James Norris Tranbarger

ASHEVILLE - JAMES N. TRANBARGER, 85, DIED THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2001 AT ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL. A NATIVE OF BRISTOL, VA. HE HAD LIVED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY SINCE 1937. HE WAS RETIRED FROM AMERICAN ENKA CORP. AFTER 33 YEARS OF SERVICE AND RETIRED FROM ASHEVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT AFTER 12 YEARS OF SERVICE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF OAKLEY BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS THE SON OF THE LATE W.D. AND BERTHA MUMPOWER TRANBARGER. HE WAS THE HUSBAND OF THE LATE MILDRED JUMP TRANBARGER WHO DIED IN 1996. SURVIVING ARE HIS DAUGHTER, DODEE DOTSON AND HUSBAND GARY OF ASHEVILLE; SISTERS, RUBY LUNSFORD AND DELPHIA TRANBARGER BOTH OF BRISTOL, VA; BROTHER, PAUL TRANBARGER OF EWING, KY; GRANDSONS, BARRY DOTSON AND WIFE TRACY AND BART DOTSON AND WIFE CAROLL; GREAT GRANDSON, BRETT DOTSON, GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER, AUTUMNN CHANDLER AND SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS. A GRAVESIDE SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 3:30 P.M. SUNDAY AT WOODLAWN CEMETERY, OAKLEY WITH THE REVS. TOM PIERCE AND GRADY HAMBY OFFICIATING. PALLBEARERS WILL BE JEFF AND RICK TRANBARGER, RICK JUMP, CALVIN COGGINS, EDDIE TEAGUE AND ED FLOOD. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 2 TO 3:00 P.M. SUNDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME.