Lester Carter
Dec 12, 2002
Fairburn, Georgia - Joseph Lester Carter, 97, formerly of 14 Cooper Blvd, Asheville died Thursday, December 12, 2002 at the Fairburn Health Care Center. A native of Democrate he had resided in Buncombe County since 1907. He retired in 1971 from Home Insulation and was formerly employed with Eckerds Drug Store as a salesman. Mr. Carter was a member...
Samuel Wilson
Dec 12, 2002
Candler - Samuel Wilson, 88, of 282 Monte Vista Road died Thursday December 12, 2002 at the Hospice Solace Center. A native of Scotland, he came to the U.S. in 1930. He was a member of Acton United Methodist Church and was a WWII veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corp. He was the husband of the late Lula...
Patrick Marion Wright
Dec 11, 2002
Asheville - Patrick Marion Wright, 91, died Wednesday December 11, 2002 at Mission St. Joseph Health System after a long illness. Mr. Wright was the son of the late Marion A. Wright and Jessie Queen Wright. He was also preceded in death by five brothers, Clarence, Clyde, Howard, Garland and Rex and one sister, Alma Ray. He is survived...
Ruth Frances Doriot
Dec 11, 2002
Leicester - Ruth Frances Doriot, 93, of 119 Bald Creek Rd. died Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at her residence with her 4 children at her bedside. A native of New Jersey she was a former resident of Las Vegas, NV and was a two year resident of Leicester. She was the daughter of the late Harry Byron and Marion...
Nanna Bateman Morrow
Dec 8, 2002
Fairview - Nanna Bateman Morrow, 91, died Sunday December 8, 2002 at St. Josephs Hospital after a brief illness. A native of Macon County, she had resided in Buncombe County since 1940 and was a faithful member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Alex and Mallie Waters Bateman and was also preceded in...
Kenneth Doyle Smith
Dec 7, 2002
Asheville - Kenneth Doyle Smith, 71, of 335 Emma Rd. died Saturday, December 7, 2002 at the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center. A life long resident of Buncombe Co., he was the son of the late James Lee and Elsi Ogle Smith. Surviving is his sister, Ethel Burleson of Asheville. Private services will be held at a later date....
Claude Wilson
Dec 6, 2002
Asheville - Claude Wilson, 67, of 26 Family Lane died Friday December 6, 2002 at St. Josephs Hospital after an extended illness. A native of Yancey County, he had lived most of his life in Buncombe County. He was a member of Inanda Baptist Church. He was a son of the late Sam and Nellie Axie Ledford Wilson. Surviving...
James William "Jim" Reaves Sr..
Dec 6, 2002
Marion - James William Jim Reaves, Sr., 68, of 915 Goose Creek Road died Friday, December 6, 2002 at the Asheville V.A. Medical Center following a short illness. A former resident of Wilmington. He had resided in Candler from 1960 until moving to Marion in 1995. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and was formerly...
Cecil Guinn Sullivan
Dec 5, 2002
Asheville - Cecil Guinn Sullivan, 94, of 125 Fox Chase Road West died Thursday, December 5, 2002 at the Oaks at Sweeten Creek. A native of Laurens, SC, he was a retired librarian with New York University. He attended Hendersonville First Baptist Church. Mr. Sullivan was the son of the late Joseph Giroud and Lidie M. Miller Sullivan and...
Donald Everett Barnes
Dec 3, 2002
Asheville - Donald Everett Barnes, 70, of 56 Hunt Hill Place, Apt. 3-F died Tuesday, December 3, 2002 at Blue Ridge Health Care Center following an extended illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He was a member of the Salvation Army of Asheville where member of the Mens Club and served as a volunteer for the Manna Food...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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
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
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
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....
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