Obituary Listing

Cleo Ann Hatch Morgan

Cleo Ann Hatch Morgan

Feb 2, 2004

Asheville - Cleo Ann Hatch Morgan, 76, formerly of 98 Trotter Place died Monday, February 2, 2004 at Pisgah Manor Health Care Center. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was retired from the Patton Ave. K-Mart and was a member of Crossroads Assembly of God. Mrs. Morgan was the daughter of the late C.C. and Josephine Roberts Hatch...

Betty M. Gaddy

Betty M. Gaddy

Feb 1, 2004

Asheville - Betty Marie Parris Gaddy, 72, of 234 Old County Home Road died Sunday, February 1, 2004, at Memorial Mission Hospital following an extended illness. A native and resident of Buncombe County for most of her life. She was former owner and operator of Little Rascals Day Care on Haywood Road and Hendersonville Highway and was a member...

Edna Watts Edmonds

Edna Watts Edmonds

Jan 29, 2004

Asheville - Edna Cornelia Watts Edmonds, 81, of 1493 Brevard Road died Thursday January 29, 2004 at Memorial Mission Hospital after a period of declining health. A native and resident of Buncombe County for most of her life, she had provided loving day care for her grandchildren and great grandchildren and was a member of Bent Creek Baptist Church....

Marion Louise Cole

Marion Louise Cole

Jan 28, 2004

Asheville - Marion Louise Everett Cole, 94, of 100 Riceville Rd., The Summit, died Wednesday, January 28, 2004 at her residence. A native of Ontonagon County, Michigan. Mrs. Cole had resided in Buncombe County since 1972. She was a High School Teacher with over 30 years of service as an educator. Mrs. Cole was a daughter of the late...

Douglas Ray Jones

Douglas Ray Jones

Jan 26, 2004

Leicester - Douglas Ray Jones, 59, of 124 Smith Rd. died Monday, January 26, 2004 at the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center following a long illness. A native of Cherokee County, NC. He had resided in Buncombe County since 1979. Mr. Jones was formerly employed with Paving Enterprise and was a member of Zion Hill Baptist Church. He was...

Hester R. Hensley

Hester R. Hensley

Jan 26, 2004

Asheville - Hester Katie Ellen Rogers Hensley, 85. of 205 Riverview Church Road died Monday at the WNC Baptist Home after and extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a member of Bingham Heights Baptist Church and of the Eastern Star. She was the daughter of the late Clarence and Rosa Rogers and the...

Albert Wayne Morrow

Albert Wayne Morrow

Jan 25, 2004

Alexander - Chaplain Albert Wayne Morrow, 66, of 2184 Jenkins Valley Road died unexpectedly Sunday January 25, 2004. A native of Rutherford County, he had lived most of his life in Buncombe County. He retired from the U.S. Navy after 20 years of service and had served as a Chaplain for Craggy Prison for the past 15 years. He...

Barbara Ann Morningstar

Barbara Ann Morningstar

Jan 24, 2004

Asheville - Barbara Ann Dotson Morningstar, 59, of 286 Oakley School Rd. died Saturday, January 24, 2004 at Mission Hospitals. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was the daughter of the late William Thad and Lillian Huntley Dotson. She was also preceded in death by her son, William Ray Morningstar. Surviving are her husband, Michael R. Morningstar of...

Alfred Dee Massey Sr.

Alfred Dee Massey Sr.

Jan 23, 2004

Weaverville - Alfred Dee Massey, Sr., 80, of 61 Arrowood Road died Friday, January 23, 2004 at his residence. A native of Madison County, he lived in Buncombe County for most of his life. He was a US Army veteran of WW II and a son of the late Joseph H. Massey and Cora Revis Massey. He was also...

Carl Alvin Chambers

Carl Alvin Chambers

Jan 23, 2004

Marshall - Carl Alvin Chambers, 64, of 622 Ivy Hill Rd. died Friday, January 23, 2004 at St. Josephs Hospital following an extended illness. He was a native and resident for most of his life in Buncombe County and had lived in Madison County for a little over a year. Mr. Chambers was the son of the late Clarence...

