Roy Hyatt
Dec 31, 2001
Asheville - Roy Hyatt, 76, of 24 Alclare Drive died Monday, December 31, 2001 at Memorial Mission Hospital following a long illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. Mr. Hyatt retired from General Electric where he served as a sales representative. He was a member of Trinity Baptist Church and a member of Beaver Lake Golf Course where he...
Wilma Buckner
Dec 31, 2001
Leicester - Wilma Brewer Buckner, 60, of 377 Dix Creek Road #1, died Monday December 31, 2001 at St. Josephs Hospital. A native of Transylvania County she had lived most of her life in Buncombe County. She was retired from Erwin Middle School as a substitute teacher and was a member of Corinth Baptist Church. She was a daughter...
Betty Ann Holcombe
Dec 31, 2001
Asheville - Betty Ann Holcombe, 68, of 49 Mildred Avenue died Monday, December 31, 2001 at her home after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Mrs. Holcombe was born in Buncombe County April 18, 1933. She was very active in many community organizations including West Asheville Little League and the West Asheville Youth Basketball League. She was a...
John Henry Brown
Dec 30, 2001
Candler - John Henry Brown, 83, of Melton Road died Sunday, December 30, 2001 at Mission St. Josephs Health System following a period of declining health. A native of Andrews, NC, he resided in Buncombe County since the early 1940s. He was the son of the late Bob and Gussie Brown. He was a veteran of World War II,...
Julius H. Rice
Dec 30, 2001
Asheville - Julius Hardwick Rice, 77, of 739 Aiken Road, died Sunday December 30, 2001 at St. Josephs Hospital after a brief illness. A native of Madison County he had lived most of his life in Buncombe County. He had retired in 1988 from Rice Alignment as owner and operator. He was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church...
Joan Hawkins
Dec 29, 2001
Alexander - Laura Joan Sprinkle Hawkins, 67, of 75 Old Macedonia Road died Saturday, December 29, 2001 following a short illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was co-owner of Hawkins T.V. and a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late James Riley Sprinkle and Pearl Stines Sprinkle. Surviving are her husband, Thomas...
Ansel Millard Levi
Dec 28, 2001
Enka - Ansel Millard Levi of 17 Oak Street died Friday, December 28, 2001 at Pisgah Manor Health Care Center. A native of Greenville, S.C. He had resided in Asheville for most of his life. Mr. Levi retired after 40 years of service with American Enka Corp. where he was an electrician. He was a member of Enka Baptist...
Edith S. Roberson
Dec 28, 2001
Candler - Edith S. Roberson, 85, of St. Paul, MN, formerly of Davis Creek Rd., died Friday December 28, 2001 at United Hospital, St.. Paul. She was a native of Transylvania County and had resided in Buncombe County for many years before moving to Minnesota 4 years ago. She was the wife of the late Hollis J. Roberson and...
Katherine Swanger Bassett
Dec 28, 2001
Asheville - Katherine Juanita Swanger Bassett, 66, of 194 Deaver Street, died Friday December 28, 2001 at Mountain Area Hospice. A life long resident of Buncombe County. She was the daughter of the late Holbert and Eva Swanger and wife of the late Robert Owen Bassett. Surviving are her daughter, Nanette Ewart and husband, Mike of Asheville; sons, Jeffery...
Maude Devlin
Dec 28, 2001
Asheville - Maude Devlin, 102, of 490 Old County Home Road, died Friday December 28, 2001 at her residence. A native of Haywood County where she had lived until moving to Buncombe County 30 years ago. She was the daughter of the late Tom and Annie Devlin. Surviving are her son, Charles Ducker of Asheville; former daughter in law,...
Rev. Edward Lee "Ed" Mcelrath
Dec 27, 2001
Asheville - Rev. Edward Lee McElrath, 76, of 144 White Pine Drive died Thursday, December 27, 2001 at Memorial Mission Hospital following a period of declining health. A native of Haywood County, he had resided in Asheville for the past several years. He was an ordained minister and a World War II veteran having served in the United States...
Nancy Irene Patton
Dec 26, 2001
Nancy Irene Patton Asheville - Nancy Irene Higgins Patton, 62, of 35 Lees Creek Road, died Wednesday December 26, 2001 at Mountain Area Hospice. A life long resident of Buncombe County. She was an active member of Sunrise Baptist Church and had worked for the Buncombe County and Asheville City School System as a bus driver for 20 years....
Mary "Jean" Mcintosh
Dec 25, 2001
Candler - Mary Jean Wise McIntosh, 67, of 28 Spencer Road died Tuesday, December 25, 2001 at the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center. She was a native of Buncombe County where she had lived most of her life. She was a former member and past secretary of the Aston Park Towers Floral Club and a member of CHAT, Community...
Rosa Lee Toffton
Dec 24, 2001
FAIRVIEW - Rosa Lee Bass Toffton, 75, of 410 Old Fort Road died Monday, December 24, 2001 at her home. A native and resident most of life of Nash County, she had resided in Buncombe County since 1988. Mrs. Toffton was the daughter of the late Albert Charles Bass and Serina Coley Bass and wife of Howard William Toffton...
Antoinette Brooks
Dec 24, 2001
Asheville - Antoinette Brooks, 53, of 165 South French Broad Ave. died Monday, December 24, 2001 at the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center. Private Burial will be held Wednesday at Green Hills Cemetery. Anders-Rice Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
George W. Bates
Dec 23, 2001
West Asheville - George Washington Bates, Jr., 80 of 164 School Road, Malvern Hills, died Sunday, December 23, 2001 at Park Ridge Hospital. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was a retired self employed painting contractor, member of Mt. Pisgah Academy Seventh Day Adventist Church and a U.S. Army veteran of W W II. Mr. Bates was a...
Rosalee Duckett
Dec 23, 2001
Candler - Norma Rosalee Duckett, 53, of 156 Oak Hill Rd. died Sunday, December 23, 2001 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was owner and operator of the A-1 Accounting Small Business & Services and formerly attended Unity Church in Arden. She was a daughter of the late James Weaver Duckett and Norma Dee...
Ralph Buckner
Dec 23, 2001
Asheville - Ralph Buckner, 86, of 289 Brickyard Rd. died Sunday, December 23, 2001 at Mission/St. Josephs Health System after an extended illness. A native and life long resident of Buncombe County, he was a member of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church where he was a member of the Mens Bible Class and he was a veteran of the US...
Ruby Lackey Rathburn
Dec 21, 2001
Asheville - Ruby Lackey Rathburn, 77, of 187 Logan Ave. died Friday, December 21, 2001 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was retired from Square D and she was a member and past officer of the Land O Sky Chapter # 318 of the Order of the Eastern Star. She was a member of...
Aleatha Vera Kirstein
Dec 21, 2001
Fairview - Aleatha Vera Kirstein, 100, died December 21, 2001 at Fleshers Fairview Health Care. She was born in (Emma Township) Asheville, NC to Nathan and Hester Crawford, March 5, 1901. Her father was killed in a railroading accident in 1905, necessitating her living in orphanages until 1911 when she was adopted by John and Annahs Garren of Fairview,...
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