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....
Elmer Anderson Sr.
Aug 18, 2002
Asheville - Elmer Anderson, Sr., 74, of 100 Cherrio Lane died Sunday, August 18, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital following a period of declining health.. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. Mr. Anderson was a self employed mechanic and was of the Baptist faith. He was a son of the late Willie Anderson and late MurFule Sprinkle Anderson Grant....
Carl Hardy Fisher
Aug 16, 2002
Asheville - Carl Hardy Fisher, 81, of 200 Tunnel Rd., Apt. 351 died Friday, August 16, 2002 at the VA Medical Center, Asheville, NC. A native of Madison County, he had lived for most of his life in Buncombe County. He was a veteran of the US Army, serving during WW II. Mr. Fisher was the son of the...
Oma Woody Brown
Aug 15, 2002
West Asheville - Oma Woody Brown, 97, died Thursday, August 15, 2002 at the Pisgah Manor Nursing Home following a brief illness. A native of Town County, Washington. She had resided in Buncombe County most of her life. She was formerly employed with Woody Brothers Bakery and was employed with Memorial Mission and Aston Park Hospitals as a nurses...
Jackie Lee Williams I
Aug 15, 2002
Asheville - Jackie Lee Williams, I, 55, of 95 Richmond Hill Rd. went to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Thursday, August 15, 2002 at Mission St. Josephs Health System. A native of Buncombe County, he was the Owner/Administrator of Richmond Hill Rest Home and he was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church in Madison...
Patsy King
Aug 15, 2002
Asheville - Patsy Ann Joyce King, 59, (2 Timothy 4:7) I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: of 60 1/2 Hi Alta Ave., died Thursday August 15, 2002 at McDowell Hospital after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was a member of Cedar Hill...
Rufus Hugh Rice
Aug 14, 2002
Asheville - Rufus Hugh Rice, 84, of 126 Goldview Rd. died Wednesday, August 14, 2002 at the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center following a brief period of declining health. A native of Madison County and a graduate of Marshall High School. He had resided in Buncombe County since 1945 . He retired in 1980 after 40 years of service...
Albert N. Manning
Aug 13, 2002
Asheville - Albert Norris Manning, 74, of 5 Pleasant Hill Drive, died Tuesday, August 13, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital following a brief illness. His parents, Frank M. and Era Baker Manning of Prattville, AL and a sister, Juanita Jacks, also of Prattville, preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife, Muriel Manning; two sons, Alan N....
Col. Luther B. Anderson Sr.
Aug 10, 2002
Asheville - Col. Luther Burton Anderson, Sr., 82, of 30 Adams Hill Road, died Saturday August 10, 2002 following a period of declining health. Col. Anderson was born in Blue Ridge, Georgia September 10, 1919 to the late Mark C. and Lottie Azalee Anders Anderson and had resided in Buncombe County most of his life. He was a 1937...
Clee Othor Bishop
Aug 9, 2002
Weaverville - Clee Othor Bishop, 74, of 73 Kennedy Road Annex died Friday, August 9, 2002 at his residence following a period of declining health. A native of Madison County, Mr. Bishop had resided in Buncombe County for over 21 years. He retired in April of 1990 as a truck driver for Consolidated Freight Ways and served in the...
Nellie Hunter Dalton
Aug 9, 2002
Fairview - Nellie Eva Hunter Dalton, 78, of 1313 Old Fort Road died Friday, August 9, 2002 at the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center following a long illness. A native of Madison County. She had resided in Buncombe County most of her life and was the daughter of the late Harrison Lloyd and Lillian Rice Hunter. She was the...
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