Obituary Listing

Stephen Lee "Steve" Maynard

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...