Obituary Listing

Pansy Ruth Bradley Wooten

Pansy Ruth Bradley Wooten

Jan 28, 2020

Marshall – Pansy Ruth Bradley Wooten, 73, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospital. She was a longtime resident of Buncombe County and a daughter of the late William Henry Bradley, Sr. and Annie Ruth Lance Bradley. Mrs. Wooten was a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) for many...

Bertha "Beth" Elizabeth Ledford Justice

Bertha "Beth" Elizabeth Ledford Justice

Jan 28, 2020

Candler – Bertha “Beth” Elizabeth Ledford Justice, 90, passes away on Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hopsitals. A native of Yancey County, she had resided in Buncombe County most of her life, and retired from Magnavox. She was a member of the former West Asheville Assemble of God. Mrs. Justice was the daughter of...

Vernon Penley, Jr.

Vernon Penley, Jr.

Jan 26, 2020

Asheville – Vernon Victor Penley, Jr., 77, of Avondale Road, went to be with the Lord Sunday, January 26, 2020 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. Mr. Penley was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County and a Dry Wall Specialist. He was the son of the late Vernon Victor Penley and Mary Ethel Cothran Penley and was...

Gay Williamson Grimsley Mitchell Kriek

Gay Williamson Grimsley Mitchell Kriek

Jan 24, 2020

Asheville - Gay Williamson Grimsley Mitchell Kriek, 85, died peacefully at her home on Friday, January 24, 2020, surrounded by her family. Born in Waco, Texas, Gay previously lived in in New York, NY and in Greensboro, Burlington and Bryson City, NC. She was born to the late Finley Lea Williamson, Jr. and Mary Stone Williamson and was preceded...

Wanda Kaye Roland

Wanda Kaye Roland

Jan 22, 2020

Black Mountain – Wanda Kaye Roland, 65, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 following injuries sustained in an automobile accident. A lifelong native of Buncombe County she formerly was employed with Bi-lo as a florist. Mrs. Roland was a daughter of the late Maynard Walter Curtis and Virginia Mable Smith Curtis and was also...

Betty Jo Moody Oates

Betty Jo Moody Oates

Jan 21, 2020

Princeton, KY - Barbara Jo Moody Oates, age 86, of Princeton, formerly of Asheville, North Carolina, passed away Tuesday January 21, 2020 at Caldwell Medical Center. She attended Prospect Baptist Church and was a member of Lamasco Baptist Church. She enjoyed walking with her dog, Shadow, laughing with family, and listening to music. She was always smiling and having...

Louise F. Williams

Louise F. Williams

Jan 20, 2020

Arden – Louise Fields Williams, 89, of 7 Kikola Ct, went to be with the Lord on Monday, January 20, 2020 at the Pisgah Manor Health Care Center. A native of Letcher County, KY, she had resided in Buncombe County since 1962. She was a Seamtress and a member of Boiling Springs Baptist Church. Mrs. Williams was a daughter...

Ruth Greene

Ruth Greene

Jan 18, 2020

Candler – Ruth Bernice Graham Greene, 90, formerly of 85 Young Drive, went to be with the Lord Saturday, January 18, 2020 at Pisgah Manor Health Care Center. She was a native of Madison County and resident of Buncombe County most of her life. Mrs. Greene was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and loved to sew, garden and...

Sharon A. Pihlblad

Sharon A. Pihlblad

Jan 18, 2020

Candler – Sharon A. Pihlblad, 50, passed away on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at Myrtle Beach, SC. She was a native of Norristown, PA and was the daughter of Ernest Lorenzen and the late Jane Kroehler Lorenzen. In her younger days, Sharon enjoyed riding and training horses. She later worked for many years as a nurse. She was a...

Norma Lee Hensley Arrington

Norma Lee Hensley Arrington

Jan 17, 2020

Candler – Norma Lee Hensley Arrington, 83, went to be with the Lord on Friday, January 17, 2020 at her residence. A native of Madison County she resided in Buncombe County most of her life, she was a daughter of the late James William Hensley and Daisy Lee Redmon Hensley. She was also preceded in death by her husband...

