John Joseph Williams
May 8, 2003
Fairview - John Joseph Williams, 85, of 8 Robert Williams Road died Thursday May 8, 2003 at the Asheville V.A. Medical Center after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was the son of the late Robert and Minnie Sawyer Williams. He was a WWII Veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corp. and the...
Dorothy Bonham Colwell
May 6, 2003
Asheville - Dorothy Bonham Colwell, 87, of 105 Summer Glen Dr., died Tuesday, May 6, 2003 at Universal Health Care of Fletcher. She was a member of Oak Forest Presbyterian Church and during WW II she served in the Army Medical Corp as an Occupational Therapist. She was retired from Deerfield Episcopal Home. Mrs. Colwell was the daughter of...
Bonnie Thompson Hendren
May 5, 2003
Arden - Bonnie Sue Thompson Hendren, 92, a resident of The Oaks at Sweeten Creek died Monday May 5, 2003 at St. Joseph Hospital after a brief illness. A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late William Vance and Ella Mae Thompson and the wife of the late Isaac Shelby Hendren who died in 1936....
Pender Williams Jr.
May 4, 2003
Asheville - Pender Williams, Jr., 50, of 245 Cedar Hill Road, died Sunday May 4, 2003 at his residence. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was an U.S. Army Veteran and a son of Pender Williams, Sr. and Evelyn Grooms Williams of Asheville. Surviving in addition to his parents are his sister, Patricia Weiss and husband, Dr. Richard...
Dianne Tallant Martin
May 3, 2003
Asheville - Dianne Tallant Martin, 51, died Saturday May 3, 2003 at St. Josephs Hospital following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was a 1st grade School Teacher with Fairview Elementary School for 28 years, member of Delta Kappa Gamma Soriety and a member of Sunrise Baptist Church. She was a 1970 graduate...
Adrianne M. Sawyer
Apr 30, 2003
Crown Point, Indiana - Adrianne Marcelle Fisher Sawyer, 59, of 5029 East 107th Place died Wednesday, April 30, 2003 at her residence. A native of Thomasville, Georgia, she had resided in Asheville for a number of years. Mrs. Sawyer was a registered nurse and formerly employed with Memorial Mission Hospital, Appalachian Hall and Blue Ridge Mental Health Center. She...
Jessie M. Smith
Apr 29, 2003
Asheville - Jessie Mildred Crowder Smith, 70, of 487 Emma Road, died Tuesday April 29, 2003 at Mountain Area Hospice. A native of Swain County, NC. She had resided in Buncombe County most of her life. She was a former nurses aid in the Asheville area hospitals. Mrs. Smith was a daughter of the late Oscar Henry and Minnie...
Dale Lamar Pittman
Apr 21, 2003
Asheville - Dale Lamar Pittman, 65, of 49 Forest Lake Drive died Monday April 21, 2003 at the Laurels of Greentree Ridge after an extended illness. A native of St. Joseph County, In., he had resided in Buncombe County since 1979. He retired from Dodge Rockwell Automation in Weaverville after 37 years of service and was a member of...
Ollie Hudgins Davis
Apr 20, 2003
Fairview - Ollie Hudgins Davis, 88, of 1215 Upper Brush Creek Road, went to be with Jesus Sunday, April 20, 2003 at her residence. A native of Henderson County. She had lived most of her life in Buncombe County and was a charter member of Fairview Sharon United Methodist Church. She was a daughter of the late Thomas Carl...
Elizabeth "Lib" Smith
Apr 20, 2003
Asheville - Elizabeth Lib Smith, 80, of 26 Monroe Place, died Sunday April 20, 2003 at St. Josephs Hospital . A life long resident of Buncombe County. She was retired from Victoria Health Care Center and formerly employed with Farnam as a machine operator for 32 years. She was a daughter of the late Clingman William and Della Josephine...
John Henry Calloway
Apr 20, 2003
Asheville - John Henry Calloway , 82, of 380 Brevard Road died Sunday, April 20, 2003 at Aston Park Health Care Center. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army during W.W. II. While in the service he was in the Aleutian Islands Luzon. He received the Asiatic Pacific Theater Campaign Medal...
Howard Lee Simpson
Apr 19, 2003
Asheville - Howard Lee Simpson, 85, of Rock Hill Rd. died Saturday, April 19, 2003 at the Georgetown Memorial Hospital in Georgetown, S.C. following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was former owner & operator of the Simpson Lumber Company, was a member of Biltmore United Methodist Church and was a U.S. Navy...
Harold B. Lutz
Apr 19, 2003
Asheville - Harold B. Lutz, 79, of 330 Donnybrook Drive, died Saturday April 19, 2003 at Magnolia Health Care Center. A native of Chicago, IL. He had resided in Buncombe County for the past 18 years. He was an instrumental music teacher in Corpus Christi, TX and Salinas, CA. and an U.S. Army veteran serving in the Korean Conflict....
Justin Cecil "J.C." Tolley
Apr 19, 2003
Asheville - Justin Cecil Tolley, 84, of 163 Park Ave., died Saturday April 19, 2003 at his residence following a period of declining health. A native of Mitchell County, he had resided in Asheville most of his life. He retired in 1979 after 44 years of service with Southern Railway as a flagman and was a member of the...
Charlie Mae Collins
Apr 18, 2003
Arden - Charlie Mae Cannon Collins, 84, of 3864 Sweeten Creek Road, died Friday April 19, 2003 at The Oaks of Sweeten Creek following a period of decling health. A native of McDowell County, she had resided in Buncombe County since the mid 1940s. She retired in 1980 after 28 years of service with Memorial Mission Hospital as a...
Ruth Bugg Chapman
Apr 14, 2003
Candler- Ruth Little Ruthie Bugg Chapman, 87, recently of the Rickman Nursing Center of the WNC Baptist Retirement Home, and formerly of Israel Road, was gathered home into Jesus arms on Monday April 14, 2003 at Mountain Area Hospice after a brief illness. She was born in Haywood County, NC on March 28, 1916, the youngest daughter of Zora...
Patricia Jean Salonko
Apr 13, 2003
Asheville - Patricia Jean Ambrose Salonko, 70, died Sunday April 13, 2003 at the home of her daughter, Lucinda Conkright at 54 Oak Hill Drive. A native of Marion County, In., she had lived in Florida and was a member of First Wesleyan Church of Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. She was a daughter of the late Howard and Leatha Ambrose...
Lori June Bowman
Apr 11, 2003
Candler - Lori June Bowman, 44, of 56 Wildflower Dr., Lot 32, died Friday, April 11, 2003 at Mission St. Josephs Health System following a brief battle with cancer. A native of Kinston, she had lived in Buncombe County for most of her life. She was a 1977 graduate of A.C. Reynolds High School and was a member of...
Parris Earl "Pat" Wright
Apr 8, 2003
Fairview - Parris Pat Earl Wright, 90, of 12 Saylestown Road, died Tuesday April 8, 2003 at Fleshers Fairview Health Care Center. A life long resident of Buncombe County. He retired in 1976 from Sayles Biltmore Bleacheries after 35 years of service as a Craftsman and was a member of Laurel Pines Baptist Church. He was a son of...
Theodora "Theo" Wise
Apr 7, 2003
Asheville - Theodora Theo Morris Banks Wise, 83, of 115 Lees Creek Road died Monday April 7, 2003 at The Brian Center in Weaverville. A native of Madison County, she had lived most of her life in Buncombe County. She had worked for several Department Stores in the area and had served as the bookkeeper for the Wise Garage...
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