Obituary Listing

Ruby Nicholson

Ruby Nicholson

Sep 28, 2007

Weaverville Ruby Jane Jenkins Nicholson, 70, of 684 Clarks Chapel Road, passed away Friday, September 28, 2007 at the St. Joseph Campus of Mission Hospitals. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a homemaker and formerly attended the Salvation Army. She was the daughter of the late John William and Lela Lodena Jones Jenkins. She was also preceded...

Sara Mccrary Clark

Sara Mccrary Clark

Sep 26, 2007

ASHEVILLE Sara Julia McCrary Clark, 66, of 16 Ben Lippen Rd. passed away Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center following a period of declining health. Mrs. Clark was a lifelong resident of Asheville and a daughter of the late Joseph Walter and Sadie Earlene Blackwell McCrary. She was also preceded in death by...

Paul Daniel Cronin Jr.

Paul Daniel Cronin Jr.

Sep 26, 2007

Candler - Paul Daniel Cronin, Jr., 58, of 644 Wickhams Fancy Drive died unexpectedly Wednesday September 26, 2007. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 P.M. Sunday at Anders-Rice Funeral Home. Graveside services and burial will be held at a later date in Calverton National Veterans Cemetery in Calverton, NY.

Mary Rebecca "Grandma" Morgan

Mary Rebecca "Grandma" Morgan

Sep 25, 2007

Asheville - Grandma Morgan, of Avondale Heights Road, went to Heaven to be with her Lord and Savior Tuesday, September 25, 2007 surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Jackson County December 13, 1913, to Harvie and Lila Jane Styles Ammons. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jessie Lee Morgan, who died in 1977; twin...

Mark Isac Brown

Mark Isac Brown

Sep 21, 2007

Candler Mark Isac Brown, 72, formerly of 41 Grooms Road died Friday, September 21, 2007 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native of Haywood County, he was a Korean War Veteran of the U.S. Navy and was employed by the WNC Pallet Company. Mr. Brown was a son of the late Frank Isac Brown and Blanche...

Lonnie "Poppy" Thomas

Lonnie "Poppy" Thomas

Sep 19, 2007

Candler Lonnie Poppy Thomas, 51, of 1 Hubbard Lane, passed away Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was self-employed as a stone mason, operating L&J Stoneworks and was a member of Edgewood Baptist Church. Mr. Thomas was the son of Donald Albright and Lillie Mae English...

Janie Carson Broderick

Janie Carson Broderick

Sep 19, 2007

Asheville - Janie Kate Carson Broderick, 96, formerly of The Summit, 100 Riceville Road, died Wednesday, September 19, 2007. A native of Buncombe County. She retired in 1967 from Southern Bell Telephone Company as an Operator and was a member of First Baptist Church of Asheville. She was a daughter of the late Samuel Prince Carson and Della Buckner...

Ruby B. Little

Ruby B. Little

Sep 19, 2007

Asheville - Ruby Elizabeth Beachum Little, 85, died Wednesday September 19, 2007 at the John F. Keever Jr. Solace Center. A native of Anson County, she had resided in Buncombe County since 1953 and was a member of Bent Creek Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Nezer H. and Sadie Hildreth Beachum and the wife of...

Rev. Robert T. Taylor

Rev. Robert T. Taylor

Sep 14, 2007

Weaverville Rev. Robert Theadore Taylor, 93, of 888 Barnardsville Highway, passed away Friday, September 14, 2007 at Magnolia Health Care. A native of Greenville, SC, Rev. Taylor had resided in Buncombe County since 1946 and was self-employed as a painting contractor. He was a member of Pentecostal Holiness Church and had attended Ivy Park Baptist Church. He had been...

Jessie Murphy Gibson

Jessie Murphy Gibson

Sep 13, 2007

Arden - Jessie Murphy Gibson, 90, was a resident of Ardenwoods Retirement Community since 2000. She formerly lived at 388 New Leicester Highway for 30 years. She died at Heather Glen Assisted Living on Thursday, September 13 after a brief and sudden illness. She was born in Haywood County on June 3, 1917 but was a lifelong resident of...

