Carvel Glenn "George" Whitt

CARVEL GLENN "GEORGE" WHITT, 76, OF 324 OAK VIEW PARK RD. DIED MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2000 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL FROM PNEUMONIA DUE TO COMPLICATIONS FROM HIS COLON CANCER. MR. WHITT WAS A NATIVE AND LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. HE RETIRED JANUARY 1, 1988 AFTER 39 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE FIRE DEPT. WHERE HE SERVED AS A FIRE DRIVER. HE WAS A VETERAN OF THE US NAVY SERVING DURING WORLD WAR II AND HE WAS A MEMBER OF FORKS OF IVY BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE CHARLIE LEE AND ESTA ANDERSON WHITT. HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A BROTHER, PAUL WHITT FORMERLY OF WEAVERVILLE, AND A SISTER, ELIZABETH STONEMAN, FORMERLY OF GREENSBORO. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, DOROTHY JUANITA WHITT OF THE HOME; DAUGHTERS, ELIZABETH ANN SMITH AND HUSBAND, WYLIE OF ASHEVILLE, AND DEBORAH BUCHANAN AND HUSBAND, BRENT OF CASHIERS; SISTERS, ARDELL HOLDEN AND HUSBAND, VERNON OF GREENSBORO, MARTHA ANN GIBBS AND HUSBAND, HERB OF CLIO, MICHIGAN, AND BRENDA BLANKENSHIP AND HUSBAND, GUY OF ATHENS, GA; GRANDSONS, BILL STROUPE AND WIFE, CYNTHIA OF ASHEVILLE, AND JOHNNY AND JASON MATHES BOTH OF ASHEVILLE. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 11:30 AM THURSDAY IN THE ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH THE REV. WORTH EMORY OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN WEST MEMORIAL PARK. PALLBEARERS WILL BE FELLOW FIREFIGHTERS, CHARLES WHITTEN, MIKE GREEN, GEORGE HONEYCUTT, WALTER DOCKENS, HARLEY SAMPSON, AND SPECIAL FRIEND, EDDIE JONES. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7 UNTIL 9 PM WEDNESDAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME. AT OTHER TIMES, THE FAMILY WILL BE AT THE HOME OF ANN AND WYLIE SMITH, 2 WENTWORTH AVE., ASHEVILLE. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO THE ASHEVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT, P.O. BOX 7148, ASHEVILLE, NC 28802. TO SIGN HIS GUESTBOOK ON LINE GO TO THE FUNERAL SCHEDULE AT www.andersrice.com