Lois Sawyer Rice
May 26, 2016
Asheville Lois Marie Sawyer Rice, 88, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 26, 2016 at the Aston Park Health Care Center. She was a native of Weaverville and a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Nursing. She was a registered nurse, having served as public health nurse with Buncombe County and later serving as...
Darlene Phillips Cordell
May 25, 2016
Darlene Phillips Cordell, died unexpectedly May 25, 2016. She was 89 years old. She was the daughter of Glen and Mabel Phillips. She is preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, James E. Cordell; son, Stephen Cordell; brothers, Wayne, Bud and Derold Phillips. Darlene was born in Sioux City, Iowa. She graduated from Central High School, among...
Louise Huntley Mcabee Earley
May 23, 2016
Louise Huntley McAbee Earley, 94, went home to be with her Lord on Monday, May 23, 2016 at Fleshers Fairview Health Care. A native of Henderson County, she was a daughter of the late Dewey Huntley and Bertha Justus Huntley. She was also preceded in death by her husbands: Wallace Blanton McAbee, and Wallace Earley; son, Brian McAbee; grandchildren:...
Tony Mark Weese
May 23, 2016
Tony Mark Weese, 57, went home to be with his Lord on Monday, May 23, 2016 at his residence. Tony was raised and lived most of his life in Rutherford County, NC. He was a son of Mary Jo Justice (Larry Justice) of Henrietta and the late Jimmie Norris Weese. He was also preceded in death by a niece,...
Hester Metcalf
May 23, 2016
Banner Elk - Hester Geneva McFee Metcalf, 88, passed away Monday, May 23, 2016 at the Life Care Center of Banner Elk. A native of Buncombe County, Mrs. Metcalf was formerly employed as a machine operator with American Enka, and was a member of Pole Creek Baptist Church. Mrs. Metcalf was the daughter of the late Kenny Blaine and...
Lou Ella Wells
May 21, 2016
Leicester Lou Ella Black Wells, 91, of 16 Piney Mountain Rd., went to be with her Lord Saturday, May 21, 2016 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Riley Alonzo Black and Gertrude Ethel Sealey Black and wife of the late James Edward Wells who...
Mark Bryan Hensley
May 15, 2016
Mark Bryan Hensley, 51, passed away on Sunday, May 15, 2016 at his residence. A native and lifelong resident Buncombe County, he was the son of Luther Junior Hensley and the late Patty Holloway Hensley Johnson. In addition to his father he is survived by his wife, Grace Marie Warren Hensley; son, William Billy Hensley of Oakley; step-son, Joseph...
Samuel Adam Cooper
May 12, 2016
Samuel Adam Cooper, 34, passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2016 in Asheville, NC. A memorial service will be held at 6:00 PM Monday, May 16, 2016, at North Mills River Campground in Brevard, NC. Anders-Rice Funeral Home & Cremation Center is handling arrangements. Adam was one of the most genuine people in the world and was loved by...
Wilma Dean Wilson
May 12, 2016
Asheville Wilma Dean Wilson, 98, of 213 Richmond Hill Drive, WNC Baptist Home, went to be with her Lord on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at the St. Joseph Campus of Mission Hospitals. A lifelong resident of Asheville, she was a beautician with most of her years at the Battery Park Hotel. She was a founding member of the First...
Charles Earl Raines
May 12, 2016
Charles Earl Raines, 88, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native of Spartanburg, SC, he resided in Buncombe County most of his life. He was a son of the late Henry and Pearl Flanagan Raines. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Juanita...
Mildred Allen Jordan
May 12, 2016
Easley, SC Mildred Mae Foster Allen Jordan, 94, went to be with her Lord on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at the Brookdale Nursing Home, Easley, SC. A native and resident of Asheville, NC most of her life, she was a daughter of the late Hubert Foster and Mamie Embler Foster. She was also preceded in death by husbands: John...
Dorothy Holt
May 12, 2016
Weaverville Dorothy Craig Holt, 65, went home to be with the Lord Thursday, May 12, 2016 at her home. A native of Polk County, Mrs. Holt had resided in Buncombe County for most of her life. She was a 1969 graduate of AC Reynolds High School, and retired as a telephone operator from AT&T in 1989, and continued to...
June Fox
May 10, 2016
Asheville June Penley Fox, better known as Moma June, born to James Everette and Donnie Brigman Penley of Weaverville, left this temporary life from her home in West Asheville in the wee hours of May 10, 2016 at the age of 88. Shes gone to live in her eternal home with her parents; her husband, Forrest Weaver Fox; her...
Jerry Langford
May 10, 2016
Asheville - Jerry Patch Langford, 58, passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at his residence. A native and resident of Buncombe County for most of his life, Mr. Langford worked as a carpenter, and was a veteran of the US Army, having being stationed in Germany. He was the son of Shirley Jean Roberts Langford of Catawba, NC, and...
Joyce S. Riebell
May 9, 2016
Asheville Joyce Alene Sprouse Riebell, 74, of 266 Old Farm School Road, passed away Monday, May 9, 2016 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a 1960 graduate of Biltmore High School. Mrs. Riebell was the daughter of the late Lewis Martin Sprouse and Margaret Edna Mae Spivey Sprouse....
Sarah E. Smith
May 8, 2016
Fletcher Sarah Evelyn Smith, 89, of 86 Old Airport Road, went to be with her Lord on Sunday, May 8, 2016. A native of Rutherford County, she had resided in Buncombe County for most of her life and was the daughter of the late Sidney Frank Smith and Maggie Lois Morgan Smith. She was formerly employed with Moser Plumbing...
Alice Moore
May 5, 2016
Asheville Alice Ann Moore, 76, of 8 Vermont Avenue, passed away Thursday, May 5, 2016 at the Stonecreek Health Care Center. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she retired in 1999 from Wilsonart following 20 years of service and formerly worked at Avondale Mfg Co. She was a veteran of the US Army. She was the daughter of the...
Nelson Allen Higgins
May 5, 2016
Nelson Allen Higgins, 63, of Asheville, NC went to be with the Lord on May 5, 2016. Nelson is survived by his lovely wife of 38 years, Ruth Hall Higgins; only son, Robert Edwin Allen Higgins (High Point, NC); daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Ann Higgins; and 2 grandsons, Declan Sean & Eli Tanner Higgins. Nelson is also survived by his 3...
Verna E. Coates
May 1, 2016
Asheville Verna Ellen Coates, 91, went to be with her Lord on Sunday, May 1, 2016 at the Western North Carolina Baptist Home where she had resided for the past 10 years. A native of Chippewa County, Wisconsin, she retired as an Elementary School Teacher and had taught at Pisgah Elementary School in Candler for many years. She was...
Mary White
May 1, 2016
West Asheville Mary Aleda Davis White, 70, went to be with her Lord on Sunday, May 1, 2016 at Fleshers Fairview Health Care Center. Mrs. White was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County. In her latter years, she was a long-distance Truck Driver and daughter of the late Margaret Davis Burrell. Surviving are her husband, John Edward Petrey; son,...
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