Richard Leon "Rick" Cole

RICHARD RICK LEON SWEET, 60, OF 112 FIR STREET DIED SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2000 AT HIS RESIDENCE FOLLOWING A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. A NATIVE OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. MR. SWEET HAD RESIDED IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE PRIOR TO RETURNING TO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN 1995. HE WAS A FORMER DIESEL ENGINEER AND A MEMBER OF A NON DENOMINATIONAL CHRISTIAN GROUP. HE WAS A SON OF THE LATE HOWARD R. AND ELIZABETH ANN TRANTHAM SWEET. SURVIVING ARE HIS SONS, STEVEN D. SWEET OF THE HOME AND ALAN T. SWEET OF FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA; FORMER WIFE, PATRICIA L. SWEET OF THE HOME; GRANDSON, RICHARD SWEET OF PALM BEACH, FLORIDA; SISTER, MARGARET BEYER OF MARGATE, FLORIDA; BROTHERS, HOWARD SWEET OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA AND CLIFFORD SWEET OF MARGATE. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD 2:30 P.M. WEDNESDAY AT CANE CREEK CEMETERY, FAIRVIEW WITH MR. TOM NUSBAUN OFFICIATING. FOLLOWING THE GRAVESIDE SERVICES A RECEPTION WILL BE HELD AT THE HOME OF FREDDIE AND ANN SALES, 18 CEDAR TRAIL, ASHEVILLE. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS 7 TO 9 P.M. TUESDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME.