Obituary Listing

Lucy L. Kuykendall

Lucy L. Kuykendall

Sep 4, 2006

Weaverville - Lucy Louise Cox Kuykendall, 84, of 23 Lower Roberts Branch Road died Monday, September 4, 2006 at her residence. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she retired in 1995 after 31 years of full-time service with A-B Emblem Co. and was of the Baptist faith. She was a daughter of the late Robert Blaine and Mary Parham...

Helen W. Jones

Helen W. Jones

Sep 4, 2006

Candler - Helen White Jones died unexpectedly Monday September 4, 2006 at her home. A native and longtime resident of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Elmer and Rosa Lee White. Surviving are her husband, Robert B. Bob Jones of the home; sons, R. Micheal Jones and wife Mary Garvey Jones of Boca Raton, FL. and...

Sheldon Klyne Greene

Sheldon Klyne Greene

Aug 31, 2006

Marshall Sheldon Klyne Greene, 50, of 248 Collins Road, passed away Thursday, August 31, 2006 at his residence. A native of Buncombe County, he had resided in Madison County most of his life. Sheldon was a 1974 graduate of North Buncombe High School, and had attended Mars Hill College. He was self-employed as an artist and a member of...

William Ralph Wyatt

William Ralph Wyatt

Aug 22, 2006

Asheville -William Ralph Wyatt, 82, of 12 Trust Haven passed away Tuesday August 22, 2006 at his home after a brief illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a son of the late Elbert and Janie Wyatt and the husband of the late Ruby Wyatt. He was also preceded in death by a son, Ralph Lee Wyatt....

Kay Vivian Rice

Kay Vivian Rice

Aug 19, 2006

Weaverville - Kay Vivian Rice, 56, of 41 Nola Drive, passed away Saturday, August 19, 2006 at her home following a period of declining health. A native of Lansing, MI, she had resided in Buncombe County since 1981. She had owned and operated her own beauty salon for most of her career, and had most recently been employed with...

Douglas Worth "Doug" Brown

Douglas Worth "Doug" Brown

Aug 17, 2006

Leicester - Douglas Worth Brown, 81, of 1599 Alexander Road, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, August 17, 2006 at his home. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a member of Western Chapel United Methodist Church, and had retired from American Enka. Doug was a veteran of the US Navy. He was the son of the late Worth and...

Rev. George A. Roberts

Rev. George A. Roberts

Aug 16, 2006

Asheville - Rev. George Alonzo Roberts, 88, of Asheville, went to be with his Lord August 16, 2006 at the St. Joseph Campus of Mission Hospitals following a long illness. A native of Buncombe County, he had resided in Henderson County for 38 years prior to returning to Buncombe County in 1984. He was an Ordained Minister and a...

John Paul Lillard

John Paul Lillard

Aug 16, 2006

Asheville John Paul Lillard, 75, of 539 Deaverview Rd. passed away Wednesday, August 16, 2006 at Pisgah Manor Health Care Center. A native of Haywood County and a resident Buncombe County since 1956. He was the son of the late Taylor Wilson and Josephine Coleman Lillard and the husband of Annie Sue Gibson Lillard who died March 4, 2005....

Jobe Gaston "Junior" Dillingham Jr.

Jobe Gaston "Junior" Dillingham Jr.

Aug 14, 2006

Fairview - Jobe Gaston Junior Dillingham, Jr. ,64, of 15 Sweet Apple Drive, passed away Monday, August 14 2006 following a courages battle with cancer A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was a son of Ella Virginia Ball Dillingham of Fairview and the late Jobe Gaston Dillingham. Mr Dillingham was a former truck driver and small engine repairman...

William "Bill" Adams

William "Bill" Adams

Aug 14, 2006

Asheville - William Bill Adams, 85, of 75 Haywood Street passed away Monday August 14, 2006. A native of Chester, PA, he had lived in Asheville since 1944. Mr. Adams worked at Asheville Hosiery Mill, Lee H. Edwards High School (Asheville High) and retired from the Asheville VA Medical Hospital in 1986. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of...

