Evelyn Raines Duckworth
Jun 4, 2004
Evelyn R. Duckworth Asheville - Evelyn Raines Duckworth, 66, formerly of 100 Cheerio Lane died Friday, June 4, 2004 at Mission Hospitals. A native of Haywood County, she had resided in Buncombe County for over 40 years. She was the daughter of the late Garland R. and Bonnie Della Stepp Raines and was also preceded in death by her...
Ray Bill Williams
Jun 4, 2004
Asheville - Ray Bill Williams, 72, of 7 Warren Avenue died Friday, June 4, 2004 at his residence after a short illness. A native of Rutherford County, he resided in Buncombe County for most of his life. He attended Covenant Community UMC and was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in the Korean War. Mr. Williams was the son of...
Maurice Norman Whitaker
Jun 3, 2004
Weaverville - Maurice Norman Whitaker, 59, of 26 Sugar Hill Drive, died Thursday June 3, 2004 at Memorial Mission Hospital following a brief illness. A native of Buncombe County, he had lived in Raleigh for several years before moving back to Buncombe County. He retired from the North Carolina Department of Human Resources. He was a member of Central...
Marvin Hugh Yarborough
Jun 3, 2004
Hendersonville - Marvin Hugh Yarborough, 80, of 1422 Old Dana Road died Thursday, June 3, 2004 at the Four Seasons Hospice Elizabeth House. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was a member of Faith Tabernacle and the son of the late William Fred and Bessie Anne Clark Yarborough. He retired in 1986 from Marmel Tire Corp...
Donna Kay Collins
Jun 3, 2004
Asheville - Donna Kay Gasperson Collins, 57, of 20 Collins Mountain Dr. died Thursday, June 3, 2004 at Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem after a brief illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she, along with her husband, was the co-owner & operator of Collins Mountain Apts. Mrs. Collins was the daughter of Elizabeth Jenkins Gasperson Flynn of Candler and the...
Jimmie Donald Ledford
Jun 3, 2004
Candler - Jimmy Donald Ledford, 73, of 725 Starnes Cove Road, died Thursday June 3, 2004 at his home following a period of declining health. A native of Rutherford County, he had resided in Buncombe County most of his life. He was a son of the late Edward Ledford and Gracie Roberts Ledford Boyd. He was also preceded in...
Christay A. Orr
Jun 2, 2004
Asheville - Christay Ailene Ward Orr, 94, of 71 Ridgelawn Road died Wednesday June 2, 2004 at St. Josephs Hospital. A native of Mt. Airy, she resided in Asheville since 1955. She retired in 1985 as a private duty nurse and was a member of St. Georges Episcopal Church. She was a U.S. Army , Nursing Division veteran of...
Lothair Raymond Small
May 29, 2004
Asheville - Lothair Raymond Small, 83, passed away on Saturday, May 29, 2004 at Givens Estates Health Care Center after an extended illness. Born July 7, 1920 to George and Mary Fagel Small in Shelbyville, Indiana and the last of thirteen children, Mr. Small graduated from Ball State Teachers College in the spring of 1942 and immediately enlisted in...
Melvin Lunsford
May 29, 2004
Candler - Melvin Lunsford, 74, of 345 Starnes Cove Rd. died Saturday, May 29, 2004 at Mission Hospitals. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a member of Midway Baptist Church. Mr. Lunsford was the son of the late Nelson Garfield and Pauline Gladys Sawyer Lunsford. He was also preceded in death by his sisters, Juanita...
Julia Anne Harris
May 29, 2004
Newnan, GA - Julia Anne Harris, 70, of 27 Richmond Place, formerly of Asheville, died Saturday, May 29, 2004 at West Georgia Hospice, La Grange, GA. A native of Buncombe County, Mrs. Harris was the daughter of the late Joseph Lester and Lois Brown Carter and the wife of the Ronald Coleman Harris. Surviving are her son, Bruce Harris...
Harvey Eugene "Gene" Shelton
May 23, 2004
Asheville - Harvey Eugene Gene Shelton, 59, of 100 Cheerio Lane died Sunday, May 23, 2004. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was the son of the late Harvey Davis Shelton and Savannah Marjorie Hughes Harris. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Robert Earl Shelton. Surviving are his sisters, Wanda Harris of Weaverville...
Archie Robert Clark
May 21, 2004
Leicester - Archie Robert Clark, 89, of 8081 NC 63 Hwy. died Friday May 21, 2004 at Aston Park Health Care Center following a period of declining health. A native and resident of Buncombe County, he had resided in Madison County since 1945. He was a son of the late George Lyda Clark and Mary McGee Clark. Surviving are...
Talmadge D. Roberts Jr.
May 19, 2004
Asheville - Talmadge Dewey Roberts, Jr., 68, of 15 Lance Lane went to be with his Lord on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at Mission Hospitals following a long battle with liver disease while awaiting a liver transplant. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County he was a member and graduate of the Weaverville High School Class of 1954 and was...
Mack Clayton "Babe" Williams
May 16, 2004
Asheville - Mack Clayton Babe Williams, 76, of 27 Fremont Rd. died Sunday, May 16, 2004 at his residence. A native of Waynesville. He had resided in the Asheville area since 1955 and was a son of the late James Madison Williams and Claire Paige Williams. Mr. Williams was formerly employed Chakeles Hoisery, Broadway Hosiery and Blaylock Lumber Manufacturing...
Lois June Smart M.D
May 13, 2004
Candler - Lois June Smart, M.D., 79, of Pisgah Estates, passed away Thursday, May 13, 2004 at the Solace Center. A native of Los Angeles, California, she received a Doctor of Medicine from Loma Linda University. She did a residency in Radiology and had both a private and hospital practice. She moved to Candler after retiring from the Veterans...
Albert A. Swilling
May 12, 2004
Belvedere, SC. - Albert Arcemus Swilling, 65, of 401 Audubon Circle, died Wednesday May 12, 2004 at University Hospital in Augusta, Ga. A native and resident of Buncombe County for many years, he resided in Belvedere, SC. for the past 30 years. He was formerly employed with Schaffers Distributing Co., was a former member of the U.S. Army Reserves...
Jean Jarvis
May 8, 2004
Asheville - Jean Elizabeth Andrews Jarvis, 73, of 16 Waverly Road, Died Saturday May 8, 2004 at the Brian Center in Weaverville following a period of declining health. A native of Durham, she had lived in Buncombe Co. since 1953 and was a 1953 graduate of Womens College (UNCG). She was a former school teacher with the Buncombe County...
Irene Lois Lunsford
May 7, 2004
Pisgah Forrest - Irene Lois Moss Lunsford, 74, of 8-C Melglen Farms went to be with her Lord Friday, May 7, 2004 at Park Ridge Living Center following a period of declining health. A native and resident most of her life of Buncombe County, she had resided in McDowell County for a number of years and had resided in...
Irene Travis Collins
May 6, 2004
Asheville - Irene Travis Collins, 87, of 79 Merion Drive died Thursday May 6, 2004 at St. Josephs Hospital following a period of declining health. A native of Jackson County, she lived in Buncombe County most of her life. She was a member Calvary Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Joseph C. and Bessie B. Travis...
Juanita Rhodes Garrison
May 4, 2004
Asheville - Juanita Rhodes Garrison, 78, of 324 Old Leicester Hwy. died Tuesday May 4, 2004 at Magnolia Health Care Center following a period of declining health. A native and resident for most of her life of Buncombe County. She along with her husband was owner and operator of Garrison Grocery, was a member of Victory Baptist Church and...
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