Edna Mae Tesner

WEST ASHEVILLE - EDNA MAE JOHNSON TESNER, 79, OF 21 BEVERLY ROAD-WEST DIED MONDAY MAY 21, 2001 AT THE BRIAN CENTER IN WEAVERVILLE FOLLOWING A SHORT PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. A NATIVE OF MADISON COUNTY. SHE WAD RESIDED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY MOST OF HER LIFE. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOSEPH BLAIR AND RACHEL DAVIS JOHNSON. SURVIVING ARE HER HUSBAND, WADE DUDLEY TESNER OF THE HOME, WHOM THEY HAVE BEEN MARRIED SINCE 1940; DAUGHTER, JUDY PAYNE AND HUSBAND, HARRY OF WEAVERVILLE; GRANDDAUGHTER, KIM PAYNE AND HUSBAND, RICKY ALLEN; GRANDSONS, KEVIN PAYNE, KEITH PAYNE AND WIFE, RACHEL AND KENNETH PAYNE AND WIFE, TERESA; SISTER IN LAW, EARSLEY TESNER OF ASHEVILLE; FIVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD 2:00 P.M. FRIDAY AT PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST CHURCH WITH THE REVS. H. L. WILSON AND EBB JENKINS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN ASHELAWN GARDENS OF MEMORY. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS 7 TO 9:00 P.M. THURSDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME AND AT OTHER TIMES AT THE HOME OF HARRY & JUDY PAYNE, 25 HIGHLAND STREET, WEAVERVILLE. TO REGISTER ON LINE GO TO THE FUNERAL SCHEDULE AT www.andersrice.com