WMU and had formerly been a Sunday School Teacher. She had retired from American Enka...

Sarah Ruth Elliott

Sarah Ruth Elliott

Jan 1, 2004

Asheville - Sarah Mae Ruth Elliott, 64, of 49 Ben Lippen Road died Thursday January 1, 2004 from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was an accomplished pianist having taught music and played for various churches. She was a daughter of the late Samuel Ebenezer and Willie Mae Barclay Ruth and...

Clarence Marvin "Pop" Lively Sr.

Clarence Marvin "Pop" Lively Sr.

Dec 30, 2003

Arden - Clarence Marvin Pop Lively, Sr., 80, of 15 Holly Acres Drive, died Tuesday, December 30, 2003 following an extended illness. A native of Atlanta, GA. Mr. Lively was a retired plumber and carpenter and was of the Baptist faith. He honored his country by serving in the U.S. Army and was preceded in death by a stepson,...

Annie Faye Hill

Annie Faye Hill

Dec 29, 2003

Asheville - Annie Faye Hill, 63, of 10 Dove Haven Dr. died Monday, December 29, 2003 at St. Josephs Hospital, Asheville. A native of Rutherford County, she had resided in Buncombe County for the past 28 years. She was a member of Shingle Hollow Congregational Church of Rutherford County and attended the Pentecostal Tabernacle, Montford Ave., Asheville. Miss Hill...

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...