Elvin Ruth Pettit

ASHEVILLE - ELVIN RUTH BANK PETTIT, 61, OF 15 WOODLAND TERRACE , DIED THURSDAY JULY 19, 2001 AT MOUNTAIN AREA HOSPICE A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF WOODLAND TERRACE BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE WAS A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AND SANG WITH THE GIFT TRIO AND WAS A MEMBER OF POST #891 V.F.W. LADIES AUXILIARY. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF HELEN KATHLINE ROBERTS COFFEY OF ASHEVILLE AND THE LATE JAMES EVERETT BANK, SR. SURVIVING IN ADDITION TO HER MOTHER ARE HER HUSBAND, DERRELL RAY PETTIT, SR. OF THE HOME; DAUGHTER, SHARON RUTH ROBINSON OF ASHEVILLE; SON, DERRELL RAY PETTIT, JR. OF THE HOME; SISTER, WANDA LOU KNIGHT OF ASHEVILLE; HALF SISTERS, DARLENE KATHLINE PUTNAM OF ASHEVILLE AND JACKIE MORROW OF HENDERSONVILLE; BROTHERS, JAMES EVERETT BANKS, JR. OF HENDERSONVILLE, ERNEST OLDEN BANKS OF DANA, NC AND ROBERT LEE BANKS OF TUXEDO, NC; HALF BROTHER, TIMMY CHRISTOPHER BANKS OF HENDERSONVILLE; EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN AND EIGHT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 2:00 P.M. SATURDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH THE REVS. LEE DAVIS AND VINCE KEITH OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE AT DRY POND CEMETERY. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7 TO 9:00 P.M. FRIDAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO: WESTERN CAROLINA TREATMENT CENTER, 573 MERRIMON AVE., ASHEVILLE, NC 28801. TO REGISTER ONLINE PLEASE GO TO FUNERAL SCHEDULE www.andersrice.com.