Thelma Marie Rice Parker James
Sep 18, 2016
Thelma Marie Rice Parker James, 91, of Heather Glen at Ardenwoods Assisted Living, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 18, 2016 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, She was the daughter of the late Dewey Talmadge Rice and Lela Violet Meadows Rice. She was also preceded...
Teresa Hensley Wall
Sep 16, 2016
Teresa June Hensley Wall, 55, went to be with the Lord on Friday, September 16, 2016 at the St. Joseph Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, She was the daughter of the late Jay and June Murphy Hensley. Teresa was a 1979 graduate of Asheville High School, an active member of The Place...
Clarence Howard Shields
Sep 14, 2016
Clarence Howard Shields, 91, went home to be with his Lord on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at his residence. A native of Spartanburg, SC, he resided in Buncombe County for most of his life. He was the son of the late Lewis and Leola Shields. Mr. Shields attended Trinity Baptist Church, and served in the U.S. Navy during WWII...
Bobby Sr. Graham
Sep 14, 2016
Fayetteville, GA Bobby Delorme Graham Sr., 84, of Fayetteville, Georgia, went to be with the Lord on September 14, 2016. Mr. Graham was born on September 30, 1931 in Savannah to Norwood Richard Graham and Ola Mae Saturday Graham. Having accepted the Lord as a teenager, he felt called to commit his life to full-time ministry. He obtained a...
Cecil Eugene Sheppard
Sep 12, 2016
Cecil Eugene Sheppard, 62, passed away Monday, September 12, 2016 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was the son of Violet Irene Palmer Sheppard of Alexander and the late Thad Charles Sheppard. He is also preceded in death by his sister, Sandra Tolley, and brother, Charles Sheppard. Cecil had a...
Marvin L. Hardin
Sep 12, 2016
Marvin London Hardin, 87, passed away Monday, September 12, 2016 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of Spartanburg County, SC, he resided in Buncombe County for most of his life. He was the son of the late Luther Allen Hardin and Georgiana Green Hardin. He is also preceded in death by 8 siblings. Mr. Hardin was...
Leota Stroud
Sep 9, 2016
Asheville - Leota Blankenship Stroud passed away Friday, September 9, 2016 at the WNC Baptist Retirement Home, one month shy of her 102nd birthday. Born October 9, 1914 in Graham County, Mrs. Stroud had retired from American Enka following 30 years of service, and was a member of West Asheville Baptist Church. Mrs. Stroud was the daughter of the...
Kay Rogers
Sep 9, 2016
Asheville - Kay Clark Rogers, 66, passed away Friday, September 9, 2016 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, Mrs. Rogers retired from Square D as a line operator, and attended Zion Hill Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late David and Lena Laws Clark, and was also preceded in...
Alice H. Rice
Sep 2, 2016
Alice H. Rice, 95, was reunited with her husband, Willard Rice, in heaven on Friday, September 2, 2016. Mrs. Rice was a native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was the daughter of the late Benjamin Hur Harris and Grace Babcock Harris. In addition to her parents and husband she was also preceded in death by a sister...
Bill Pressley
Aug 25, 2016
Asheville William Calvin Bill Pressley, 95, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 25, 2016 at the Pisgah Manor Health Care Center. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he retired from Bills Barber Shop in West Asheville following 48 years of service. He was a member of Halls Chapel Baptist Church in Yancey County, was...
Ada G. Forester
Aug 24, 2016
Asheville Ada Elizabeth Gardner Forester, 95, passed away at the Western NC Baptist Home on Wednesday, August 24, 2016. Mrs. Forester was born in Hickory, NC on August 18, 1921, and was the daughter of the late Rufus Franklin Gardner and Essie Lucille Hosley Gardner. She was also preceded in death by her brothers, Ranson Gardner, Jay Gardner and...
Doris Houston
Aug 21, 2016
Asheville - Doris Cline Houston, 79, passed away Sunday, August 21, 2016 at her home. A native of Gastonia, Mrs. Houston had resided in Buncombe County for over 40 years. She worked as an elevator operator at Appalachian Hall, and was of the Baptist faith. She loved her family, and never once met a stranger. Mrs. Houston was the...
Lloyd "Hoppy" Vardiman
Aug 17, 2016
Lloyd Hoppy Vardiman, 75, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was the son of the late George Stanley Vardiman and Ruth Emily Bishop Robinson. He was also preceded in death by his wives: Hazel Ann Rice Vardiman...
Rita Faye Laymon
Aug 15, 2016
Asheville Rita Faye Groves Edwards Laymon, 82, passed away on Monday, August 15, 2016 at the St Joseph Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of Altus, OK, she had resided in Asheville for the past 8 years. Mrs. Laymon was the daughter of the late Ira Thomas Groves and Jewel Lorene Ketchum Groves. Surviving are her children, Richard Edwards...
Pauline Bishop
Aug 15, 2016
Asheville Pauline Genevieve Bishop, 85, passed away on Monday, August 15, 2016 at the Laurels of Hendersonville. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she served during WWII with the American Red Cross in Asheville and was a house cleaner, having served many elite clients in the Asheville area. Miss Bishop was the daughter of the late Rev....
Phyllis Currence
Aug 14, 2016
Asheville Phyllis Ann Johnson Currence, 94, of 107 Bear Creek Road, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 14, 2016 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church on Haywood Road. Our mother, as reflected by her daughters, was a...
Berlin Riddle
Aug 13, 2016
Asheville Berlin Lee Riddle, 91, of 1680 Hendersonville Road-Apt #B-4, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 13, 2016 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native of Spartanburg, SC, he had resided in Asheville most of his life. He was an Underground Tunnel Miner, was a member of the Local 147 Miners Union, and...
Colleen Estell Jones
Aug 13, 2016
Colleen Estell Jones, 88, passed away on Saturday morning, August 13, 2016. She was daughter of the late E.E. Sproles and Hettie Sproles. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Norris Jones; and son, Ronald Stanford. She is survived by her daughter, Joyce Kyker and husband James; son, Darryl Stanford; grandchildren: Robin Kyker Thomas, and Charles B....
Donald Haney
Aug 11, 2016
Leicester Donald Dean Haney, 90, passed away Thursday, August 11, 2016 at the Care Partners John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. Born in Buncombe County on July 17, 1926, Mr. Haney had resided in Henderson County for several years before returning to Buncombe County. He retired from Ecusta in 1988 as a Lab Technician, and was a member of...
Jack Sr. Banks
Aug 7, 2016
Asheville Hugh Jackson Jack Banks, Sr., 82, of 43 Cub Road, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 7, 2016 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he retired from the City of Asheville and attended Cedar Hill Free Will Baptist Church. Mr. Banks was a son of the late Thomas...
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