Obituary Listing

Patricia Ann "Trish" Arrington

Patricia Ann "Trish" Arrington

Jun 4, 2003

Candler - Patricia Ann Trish Arrington, 35, beloved, mother, daughter and friend, of 370 Reeves Cove Road, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday June 4, 2003 at Mountain Area Hospice. She had lived in Buncombe County most of her life and was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. She was the daughter of Henry and Peggy Gillespie Arrington...

Scott Daniel Boone Sr.

Scott Daniel Boone Sr.

Jun 2, 2003

Fairview - Scott Daniel Boone, Sr., 82, of 142 Old Fort Road died Monday, June 2, 2003 at the Fleshers Fairview Health Care Center following a period of declining health. A native of Yancey County. He had resided in Buncombe County most of his life. Mr. Boone was a Disabled Veteran of W.W. II having served in the U.S....

Florence Brown Merrill Pilcher

Florence Brown Merrill Pilcher

Jun 2, 2003

Fairview - Florence Brown Merrill Pilcher, 70, of 841-B Charlotte Hwy, died Monday June 2, 2003 at Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center following a period of declining health. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she attended Fairview Calvary Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late George Homer and Annie Mae Brown. Surviving are her husband,...

Eulas Ben Sexton

Eulas Ben Sexton

Jun 1, 2003

Candler - Eulas Ben Sexton, 90, of 23 Acton Woods Road, died Sunday June 1, 2003 at his residence. A native of Newport, TN. He had lived most of his life in Buncombe County. He was a member of Crossroads Assembly of God. He was a son of the late Ike Sexton and Ethel Blazer Sexton Webb. He was...

Zebadiah Oliver Southerland

Zebadiah Oliver Southerland

May 29, 2003

Asheville - Zebadiah Oliver Southerland, 10 months old was called home to heaven to be with Jesus Christ his Lord on May 29th 2003, one month to date after his Great Great Grandmother Annie Marie Blazer Ball passed as well as his 1st cousin Christian Coty Southerland. He attended North Asheville Baptist Church. Zebadiah succumbed after and on going,...

Joseph Mueller Meserve

Joseph Mueller Meserve

May 28, 2003

Asheville - Joseph Mueller Meserve, 83, of 9 Chadwick Wade Dr. died Wednesday, May 28, 2003 at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville. A native of Greenville, IL, he was a retired Captain from the U.S. Air Force, serving in WW II and Korea. He was the former Chief of the Climatic Analysis Section of the National Weather...

Katherine Lorene Keever

Katherine Lorene Keever

May 25, 2003

Fairview - Katherine Lorene Keever, 65, of 492 Sharon Road Lot #11 died Sunday May 25, 2003 at her home. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a retired nurses assistant. She was a daughter of the late William Luther and Pearl Elizabeth Shuffler Searcy and the wife of the late Lester Ray Keever. She was also preceded...

Robert Dawson Carter

Robert Dawson Carter

May 24, 2003

Candler - Robert Dawson Carter, 23, died unexpectedly Saturday, May 24, 2003. Rob was a most beloved son, brother, grandson, nephew, neighbor and friend to everyone he ever met. He is survived and greatly missed by his immediate family: mother and stepfather, Candace L. and Robert W. Decker, Jr. of Weaverville; father and step mother, Bruce D. and Paula...

Mary Alice Lewis Elingburg

Mary Alice Lewis Elingburg

May 21, 2003

Skyland - Mary Alice Lewis Elingburg, 83, died Wednesday, May 21, 2003 at Fleshers Fairview Health Care. A native of Fredonia, KY, she had lived in Buncombe County since 1957. She was a member of Skyland Baptist Church and was retired from Taylor Instruments. Mrs. Elingburg was the daughter of the late Shirdie Virgil Lewis and Ruth Anna Belt...

Jimmy Dale Messer

Jimmy Dale Messer

May 20, 2003

Asheville - Jimmy Dale Messer, 41 of 15 Shelby Road went to be with the Lord Tuesday May 20, 2003 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was a son of the late Carlee and Mary Dean Hyder Messer. He was a 1980 graduate of A.C. Reynolds High School and worked in construction. Surviving are...

