Dr. Bill Day
Oct 25, 2017
Mill Spring Dr. William Claude Bill Day, 70, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, October 25, 2017. A native of Cherokee County, he had resided in Buncombe County most of his life, moving to Polk County in 2014. He was a Baptist Minister and a member of Trinity Baptist Church. He served in churches in Kentucky, West...
Harold C. Sloan
Oct 24, 2017
Candler Harold Clark Sloan, 90, passed away Tuesday, October 24, 2017. A native of Statesville, NC, Mr. Sloan had resided in Buncombe County since 1960. He was the branch manager for Southern Pump and Tank for 25 years, and then served as a salesman for Oilmens Truck Tanks for another 15 years. He had been a faithful member of...
Dale Glen Edwards
Oct 24, 2017
Dale Glen Edwards, 64, passed away Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. He was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was a son of the late Kyle Hilliard Edwards and Joyce Corn Edwards. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Jo Donna Ingle Edwards, who passed away on January 2, 2013....
Irene Sams
Oct 24, 2017
Swannanoa Thelma Irene Sams, 73, passed away Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at the Black Mountain Neuro-Medical Center. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, Miss Sams was the daughter of the late Josiah and Sadie Elizabeth Ellison Sams. She was also preceded in death by two sisters, Georgia Lunsford and Louise Sams. Surviving are her sisters: Jo Ann Whitson, Betty...
Edith Earwood Bishop
Oct 22, 2017
Edith Jane Williams Earwood Bishop, 87, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, October 22, 2017 at the Aston Park Health Care Center. Mrs. Bishop was as lifelong resident of Buncombe County and was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and was affectionately known as Mom and Mamaw to many others. She was a member of Beaverdam Baptist...
David C. Shope
Oct 22, 2017
West Asheville David Carroll Shope, 79, of 89 Madeline Avenue went to be with his Lord Sunday, October 22, 2017 at the NC State Veterans Home. A native of Haywood County and resident of Buncombe County for most of his life. He was a son of the late Garrett Hobert Shope and Bertha Louellen Miller Shope and the husband...

Stacy Gassaway
Oct 19, 2017
Asheville Stacy Diana Gassaway, 47, of 25 Cherokee Road, went to be with her Lord on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at the St Joseph Campus of Mission Hospitals. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was the daughter of Wanda Faye Gassaway of the home and the late Silas Pender Blankenship. Surviving in addition to her mother are her...
David Ray King
Oct 19, 2017
Hendersonville David Ray King, 47, passed away peacefully Thursday, October 19, 2017 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of Buncombe County, Mr. King had resided in Henderson County for the past two years. He was the plant manager of Adams/Old Castle Block Manufacturing Company, and was a member of Rays Chapel Baptist Church. He was an...
Kenneth Doyle Hadeen
Oct 19, 2017
Kenneth Doyle Hadeen, 86, passed away Thursday, October 19, 2017 at his residence. He was a son of the late Caleb Samuel Hadeen and Susie Geneva Bane Hadeen. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Aline Foster Hadeen; sister, Alice Thompson; brothers: Jim Hadeen (Lura), and Richard Hadeen (Audrey); and sister-in-law, Maxine Hadeen. Dr. Hadeen retired...
Juanita Rice Shanley
Oct 18, 2017
Asheville Juanita Rice Shanley, 65, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native and resident most of her life of Buncombe County, she retired in 2014 as an Administrator for WNC Regional Air Quality Agency. She was raised up being a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist...
Richard Thomas "Tommy" Redmond
Oct 18, 2017
Richard Thomas Tommy Redmond, 67, passed away Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at the Charles George VA Medical Center. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a son of the late Herman Redmon and Robena Laughter Redmon. He was also preceded in death by his brothers: Rex Redmon and Robert Redmon. Tommy was a US Army veteran...
Brenda M. Robinson
Oct 17, 2017
Asheville Brenda Clydene Busy McPeters Robinson, 76, of 30 Plateau Road, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she retired from AT&T following 30 years of service, was of the Baptist faith and a graduate of Clyde A. Erwin...
Peggy Felmet Guterwill
Oct 11, 2017
Peggy Felmet Guterwill, 82, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County she was a daughter of the late Don Carlos Felmet and Edna Austin Felmet. She was also preceded in death by her sisters: Frances and Louise. Mrs. Guterwill...
Virginia A. Ramsey
Oct 11, 2017
Weaverville Virginia Anders Ramsey, 91, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at her residence. Virginia was born July 13, 1926 in Buncombe County to the late Bart and Jennie Anders and was married to Clyde Ramsey on October 9, 1943 and was married for 46 years prior to his death in 1989. In addition...
Loretta Ann (Dagostino) Mickey
Oct 7, 2017
Loretta Ann (Dagostino) Mickey, 78 of Asheville, North Carolina passed away October 7, 2017, in the home she loved in the Mountains of Asheville, North Carolina. She was born on August 21, 1939, in Washington, DC the daughter of the late John Joseph Dagostino and Marie Elizabeth Hensley Lester. Loretta worked in her father's television repair shop and the...

Willa Edna Rawls Deaver
Oct 6, 2017
Willa Edna Rawls Deaver, 101, passed away Friday, October 6, 2017 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, Mrs. Deaver was a graduate of Lee Edwards High School and A-B Technical Community College. She served as the secretary of the NC Industries for the Blind for over 50 years, and was a...
Lois Sprinkle
Oct 6, 2017
Candler Mava Lois Clark Sprinkle, 93, went to be with the Lord on Friday, October 6, 2017 at Fleshers Fairview Health Care Center following a short illness. A native of Madison County, she had resided in Buncombe County since 1943 and was a member of Glady Baptist Church. Mrs. Sprinkle was a daughter of the late Parley Lee Clark...

Cilla R. Anders
Oct 5, 2017
Pineville Cilla Evelyn Robinson Anders, 100, went to be with her Lord on Thursday, October 5, 2017. A native of Yancey County, Mrs. Anders had been a resident of Asheville for most of her life, having moved to Pineville in 1991. She was a member of Merrimon Avenue Baptist Church, a daughter of the late John Lee Robinson and...
Betty Laughridge
Oct 4, 2017
Marion Betty Gosnell Laughridge, 78, of Marion, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Wednesday, October 4, 2017. Mrs. Laughridge was born in Buncombe County to the late Frank and Martha Gosnell. She was an accomplished artist, author, and craftsman, who enjoyed painting, writing poetry, drawing, crocheting, and reading books. She loved music, and would...
Gladys Webster Welch
Sep 30, 2017
Gladys Webster Welch, 84, went to be with our Lord on Saturday, September 30, 2017, at the Laurels of Summit Ridge. She was born on a farm in Fayette, Maine on March 6, 1933, to the late F. Erle Webster and Doris Hibbs Webster. She was also preceded in death by her husband, whom she married June 29, 1958,...
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