Stephen Lee "Steve" Maynard
Jun 25, 2003
Asheville - Stephen Lee Steve Maynard, 47, of 20 Kenwood Avenue died Wednesday, June 25, 2003 at St. Josephs Hospital. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He retired in 1997 after 15 years of service with the City of Asheville water Department where at the time of his retirement he served as a Supervisor. Mr. Maynard was a son...

Coleman Crowe
Jun 25, 2003
Candler - Coleman Crowe, 69, of Upper Glady Fork Rd. died Wednesday, June 25, 2003 at Mission St. Josephs Health System. A native of Madison County, he had resided in Buncombe County for most of his life. He was a member of Glady Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. Crowe was the son of the late Robert Levi and Pearlie Louise...

Anna Lou Gass
Jun 22, 2003
Asheville - Anna Lou Owen Gass, 82, of 20 Ridge Road died Sunday June 22, 2003 at her home following a period of declining health. A native of Jackson County, she had resided in Buncombe County most of her life and was a member of Pisgah View Pentecostal Church. She was a daughter of the late Elbert Clarence and...
Barbara Louise Murphy
Jun 17, 2003
Asheville - Barbara Louise Jones Murphy, 62, of 660 North Louisiana Avenue, Lot #12, died Tuesday, June 17, 2003 following a period of declining health. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late James Wesley and Willie Kate Rice Jones and was also preceded in death by two brothers, Floyd and Mark...
Alma Dessie Duyck Buckner
Jun 16, 2003
Weaverville - Alma Dessie Duyck Buckner, 84, of 72 Old Mars Hill Hwy. died Monday, June 16, 2003 at her residence. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was an active member for 34 years of Coles Cove Independent Baptist Church. Mrs. Buckner was the daughter of the late Oscar Willard and Martha Jane Rice Duyck and was the...
Agnes Marie Lunsford
Jun 15, 2003
Asheville - Agnes Marie Worley Lunsford, 85, died Sunday June 15, 2003 at the Aston Park Health Care Center following a period of declining health. A native of Madison County, she resided in Buncombe County since 1950. She was a homemaker, formerly employed by Mars Manufacturing Co. as an inspector and attended Mountain View Church. She was a daughter...

Shirley Mae Lazarus
Jun 14, 2003
Asheville - Shirley Mae Lazarus, 91, died Saturday June 14, 2003 at St. Josephs Hospital. A native of Keystone, W.VA. She was a daughter of the late Israel and Sarah Lazarus and was a graduate of William and Mary College in Williamsburg, VA. Her entire life was dedicated to the teaching of children in the Keystone Elementary School System....
Billy Layron Lanford
Jun 8, 2003
Asheville - Bill Layron Lanford, 68, died Sunday, June 8, 2003 at the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center. A lifelong resident of Buncombe Co., he was the son of the late John Olan Lanford and Dollie Lunsford Lanford Davis and was the husband of the late Mary Ann Brower Lanford who died in 1991. Surviving are his daughter, Billie...
Jessie Lee Bailey
Jun 6, 2003
Swannanoa - Jessie Lee Bailey, 82, of 4 Valley View died Friday, June 6, 2003 at Memorial Mission Hospital following a brief illness. A native of Madison County. She had resided in Buncombe County most of her life and retired from Asheville Manufacturing Co. where she was a seamstress. Mrs. Bailey was a daughter of the late Morrison Young...
James Wayne Hensley
Jun 5, 2003
Leicester - James Wayne Hensley, 87, of 201 Dix Creek Road #1, died Thursday June 5, 2003 at Memorial Mission Hospital after an extended illness. A native of Madison County, he lived most of his life in Buncombe County and was of the Baptist Faith. He was a WWII veteran of the U.S. Army having served with Co. A,...
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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