Grace Monday Downes
Jul 20, 2001
ASHEVILLE - GRACE MONDAY DOWNES, 92, FORMERLY OF 1473 !/2 PATTON AVENUE, DIED FRIDAY JULY 20, 2001 AT ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL. A NATIVE AND LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY SHE WAS A RETIRED OPERATOR FOR SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AFTER 37 YEARS OF SERVICE. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF TELEPHONE PIONEERS AND CAROLINA MEMORY FUND. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF...
Reggie Lee Gardner
Jul 20, 2001
WEST ASHEVILLE - REGGIE LEE GARDNER, 89, OF 2 EOLA AVENUE DIED FRIDAY, JULY 20, 2001 AT GREEN TREE RIDGE FOLLOWING A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. A NATIVE OF YANCEY COUNTY. HE HAD RESIDED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY MOST OF HIS LIFE AND WAS CO-OWNER & OPERATOR OF G & R MOTOR SALES. HE WAS A MEMBER OF TEMPLE BAPTIST...
Elvin Ruth Pettit
Jul 19, 2001
ASHEVILLE - ELVIN RUTH BANK PETTIT, 61, OF 15 WOODLAND TERRACE , DIED THURSDAY JULY 19, 2001 AT MOUNTAIN AREA HOSPICE A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF WOODLAND TERRACE BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE WAS A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AND SANG WITH THE GIFT TRIO AND WAS A MEMBER OF POST #891 V.F.W. LADIES AUXILIARY....
Margaret Geneva "Mimi" Jackson
Jul 13, 2001
MARGARET G. JACKSON MIMI ARDEN - MARGARET GENEVA AUSTIN JACKSON, 75, OF 24 McDONALD RD. DIED FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2001 AT THE HOME OF HER DAUGHTER. SHE WAS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, WAS A MEMBER OF WORDS OF LIFE TABERNACLE, AND HAD BEEN A LPN AT ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL FOR 20 YEARS. MRS. JACKSON WAS THE DAUGHTER...
Nancy Martin Pressley
Jul 13, 2001
ASHEVILLE - NANCY LEE MARTIN PRESSLEY, 49, OF 30 TRUE FAITH DR. DIED FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2001 AT HER HOME AFTER A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. MRS. PRESSLEY WAS CO-OWNER OF CARS UNLIMITED. SHE WAS A 1970 GRADUATE OF CLYDE A ERWIN HIGH SCHOOL AND A GRADUATE OF ST. GENEVIEVE SCHOOL. SHE WAS...
Della Brown Peek
Jul 10, 2001
ASHEVILLE - DELLA LEE BROWN PEEK, 96, FORMERLY OF 185 RAMSEY ROAD DIED TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2001 AT THE OAKS AT SWEETEN CREEK. MRS. PEEK WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 7, 1905 TO THE LATE CHARLIE B. AND GEORGIA RAMSEY BROWN OF LEICESTER AND WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, ELBERT W. PEEK IN 1974 AND FOUR SISTERS...
Wanda Lillie Cooper
Jul 9, 2001
WANDA LILLIE COOPER ASHEVILLE - WANDA LILLIE MEHAFFEY COOPER, 61, OF 265 SMITH GRAVEYARD RD. DIED MONDAY, JULY 9, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, SHE WAS A MEMBER OF ZION HILL BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF GENEVIEVE BROOKSHIRE MEHAFFEY OF LEICESTER AND THE LATE RUFUS LEROY MEHAFFEY. SURVIVING IN ADDITION TO...
Marie Trantham Nanney
Jul 7, 2001
FAIRVIEW - MARIE TRANTHAM NANNEY, 73, OF 715 CHARLOTTE HWY. DIED SATURDAY JULY 7, 2001. A NATIVE AND LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE CURTIS DEWEY AND THELMA REED TRANTHAM AND THE WIFE OF THE LATE HUBERT FRANKLIN NANNY. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SON, HUBERT FRANKLIN NANNY, JR. SURVIVING...
Nellie Rice Reese
Jul 6, 2001
ASHEVILLE - NELLIE LOU NANCY RICE REESE, 99, OF 70 SWEETEN CREEK ROAD, DIED FRIDAY JULY 6, 2001 AT GREENTREE RIDGE FOLLOWING A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. A NATIVE OF MADISON COUNTY. SHE RESIDED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY FOR THE PAST 58 YEARS AND WAS A DEVOTED AND LOVING WIFE AND MOTHER. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST...
Donald Clay Griffin
Jul 4, 2001
DONALD CLAY GRIFFIN MARION - DONALD CLAY GRIFFIN, 72, OF 4 BRIAR CLIFF RD. DIED WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2001 AT MCDOWELL COUNTY HOSPITAL. A NATIVE OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY, HE HAD LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. HE WAS RETIRED FROM THE ASHEVILLE-CITIZEN TIMES WITH 27 YEARS OF SERVICE. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE CLARENCE AND...
