Obituary Listing

Ramie Dee Gooch

Ramie Dee Gooch

Oct 14, 2002

Asheville - Ramie Dee Gooch, 32, died Monday, October 14, 2002. She had a long life in a short time. She will be missed by her family and friends. Miss Gooch was preceded in death by her mother. Surviving are her grandmother, 2 sisters, 2 aunts and 4 uncles. The family will receive friends from 6:30 until 8 PM...

George Mccoy Lanning Sr.

George Mccoy Lanning Sr.

Oct 13, 2002

Asheville - George McCoy Lanning, Sr., 74, of 135-B Lookout Road died Sunday, October 13, 2002 at the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He retired from Burlington Industries after 20 years of service and was a member of Hoopers Creek Baptist Church. Mr. Lanning was a son of the late Walter Dexter Lanning...

Edith Grace Landers

Edith Grace Landers

Oct 12, 2002

Fletcher - Edith Grace Landers, 89, formerly of 31 Mineral Springs Rd., Asheville, died Saturday, October 12, 2002. A native of Madison County, she had lived in Buncombe County for most of her life. She was the daughter of the late John Critton and Fannie Sue Davis Landers and was the wife of the late Robert Landers. She was...

Kathryn Crabtree Penland

Kathryn Crabtree Penland

Oct 9, 2002

Asheville - Kathryn Ruth Crabtree Penland, 66, died Wednesday October 9, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital. She was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She had retired from the American Enka Crop. and was a member of Mt. Moriah Wesleyan Church in Candler for over 30 years. She was a daughter of the late Elvia and Ruth Swann Crabtree....

Louis B. Rice

Louis B. Rice

Oct 8, 2002

Asheville - Louis B. Rice, 71, of 163 Carrier Street, died Tuesday October 8, 2002 at Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center. A native of Madison County. He had resided in Buncombe County for 50 years. He was former owner and operator of Rice Roofing Company and was an U.S. Marine Corp Veteran. Mr. Rice was the husband of the...

Cora Trantham Harwood

Cora Trantham Harwood

Oct 7, 2002

Fairview - Cora Trantham Harwood, 89, of 220 Old Fort Road, died Monday October 7, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a member of Laurel Pines Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late Joseph and Dorcas Trantham and wife of the late Roscoe Harwood. She was also preceded in death...

Denver Sluder

Denver Sluder

Oct 7, 2002

Asheville - Denver Sluder, 81, crossed over Monday, October 7, 2002 at the Elizabeth House in Henderson County following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was a 1941 graduate of West Buncombe High School, was a W W Ii US Navy veteran and one who lived his life to the fullest measure. Mr....

Morris Weldon Reed

Morris Weldon Reed

Oct 6, 2002

Fairview - Morris Weldon Reed, 73, of 19 Reeds Creek Rd. died Sunday, October 6, 2002 at the VA Medical Center, Asheville. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a retired electrician with 40 years of service with Hayes and Lunsford and was a US Army veteran, serving during the Korean War. He was a member of Faith...

Rebecca Jeanne "Becky" Hurley

Rebecca Jeanne "Becky" Hurley

Oct 5, 2002

Asheville - Rebecca Jeanne Becky Hurley, 23, of 304 Short Michigan Avenue died Saturday, October 5, 2002 at Duke Hospital in Durham following a brief illness. She was a recent graduate of the Progressive Education Program at T.C. Roberson High School and attended Erwin Hills Baptist Church. She is survived by her mother, Susan Kurlowicz Hurley of Marshall; father,...

Ray Tipton

Ray Tipton

Oct 5, 2002

Woodfin - Walter Ray Tipton, 74, of 49 Elkwood Avenue died Saturday, October 5, 2002 at his residence. A native of Madison County. He had resided in Wayne County, Michigan for 30 Years prior to moving to Buncombe County where he has resided for the past 20 years. Mr. Tipton retired in 1992 from Karpen Steel Company in Weaverville....

Paul Edward Allison

Paul Edward Allison

Oct 2, 2002

Asheville - Paul Edward Allison, 63, of 220 Moffitt Branch Rd. died Wednesday, October 2, 2002 at his residence. He was the son of Alma Thomas Allison of Ridgecrest and the late Clarence Allison. In addition to his father, he is also preceded in death by his daughter, Paula Allison. Surviving in addition to his mother are his wife,...

Reeves O'Neil Fisher

Reeves O'Neil Fisher

Oct 2, 2002

Weaverville - Reeves ONeil Fisher, 60, of 97-c Lake Shore Drive, died Wednesday October 2, 2002 at his residence. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he had worked for the City of Asheville Water Department. He was a son of the late William Paul and Lola Kate Reeves Fisher. Surviving are his wife, Joann Hensley Fisher of the home;...

Anna B. King

Anna B. King

Oct 1, 2002

Candler - Anna B. King, 74, of 32 Old Oak Hill Rd. went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, October 1, 2002 at Mission St. Josephs Health System after a brief illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was the daughter of the late Herbert C. and Sallie Jane Jackson Arrowood. Surviving are her husband of 40...

Nell Butler Buckner

Nell Butler Buckner

Oct 1, 2002

Candler - Nell Butler Buckner, 76, of 103 Oak Hill Road, died Tuesday October 1, 2002 at Mountain Area Hospice. A native of Buncombe County, she was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late Balfour Troy and Roberta Mary Gillespie Butler and wife of the late H. B. Buckner, Jr. Surviving are her...

Philip Robert Beadnell

Philip Robert Beadnell

Sep 30, 2002

Asheville - Philip Robert Beadnell, 78, died Monday September 30, 2002 at Emerald Ridge Rehabilitation Center. He was a native of Edgewood, Pennsylvania, and had lived in Orlando, Florida for 32 years before moving to Asheville in 1992. Mr. Beadnell had been a resident of Emerald Ridge Rehabilitation Center since October, 1994. He was the son of the late...

David L. Woods Jr.

David L. Woods Jr.

Sep 30, 2002

Candler - David L. Woods, Jr., 68, of Candler died Monday September 30, 2002 at Mountain Area Hospice. A native of Greene County, TN, he had lived most of his life in Buncombe County and Panama City, FL. He was retired from American Enka Corp. after 30 years of service. He was a member of New Morgan Hill Baptist...

Kate Rice Keever

Kate Rice Keever

Sep 30, 2002

Asheville - Kate Rice Keever, 91, 0f 98 School Road, Oakley, died Monday September 30, 2002 at Emerald Ridge Care Center. She was born on September 18, 1911 in Madison County but was a resident of Buncombe County. She was a member of Oakley Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Joseph Woodard and Lodusky Anders Rice...

Wayne Wright

Wayne Wright

Sep 29, 2002

East Flat Rock - Wayne Wright, 94, of 465 Oak Grove Rd, formerly of Asheville, born October 7, 1908 died Sunday September 29, 2002 at Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville. Son of the late Robert L. (Bob) and Minnie Lee Snyder Wright, he was also preceded in death by his beloved wife, Josephine Laughter Wright; brothers, Abe, Tom and Lewis...

Gertrude Elizabeth Wolfe

Gertrude Elizabeth Wolfe

Sep 27, 2002

Asheville - Gertrude Elizabeth Ragain Wolfe, 82, went home to be with her Heavenly Father on Friday, September 27, 2002. A native of Orangeburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Malcomb and Earlene Patrick Ragain. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Linda Falcone, great grandson, Angel Isaiah Massey, and one brother, McRay Ragain. She...

Joanna Graham Browning

Joanna Graham Browning

Sep 27, 2002

Arden - Joanna Graham Browning, 65, of 29 Azalea Rd. went to be with the Lord on Friday, September 27, 2002. Born in Gary, Indiana, she had resided in Buncombe County since she was twelve years old. She was a Cafeteria Manager with the Buncombe County Schools, retiring in 2000 after 30 years of service. She was a member...