Annie Surrett Freeman

Annie Surrett Freeman

Aug 12, 2006

Leicester - Annie Helen Surrett Freeman, 90, of 51 Clark Cove Road died Saturday August 12, 2006 at her home after a period of declining health. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a member of New Liberty Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Commodore and Julia Surrett and the wife of the...

Betty Stephens

Betty Stephens

Aug 12, 2006

Asheville - Betty Marie Beachboard Stephens, 73, of 19 Tanglewood Drive, died unexpectedly Saturday August 12, 2006 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Jesse and Edith Robinson Beachboard. Surviving are her husband, Boyd Stephens...

Nora L. Sparks

Nora L. Sparks

Aug 10, 2006

Asheville - Eleanor Nora L. Sparks, 78, of 127 Pennsylvania Avenue, passed away Thursday, August 10, 2006 at the St. Joseph Campus of Mission Hospitals following a period of declining health. A native of Yancey County, Nora had resided in Buncombe County since 1950. She retired from American Enka with 47 years of service. She was a member of...

Marie Penley

Marie Penley

Aug 8, 2006

Leicester - Marie Penley, 94, of 97 Sluder Branch Road went to be with her Lord Tuesday, August 8, 2006 at her home following an extended illness.. A native of Yancey County and a resident of Buncombe County since 1924. Mrs. Penley retired in 1974 as manager from Rock Haven Motel and was a member of Newfound Baptist Church...

Eleanor Buckner

Eleanor Buckner

Aug 7, 2006

Asheville - Eleanor Caroline Accordino Buckner, 81, passed away Monday, August 7, 2006 at her residence following a period of declining health. A native of Long Island, NY, Eleanor had resided in Buncombe County for the past 60 years. She had retired from Square D Corp. and attended St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church. She was the daughter of...

Herbert Lee Hensley

Herbert Lee Hensley

Aug 6, 2006

Asheville - Herbert Lee Hensley, husband of Frances Betty Garrison Morrow Hensley, peacefully slipped from his loved ones hands into eternity on Sunday, August 6, 2006. He was born in Asheville, November 1, 1921. He was the son of the late Cecil Lee and Ester Queen Hensley. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. He...

Gladys T. Miller

Gladys T. Miller

Aug 5, 2006

Hialeah, FL - Gladys T. Miller, 87, went to be with her Lord Saturday, August 5, 2006. A native of Luray, Kansas, Gladys was born November 30, 1918 and was a graduate from Ft Hays State University in Hays, Kansas. She was a long time active Methodist at First UMC of Hialeah where she taught Kindergarten and later at...

Barbara Ann Howard

Barbara Ann Howard

Aug 3, 2006

Leicester - Barbara Ann Gillen Howard, 62, of 3 Sammy Drive, went to be with her Lord & Savior Thursday, August 3, 2006 at her residence. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was a daughter of Mary Ruth Stamey Gillen of Asheville and the late Albert Austin Gillen, Sr. In addition to her father she was preceded in...

Maxine Deal Lawrence

Maxine Deal Lawrence

Aug 3, 2006

Candler - Maxine Deal Lawrence, 75, of 29 Dogwood Ridge Road, went to be with the Lord and her family Thursday, August 3, 2006. Maxine was born in Iredell County May 15, 1931 to the late George Henry Deal and Myrtle Sigmon Wood. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Robert Frog Lawrence; son,...

Alice Teresa Roberts Eller

Alice Teresa Roberts Eller

Aug 2, 2006

Weaverville - Alice Teresa Roberts Eller, 86, of Weaverville, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, August 2, 2006 at the Brian Center in Weaverville following a period of declining health. Alice was born in Buncombe County on January 23, 1920 to the late John and Eva Parker Roberts, and was the widow of Joseph Roy Eller, who...