Golen "Mamaw" Rice
Sep 12, 2002
Asheville - Golen MaMaw Pearlie Biddix Rice, 85, of 32 North Ann St. died Thursday September 12, 2002 at the Mt. Areas Hospice Solace Center after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Asheville, she retired from the Hot Shot Cafe after 25 years of service. She was a daughter of the late John and Edith Biddix...
Ruby Mae Penley
Sep 12, 2002
Asheville - Ruby Mae Campbell Penley, 72, of 9 Skyland Circle died Thursday September 12, 2002 at St. Josephs Hospital following a period of declining health. A native of Gilmer County, West Virginia, she had resided in Buncombe County since 1952. Mrs. Penley retired in 1988 as a school teacher from the N.C. Juvenile Evaluation Center after 20 years...
Thomas Avery Dillard
Sep 11, 2002
Asheville - Thomas Avery Dillard, 84, of 52 Wildwood Acres Road, died Wednesday September 11, 2002 at St. Josephs Hospital. A native of Jackson County, NC, he had lived most of his life in Buncombe County. He had worked for Federated Insurance Company and Hutton Insurance Company and was a member of West Asheville Baptist Church where he was...
Gail Foster Finch
Sep 11, 2002
Seneca S.C. - Donna Gail Foster Finch, 54, of 203 Fair Oaks Village died Wednesday, September 11, 2002 at the Oconee Memorial Hospital. A native of Buncombe County. She had resided in Seneca since 1993. Mrs. Finch was a graduate of Enka High School, former member of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy....
Huey Thomas Jr.
Sep 10, 2002
Alexander - Huey Thomas, Jr., 56, of 1143 Old Hwy. #20 died Tuesday, September 10, 2002 at Mission St. Josephs Health System. A life long resident of Buncombe County, he was the son of the late Huey and Mary Calloway Thomas. Surviving are his brothers, Roy Bassett and wife Lucille of Woodfin, Claude Bassett and wife Sandy of West...
Mazel Cogdill Heiner
Sep 8, 2002
Asheville - Mazel Elizabeth Cogdill Heiner, 80, of 10 Clarendon Ave. died Sunday September 8, 2002 after a brief illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she retired from A. B. Emblem after 30 years of service and was a member of Newbridge Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late John Fate and Leah Elizabeth...
Viola Wright Owen
Sep 7, 2002
Asheville - Viola Vergie Wright Owen, 90, of 5 Braddock Way died Saturday, September 7, 2002 at the Rickman Health Care Center of the W.N.C. Baptist Home following a period of declining health. A native of Buncombe County, she had resided in Jacksonville, FL most of her life, having returned to Asheville in the early 90s. She was a...
Bertie Lee Rice
Sep 6, 2002
Alexander - Bertie Lee Roberts Rice, 93, formerly of 1223 Lower Flat Creek Road, died Friday, September 6, 2002 at a Columbus, Georgia Health Care Center following a period of declining health. A native of Madison County. She had resided in Buncombe County since 1925. She retired in 1971 from Karlyn Shirt Factory after 27 years of service where...
Helen S. Williams
Sep 2, 2002
Asheville - Helen Marie Sloop Williams, 76, of 184 Elk Mountain Road, died Monday September 2, 2002 at her residence following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was former co-owner and secretary of Williams Feed Store and from 1942 to 1946 worked as a keypunch operator with Postal Accounts. She was a member...
Patricia Jean Knapp
Aug 29, 2002
Montgomery, Illinois - Patricia Jean Knapp, 42, of 2274 Jericho Rd. Apt. C-2 , formerly of Asheville, Died Thursday August 29, 2002 at the Provena Mercy Center in Aurora, Illinois. A native of West Frankfort, Illinois, she moved to Buncombe County in 1995 and returned to Montgomery, Illinois in 2000. She was a daughter of the late John Benjamin...
Walter Lee Justice
Aug 28, 2002
Candler - Walter Lee Justice, 76, of 16 Gudger Rd. died Wednesday August 28, 2002 at his home after a period of declining health. A native of Henderson County, he had lived most of his life in Buncombe County. He retired from Beacon Mfg. and had also done yard work. He was a son of the late Claude and...
Rev. Ralph R. Hensley Sr.
Aug 28, 2002
Asheville - Rev. Ralph Randolph Hensley, Sr., 84, died Wednesday August 28, 2002 at St. Josephs Hospital after an extended illness. A native of Buncombe County, he had served as a Baptist Minister in Kentucky and several churches in NC before returning to Buncombe County in 1962. He was a member of Beverly Hills Baptist Church, a graduate of...
Charles J. "Bill" Messer
Aug 28, 2002
Asheville - Charles Junior Bill Messer, 77, of 95 Wolfe Park Circle died Wednesday, August 28, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital following a period of declining health. A native of Haywood County. He had resided in Buncombe County since 1926. Mr. Messer retired as former owner of Charlie Mobile Home Service, was a member of Woodland Terrace Baptist Church...
William "Bill" Alexander Hedden
Aug 26, 2002
Leicester - William Bill Alexander Hedden, 78, of 51 Elkins Rd. died Monday, August 26, 2002 at Mission St. Josephs Health System. A native of Clay County, he had resided in Buncombe County since 1966. He was a member of Georgetown Baptist Church. Mr. Hedden was the son of the late William Albert and Edna Martin Hedden and the...
Clyde Lee Edwards
Aug 24, 2002
Alexander - Clyde Lee Edwards, 65, of 210 Old #20, died Saturday August 24, 2002 at his residence. A life long resident of Buncombe County. He had retired from the U.S. Postal Service, was a member of Mount Carmel Baptist Church, the Erwin District Lions Club and was an U.S. Army Veteran. Mr. Edwards was a son of the...
Joseph J. Adamski
Aug 23, 2002
Alexander - Joseph Junior Adamski, 75, of 282 Mag Sluder Road, died Friday August 23, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital following a period of declining health. A native of Pomeroy, OH, he had resided in Buncombe County since 1964. He had retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1964 as a MSTG., retired from the U.S. Postal Service in...
Ruth Marie Allen
Aug 22, 2002
Asheville - Ruth Marie Freshour Allen, 83, formerly of 14-C Woodridge Apts. died Thursday, August 22, 2002 at Park Ridge Hospital. A native of Newport, Tennessee. Mrs. Allen resided in Spartanburg, S.C. where she attended High School and moved to Asheville in 1938. She was a retired nurse having trained at Metropolitan Bible School in Waukesha, Wisconsin, Spartanburg General...
Patricia Anne "Trisha" Jones
Aug 21, 2002
Knoxville, Tennessee - Patricia Anne Trisha Bailey Jones, 38, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, August 21, 2002 in Knoxville. She was born September 10, 1963 in Yancey County and lived most of her life in Asheville. Trisha was a 1982 graduate of Enka High School. She was preceded in death by her father, Joe Bailey, maternal...
Dennis Reed Bolton
Aug 19, 2002
Asheville - Dennis Reed Bolton, 47, of 36 Blalock Street died unexpectantly Monday, August 19, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native of Atlanta, Georgia. He had resided in Asheville since 1961 and was a 1975 graduate of A.C. Reynolds High School. He was employed with the Asheville Housing Authority for 11 years in the Modernazation Division and formerly...
Helen Rector Parham
Aug 18, 2002
Asheville - Helen Rector Parham, 84, died Sunday, August 18, 2002 at the Brian Center following an extended illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. Mrs. Parham was a former License Practical Nurse and did Private Duty nursing. She was the daughter of the late Chris and Lilly Laster Rector and the wife of the late James Allen Parham....
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