Obituary Listing

Rev. Arthur Ross Stanley

Rev. Arthur Ross Stanley

Jul 30, 2002

Asheville - Rev. Arthur Ross Stanley, 76, of 45 Mt. Carmel Drive, died Tuesday July 30, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital after an extended illness. A native of Jackson County, he was a retired Church Of God minister and had pastored at several churches in WNC and Florida. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII and was a...

Lorena Mccall Cassada

Lorena Mccall Cassada

Jul 28, 2002

Leicester - Lorena McCall Cassada, 84, of 82 Jones Road, Leicester, slipped quietly away to be with Jesus July 28, 2002 after a period of declining health. She was born September 8, 1917 to parents Rickman and Elvie Hoxit McCall of Transylvania County. She is preceded in death by her parents, her son, Garland Cassada, and 3 brothers, Alfred,...

Harold John Moore Sr.

Harold John Moore Sr.

Jul 28, 2002

Asheville - Harold John Moore, Sr., 66, of 39 Hemphill Road, died Sunday, July 28, 2002 at St. Josephs Hospital. A native of Yancey County, NC. He had resided in Buncombe County for the past 45 years. He was a carpenter, a member of Reynolds Baptist Church and was an U.S. Air Force veteran serving in the Korean Conflict....

Pearl Quinn Revis

Pearl Quinn Revis

Jul 28, 2002

Asheville - Pearl Quinn Revis, 86, of 56 Knoll Ridge Drive died Sunday July 28, 2002 at Park Ridge Hospital following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she retired in 1975 from Akzona Corp. and was a member of the Pioneer Club with American Enka Corp. She attended North Asheville Baptist Church. She was...

Selma L. Gantt

Selma L. Gantt

Jul 27, 2002

Asheville - Selma Leona Clubb Gantt, 92, of 140 Old Leicester Rd. died Saturday, July 27, 2002 at her residence following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was a homemaker and a member of Victory Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Robert Calvin and Celia Lee Clubb and the wife...

Mary Porter Lewis

Mary Porter Lewis

Jul 27, 2002

Pickens, SC - Mary Porter Lewis, 75, of 218 Pineview Dr., wife of William B. Lewis, died Saturday, July 27, 2002 at her home. Mrs. Lewis was born in Pickens County, daughter of the late Clarence Robert and Gertrude Finley Porter. She was a graduate of Furman University, was retired from the administration office of the Pickens County School...

Florence Naomi Lisenbee

Florence Naomi Lisenbee

Jul 26, 2002

Asheville - Florence Naomi Lisenbee of 787 Hendersonville Rd. died Friday, July 26, 2002 at her residence. A native of Madison County. She had resided in Buncombe County since 1957. Mrs. Lisenbee was a photo and negative retoucher and a jeweler for 37 years. She was a member of Biltmore Baptist Church where member of the Fidelis Sunday School...

Lawrence Pittman

Lawrence Pittman

Jul 26, 2002

West Asheville- Lawrence Pittman, 74, of 74 Salola Street, died Friday July 26, 2002 at St. Josephs Hospital. A native of Mitchell County, NC. He had resided in Flint, Michigan prior to moving to Asheville in 1984. He was retired from General Motors after 28 years of service and was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Mr. Pittman was...

Charles Hilliard Sprouse Sr.

Charles Hilliard Sprouse Sr.

Jul 23, 2002

Fairview - Charles Hilliard Sprouse, Sr., 85, of 3016 Cane Creek Rd. died Tuesday, July 23, 2002 at Park Ridge Hospital, Fletcher. He was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County, was a US Army Air Corp veteran, serving during WW II, and was retired from the VA Hospital in Oteen. Mr. Sprouse was the son of the late Joseph...

Marie West Brown

Marie West Brown

Jul 23, 2002

Candler - Marie West Brown, of 6 Ola Drive, died Tuesday July 23, 2002 at her residence after a long illness from cancer. She was born on November 30, 1930 in Swain County, NC. She had lived most of her life in Buncombe County and was preceded in death by a son, George Randall Brown who died February 11,...

Louis M. "Lou" Cundiff Jr.