Shelby Rice Collis

Shelby Rice Collis

Jan 15, 2020

Bakersville – Shelby Nanette Rice Collis, 46, passed away on Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native of Horry County, SC, she was a resident of Western North Carolina. Mrs. Collis was an Administrative Executive Assistant for Mission Hospital, and was the daughter of Floyd Dean Rice and Regina Sara Stockton Rice....

Clint Vernon Lovin

Clint Vernon Lovin

Jan 14, 2020

Asheville – Clint Vernon “Vern” Lovin, 95, of 43 Busbee View Road, entered eternal life on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at Flesher’s Fairview Health Care Center. A native of Madison County and resident of Buncombe County for most of his life, he was former owner and operator of Lovin’s Shell and later worked until his retirement at Sayles Biltmore...

Harvey Haynes

Harvey Haynes

Jan 12, 2020

Harvey Haynes Asheville – Harvey Lee Haynes, President Emeritus of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, died on Sunday, January 12, 2020 after a brief illness. He was born on September 21, 1930, a Sunday morning, high up in the Reems Creek valley. He was the only child of the late Nathaniel “Dan” Haynes and Betty Lou Penland and was a...

Rhea Jackson

Rhea Jackson

Jan 11, 2020

Asheville – Rhea Rice Jackson, 94, affectionately known as “Mamaw” went to be with the Lord Saturday, January 11, 2020, at Aston Park Healthcare Center. Mrs. Jackson was a native of Madison County (Big Laurel Community) and had resided in Buncombe County for most of her life. She was a daughter of the late Rev. Henry Rice and Sarafina...

Jeanna Page

Jeanna Page

Jan 9, 2020

Fairview – Jeanna Darlene Baker Page, 65, of Old Fort Road, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 9, 2020 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of Yancey County, she had resided in Buncombe County for the past 50 years. She was Co-Owner of JMJ Tomato Company at the Farmer’s Market for the past...

Patricia Ann Dolan

Patricia Ann Dolan

Jan 7, 2020

Candler – Patricia Ann Dolan, 63, passed away on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. Patricia was a loving mother and grandmother. Her strength throughout life was inspiring to all who knew her, she will be greatly missed. She was a daughter of the late Patrick Dolan and Evelyn Euler Ashby. She was also...

Howard Bruce Watkins

Howard Bruce Watkins

Jan 6, 2020

Asheville – Howard Bruce Watkins, 73, went to be with the Lord on Monday, January 6, 2020 at his residence. He was born in Salisbury on February 21, 1946. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and brother. He was a U.S. Army Vietnam War Veteran. He was preceded in death by his parents, Cecil and Adelia Watkins and...

Frankie H. Messer

Frankie H. Messer

Jan 6, 2020

Alexander – Frankie Pauline Herron Messer, 83, of 83 Old Macedonia Road, went to be with the Lord on Monday, January 6, 2020. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a member of Victory Baptist Church where she formerly served as Choir Director, as well as, at Newfound, Deaverview, Gashes Creek and Reed Memorial Baptist Churches over the...

William E. Brokaw

William E. Brokaw

Jan 3, 2020

Maryville, TN – William E. Brokaw, 67, born in Zanesville, Ohio, passed from this life to sleeping in God’s care on January 3rd, 2020 in Maryville, TN surrounded by his family. William was a son of the late William and Ella Brokaw. He is survived by his loving wife, Sherra Brokaw, and their combined family: Jason Brokaw (Lori, Lillian,...

Peggy Holland Ramsey

Peggy Holland Ramsey

Jan 1, 2020

Peggy Holland Ramsey, 85, of Asheville, NC, died on January 1st 2020, at the Levine & Dickson Hospice House at Aldersgate, in Charlotte, NC following a brief illness. Mrs. Ramsey was born on April 24, 1934 in Morganton, NC. She later moved with her family to Marshall, NC and graduated from Marshall High School. A graduate of what is...