James Robert Cordell

Aug 31, 2024

Asheville –James Robert Cordell, 81, went home to be with The Lord on Saturday, August 31, 2024, at the Aston Park Health Care Center.

A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a son of the late Melton and Bertha Cordell and husband of 60 years to the late Nadine Elizabeth Cordell who passed away...

Betty Lou Ballard Stevens

Aug 31, 2024

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Betty Lou Ballard Stevens, a devoted wife to the late John Stevens Sr. , and cherished mother to Susan Ellege and Mike of Asheville NC; John Stevens Jr. and Martha of Houston TX; and Tina Thomas and Randy of McLeansville NC. She had 5 grandchildren, Randy Thomas Jr....

Shirley Grindstaff Smith

Aug 30, 2024

Old Fort – Shirley Grindstaff Smith, 77, passed away Friday, August 30, 2024, at the Emerald Ridge Health Care Center.

A native of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Albert Grindstaff and Ada Roberts Grindstaff.

Mrs. Smith worked for the Medicap Pharmacy in Black Mountain for many years....

Deborah Ann Bode Paradis

Aug 30, 2024

Horse Shoe –Deborah Ann Bode Paradis, 72, passed away on Friday, August 30, 2024, at Pardee Hospital.

A native of Arlington, Massachusetts, she was a daughter of the late Lawrence Henry Bode and Dorothy Claire Crockett Bode. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Donna King.

Surviving are her...

Christel Kupka Fisher

Aug 29, 2024

Barnardsville – Christel Marie Luise Kupka Fisher, 87, passed away Thursday, August 29, 2024, at Aston Park Health Care Center.

She was born in Germany and was of the Catholic faith. She loved being outside gardening, long walks, traveling, the Catholic Church, reading, and being with her family. She was a terrific baker...

Robert Bruce Moore

Aug 23, 2024

Robert Bruce Moore

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Asheville –Robert Bruce Moore, 61, went to be with the Lord on Friday, August 23, 2024, at his residence.

A native of Buncombe County, he was a son of the late Lee Vance Moore Jr. and Barbara Jean...

Patricia Ann Stephens Spangler

Aug 22, 2024

Patricia Ann Stephens Meisel Spangler is swinging from a rainbow somewhere, but it surely isn't here. She did many things, but we need to remember that what she did was different from what she was.

In grade school she had a paper route--True Grit--for which she was never paid as a result of unethical management....

Audrey Baxter

Aug 19, 2024

Arden – Audrey Baxter made her journey to Heaven to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, August 19, 2024. She was born in Haywood County on March 1, 1932, to the late Bill and Mary Earley. Audrey was also preceded in death by her husband, Fred William Baxter; her son Rodney Mabry; a very special aunt, Ola...

Shirley Gosnell Bowman

Aug 19, 2024

Weaverville – Shirley Ann Gosnell Bowman, 81, went to be with Jesus on Monday, August 19, 2024, at the Elizabeth House.

A native of Buncombe County, she worked along with her husband in their grading business and was a member of Avery’s Creek Baptist Church.

Having grown up in Asheville, she...

Hattie Fox Redmon

Aug 18, 2024

Asheville – Hattie Mae Fox Redmon, 86, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 18, 2024, peacefully at her home.

A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Woodard Oral Fox and Zelma Odessa Clark Fox, and the wife of the late Edgebert Ulus Redmon, Jr....

David "Papa" Edward Whetsel

Aug 17, 2024

Alexander –David “Papa” Edward Whetsel, 72, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 17, 2024, at the Carepartners Solace Center.

A native of Delaware, Ohio, he was a son of the late Barney Elliott Whetsel and Ann Louise Whetsel. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Jack Whetsel.

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Rev. Raymond Lewis Bartlett, Ii

Aug 17, 2024

Asheville –Rev. Raymond Lewis Bartlett, II, 76, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 17, 2024, at Mission Hospital.

A native of Texarkana, Texas, he was a son of the late Raymond Lewis Bartlett, Sr. and Tommie Colene Farris Bartlett and the husband of the late Teresa Marie Shelby Bartlett who passed away...

David Glenn Bell

Aug 17, 2024

Leicester –David Glenn Bell, 87, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 17, 2024, at Mission Hospital.

A native of Black Oak, Arkansas, he was a son of the late Jess Lee and Lilian Victoria Wilson Bell, and the husband of the late Donna Sue Wilburn Bell who passed away on December 2,...

Rita Mashburn Knighten

Aug 16, 2024

Rita Mashburn Knighten, 66, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 16, 2024, at the Emerald Ridge Rehabilitation and Care Center.

A native of Haywood County, she resided in Buncombe County most of her life. She was a daughter of the late Wesley Phillip Mashburn and Annette Worley Sizemore. She was also preceded in...

Sharon Diane Karsten Stevens

Aug 14, 2024

Sharon Diane Karsten Stevens, 83, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, in her bed at home.

A native of Rockford, MI, she was the daughter of the late Murray Wilbur Karsten and Naomi Mildred Zank Karsten. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Basil Stevens, Jr.

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Sharon Elizabeth Capps Hughes

Aug 14, 2024

Leicester – Sharon Elizabeth Capps Hughes, 64, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, at Mission Hospital.

A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Norman Eugene Capps and Alma Pearl Waldroup Capps, and the wife of the late Albert Hughes. She was also...

Betty Sharpe

Aug 12, 2024

Asheville – Betty Louise Ball Sharpe, 78, passed away on Monday, August 12, 2024, at the Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital.

A native of Buncombe County, she was the daughter of the late Willis Ray Ball and Inez Warren Ball. She was also preceded in death by her sisters: Billie Ray Gowan and Doris Anne...

Douglas "Doug" Wayne Braswell

Aug 6, 2024

Asheville – Douglas “Doug” Wayne Braswell, 65, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, at Mission Hospital.

A native of Guilford County, he spent the majority of his life in Buncombe County. He was a son of Molly Kate Thomas Braswell and the late Wallace Terry Braswell.

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Estelle L. Sheldon

Aug 5, 2024

Estelle Lackey (Smith) Sheldon, age 103, of Burnsville, NC, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by her family, on August 5, 2024. She was born in Gibsonville, NC, to Annie May (Hylton) and Thomas P. Smith and was the oldest of six children. She earned her RN in 1943 from Medical College VA and her BS in Biology in...

Barbara Zane Wallin Stafford

Aug 4, 2024

Barbara Zane Wallin Stafford, 89, of Candler, NC went to be with the Lord on August 4, 2024.

Born and raised in Marshall, NC, she was the daughter of the late Chester Clyde Wallin and Elsie Robinson Wallin of Marshall, NC. She was preceded in death by her husband, Cromer “Red” Stafford; brothers: William Wallin...