Feb 7, 2006

Alexander - Laura Lucille Welch Embler, 80, of 1125 Old Hwy#20, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday - February 7, 2006 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native of Cadillac, Mich., she had resided in Buncombe County since 1958. She was a member of Alexander Baptist Church for 45 years and her hobbies were homemaking and gardening. She...

Feb 4, 2006

Asheville Devin Lee Rinaggio, infant son of Vito Stephen Rinaggio, III and Cristan Leigh Allen, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2006 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospital Systems. Surviving in addition to his parents are his maternal grandfather, Ricky Allen, of Asheville; maternal grandmother, Angela Payne, of Asheville; paternal grandfather, Vito Stephen Rinaggio, Jr. and wife Joann of...

Feb 2, 2006

Asheville - Elizabeth Madge Ballinger Kissinger, 77, of 127 Aurora Drive died Thursday - February 2, 2006 at the Beverly Health Care Center after a period of declining health. A native of McMinn County, TN, she had lived in Asheville since 1940 and was a Charter Member of Grace Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Edgar...

Jan 26, 2006

Asheville - Max Flack, 84, of 19 Sunset Drive, passed away Thursday, January 26, 2006 at Pisgah Manor Health Care Center following a period of declining health. A native of McDowell County, he had resided in Buncombe County since 1957. He served for 13 years in the US Navy as a Naval Aviator during the World War II and...

Jan 25, 2006

Fairview - Burnice Brose Penley, 76, of 141 Rose Hill Road died January 25, 2006 at the home of his daughter. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he retired from Sayles Biltmore Bleacheries. He was a son of the late Henry and Nancy Penley and the husband of the late Marjorie Harris Penley. Surviving are his daughter,...

Jan 23, 2006

Asheville - Billy Taylor, 77, of 17 Park Lane died Monday, January 23, 2006. Taylor was the youngest of ten children born to W.H. and Birdie Carrol Taylor. He grew up in the South French Broad and Montford areas of Asheville becoming a carrier for the Asheville Citizen as a boy. One of his fond memories was selling newspapers...

Jan 23, 2006

Swannanoa - Louise Brackett Ledford, 75, of 203 Hawthorne Ave. died Monday January 23, 2006 in the Lexington Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a member of The Chapel. She was a daughter of the late Albert Lee and Sadie Cannon Brackett. She was also preceded in death by...

Jan 22, 2006

Asheville - Lillian Calloway Lanning, 84, of 100 Riceville Rd., formerly of 178 Louisiana Ave. passed away Sunday, January 22, 2006 following a long battle with Alzheimers. She retired in 1994 from Tyco, formerly Taylor Instrument after 30 years of service. She was a daughter of the late Zeb Franklin and Allie Bell Calloway and was also preceded in...

Jan 21, 2006

Asheville Thomas Eugene Cole, 76, of 26 Creekside Drive passed away Saturday, January 21, 2006 at the Memorial Campus of the Mission Hospital System following a short illness. A native of Buncombe County, Mr. Cole had resided in McDowell County for 25 years before returning to Buncombe County in the 1950s. Following retirement from Sayles - Biltmore Bleacheries in...

Jan 19, 2006

Asheville Gennell Brooks Tate, 82, of Asheville, died Thursday, January 19, 2006 at Mission St. Joseph Health System. Mrs. Tate was born December 9, 1923 to the late William Curtis Brooks of Balsam and the late Myrtle Patton Brooks of Haywood County. She was the granddaughter of the late John Wesley Patton and Katherine Powers of Haywood County. She...

Jan 19, 2006

Asheville - Helen Ruth Bates Wade, 78, of 751 Brevard Road, passed away Thursday, January 19, 2006 at Asheville Specialty Hospital following a period of declining health. A native of Madison County, she had resided most of her life in Buncombe County. She retired from the spinning department of American Enka, and was a member of the VFW Post...

Jan 18, 2006

Asheville - Davis Lee Pethtel, infant son of Thomas Bernard Tom and Jennifer Marie Andrews Pethtel of 6 Sand Hill School Rd. went to be with the Lord Wednesday January 18, 2006. He was preceded in death by his brother, Ethan Davis Pethtel. Surviving in addition to his parents are his sisters, Julia, Emily and Rebecca Pethtel all of...

Jan 16, 2006

Asheville - Martha Mae Sellers, 86, of Asheville and formerly of Brevard, went to be with her family Monday, January 16, 2006 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals following a period of declining health. A native of Buncombe County, she resided in Transylvania County until her retirement from Ecusta as a self-educated Research Librarian in 1990. She was...

Jan 15, 2006

Fletcher - Jean Kathryn Monfort Small, 85, passed away Sunday, January 15, 2006 at Park Ridge Hospital. Born on May 1, 1920, the only child to Chester Pete and Gladys McClean Monfort of Shelbyville, IN, Mrs. Small graduated from high School in Greensburg, IN and business school in Cincinnati, OH. She worked as a secretary and insurance underwriter for...

Jan 14, 2006

Jan 14, 2006

Fairview - George Burgan Morrow, Sr., 88, of 308 Main Street, Byers Park, Fairview was called home to be with the Lord Saturday morning, January 14, 2006 at the home of his son at 23 King George Drive in Fairview where he had resided since October of 2005. He was a native of Buncombe County and a veteran of...

Jan 14, 2006

Asheville - Paul Honeycutt, 71, of 16 Tradewind Drive died unexpectedly Saturday, January 14, 2006 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native of Rutherford County, he had lived most of his life in Buncombe County and was an avid Church Attendant and Deacon at several area churches. He was the son of the late Pearl Gladys Honeycutt. He was a...

Jan 13, 2006

Leicester - Chief Warrant Officer 3 Mitchell Kyle Mitch Carver, Jr. U.S. Army, 31, of Bravo Company 1st Battalion 10th Aviation Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Ft. Drum, New York, formerly of 125 Green Valley Rd. went to be with Jesus as he was called from the battlefield of Mosul, Iraq on Friday, January 13, 2006. A native of Buncombe...

Jan 13, 2006

Leicester Elfriede Moser Wallen, 78, of 110 Gillespie Road, passed away Friday, January 13, 2006 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospital System following a period of declining health. A native of Karshule, Germany, she had resided in Buncombe County for the past 45 years. She was a member of Jones Valley Baptist Church, and a member of Eastern...

Jan 13, 2006

Asheville - Clarence McClelland Carter, Jr., 71, of 27 Sycamore Street died Friday, January 13, 2006, at his home. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he saw formerly employed by CTS on Mills Gap Road as a foreman where he was the youngest person to be promoted to foreman. He was a member and Deacon of Trinity of Fairview...