Louis M. "Lou" Cundiff Jr.

Jul 18, 2002

Asheville - Louis Lou Cundiff, 80, of 15 Fieldcrest Circle, Tiny Farms, died Thursday, July 18, 2002 following a period of declining health. A native of Alexander, Minnesota, he grew up in Covington, Kentucky and has resided in Buncombe County for the past 59 years. He was the son of the late Louis Moletus Cundiff, Sr. and Edith Ann...

Rev. Howard James Rogers

Rev. Howard James Rogers

Jul 17, 2002

Asheville - Rev. Howard James Rogers, 75, of 190 Farm Rd., died Wednesday, July 17, 2002 at his residence following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a son of the late Dewey George and Jeanettie Buckner Rogers. He was an Army Veteran of WW II and a member of New Liberty Baptist...

Tina Norris Bryant

Tina Norris Bryant

Jul 16, 2002

Asheville - Tina Norris Bryant, 60, of 17 Dogwood Knoll died Tuesday, July 16, 2002 at her residence. A native of Watauga County, she had lived in Buncombe County for most of her life. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church and was a Sales Associate with Dilliards Department Stores. She was preceded in death by her daughter,...

Ilah Wiggins Devlin

Ilah Wiggins Devlin

Jul 15, 2002

Leicester - Ilah Enula Devlin, 93, of 1049 Alexander Road died Monday July 15, 2002 at St. Josephs Hospital after an extended illness. A native of Swain County, she had lived most of her life in Buncombe County. She was a daughter of the late Columbus Wiggins and Laura Weeks Wiggins and the wife of the late Walter Albert...

Clyde Lewis Barker

Clyde Lewis Barker

Jul 14, 2002

Asheville - Clyde Lewis Barker, 81, of 249 Smith Road died Sunday, July 14, 2002 at the Sevier County Health Care Center in Sevierville, Tennessee following a short illness. A native of Swain County. He had resided in Buncombe County most of his life and was a son of the late Andrew Elias Barker and Laurena Melvina Carson Barker....

Roy Aubrey Deweese Sr.

Roy Aubrey Deweese Sr.

Jul 13, 2002

Asheville - Roy Aubrey Deweese, Sr., 89, of 107 Fisher Lane, died Saturday July 13, 2002 in the Asheville V.A. Medical Center following a brief illness. A native of Union County, SC. He had resided in Central Florida for several years and had resided in Buncombe County most of his life. Mr. Deweese retired in 1978 as a plumbing...

Nellie Mae Bishop

Nellie Mae Bishop

Jul 12, 2002

Asheville - Nellie Mae West Bishop, 76, of 240 Waynesville Ave., died Friday July 12, 2002 at Mountain Area Hospice. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was a homemaker and was a member of Westwood Baptist Church. Mrs. Bishop was a daughter of the late Bill S. and Minnie Sue Austin West. She was the wife of the...

Carl L. Crandall

Carl L. Crandall

Jul 8, 2002

Asheville - Carl L. Crandall, 74, of 49 Greenwood Road, died Monday July 8, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native of Elizabethton, TN. He had lived most of his life in Buncombe County. He had retired from the National Climatic Center in Asheville as a computer developer, was a U.S. Navy Veteran, a member of Beverly Hills Baptist...

Charles Steven Lynn

Charles Steven Lynn

Jul 4, 2002

Asheville - Charles Steven Lynn, 67, of 95 Unaka Ave., died Thursday July 4, 2002 at his residence. A native of Broward County, Florida. He had resided in Buncombe County for over 50 years. He was a Juke Box repairman for over 20 years and a son of the late Charles Wendell and Anna Belle Stevens Lynn. Surviving are...

Nellie S. Roberson

Nellie S. Roberson

Jul 3, 2002

Asheville - Nellie Iris Sosebee Rhinehardt Roberson, 90, of 170 Elkwood Avenue died Wednesday July 3, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital after a period of declining health. A natiave of Habersham County, Ga. she had lived most of her younger life in Gastonia then 2 years in Waynesville before moving to Buncombe County in 1956. She had been an...