Sistenia Maria Goforth
Sep 4, 2001
Asheville - Sistenia Maria Cresanta Goforth, 86, of 17 Park Avenue, Died Tuesday September 4, 2001 at Blue Ridge Rehabilitation Center. Our beloved Mother, Grandmother and Friend, ended her suffering under the tender loving care of Mountain Area Hospice and Blue Ridge Rehab personnel and friends from St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. A native of Blairsville, Pa. she resided...
Myrtis Howell Lovelace
Sep 3, 2001
Myrtis Howell Lovelace Asheville - Myrtis Howell Lovelace, 74, of 3702 Trinity Ct. died Monday, September 3, 2001 at Mission St. Josephs Hospital after a short illness. Mrs. Lovelace was a native of Gastonia, NC and was a daughter of the late William Wesley Howell and Emma Wyatt Howell of Gastonia. She had resided in Asheville for the past...
Helen Littrell Skelton
Sep 3, 2001
Fletcher - Helen Littrell Skelton, 78, of Rt. #1 Box 413, Concord Road died Monday, September 3, 2001 at Park Ridge Hospital following a period of declining health. A native of Madison County. She had resided in Buncombe County most of her life and was the daughter of the late Rev. Charlie Oscar Littrell and Allie Mae Marlow Littrell....
Bertha Mae Parham
Aug 26, 2001
Leicester - Bertha Mae Cox Parham, 78, of 100 Parham Road died Sunday August 26, 2001 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native and life long resident of Buncombe County she was a member of Beulah Baptist Church. She was the daugher of the late Bascombe and Mary Ramsey Cox and wife of the late Walter Ray Parham. She was...
Margaret Rice "Babe" Parham
Aug 26, 2001
WEAVERVILLE - Margaret Rice Parham, 85, passed away Sunday, August 26, 2001 at Beverly Health Care following a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, She was the daughter of the late John Ark and Priscilla Raines Rice and the wife of the late Alfred Lee Parham. She was also preceded in death by three sons;...
Wilson "Bill" Miller
Aug 24, 2001
Asheville - Wilson Bill Miller, 83, formerly of Rt. 4, Old Highway #20 died Friday, August 24, 2001 at Evergreens Health Care in Greensboro following a period of declining health. A native of Detroit, Michigan he had resided in the Asheville area since 1957. Mr. Miller retired as a Quality Control Inspector with Stencel Aero Engineer Co. and was...
Mary Frances Ballew Fortner
Aug 23, 2001
Weaverville - Mary Frances Ballew Fortner, 73, 0f 156 Mundy Cove Road, died Thursday August 23, 2001 at her residence. A life long resident of Buncombe County, she was a member of Union Valley Freewill Baptist Church and had retired from Vanderbilt Shirt Company. She was the daughter of the late Stephen and Connie Ballew and wife of the...
Charles E. Jones
Aug 22, 2001
Asheville - Charles E. Jones, Sr., 83, of 115 Owenby Road, died Wednesday August 22, 2001 at Mountain Area Hospice. A native of La Fayette, GA where he was a farmer before moving to Buncombe County in 1950. He had retired from Burlington Industries after 27 years of service. He was a member of Victory Baptist Church where he...
Peggy Louise Guice
Aug 22, 2001
Weaverville - Peggy Louise Guice, 54, died Wednesday, August 22, 2001 at St. Josephs Hospital. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was the daughter of Mary Black Godwin of Swannanoa and the late Cornelius Nip Black. In addition to her father, she was also preceded in death by her son, Larry King; brother, Herman Black; grandaughter, Madeline King....
Charleen Hensley Blankenship
Aug 21, 2001
Colorado Springs, Co. - Charleen Penland Hensley Blankenship, 78, formerly of Candler, died Tuesday August 21, 2001 at the home of her daughter in Colorado Springs, Co. A native of Yancey Co. she lived most of her life in Buncombe County. She was a daughter of the late Lawson and Mallie Roland Penland and the wife of the late...
Clarence Richard Hendrix
Aug 19, 2001
Arden - Clarence Richard Hendrix, 63, of 86 Ball Mountain Road, died Sunday August 19, 2001 at his home. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he retired in 1982 from the Buncombe County Sheriffs Dept. where he had formerly served as Chief of Police for the town of Weaverville and was a member of Merrimon Avenue Baptist...
Irene Hunter
Aug 16, 2001
Asheville - Irene Hunter, 74, of 118 Maple Dr. Apt. 1-B died Thursday August 16, 2001 at her residence. A life long resident of Buncombe County. She was retired from the National Climatic Center and was a member of Central United Methodist Church. She was the daughter of the late Harry and Mary K. Hunter. Surviving are her sisters,...
Lucille Plemmons
Aug 15, 2001
Asheville - Lucille Plemmons, 73, of apt # 1109, 1 Battle Square died Wednesday August 15, 2001 at the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center. A native of Buncombe County. Miss Plemmons resided in Chicago, Illinois for 36 years prior to returning to Asheville in May of 1989. She was a retired secretary with a Designing Company and a daughter...
Herbert "Monk" Fore
Aug 14, 2001
Asheville - Herbert Harold Monk Fore, 72, died Tuesday, August 14, 2001 at St. Josephs Hospital. A life long resident of Buncombe County, he was a member of Bee Tree Baptist Church where he was a Sunday School teacher. He was a veteran of the US Army. Mr. Fore was the son of the late James H. and Gertrude...
Walter James Russell
Aug 14, 2001
Asheville - Walter James Russell, 88, of 50 State Street, died Tuesday August 14, 2001 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he retired from the city of Asheville with 30 years of service. He was a member of West Asheville Church of God on State Street. He was the son of the late...
Kenneth Earl Higgins
Aug 13, 2001
ASHEVILLE - Kenneth Earl Higgins, 78, of 55 Lees Creek Rd. died Monday, August 13, 2001 after a long, hard fought battle with cancer. Mr. Higgins was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County and was an US Army veteran of WW II. He was in the D-Day landing and was wounded at the Battle of the Bulge. He was...
Thomas Howard "Red" Stafford
Aug 13, 2001
Asheville - Thomas Howard Red Stafford, 73, of 19 Old Weaverville Road Ext., died Monday August 13, 2001 at Beverly Health Care. A life long resident of Buncombe County. He had retired from Burlington Industries and was a member of the WNC CB Club. He was the son of the late Ellen C. Fox. Surviving are his wife, Fay...
Wilma Metcalf Wix
Aug 12, 2001
Asheville - Wilma Marie Metcalf Wix, 70, of 42 West Oak View Road, died Sunday August 12, 2001 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Williamstown, Ky. after a period of declining health. A native of Buncombe Co., she grew up in Madison Co., then lived most of her adult life in Buncombe Co. She retired from the accounting dept...
Elizabeth Compton Smith
Aug 11, 2001
Asheville - Elizabeth Compton Smith, 101, of 500 Beaverdam Road died Saturday, August 11, 2001 at the Beverly Health Care Center following a brief illness. A native of Haywood County, she had resided in Buncombe County since 1942. Mrs. Smith was a retired nurse, having formerly been employed with Appalachian Hall Hospital until retirement and was a member of...
Michael Thomas Lee
Aug 9, 2001
Canton - Michael Thomas Lee, 45, of 29 Garnet Dr., died Thursday August 9, 2001 at his residence. He was born at Fort Leonard Wood, MO and he had lived many years in Haywood County. He was a member of Mt. Pisgah Academy Seventh Day Adventist Church. He was the son of Robert and Mary Ward Lee of Altamonte...
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