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Maggie Conner Lunsford

March 7, 1920 — April 11, 2001

MAGGIE CONNER LUNSFORD, 81, FORMERLY OF 215 JOHNSTON BLVD. IN WEST ASHEVILLE, DIED WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2001 AT ASHEVILLE HEALTH CARE CENTER. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, SHE WAS BORN MARCH 7, 1920 TO THE LATE JAMES HOBERT CONNER, SR. AND AUGUSTA BEACHBOARD CONNER. A HOMEMAKER, SHE WAS THE WIFE OF THE LATE RICHARD JAMES LUNSFORD SR. WHO DIED AUGUST 12, 1980. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF CEDAR HILL FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE LADIES AUXILIARY. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SISTER, OMLEE CONNER WHO DIED IN 1934; TWO BROTHERS, BURNICE KENNETH CONNER WHO DIED IN 1983 AND JAMES HOBERT CONNER WHO DIED IN 1984; 3 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, STAR LASHA CASSIDA, AND BRIAN AND ALEISHA LUNSFORD. SHE IS SURVIVED BY A SISTER, MAMIE LEE MASHBURN OF ASHEVILLE AND A BROTHER, ROBERT GEORGE CONNER OF CANDLER. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY THREE SONS, RICHARD JAMES LUNSFORD, JR. AND WIFE SHELBY JEAN LUNSFORD OF FAIRVIEW, TOMMY ROBERT LUNSFORD AND WIFE KAREN ROXANNE CAHON OF WEAVERVILLE, AND HARRY GLENN LUNSFORD AND WIFE SANDRA BUCKNER LUNSFORD OF ASHEVILLE; DAUGHTER, BETTY SUE LUNSFORD HENSLEY AND HUSBAND JAMES RAYMOND HENSLEY OF SWANNANOA; GRANDCHILDREN, PATTI CASSIDA, KAREN AND TAMMY LUNSFORD, TONYA BEEMAN, TONI CRABB, TRACY HENSLEY, ROBERT, RICKY, AND JIMMY DEAN LUNSFORD, AND TRAVIS HENSLEY; GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, STEPHEN AND VINCENT STROUPE, CRAIG AND JUSTIN LUNSFORD, AMISTA LUNSFORD, TAYLER CRABB, AND CONNER LUNSFORD. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 11 AM SATURDAY AT CEDAR HILL FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH WITH THE REVS. KENNETH MASHBURN AND BRIAN BISHOP OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT CEDAR HILL CEMETERY. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME FROM 7 UNTIL 9 PM ON FRIDAY.

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