Obituary Listing

Marie Kuykendall Moody

Marie Kuykendall Moody

Dec 2, 2002

Asheville - Marie Kuykendall Moody, 82, of 211 Edgewood Rd. died Monday, December 2, 2002 at Emerald Ridge Rehab and Care Center. A native of Forsyth County, she had lived in Buncombe County for most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Phillip Mingus and Jevia Mae Burnette Kuykendall and she was also preceded in death...

Katherine Anders

Katherine Anders

Dec 1, 2002

Alexander - Katherine Mason Anders, 76, of 11 Tyler Cove unexpectedly went home to be with Jesus on Sunday December 1, 2002. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she retired from Schandlers Pickle Barrel and was a member of Paynes Chapel Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Dewey Clinton and Hester Camby Mason and...

James Robert "Bud" Blackwell

James Robert "Bud" Blackwell

Dec 1, 2002

Asheville - James Robert Bud Blackwell, 66, of 162 Hazel Mill Road died Sunday, December 1, 2002 at his home following a period of declining health. A native of Brevard, he had resided in Buncombe County most of life, was a Retired Truck Driver and attended Open Door Baptist Church. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean...

Lloyd B. Elliott

Lloyd B. Elliott

Nov 29, 2002

Asheville - Lloyd Bryan Lighting Elliott, 67, of 49 Ben Lippen Road, died Friday November 29, 2002 at Mission St. Josephs Health System following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He retired in 1991 from M.B. Haynes Electrical Corp. with whom he was employed for over 30 years. He attended Erwin Hills Baptist Church...

Albert Clubb

Albert Clubb

Nov 29, 2002

Alexander - Albert Clubb, 75, of 16 Sweet Pea Drive, died Friday November 29, 2002 at Asheville V.A. Medical Center. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was formerly employed with Beacon Manufacturing Company and was a member of Cedar Hill Baptist Church, Alexander. He was a W.W.II Army Veteran serving in the Philippines and was a member of...

Jack "Bo" Mckinney

Jack "Bo" Mckinney

Nov 27, 2002

Leicester - Jack Hugh Bo McKinney, 59, of 168 Moores Valley Rd. died Wednesday, November 27, 2002. A native of Tampa, Fl. he resided in Centerville, Tn. for 20 years prior to moving to Buncombe County in 1987. He was a son of the late Hugh and Edna Elizabeth Rust McKinney and was also preceded in death by his...

Wiley Hardin Griffin

Wiley Hardin Griffin

Nov 25, 2002

Asheville - Wiley Hardin Griffin, 80, of 377 Riverview Dr. died Monday, November 25, 2002 at the VA Medical Center, Asheville. A native of Madison Co., he had resided in Buncombe Co. for most of his life. He was a retired firefighter with the Oteen VA Hospital Fire Department and he attended Biltmore Holiness Temple. Mr. Griffin was a...

Carol Penley Jones

Carol Penley Jones

Nov 22, 2002

Norcross, Ga. - Carol Penley Jones, 59, of Norcross, Ga. died Friday November 22, 2002 at Emory University Hospital after a brief illness. Mrs. Jones was raised in Asheville, NC. and moved to Norcross, Ga. in 1977. She was a daughter of Maude Elizabeth Gray of Asheville, NC. and the late James Allan Penley. She was also preceded in...

Eldridge L. Fox

Eldridge L. Fox

Nov 21, 2002

Candler - Eldridge Locke Fox, 66, of 4 Asbury Place died Thursday November 21, 2002 at the Mtn. Area Hospice Solace Center. A native of Madison County, he was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was a 1954 graduate of Sand Hill High School and attended Western Carolina Teachers College and Mars Hill College. He served 6 years...

Aleane Newman Butler

Aleane Newman Butler

Nov 21, 2002

Asheville - Aleane Newman Butler, 84, of Givens Estate ended her lifes journey on November 21, 2002 at the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center. A native of Henderson County, she was the daughter of the late John Walter and Ida Sarepta Orr Newman of Hendersonville and was the devoted wife of 53 years to the late William Leon Butler....

Susie Alice Elliott

Susie Alice Elliott

Nov 15, 2002

West Asheville - Susie Alice Laughter Elliott, 87, formerly of 56 Carrier Street died Friday, November 15, 2002 following a period of declining health. Mrs. Elliott was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was the daughter of the late Lucius T. Laughter, Sr. and Jessie Mauck Laughter Wallin and the wife of Jacob Franklin Elliott who died September...

Wallace Clay Mcdonald

Wallace Clay Mcdonald

Nov 14, 2002

Arden - Wallace Clay McDonald, 78, of 3 Muirfield Place died Thursday, November 14, 2002 at Mission St. Josephs Health System. A native of Cherokee County, NC. He had lived most of his life in Buncombe County. He was an accountant for the U.S. Postal Service, a member of Beverly Hills Baptist Church, former member of Montreat Scottish Bagpipe...

Herbert Elmore Elkins Sr.

Herbert Elmore Elkins Sr.

Nov 11, 2002

Asheville - Herbert Elmore Elkins, Sr., 109, of 9 Mountain View Road, died Monday November 11, 2002. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was an electrical contractor for over 75 years, was a WW I Army Veteran and was of the Baptist faith. He was a son of the late William Cornelius and Finetti Buckner Elkins. He was...

Francis C. Cole Sr.

Francis C. Cole Sr.

Nov 11, 2002

Asheville - Francis C. Cole, Sr. 69, of 289 Waynesville Ave. died Monday, November 11, 2002 at Mission St. Josephs Health System. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was the son of the late Jakey S. and Mary Brown Cole and was the husband of the late Bonnie Sue Shipman Cole who died March 12, 2002. Surviving are...

Eloise Austin Nelon

Eloise Austin Nelon

Nov 11, 2002

Asheville - Eloise Austin Nelon, 73, of 20-B Short Michigan Avenue died Monday, November 11, 2002. A native of Abilene, Texas. Mrs. Nelon had resided in Buncombe County for most of her life. She was a homemaker, daughter of the late Elzie T. Austin and Mamie Katherine Aldredge Austin and wife of the late James Lane Nelon. Surviving are...

Robert David Bonham

Robert David Bonham

Nov 9, 2002

Asheville - Robert David Bonham, 56, of the Aston Park Towers, died Saturday November 9, 2002 at his residence. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a former member of the National Guard and he was of the Baptist faith. He was a son of the late Robert John and Carrie Fox Bonham. Surviving are his...

Edith Woody Young

Edith Woody Young

Nov 7, 2002

Asheville - Edith Virginia Woody Young, 80, formerly of 22 Oakley Dogwood Drive died Thursday November 7, 2002. A native of Madison County, she had resided in Buncombe County most of her life and was a member of Grassy Branch Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Hal Burton and Georgia Haynes Woody and the wife of...

Krystal Michele Matthews

Krystal Michele Matthews

Nov 7, 2002

Asheville - Krystal Michele Matthews, 17, of 322 Old Farm School Road went to be with the Lord at her home Thursday, November 7, 2002 due to Mitochondria Disorder. A native of Henderson County. She had resided in Buncombe County for the past 13 years. Krystal was a 2002 graduate of A.C. Reynolds High School and a member of...

Molly Thomas Pounders

Molly Thomas Pounders

Nov 6, 2002

Woodfin - Molly Hairsy Thomas Pounders, 88, of The Oaks at Sweeten Creek, formerly of 59 Martel Village died Wednesday, November 6, 2002 at Mission St. Josephs Health System. A native of Madison County, she had resided in Buncombe County since 1946. She was a member of Elk Mountain Baptist Church. Mrs. Pounders was the daughter of the late...

Zethar Weldon Mitchell

Zethar Weldon Mitchell

Nov 6, 2002

Asheville - Zethar Weldon Mitchell, 97 of Onteora Blvd died peacefully, Wednesday November 6, 2002 at his home following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he retired in 1967 from Sayles-Biltmore Bleacheries and also was a builder and carpenter. He was member of Gashes Creek Baptist Church for 74 years where he taught the...

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