Howard Cecil "Bill" Wood Sr.

Howard Cecil "Bill" Wood Sr.

May 18, 2003

Asheville - Howard Cecil Bill Wood, Sr., 82, of 82 Pisgah View Road, Lot #21 died Sunday, May 18, 2003 at the Magnolia Health Care Center following an extended illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County he retired from American Enka Corp. He was a member of Westwood Baptist Church and was a U.S. Army Veteran. He was the...

I. C. Nesbitt

I. C. Nesbitt

May 18, 2003

Fairview - I. C. Nesbitt, 94, of 1110 Old Fort Rd. died Sunday, May 18, 2003 at Fleshers Fairview Family Health Care. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he had worked for the State of North Carolina and was a farmer. He was a member of Spring Mountain Baptist Church. Mr. Nesbitt was the son of the late Ben...

Alda Rogers Mcfalls

Alda Rogers Mcfalls

May 17, 2003

Asheville - Alda Marie McFalls, 66, of 31 Ocala Street, died Saturday May 17, 2003 at her residence. She was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was a member of Light of Life World Outreach Center and the daughter of the late Wayne William and Annie Mae Henderson Rogers. Mrs. McFalls was the wife of the late Burnice...

Evelyn Slagle "Aunt Jo" Wilson

Evelyn Slagle "Aunt Jo" Wilson

May 16, 2003

Fairview - Evelyn Josephine Slagle Wilson, 92, of 101 Spring Mountain Road, died Friday May 16, 2003 at Asheville Health Care. She was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County and a charter member of Cedar Mountain Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late Solomon Monroe and Grace Leota Shroat Slagle and wife of the late Cecil William...

Louella Bagwell Corn

Louella Bagwell Corn

May 14, 2003

Asheville - Louella Bagwell Corn, 96, of Asheville died Wednesday, May 14, 2003 at the Aston Park Health Care Center following a period of declining health. A native of Spartanburg, S.C. She had resided in Asheville for most of her life. Mrs. Corn retired from Memorial Mission Hospital where she served as an operating room technician, was formerly employed...

Kitty D. Garland Medford

Kitty D. Garland Medford

May 13, 2003

Asheville - Kitty D. Garland Medford, 48, of 39 Mountain Vista Dr. passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at Mission St. Josephs Health System. She was native of Buncombe County and she was the owner/operator of Dazzle Hair Design and was a hairdresser for 27 years. Mrs. Medford was the daughter of Bud and Opal Garland of Asheville....

William F. "Bill" Bailey Sr.

William F. "Bill" Bailey Sr.

May 13, 2003

Candler - William F. Bill Bailey, Sr., 59, of 63 Captains Drive, a loving husband, father, grandfather and generous compassionate friend to countless, died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Candler early Tuesday morning May 13, 2003 . A native of Bryson City, he had lived in Buncombe County for most of his life. He was a...

Theola Mae Payne

Theola Mae Payne

May 11, 2003

Asheville - Theola Mae Lunsford Payne of 186 Vermont Avenue died Sunday May 11, 2003 at her home after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, She began her nursing career at Memorial Mission Hospital then worked for 18 years at St. Josephs Hospital then 20 years with Drs. Sommerville and Smart. She was a...

Rev. Neal O. Swann

Rev. Neal O. Swann

May 11, 2003

Asheville - Rev. Neal Ogburn Swann, 71, of 25 Oakcrest Place, went to be with his Lord, Sunday May 11, 2003 at his residence following a long illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was a retired Baptist Minister having preached for over 42 years, former owner of Swann and Swann Carpets and was a member of State...

Ann Thweatt

Ann Thweatt

May 10, 2003

Candler - Ann Thweatt, 75, of 54 Kel-Co Rd. died Saturday, May 10, 2003 at Mission St. Josephs Health System. A native of Holmes Co., MS, she had lived in Las Vegas, NV for many years before moving to Buncombe County 8 years ago. She was a retired accountant with North American Van Lines. Miss Thweatt was the daughter...

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