Obituary Listing

Wyda Laterrell Barnes

Wyda Laterrell Barnes

Dec 20, 2001

Wyda Barnes Leicester - Wyda LaTerrell Barnes, 37, of 73 Green Acres Drive died Thursday December 22, 2001 at Memorial Mission Hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe county, she was a graduate of A.C. Reynolds High School. She was a daughter of Veron Hubner of Leicester and the late Howard...

Betty J. Dalton

Betty J. Dalton

Dec 16, 2001

Asheville - Betty Joe Smith Dalton, 75, of 119 Mimosa Drive died Sunday December 16, 2001 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she retired in 1986 from the Brooks Howell Home after 21 1/2 years of service. She was a member of Happy Valley Baptist church where she formerly served as the Sunday...

"Service Of Remembrance"

"Service Of Remembrance"

Dec 15, 2001

To our Valued Families, We invite you and your family to our second annual Service of Remembrance which will take place at 2 pm Saturday, December 15, 2001, in our chapel. This service is being held in memory of our families loved ones that we had the privilege of serving since December 17, 2000. A reception will take place...

Doris F. Reynolds

Doris F. Reynolds

Dec 8, 2001

Asheville - Doris F. Reynolds, 85, of 112 Tipperary Drive died Saturday, December 8, 2001 at Mountain Area Hospice. She had been in declining health for the past two years. A native of Buffalo, New York, she was the daughter of the late W. Carl and Mabel E. Flint. She was a member of Abernethy United Methodist Church of...

Ethel Hughey Hodgens

Ethel Hughey Hodgens

Dec 7, 2001

Asheville - Ethel Hughey Hodgens, 96, formerly of 5 Rich St. died Friday, December 7, 2001 at the Oaks at Sweeten Creek following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a member of Grace Baptist Church and was the former co-owner and operator along with her husband of Hodgens Floor Covering Company. Mrs....

Margaret A. Penland

Margaret A. Penland

Dec 6, 2001

Eastover, SC - Margaret Elizabeth Allen Penland, 66, of 10 Aspen Hill Ct., formerly of Asheville, died Friday, December 6, 2001 at Palmeto Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia, S.C.. A native of Jackson County, she moved to Asheville in 1990 where she was employed as a Buyer with Trinity Industries until her retirement in 2000 at which time she...

Clarence Fulton "Buddy" Inge

Clarence Fulton "Buddy" Inge

Dec 6, 2001

Asheville - Clarence Buddy Inge, 67, of 3 Rollingwood Road, died December 6, 2001 at his residence. Mr. Inge was a native of Lynchburg, VA and had lived most of his adult life in Ft. Myers, FL before moving to North Carolina in 1995. He was a son of the late Clarence Fulton Inge and Evelyn Virginia Harris Inge....

Judson Henry Hill

Judson Henry Hill

Dec 4, 2001

Asheville - Judson Henry Hill, 83, died Tuesday, December 4, 2001 at his residence after a period of declining health. A native of Henderson County, he had lived in Wilmington until he retired to Buncombe County. He was a member of Trinity Baptist Church and was a member of the NC Beekeepers Assoc. Mr. Hill was a son of...

Wayne Ervin Smeltzer

Wayne Ervin Smeltzer

Dec 3, 2001

Asheville - Wayne Ervin Smeltzer, 74, of 18-A Pisgah View Apts., died Monday, December 3, 2001 at St. Josephs Hospital. A native of Madison County, he was the son of the late Fred and Hattie Harkleroad Smeltzer. Surviving are his wife, Rose Mary Dillavou Smeltzer of the home; brother, Henry Carter Smeltzer of Swannanoa; sister, Betty Lewis of Black...

Terry Eugene Parker

Terry Eugene Parker

Dec 3, 2001

Weaverville - Terry Eugene Parker, 46, of 185 Upper Herron Cove Road, died Monday December 3, 2001 at Memorial Mission Hospital after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was employed by Charles D. Owen Mfg. He was a son of John Moore and Christine Anderson Parker of Marion. Surviving in addition to his...

