Obituary Listing

Charles Willard Allen

Charles Willard Allen

May 20, 2002

Ocala, FL -Charles Willard Allen, 72, of 2125 N.E. 55th Street, died Monday May 20, 2002 at his residence following a period of declining health. A native of Fletcher, NC he had resided in Dearborne, Michigan for 35 years and had resided in Ocala, FL for the past 19 years. He retired in 1985 from Ford Motor Company and...

Raymond Maurice Lance

Raymond Maurice Lance

May 16, 2002

Hendersonville - Raymond Maurice Lance, 59 of 239 Carolina Circle went home to be with the Lord Thursday May 16, 2002 at the Elizabeth House. A native of Buncombe county, he had lived in Henderson County since 1980 and was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was a son of the late Frank Boyce and Robena Ester Cabe...

Grace Helen Brown

Grace Helen Brown

May 15, 2002

Asheville - Grace Helen Brown, 80, of 224 Westwood Place, died Wednesday May 15, 2002 at Blue Ridge Rehab and Health Care. A life long resident of Buncombe County. She had worked at different nursing homes as a nurse and was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Isaac William and Mandy Clark...

Everett Tate

Everett Tate

May 15, 2002

Asheville - Everett Britt Tate, 83, of 3402 St. Augustine Place, died Wednesday May 15, 2002 at the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center after a brief illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a member and former Deacon at Riverside Baptist Church. Mr. Tate was a Life Member of NIchols West Asheville Masonic Lodge #650...

Mary Elizabeth "Toni" Coates

Mary Elizabeth "Toni" Coates

May 15, 2002

Barnardsville - Mary Elizabeth Toni Fleming Coates, 81, of 2645 Riverside Dr., Trenton, MI, formerly of 393 Paint Fork Rd., Barnardsville, died Wednesday, May 15, 2002 after an extended illness. Born in Pikeville, KY, she had lived most of her life in Detroit, MI before returning to Buncombe County in 1972. She retired from Shaw Industries in 1983. Mrs....

Johnny Mack Watts

Johnny Mack Watts

May 13, 2002

Asheville - Johnny Mack Watts, 70, of 70 Avondale Rd. died Monday, May 13, 2002 at the Mountain Area Hospice Center. A native of Buncombe County, he was the son of the late Frank LeRoy and Leona McMahan Watts. Surviving are his sons, Paul Watts and John Christian Watts and wife Olga all of Candler; sisters, Doris Watts and...

Curtis Homer Heatherly

Curtis Homer Heatherly

May 13, 2002

Asheville - Curtis Homer Heatherly, 96, of 281 Hazel Mill Road, died Monday May 13, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native of Henderson County, he had loved most of his life in Buncombe County. He was retired from Burlington Industries and was of the Baptist faith. He was a son of the late Ben and Opheila Heatherly and...

Carol Beth Anderson

Carol Beth Anderson

May 10, 2002

Asheville - Carol Beth Anderson, 38, of 1225 Gorman Bridge Rd. died Friday, May 10, 2002 at Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center following a courageous battle for the last eight months with ovarian cancer. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a 1981 graduate of Clyde A. Erwin High School and was a 1986 graduate of UNCA where...

Edith Crook Coyle

Edith Crook Coyle

May 9, 2002

Candler - Edith Crook Coyle, a native of Candler and a former resident of Elk Grove Village, Ill. passed away May 9th, 2002 at Silver Bluff Village. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Hardy Crook and Lila Young Crook. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Donald R. Coyle, a native of DesMoines, Iowa who...

Hugh Gus Rice

Hugh Gus Rice

May 6, 2002

Candler - Hugh Gus Rice, 60, of 9 Honey Locust Lane, died Monday May 6, 2002 at his home following an extended illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was the former owner and operator of White Pine and Patton Avenue Exxon and Rices Esso on Haywood Road. He attended Community Harvest Church of God in Candler. He...

