Derby Honeycutt

Woodfin Delzie Owen Derby Honeycutt, 91, of 19 Woodfin Avenue, went to be with his Lord and family on Saturday, November 2, 2013 at the Charles George VA Medical Center. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he retired from Pearlman Furniture Company and was formerly employed with Artimore Furniture Company for 25 years. He was of the Baptist faith, and served as a Special Deputy with the Buncombe County Sheriffs Department and was a World War II US Army Infantry veteran. Mr. Honeycutt was the son of the late Thomas and Barthemy Grindstaff Honeycutt and husband of the late Gladys Pauline Rochester Honeycutt who died in 1997. Surviving are his daughter, Patricia Maria Douglass and husband Allan of Stockbridge, GA; granddaughters, Maria Douglass and husband Valeriy Usov of Saudi Arabia and Kimberly Johnson and husband Craig of Evansville, IN; grandson, Allan Douglass, Jr. and wife Nancy of Deland, FL; great grandchildren, Michaela and Gladys Douglass-Usov and Emmanuelle Johnson and Evangeline Bushey and husband Ryan; great-great grandsons, Landen, Silas, Malachi Bushey; nephew, Ronnie Honeycutt and wife Terry of Candler, cousin, Bernice Krouse of Maryland and special friends, Joyce Granny Pierce, Linda Surrett and Sam Lamb all of Leicester and former Sheriff, Bobby Medford. Funeral services will be held at 11 AM Wednesday, November 6, 2013 in the chapel of Anders-Rice Funeral Home with Rev. Joe Yelton officiating. Burial will follow in Ashelawn Gardens of Memory with military graveside rites conducted by the Buncombe County Veterans Council and NC National Guard. The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 AM Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to: VFW Post #891, 626 New Leicester Hwy, Asheville, N.C. 28806.