Barbara Jean "Bobbie" Barnett
Apr 21, 2001
CANDLER - BARBARA JEAN "BOBBIE" OWNBEY BARNETT, 67, OF 104 JUSTICE RIDGE ROAD DIED SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL FOLLOWING A SHORT ILLNESS. A NATIVE OF MOREHEAD CITY, SHE HAD RESIDED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY FOR MOST OF HER LIFE. MRS. BARNETT REITRED IN 1994 FROM THE AMERICA ENKA CORPORATION AFTER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE AS A...
Horace Lee Lanning
Apr 21, 2001
ASHEVILLE - HORACE LEE LANNING, 85, OF 76 W. OAKVIEW RD. DIED SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2001 AT ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL. A NATIVE OF HENDERSON COUNTY, HE HAD LIVED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY FOR 62 YEARS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF WEST ASHEVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH, A VETERAN OF THE US ARMY, SERVING DURING WW II, AND HE WAS AN AVID MEMBER...
Vivian Beatrice Long
Apr 20, 2001
ELIZABETHTON, TN - VIVIAN BEATRICE ANDERS LONG, 80, OF 117 MESSIMER LANE DIED FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2001. A NATIVE OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY AND A RESIDENT OF ELIZABETHTON MOST OF HER LIFE. MRS. LONG WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JAMES BURGIN AND FLORENCE ICENHOUR ANDERS AND THE WIFE OF CHARLES REAGEN LONG, JR. WHO DIED IN 1977. SHE WAS...
Sarah Marshall Corn
Apr 20, 2001
ST. MARYS, GEORGIA - SARAH MARSHALL CORN, 74, DIED FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2001 AT THE ST. MARYS CONVALESCENT CENTER. A NATIVE OF SARASOTA, FL. SHE WAS A PRIOR RESIDENT OF ASHEVILLE AND HAD LIVED IN BRUNSWICK, GA. FOR 44 YEARS BEFORE MOVING TO ST. MARYS, GA. A YEAR AGO. SHE HAD RETIRED FROM F.W. WOOLWORTH COMPANY IN 1990 AFTER...
Lloyd Goehring Hensley
Apr 19, 2001
ASHEVILLE - LLOYD G. HENSLEY, 75, OF 499 EMMA ROAD, DIED THURSDAY APRIL 19, 2001 AT THE V.A. MEDICAL CENTER NURSING HOME AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS. A NATIVE OF McDOWELL COUNTY. HE HAD LIVED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS. HE WAS AN U.S. COAST GUARD VETERAN AND SON OF THE LATE ROBERT L. AND TELITHA HENSLEY....
Kelsey Dewayne Cole
Apr 16, 2001
WEAVERVILLE - KELSEY DEWAYNE COLE, 28, OF 239 ELLER FORD RD. DIED MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2001 AT HIS HOME. A NATIVE OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, HE HAD RESIDED IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA FOR 12 YEARS PRIOR TO RETURNING TO BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN 1993 AND WAS EMPLOYED AS A PAINTER WITH THOMAS PAINTING COMPANY. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY...
Willis Bryson Watts
Apr 16, 2001
ASHEVILLE - WILLIS BRYSON WATTS, 76 OF 23 HUFFMAN ROAD WENT HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD ON MONDAY APRIL 16, 2001 AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. A NATIVE OF TRANSYLVANIA CO., HE LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. HE RETIRED FROM AMERICAN ENKA CORP. AFTER 35 YEARS OF SERVICE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF EDGEWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH,...
Katherine Beatrice Byrd
Apr 15, 2001
ASHEVILLE - KATHERINE BEATRICE BYRD, 88, OF 311 SUMMIT STREET, DIED APRIL 15, 2001 AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS AT A LOCAL NURSING HOME. MRS. BYRD WAS A NATIVE OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY AND RESIDED THERE FOR MOST OF HER LIFETIME. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE E.D. STEWART AND LOTTIE LEE MILLER STEWART. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH...
Maggie Conner Lunsford
Apr 11, 2001
MAGGIE CONNER LUNSFORD, 81, FORMERLY OF 215 JOHNSTON BLVD. IN WEST ASHEVILLE, DIED WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2001 AT ASHEVILLE HEALTH CARE CENTER. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, SHE WAS BORN MARCH 7, 1920 TO THE LATE JAMES HOBERT CONNER, SR. AND AUGUSTA BEACHBOARD CONNER. A HOMEMAKER, SHE WAS THE WIFE OF THE LATE RICHARD JAMES LUNSFORD SR. WHO...
Robert Jerry Hirth
Apr 6, 2001
HOT SPRINGS - ROBERT JERRY HIRTH, 73, OF 3941 NC HWY. 63, SPRING CREEK COMMUNITY, DIED FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2001 AT ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL, ASHEVILLE. A NATIVE OF CHICAGO, IL, HE HAD LIVED IN THE SPRING CREEK COMMUNITY FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM AND VADENA STROOPS HIRTH. MR. HIRTH WAS RETIRED...
