George Hadley Spencer
Apr 15, 2002
Asheville - George Hadley Spencer, 79, 25 Choo Choo Lane, went home to be with the Lord Monday April 15, 2002 at his residence after a period of declining health. A native of Marshalltown , Iowa, he had lived most of his life in Buncombe County. Mr. Spencer was one of five brothers to see action and serve honorably...
Betty Orr Trexler
Apr 14, 2002
Candler - Betty Orr Trexler, 81, of 92 Young Drive, died Sunday April 14, 2002 following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She retired in May of 1975 from the National Weather Bureau of Asheville, was a longtime member of Westwood Baptist Church and was a 1939 graduate of Lee H. Edwards High School....
Lillian Lee Edna Hensley Smith
Apr 12, 2002
Asheville - Lillian Lee Edna Hensley Smith, 81, of 73 Forsyth St. died Friday, April 12, 2002 at St. Josephs Hospital. A native of Henderson County, she was a member of the Salvation Army and was a retired nurse from the Brooks-Howell Home. Mrs. Smith was the daughter of the late Henry Taylor and Hattie Jones Cudd and was...
Daniel Mccamish
Apr 10, 2002
Asheville - Daniel McCamish, 59, of 131 Johnston Blvd. died Wednesday April 10, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native of Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, he had resided in Asheville since 1986 and was a member of the Jehovah Witness Kingdom Hall - West Congregation. He was a son of the late Carthel Oland and Mary Irene Schmidt McCamish. Surviving...
Edwin Griffin
Apr 10, 2002
Asheville - Edwin Griffin, 81, of 25 Winding Rd. died Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at his residence. A native of Madison County, he had lived in Buncombe County for most of his life. He was the son of the late Gaither and Rebecca Shelton Griffin. Mr. Griffin was a member of Biltmore Church of God, was a veteran of...
Mabel Tweed Ramsey
Apr 10, 2002
Asheville - Mabel Marie Tweed Ramsey, 80, of 83 Lanning St. died Wednesday April 10, 2002 at the home of her daughter Sandy Dryman at 82 Stewart St. A native of Greenville, Tn., she had resided in Buncombe County since 1943. She was a retired Practical Nurse and a member of The Candler House of Prayer. She was a...
Joshua Carter Henderson
Apr 8, 2002
Asheville - Joshua Carter Henderson, 88, died Monday April 8, 2002 at his home after a period of declining health. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he retired from the Asheville Fire Department in 1974 after 34 years of service as a fireman and was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII. He was a son of the...
Margaret O. Bates
Apr 7, 2002
Asheville - Margaret O. Bates, 83, of 29 Marlowe Dr. died Sunday April 7, 2002 at Mountain Area Hospice following an extended illness. A native of Charleston, SC, she had resided in Buncombe County most of her life. She was a former waitress at Hot Shot Cafe, Eckerds Drug Store downtown and Merrimon Ave. and Burger King in Biltmore....
Tommy Dean Rogers
Apr 7, 2002
Leicester - Tommy Dean Rogers, 48, of 561 Mink Farm Road, died Sunday April 7, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A life long resident of Buncombe County, he was retired from the N.C. Department of Transportation. He was a son of Grace B. Rogers of Leicester and the late Albert R. Rogers. Surviving in addition to his mother are...
Vivian Carline Allen Wyatt
Apr 7, 2002
Asheville - Vivian Carline Allen Wyatt, 56, of 149 Reed St. died Sunday, April 7, 2002 at St. Josephs Hospital. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was the daughter of the late Roy Leonard and Argie Wheeler Allen. Surviving are her husband, James Richard Wyatt of the home; daughters, Glenda Smathers and husband John Morgan Smathers of Asheville,...
Helen Ball
Apr 7, 2002
Candler - Helen Lori Greene Ball, 81, of 1293 Pisgah Hwy., died Sunday April 7, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital following a period of declining health. A native of Spartanburg, SC, she had resided in Buncombe County for 75 years. She was co-owner and former office manager of Ball Heating Company since 1964 and was of the Baptist faith....
Robert Glenn King
Apr 6, 2002
Candler - Robert Glenn King, 57, of 2 Jugtown Road, a devoted and loving Husband, Father and PaPaw went to be with the Lord Saturday, April 6, 2002 at the Asheville V.A. Medical Center following an extended illness. A native of Buncombe County. Mr. King had resided in Darlington, S.C. prior to returning to Buncombe County in 1990. He...
Leona B. Kinney
Apr 5, 2002
Candler - Leona Bernese Grubb Kinney, of 95 Holcombe Cove Road, died Friday April 5, 2002 at Pisgah Manor Health Care Center. She was born in Knox County, Ohio to the late John Clarence and Florence Syler Grubb. She graduated from high school in Silver Lake, Indiana and completed a business course at Indiana State Business College. She graduated...
Margaret L. Wilson
Apr 3, 2002
Fairview - Margaret Ellen Laughter Wilson, 87, of 125 Old Fort Road, died Wednesday April 3, 2002 at Fleshers Fairview Health Care following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was a member of Cedar Mountain Baptist Church where she enjoyed playing the piano. She was a loving wife and devoted mother and formerly...
Wayne W. Woody
Apr 3, 2002
Asheville - Wayne W. Woody, 82, of 100 Ramsey Rd. died Wednesday, April 3, 2002 at St. Josephs Hospital. He was a native of Buncombe County and had resided there for most of his life. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, WW II, serving in the 101st Airborne Division, Screaming Eagles, 327 Glider Infantry where he was...
Philip W. Reid
Mar 31, 2002
Asheville -Philip W. Reid, 87, of 6 Elkmont Place, died Sunday, March 31, 2002 at Mission St. Josephs Health System following a brief illness. He was a beloved father and grandfather and a special friend to children. Mr. Reid owned and operated Sky City Furniture Co. in Asheville for 40 years before retiring in the 1980s. He was born...
Donna Lynn Elkins
Mar 28, 2002
Hiram, GA - Donna Lynn Sherlin Elkins, 47, formerly of Asheville, died Thursday March 28, 2002 unexpectedly. She was a native of Buncombe County and had lived in Georgia the past 8 years. She was the daughter of the late Roy and Peggy Caudle Sherlin. Surviving are her husband, Daniel Herbert Elkins of the home; daughter, Jennifer Shuemake of...
Ann Lora Bramlett
Mar 26, 2002
Asheville - Ann Lora Bramlett, 89, of 15 Pentland Hills Drive died Tuesday, March 26, 2002 at the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center following an extended illness. A native of Atoka, Oklahoma. Mrs. Bramlett had resided in Tacoma, Washington for many years prior to moving to Asheville in 1962. Along with her husband they formerly owned and operated the...
Arthur Wade Edwards
Mar 25, 2002
Asheville - Arthur Wade Edwards, 60, of 132 Arnold Rd. died Monday, March 25, 2002 at the VA Medical Center, Asheville. A native of Mitchell County, he had lived in Buncombe County for 18 years. He was a veteran of the US Army, serving in during the Vietnam War. Surviving are his wife, Helen Raby Edwards of the home;...
Betty Jean Pressley
Mar 25, 2002
Asheville - Betty Jean Pressley, 77, of 5 Chatham Road died Monday, March 25, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was the daughter of the late Walter and Beatrice Swink King and the wife of the late William Eugene Pressley. She was also preceded in death by her son, Bill Pressley; daughters, Barbara...
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