Obituary Listing

William Ernest "June Bug" Mcabee

William Ernest "June Bug" Mcabee

Aug 7, 2002

Asheville - William Ernest June Bug McAbee, 71, of 102 Old Hwy. #20, died Wednesday August 7, 2002 at his home following a long illness. A native of Haywood County, he had resided in Buncombe County most of his life. He retired from Buncombe County in 1997 where he was employed in the maintenance Dept. and had formerly been...

Lillie Poole Myrick

Lillie Poole Myrick

Aug 7, 2002

Asheville - Lillie Martha Poole Myrick who was born September 15, 1907 died Wednesday, August 7, 2002 at the Sales Health Care Center of Givens Estate. Mrs. Myrick was the seventh of nine children of the late Annie Moriah Mahaley and Milas James Poole formerly of East Spencer, Rowan County, N.C. and was the wife of Carlie A. Myrick...

Joretta Crowder Guy

Joretta Crowder Guy

Aug 7, 2002

Candler - Joretta Lena Crowder Guy, 69, of 73 South Morgan Branch Road, died Wednesday August 7, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital following an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was a member of White Rock Baptist Church and was a daughter of the late Clarence and Ethel Morgan Crowder. She was also preceded...

Beatrice Imogene Austin Jenkins

Beatrice Imogene Austin Jenkins

Aug 6, 2002

Woodfin - Beatrice Imogene Austin Jenkins, 50, of 6 Union St., died Tuesday, August 6, 2002 at Mission/St. Josephs Health System. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a member of Trinity Baptist Church and was an employee of Memorial Mission Hospital with 31 years of service. Mrs. Jenkins was the daughter of the late William E. and...

Elsie Leola Dyer

Elsie Leola Dyer

Aug 6, 2002

Asheville - Elsie Leola Dyer, 94, of 68 Louisiana Avenue went to be with the Lord Tuesday, August 6, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital following a brief illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. Mrs. Dyer was formerly employed with Bradleys Grocery, Lingerfelts Grocery and former co-owner of Dyers Grocery. She was a member of Emma Baptist Church where...

Larry Dale Shelton

Larry Dale Shelton

Aug 6, 2002

Asheville - Larry Dale Shelton, 47, of 21 Honeysuckle Lane died Tuesday, August 6, 2002 at St. Josephs Hospital. A native of Buncombe County, a graduate of Asheville High School and was the owner of Unique Ceramic Tile Company. He was a son of Anna Mae Shelton Bowman of Enka and the late Eli Marion Shelton and was also...

Carrie Lee Johnson

Carrie Lee Johnson

Aug 6, 2002

Asheville - Carrie Lee Williams Johnson, 91, of 54 Oakwood St. died Tuesday, August 6, 2002 at Pisgah Manor Health Care Center following a period of declining health. A native of Graham County. Mrs. Johnson had resided in Henderson County most of her life prior to moving to Asheville in 1988. She was a homemaker and a member of...

Florence Mochel

Florence Mochel

Aug 4, 2002

Asheville - Florence Mochel, 96, formerly of 800 Oconeechee Avenue, Black Mountain and a former resident of Columbia, SC and Springdale, SC for forty years, died Sunday, August 4, 2002 at Fleshers Fairview Health Care Center. A native of Citrus County, Florida. Mrs. Mochel was the daughter of the late Thomas David and Sadie Ellen Soper Graham. She was...

Darrell Hunter Franks

Darrell Hunter Franks

Aug 3, 2002

Fletcher- Darrell Hunter Franks, 62, died Saturday, August 3, 2002 at the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center. He was a 1959 graduate of A.C. Reynolds High School and he attended Biltmore United Methodist Church. He retired from Lowes in Hendersonville in 1994 after 29 years of service. He also had managed the Asheville and Waynesville Lowes stores. Mr. Franks...

Grady William Rice

Grady William Rice

Aug 3, 2002

Marshall - Grady William Rice, 78, of 104 North Main St. died Saturday, August 3, 2002 at Mission/St. Josephs Heath System after a period of declining health. He was a native of Buncombe County and had lived there for most of his life. He was the son of the late Willard Boyd and Alice Elkins Rice. He is survived...

