Elvert Marion Roberts Sr.
Mar 10, 2001
ASHEVILLE - ELVERT MARION ROBERTS, SR., 76, OF 11 BRICKYARD PLACE DIED SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL FOLLOWING A LONG ILLNESS. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, HE RETIRED IN 1983 FROM THE ASHEVILLE V.A. MEDICAL CENTER AFTER 38 YEARS OF SERVICE AS A NURSES AIDE. MR. ROBERTS ATTENDED LOCUST GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH, WAS A VETERAN...
Dorothy Elizabeth Gray
Mar 10, 2001
ASHEVILLE - DOROTHY ELIZABETH TILLOTSON GRAY, WHO WAS BORN AUGUST 6, 1911 IN HARTSVILLE, S.C., DIED SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2001 AT HER RESIDENCE AT THE WESTERN N.C. BAPTIST HOME FOLLOWING A SHORT ILLNESS. SHE RECEIVED HER B.A. DEGREE FROM WINTHROP COLLEGE IN 1933 IN ENGLISH EDUCATION AND RESIDED IN GASTONIA FOR 55 YEARS PRIOR TO MOVING TO ASHEVILLE IN...
Charles Lewis Crowder
Mar 9, 2001
WEST ASHEVILLE - CHARLES LEWIS CROWDER, 77, OF 63 BAKER AVE. WENT HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD ON FRIDAY MARCH 9, 2001. A LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE JESSE L. CROWDER AND PANSY RIDDLE CROWDER. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHERS, CECIL, JOHN AND HARVEY CROWDER. MR. CROWDER...
Willie Kate Jones
Mar 8, 2001
WEST ASHEVILLE - WILLIE KATE RICE JONES, 87, OF 12 CENTRAL AVENUE WEST, DIED THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2001 AT HER RESIDENCE FOLLOWING AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE CLARENCE WALTER RICE AND BERTHA TALLANT RICE AND THE WIFE OF JAMES WESLEY JONES WHO DIED IN 1989. MRS. JONES WAS...
Carolyn L. Hamlin
Mar 6, 2001
ARDEN - CAROLYN L. HAMLIN, 60, OF 16 McDONALD RD. WENT HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2001 AT HER HOME. A LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE FRANK BOYCE AND ROBENA ESTER CABE LANCE. SURVIVING ARE HUSBAND, JAMES HUEY HAMLIN OF THE HOME; SONS, GREGORY SCOTT HAMLIN AND...
Frances Rice Hipps
Mar 5, 2001
ASHEVILLE - FRANCES RICE HIPPS 81, OF 136 LOUISIANA AVE. DIED TUESDAY MARCH 5, 2001 AT MOUNTAIN AREA HOSPICE AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. A NATIVE OF MADISON COUNTY SHE HAD LIVED MOST OF HER LIFE IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH AND WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JAMES AND LALA BRANKS RICE. SHE WAS ALSO...
William Glenn "Bill" Surrett
Mar 4, 2001
ASHEVILLE - WILLIAM "BILL" GLENN SURRETT, 64, OF 19 BENSON ROAD DIED SUNDAY MARCH 4, 2001 AT HIS HOME AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. A NATIVE OF HAYWOOD COUNTY, HE HAD LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY AND WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. HE WAS A SON OF THE LATE FRANK CARROLL AND ZENIA MAE McINTYRE SURRETT AND...
Larry Livingston Williams
Mar 1, 2001
WILMINGTON - LARRY LIVINGSTON WILLIAMS, 78, OF WILMINGTON DIED THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2001. A NATIVE OF WAYNESVILLE. HE HAD SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING W.W. I I. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, BETTY WILLIAMS OF THE HOME; SON, FRANK WILLIAMS OF WILMINGTON; DAUGHTER, LISA SHOOK OF CARY; GRANDCHILDREN, ASHLEIGH AND MATTHEW SHOOK BOTH OF CARY AND BROTHER, JOHN JULIUS...
Marie Towe Mcclure
Mar 1, 2001
FAIRVIEW - EVELYN MARIE TOWE McCLURE, 69, DIED THURSDAY MARCH 1, 2001 AT ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. A NATIVE AND RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY FOR MOST OF HER LIFE, SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS AND HAD SERVED A MISSION IN THE ATLANTA TEMPLE. SHE WAS ONE OF...
Margaret Sexton Wright
Feb 27, 2001
WOODFIN - MARGARET SEXTON WRIGHT, 84, OF 112 JONESTOWN ROAD DIED TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2001 AT HER RESIDENCE. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE WAS A FORMER ACCOUNTANT AND BOOKKEEPER AND HAD INSTRUCTED META PHYSICS AND ESOTERIC SUBJECTS AT GUILFORD COLLEGE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE. MRS. WRIGHT WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE NORTH SHORE...
Elsie Hinson "Noni" London
Feb 26, 2001
CANDLER - ELSIE HINSON LONDON, 91, KNOWN AFFECTIONATELY BY HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS NONI FORMERLY OF 14 SOUTH MORGAN BRANCH ROAD DIED MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2001 AT PISGAH MANOR NURSING HOME FOLLOWING A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. A NATIVE OF YANCY COUNTY AND A RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY SINCE 1937. MRS. LONDON, ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND, WAS FORMER...
