Obituary Listing

Larry Livingston Williams

Larry Livingston Williams

Mar 1, 2001

WILMINGTON - LARRY LIVINGSTON WILLIAMS, 78, OF WILMINGTON DIED THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2001. A NATIVE OF WAYNESVILLE. HE HAD SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING W.W. I I. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, BETTY WILLIAMS OF THE HOME; SON, FRANK WILLIAMS OF WILMINGTON; DAUGHTER, LISA SHOOK OF CARY; GRANDCHILDREN, ASHLEIGH AND MATTHEW SHOOK BOTH OF CARY AND BROTHER, JOHN JULIUS...

Marie Towe Mcclure

Marie Towe Mcclure

Mar 1, 2001

FAIRVIEW - EVELYN MARIE TOWE McCLURE, 69, DIED THURSDAY MARCH 1, 2001 AT ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. A NATIVE AND RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY FOR MOST OF HER LIFE, SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS AND HAD SERVED A MISSION IN THE ATLANTA TEMPLE. SHE WAS ONE OF...

Margaret Sexton Wright

Margaret Sexton Wright

Feb 27, 2001

WOODFIN - MARGARET SEXTON WRIGHT, 84, OF 112 JONESTOWN ROAD DIED TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2001 AT HER RESIDENCE. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE WAS A FORMER ACCOUNTANT AND BOOKKEEPER AND HAD INSTRUCTED META PHYSICS AND ESOTERIC SUBJECTS AT GUILFORD COLLEGE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE. MRS. WRIGHT WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE NORTH SHORE...

Elsie Hinson "Noni" London

Elsie Hinson "Noni" London

Feb 26, 2001

CANDLER - ELSIE HINSON LONDON, 91, KNOWN AFFECTIONATELY BY HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS NONI FORMERLY OF 14 SOUTH MORGAN BRANCH ROAD DIED MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2001 AT PISGAH MANOR NURSING HOME FOLLOWING A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. A NATIVE OF YANCY COUNTY AND A RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY SINCE 1937. MRS. LONDON, ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND, WAS FORMER...

Hazel Roberts Hensley

Hazel Roberts Hensley

Feb 26, 2001

ASHEVILLE - HAZEL ROBERTS HENSLEY, 82, OF 978 HAYWOOD RD. DIED MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2001 AT ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL. HAZEL WAS THE WIFE OF THE LATE ED HENSLEY. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER FOUR CHILDREN, SONNY HENSLEY, DORIS HARRELL, AND LEEANN COLE ALL OF ASHEVILLE, AND RONNIE HENSLEY OF BRUCE, MISSISSIPPI; 1 SISTER, ROBEANA STEWART OF ASHEVILLE; 10 GRANDCHILDREN...

Helen Katherine Duncan

Helen Katherine Duncan

Feb 25, 2001

ASHEVILLE - HELEN KATHERINE CURTIS DUNCAN, 81, OF 7 MELTON DRIVE DIED SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2001 AT THE MOUNTAIN AREA HOSPICE SOLACE CENTER. A NATIVE OF GIBSONVILLE. MRS. DUNCAN HAS RESIDED IN ASHEVILLE SINCE MAY 5, 1945. SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER, FORMER CHURCH SCHOOL TEACHER AT ST. MARKS LUTHERAN CHURCH FOR MANY YEARS WHERE SHE IS A MEMBER AND...

Margaret Evelyn Calloway

Margaret Evelyn Calloway

Feb 24, 2001

WEST ASHEVILLE - MARGARET EVELYN CASSIDA CALLOWAY, 74, OF 121 WELLINGTON ST. DIED SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2001 AT ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL AFTER A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. MRS. CALLOWAY WAS NATIVE OF YANCEY COUNTY AND HAD RESIDED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY FOR MOST OF HER LIFE. SHE WAS EMPLOYED WITH McDONALDS AS A BISCUIT MAKER SINCE 1993 AND WAS FORMERLY...

Shirley Lankford Russell

Shirley Lankford Russell

Feb 22, 2001

ASHEVILLE - SHIRLEY LANKFORD RUSSELL, 64, OF 81 LINDA VISTA DRIVE DIED THURSDAY FEBRUARY 22, 2001 AT HER RESIDENCE. A NATIVE OF MADISON COUNTY SHE HAD LIVED MOST OF HER LIFE IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE HAD RETIRED FROM INGLES MARKETS AND WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ED AND LILLIE WALDROUP LANKFORD AND...

Dorothy Fulp Crowder

Dorothy Fulp Crowder

Feb 21, 2001

CANDLER - DOROTHY FULP SLOAN, 72, OF CHALLEDON DRIVE DIED WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 21, 2001 AT MOUNTAIN AREA HOSPICE. A NATIVE OF CHASE CITY, VA, SHE HAD LIVED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY FOR 40 YEARS. SHE HAD BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF POLE CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH FOR 35 YEARS WHERE SHE TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL, VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL, AND SHE SANG IN...

Thomas Larry Bailey Sr.

Thomas Larry Bailey Sr.