Jack Savaria
Jun 28, 2001
ASHEVILLE - URBAIN WILFRED JOSEPH "JACK" SAVARIA, 43, OF 14 CROWS FOOT TRAIL DIED THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL. A NATIVE OF WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND. HE HAD RESIDED IN HAZEL PARK, MICHIGAN FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE BEFORE MOVING TO ASHEVILLE IN JANUARY, 2001. HE WAS FORMERLY EMPLOYED WITH GOODYEAR AS A SERVICE MANAGER. MR. SAVARIA...
Brenda Propest Michales
Jun 25, 2001
CANDLER - BRENDA SUE PROPEST MICHALES, 51, OF BROOKSIDE CIRCLE DIED MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2001 AT ASTON PARK HEALTH CARE CENTER. A NATIVE AND RESIDENT MOST OF HER LIFE OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE REV. GARRETT A. PROPEST AND ADDIE BELL LETTERMAN PROPEST. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER SISTER, PEGGY HANEY...
Lillian Buckner Nichols
Jun 25, 2001
LILLIAN BUCKNER NICHOLS ASHEVILLE - LILLIAN BUCKNER NICHOLS, 92, OF FLESHERS FAIRVIEW HEALTH CARE CENTER, DIED MONDAY JUNE 25, 2001 AT PARK RIDGE HOSPITAL AFTER A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. MRS. NICHOLS RETIRED IN 1947 FROM SOUTHERN BELL AS AN OPERATOR AND WAS A LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE TELEPHONE PIONEERS OF AMERICA. A NATIVE AND LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE...
Juanita Ethel Raines
Jun 24, 2001
ASHEVILLE - JUANITA ETHEL LUNSFORD RAINES, 73, OF 50 GATEWOOD ROAD DIED SUNDAY JUNE 24, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL. A NATIVE AND LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF EMMA MISSIONARY ALLIANCE CHURCH AND THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE NELSON AND PAULINE SAWYER LUNSFORD. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER SISTERS, MAE FRANKLIN,...
Mildred Mcghee Snelson
Jun 23, 2001
ASHEVILLE - MILDRED McGHEE HOFFMAN SNELSON, 68, FORMERLY OF 4 WOODROW PLACE DIED SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 2001 AT EMERALD RIDGE HEALTH CARE CENTER FOLLOWING A LONG ILLNESS. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. MRS. SNELSON RETIRED IN 1994 FROM MILLS MANUFACTURING CO. AFTER 35 YEARS OF SERVICE. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE COLUMBUS AND ALTHA PENLEY McGHEE...
Oliver Louis Taylor
Jun 21, 2001
ASHEVILLE - OLIVER LOUIS TAYLOR, 83, OF 44 BRADDOCK WAY DIED THURSDAY JUNE 21, 2001 AT GREEN TREE RIDGE NURSING HOME. HE WAS BORN IN ASHEVILLE ON JULY 17, 1917 AND WAS THE SON OF THE LATE CLARENCE LELAND TAYLOR, SR. AND BERTHA KATHERINE MEECE TAYLOR. HE WAS RETIRED AS MANAGER FOR SMILE OIL COMPANY AND WAS A GRADUATE...
Dora Irene Robbins Cox
Jun 19, 2001
ASHEVILLE - DORA IRENE COX, 89, FORMERLY OF STEWART ST., DIED TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2001 AT CARDINAL CARE CENTER, HENDERSONVILLE. A NATIVE OF PASCO COUNTY, FL, SHE HAD RESIDED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY FOR MANY YEARS. SHE WAS RETIRED FROM MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL AS A NURSING ASSISTANT. MRS. COX WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ROBERT LEE AND MELISSA MELVINE...
Henrietta Pell Parker
Jun 19, 2001
ASHEVILLE - HENRIETTA JANE PELL PARKER, 89, OF 21 JARRETT ST. DIED TUESDAY JUNE 19, 2001 AT ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. A NATIVE OF JACKSON COUNTY, SHE HAD LIVED MOST OF HER LIFE IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE FRIENDSHIP BIBLE CLASS. SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE...
Gradie Gasaway Whittemore
Jun 19, 2001
GRADIE GASAWAY WHITTEMORE, 86, OF 14 VINEWOOD CIRCLE DIED TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2001 AT HER HOME AFTER A LONG ILLNESS. A NATIVE OF JACKSON COUNTY. SHE HAD RESIDED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY FOR MOST OF HER LIFE. SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER AND DEVOTED WIFE, MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER. MRS. WHITTEMORE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE VICTOR LEE AND BEULAH BELL...
Annie Christine "Chris" Kuykendall
Jun 19, 2001
ASHEVILLE - CHRIS KUYKENDALL, 78, OF ASHEVILLE CROSSED THE ETERNAL RIVER ON TUESDAY JUNE 19TH. SHE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND CLYDE. CHRIS IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER; PATRICIA, SONS; GENE AND HARRY, FOUR GRANDDAUGHTERS AND FOUR GREAT GRAND CHILDREN. PRIVATE GRAVESIDE SERVICES WERE HELD AT PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST CHURCH ON THURSDAY, JUNE 21ST, 2001. MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS...
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