Obituary Listing

Joseph Odell Browning

Joseph Odell Browning

Dec 13, 2003

Arden - Joseph Odell Browning, 64, of 29 Azalea Road, died unexpectantly Saturday December 13, 2003 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He retired in 1990 as a Communication Technician from Progress Energy (CP&L) after 30 years of service. Mr. Browning was a member of Arden Presbyterian Church and an U.S. Navy Veteran. He was...

Katie Smith Sams

Katie Smith Sams

Dec 11, 2003

Candler - Katie Smith Sams, 88, of 109 Liberty Rd. died Thursday, December 11, 2003 at Pisgah Manor Health Care Center. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County , she was formerly employed with the Salvation Army and was a member of the West Asheville Salvation Army. Mrs. Sams was the daughter of the late Lillie Maude Ramsey Smith and...

Hazel O. Forster

Hazel O. Forster

Dec 10, 2003

Fletcher - Hazel Roena Owens Forster, 95, of 35 Mt. Laurel Lane died Wednesday December 10, 2003 at Park Ridge Hospital after a brief illness. A native of Newport, TN. she had lived most of her life in the Asheville area. She was a member of The Chapel and had worked for 18 years at the Mary Rose Beauty...

Bertie Virginia Cauble Williams

Bertie Virginia Cauble Williams

Dec 10, 2003

Fletcher - Bertie Virginia Cauble Williams, 95, of 15 Wrights Meadow Drive went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 at Fleshers Fairview Health Care Center. Mrs. Williams was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County and was a member of Trinity of Fairview Baptist Church where she was a member of the Sunshine Sunday School Class....

Jessie Huffman

Jessie Huffman

Dec 9, 2003

Asheville - Jessie Matilda Gillespie Huffman, 89 died Tuesday December 9, 2003 at Samaritan Place Assisted Living Center. She was a daughter of the late John Adjar and Etta Ducworth Gillespie. She is survived by her brother William Harold Gillespie of West Union, SC.

Pauline B. "Nanny" Silver

Pauline B. "Nanny" Silver

Dec 9, 2003

Asheville - Pauline Bartlett Nanny Silver, 78, of 40 ODonald Road went to be with her Lord Tuesday, December 9, 2003 at Memorial Mission Hospital following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she and her husband were owners & operators of the National Frame and Body Shop and a member of Sunnyside Missionary Baptist...

Lafae Allen Lipe

Lafae Allen Lipe

Dec 8, 2003

Asheville - Lafae Bonnie Allen Lipe, 56, of 11 Brookdale Road, died unexpectedly Monday December 8, 2003 at her residence. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She attended Woodfin Church of God. Mrs. Lipe was a daughter of the late Roy Leonard Allen and Argie Virginia Lee Wheeler Allen and was also preceded in death by her sister, Vivian...

Ricky Allen Caldwell

Ricky Allen Caldwell

Dec 6, 2003

Asheville - Ricky Allen Caldwell, 44, of 58 Evergreen Ave. died Saturday December 6, 2003 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe, he was a son of the late Charles Willard and Kathleen Edna McHone Caldwell. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Charles Edward Caldwell, Sr.. Surviving are his wife, Debbie English...

William Wayne Duncan Sr.

William Wayne Duncan Sr.

Dec 4, 2003

Asheville - William Wayne Duncan, Sr., 83, of 2077 Wilson Rd. died Thursday, December 4, 2003 at the VA Medical Center, Asheville. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was the son of the late Harrison Clarence and Maude Myers Duncan. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army, serving during WW II. Surviving are his daughters, Linda...

Bernice Boyd

Bernice Boyd

Dec 3, 2003

West Asheville - Delphia Bernice Boyd, 69, of 177 School Road, Malvern Hills died Wednesday, December 3, 2003 at St. Josephs Hospital following a brief illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. Miss Boyd retired in 1996 from Commercial Credit Co. after 41 years of service. She was a member of Turkey Creek Baptist Church where she was a...

Rev. James Andrew "Jim" Allen Jr.

Rev. James Andrew "Jim" Allen Jr.