Feb 21, 2001

THOMAS LARRY BAILEY, SR ASHEVILLE - LARRY BAILEY, 48, OF 79 UNAKA AVE. DIED WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 21, 2001 AT HARRIS REGIONAL HOSPITAL, SYLVA. A NATIVE AND LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE NORMAN DOUGLAS BAILEY, SR. AND THE LATE MARGARET JANE CALLOWAY BAILEY. HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SISTER,...

Ross Cornelius Wheeler

Ross Cornelius Wheeler

Feb 19, 2001

SWANNANOA - ROSS CORNELIUS WHEELER, 77, OF 183 MOCKINGBIRD RD. DIED MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2001 AT HIS RESIDENCE. A NATIVE OF MADISON COUNTY, HE HAD LIVED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF GRACE FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH AND HE WAS RETIRED FROM GROVE STONE AND SAND CO. MR. WHEELER WAS THE SON OF...

Benjamin Franklin Thompson

Benjamin Franklin Thompson

Feb 19, 2001

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA - BENJAMIN FRANKLIN THOMPSON, 90, FORMERLY OF ASHEVILLE DIED MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2001. MR. THOMPSON WAS AN OUTSTANDING ALL AROUND ATHLETE AT LOMBARD AND KNOX COLLEGES AND A GRADUATE OF PALMER SCHOOL OF CHIROPRACTIC IN DAVENPORT, IOWA. AS A YOUNG MAN HE PLAYED THE TRUMPET WITH BIG BANDS AND RINGLING BROTHERS CIRCUS. HE LATER BECAME NOTED FOR...

Leatha Belle Martin

Leatha Belle Martin

Feb 18, 2001

BREVARD - LEATHA BELLE PARHAM MARTIN, 88, DIED SUNDAY FEBRUARY 18, 2001 AT IVY HILL NURSING HOME. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY HAVING MOVED TO BREVARD IN 1996. SHE RETIRED FROM BILTMORE INDUSTRIES AFTER 48 YEARS OF SERVICE WHERE SHE WAS A TOUR GUIDE AND IN HER LATTER YEARS WORKED IN THE MUSEUM. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF...

Rev. Lloyd Roberts

Rev. Lloyd Roberts

Feb 17, 2001

WEAVERVILLE - REV. LLOYD V. ROBERTS, 72, 0F 466-1 REEMS CREEK WENT HOME TO GLORY LAND FEBRUARY 17, 2001 . A NATIVE OF MADISON COUNTY HE HAD LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE JOHNNY AND SUSIE ROBERTS. HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHER, JAMES ROBERTS AND A...

Jack Lynn Reese

Jack Lynn Reese

Feb 17, 2001

CANDLER - JACK LYNN REESE, 61, OF 7 GERTRUDE LANE DIED SATURDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2001 AT HIS RESIDENCE AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. A NATIVE OF SPARTANBURG, SC. HE HAD LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. HE HAD WORKED FOR TAYLOR AND MURPHY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE CALVIN THOMAS REESE AND FLORIA LANNING...

Jack Everett Anderson

Jack Everett Anderson

Feb 17, 2001

ASHEVILLE - JACK EVERETT ANDERSON, 75, OF 1650 GORMAN BRIDGE ROAD DIED SATURDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. HE WAS A WW II AIR FORCE VETERAN AND HAD RETIRED FROM OTEEN V.A. HOSPITAL. HE WAS A MEMBER OF CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH AND WEST ASHEVILLE MASONIC LODGE #665....

Oscar Reese

Oscar Reese

Feb 16, 2001

LEICESTER - OSCAR SMITH, 78, DIED FRIDAY FEBRUARY 16, 2001 AT ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. HE HAD WORKED FOR BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES AND WAS A WW II ARMY VETERAN. HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH AND WAS THE SON OF THE LATE KING K.D. AND SARAH PEEK SMITH AND THE HUSBAND...

Bessie Sales Piercy

Bessie Sales Piercy

Feb 14, 2001

ASHEVILLE - BESSIE SALES PIERCY, 72, OF 26 SEVIER STREET DIED WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2001 AT HER HOME FOLLOWING AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. A NATIVE AND RESIDENT MOST OF HER LIFE OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. MRS. PIERCY RETIRED FEBRUARY 24, 1978 FROM THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC CENTER AFTER 35 YEARS OF SERVICE AND AT THE TIME OF HER RETIREMENT WAS A KEY...

Rev. Talmadge E. Whittemore

Rev. Talmadge E. Whittemore

Feb 14, 2001

ASHEVILLE - REV. TALMADGE E. WHITTEMORE, 92, OF 14 VINEWOOD CIRCLE DIED WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL. A NATIVE OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, HE SERVED PASTORATES ALL OVER THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA WITH THE CHURCH OF GOD FAITH AND HAD RETIRED FROM BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES AFTER 13 YEARS OF SERVICE WHERE HE SERVED AS A GATEKEEPER AND...

Mae Grooms Roberts

Mae Grooms Roberts

Feb 13, 2001

CANDLER - MAE GROOMS ROBERTS, 83, OF 439 MONTE VISTA ROAD DIED TUESDAY AT THE ASTON PARK HEALTH CARE CENTER AFTER A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. A NATIVE OF MADISON COUNTY, SHE HAD LIVED MOST OF HER LIFE IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF SUNRISE BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE WILLIAM WALTER AND...