Mayme Kidd Watts

Mayme Kidd Watts

Sep 13, 2007

Asheville - Mayme Kidd Watts, 85, of 10 Evergreen Avenue, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, September 13, 2007 at her home. A native of Knoxville, TN, she had resided in Buncombe County since 1940. She retired from Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company with 33 years of service. Mrs. Watts was the daughter of the late Samuel and Mabel Porter...

Sigrid "Sig" Wampler

Sigrid "Sig" Wampler

Sep 8, 2007

Asheville - Sigrid Sig Ann Hollifield Wampler, 74, of 6 Lancelot Lane died Saturday - September 8, 2007 at the John F. Keever Jr. Solace Center. A native of Rutherford County, she had lived in Buncombe County since 1964 and had been employed by Shipley's Ethan Allen for 30 years. She attended Pole Creek Baptist Church. She was a...

Dorothy M. Netherton

Dorothy M. Netherton

Sep 7, 2007

Arden - Dorothy Mae McNutt Netherton, 77, of 229 Ledbetter Road, died Friday September 7, 2007 at the John F. Keever Solace Center. A native of Seattle, WA, she had lived in Buncombe County since 1962. She was a member of Biltmore Baptist Church and the Ian and Esther Walker Bible Fellowship Group. She was a daughter of the...

Loree W. Davis

Loree W. Davis

Sep 2, 2007

OXFORD, MS -Loree Ward Davis, 84, passed away Sunday, September 2 in Oxford, MS following an extended illness. Mrs. Davis was a former longtime resident of Candler until her health began to fail. She had moved to Oxford in 2003 to be near her daughter. Mrs. Davis was born in Madison County NC on October 26, 1922. She was...

Wayne King

Wayne King

Sep 2, 2007

Asheville - Archie Wayne King, 84, of 163 Old County Home Road, died unexpectedly Sunday September 2, 2007 at his residence. A native of Yancey County, he had lived most of his life in Buncombe County. He was a U.S. Army Air Corp veteran of WWII and was a POW. He was a member of West Asheville Church of...

Mary Fay Long

Mary Fay Long

Sep 2, 2007

Candler Mary Fay Hill Long, 62, of 66 Hurst Drive, died Sunday, September 2, 2007 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. Mrs. Long was a homemaker, member of Starnes Cove Baptist Church and a member of the Pochantas Council. She was a daughter of the late William Luther Hill and Ruth...

Thursia Sellers Smith

Thursia Sellers Smith

Sep 1, 2007

Southport, NC Thursia S. Smith, 84, of Southport, NC and formerly of Asheville, passed away Saturday, September 1, 2007 at her home. Mrs. Smith was born in Towns County, GA on July 6, 1923, and was the daughter of the late William and Bertha Sims Sellers. She was the wife of the late Jack Smith and was also preceded...

Wanda June Letterman

Wanda June Letterman

Sep 1, 2007

Candler - Wanda June Lance Letterman, 61, of 5 Macie Lane, passed away Saturday, September 1, 2007. A native of Buncombe County, she retired from the City of Asheville in 1999. She was the daughter of the late Kenneth Harrison and Mary Kathryn Freck Lance. Surviving are her husband, Roger Letterman, of the home; children: Tina Spring of Asheville,...

Samuel Frank "Sam" Penland

Samuel Frank "Sam" Penland

Aug 26, 2007

Asheville Samuel Frank Sam Penland, 80, of 225 Emma Road, passed away Sunday, August 26, 2007 at his residence with his family and friends by his side. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, Mr. Penland was a retired Real Estate Broker and Accountant. He served in the South Pacific with the US Marine Corps during World War II. Mr....

Olive Hipps Hulme

Olive Hipps Hulme

Aug 22, 2007

Asheville - Olive Hipps Hulme, after enjoying 93 years with her family, friends and flowers, went to be with her Savior and heavenly family this Wednesday, August 22, 2007. She will be remembered by her two sons, Richard Sloan Hulme, Jr. and David Marvin Hulme, and by her two grandsons, Dylan Sloan Hulme and Francis Cody Hulme, as a...