Obituary Listing

Alvia M. Wallace

Alvia M. Wallace

Dec 28, 2002

Woodfin - Alvia M. Wallace, 82, of Woodfin went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 28, 2002. A native of Lumpkin County Georgia, he had resided in Buncombe County since 1928. He retired form Blalock Lumber Company as a saw tiller, was a member of Asheville Freewill Baptist Church and the Mens Bible Class, member of...

Viola Allen Marshall

Viola Allen Marshall

Dec 26, 2002

Asheville - Viola Allen Marshall, 86, died Thursday December 26, 2002 at Emerald Ridge Rehab and Care Center. She was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County and was a member of Oakley Free Will Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late James Andrew and Maude Holcombe Allen and wife of the late Rev. George A. Marshall. She...

John Robert Carroll Sr.

John Robert Carroll Sr.

Dec 26, 2002

Burnsville - John Robert Carroll, Sr., 66, of 320 Newfield Lane, died Thursday December 26, 2002 at Elizabeth House after a long illness. He was a native of Charleston, SC. He had resided in Hendersonville and Burnsville for the past 11 years. Mr. Carroll retired in 1988 from Tri-County Utilities in Charleston, SC, where he had served as superintendent...

Mildred Anders Jenkins

Mildred Anders Jenkins

Dec 26, 2002

Asheville - Mildred Anders Jenkins, 76, of 60 Park Square, died Thursday December 26, 2002 at her residence. A native of Transylvania County, she had lived most of her life in Buncombe County. She was a daugher of the late Capp and Rosa Lee Owens Anders and wife of the late Roy Jenkins. She was also preceded in death...

Michael Gene "Mikie" Mitchell

Michael Gene "Mikie" Mitchell

Dec 26, 2002

Fairview - Michael Mikie Mitchell, 47, of 928 Old Fort Road Lot #1, died Thursday December 26, 2002 at Spartanburg Regional Hospital following injuries sustained while at work. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was a roofer for A-Brickey Company, Enka. He was a son of Carroll Lewis Mitchell of Fairview and the late Mary Elizabeth Haney Mitchell....

Charles Edward Proctor

Charles Edward Proctor

Dec 26, 2002

Asheville . Charles Edward Proctor, 82, of 25 Reynolds Mountain Blvd. died Thursday, December 26, 2002 at the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center following a period of declining health. A native of Little Rock, Arkansas. He had resided in Asheville since 1967. He formerly was employed by the Biltmore Company as a security guard at the Biltmore House, was...

Herbert Ray Roberson Jr.

Herbert Ray Roberson Jr.

Dec 24, 2002

Candler - Herbert Ray Roberson, Jr., 74, died Tuesday December 24, 2002 in an Asheville Health Care Facility after a period of declining health. A Buncombe County native, he was born August 11, 1928. He was the son of the late Herbert R. Roberson, Sr. and Verchie Lance Roberson. He attended Asheville City Schools, Mars Hill College and was...

Dana Alan Rathburn

Dana Alan Rathburn

Dec 22, 2002

Fletcher - Dana Alan Rathburn, 46, of Howard Gap Rd. died Sunday, December 22, 2002 at Mission St. Josephs Health System. A native of Buncombe Co., he was the son of the late David Alfred and Ruby Lackey Rathburn. He was also preceded in death by his brother, David Rathburn. Surviving are his son, Dana Alan Rathburn, Jr. of...

Grady Franklin Edens

Grady Franklin Edens

Dec 22, 2002

Asheville - Grady Franklin Edens, 68 of 96 Skyview Terrace died Sunday December 22, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital after an extended illness. A native of York S.C., he had lived in Asheville since 1978. He had been a member of St. Pauls United Methodist church since 1984 and was a Korean War veteran of the U.S. Navy. He...

Jeanne Schappert Hadsell

Jeanne Schappert Hadsell

Dec 20, 2002

Asheville - Jeanne Schappert Hadsell, 50, of 17 Village Dr. died Friday, December 20, 2002 at Mission St. Josephs Health System. A native of Queens, NY, she was the daughter of the Late John Lawrence and Janet Baardsen Schappert. She was the Rehabilitation Supervisor with the Irene Wortham Center. Surviving are her daughters, Kimberly Hadsell and Amy Hadsell both...

