Agnes Marie Lunsford
Jun 15, 2003
Asheville - Agnes Marie Worley Lunsford, 85, died Sunday June 15, 2003 at the Aston Park Health Care Center following a period of declining health. A native of Madison County, she resided in Buncombe County since 1950. She was a homemaker, formerly employed by Mars Manufacturing Co. as an inspector and attended Mountain View Church. She was a daughter...
Shirley Mae Lazarus
Jun 14, 2003
Asheville - Shirley Mae Lazarus, 91, died Saturday June 14, 2003 at St. Josephs Hospital. A native of Keystone, W.VA. She was a daughter of the late Israel and Sarah Lazarus and was a graduate of William and Mary College in Williamsburg, VA. Her entire life was dedicated to the teaching of children in the Keystone Elementary School System....
Billy Layron Lanford
Jun 8, 2003
Asheville - Bill Layron Lanford, 68, died Sunday, June 8, 2003 at the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center. A lifelong resident of Buncombe Co., he was the son of the late John Olan Lanford and Dollie Lunsford Lanford Davis and was the husband of the late Mary Ann Brower Lanford who died in 1991. Surviving are his daughter, Billie...
Jessie Lee Bailey
Jun 6, 2003
Swannanoa - Jessie Lee Bailey, 82, of 4 Valley View died Friday, June 6, 2003 at Memorial Mission Hospital following a brief illness. A native of Madison County. She had resided in Buncombe County most of her life and retired from Asheville Manufacturing Co. where she was a seamstress. Mrs. Bailey was a daughter of the late Morrison Young...
James Wayne Hensley
Jun 5, 2003
Leicester - James Wayne Hensley, 87, of 201 Dix Creek Road #1, died Thursday June 5, 2003 at Memorial Mission Hospital after an extended illness. A native of Madison County, he lived most of his life in Buncombe County and was of the Baptist Faith. He was a WWII veteran of the U.S. Army having served with Co. A,...
Patricia Ann "Trish" Arrington
Jun 4, 2003
Candler - Patricia Ann Trish Arrington, 35, beloved, mother, daughter and friend, of 370 Reeves Cove Road, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday June 4, 2003 at Mountain Area Hospice. She had lived in Buncombe County most of her life and was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. She was the daughter of Henry and Peggy Gillespie Arrington...
Scott Daniel Boone Sr.
Jun 2, 2003
Fairview - Scott Daniel Boone, Sr., 82, of 142 Old Fort Road died Monday, June 2, 2003 at the Fleshers Fairview Health Care Center following a period of declining health. A native of Yancey County. He had resided in Buncombe County most of his life. Mr. Boone was a Disabled Veteran of W.W. II having served in the U.S....
Florence Brown Merrill Pilcher
Jun 2, 2003
Fairview - Florence Brown Merrill Pilcher, 70, of 841-B Charlotte Hwy, died Monday June 2, 2003 at Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center following a period of declining health. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she attended Fairview Calvary Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late George Homer and Annie Mae Brown. Surviving are her husband,...
Eulas Ben Sexton
Jun 1, 2003
Candler - Eulas Ben Sexton, 90, of 23 Acton Woods Road, died Sunday June 1, 2003 at his residence. A native of Newport, TN. He had lived most of his life in Buncombe County. He was a member of Crossroads Assembly of God. He was a son of the late Ike Sexton and Ethel Blazer Sexton Webb. He was...
Zebadiah Oliver Southerland
May 29, 2003
Asheville - Zebadiah Oliver Southerland, 10 months old was called home to heaven to be with Jesus Christ his Lord on May 29th 2003, one month to date after his Great Great Grandmother Annie Marie Blazer Ball passed as well as his 1st cousin Christian Coty Southerland. He attended North Asheville Baptist Church. Zebadiah succumbed after and on going,...
Joseph Mueller Meserve
May 28, 2003
Asheville - Joseph Mueller Meserve, 83, of 9 Chadwick Wade Dr. died Wednesday, May 28, 2003 at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville. A native of Greenville, IL, he was a retired Captain from the U.S. Air Force, serving in WW II and Korea. He was the former Chief of the Climatic Analysis Section of the National Weather...
Katherine Lorene Keever
May 25, 2003
Fairview - Katherine Lorene Keever, 65, of 492 Sharon Road Lot #11 died Sunday May 25, 2003 at her home. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a retired nurses assistant. She was a daughter of the late William Luther and Pearl Elizabeth Shuffler Searcy and the wife of the late Lester Ray Keever. She was also preceded...
Robert Dawson Carter
May 24, 2003
Candler - Robert Dawson Carter, 23, died unexpectedly Saturday, May 24, 2003. Rob was a most beloved son, brother, grandson, nephew, neighbor and friend to everyone he ever met. He is survived and greatly missed by his immediate family: mother and stepfather, Candace L. and Robert W. Decker, Jr. of Weaverville; father and step mother, Bruce D. and Paula...
Mary Alice Lewis Elingburg
May 21, 2003
Skyland - Mary Alice Lewis Elingburg, 83, died Wednesday, May 21, 2003 at Fleshers Fairview Health Care. A native of Fredonia, KY, she had lived in Buncombe County since 1957. She was a member of Skyland Baptist Church and was retired from Taylor Instruments. Mrs. Elingburg was the daughter of the late Shirdie Virgil Lewis and Ruth Anna Belt...
Jimmy Dale Messer
May 20, 2003
Asheville - Jimmy Dale Messer, 41 of 15 Shelby Road went to be with the Lord Tuesday May 20, 2003 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was a son of the late Carlee and Mary Dean Hyder Messer. He was a 1980 graduate of A.C. Reynolds High School and worked in construction. Surviving are...
Howard Cecil "Bill" Wood Sr.
May 18, 2003
Asheville - Howard Cecil Bill Wood, Sr., 82, of 82 Pisgah View Road, Lot #21 died Sunday, May 18, 2003 at the Magnolia Health Care Center following an extended illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County he retired from American Enka Corp. He was a member of Westwood Baptist Church and was a U.S. Army Veteran. He was the...
I. C. Nesbitt
May 18, 2003
Fairview - I. C. Nesbitt, 94, of 1110 Old Fort Rd. died Sunday, May 18, 2003 at Fleshers Fairview Family Health Care. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he had worked for the State of North Carolina and was a farmer. He was a member of Spring Mountain Baptist Church. Mr. Nesbitt was the son of the late Ben...
Alda Rogers Mcfalls
May 17, 2003
Asheville - Alda Marie McFalls, 66, of 31 Ocala Street, died Saturday May 17, 2003 at her residence. She was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was a member of Light of Life World Outreach Center and the daughter of the late Wayne William and Annie Mae Henderson Rogers. Mrs. McFalls was the wife of the late Burnice...
Evelyn Slagle "Aunt Jo" Wilson
May 16, 2003
Fairview - Evelyn Josephine Slagle Wilson, 92, of 101 Spring Mountain Road, died Friday May 16, 2003 at Asheville Health Care. She was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County and a charter member of Cedar Mountain Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late Solomon Monroe and Grace Leota Shroat Slagle and wife of the late Cecil William...
Louella Bagwell Corn
May 14, 2003
Asheville - Louella Bagwell Corn, 96, of Asheville died Wednesday, May 14, 2003 at the Aston Park Health Care Center following a period of declining health. A native of Spartanburg, S.C. She had resided in Asheville for most of her life. Mrs. Corn retired from Memorial Mission Hospital where she served as an operating room technician, was formerly employed...
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