Lena Clark Hill
Feb 19, 2003
Leicester - Lena Clark Hill, 88, of 56 Hayes Cove Rd. died Wednesday February 19, 2003 at the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center following a brief illness. A native of Mitchell County. Mrs. Hill has resided in Buncombe County since 1942. She was formerly employed with Kellwood and was a member of Zion Hill Baptist Church where also member...
Esther Mccurry Jones
Feb 17, 2003
Asheville - Mary Esther McCurry Jones, 85, formerly of 290 Old County Home Road passed away Monday February 17, 2003 at Ivy Hill Assisted Living in Brevard after a period of declining health. A native of Asheville, she was a member of Deaverview Baptist Church for more than 55 years where she taught Sunday School and was a very...
Mary Elizabeth "Beth" Strom
Feb 16, 2003
Asheville - Mary Elizabeth Beth Lonberg Strom, 53, of 57 Nancy Street #3 died Sunday, February 16, 2003 at her residence following a period of declining health. A native of Jacksonville, Florida. She had resided in Eastern Tennessee and Colorado prior to moving to Asheville in December of 2000. Mrs. Strom was a writer of childrens stories and was...
Gloria "Cricket" Tweed
Feb 16, 2003
Arden - Gloria Gail "Cricket" Tate Tweed, 54, of 10 Forest Ridge Drive went to be with her savior Jesus Sunday, February 16, 2003 at the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center following a courageous battle with cancer. A native of Polk County, N.C. She had resided in Buncombe County for 53 years. Mrs. Tweed served as a School Counselor...
Barbara Evelyn Craig
Feb 16, 2003
Black Mtn. - Barbara Evelyn Craig, 60, of 31 Chestnut Hill Rd. was called Home to be with Jesus on Sunday, February 16, 2003 at Mission St. Josephs Health System after a long illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a member of Freedom Baptist Church, Black Mtn. Mrs. Craig was the daughter of the late Thomas...
Franklin D. Mcghee
Feb 15, 2003
Asheville - Franklin Dee McGhee, 66, of 8 Magnolia Ave. died Saturday, February 15, 2003 at Mission St. Josephs Health System. A lifelong resident of Buncombe Co., he was the owner/operator of Broadway Grocery. He was the son of the late Columbus and Altha Penley McGhee and he was also preceded in death by his sister, Mildred Snelson and...
Gertrude Price Case
Feb 15, 2003
Asheville - Gertrude Price Case, 68, of 87 Tremont Street died Saturday, February 15, 2003 at Mission St. Josephs Health System. A native of Henderson County, she had lived in Buncombe County most of her life. She was raised, along with her siblings, at the Baptist Orphanage of North Carolina at Thomasville and she was retired from Beacon Manufacturing....
Ruth Crowder Filkins
Feb 12, 2003
Asheville - Ruth Lee Crowder Filkins, 77, formerly of 41 Shelby Road died Wednesday February 12, 2003 at Aston Park Health Care Center after a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Asheville, she was a lifetime member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. She graduated from Emma School in 1942 and retired from Asheville Mfg. after 25 years...
Bobby Joe King
Feb 10, 2003
Asheville - Bobby Joe King, 67, of 2 Powers Dr. died Monday, February 10, 2003 at his residence. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he retired in 1997 from National Linen Corp as a Route Salesman. He was formerly employed with Swannanoa Laundry for 17 years and with Colonial Bakery for 16 years. He was a member of Crossroads...
Dennis Lee Owenby
Feb 9, 2003
Riverview, Florida - Dennis Lee Owenby, 50, formerly of Asheville passed away Sunday, February 9, 2003 in Riverview, Florida. A resident of Riverview since 1978, he was a member and past Master of the De Soto Masonic Lodge # 105. He was a member of the Scottish and York Rite Bodies of Tampa and was a member of the...
Iris Lanning Curry
Feb 9, 2003
Fairview - Iris Erma Lanning Curry, 75, of 90 Number Nine Road, died Sunday, February 9, 2003 at Memorial Mission Hospital following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she retired in 1980 as a Biology Teacher at A.C. Reynolds High School and had taught for over 25 years in Buncombe County. Following her retirement...
Ruth Wesley Brooks Edwards Rotowitz
Feb 7, 2003
Asheville - Ruth Wesley Brooks Edwards Rotowitz, 85, died Friday, February 7, 2003 at Mission St. Josephs Health System. Mrs. Rotowitz was born August 31, 1917 to the late William Curtis Brooks of Balsam and the late Myrtle Patton Brooks of Haywood County. She was a granddaughter of the late John Brooks and Mary Jane Ensley of Jackson County...
Ellen Irene Anderson
Feb 4, 2003
Asheville - Ellen Irene Anderson, 78, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday February 4, 2003 at Huntersville Oaks. She was born in Polk County, NC and was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was a member of Asheville Full Gospel Tabernacle and had retired from J.C. Penny after 20 years of service. She was a...
Georgia S. Boone
Feb 4, 2003
Fairview - Georgia Ruby Sales Boone, 80, of 142 Old Fort Rd. died unexpectantly Tuesday, February 4, 2003 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A lifelong resident of Buncombe Co., she was retired from Eaton Cutler Hammer Corp. after 10 years of service. She was a member of Laurel Pines Baptist Church where she was a member of the Adult Bible...
Lula Beatrice Rice
Feb 4, 2003
Asheville - Lula Beatrice Rice, 76, of 56 Oteen Church Rd. died Tuesday, February 4, 2003 at Mission St. Josephs Health System. A native of Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late George and Mary Alice Effler Rice. She was also preceded in death by a son, William Edward Rice, II. Surviving are her husband of 58...
Claude L. Bramlett
Jan 31, 2003
Asheville - Claude Lafayette Bramlett, 87, of 41 Rosemary Road, died Friday January 31, 2003 at Memorial Mission Hospital after a brief illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he retired from Globe Furniture Co. as the manager and after retirement worked a number of years with the Johnny Penland Auction Co. He was a member of...
Juanita Ledbetter Patterson
Jan 30, 2003
Woodfin - Juanita Ledbetter Patterson, 82, of 10 Revonda Drive died Thursday, January 30, 2003 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native of Missoula, Montana. She was raised in Henderson County and moved to Enka in 1942 where she lived most of her life. Mrs. Patterson moved to Hickory where she resided for 15 years prior to returning to Buncombe...
Winifred Arzela Willingham Banning
Jan 30, 2003
Florence, SC - Winifred Arzela Banning, 94, formerly of Asheville, died Thursday January 30, 2003 at McClouds Medical Center. A native of Elberton, GA, she had resided in Buncombe County since 1924 before moving to Florence in 1996. She retired in 1972 from Memorial Mission where she was house manager for the nurses quarters, a charter member of Grace...
Judy Chambers Williams
Jan 28, 2003
Arden - Judy Ernestine Teetle Chambers Williams, 80, of 8 Graceland Place died Tuesday January 28, 2003 at her home after an extended illness. A native of Spartanburg, S.C., she had lived most of her life in Buncombe County and retired from Gerber Ind. after 25 years of service. She was a daughter of the late Ernest Ruben and...
George Raymond Huntley
Jan 24, 2003
Leicester - George Raymond Huntley, 61, passed away suddenly, Friday January 24, 2003 at his residence. He was a native of Buncombe County and had resided in Sacramento, CA for 25 years prior to returning to Buncombe County in 1985. He was the son of the late Robert Huntley and Ora Cauble Huntley. He served four years in the...
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