Harry Leroy Shook

Harry Leroy Shook

Jan 20, 2004

Charlotte - Harry LeRoy Shook, 78, died Tuesday, January 20, 2004 at the Harris Hospice Unit at Presbyterian Hospital. Born in Asheville, NC on February 9, 1925, he was a son of the late Lee and Mae Capps Shook. He was also preceded in death by his wife of 32 years, Doris Matthews Shook and a brother, Clyde B....

Walter Jack Jewett

Walter Jack Jewett

Jan 20, 2004

Asheville - Walter Jack Jewett of 307 Barnard Avenue died Tuesday, January 20, 2004 at a local hospital. A native of Sullivan County, TN, he had lived in Asheville since 1954. He was the son of the late Walter and Gertrude Jewett and was also preceded in death by a brother, Aaron Russell Jewett. Surviving are his wife, Margaret...

Lela Barbee Ligon Mrazek

Lela Barbee Ligon Mrazek

Jan 19, 2004

Asheville - Lela Barbee Ligon Mrazek, 92, of 103 Summerglen Dr. died Monday, January 19, 2004 at Pisgah Manor. A native of Durham, NC, she was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star for over 50 years and was a past Worthy Matron. She was an avid bowler. Mrs. Mrazek was the daughter of the late Ensley...

Comer W. Stephens

Comer W. Stephens

Jan 18, 2004

Marietta, GA - Comer Watson Stephens, 86, passed from this life at Northside Hospital on January 18, 2004 following a brief illness. A native of Athens, Georgia. Mr. Stephens was preceded in death by his wife the former Ruth Chandler. He was the son of the late Mr. & Mrs. Luther James Stephens formerly of Athens, Ga. A veteran...

James Edgar Robinson

James Edgar Robinson

Jan 17, 2004

Asheville - James Edgar Robinson, 88, of 103 Brickyard Road, died Saturday, January 17, 2004 at his home following a brief illness. A native of Madison County. He had resided in Buncombe County since 1963, retired from Burlington Industries after 25 years of service and following his retirement, worked at Hayes & Lunsford Motor Shop for 10 years. He...

Phillip Edward Parham

Phillip Edward Parham

Jan 17, 2004

Marshall - Phillip Edward Parham, 68, died Saturday, January 17, 2004 at Memorial Mission Hospital following a brief illness. A native of Buncombe County. He had resided in Madison County since 1991. Mr. Parham retired in 1997 from ABF Freight Lines as a truck driver, was a member of The Teamsters Union Local #61, was an avid country and...

Gertrude Connie Reynolds Young

Gertrude Connie Reynolds Young

Jan 16, 2004

Asheville - Gertrude Connie Reynolds Young, 80, formerly of 74 Shope Creek Road went home to be with the Lord Friday January 16, at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a member of Swannanoa Valley Independent Missionary Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Cleveland and Mary Goins Reynolds and...

John Thomas "Johnny" Spain

John Thomas "Johnny" Spain

Jan 16, 2004

Asheville - John Thomas Johnny Spain, 57, of 76 Raleigh Road died Friday January 16, 2004 in Chapel Hill after a brief illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he retired in 1991 from Gerber Baby Products and attended Open Door Cathedral in Biltmore. He was a son of the late James Edward and Juanita Nina McHone Spain and...

John E. Kidwell

John E. Kidwell

Jan 14, 2004

Asheville - John Edward Kidwell, 60, of 65 ODonald Road died Wednesday, January 14, 2004 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native of Carey, OH. Mr. Kidwell had resided in Asheville for the past 17 years. He was a son of Mae Elizabeth Garn Kidwell of Findlay, OH and the late Darrel Jake Kidwell. Surviving in addition to his mother...

Violet Johnson Brown

Violet Johnson Brown

Jan 14, 2004

Woodfin - Violet Johnson Brown, 94, of 185 Jonestown Road died Wednesday January 14, 2004 at Memorial Mission Hospital after an extended illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was of the Baptist faith and retired from Eckerd Drug. Co. in 1974. She was a daughter of the late James Walter and Sarah Lucinda Allen Johnson and the...