Lloyd F. Embler

LLOYD F. EMBLER ASHEVILLE - LLOYD F. EMBLER, 91, OF 892 OLD LEICESTER HWY. DIED SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2001 AT HIS RESIDENCE FOLLOWING A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. A NATIVE OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, HE HAD RESIDED IN SAN DIEGO, CA AND FT. WORTH, TX BEFORE RETURNING TO BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN 1947. HE WAS THE FORMER OWNER AND OPERATOR OF EDACO AUTO PARTS IN ASHEVILLE AND WAS FORMERLY EMPLOYED BY CONVAIR AIRCRAFT CORP. BASED IN SAN DIEGO AND FT. WORTH. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ERWIN HILLS S.D.A. CHURCH. MR. EMBLER WAS THE SON OF THE LATE HARDY E. AND LAURA ANN MELTON EMBLER AND WAS THE HUSBAND OF THE LATE MARY JO FERGUSON EMBLER WHO DIED IN 1996. HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY 4 SISTERS. SURVIVING ARE HIS DAUGHTERS, SHIRLEY EMBLER BUCKNER OF ASHEVILLE, AND JESSIE MARIE EMBLER OF THE HOME; SON, CMSgt (RET.) JOE F. EMBLER AND WIFE JANE OF SUMTER, SC; SISTER, ERMA E. BUCKNER OF ALEXANDER; BROTHER, MAURICE EMBLER OF KINGSTON, TN, 3 GRANDCHILDREN, 5 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2 PM WEDNESDAY IN GREEN HILLS CEMETERY WITH DR. BUDDY CORBIN OFFICIATING. PALLBEARERS WILL BE FRANK COOK, JOE FERGUSON, LARRY FERGUSON, MICHAEL LUNDY, COL. (RET.) JAMES DANNER, AND EVERETT PONDER. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7 UNTIL 8:30 PM TUESDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO THE ASSOCIATION OF RETARDED CITIZENS, 50 S. FRENCH BROAD AVE., ASHEVILLE, NC 28801.