Reggie Anders Whitt

Asheville Reggie Amelia Anders Whitt, 87, of 58 First Street passed away Sunday, August 19, 2007 at the Emerald Ridge Rehabilitation & Care Center. Mrs. Whitt was a native and resident of Buncombe County and a daughter of the late Levi Harris Anders and Manervia Catherine Haynes Anders. She retired in 1980 from the North Buncombe High School Cafeteria and was a member of Ivy Hill Baptist Church. She was the wife of the late Josephus Willard Whitt and was also preceded in death by her daughter, Gladys Riddle, brothers, France and Redmon Anders; sisters, Pearl Anders, Ellen Smith and Alice Metcalf and grandson, Rex Riddle. Surviving are her sons, Dennis Whitt and wife, Hedy of Hudson and Gary Whitt and wife, Kathy of Cabot, Arkansas; daughters, Catherine Ballard and husband, Rev. Bob Ballard of Swannanoa, Ruth Ball and husband, Arthur of Asheville, Lucille Gregory of Swannanoa, Sandra Moore and husband, Roger of Weaverville and Linda Whitt of Belton, SC; son-in-law, Locke Riddle of Mars Hill; sister, Emma Rice of Weaverville; 14 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren and 2 great -great - grandchildren. Funeral Services will be 2 PM Tuesday at Ivy Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Worth Emory officiating. Pallbearers will be her grandsons. Burial will be in the Whitt Family Cemetery, Madison County. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 PM Monday at Anders-Rice Funeral Home. A special thanks to the staff of Emerald Ridge for their love and care.