Cecil Cassada

LEICESTER - CECIL CASSADA, 78, OF 30 CASSADA ROAD, DIED MONDAY JANUARY 15, 2001 AT THE OAKS AT SWEETEN CREEK AFTER A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, HE WAS A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT AND A SELF-EMPLOYED BUSINESS OWNER. HE WAS A W.W.II ARMY VETERAN AND THE SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM AND LUCINDA KING CASSADA. SURVIVING ARE, HIS WIFE OF 56 YEARS, PAULINE CANTRELL CASSADA; DAUGHTERS, BARBARA C. GREENE OF CLYDE AND SHIRLEY C. FENDER AND HUSBAND JIMMIE OF LEICESTER; SISTER, MAE MONROE OF ASHEVILLE; BROTHERS WINSTON CASSADA AND LYLE CASSADA BOTH OF LEICESTER; GRANDCHILDREN, JASON AND WIFE ELISE GREENE OF CLYDE, SCOTT AND WIFE HAILEE FENDER OF LEICESTER AND ANGELA R. FENDER OF LEICESTER; FIVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND A SPECIAL FRIEND, GENE MASTERS. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 11:00 A.M. WEDNESDAY IN THE BRICK CHURCH CEMETERY WITH THE REV. BILL GILLESPIE OFFICIATING. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7 TO 9:00 P.M. TUESDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO: BRICK CHURCH CEMETERY FUND, P.O. BOX 53, LEICESTER, NC 28748.