Ray "Yogi" Curtis
Oct 22, 2001
Asheville - Ray Yogi Curtis, 69, of 15 Ben Lippen Rd., Lot #16 died Monday, October 22, 2001 at Memorial Mission Hospital after a brief illness. A native of Muscatine, Iowa, he had resided in Asheville for the past 13 years. He retired in 1988 as a Feed Salesman for Kent Feed Co. and he was a member of...
Frances Morgan Burris
Oct 21, 2001
Asheville - Frances Eva Morgan Burris, 69, formerly of Holly Hill, FL, died Sunday October 21, 2001at the residence of her son. A native of Buncombe County. She had retired from America Enka Corporation and was a member of Faith Tabernacle. She was the daughter of the late James S. Sr. and Roxann Medford Morgan and wife of the...
Robert Vester "Bob" Harwood
Oct 20, 2001
Arden - Robert Vester Bob Harwood, 55, of 21 Southwicke Drive, died Saturday October 20, 2001 at Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He had retired June 2001 as Chief of Police of Biltmore Estate with whom he has been employed for 25 years. He was a native American of the Cherokee...
Clarence Edward "Bill" Embler
Oct 17, 2001
West Asheville - Clarence Edward Bill Embler, 74, of 76 Allen Street died Wednesday, October 17, 2001 at his residence following a period of declining health. A native of Buncombe County. He was a retired Sheet Metal Mechanic and a W.W. I I veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was a member of the American Legion, Faternal Order of...
Wilma Silvers Covert
Oct 17, 2001
Siler City - Wilma Crawford Silvers Covert, 81, of 110 East Sunview Drive died Wednesday, October 17, 2001 at Sun Bridge Care Facilities. A native of Buncombe County. Mrs. Covert was a daughter of the Late Bron Curtis and Flora Radcliff Crawford and the wife of the Late Raymond Silvers and the Late Henry Covert. She was a member...
Helen Woody Caldwell
Oct 16, 2001
Fairview - Helen Woody Caldwell, 79, of 3016 Cane Creek Road, died Tuesday October 16, 2001 at St. Josephs Hospital following a period of declining health. A native of Madison County. She had resided in Buncombe County most of her life, having resided in Lakeland, Florida from 1989 to 1997 when she returned to Buncombe County. She attended Family...
Preston Murray Jr.
Oct 12, 2001
Asheville - Preston Murray, Jr., 81, of 379 Old Leicester Hwy. died Friday, October 12, 2001 at Mountain Area Hospice. A native of Stokes County, he was a veteran of the US Navy, serving during WW II. He retired from Southern Railroad in 1982. Mr. Murray was the son of the late Preston Murray Sr. and Rosa Neal Murray....
Ruth Head Hampton
Oct 12, 2001
Asheville - Ruth Jeanette Head Hampton, 94, of 28 Skyview Terrace died Friday October 12, 2001 at her home. A native of Madison County, she lived most of her life in Buncombe County. She was a member and former Sunday School teacher at New Bridge Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Lattie Pender and Vista Carson...
Ben Richard Taylor
Oct 10, 2001
Asheville - Ben Richard Taylor, 89, of Chestnut Terrace died Wednesday October 10, 2001 at his home. He was a good husband, father, grandfather, father-in-law, and a special friend to others. He was a faithful member of Sweeten Creek Free Will Baptist Church where he was former Deacon, usher, and janitor for many years. He was retired from McLean...
Lynn Buckner
Oct 9, 2001
Candler - Lynn Buckner, 91, of 240 Liberty Rd. died Tuesday, October 9, 2001 at Pisgah Manor. A native of Buncombe County, he was a retired foreman from American Enka and was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Buckner was the son of the late Jim Martin Buckner and Minnie Lee Penland Buckner and was the husband of the late...
Lorenzo C. "Lonnie" Taylor
Oct 9, 2001
Fletcher - Lorenzo Carl Lonnie Taylor, 76, of 39 Golden Oaks Lane, died Tuesday October 9, 2001 at Park Ridge Hospital. A native of Sunburst Community in Haywood County, he had lived most of his life in Buncombe County. He retired in 1991 from American Enka Corporation after 44 years of service. Mr. Taylor was a member, deacon, layreader...
Robert Neal "Bob" Quakenbush
Oct 8, 2001
Asheville - Robert Neal Bob Quakenbush, 71, of 210 Adams Hill Road died Monday October 8, 2001 at his home after an extended illness. He was born June 30, 1930 in Asheville and was a son of the late Elwood and Frances Sherlin Quakenbush and was preceded in death by his sister, Betty Terry. He attended Emma School and...
Carl R. Crawford
Oct 4, 2001
West Asheville - Carl Robert Crawford, 81, of 136 Vermont Ave. died Thursday October 4, 2001 at Aston Park Health Care Center after a long illness. A native of Jackson County, he had resided in Buncombe county since 1959. He retired in 1982 from Apple Tree Chevrolet after 23 years of service and was an avid hunter and fisherman....
C. Bruce Hunter Sr.
Oct 3, 2001
Asheville - Calvin Bruce Hunter, Sr. 95 of 25 Warwick Road died suddenly, Wednesday, October 3, 2001 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native Jacks Creek Section of Yancey County. He had resided in Buncombe County since 1947. He studied at Maryville College, Biltmore College and Western Carolina University with additional correspondence work at UNC- Chapel Hill and the University...
Harold Richard Payne
Oct 3, 2001
Candler - Harold Richard Payne, 60, of Maple Ridge Rd. died Wednesday, October 3, 2001 at Mountain Area Hospice. A native of Swain County, he had resided in Buncombe County for 35 years. He was a member of Starnes Cove Baptist Church, was an Army Veteran, and was retired from BASF. He was the son of Grady Robert Payne...
Verdelle Lester Buice
Oct 3, 2001
Swannanoa - Verdelle Lester Buice, 85, of Swannanoa died Wednesday, October 3, 2001 at the Asheville V.A. Medical Center following a period of declining health. A native of Augusta, Georgia. He had resided in Bamberg, S.C. for most of his life prior to moving to Asheville in June of 1992. Mr. Buice retired in 1966 from Dupont after many...
Samuel Frederick "Fred" Embler
Oct 2, 2001
Swannanoa - Samuel Fred Embler, 50, of 1 Hillside Circle, died Tuesday October 2, 2001 unexpectedly in Charleston, SC. He was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County and was a former employee of Mountain View Restaurant. He was the son of the late Sam and Dolores McIntyre Embler. Surviving are his wife, Karen Banks Embler of the home; sons,...
Carroll T. "Slippy" Fowler
Oct 1, 2001
Asheville - Carroll T. Slippy Fowler, 89, formerly of the Spring Creek Community of Madison County died Monday, October 1, 2001 at Mountain Area Hospice. He was the son of the late Furman and Addie Cody Fowler, Surviving are his loving and dedicated wife of 65 years, Carolyn Childress Fowler of the home; daughter, Yvonne Petersen of Arden; 3...
Katheryne S. Scarborough
Oct 1, 2001
Asheville - Robbie Katheryne Sprouse Scarborough, 81, of 71 West Street went to be with Jesus Monday, October 1, 2001. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother and grandmother and a member of Merrimon Avenue Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Robert L. and Althea Elizabeth Hall Sprouse and...
Elouise Mchone Ingle
Sep 29, 2001
Asheville - Elouise Ingle, 86, of 67 Joyner Ave. died Saturday, September 29, 2001 at her residence. A native of Madison County, she had lived in Buncombe County for most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Spurgeon L. and Lola Murray McHone and was the wife of the late Hillary Julius Ingle. She was also...
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