Katherine Anders
Dec 1, 2002
Alexander - Katherine Mason Anders, 76, of 11 Tyler Cove unexpectedly went home to be with Jesus on Sunday December 1, 2002. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she retired from Schandlers Pickle Barrel and was a member of Paynes Chapel Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Dewey Clinton and Hester Camby Mason and...
Albert Clubb
Nov 29, 2002
Alexander - Albert Clubb, 75, of 16 Sweet Pea Drive, died Friday November 29, 2002 at Asheville V.A. Medical Center. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was formerly employed with Beacon Manufacturing Company and was a member of Cedar Hill Baptist Church, Alexander. He was a W.W.II Army Veteran serving in the Philippines and was a member of...
Lloyd B. Elliott
Nov 29, 2002
Asheville - Lloyd Bryan Lighting Elliott, 67, of 49 Ben Lippen Road, died Friday November 29, 2002 at Mission St. Josephs Health System following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He retired in 1991 from M.B. Haynes Electrical Corp. with whom he was employed for over 30 years. He attended Erwin Hills Baptist Church...
Jack "Bo" Mckinney
Nov 27, 2002
Leicester - Jack Hugh Bo McKinney, 59, of 168 Moores Valley Rd. died Wednesday, November 27, 2002. A native of Tampa, Fl. he resided in Centerville, Tn. for 20 years prior to moving to Buncombe County in 1987. He was a son of the late Hugh and Edna Elizabeth Rust McKinney and was also preceded in death by his...
Wiley Hardin Griffin
Nov 25, 2002
Asheville - Wiley Hardin Griffin, 80, of 377 Riverview Dr. died Monday, November 25, 2002 at the VA Medical Center, Asheville. A native of Madison Co., he had resided in Buncombe Co. for most of his life. He was a retired firefighter with the Oteen VA Hospital Fire Department and he attended Biltmore Holiness Temple. Mr. Griffin was a...

Carol Penley Jones
Nov 22, 2002
Norcross, Ga. - Carol Penley Jones, 59, of Norcross, Ga. died Friday November 22, 2002 at Emory University Hospital after a brief illness. Mrs. Jones was raised in Asheville, NC. and moved to Norcross, Ga. in 1977. She was a daughter of Maude Elizabeth Gray of Asheville, NC. and the late James Allan Penley. She was also preceded in...
Eldridge L. Fox
Nov 21, 2002
Candler - Eldridge Locke Fox, 66, of 4 Asbury Place died Thursday November 21, 2002 at the Mtn. Area Hospice Solace Center. A native of Madison County, he was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was a 1954 graduate of Sand Hill High School and attended Western Carolina Teachers College and Mars Hill College. He served 6 years...
Aleane Newman Butler
Nov 21, 2002
Asheville - Aleane Newman Butler, 84, of Givens Estate ended her lifes journey on November 21, 2002 at the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center. A native of Henderson County, she was the daughter of the late John Walter and Ida Sarepta Orr Newman of Hendersonville and was the devoted wife of 53 years to the late William Leon Butler....
Susie Alice Elliott
Nov 15, 2002
West Asheville - Susie Alice Laughter Elliott, 87, formerly of 56 Carrier Street died Friday, November 15, 2002 following a period of declining health. Mrs. Elliott was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was the daughter of the late Lucius T. Laughter, Sr. and Jessie Mauck Laughter Wallin and the wife of Jacob Franklin Elliott who died September...
Wallace Clay Mcdonald
Nov 14, 2002
Arden - Wallace Clay McDonald, 78, of 3 Muirfield Place died Thursday, November 14, 2002 at Mission St. Josephs Health System. A native of Cherokee County, NC. He had lived most of his life in Buncombe County. He was an accountant for the U.S. Postal Service, a member of Beverly Hills Baptist Church, former member of Montreat Scottish Bagpipe...
Herbert Elmore Elkins Sr.
Nov 11, 2002
Asheville - Herbert Elmore Elkins, Sr., 109, of 9 Mountain View Road, died Monday November 11, 2002. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was an electrical contractor for over 75 years, was a WW I Army Veteran and was of the Baptist faith. He was a son of the late William Cornelius and Finetti Buckner Elkins. He was...
Francis C. Cole Sr.
Nov 11, 2002
Asheville - Francis C. Cole, Sr. 69, of 289 Waynesville Ave. died Monday, November 11, 2002 at Mission St. Josephs Health System. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was the son of the late Jakey S. and Mary Brown Cole and was the husband of the late Bonnie Sue Shipman Cole who died March 12, 2002. Surviving are...
Eloise Austin Nelon
Nov 11, 2002
Asheville - Eloise Austin Nelon, 73, of 20-B Short Michigan Avenue died Monday, November 11, 2002. A native of Abilene, Texas. Mrs. Nelon had resided in Buncombe County for most of her life. She was a homemaker, daughter of the late Elzie T. Austin and Mamie Katherine Aldredge Austin and wife of the late James Lane Nelon. Surviving are...
Robert David Bonham
Nov 9, 2002
Asheville - Robert David Bonham, 56, of the Aston Park Towers, died Saturday November 9, 2002 at his residence. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a former member of the National Guard and he was of the Baptist faith. He was a son of the late Robert John and Carrie Fox Bonham. Surviving are his...
Edith Woody Young
Nov 7, 2002
Asheville - Edith Virginia Woody Young, 80, formerly of 22 Oakley Dogwood Drive died Thursday November 7, 2002. A native of Madison County, she had resided in Buncombe County most of her life and was a member of Grassy Branch Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Hal Burton and Georgia Haynes Woody and the wife of...
Krystal Michele Matthews
Nov 7, 2002
Asheville - Krystal Michele Matthews, 17, of 322 Old Farm School Road went to be with the Lord at her home Thursday, November 7, 2002 due to Mitochondria Disorder. A native of Henderson County. She had resided in Buncombe County for the past 13 years. Krystal was a 2002 graduate of A.C. Reynolds High School and a member of...
Molly Thomas Pounders
Nov 6, 2002
Woodfin - Molly Hairsy Thomas Pounders, 88, of The Oaks at Sweeten Creek, formerly of 59 Martel Village died Wednesday, November 6, 2002 at Mission St. Josephs Health System. A native of Madison County, she had resided in Buncombe County since 1946. She was a member of Elk Mountain Baptist Church. Mrs. Pounders was the daughter of the late...
Zethar Weldon Mitchell
Nov 6, 2002
Asheville - Zethar Weldon Mitchell, 97 of Onteora Blvd died peacefully, Wednesday November 6, 2002 at his home following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he retired in 1967 from Sayles-Biltmore Bleacheries and also was a builder and carpenter. He was member of Gashes Creek Baptist Church for 74 years where he taught the...
Fred S. Hart
Nov 4, 2002
Asheville - Fred S. Hart, 83, of 8 Auburndale Dr. formerly of 516 Westwood Place died Monday, November 4, 2002 at the Brian Center, Weaverville. A native of Buncombe County, he had lived in Flint, MI for 27 years before returning to Buncombe County. He retired from General Motors in 1981 and he had attended Westwood Baptist Church. Mr....
Coy Gene "Buck" Middleton
Nov 3, 2002
Asheville - Coy Gene Buck Middleton, 62, of 45 Brown Road died at Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center in Asheville on November 3, 2002 after a short illness. A native of Bath County, Kentucky, he was the son of the late Ore and Inez Staton Middleton. He is survived by his loving wife of 33 years, Carolyn Owenby Middleton;...
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