Obituary Listing

Stephanie H. Mumby

Stephanie H. Mumby

Aug 20, 2003

Asheville - Stephanie Rose Holubetz Mumby, 78, of 35 Webb Cove Road died Wednesday, August 20, 2003 at Aston Park Health Care Center following a period of declining health. A native of Amsterdam, N.Y. Mrs. Mumby has resided in Asheville since 1987. She was a daughter of the late John and Victoria Domitz Holubetz and the wife of Alvin...

Ernest Sams

Ernest Sams

Aug 20, 2003

Asheville -Ernest Sams, 81, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, August 20, 2003 at Memorial Mission Hospital. He was a native of Madison County. Mr. Sams resided in Chicago, Illinois until his retirement and moved to Buncombe County in 1979. He was a member of Bingham Heights Baptist Church since 1985 and was a U.S. Army Veteran of...

Willie Donald Clark Sr.

Willie Donald Clark Sr.

Aug 19, 2003

Asheville - Willie Donald Clark, Sr., 80, of 4 Winding Rd. died Tuesday, August 19, 2003 at Mission St. Joseph Health System. A lifelong resident of Buncombe Co., he was the son of the late Willie H. and Grace Wright Clark. He was a member of Victory Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Janice Miller Clark of the home;...

Donnie L. Benson

Donnie L. Benson

Aug 18, 2003

Asheville - Donnie L. Benson, Sr., 56, of 516 Deaverview Road, died Monday August 18, 2003 at the Asheville V.A. Medical Center. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was a retired plumber and a Vietnam War Veteran serving in the U.S. Army. He was a son of Thelma Ledford Benson of Asheville and the late Horace Benson. Surviving...

Robert Leroy Goettge

Robert Leroy Goettge

Aug 17, 2003

Leicester - Robert L. Goettge, 53, of 152 Green Acre Dr. passed away Sunday, August 17, 2003 after a brief illness. A native of New Philadelphia, Ohio, he had lived in Buncombe County for the past 30 years and had been employed by Hubbell Mid Atlantic Distribution CO. for the past 5 years. He was a son of the...

Raymond W. Spencer

Raymond W. Spencer

Aug 16, 2003

Asheville - Raymond W. Spencer went home to be with the Lord on August 16, 2003. He was born in Marshalltown, Iowa on December 14, 1924 the sixth child of Floyd Bryant Spencer, Sr. and Beulah Marie Bray Spencer. He spent four years in the Marine Corps in W.W.II fighting for his country and never lost his respect for...

Sarah Henderson "Sally" Dunk

Sarah Henderson "Sally" Dunk

Aug 16, 2003

Asheville - Sarah Sally Henderson Dunk, 87, of 163 Arthur Rd. died Saturday, August 16, 2003 at The Laurels of Greentree Ridge after a period of declining health. A native of Tuscon, AZ, she had resided in Buncombe County for over 40 years. She retired form the U.S. Forest Service after 25 years of service as a secretary and...

Terry Glenn Netherton

Terry Glenn Netherton

Aug 16, 2003

Asheville - Terry Glenn Netherton, 51, of 676 N. Louisiana Ave. died Saturday August 16, 2003 at his residence. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was a 1970 graduate of Clyde A. Erwin High School and a salesman for Automotive Supplies. He was a son of the late Morris Edward and Reba DeHart Netherton. Surviving are his brother,...

Barbara C. Spain

Barbara C. Spain

Aug 16, 2003

Asheville - Barbara Collier Spain, 66, of 76 Raleigh Rd. died Saturday, August 16, 2003 at the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center after a courageous battle with cancer. A native of Hogansville, GA. Mrs. Spain had resided in Asheville since 1974. She was a daughter of the late Louie Andrew and Mildred Lancaster Collier and was also preceded in...

Ruby Louise Silvers

Ruby Louise Silvers

Aug 13, 2003

Asheville - Ruby Louise Silvers, 93, of 46 Millbrook Rd. died Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at the Laurels of Greentree Ridge, surrounded by her family, after a period of declining health. A native of Yancey County, she had lived in Buncombe County for 65 years. Mrs. Silvers was the oldest living member of Westwood Baptist Church. She loved her...

