Jennette Smith Justice
Jun 18, 2018
Jennette Smith Justice, 95, passed away on Monday, June 18, 2018 at the Silver Bluff Village. A native of Tonawanda, NY, she resided in Buncombe County since 1978. She was a longtime member of Montmorenci United Methodist Church, and the VFW Auxiliary. Mrs. Justice and her husband volunteered for many years at the Charles George VA Hospital. She was...
Ken Curtis
Jun 17, 2018
Black Mounain Maynard Kenneth Ken Curtis, 74, of 12 Alpine Shadow Lane, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 17, 2018 at the NC State Veterans Home. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he retired as a former insurance salesman and mail carrier for the US Post Office. He was a 1963 graduate of AC Reynolds High...
Lesia Anne Dye Roberts
Jun 17, 2018
Lesia Anne Dye Roberts, 61, passed away on Sunday, June 17, 2018 at the St. Joseph Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of Appalachia VA, she resided in Buncombe County most of her life. She was a daughter of the late Denver Willard Dye and Bobbie Lou Neely Dye. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Karen...
Jack G. Williams
Jun 14, 2018
Leicester Jack Glenn Williams, 79, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, June 14, 2018 at St Joseph Campus of Mission Hospitals. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he served in the US Navy, retired from the US Postal Service, was a member of Newfound Baptist Church and was in the first graduating class of Clyde A. Erwin...
Mary C. Foster
Jun 14, 2018
Candler Mary Jo Chapman Foster, 80, of 90 Israel Road, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, June 14, 2018 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of Haywood County, she had resided in Buncombe County for most of her life and retired as a registered nurse at Memorial Mission Hospital and was formerly employed with...
Clarence Rogers
Jun 13, 2018
Sylva Clarence Eugene Rogers, 87, formerly of Asheville, passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at the Hermitage Assisted Living Center in Sylva. A native and resident for most of his life of Buncombe County, Mr. Rogers retired from Burlington Industries with over 30 years of service. He attended Maple Ridge Baptist Church, and was a veteran of the US...
Velma Worley
Jun 11, 2018
Leicester - Velma Irene Worley, 94, passed away Monday, June 11, 2018 at the WNC Baptist Home. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, Mrs. Worley was one of the oldest members of Corinth Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late King David and Sarah Louise Peek Smith, and the wife of Robert "Junior" Worley, who passed away...
David Lee Austin
Jun 10, 2018
Woodfin David Lee Shorty Austin, 59, of 134 Gorman Bridge Road, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 10, 2018 at his residence. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a machinist and attended Biltmore Church-West Asheville Campus. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and loved riding his Harley. He was the son of Wilma...
Helen Shelton Jordan
Jun 8, 2018
Helen Shelton Jordan, 86, passed away on Friday, June 8, 2018 at her residence. A native of Madison County she resided in Buncombe County for most of her life, she was a daughter of the late Steven and Ruth Shelton. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Jan Kennedy, four sisters, and a brother. Surviving are her...
James Kerekanich
Jun 8, 2018
Asheville James Joseph Kerekanich, 58, passed away Friday, June 8, 2018 at the Care Partners John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native of Oil City, PA, Mr. Kerekanich was self employed as a welder in North Carolina, and the former owner of a tree trimming service in Florida. He is the son of Bonita Joan Montgomery Kelley of...
Lewis Fowler Bryan
Jun 8, 2018
Lewis Fowler Bryan, 84, native of Madison County, went home to be with his Savior June 8, 2018 after a brief illness. He was the son of the late Jesse Polk Bryan and Sallie Dever Bryan. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Nancy Rice Bryan, his brothers William Paige Bryan, Adolphus Vance...
Erik Ross Phillips
Jun 7, 2018
Erik Ross Phillips, 63, went home to be with his Savior on Thursday, June 7, 2018 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. Mr. Phillips was a native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, and a member of Skyland First Baptist Church and Gideons International. He was a son of Ruby Taylor Bennes of Hendersonville and the late...
Delois Masters
Jun 7, 2018
Marshall Delois Elizabeth Cochran Masters, 75, of 15 Teague Road, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, June 7, 2018 at the Emerald Ridge Health Care Center. A native of Haywood County, she had resided in Buncombe County for most of her life and retired from Continental-Teves where she worked for over 20 years. Mrs. Masters is the...
Jeff Bassett
Jun 6, 2018
Asheville Jeffrey Lee Jeff Bassett, 53, passed away Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at his home. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a self employed carpenter. He was a son of the late Robert Owen Bassett and Katherine Juanita Swanger Bassett. Surviving are his sister, Nanette Ewart and husband, Mike of Asheville; brothers, Robert Bassett of Asheville and...
Flora Ray
Jun 3, 2018
Fletcher Flora Huskins Ray, 99, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 3, 2018 at her residence. Mrs. Ray was a native of Yancey County. She had resided in Buncombe County for most of her life and had lived in Henderson County for the past two years. She was a homemaker and was saved as a teenager....
Billy Ray Rice, Sr.
Jun 2, 2018
Asheville Billy Ray Rice, Sr., 72, passed away Saturday, June 2, 2018 at the St. Joseph Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native and resident of Buncombe County for most of his life, Mr. Rice had retired from Southern Railway, and had formerly attended Ivy Ridge First Church of God in Madison County. He was a friendly man who never...
Deborah Rooney
Jun 2, 2018
Dandridge, TN Deborah Williamson Rooney, 59, passed away Saturday, June 2, 2018 at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. A native of Henderson County, Mrs. Rooney had resided in Dandridge since 2013. She was the Secretary/Treasurer for Time For You Handyman Service, Inc, a business she co-owned with her husband Robert. She had a love of gardening,...
Jim Sr. Lindsey
May 28, 2018
Asheville James Ernest Jim Lindsey, Sr., 87, passed away Monday, May 28, 2018 at his home. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, Mr. Lindsey, along with his wife, were the owners and operators of Mountain Music, and former owners of Mini-Apolis Grand Prix and Lindsey Miniature Village, both in Maggie Valley. He was a former Deputy Sheriff with the...
Douglas Mcarthur Ingle
May 28, 2018
Douglas McArthur Ingle, 75, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, May 28, 2018 at Mission Hospital. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was the son of the late Chanley Ingle and Vista King Metcalf. Mr. Ingle retired as a supervisor after 31 years from the Sanitation Department for the City of Asheville. Surviving are his...
Edward Roy Metcalf
May 25, 2018
Candler - Edward Roy Metcalf, 82, passed away on Friday, May 25, 2018 at the Haywood House. A native of Yancey County he resided in Buncombe County most of his life. He was a son of the late Lark Jhue Metcalf and Nina Lanette Abernathy Metcalf. He was also preceded in death by his brothers: Paul, Larry, and Tommy...
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