Obituary Listing

Betty Irene Carland

Betty Irene Carland

Jul 26, 2003

Fletcher - Betty Irene Torrence Carland, 78, of 19 Jones Circle, died Saturday July 26, 2003 at the Elizabeth House. A native and resident most of her life of Buncombe County. She was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Skyland. She was a daughter of the late Ralph Torrence and Minnie Lee Emory Torrence Jones and wife of...

Robert Hoyt "Bobby" Spivey

Robert Hoyt "Bobby" Spivey

Jul 26, 2003

Asheville - Robert Hoyt Bobby Spivey, 69, of Asheville went to be with the Lord Saturday, July 26, 2003 at the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was the son of the late Hoyt Lee Spivey and Bertha Jeanette Whitaker Spivey. Mr. Spivey graduated from Emma High School in 1952 and Asheville Biltmore...

George Thurman "Uncle Bug" Woodby Jr.

George Thurman "Uncle Bug" Woodby Jr.

Jul 21, 2003

Asheville - George Thurman Uncle Bug Woodby, Jr., 70, of 129 Little Knob Rd. and Winter Haven, FL died Monday, July 21, 2003 at the VA Medical Center, Asheville. A native of Buncombe County, he was a 15 year veteran of the US Army, serving during the Korean Conflict where he was awarded a Bronze Star with a V....

William Alonzo Field

William Alonzo Field

Jul 20, 2003

Asheville - William Alonzo Field, 80, of 86 Raleigh Road, died Sunday July 20, 2003 at the Asheville V. A. Medical Center. A native of Henderson County, he had lived most of his life in Buncombe County. He was retired from the U.S. Government as a Weather Technician. He was a W.W. II Army Veteran and a member of...

Evelyn Ramsey Ball

Evelyn Ramsey Ball

Jul 19, 2003

Asheville - Evelyn Ramsey Ball, 95, of 177 Lakeshore Dr. died Saturday, July 19, 2003 at her residence. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was the daughter of the late James Albert and Betty Ramsey and was the wife of the late Gay Theodore Ball who died in 1981. She was also preceded in death by several brothers...

Dorothy Crowder Hyatt

Dorothy Crowder Hyatt

Jul 17, 2003

Candler - Dorothy Mae Crowder Hyatt, 69, went to be with the Lord on Thursday , July 17, 2003. A native of Buncombe Co., she was a daughter of the late Jess L. and Pansy Mae Riddle Crowder. Mrs. Hyatt was a 1952 graduate of Emma High School and was employed by Roses, Meyers Arnold, Bon Marche and for...

June S. Bellucci

June S. Bellucci

Jul 16, 2003

Alexander - June S. Bellucci, 80, of 5 Sapphire Dr. began her new life on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 at her residence. She was a native of Buncombe County and was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. Mrs. Bellucci was the daughter of the late Hiram Spurgeon and Sallie Belle Luther Sluder and was the wife of the late...

Bonnie Hyatt Jarrett

Bonnie Hyatt Jarrett

Jul 15, 2003

Candler - Bonnie Patricia Hyatt Jarrett, 90, of 95 Holcombe Cove Road died Tuesday, July 15, 2003 at the Pisgah Manor Nursing Home following a period of declining health. A native of Asheville. Mrs. Jarrett was former Owner & Operator of Wayside Market and a member of Edgewood Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late James Raymond...

Luke Poston Adams

Luke Poston Adams

Jul 10, 2003

Fairview - Luke Poston Adams, beloved son of Joseph and Melisa Adams, born June 16, 2003, went home to be with our merciful Lord, July 10, 2003. Surviving in addition to his parents are his older brother, Jacob Adams; grandparents, James & Linda Penland and Ronald & Jean Bruton; great grandparents, Ray Poston & Arlene Jenkins, Dorothy Archer and...

Benson Henry Allen

Benson Henry Allen

Jul 9, 2003

Asheville - Benson Henry Allen, 83, of 436 N. Louisiana Avenue died Wednesday, July 9, 2003 at the Asheville Health Care following a period of declining health. A native of Star, NC and a resident of Buncombe County since 1962. He retired from Walker Manufacturing Company and retired after 20 years of service from the U.S. Airforce having served...