Dec 2, 2003

Asheville - Rev. James Andrew Jim Allen, Jr., of 126 Wilde Brook Dr. died Tuesday, December 2, 2003 at Mission Hospitals following a brief illness. He was a native of Buncombe County and a resident for most of his life. Rev. Allen attended Brevard College and Carson Newman College. He was a retired Baptist Minister having served as pastor...

Edna Mae Benfield

Edna Mae Benfield

Nov 28, 2003

Enterprise, AL - Edna Mae House Benfield, 88, died Friday November 28, 2003 at Enterprise Nursing Home. A native and resident of Buncombe County most of her life. She had resided in Alabama since 1995 and was a member of Inanda Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Winnie Lee and Viola Jones House and wife of...

Mildred Betty Rutledge Williams

Mildred Betty Rutledge Williams

Nov 26, 2003

Asheville - Mildred Betty Rutledge Williams, 79, of 650 Caribou Rd., Apt. 107 died Wednesday, November 26, 2003 in Tulare, California. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was the daughter of the late Will and Della Harrrison Rutledge and was the wife of the late Herbert Eugene Williams. She was also preceded in death by a son, Raymond...

Charles Frederick "Fred" Pinkerton

Charles Frederick "Fred" Pinkerton

Nov 25, 2003

Leicester - Charles Frederick Fred Pinkerton, 63, died Tuesday November 25, 2003 at St. Josephs Hospital following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He retired in 2003 as President of Stroup Sheet Metal Works, Inc., was a member of the John A. Nichols Masonic Lodge, the Oasis Shrine Temple and served in the U.S....

Rev. Neils H. Larsen Jr.

Rev. Neils H. Larsen Jr.

Nov 25, 2003

Old Fort - Rev. Neils Henry Larsen, Jr., 84, of 111 West Carson Street, went to be with his Lord, Tuesday November 25, 2003 at his residence following a period of declining health. Rev. Larsen was born in Patchogue, Long Island, NY December 13, 1918. He attended school in Riverhead, Long Island graduating from High School in 1937. He...

Robert Calvin Newton Jr.

Robert Calvin Newton Jr.

Nov 21, 2003

Fairview - Robert Calvin Newton, Jr., 56, went to be with Jesus Friday, November 21, 2003 a Mission Hospitals. A native of Asheville, he graduated from Lee Edwards High School where he played basketball, baseball, and football. He was voted Best All Around Athlete his senior year. While at Hall Fletcher Junior High, he won the Bobby Owens Award...

Walter H. Hipps Jr.

Walter H. Hipps Jr.

Nov 21, 2003

Candler - Walter Henry Hipps, Jr. 73 of 66 Morgan Cove Road went home to be with his Lord, Friday, November 21, 2003. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a member of Maple Ridge Baptist Church where he was a former Sunday School teacher and choir member. He was a 32nd Degree Mason and a...

Houston T. "Tommy" Adams

Houston T. "Tommy" Adams

Nov 18, 2003

Candler - Houston T. Tommy Adams, 54, of 63 Rangeview Acres, died Tuesday November 18, 2003 at his residence after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a son of Hilda Adams of Asheville and the late E. R. Adams. Surviving in addition to his mother are his special friend Jackie Hensley of...

Nedra Wade Rice

Nedra Wade Rice

Nov 15, 2003

Asheville - Nedra Wade Rice, 75, of 739 Aiken Road died Saturday, November 15, 2003 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was a daughter of the late Paul and Minnie Bell DuVall Wade and wife of Julius Hardwick Rice who died December 30, 2001. She was formerly employed with Shaw Industries and Mills Manufacturing...

Larry Ray Conner

Larry Ray Conner

Nov 15, 2003

Harriman, TN - Larry Ray Conner, 48, of 640 Skyline Dr. died Saturday, November 15, 2003 at his residence following a period of declining health. A native of Buncombe County, he had resided in Oak Ridge and Harriman for the past 23 years. He was a 1973 graduate of T.C. Roberson High School and a 1980 graduate of A-B...

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