Obituary Listing

Maude Devlin

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

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...