Margaret Ann Crowder

Margaret Ann Crowder

Aug 10, 2003

Asheville - Margaret Ann Bailey Crowder, 74, of 730 Olivette Road passed away Sunday August 10, 2003 at her residence with her children by her side. A native of Madison County and resident of Buncombe County most of her life. She was a member of New Liberty Baptist Church and was a daughter of the late Curtis Haskew Bailey...

Virginia Marilyn Eichler Carr

Virginia Marilyn Eichler Carr

Aug 9, 2003

Asheville - Virginia Marilyn Eichler Carr, 87, died Saturday August 9, 2003 at the Alterra Clare Bridge of Asheville after a period of declining health. A native of Iowa City, Iowa, she resided in Garden City, Long Island New York for many years prior to moving to Asheville in 1993. She graduated in 1937 from the University of Iowa...

William Eugene "Bill" Dillaha

William Eugene "Bill" Dillaha

Aug 8, 2003

Hendersonville - William Eugene Bill Dillaha, 78, of 105 Acorn Drive died Monday August 25, 2003 at Memorial Mission Hospital after an extended illness. A native of Greenbrier, AR., he had lived in the Asheville area for most of his life. He retired due to injuries sustained in the line of duty in 1973 from the Asheville Fire Dept....

Kathleen Trantham Sexton

Kathleen Trantham Sexton

Aug 7, 2003

Asheville - Mary Kathleen Trantham Sexton, 79, of 3864 Sweeten Creek Road went to be with the Lord Thursday, August 7, 2003 at The Oaks at Sweeten Creek following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was formerly employed with Deerfield Retirement Home as a Nurses Assistant and was a member of Oakley Baptist...

Don "Papaw" Best

Don "Papaw" Best

Aug 5, 2003

Asheville - Donald Eugene Papaw Best, 70, of 148 Porter Road died Tuesday August 5, 2003 at Memorial Mission Hospital after a brief illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a Member of Merrimon Avenue Baptist Church and a former Sunday School Teacher. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a son of...

Vera Erline Kelley

Vera Erline Kelley

Aug 5, 2003

Asheville - Vera Erline Kelley, 93, of Asheville and formerly of Jasper, Al., died August 5, 2003, at Aston Park Health Care Center. She was the daughter of the late Willie Lowe Parker and the late Julia Myrtie Parker of Moulton, Al. She was of the Baptist faith and was a member of First Baptist Church in Jasper, Al....

Richard Lanny Brockmeier

Richard Lanny Brockmeier

Aug 1, 2003

Swannanoa - Richard Lanny Brockmeier, 56, of 2126 Hwy. 70 went to be with his Lord Friday, August 1, 2003 after a brief illness. He was born in Cincinnati, OH March 11, 1947 to the Late William Edward Brockmeier and Myrtle McFalls Brockmeier. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his brother, Eddie Brockmeier. He...

Jean Glance Moore

Jean Glance Moore

Aug 1, 2003

Asheville - Jean Glance Moore, 76, of 16 Holly Hill Drive went home to be with the Lord Friday, August 1, 2003 while being cared for at Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she attended Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Clinton C. and Icie Rogers Glance. She was...

Carl Everett "Ham" Pike

Carl Everett "Ham" Pike

Jul 31, 2003

Asheville - Carl Everett Ham Pike, 66, of 307 Gorman Bridge Road, died Thursday July 31, 2003 at his residence after brief illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was an electrician and a son of the late Carl Baxter and Jennie Evelyn Pike. He was also preceded in death by a brother, T.A. Gibbs. Surviving are his...

Roxie Clark Young

Roxie Clark Young

Jul 31, 2003

Asheville - Roxie Inez Clark Young, 90, of 100 Riceville Road, died Thursday July 31, 2003 at the Laurels of Summit Ridge following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. Mrs. Young retired from Taylor Instruments and was the oldest member of Elkwood United Methodist Church. She was the daughter of the late Charlie and...