Eva Gardner Payne
Jan 31, 2005
Asheville Eva Tina Gardner Payne, 84, of 455 Victoria Road died Monday at Magnolia Health Care Center. A native of Madison County. She had resided in Buncombe County for most of her life. Mrs. Payne was the daughter of the late Charlie and Tina Alvira Anders Gardner and was also preceded in death by her daughter, Mary Ann Penley....
Grace Calloway
Jan 31, 2005
Arden Grace Mason Calloway, 65, of Hickory Hills Drive, passed away Monday, January 31, 2005 at her residence after a period of declining health. Ms. Calloway was born in McDowell County, and resided in several European countries before returning to Buncombe County 12 years ago. While in Europe, she ran the Overseas MBA Program for the University of Utah...
Peggy J. Taylor
Jan 28, 2005
Asheville - Peggy Jean Snelson Taylor, 66 of 2 Melody Lane died Friday January 28, 2005 at St. Josephs Hospital after an extended illness. A native of Madison County, she had lived all her life in Buncombe County. She was a member of Merrimon Avenue Baptist Church. She was the daughter of Edna Snelson of Leicester and the late...
Vernon Boyd "Curly" Wright
Jan 27, 2005
Fairview - Vernon Boyd Curly Wright, 81, went to be with his Lord on Thursday, January 27, 2005 at Park Ridge Hospital, Fletcher following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe Co. he was, along with his son was a self employed contractor. He was a member of Laurel Pines Baptist Church and a loving husband,...
Ruth Elizabeth King
Jan 25, 2005
Asheville - Ruth Elizabeth King, 76, of 45 Shelby Rd. died Tuesday, January 25, 2005 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County she attended The Chapel. Mrs. King was the daughter of the late Oscar and Katherine Smith Calhoun. She was also preceded in death by a son, Johnny Swann. Surviving are her...
John William "Johnny" Reed
Jan 21, 2005
Asheville - John W. Johnny Reed, 58, a resident at Fleschers of Fairview died January 21, 2005 at Mission Hospitals. He was born in Buncombe County to the late Charles A. Reed and Stella Haney Reed Crisp. He was a graduate of Sand Hill School Special Education Class and until his illness lived at home at 17 Hi- Alta...
Edward R. "Ed" Myers
Jan 19, 2005
Asheville - Edward Randolph Ed Myers, 81, of 25 Pisgah View Road died Wednesday January 19, 2005 at Memorial Mission Hospital after a short illness. A native of Manning, SC. he resided in Asheville for the past 40 years. He was a former ordained minister of the Nazarene Faith where he was a former music director. He was a...
Benjamin "Benny" Cameron
Jan 17, 2005
Asheville - Benjamin Rollins Benny Cameron, 81, died Monday January 17, 2005 at the Asheville VA Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of Pickens SC. he resided in Asheville since 1952 except for 12 years in Charlotte before retiring on disability and moving back to Asheville. He was a WWII Battle of the Bulge veteran of the...
Thursey Mae Penland
Jan 17, 2005
Candler - Thursey Mae Bowman Penland, 76, of 61 Surrett Rd. died Monday, January 17, 2005 at the St. Joseph Campus of Mission Hospitals following a short illness. A native of Surry County, she had resided in Buncombe County for most of her life and was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Penland was the daughter of the late Perlie...
Uyless N. Hawkins
Jan 15, 2005
Alexander - Uyless Napolean Hawkins, 85, died Saturday, January 15, 2005 at his residence following a long illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. Mr. Hawkins was a son of the late Clinton Starch Hawkins and Julia Catherine Sluder Hawkins. He retired in June of 1980 from the Metropolitan Water & Sewage Department, was a Farmer for most of...
Edna Lavelda Letterman
Jan 13, 2005
Candler - Edna Lavelda Patterson Letterman, 90, formerly of 42 Fairmont Road, passed away Thursday, January 13, 2005 at Pisgah Manor Health Care Center after an extended illness. Born in Copper Hill, TN, Mrs. Letterman resided most of her life in Buncombe County. She was a member of Good News Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late...
James William Fulton
Jan 13, 2005
Asheville - James William Fulton, 60, of 105 Olivette Rd. died Thursday, January 13, 2005 at his residence. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a retired supervisor from Beacon Mfg. Mr. Fulton was the son of the late Wilson Norman Fulton and Lois Ray Edmonds. He was also preceded in death by his step-father, James Edmonds. Surviving...
Ethel Edwards
Jan 12, 2005
Asheville - Ethel Strong Edwards, 86, of 410 Silo Drive died Wednesday January 12, 2005 at Pisgah Manor Health Care Center. A native of Breathitt County, Ky. she had lived in Candler for more than 50 years. She had attended Berea College and was an L.P.N. for many years. She was a member of Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church....
John Henry Towe
Jan 7, 2005
Asheville - John Henry Towe, 83, of 199 Eliada Home Rd. died Friday. January 7, 2005 at the Brian Center of Weaverville following a short illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe Co. Mr. Towe retired from Sarah Scott Furniture Co. and was a furniture upholserer for over 38 years. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of W.W. II, son...
James Melvin Hyatt
Jan 6, 2005
Candler - James Melvin Hyatt, 81, of 191 Childers Rd. died Thursday, January 6, 2004 at his residence. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a retired tree surgeon, a WW II veteran of the U.S. Army and was of the Baptist faith. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. Mr. Hyatt was the son of the late...
William Harrell Gass
Dec 31, 2004
Asheville - William Harrell Gass, 61, of 3 Lamb Avenue, died unexpectedly Friday December 31, 2004 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native of Tyrrell County, he had lived all his life in Asheville. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and had been employed by Cranston Print Works of 30 years. He was a son of the late James Horace...
Artie Poole Derting
Dec 27, 2004
Columbus - Artie Belle Poole Derting, 100, of 1938 Fox Mountain Road died Monday, December 27, 2004 at the Pisgah Manor Health Care Center following a short illness. A native of Rhea County, Tennessee she had resided in Columbus for the past 20 years. Mrs. Derting was a former elementary school teacher and piano and voice teacher and a...
Elsie Marie Cook Stewart
Dec 26, 2004
Asheville - Elsie Marie Cook Stewart, 85, of 96 Madeline Avenue, passed away Sunday, December 26, 2004 at St. Joseph Hospital after an extended illness. A native of Whitesville, WV, she graduated from the Southland Bible Institute in Pikeville, KY in 1948. She continued her studies at the Philadelphia School Of the Bible and the Biblical School of Theology...
Thomas Columbus Ray Sr.
Dec 26, 2004
Asheville - Thomas Columbus Ray, Sr., 59, of 3909 Sweeten Creek Road, passed away Sunday, December 26, 2004 at Memorial mission Hospital after a period of declining health. A native of Buncombe County, Mr. Ray had lived for a period of years in El Paso, TX before returning to Buncombe County. He was the son of the late Frederick...
Della Payne Sluder
Dec 25, 2004
Leicester - Della Payne Sluder, 84, of 200 Morgan Branch Road died unexpectedly Saturday, December 25, 2004 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of Buncombe County, she was a member of Zion Hill Baptist Church and was retired from Ball Brothers Corp. She was a loving wife, mother and Mamaw and she loved sewing & quilting,...
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