Edgar Byrd Metcalf

EDGAR BYRD METCALF, 81, OF 560 ENKA LAKE ROAD DIED SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2000 AT MOUNTAIN AREA HOSPICE SOLACE CENTER AFTER A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. A RESIDENT OF BURNSVILLE UNTIL MOVING TO BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN 1944. HE RETIRED IN 1981 FROM AMERICAN ENKA CORPORATION AFTER 36-1/2 YEARS OF SERVICE. MR. METCALF WAS A MEMBER OF POLE CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH FOR THE PAST 41 YEARS WHERE HE HAD SERVED AS DEACON, FORMER SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT, SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AND SUNG IN THE CHURCH CHOIR. HE ALSO WAS WITH SEVERAL GOSPEL QUARTETS SINGING THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AREA. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE JAMES ANDY AND POLLY ADA FOX METCALF AND WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS GRANDSON, MICHAEL PATRICK METCALF; STEP GRAND DAUGHTER, SUE ELLEN BYERLY; SON IN LAW, ROY BYERLY AND BROTHERS, LEVI, MELVIN, LARK, LEWIS AND JOHN METCALF. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE OF 59 YEARS, LOUELLA CROWDER METCALF OF THE HOME; DAUGHTER, BYRDENE BYERLY OF WEST ASHEVILLE; SONS, DR. ROGER METCALF AND WIFE, ANITA OF CANDLER, N.C. STATE SENATOR STEVE METCALF AND WIFE, DONNA OF ASHEVILLE; SISTER, BONNIE CROWDER AND HUSBAND, ROY OF GREENVILLE, TENNESSEE; GRANDCHILDREN, EDGAR BYRD EDDIE BYERLY OF WILSON, JENNIFER METCALF ANDERSON AND HUSBAND, DAN OF CANDLER, AARON HEATH BYERLY, JONATHAN ANDREW METCALF AND WIFE, DANIELLE ALL OF ASHEVILLE; STEP GRANDSON, ROY P. BYERLY, III OF CANDLER; GREAT GRANDSON, WAYLAN BYRD METCALF OF ASHEVILLE; SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND SPECIAL FRIENDS, MARILEE AND EARL AUSTIN OF LEICESTER. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD 11 A.M. WEDNESDAY AT POLE CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH WITH THE REVS DENNIS THURMAN, G.W. JAMISON AND DR. JOE YELTON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN SNOW HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS 7 - 9 P.M. TUESDAY AT THE ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME AND AT OTHER TIMES WILL BE AT THE RESIDENCE. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO HOSPICE, P.O. BOX 25338, ASHEVILLE, N.C. 28813 OR POLE CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH BUILDING FUND, 96 SNOW HILL CHURCH ROAD, CANDLER, N.C. 28715. TO REGISTER ON LINE, PLEASE GO TO THE FUNERAL SCHEDULE AT www.andersrice.com.