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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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...
John Joseph Williams
May 8, 2003
Fairview - John Joseph Williams, 85, of 8 Robert Williams Road died Thursday May 8, 2003 at the Asheville V.A. Medical Center after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was the son of the late Robert and Minnie Sawyer Williams. He was a WWII Veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corp. and the...
Dorothy Bonham Colwell
May 6, 2003
Asheville - Dorothy Bonham Colwell, 87, of 105 Summer Glen Dr., died Tuesday, May 6, 2003 at Universal Health Care of Fletcher. She was a member of Oak Forest Presbyterian Church and during WW II she served in the Army Medical Corp as an Occupational Therapist. She was retired from Deerfield Episcopal Home. Mrs. Colwell was the daughter of...
Bonnie Thompson Hendren
May 5, 2003
Arden - Bonnie Sue Thompson Hendren, 92, a resident of The Oaks at Sweeten Creek died Monday May 5, 2003 at St. Joseph Hospital after a brief illness. A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late William Vance and Ella Mae Thompson and the wife of the late Isaac Shelby Hendren who died in 1936....
Pender Williams Jr.
May 4, 2003
Asheville - Pender Williams, Jr., 50, of 245 Cedar Hill Road, died Sunday May 4, 2003 at his residence. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was an U.S. Army Veteran and a son of Pender Williams, Sr. and Evelyn Grooms Williams of Asheville. Surviving in addition to his parents are his sister, Patricia Weiss and husband, Dr. Richard...
Dianne Tallant Martin
May 3, 2003
Asheville - Dianne Tallant Martin, 51, died Saturday May 3, 2003 at St. Josephs Hospital following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was a 1st grade School Teacher with Fairview Elementary School for 28 years, member of Delta Kappa Gamma Soriety and a member of Sunrise Baptist Church. She was a 1970 graduate...
Adrianne M. Sawyer
Apr 30, 2003
Crown Point, Indiana - Adrianne Marcelle Fisher Sawyer, 59, of 5029 East 107th Place died Wednesday, April 30, 2003 at her residence. A native of Thomasville, Georgia, she had resided in Asheville for a number of years. Mrs. Sawyer was a registered nurse and formerly employed with Memorial Mission Hospital, Appalachian Hall and Blue Ridge Mental Health Center. She...
Jessie M. Smith
Apr 29, 2003
Asheville - Jessie Mildred Crowder Smith, 70, of 487 Emma Road, died Tuesday April 29, 2003 at Mountain Area Hospice. A native of Swain County, NC. She had resided in Buncombe County most of her life. She was a former nurses aid in the Asheville area hospitals. Mrs. Smith was a daughter of the late Oscar Henry and Minnie...
Dale Lamar Pittman
Apr 21, 2003
Asheville - Dale Lamar Pittman, 65, of 49 Forest Lake Drive died Monday April 21, 2003 at the Laurels of Greentree Ridge after an extended illness. A native of St. Joseph County, In., he had resided in Buncombe County since 1979. He retired from Dodge Rockwell Automation in Weaverville after 37 years of service and was a member of...
Ollie Hudgins Davis
Apr 20, 2003
Fairview - Ollie Hudgins Davis, 88, of 1215 Upper Brush Creek Road, went to be with Jesus Sunday, April 20, 2003 at her residence. A native of Henderson County. She had lived most of her life in Buncombe County and was a charter member of Fairview Sharon United Methodist Church. She was a daughter of the late Thomas Carl...
Elizabeth "Lib" Smith
Apr 20, 2003
Asheville - Elizabeth Lib Smith, 80, of 26 Monroe Place, died Sunday April 20, 2003 at St. Josephs Hospital . A life long resident of Buncombe County. She was retired from Victoria Health Care Center and formerly employed with Farnam as a machine operator for 32 years. She was a daughter of the late Clingman William and Della Josephine...
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