Elsie Hinson "Noni" London

CANDLER - ELSIE HINSON LONDON, 91, KNOWN AFFECTIONATELY BY HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS NONI FORMERLY OF 14 SOUTH MORGAN BRANCH ROAD DIED MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2001 AT PISGAH MANOR NURSING HOME FOLLOWING A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. A NATIVE OF YANCY COUNTY AND A RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY SINCE 1937. MRS. LONDON, ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND, WAS FORMER OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE LONDON GROCERY STORE AT SOUTH HOMINY AND A MEMBER OF BILTMORE CHURCH OF CHRIST. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE DAVID COLUMBUS AND SINA THOMAS HINSON AND THE WIFE OF CLAY WHITE LONDON WHO DIED IN 1994. SURVIVING ARE HER DAUGHTERS, JEAN LORE OF GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, JOYCE PUTNEY OF ALACHUA, FLORIDA AND LINDA WARREN OF CANDLER; GRANDCHILDREN, BETH AND LINDA LORE OF GAINESVILLE, ANNE MELTON OF CANDLER AND JAMIE WARREN OF ASHEVILLE; GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, COREY, CHELSY AND TIA MELTON ALL OF CANDLER. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2:30 P.M. THURSDAY AT PINEY MOUNTAIN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY WITH DR. GENE RAINEY AND MINISTERS, JEFF LOVITT AND JIM HUNTER OFFICIATING. ACTIVE PALLBEARERS WILL BE TED, BILL, MARVIN AND MARK HINSON, CLAYTON AND RAY McCURRY AND HONORARY PALLBEARERS, JIMMY SMITH, PAUL MURPHY, JACK KILPATRICK AND OTTO DeBRHUL. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS 12:30 TO 2 P.M. THURSDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME AND AT OTHER TIMES WILL BE AT THE HOME OF HER DAUGHTER, LINDA WARREN, 12 SOUTH MORGAN BRANCH ROAD, CANDLER. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO HOSPICE, P.O. BOX 25338, ASHEVILLE, N.C. 28813. TO REGISTER ON LINE, PLEASE GO TO THE FUNERAL SCHEDULE AT www.andersrice.com.