Catherine Ward Jones
Feb 25, 2022
Swannanoa – Catherine Elizabeth Ward Jones, 74, passed away on Friday, February 25, 2022, at her residence. A native of Bakersville, she resided in Buncombe County since 1966. She was a daughter of the late Linzie Ray Ward and Rexie M. Wilson Ward. Catherine attended The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Asheville Central Branch. For almost...
Lee V. Moore, Jr.
Feb 20, 2022
Asheville – Lee Vance Moore, Jr., 87, passed away Sunday, February 20, 2022 at Mission Hospital. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County and a US Air Force Korean War Veteran. Mr. Moore retired in 2002 following over 40 years of service with Daniels Graphics where at the time of his retirement he served as Business Manager. Mr. Moore was...
Luci Costa Pinto
Feb 19, 2022
Luci Costa Pinto, 86, passed away on Saturday, February 19, 2022, at her residence in Fairview, NC. A native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she was a daughter of the late Manuel Costa Pinto and Georgina Rezende Pinto. She is survived by her daughter, Tania Rossi and husband Francisco; granddaughters: Flavia Rossi and husband Nicholas Blanchard, and Fernanda Rossi;...
Jacqueline Ann Ellege
Feb 17, 2022
Jacqueline Ann Pippin Ellege, 54, of Monroe, VA passed away Thursday, February 17, 2022 at her residence. She was the wife of Wendell Paul Ellege. Born November 18, 1967 in Charlottesville, VA, she was the daughter of Carl D. Pippin of Arrington and Ann Evans King of Monroe, VA. She was an employee of Georgia Pacific and was a...
Pat Taylor
Feb 15, 2022
Asheville – Patricia Ann Taylor, 74, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at the Laurels of Greentree Ridge. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she retired in 2016 from Harris-Teeter and then worked at Hamrick’s for 4 years. She was a lifetime member of Sweeten Creek Freewill Baptist Church. Miss Taylor was a daughter...
Joyce H. Markley
Feb 13, 2022
Arden – Joyce Jeannette Hopson Markley, 101, went home to be with the Lord on, Sunday, February 13, 2022, at the Elizabeth House. Mrs. Markley was born on June 8, 1920, in El Paso, TX and was raised and lived in Mexico City and Laredo, TX until moving to Buncombe County in 1968. She was a daughter of the...
Louise Pike
Feb 12, 2022
Asheville – Margaret Louise Norton Pike, 83, went to be with the Lord, Saturday, February 12, 2022 at Fleshers Fairview Health Care Center. A native of Madison County and resident most of her life in Buncombe County where she was a member of Riverview UMC. She was a daughter of the late Grover Carl Norton and Elizabeth Smith Norton...
Oscar "Bud" Mashburn, Jr.
Feb 10, 2022
Asheville – Oscar Manuel “Bud” Mashburn, Jr., 74, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 10, 2022 at Mission Hospital. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he retired in 2012 from Pepsi Cola following 36 years of service, and was formerly employed with RC and Coke. He was a Vietnam War US Army veteran. Mr. Mashburn was...
Wanda Blackwell
Feb 6, 2022
Saint Pauls – Wanda Lee Tweed Blackwell, 71, of 750 Dean Road, passed away on Sunday, February 6, 2022. A native of Buncombe County, she had resided in the Saint Pauls area for the past 25 years and was a 1967 graduate of Clyde A. Erwin High School. She was the daughter of the late Luther Nay Tweed and...
James Lindsey, Jr.
Feb 6, 2022
Asheville – James “Jimmy” Lindsey, Jr., 69, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 6, 2022, at the John F. Keever Jr. Solace Center. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a son of Marjorie Dalton Lindsey and the late James Ernest Lindsey, Sr. He was also preceded in death by his grandparents...
Violet Sheppard
Feb 4, 2022
Alexander – Violet Irene Palmer Sheppard, 90, of 9 Cloverfield Drive, went to be with the Lord on Friday, February 4, 2022 at her residence. A native of Plymouth, Indiana, she had resided in Buncombe County most of her life. She was a daughter of the late Charles and Mabel Boyer Palmer and was also preceded in death by...
Buster Reagan
Feb 3, 2022
Candler – Buster Reagan, 70, passed away on Thursday, February 3, 2022, at his residence. A resident of Buncombe County for all of his life, he was a son of the late Vance Reagan, Jr. and Lois Payne Reagan. He was also preceded in death by his brothers: J.V. Reagan, and Dennie Reagan; and his baby sister. Buster retired...
Danny Roger Buchanan
Feb 2, 2022
Danny Roger Buchanan, 59, passed away on Wednesday, February 2, 2022. A resident of Buncombe County for all of his life, he was a son of Doris Hamlin Buchanan of Hendersonville and the late Charles Eugene Buchanan. Danny was well know having owned and operated Xtreme Drywall Systems for the past 22 years. He was dedicated to his family...
Debra Stone
Jan 31, 2022
Asheville – Debra Lynn “Debbie” Stone, 65, went to be with the Lord on Monday, January 31, 2022 at her residence. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she retired in 2019 following 45 years of service from Mission Hospitals where at the time of her retirement, served in Revenue Management and was a member of Sand Hill Baptist Church...
Regina Morgan Anders
Jan 31, 2022
Regina Morgan Anders, 81, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, January 31, 2022, at her residence. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Willie Cage Morgan and Mary Ruth Morgan. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Edward Anders who passed away in 1975. Mrs....
Loretta Adams
Jan 31, 2022
Leicester – Loretta Rattler Adams, 65, died peacefully at her home on Monday, January 31, 2022 after battling dementia for several years. She was a member of Sunnyside Missionary Baptist Church, a 1974 graduate of Clyde A. Erwin High School, received her AAS Degree from Southwestern Tech in Sylva and her BS Degree from Western Carolina University. She was...
David Glenn Adkins
Jan 29, 2022
Candler – David Glenn Adkins, 68, of 1011 Mountain Drive, passed away Saturday, January 29, 2022 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospital. A native of Gaston County and resident of Buncombe County most of his life. He was a Photographer and Cameraman with WLOS TV for over 30 years. Mr. Adkins was the son of the late Harrison...
Carolyn Radford
Jan 28, 2022
Asheville – Carolyn June Thorpe Radford, 83, went to be with the Lord on Friday, January 28, 2022 at Emerald Ridge Rehab and Care Center. A native of Madison County, she had resided in Buncombe County for most of her life and was the daughter of the late Carl Arbert Thorpe and Edith Norton Thorpe. She was also preceded...
Loretta "Lynne" Raines
Jan 27, 2022
Candler – Loretta “Lynne” Hamlin Raines, 57, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 27, 2022, at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native of Transylvania County she was a daughter of the late Olive Mae Dixon Singleton. Lynne was a long-time member of Avery’s Creek Baptist Church. She loved all her children, family, and...
John Milton Therrell
Jan 23, 2022
Fletcher – John Milton Therrell, 77, passed away Sunday, January 23, 2022, at Pardee Hospital. A native of Candor, NC, Mr. Therrell had resided in Buncombe County since 2003. He was the former Vice Principal of Ft. Campbell High School and was a US Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Mr. Therrell was a member of Fletcher First Baptist...
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