Willard Odell Hedden

ASHEVILLE - WILLARD ODELL HEDDEN, 59. OF 121 BARTLETT STREET DIED MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2000 AT HIS HOME FOLLOWING AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. A NATIVE OF JACKSON COUNTY, HE WAS A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY AND A SON OF MARIE BERRY HEDDEN OF CANDLER AND THE LATE EVERETT RED HEDDEN. HIS SISTER, BETTY HEDDEN MOSS PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. SURVIVING IS HIS FRIEND AND LONGTIME COMPANION, CLARA BURGIN OF THE HOME. THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THEIR DEEP APPRECIATION AND THANKS TO CLARA. ALSO SURVIVING IN ADDITION TO HIS MOTHER ARE HIS DAUGHTER, MARIE DUCKETT OF ASHEVILLE; HIS SON, BRIAN HEDDEN OF CANDLER AND TWO GRANDSONS; TWO BROTHERS, MIKE HEDDEN AND ROGER HEDDEN OF MIAMI, FLORIDA; FOUR SISTERS, CAROLYN CREIGHTON OF UMATILLA, FLORIDA, BERNICE BRADSHAW OF HAYESVILLE, GALE GROOMS OF CANDLER AND SUSIE REISINGER OF MIAMI. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD 3:30 P.M. THURSDAY AT STRAIN CEMETERY IN WALNUT CREEK, FRANKLIN WITH THE REV. FURMAN DILLS OFFICIATING. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7 TO 8:30 P.M. WEDNESDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO MOUNTAIN AREA HOSPICE, P.O. BOX 16, ASHEVILLE, N.C. 28802. TO SIGN THE GUEST BOOK ON- LINE GO TO THE FUNERAL SCHEDULE AT www.andersrice.com.