Dr. Horace Brown Griffin

Dr. Horace Brown Griffin

Dec 2, 2001

Candler - Horace Brown Griffin, Ph.D, 77, of 2-A Heather Way, died Sunday, December 2, 2001 at the Blue Ridge Health Care Center. A native of Henderson County, he resided in Haywood County where he taught and coached at Clyde High School and resided in Cullowhee while teaching history and serving as guidance counselor at the McKee-Camp Laboratory School...

Regina Cook Brown

Regina Cook Brown

Dec 1, 2001

North Augusta, S.C. - Regina Cook Brown, 80, of 311 West Spring Grove Avenue died Saturday, December 1, 2001 at her residence. A native of Graham County. She had resided in Buncombe County most of her life prior to moving to North Augusta in 1992. She retired in 1992 from T&C Laundromat.. She was a member of First Baptist...

Jack Farmer

Jack Farmer

Dec 1, 2001

Asheville - Jack Farmer, 89, of 503 Biltmore Gardens Apartments, died Saturday, December 1, 2001 at St. Josephs Hospital following a short illness. A native of Jackson County, Kentucky. He has resided in Asheville most of his life and was a W W II veteran of the U.S. Army-Airforce. Mr. Farmer retired after 25 years of service from Longs...

Joseph Cecil Grant

Joseph Cecil Grant

Nov 30, 2001

Swannanoa - Joseph Cecil Grant, 74, of 1339 Bee Tree Road, went to his heavenly home Friday evening November 30, 2001. He was born in Swain County but was a resident of Buncombe County for the majority of his life. He was a member and former deacon of Edgewood Baptist Church. Mr. Grant was the son of the late...

Terry Allen Knight

Terry Allen Knight

Nov 28, 2001

Enka - Terry Allen Knight, 57, died Wednesday November 28, 2001 at Memorial Mission Hospital after a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was the son of the late Charles Zebulon and Willie Louise Haney Knight and was also preceded in death by a grandson, Justin Wiggins, Brother, Charles Patrick Knight and sister, Sandra...

Joyce Ann Clements

Joyce Ann Clements

Nov 26, 2001

Asheville - Joyce Ann Doan Clements, 63, of 29 Oak Hill Circle, went to be with the Lord Monday November 26, 2001 at Mountain Area Hospice. A life long resident of Buncombe County. She was the daughter of the late William Taylor and Iva Joel Rice Doan. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Freddie Doan and...

Louis Fred Allen

Louis Fred Allen

Nov 25, 2001

West Asheville - Louis Fred Allen, 70, of 137 Wendover Road, Malvern Hills died Sunday, November 25, 2001 at Memorial Mission Hospital . A native of Madison County and resident of Buncombe County for most of his life. He was a retired plumber and the son of the late Lloyd Wade and Lizzie Fox Allen. He was also preceded...

Robert James Novak

Robert James Novak

Nov 25, 2001

Asheville - Robert James Novak, 34, of 871 Riverside Dr. died Sunday, November 25, 2001 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native of Buffalo, NY, he was the son of Peggy Covier Novak of Asheville and the late Charles Joseph Novak. Surviving in addition to his mother are his sisters, Michelle Novak of Franklinville, NY, Jackie Novak of Asheville, Cherie...

Silas Pender Blankenship

Silas Pender Blankenship

Nov 21, 2001

Asheville - Silas Pender Blankenship, 55, of 373 Haywood Road, died Wednesday November 21, 2001 at his home after a period of declining health. A native and life long resident of Buncombe County, he was a son of the late Frank Patterson and Eloise Luna Quinn Blankenship. Surviving are his sons, Paul Patterson Blankenship of Candler and Mark Pender...

Elizabeth Cairnes Freeman

Elizabeth Cairnes Freeman

Nov 19, 2001

Fairview - Mary Elizabeth Cairnes Freeman, 83, of 3016 Cane Creek Rd. died Monday, November 19, 2001 at Fleshers Fairview Health Care Center. A native and resident of Buncombe County for most of her life, she, along with her first husband, Rudolph Burris, were former restaurant owners and operators in the Candler area. She was a former artist and...