Ellijay Jarrett Rogers
May 30, 2001
ASHEVILLE - ELLIJAY LEDFORD JARRETT ROGERS, 99, OF 1153 SWEETEN CREEK ROAD, DIED SATURDAY MAY 26, 2001 AT MERCY SOUTH HOSPITAL IN CHARLOTTE AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. A NATIVE OF YANCEY COUNTY, SHE HAD LIVED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY FOR THE PAST 90 YEARS AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE ASHEVILLE FULL GOSPEL TABERNACLE, WHICH IS NOW KNOWN AS THE...
Earl Freeman
May 27, 2001
LEICESTER - EARL FREEMAN, 69, OF 505 SLUDER BRANCH ROAD, DIED SUNDAY MAY 27, 2001 AT MOUNTAIN AREA HOSPICE. A NATIVE OF MADISON COUNTY HE HAD LIVED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY SINCE 1961. HE WAS A FARMER AND THE SON OF THE LATE CLIFFORD AND LOUISE PAYNE FREEMAN. HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A DAUGHTER, DONNA JEAN FREEMAN....
James Norris Tranbarger
May 24, 2001
ASHEVILLE - JAMES N. TRANBARGER, 85, DIED THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2001 AT ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL. A NATIVE OF BRISTOL, VA. HE HAD LIVED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY SINCE 1937. HE WAS RETIRED FROM AMERICAN ENKA CORP. AFTER 33 YEARS OF SERVICE AND RETIRED FROM ASHEVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT AFTER 12 YEARS OF SERVICE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF OAKLEY BAPTIST CHURCH...
Johnny Rhymer
May 22, 2001
ALEXANDER - JOHNNY RHYMER, 81, OF 1516 OLD HWY #20, DIED TUESDAY MAY 22, 2001 AT ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL AFTER A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. HE WAS A SON OF THE LATE ALCY GEROME AND LINA FRISBEE RYMER. . HE WAS A SERGEANT IN THE U. S. ARMY ANTI AIRCRAFT DURING WW II...
Katie Beatrice Whitaker
May 21, 2001
FAIRVIEW - KATIE BEATRICE WHITAKER, 70, OF 376 GARREN CREEK ROAD DIED MONDAY MAY 21, 2001 AT MOUNTAIN AREA HOSPICE SOLACE CENTER. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, SHE HAD WORKED FOR SEVERAL TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF FAIRVIEW SHARON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WHERE SHE SERVED ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD AND WAS A MEMBER...
Edna Mae Tesner
May 21, 2001
WEST ASHEVILLE - EDNA MAE JOHNSON TESNER, 79, OF 21 BEVERLY ROAD-WEST DIED MONDAY MAY 21, 2001 AT THE BRIAN CENTER IN WEAVERVILLE FOLLOWING A SHORT PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. A NATIVE OF MADISON COUNTY. SHE WAD RESIDED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY MOST OF HER LIFE. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE DAUGHTER OF THE...
Preston S. Bagwell Jr.
May 18, 2001
ASHEVILLE - PRESTON S. BAGWELL, JR., 76, DIED FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2001. MR. BAGWELL WAS A NATIVE OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY AND LIVED HERE FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE. HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH, A VETERAN OF THE US MARINE CORP, SERVING DURING WW II, AND HE HAD WORKED FOR THE NC WILDLIFE RESOURCE COMMISSION, ASHEVILLE CITY POLICE DEPT.,...
Dolores Moore Rice
May 18, 2001
WEST ASHEVILLE - DOLORES ESTORA MOORE RICE, 68, OF 21 MOUNTAIN TERRACE ROAD, WAS REUNITED WITH HER HUSBAND, THE LATE CHARLES C. RICE, MAY 18, 2001, ON THEIR 49TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. A NATIVE OF TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA SHE HAD RESIDED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY MOST OF HER LIFE AND WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE LEMUEL FREDERICK MOORE, SR. AND DELILAH...
Nellie Alexander Taylor
May 17, 2001
NELLIE ALEXANDER TAYLOR ASHEVILLE - NELLIE ALEXANDER TAYLOR, 92, OF 17 GREEN VALLEY RD. DIED THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL. SHE WAS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY AND WAS A MEMBER OF OAK FOREST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. MRS. TAYLOR WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE E.L. AND CELIA SHEPPARD ALEXANDER AND WAS THE WIFE OF THE...
Ormond Edward Lawing
May 16, 2001
ASHEVILLE - ORMOND EDWARD LAWING, 73, OF 62 FRANCES ST. DIED WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2001 AT ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL. A NATIVE AND LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. HE WAS A WW II, KOREAN AND VIETNAM VETERAN HAVING SERVED IN THE US ARMY, US AIR FORCE AND RETIRED FROM THE MERCHANT MARINES AFTER 40 YEARS OF SERVICE. HE WAS...
