Charles Lewis Crowder

WEST ASHEVILLE - CHARLES LEWIS CROWDER, 77, OF 63 BAKER AVE. WENT HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD ON FRIDAY MARCH 9, 2001. A LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE JESSE L. CROWDER AND PANSY RIDDLE CROWDER. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHERS, CECIL, JOHN AND HARVEY CROWDER. MR. CROWDER WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST CHURCH AND A WORLD WAR II VETERAN. HE WAS A LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER AND WILL BE MISSED BY HIS FAMILY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 59 YEARS, WINIFRED FOLLETT CROWDER OF THE HOME; DAUGHTERS, KATHY HOOPER AND HUSBAND TONY, ANITA TAYLOR AND HUSBAND WENDALL; SONS, TOMMY CROWDER AND WIFE KATHY, TIM CROWDER AND MARK CROWDER ALL OF ASHEVILLE; SISTERS; RUTH FILKINS, RACHEL OLGE AND DOT HYATT ALL OF ASHEVILLE AND LINDA SWAYNGIM OF HICKORY; 7 GRANDCHILDREN AND 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 3:00 P.M. SUNDAY AT PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST CHURCH WITH THE REVS. H.L. WILSON AND EBB JENKINS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN THE CHURCH CEMETERY. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS SATURDAY FROM 7 TO 8:30 P.M. AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO: PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST CHURCH, 500 AIKEN ROAD, WEAVERVILLE, NC 28787 OR MOUNTAIN AREA HOSPICE, P.O. BOX 25338, ASHEVILLE, NC, 28813.