Rosa Lee Franklin
Mar 13, 2002
Asheville - Rosa Lee Wallin Franklin, 85, of Asheville and Lake Wales, FL died unexpectedly Wednesday, March 13, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital. She was born May 27,1916 to the late Malona N. and Hugh E. Wallin in Madison County. Mrs. Franklin graduated from Laurel High School in 1933, she attended Asheville Normal Teachers College and graduated from Western...
Bonnie Sue Shipman Cole
Mar 12, 2002
Asheville - Bonnie Sue Shipman Cole, 62, of 289 Waynesville Ave. died Tuesday, March 12, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital. Born in Henderson County, she had lived in Buncombe County for all of her life. She was the daughter of the late Jess R. and Thelma Franks Shipman. Surviving are her husband, Francis C. Cole of the home; sons,...
Evelyn Pike Plamondon
Mar 10, 2002
Asheville - Evelyn Pike Plamondon, 87, of 72 N. Market Street, died Sunday March 10, 2002 at Mountain Ridge Wellness Center, Black Mountain. A native of Baltimore, Md. She had resided the last 70 years in Buncombe County and was a member of Cumberland Ave. Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Dr. E.L. and Grace Wootton...
Gerald Cecil Parker
Mar 10, 2002
Weaverville - Gerald C. Parker, 66 of 22 Clover Brook Dr., went to be with his Lord and Savior after a brief illness Sunday March 10, 2002 at St. Josephs Hospital. A native of Madison County, he had lived most of his life in Buncombe County. He was a former supervisor for Shaw Industries, a member of Pine Burr...
Arthur Leroy "Barney" Barnett
Mar 10, 2002
Asheville - Arthur Leroy Barney Barnett , 78, of 373 Old Leicester Highway died Sunday, March 10, 2002 at the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center. A native of Oskaloosa, Iowa. He has resided in Asheville since February 1966. Mr. Barnett retired in 1981 from the N.C. Highway Commission where he started his career in Raleigh, N.C. in 1951 as...
Elton B. Wright
Mar 10, 2002
Asheville - Elton Sanford Bowers Wright, 82, of 33 Rocky Ridge Road went to be with her Lord Sunday, March 10, 2002 at the WNC Baptist Home following a period of declining health. A native of Hartwell, Georgia. She had resided in Buncombe County most of her life. Mrs. Wright retired in 1985 from the Owen Manufacturing Company and...
George Bunyon Surrett
Mar 10, 2002
Leicester - George Bunyon Surrett, 101, of 51 Clark Cove Road, died Sunday March 10, 2002 at the Asheville V.A. Medical Center after a period of declining health. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a member of Jones Valley Baptist Church and was a WWII veteran of the U.S. Army. He was a son of...
Dorothy Gibbs Honeycutt
Mar 9, 2002
Candler - Dorothy Gibbs Honeycutt, 76, of 95 Holcombe Cove Road died Saturday, March 9, 2002. A native of Burke County, NC. She had lived most of her life in Orlando, FL where she retired from the Postal Service before moving to Buncombe County. She was the daughter of the late Caleb C. and Lavonia Lail Gibbs. She was...
Ronnie Dickinson
Mar 9, 2002
Asheville - Ronnie Thomas Dickinson, 51, of 9 Brookdale Road, died Saturday March 9, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital after an extended illness. A native of Spartanburg, SC, he had resided in Asheville most of his life. He was a self-employed carpenter and attended Woodfin Church of God. He was a son of the late Curtis Ben and Virginia...
Lawrence Carol Rice
Mar 8, 2002
Asheville - Lawrence Carol Rice, 74, of 84 School Road, died Friday March 8, 2002 at St. Josephs Hospital following a period of declining health. He was a son of the late Charlie Jay and Bernice Anders Rice and a lifelong resident of Buncombe County. Mr. Rice served in the U.S. Army and was a veteran of World War...
Hazel Mathis Creasman
Mar 4, 2002
Asheville - Hazel Louise Mathis Creasman, 76, of 210 Bent Creek Ranch Road, died Monday March 4, 2002 at Asheville Health Care Center after a brief illness. A native of Spartanburg County, SC, she had resided in Buncombe County all of her life. Mrs. Creasman was a daughter of the late Grady and Parilee Morgan Mathis and the wife...
Gerald Melvin "Tom" Clark
Mar 3, 2002
Hondo, TX - Gerald Tom Melvin Clark, 63, of 2401 County Rd. #343, formerly of Buncombe County, died Sunday, March 3, 2002 in Fredericksburg, TX. A native of Buncombe County, he had resided in Texas for over 16 years. He was a veteran of the US Navy and was a former Mason. Mr. Clark was the son of the...
Latt G. Grooms
Mar 2, 2002
Asheville - Latt G. Grooms, 74, of 195 Smith Graveyard Road, died Saturday March 2, 2002 at Aston Park Health Care Center after and extended illness. A native of Madison County, he had resided in Buncombe County since 1945. He retired from Hobson Construction Co. and was a U.S. Army Veteran of WWII. He was a son of the...
Roy F. Smith
Mar 1, 2002
Asheville - Roy Foch Smith, 83, of the WNC Baptist Home, died Friday March 1, 2002 at St. Josephs Hospital. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a W.W.II veteran and retired in 1965 from the U.S. Air Force as a Senior Master Sergeant after 23 years of service. He also retired in 1981 from U.N.C.A....
Dianne Carol Federation
Feb 27, 2002
Asheville - Dianne Carol Myrick Federation, 59, of 16 Sydney Lane, died Wednesday February 27, 2002 at Mountain Area Hospice. A native of Washington, D.C. She had lived most of her life in Connecticut and Maine before moving to Asheville two years ago. She was a member of West Asheville Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witness and the daughter of...
Dollie Rice Chambers
Feb 26, 2002
Weaverville - Dollie Rice Chambers, 88, died Tuesday, February 26, 2002 at the Brian Center, Weaverville. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was the daughter of the late John Ark and Sallie Raines Rice and was the wife of the late Rev. Fred Eugene Chambers who died in 1981. She was also preceded in death by her daughter,...
Rev. Alton Rathbone
Feb 26, 2002
Candler - Rev. Alton Rathbone, 85, of Warrens Creek went to be with the Lord on February 26, 2002 at his home attended by his wife Lucille and son Jack. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he retired from American Enka Corp. and was a Long time pastor of several churches including South Turkey Creek Baptist Church, Fairmont Baptist...
Freeda S. Drake
Feb 25, 2002
Line Lexington, PA - Freeda S. Drake, 79, died Monday February 25, 2002 , in Grand View Hospital, Sellersville, PA. Born in Asheville, she had resided in Pennsylvania with her daughter and son-in-law, Diane and James Seward for the last 20 years. She previously lived in Wilmington, Deleware for about 25 years. She was the daughter of the late...
Betty Jean Chambers Swanger
Feb 24, 2002
Asheville - Betty Jean Chambers Swanger, 70, of 628 Emma Rd. died Sunday, February 24, 2002 at the Oaks at Sweeten Creek following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was the daughter of Dollie Rice Chambers of Weaverville and the late Rev. Fred Eugene Chambers and was the wife of the late Burnace...
Myrtle Lamons Banks
Feb 24, 2002
Asheville - Myrtle Mina Lamons Banks, 81, of Asheville died Sunday, February 24, 2002 at the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center. A native of Okmulgee, Oklahoma. She had resided in Asheville for most of her life where she was a homemaker and formerly served in the Womens Army Corps of the U.S. Army . Mrs. Banks was the daughter...
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