Edgar Lee "Eddie" Mecum
Apr 4, 2001
CANDLER - EDGAR LEE "EDDIE" MECUM, 52, OF PISGAH MANOR HEALTH CARE CENTER DIED WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2001 AT HIS RESIDENCE. A NATIVE OF WINSTON SALEM. HE HAD RESIDED IN ASHEVILLE MOST OF HIS LIFE AND WAS THE SON OF THE LATE WALLACE LEE MECUM. SURVIVING ARE HIS MOTHER, INEZ HOWELL MECUM OF ASHEVILLE; GREAT AUNT, CUMI LONDON AND...
Margaret Louise Bell
Apr 4, 2001
SWANNANOA - MARGARET LOUISE CANTRELL BELL, 81, OF 84 STROUPE ROAD, DIED WEDNESDAY APRIL 4, 2001 AT ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL. A NATIVE OF TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SHE HAD LIVED MOST OF HER LIFE IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE HAD RETIRED FROM KEARFOTT IN 1981 AS AN INSPECTOR. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF SWEETEN CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH AND FORMER MEMBER OF TRINITY...
Charles Richard Plemmons
Apr 3, 2001
WEAVERVILLE - CHARLES RICHARD PLEMMONS, 57, FORMERLY OF 20 WELLINGTON DR. DIED TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL, ASHEVILLE. A NATIVE AND LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE RICHARD HOMER AND CONNIE DEVADA ROGERS PLEMMONS. SURVIVING ARE HIS DAUGHTERS, TAMMY PLEMMONS McKINNEY AND HUSBAND BILLY OF ASHEVILLE AND TAMMY McKENTYRE OF...
Lucille Shelton Lunsford
Apr 1, 2001
ALEXANDER - LUCILLE GRACE SHELTON LUNSFORD, 67, OF 122 MURRAY DEBRUHL ROAD DIED SUNDAY APRIL 1, 2001. A NATIVE OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, SHE WAS RAISED IN RIVER ROUGE, MI. AND RETURNED TO BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN 1960. SHE RETIRED FROM WELCH ALLYN, INC. AND WAS A MEMBER OF TURKEY CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE EDWARD...
Lucy Virginia Brookshire
Mar 31, 2001
ASHEVILLE - LUCY VIRGINIA BROOKSHIRE, 79, OF 374 OLD COUNTY HOME ROAD, DIED SATURDAY MARCH 31, 2001 AT ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL. A NATIVE AND LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE HAD RETIRED FROM AMERICAN ENKA CORPORATION AND WAS A MEMBER OF MT. CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOSEPH BEDFORD AND BUNEA VISTA DAVIS...
Faye C. Roberts
Mar 31, 2001
EMMA FAYE COWAN ROBERTS, 88, DIED SATURDAY MARCH 31, 2001 AT THE ASTON PARK HEALTH CARE CENTER. A NATIVE AND LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, SHE WAS A MEMBER OF SUNRISE BAPTIST CHURCH AND OF THE DORCAS SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE WILLIAM CORNELIUS AND ELIZA CORNELIA BRUCE COWAN AND THE WIFE OF THE...
Albert Burgin Rich
Mar 30, 2001
ASHEVILLE - ALBERT BURGIN RICH, 69, OF 16 RICH HILL DRIVE PASSED AWAY FRIDAY MARCH 30, 2001 AT HIS HOME AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. A NATIVE AND LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, HE WAS A SON OF THE LATE HOMER LANG RICH AND BETTY McELREATH RICH SMITH. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE OF 47 YEARS, GALDYS P. RICH OF THE...
Helen Brownell Carroll
Mar 30, 2001
HELEN SELMA BROWNELL CARROLL, 87, OF THE GIVENS ESTATE DIED FRIDAY MARCH 30, 2001 AT HER HOME. A NATIVE OF CHICAGO, ILL., SHE HAD RESIDED IN ASHEVILLE SINCE MAY OF 1979 AND WAS A MEMBER OF SKYLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE CHARLES AND SELMA ZICKLER LOHSE AND THE WIFE OF THE LATE KENNETH...
Viola Irene Howell
Mar 29, 2001
ASHEVILLE - VIOLA IRENE HOWELL, 63, OF 20 GOODWILL STREET, DIED THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2001 AT ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL. A NATIVE OF MADISON COUNTY. SHE HAD RESIDED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY FOR MOST OF HER LIFE AND WAS A DEVOTED HOMEMAKER. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE GASTON BURLIN BROWN AND ANNIE BEASLEY BROWN AND WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN...
Spurgeon Charles Auldredge
Mar 25, 2001
WEST ASHEVILLE - SPURGEON CHARLES AULDREDGE, 80, OF 2 WILBURN ROAD DIED UNEXPECTANTLY SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2001 AT ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL. A NATIVE OF BIG SANDY COMMUNITY. HE HAS RESIDED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY ALL OF HIS LIFE. MR. AULDREDGE WAS A SELF EMPLOYED CARPENTER, A MEMBER OF JONES VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH AND ATTENDED WESTWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS THE...
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