Anna Katherine Rhew

Anna Katherine Rhew

May 5, 2002

Asheville - Anna Katherine Rhew, 97, of 1314 Tunnel Rd. died Sunday, May 5, 2002 at Asheville Health Care Center. A native of Yancey County, she attended Biltmore Holiness Temple. She was the daughter of the late John Wesley and Nellie Ledford and was also preceded in death by 2 grandchildren and several brothers and sisters. Surviving are her...

Carl Leon "C.L." Cauble Jr.

Carl Leon "C.L." Cauble Jr.

May 5, 2002

Candler - Carl Leon C.L. Cauble, Jr., 8o, of 315-A Pritchard Road, died Sunday May 5, 2002 at his residence. A life long resident of Buncombe County. He had retired from Pritchard Paint and Glass, Asheville Citizens Times and was a member of Oakley Baptist Church. He was a son of the late Carl L. Cauble, Sr. and Ada...

Lola Hyde Smith

Lola Hyde Smith

May 4, 2002

Reidsville, N.C. - Lola Hyde Smith, 87, formerly of Asheville, died Saturday May 4, 2002 at Annie Pen Hospital. A native of Graham County, NC. She had lived most of her life in Buncombe County. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church, West Asheville Community Center and had worked for Sears Credit Department. She was a daughter of...

Frances Smith Allison

Frances Smith Allison

May 4, 2002

Gray, TN - Frances Belle Smith Allison, 97, of 791 Old Gray Station, formerly of 33 State Street, West Asheville died Saturday, May 4, 2002 at the Anderson Health Care Center following a period of declining health.. A native of Yancey, County, NC, she had resided in Western North Carolina most of her life prior to moving to Gray,...

Margie Lee Searcy

Margie Lee Searcy

May 4, 2002

Asheville - Margie Lee Gasperson Searcy, 70, of 580 Pole Creasman Road died Saturday, May 4, 2002 in a local hospital following a long illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was formerly employed with the Buncombe County School System. She was a daughter of Elizabeth Flynn of Candler and the late William M. Gasperson and wife of...

J. C. Clark

J. C. Clark

May 2, 2002

Candler - James Conley (J. C.) Clark of 31 Dixon Terrace died Thursday May 2, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital after a period of declining health. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe, he was the son of the late James and Margaret Clark and was also preceded in death by a sister, Eureka McAninch. Surviving are his wife,...

Pauline Robison

Pauline Robison

May 2, 2002

Pauline M. Robison Candler - Pauline M. Robison, of 235 Pritchard Road, died Thursday May 2, 2002 at Pisgah Manor Health Care after a period of declining health. A native and life long resident of Buncombe County. She was retired from the U.S. Forest Service, a member of Calvary Baptist Church, a member of Lovelace Sunday School Class and...

Rev. Raymond Hamilton Gasaway

Rev. Raymond Hamilton Gasaway

May 1, 2002

Asheville - Rev. Raymond Hamilton Gasaway, 85, of 262 Pisgah View Rd. died Wednesday, May 1, 2002 at St. Josephs Hospital. A native of Jackson County, he had lived in Buncombe County since 1975. He was a retired Church of God minister, was retired from Union Carbide in Oak Ridge, TN, and was a member of State Street Church...

Loretta Myers Tiller

Loretta Myers Tiller

Apr 28, 2002

Alexander - Loretta Myers Tiller, 81, of 484 Alexander Road, died Sunday April 28, 2002 at the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center. A native of Chattanooga, Tn., she was raised in Winston-Salem where she resided until moving to Asheville in 1940. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother and enjoyed her flower garden. Mrs. Tiller was the oldest...

Leland Grant Pace

Leland Grant Pace

Apr 24, 2002

Candler - LeLand Grant Pace, infant son of Keith Leroy and Dianna Lynn Grant Pace, died Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, James Lewis Pace, Sr. and Lucille Whitaker Pace. Surviving in addition to his parents are his sister, Bryanna Elizabeth Pace of the home; half sisters, Kalee...