Kenneth Eugene Bishop

Kenneth Eugene Bishop

Jul 9, 2003

Candler - Kenneth Eugene Bishop, 61, of 122 Pete Luther Road, Candler went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, July 9, 2003. Mr. Bishop was a native and life long resident of Buncombe County. He was a retired District Chief with the Asheville Fire Department; a member of the NC Firefighters Association; a member of Int. Assoc. of...

Carol Jean "Nana" Morrow

Carol Jean "Nana" Morrow

Jul 7, 2003

Carol Jean Nana Morrow Candler - Carol Jean Mielke Nana Morrow, 54, of 2 Paradise Road died Sunday July 6, 2003. A native of Teaneck, N.J., she lived most of her life in Buncombe County. She was a member of the Fellowship of the Vine and was employed by Hominy Valley Elementary School. She was a daughter of the...

Maggie Kelley Rice

Maggie Kelley Rice

Jul 7, 2003

Asheville - Maggie Lou Clements Kelley Rice, 88, died Monday July 7, 2003 at Emerald Ridge Rehab Care Center. A native of Del Rio, TN. She had lived most of her life in Asheville and had retired from Burlington Industries. She was a daughter of the late Dave and Linnie Norwood Clements. She was also preceded in death by...

Pansy Radford Chandler

Pansy Radford Chandler

Jul 6, 2003

Candler - Pansy Radford Chandler, 90, of 32 Overlook Drive went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 6, 2003. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. Mrs. Chandler was a member of Erwin Hills Baptist Church and a daughter of the late James Henry and Fannie Mae Buckner Radford. She was the wife of the late Samuel...

Dennis Dan Crawford

Dennis Dan Crawford

Jul 5, 2003

Asheville - Dennis Dan Crawford, 55, of 109 Dix Creek Chapel Rd. died Saturday, June 5, 2003 at his residence. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during Vietnam. Mr. Crawford was the son of the late George Wesley and Geneva Johnson Crawford. He was also preceded in death by his brothers, Jerry and Eugene Crawford. Surviving...

Jesse Odell "Bubbles" Hamlin

Jesse Odell "Bubbles" Hamlin

Jul 2, 2003

Asheville - Jesse Odell Bubbles Hamlin, 68, of 599 North Louisiana Ave., Lot # 94 died Wednesday, July 2, 2003 at his residence. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was the son of the late Jacob Floyd and Hattie Lillie West Hamlin. Mr. Hamlin was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a member of Emma Baptist...

Jean Stamey Davis

Jean Stamey Davis

Jul 1, 2003

Candler - Jean Stamey Davis, 66, of 1691 Pisgah Hwy, died Tuesday July 1, 2003 at her residence. A native of Henderson County, she had lived most of her life in Buncombe County. She had worked for Pisgah View Ranch and retired from Hyman Young Greenhouse. She was a daughter of the late Thomas Harland and Roxie Morris Stamey....

Ruth Madeline Gowan Rogers

Ruth Madeline Gowan Rogers

Jun 30, 2003

Asheville - Ruth Madeline Price Gowan Rogers, 89, died Monday June 30, 2003 at Memorial Mission Hospital after a brief illness. A native of Knoxville, Tn. she had lived in Buncombe County since 1943. She was a daughter of the late Lon and Beulah Bean Price and the wife of the late E. Unie Gowan and James Rogers. Surviving...

Mary Alvonna Mallard

Mary Alvonna Mallard

Jun 26, 2003

Asheville - Mary Alvonna Mallard, 35, of Hogan View Drive, Lot #62 went to be with her Lord Thursday, June 26, 2003. A native of Georgetown, S.C. She had resided in Buncombe County since October 1978. Surviving are her mother, Artelia McKenzie McIlwain and step father, Thomas Edward McIlwain both of Candler; father, Cederic McQuade Mallard and step mother,...

Lois Mary Parks Williams

Lois Mary Parks Williams

Jun 26, 2003

Leicester - Lois Mary Parks Williams, 84, of 25 Redbud Lane, Leicester, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, June 26, 2003. A native of Swain County, she had resided in Buncombe County for 30 years. Mrs. Williams was a daughter of the late Matthew and Melissa Watkins Parks, and a member of Powells Branch Baptist Chruch. Mrs....