William Frederick "Bill" Wolter

William Frederick "Bill" Wolter

Aug 2, 2002

Asheville - William Frederick Wolter, 86, died Friday, August 2, 2002 at the Asheville V.A. Hospital. He was a native of South Bend, Indiana where he attended the South Bend Public Schools and South Bend Business College. Mr. Wolter was the owner of Wolter Wholesale Co. and was retired from Sherwin Williams. He was a member of West Asheville...

Dora Ruby Jenkins Hawkins

Dora Ruby Jenkins Hawkins

Aug 1, 2002

Asheville - Dora Ruby Jenkins Hawkins, 76, of 63 Indiana Avenue died Thursday August 1, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital after a period of declining health. A native of Bryson City, she had lived most of her life in Asheville. She was a daughter of the late Pete William and Emma Jane Ball Jenkins and the wife of the...

Rev. Arthur Ross Stanley

Rev. Arthur Ross Stanley

Jul 30, 2002

Asheville - Rev. Arthur Ross Stanley, 76, of 45 Mt. Carmel Drive, died Tuesday July 30, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital after an extended illness. A native of Jackson County, he was a retired Church Of God minister and had pastored at several churches in WNC and Florida. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII and was a...

Lorena Mccall Cassada

Lorena Mccall Cassada

Jul 28, 2002

Leicester - Lorena McCall Cassada, 84, of 82 Jones Road, Leicester, slipped quietly away to be with Jesus July 28, 2002 after a period of declining health. She was born September 8, 1917 to parents Rickman and Elvie Hoxit McCall of Transylvania County. She is preceded in death by her parents, her son, Garland Cassada, and 3 brothers, Alfred,...

Harold John Moore Sr.

Harold John Moore Sr.

Jul 28, 2002

Asheville - Harold John Moore, Sr., 66, of 39 Hemphill Road, died Sunday, July 28, 2002 at St. Josephs Hospital. A native of Yancey County, NC. He had resided in Buncombe County for the past 45 years. He was a carpenter, a member of Reynolds Baptist Church and was an U.S. Air Force veteran serving in the Korean Conflict....

Pearl Quinn Revis

Pearl Quinn Revis

Jul 28, 2002

Asheville - Pearl Quinn Revis, 86, of 56 Knoll Ridge Drive died Sunday July 28, 2002 at Park Ridge Hospital following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she retired in 1975 from Akzona Corp. and was a member of the Pioneer Club with American Enka Corp. She attended North Asheville Baptist Church. She was...

Selma L. Gantt

Selma L. Gantt

Jul 27, 2002

Asheville - Selma Leona Clubb Gantt, 92, of 140 Old Leicester Rd. died Saturday, July 27, 2002 at her residence following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was a homemaker and a member of Victory Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Robert Calvin and Celia Lee Clubb and the wife...

Mary Porter Lewis

Mary Porter Lewis

Jul 27, 2002

Pickens, SC - Mary Porter Lewis, 75, of 218 Pineview Dr., wife of William B. Lewis, died Saturday, July 27, 2002 at her home. Mrs. Lewis was born in Pickens County, daughter of the late Clarence Robert and Gertrude Finley Porter. She was a graduate of Furman University, was retired from the administration office of the Pickens County School...

Florence Naomi Lisenbee

Florence Naomi Lisenbee

Jul 26, 2002

Asheville - Florence Naomi Lisenbee of 787 Hendersonville Rd. died Friday, July 26, 2002 at her residence. A native of Madison County. She had resided in Buncombe County since 1957. Mrs. Lisenbee was a photo and negative retoucher and a jeweler for 37 years. She was a member of Biltmore Baptist Church where member of the Fidelis Sunday School...

Lawrence Pittman

Lawrence Pittman

Jul 26, 2002

West Asheville- Lawrence Pittman, 74, of 74 Salola Street, died Friday July 26, 2002 at St. Josephs Hospital. A native of Mitchell County, NC. He had resided in Flint, Michigan prior to moving to Asheville in 1984. He was retired from General Motors after 28 years of service and was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Mr. Pittman was...