Hazel Roberts Hensley
Feb 26, 2001
ASHEVILLE - HAZEL ROBERTS HENSLEY, 82, OF 978 HAYWOOD RD. DIED MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2001 AT ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL. HAZEL WAS THE WIFE OF THE LATE ED HENSLEY. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER FOUR CHILDREN, SONNY HENSLEY, DORIS HARRELL, AND LEEANN COLE ALL OF ASHEVILLE, AND RONNIE HENSLEY OF BRUCE, MISSISSIPPI; 1 SISTER, ROBEANA STEWART OF ASHEVILLE; 10 GRANDCHILDREN...
Helen Katherine Duncan
Feb 25, 2001
ASHEVILLE - HELEN KATHERINE CURTIS DUNCAN, 81, OF 7 MELTON DRIVE DIED SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2001 AT THE MOUNTAIN AREA HOSPICE SOLACE CENTER. A NATIVE OF GIBSONVILLE. MRS. DUNCAN HAS RESIDED IN ASHEVILLE SINCE MAY 5, 1945. SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER, FORMER CHURCH SCHOOL TEACHER AT ST. MARKS LUTHERAN CHURCH FOR MANY YEARS WHERE SHE IS A MEMBER AND...
Margaret Evelyn Calloway
Feb 24, 2001
WEST ASHEVILLE - MARGARET EVELYN CASSIDA CALLOWAY, 74, OF 121 WELLINGTON ST. DIED SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2001 AT ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL AFTER A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. MRS. CALLOWAY WAS NATIVE OF YANCEY COUNTY AND HAD RESIDED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY FOR MOST OF HER LIFE. SHE WAS EMPLOYED WITH McDONALDS AS A BISCUIT MAKER SINCE 1993 AND WAS FORMERLY...
Shirley Lankford Russell
Feb 22, 2001
ASHEVILLE - SHIRLEY LANKFORD RUSSELL, 64, OF 81 LINDA VISTA DRIVE DIED THURSDAY FEBRUARY 22, 2001 AT HER RESIDENCE. A NATIVE OF MADISON COUNTY SHE HAD LIVED MOST OF HER LIFE IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE HAD RETIRED FROM INGLES MARKETS AND WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ED AND LILLIE WALDROUP LANKFORD AND...
Dorothy Fulp Crowder
Feb 21, 2001
CANDLER - DOROTHY FULP SLOAN, 72, OF CHALLEDON DRIVE DIED WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 21, 2001 AT MOUNTAIN AREA HOSPICE. A NATIVE OF CHASE CITY, VA, SHE HAD LIVED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY FOR 40 YEARS. SHE HAD BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF POLE CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH FOR 35 YEARS WHERE SHE TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL, VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL, AND SHE SANG IN...
Thomas Larry Bailey Sr.
Feb 21, 2001
THOMAS LARRY BAILEY, SR ASHEVILLE - LARRY BAILEY, 48, OF 79 UNAKA AVE. DIED WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 21, 2001 AT HARRIS REGIONAL HOSPITAL, SYLVA. A NATIVE AND LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE NORMAN DOUGLAS BAILEY, SR. AND THE LATE MARGARET JANE CALLOWAY BAILEY. HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SISTER,...
Ross Cornelius Wheeler
Feb 19, 2001
SWANNANOA - ROSS CORNELIUS WHEELER, 77, OF 183 MOCKINGBIRD RD. DIED MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2001 AT HIS RESIDENCE. A NATIVE OF MADISON COUNTY, HE HAD LIVED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF GRACE FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH AND HE WAS RETIRED FROM GROVE STONE AND SAND CO. MR. WHEELER WAS THE SON OF...
Benjamin Franklin Thompson
Feb 19, 2001
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA - BENJAMIN FRANKLIN THOMPSON, 90, FORMERLY OF ASHEVILLE DIED MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2001. MR. THOMPSON WAS AN OUTSTANDING ALL AROUND ATHLETE AT LOMBARD AND KNOX COLLEGES AND A GRADUATE OF PALMER SCHOOL OF CHIROPRACTIC IN DAVENPORT, IOWA. AS A YOUNG MAN HE PLAYED THE TRUMPET WITH BIG BANDS AND RINGLING BROTHERS CIRCUS. HE LATER BECAME NOTED FOR...
Leatha Belle Martin
Feb 18, 2001
BREVARD - LEATHA BELLE PARHAM MARTIN, 88, DIED SUNDAY FEBRUARY 18, 2001 AT IVY HILL NURSING HOME. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY HAVING MOVED TO BREVARD IN 1996. SHE RETIRED FROM BILTMORE INDUSTRIES AFTER 48 YEARS OF SERVICE WHERE SHE WAS A TOUR GUIDE AND IN HER LATTER YEARS WORKED IN THE MUSEUM. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF...
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