Kelsey Dewayne Cole

WEAVERVILLE - KELSEY DEWAYNE COLE, 28, OF 239 ELLER FORD RD. DIED MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2001 AT HIS HOME. A NATIVE OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, HE HAD RESIDED IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA FOR 12 YEARS PRIOR TO RETURNING TO BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN 1993 AND WAS EMPLOYED AS A PAINTER WITH THOMAS PAINTING COMPANY. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS NATURAL PARENTS, KELSEY EUGENE AND SHERRY LYNN ADCOCK COLE. SURVIVING ARE HIS PARENTS, GEORGE AND BARBARA THOMAS OF THE HOME; DAUGHTERS, SHERRY COLE AND ANDREA KELLY COLE OF LANTANA, FL; FIANCEE, MICHELLE EDWARDS OF WEAVERVILLE; SISTER, AMANDA WALLS OF LEICESTER; BROTHERS, MICHAEL THOMAS OF ASHEVILLE, GEORGE THOMAS II AND JONATHAN THOMAS BOTH OF THE HOME. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2 PM THURSDAY IN THE ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH THE REV. STEVE RHINEHART OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN MOUNTAIN VIEW FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7 TO 9 PM WEDNESDAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME AND AT OTHER TIMES, THE FAMILY WILL BE AT THE RESIDENCE. TO REGISTER ON-LINE, PLEASE GO TO THE FUNERAL SCHEDULE AT www.andersrice.com.