Obituary Listing

Edward D.V. Dyer

Edward D.V. Dyer

Jan 23, 2001

ASHEVILLE - EDWARD D.V. DYER, 77, OF 19 IRVING STREET DIED TUESDAY JANUARY 23, 2001 AT HIS HOME. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, HE WAS A SON OF THE LATE W. J. AND DOLLY PARTON DYER. HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY SON, EDWARD JIMMY DYER; BROTHERS, GORDON, CORDELL, LLOYD, CLARENCE AND J.G. DYER AND SISTER, MATTIE...

James Monroe Shook

James Monroe Shook

Jan 22, 2001

CANDLER - JAMES MONROE SHOOK, 52, OF 5 PLEMMONS DRIVE DIED MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2001 AT THE RESIDENCE FOLLOWING A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. HE WAS A SELF EMPLOYED ROOFER AND A VETERAN OF THE U.S. ARMY. HE WAS A SON OF MAZEL HANEY SHOOK OF ASHEVILLE AND THE LATE WILLIAM SHOOK. SURVING...

Bernez L. "Monk" Vehaun

Bernez L. "Monk" Vehaun

Jan 21, 2001

ASHEVILLE - BERNEZ LOMINAC "MONK" VeHAUN, 83, OF 21 BROWN AVE. DIED SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 2001 AT ASTON PARK HEALTH CARE FOLLOWING A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. SHE WAS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY AND RETIRED AFTER MANY YEARS OF SERVICE FROM J.C. PENNYS. SHE WAS A LIFELONG MEMBER OF NEWBRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE WAS A MEMBER...

Mary Louise Bell

Mary Louise Bell

Jan 21, 2001

MT. GILEAD, NC - Mary Louise Ray Bell, 73, formerly of Weaverville, died January 21, 2001 at her home. She was born February 18, 1927 in Buncombe County. She was the daughter of the late Prince Bismarck Ray and the late Effie Shelton Ray. She was a graduate of Weaverville High School and was a teller supervisor for First...

Beatrice "Bea" Hawkins Styles

Beatrice "Bea" Hawkins Styles

Jan 21, 2001

ASHEVILLE - BEATRICE "BEA" HAWKINS STYLES, 77, OF 35 MULBERRY STREET, WENT TO BE WITH JESUS, SUNDAY JANUARY 21, 2001 AT HER DAUGHTERS RESIDENCE. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE WAS RETIRED FROM SQUARE-D AND WAS A MEMBER OF RICHLAND BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE KELLY C. AND THELMA HAYES HAWKINS. SHE WAS THE...

Richard Foy Williams

Richard Foy Williams

Jan 21, 2001

FAIRVIEW - RICHARD FOY WILLIAMS, 74, OF 1372 UPPER BRUSH CREEK ROAD, DIED SUNDAY JANUARY 21, 2001 AT MARGARET PARDEE HOSPITAL AFTER A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. HE WAS A RETIRED CARPENTER AND A W.W. II ARMY VETERAN. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE MARVIN AND BESSIE CROCKER WILLIAMS. HE WAS ALSO...

Willie Mae Metcalf

Willie Mae Metcalf

Jan 20, 2001

ASHEVILLE - WILLIE MAE CHAMBERS METCALF, 91, OF 63 VINEWOOD CIRCLE DIED SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 2001 AT HER RESIDENCE. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE CANEY AND MINER ELVIRA ALLISON CHAMBERS AND WAS THE WIFE OF THE LATE REV. HUBERT EDWARD METCALF, SR. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A DAUGHTER,...

Larry Ray Greene

Larry Ray Greene

Jan 20, 2001

FLETCHER - LARRY RAY GREENE, 44, OF 20 GREENLEAF DR. DIED SATURDAY JANUARY 20. 2001 UNEXPECTEDLY. A NATIVE OF SACRAMENTO, CA. HE HAD LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN DUNCAN, SC. BEFORE MOVING TO HENDERSON COUNTY IN 1982. HE WAS AN ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN FOR CAROLINA POWER AND LIGHT. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS MOTHER LAVERNE BRIDWELL GREENE....

Isabell Harris

Isabell Harris

Jan 19, 2001

ASHEVILLE - ISABELL CAUBLE HARRIS, 94, OF 91 VICTORIA ROAD, DIED FRIDAY JANUARY 19, 2001 AT BLUE RIDGE HEALTH CARE AFTER A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. A LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF OAKLEY BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ADAM AND DORA LOUISE CAUBLE. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY...

Effie "Granny" Jones

Effie "Granny" Jones

Jan 17, 2001

ASHEVILLE - EFFIE HOOPER "GRANNY" JONES, FORMERLY OF 118 STEWART STREET DIED WEDNESDAY JANUARY 17, 2001 AT MAGNOLIA HEALTH CARE CENTER. A NATIVE OF HAYWOOD COUNTY, SHE HAD RESIDED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY MOST OF HER LIFE. SHE WAS A FORMER COOK WITH VARIOUS LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND A MEMBER OF EDGEWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE...

Eula Irene Moss Stanley

Eula Irene Moss Stanley

Jan 16, 2001

CANDLER - EULA IRENE MOSS STANLEY, 94, OF 126 MOODY AVE. DIED TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL. A NATIVE OF JACKSON CO., SHE HAD LIVED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY FOR OVER 55 YEARS. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF GOOD NEWS BAPTIST CHURCH. MRS. STANLEY WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE MONROE AND TALATHA PEARSON MOSS AND WAS...

Lt. Col. Len Bockman Ret.

Lt. Col. Len Bockman Ret.

Jan 15, 2001

GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - LIEUTENANT COLONEL LEONARD IRA LEN BOCKMAN, U.S. ARMY, RETIRED, OF 4320 N.W. 25TH TERRACE, DIED MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 2001 AT HIS RESIDENCE FOLLOWING A SHORT ILLNESS. A NATIVE OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK, HE HAD RESIDED IN THE ASHEVILLE AREA DURING THE MID 70S AND HAS RESIDED IN FLORIDA FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS. HE WAS...

Cecil Cassada

Cecil Cassada

Jan 15, 2001

LEICESTER - CECIL CASSADA, 78, OF 30 CASSADA ROAD, DIED MONDAY JANUARY 15, 2001 AT THE OAKS AT SWEETEN CREEK AFTER A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, HE WAS A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT AND A SELF-EMPLOYED BUSINESS OWNER. HE WAS A W.W.II ARMY VETERAN AND THE SON OF THE LATE...

Wilburn Houston Gentry

Wilburn Houston Gentry

Jan 12, 2001

MARSHALL - WILBURN HOUSTON GENTRY, 60, OF BAILEY BRANCH RD. DIED FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL. A NATIVE OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY AND HAD LIVED THERE FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE WILLIE HARLAN AND CATHERINE TAYLOR GENTRY. HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS GRANDMOTHER, RENA GENTRY. HE WAS...

Estelle Dayton Magdanz

Estelle Dayton Magdanz

Jan 9, 2001

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR ESTELLE DAYTON MAGDANZ, 96, OF VANDERBUILT APARTMENTS WHO DIED TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2001, WILL BE HELD 11 A.M. WEDNESDAY IN THE MAUSOLEUM CHAPEL AT PISGAH VIEW MEMORIAL PARK WITH THE REV. DANIEL STEPHENSON OFFICIATING. ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME IS ASSISTING THE FAMILY.

Mary Elizabeth Smith

Mary Elizabeth Smith

Jan 8, 2001

FAIRVIEW - MARY ELIZABETH SMITH, 39, OF 24 SAYLES TOWN RD. DIED MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL. A NATIVE OF CHATHAM COUNTY, SHE HAD LIVED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY FOR 12 YEARS. SHE WAS A QUALITY CONTROL SUPERVISOR WITH COLLINS AND AIKMAN, INC., AND A GRADUATE OF NC STATE. SHE LOVED HER HORSES AND SHOWED RACKING HORSES....

Mack Raymond Worley

Mack Raymond Worley

Jan 5, 2001

MACK RAYMOND WORLEY, 65, OF 15 BEAR FARM ROAD DIED PEACEFULLY FRIDAY JANUARY 5, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL AFTER A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, HE RETIRED IN 1994 FROM BLUE RIDGE TRUCKING COMPANY AFTER 23 YEARS OF SERVICE. HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. HE WAS A SON OF THE LATE BONNIE...

Jack Burgin "J.B." Luther

Jack Burgin "J.B." Luther

Jan 5, 2001

JACK BURGIN "J. B." LUTHER, 58, OF 119 N. BEAR CREEK RD. WENT HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL. MR. BURGIN WAS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY AND WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. HE WAS THE BELOVED SON OF THE LATE FURMAN MELVIN LUTHER AND NELL MAE BANKS LUTHER....

Joseph Ralph Powell Sr.

Joseph Ralph Powell Sr.

Jan 5, 2001

JOSEPH RALPH POWELL, SR., 85, OF 119 NAPLES RD. DIED FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 2001 AT BEVERLY HEALTH CARE CENTER. A NATIVE OF UNION, S.C., HE HAD LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. HE WAS A SON OF THE LATE JOSEPH CEPHAS POWELL AND VIOLA LAVIRGIN CAPPS POWELL. HE WAS A W.W.II VETERAN OF THE U.S. ARMY, HAVING...

Ruth Bryant Rice

Ruth Bryant Rice

Jan 3, 2001

RUTH BRYANT RICE, 72, OF 141 ELKWOOD AVENUE DIED WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2001 AT THE MOUNTAIN AREA HOSPICE SOLACE CENTER FOLLOWING AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE RETIRED FROM THE A & P TEA COMPANY AFTER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE AND WAS A MEMBER OF PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE...