Everett Rains
Aug 13, 2017
Asheville Everett Ray Rains, 93, passed away Sunday, August 13, 2017 at Park Ridge Hospital. A native of Monticello, KY, Mr. Rains had resided in Buncombe County since 1942. He retired from the surgical department at the Charles George VA Medical Center in Oteen following 33 years of service, and following eight more years of service at Mission Hospitals....
Annice Bates
Aug 12, 2017
Candler Annice June Bates, 64, passed away Saturday, August 12, 2017 at the St. Joseph Campus of Mission Hospitals. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was an LPN for several local nursing homes and was a member of Waynesville SDA Church Miss Bates was a daughter of the late George Washington Bates, Jr. and Helen Marie Melton Bates....
Judy Coleman Edwards
Aug 10, 2017
Judy Ann Coleman Edwards, 72, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 10, 2017 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of Buncombe County, she retired in 2010 from Harris Teeter following 18 years of service, was a 1963 graduate of Erwin High School and attended Skyland Baptist Church. She faced many trials courageously in...
Mae Whitaker Trantham
Aug 6, 2017
Fairview Lela Mae Whitaker Trantham, 87, formerly of Old Fort Road, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 6, 2017 at the Mayflower Senior Living. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she retired from Taylor Instruments and formerly worked at CP Claire. She was a lifetime member of Laurel Pines Baptist Church where she had served as...
Marietta Crayton
Aug 6, 2017
Asheville - Marietta Hollifield Crayton, 99, passed away Sunday, August 6, 2017 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native of Madison County, Mrs. Crayton retired in 1979 following 30 years of service as a teacher in the Buncombe County Schools System, where she had taught at Barnardsville, West Buncombe, and Bell Elementary Schools. She was a...
Fred Graham
Aug 3, 2017
Alexander Roy Fred Graham, 90, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 3, 2017 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native of Madison County, he had resided in Buncombe County for most of his life. He retired in 1988 from Square D where he served for over 15 years, worked for Sayles Biltmore Bleacheries...
Donalee Hicks
Aug 2, 2017
Asheville Donalee Taylor Hicks, 101, passed away Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at the Laurels of Greentree Ridge. A native of Waldron, MI, Mrs. Hicks had resided in Buncombe County since 1962, and was a member of Asheville Church of Christ. She was the daughter of the late William and Mabel Smith Taylor, and the wife of Lewis D. Hicks,...
Louise R. Brown
Aug 2, 2017
Asheville Louise Rice Brown, 76, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was formerly employed with Buncombe County Child Development. Mrs. Brown was a daughter of the late Stephen Wilson Rice and Golen Paralee Biddix Rice. She was also preceded in...
Thelma Johnson
Jul 30, 2017
Candler Thelma Lee Morgan Johnson, 96, went to be with the Lord Sunday, July 30, 2017 at her home. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, Mrs. Johnson retired from American Enka Corp. following 20 years of service and was a member of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church. Mrs. Johnson was the daughter of the late Parley and Anna...
Bobbie Jean Pledger Williams
Jul 26, 2017
Carlsbad, NM Bobbie Jean Pledger Williams, 88, passed away on Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at the Heritage Trails Nursing Home, Cleburne, TX. She was the daughter of the late Estelle Pledger Williams and Edward Kenneth Pledger. She was also preceded in death by her husband Dessley Williams and her sister Betty Pledger Roberts. Surviving are her children: Brenda Dee...
Charles Hayes
Jul 23, 2017
Hendersonville Charles Bascomb Hayes, 85, of 366 Sunrise Ridge Drive, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 23, 2017. A native and resident of Buncombe County for most of his life he had resided in Henderson County for the past 18 years. He was the son of the late Floyd Bascomb Hayes and Margaret Parris Hayes...
Joan "Dodie" Collins
Jul 19, 2017
Joan Dodie Collins, 70, passed away on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. She was a daughter of the late Patrocinio Valdez and Nellie Young Valdez. She was also preceded in death by her husband Charles Scott Collins, and son Jeff Collins. As a child of a military family she resided on several...
Mae Shelton Styles
Jul 17, 2017
Mae Shelton Styles, 88, of Asheville, passed away on Monday, July 17, 2017 at the St. Joseph Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of Madison County, she was a daughter of the late Birchard Shelton and Magonalia Gahagan Shelton. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Dorothy Cook; and brothers: Fred Shelton and Jack Shelton. Mrs. Shelton...
John Charles Dillingham
Jul 12, 2017
John Charles Dillingham, 93, formerly of Woodfin, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at Emerald Ridge Rehabilitation and Care Center. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a son of the late Franklin Leroy Dillingham and Elizabeth Parker Dillingham. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Ruby Benison...
Evelyn Bond
Jul 9, 2017
Asheville Frances Evelyn Hill Bond, 86, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 9, 2017 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native of Henderson County, she had resided in Buncombe County most of her life. She was employed with the Buncombe County School System at Enka Middle School, and worked in the Cafeteria from...
Vernie "Granny" King
Jul 9, 2017
Asheville Vernie Reemes Granny King went home to be with her Lord Sunday, July 9, 2017 following 93 years of wonderful life. A native of Madison County, Mrs. King had resided in Buncombe County for most of her life. She had worked most of the dairy farms in and around the Sandy Mush area, and had retired as a...
Jeffrey Mcintosh
Jul 9, 2017
Fletcher Jeffrey Scott McIntosh, 32, went to be with his Lord on Sunday, July 9, 2017. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he attended A.C. Reynolds High School. Jeffrey was a son of Lynn Lunsford Ray and step father, Randall Ray both of Fletcher and the late Glen Dale McIntosh, Jr. He was also preceded in death...
Michael C. Roberts
Jul 7, 2017
Asheville Michael Clay Roberts, I, 57, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, July 7, 2017 at his residence surrounded by family. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was the son of Joyce Payne Roberts of Naples, FL, and the late John William Roberts. In addition to his father was preceded in death by...
Nina Saine
Jul 7, 2017
Asheville Nina Loretta Shephard Saine, 87, passed away on Friday, July 7, 2017 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late Norman Dillard Shephard and Lela Mae Hall Shephard. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Plez Saine; sisters: Fannie Cogdill, and Ann Mann; and...
Frances A. Ball
Jul 4, 2017
Candler Frances Auldredge Ball, 89, formerly of 341 Curtis Creek Road, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 at the Silver Bluff Village in Canton. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was formerly employed with Vanderbilt Shirt Company where she served as a quality control inspector, and was a lifelong member of Maple Ridge...
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