Mildred Freck Pressley

Candler - Mildred Juanita Freck Pressley, 84, formerly of 32 Old Oak Hill Road, died Saturday April 19, 2008 at Pardee Care Center after an extended illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, She was a member of New Salem Baptist Church. She was a homemaker who loved crafts. She was a daughter of the late Charles and Emma Freck. She was also preceded in death by her daughter and son-in-law, Laetitia and William Howie; her brothers, Charles and wife Lucille of Wilmington, James Rip and wife Annabelle of Lake Lure, William Dugan and wife Joyce of Asheville, Ted Buster and wife Lillian of Asheville and Jack and George Eli Freck of Asheville; sister, Mary Kathryn Lance and husband Kenneth of Asheville; twin infant sisters and her ex husband Eugene Pressley, Sr. Surviving are her son, Herschel Pressley of Asheville; sister, Shirley Creasman of Asheville; grandchildren, Eric Howie, Kimberly Shelton and Misty Smith; great grandchildren, Eric Howie II, Ella Laetitia Howie and Amanda Smith and several nieces and nephews including Brenda King and her husband Bobby and Brendas children, Sandra, Nathan, Gail, and Charles Brookshire and Stephanie King; and Brenda's grandson, Anthony Brookshire. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Saturday at Anders-Rice Funeral Home with the Revs. Don Fox and Kenneth Lance officiating. Burial will be in New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery with Paul Freck, Roy Freck, Eric Howie, David Duncan, Sandra Brookshire and Joel Lance serving as pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9:00 P.M. Friday at the funeral home.