Obituary Listing

Everett Ball

Everett Ball

Feb 25, 2017

Asheville - James Everett Ball (Papaw) at the age of 98 went to join his wife, Helen, on Saturday, February 25, 2017. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great and great-great grandfather. Everett was born on March 30, 1918 in Asheville to the late Rev. Enoch Garfield Ball and Irene Westmoreland Ball. He was the seventh of 14...

Joe W. Mccarson,  Sr.

Joe W. Mccarson, Sr.

Feb 23, 2017

Candler Joe William McCarson, Sr., 87, went to be with his Lord on Thursday, February 23, 2017 at his home. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a self employed furniture maker and formerly attended Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church. Mr. McCarson was a son of the late James Atley McCarson and Florence Pressley McCarson and husband...

Julia Teeter Cox

Julia Teeter Cox

Feb 22, 2017

Asheville Julia Ruth Cox, 75, passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2017, at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. Mrs. Cox was born Dec. 1, 1941, in St. Petersburg, FL. She was a daughter of the late Fred Wilson Teeter and Ruth Phillips Teeter. She resided in Asheville most of her life. She was also preceded in death...

Lloyd "L.J." Grooms

Lloyd "L.J." Grooms

Feb 22, 2017

Fairview - Lloyd Roosevelt L.J. Grooms, Jr., 77, passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center surrounded by his loving family. Born in Haywood County to the late Lloyd Roosevelt and Hazel Trull Grooms, L.J. had resided in Buncombe County since 1975. He was a true mountain man that was proud of his...

Linda Shipman

Linda Shipman

Feb 21, 2017

Asheville Linda Jean McBride Shipman, 64, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of the Canal Zone in Panama, she had resided in Asheville most of her life. She was formerly employed for many years with Sky Lanes Bowling Alley and was formerly active, along with...

Violet E. Adams

Violet E. Adams

Feb 20, 2017

Asheville Violet Elma Farber Adams, 93, passed away on Monday, February 20, 2017 at Aston Park Health Care Center. A native of Fairhope, OH, she had resided in the Asheville area for the past 25 years and was a member of Mt. Pisgah Academy SDA Church. Mrs. Adams was the daughter of the late Guy Kaygey Farber and Ethel...

Autense "Shorty" Johnson

Autense "Shorty" Johnson

Feb 18, 2017

Mars Hills Marjorie Autense Shorty McEntyre Johnson, 100, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, February 18, 2017 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native of Polk County, she had resided in Buncombe County most of her life prior to moving to Madison County in 2009. She was formerly employed with Hot Shot Caf, Kellwood...

Edith Mae Thorpe

Edith Mae Thorpe

Feb 12, 2017

Asheville Edith Mae Thorpe, 49, passed away on Sunday, February 12, 2017 at Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Leonard Craig and Shirley Taylor Creasman. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Martin Roosevelt Craig. Edith was a teacher with Head Start...

Katherine D. Batten

Katherine D. Batten

Feb 10, 2017

Swannanoa - Katherine Davis Batten, 93, went home to be with the Lord Friday, February 10, 2017, at her home. She was born in Fayetteville, NC on July 2, 1923, to Frank H. and Belle B. Davis. She lived in Asheville since 1974 and was an active member of Merrimon Avenue Baptist Church where she served faithfully for many...

Bill Parsons

Bill Parsons

Feb 10, 2017

Mill Spring William Patrick Bill Parsons, 68, of 2863 Coopers Gap Road, passed away Friday, February 10, 2017 at his residence. A native of Uniontown, PA, he was the son of the late George and Josephine Stoken Parsons and the husband of Sharon Rose Angeline Parsons who died December 19, 2001. He was also preceded in death by his...

Gladys Buckner Graham

Gladys Buckner Graham

Feb 8, 2017

Gladys Louise Buckner Graham, 92, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at her home. A native of Madison County, she had resided in Buncombe County for most of her life. She was formerly employed with Square D Corp, served as foster parents with the N.C. Childrens Baptist Home, was a member of Newbridge Baptist...

Jeannette Payne

Jeannette Payne

Feb 5, 2017

Hendersonville Ruth Jeannette Cannon Payne, 78, went to be with her Lord on Sunday, February 5, 2017 at the Hendersonville Health & Rehab Center. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she assisted her husband at Paynes Tool & Cutter Grinding before retiring and was a 1956 graduate of Clyde A. Erwin High School. Mrs. Payne was the...

Wayne Dover

Wayne Dover

Feb 5, 2017

Asheville Wayne Vernon Papaw Dover, 87, went to be with his Lord on Sunday, February 5, 2017 at Pisgah Manor Health Care Center. A native of Madison County, he had resided in Buncombe County most of his life. He retired in 2000 from M.B. Haynes Corporation where he served as Line Superintendent for over 37 years and was a...

Don Penley

Don Penley

Feb 5, 2017

Weaverville - John ODonald Don Penley, 90, of Weaverville, entered into eternity with his Lord and Savior, Sunday February 5, 2017, in John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. He was born December 21, 1926 to the late John and May Rice Penley. He was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He retired from the City of Asheville after 30+...

Janet Bowman Cartwright

Janet Bowman Cartwright

Feb 4, 2017

Janet Bowman Cartwright, 84, went to her Heavenly home on Saturday, February 4, 2017 at her residence. A native of Alexander County, she had resided in Buncombe County most of her life. She was a longtime active member of Corinth Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Ransom and Retha Simmons Bowman. She was also preceded in...

Lillie Whitson

Lillie Whitson

Feb 4, 2017

Swannanoa Mary Lillie Strange Whitson, 96, of 106 Pine Tree Drive, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, February 4, 2017 at the Asheville Health Care Center. A native of Dandridge, TN she had resided in Buncombe County since 1936. She was a safety assistant with the Buncombe County Orthopedic School Bus System through Thoms Rehab. She was...

Martha Gosnell

Martha Gosnell

Feb 2, 2017

Asheville Martha Ingle Gosnell, 99, of 136 Ingle Road, went to be with her Lord on Thursday, February 02, 2017 at Aston Park Health Care Center. A native of Buncombe County, she had retired in 1979 from Burlington Industries, was a member of New Liberty Baptist Church and a member of the Sunshine Club at Victory Baptist Church. She...

Betty Gash

Betty Gash

Feb 2, 2017

Candler - Betty Louise Austin Shields Gash, passed away peacefully on February 2, 2017, at Pisgah Manor Nursing Home. She was born on April 26, 1928 to the late James Franklin and Inez Elizabeth Teague Austin in Buncombe County, where she resided. Glen, Edna, Alice, Bill, Germa, Kenny, and Charles, her siblings, all predeceased her. She was preceded by...

Rev. C. Jackson "Jack" Robinson

Rev. C. Jackson "Jack" Robinson

Jan 31, 2017

Rev. C. Jackson Jack Robinson, 93, of Black Mountain and formerly of Brevard, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at the NC State Veterans Home. A native of Western North Carolina, he was the son of the late Charles Gilbert Robinson and Martha Rebecca Fortner Robinson. He was also preceded in death by his...

Cristi Davis

Cristi Davis

Jan 30, 2017

Black Mountain Cristi Hensley Davis, 46, of Black Mountain, died unexpectedly, Monday, January 30, 2017. A native of Buncombe County, Cristi was the mother of Caitlin Davis and Kelsey Davis and grandmother of Keplee Gregory and her brother, Hayden Gregory. Surviving in addition to her daughters are her parents, Terry Buckner Moseley (Kelvin) and David Hensley (Karen); siblings, Erin...