Virginia M. Curtis

Virginia M. Curtis

Dec 19, 2002

Asheville - Virginia M. Curtis, 78, of 115 Raleigh Rd. went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 19, 2002 at the home of her son and daughter-in-law. She was a lifelong resident of Buncombe Co. and she was preceded in death by a daughter, Patsy Curtis and a son, Dean Curtis. Surviving are her husband of...

Clifford Ray Hyatt

Clifford Ray Hyatt

Dec 19, 2002

Asheville - Clifford Ray Hyatt, 66, of 23 Carrier St. died Thursday December 19, 2002 at his residence. A native of and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a son of the late Sam Wesley and Bessie Cox Hyatt and a veteran of the U.S. Navy. Surviving are his wife, Betty Jo Hyatt of the home; son, Randy...

Imogene Jarvis Roberts

Imogene Jarvis Roberts

Dec 17, 2002

Canton - Imogene Margaret Jarvis Roberts, 69, of 695 Old Michael Road died Tuesday December 17, 2002 at her home. A native and resident of Buncombe County for most of her life, she was a daughter of the late James Edward and Anna Mae Rogers Jarvis and the wife of the late James Edward Roberts. Surviving are her sons,...

Darlene Hensley Mckinney

Darlene Hensley Mckinney

Dec 16, 2002

Asheville - Darlene Hensley McKinney, 68, of 8 Valle Vista Dr. died Monday, December 16, 2002 at Mission St. Josephs Health System. Raised in Buncombe County, she had lived in the Atlanta area for 20 years before moving back to Buncombe County in 1988. She was a graduate of Lee H. Edwards High School and St. Genevieve-of-the-Pines Junior College....

Latt Estele Clemmons

Latt Estele Clemmons

Dec 16, 2002

Asheville - Latt Estele Clemmons, infant son of Jake Buford Clemmons and Melinda Ann Nelon of 18 Old Leicester Highway, entered eternal life Monday, December 16, 2002. Surviving in addition to his parents are his sisters, Ashley Moore and Kimberly Clemmons both of the home; maternal grandfather, George Russ, Jr. of Leicester; maternal grandmother, Linda Russ of Asheville; paternal...

Fredrice Ballard Manning

Fredrice Ballard Manning

Dec 15, 2002

Black Mountain - Fredrice Ballard Manning, 70, of 353 Cragmont Road, died Sunday December 15, 2002 at St. Josephs Hospital after a period of declining health. A native of Brevard, she had lived most of her life in Buncombe County. She had retired form Biltmore Manor Nursing Home and was a member of Wilkie Baptist Church. She was a...

Pearl G. Scroggs

Pearl G. Scroggs

Dec 14, 2002

Leicester - Pearl Ada Gillespie Scroggs, 92, of 109 Brookshire Road, died Saturday December 14, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital following a brief illness. A native of Walhalla, SC she had resided in Buncombe County since 1955. She was an owner & produce manager at W.N.C. Farmers Market. Mrs. Scroggs was a daughter of the late Adger and Ada...

"2002 Service Of Remembrance"

"2002 Service Of Remembrance"

Dec 14, 2002

To Our Valued Families, We invite you and your family to our third annual Service of Remembrance which will take place at 2 PM Saturday, December 14, 2002, in our chapel. This service is being held in memory of our families loved ones that we have had the privilege of serving since December 16, 2001. A reception will take...

Patricia Whitlock Jackson

Patricia Whitlock Jackson

Dec 13, 2002

Asheville - Patricia Lee Whitlock Jackson, 72, died Friday December 13, 2002 at Magnolia Health Care Center after an extended illness. She was born in Staunton, VA on June 22, 1930. She was a daughter of Virginia Dickinson Whitlock of Waukesha, WI. and the late Weldon Fendol Whitlock. On July 16, 1971 she married Scott Jackson, who preceded her...

Vance Levi Hamlin

Vance Levi Hamlin

Dec 12, 2002

Asheville - Vance Levi Hamlin, 76, of 140 Jonestown Road died Thursday December 12, 2002 at his home after an extended illness. A native of Buncombe County, he moved back to Asheville in 1984. He retired from Chrysler Co. in 1980 and was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII. He was a son of Sarah Blanch Hamlin of Woodfin...