Willard Edmonds
May 15, 2001
WILLARD EDMONDS, 70, OF 3933 SWEETEN CREEK ROAD DIED TUESDAY MAY 15, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. A NATIVE OF MADISON COUNTY, HE LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. HE WAS THE PAST OWNER AND OPERATOR OF EDMONDS SANITATION PICK UP COMPANY AND A MEMBER OF SUNNYVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS A SON...
Robert L. Hudgins
May 13, 2001
ROBERT L. HUDGINS FAIRVIEW - ROBERT L. HUDGINS, 78, OF 1197 UPPER BRUSH CREEK RD. DIED SUNDAY, MAY 13, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL. A LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, HE WAS RETIRED FROM BUNCOMBE CONSTRUCTION AND HE ATTENDED CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN FAIRVIEW. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE J. H. AND VERNA SMART HUDGINS AND...
Eleanor Katherine Sivess
May 12, 2001
ASHEVILLE - ELEANOR KATHERINE SIVESS, 87, DIED SATURDAY MAY 12, 2001. A NATIVE OF QUEENS CO., N.Y., SHE LIVED MOST OF HER LIFE IN ST. MICHAELS, MD. BEFORE MOVING TO ASHEVILLE 4 YEARS AGO. SHE WAS A GRADUATE OF RUTGERS UNIVERSITY. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE GEORGE JOHN AND ADELAIDE ANKNER SIEGEL. SURVIVING ARE HER HUSBAND PETER...
Kimberly O'Ryan Farmer
May 10, 2001
KIMBERLY ORYAN FARMER, INFANT DAUGHTER OF BRANDY NOEL MACK AND CLINTON BRADY FARMER DIED THURSDAY MAY 10, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL. SURVIVING IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS ARE HER PATERNAL GRANDFATHER, TED FARMER OF WEAVERVILLE; PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER AND STEP-GRANDFATHER, BARBARA AND TY BLACK OF BURNSVILLE; MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, ANGELA TAYLOR OF ASHEVILLE; MATERNAL GRANDFATHER, CHRIS HIPPS OF ASHEVILLE; MATERNAL...
Melinda Ann Partee
May 10, 2001
- MELINDA ANN PARTEE, 41, OF ASHEVILLE DIED THURSDAY MAY 10, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. A NATIVE OF TAMPA, FL. SHE HAD LIVED MOST OF HER LIFE IN MT. CARMEL, IL. BEFORE MOVING TO ASHEVILLE. SHE HAD SERVED 3 YEARS IN THE U.S. MARINE CORP, WAS A TUTOR FOR THE MATH...
Fassie Vernon Worley
May 8, 2001
ASHEVILLE - FASSIE VERNON WORLEY, 89, OF 288 MERRILLS COVE ROAD DIED TUESDAY MAY 8, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL. A NATIVE OF MADISON COUNTY, HE HAD LIVED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY FOR THE PAST 51 YEARS. HE WAS A MEMBER AND FORMER DEACON AT CHAPEL HILL BAPTIST CHURCH FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS A DEVOTED AND LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER,...
Sierra Maria Derden
May 8, 2001
FLETCHER - SIERRA MARIA DERDEN, INFANT DAUGHTER OF RHONDA MICHELLE WILKIE AND JOSHUA DANIEL DERDEN OF 49 JONES CIRCLE, DIED TUESDAY MAY 8, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL. SURVIVING IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS ARE HER MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, GEORGE AND WILLIE BARBOUR OF EL PASO, TX.; MATERNAL GREAT GRANDMOTHER, LOU WAYCASTER OF ASHEVILLE; PATERNAL GREAT GRANDMOTHER, DOT RICHMOND OF...
Daisy Ann Hawkins
May 6, 2001
ASHEVILLE - DAISY ANN HENSLEY HAWKINS, 72, OF 12 O'DONALD ROAD, DIED SUNDAY MAY 6, 2001 AT BLUE RIDGE HEALTH CARE. SHE WAS A NATIVE AND LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER AND THE DAUGHTER OF BERTHA HENSLEY FLETCHER OF ASHEVILLE AND THE LATE JETER ALBERT HENSLEY. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND,...
William Burton Harper
May 3, 2001
WEAVERVILLE - WILLIAM BURTON HARPER, 77, OF 180 UPPER HERRON COVE RD. DIED THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL. A LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM BILL HARPER AND LINDA HARPER THORPE AND WAS THE HUSBAND OF THE LATE DRUCILLA WRIGHT HARPER. MR. HARPER WAS A US ARMY VETERAN,...
Dorothy Gregg "Ruby" Ballew
Apr 30, 2001
DOROTHY "RUBY" GREGG BALLEW, 76, DIED MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2001, IN AN ASHEVILLE HOSPITAL. SHE RESIDED AT 114 ROCK HILL RD., ASHEVILLE. A NATIVE AND LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE EUGENE GREGG AND EDNA BRANK. SHE WAS THE WIDOW 0F CHARLES E. BALLEW. SHE WAS A CPA FOR SCOTT BANKS TRUCKING CO....
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