Sam Robinson
Jan 11, 2006
Leicester - Sgt. Ralph Samuel Sam Robinson, Retired, 55, went to be with his Lord and family on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at Memorial Mission Hospital after a long illness. A native of Anniston, Ala., he resided in Buncombe County most of his life. He retired in 1998 from the Buncombe County Sheriffs Dept. following 20 years in the...
Catherine Sluder
Jan 11, 2006
Alexander Vera Catherine Sluder, 86, of 768 Alexander Road died Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at her residence. She was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County and a daughter of the late Ottis Franklin Sluder and Grace Louella Embler Sluder. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Embler Sluder and nephew, Dale Sluder. Miss Sluder retired from the...
Weaver Sams
Jan 11, 2006
Leicester - Weaver Sams, 83, of 71 Mink Farm Road, passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospital System following a period of declining health. A native of Madison County, he had resided most of his life in Buncombe County. He was a construction worker for Bonitz Insulation Company. Mr. Sams was the son...
Bill K. Matthews
Jan 9, 2006
Asheville Bill K. Matthews, 78, of 46 Deerwood Drive, joined the church triumphant on Monday, January 9, 2006 at his residence following an extended illness. A native of Buncombe County, he was a 1944 graduate of Lee H. Edwards High School and a graduate of Asheville Biltmore College. He was formerly employed with the Asheville Citizen-Times from 1943 to...
James Tommy "Tom" Harris
Jan 9, 2006
Fairview James Tommy Harris, 63, of 367 Bob Barnwell Road, passed away unexpectedly Monday, January 9, 2006 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospital System. A native of Yancey County, He had resided most of his life in Buncombe County. He was self-employed as a painting contractor and was of the Baptist faith. He was the son of the...
Rev. Dr. Bruce L. Bartlett
Jan 5, 2006
Asheville - Rev. Dr. Bruce Lewis Bartlett, 52, of 863 Merrills Cove Road, went to be with his Lord Thursday, January 5, 2006. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. Rev. Bartlett was Pastor and Founder of Bible Way Baptist Church in Black Mountain. He was a 1972 graduate of A.C. Reynolds H.S., attended Tennessee Temple University and graduated in...
Robert Alex "Bob" Shaft
Jan 4, 2006
Weaverville Robert Alex Bob Shaft, 81, of 297 Garrison Branch Road, died January 4, 2006 at the Asheville VA Medical Center. A native of Buncombe County, he lived in Atlanta, GA for many years before returning to Buncombe County in 1981. He was a member of Mt. Bethel Freewill Baptist Church. He was a WW II veteran of the...
Dorothy Marie "Dottie" Wells
Jan 3, 2006
Asheville - Dorothy Marie Crisp Dottie Wells, 77, of 200 Tunnel Road Apt. 465 died Tuesday January 3, 2006 at St. Josephs Hospital after a period of declining health. A native of Buncombe County, she had lived in Grand Prairie, TX for several years before returning to Buncombe County in 1993. She was a daughter of the late Arthur...
Roselin Judith "Rose" Williams
Jan 2, 2006
Asheville Roselin Judith Rose Williams, 71, of 17 Pine Burr Road, passed away Monday, January 2, 2005 at the Laurels of Summit Ridge. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was the Associate Manager for Eckerds Drug Store for 45 years and a longtime member of West Asheville Baptist Church. Rose was the daughter of the late Gordon Charles...
Roger Clark Pepper
Jan 1, 2006
Asheville - Roger Clark Pepper, 58, of 30 Edgemont Rd. Apt 23A, died unexpectedly Sunday January 1, 2006 at his residence. A native of Huntington, WV, he had resided in Buncombe County since 2001. He was a member of 4th Avenue United Methodist Church in Huntington, WV and a U.S. Army veteran. He was a son of the late...
Mary Lee Sparks
Jan 1, 2006
Asheville - Mary Lee Sparks, 49, of 39 Ridgeway Drive went to be with her Lord on January 1, 2006. A native of Clovis, NM she had resided in Buncombe County most of her Life. She was a graduate of Owen High School and Berea College and received her AAS in Nursing from AB Tech. She formerly worked with...
Harriett Snelson
Dec 31, 2005
Asheville - Harriett Louise Hunter Snelson, 77, of 3 Huntington Road died Saturday - December 31, 2005 at The Laurels of Summit Ridge after a period of declining health. A native of McDowell County, she had lived in Buncombe County for most of her life and was a longtime member of Groce United Methodist Church. She was the daughter...
Wilma Sexton
Dec 28, 2005
Asheville - Wilma Mary Jane Sexton, 75, of 70 Sweeten Creek Rd. passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2005. A native of Madison County. She was a daughter of the late Manuel James and Bessie Mae Edwards Sexton. Surviving are her sister, Christine Moulds of Asheville; brothers, James Sexton of Asheville and Charles Albert Sexton of Marshall; several nieces and...
Myrtle B. Ramsey
Dec 28, 2005
West Asheville Myrtle Bell Briggs Ramsey, 99, of 6 Wilburn Road, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2005 at her residence following a period of declining health. A native of Yancey County she had resided in Buncombe County since 1943. She was the daughter of the late Willard Kimsey Briggs and Darcas Jane Wilson Briggs and the wife of Arnold...
William Herbert "Bill" Anders
Dec 23, 2005
Asheville - William Herbert Anders, 82, of Asheville, was born August 23, 1923 in Asheville and died December 23, 2005 at the John F. Keever Solace Center. A native of Buncombe County, Herbert was the son of the late William Bart and Jennie Watkins Anders, and the older brother of the late Charles N. Anders, who is survived by...
Stallard M. Roberts
Dec 23, 2005
Charlotte - Stallard M. Roberts of Charlotte passed away unexpectantly Friday, December 23, 2005. A native of Asheville. He was a son of the late Reagan Roberts, Mae Roberts Payne and Daitus Payne and had resided in Charlotte for over 20 years. After graduating from Lee Edwards High School in 1954 he entered the US Army and spent two...
Ruth Almeda Laws
Dec 22, 2005
Fairview Ruth Almeda Laws, 83, of Fleshers Fairview Health Care Center passed away Thursday, December 22, 2005 at her residence. A native of Johnstown, PA. Mrs. Laws has resided in Buncombe County since 1974 and was formerly employed with Aston Park Health Care. She was a daughter of the late James Porter Black and Anna Mae Bowser Black and...
Aslee Jones Ashe
Dec 21, 2005
Asheville - Aslee Odesamae Payne Jones Ashe, 82, of 74 Crestfield Avenue died Wednesday - December 21,2005 at St. Josephs Hospital after a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was formerly the resident manager of the Princess Ann Retirement Hotel for over 20 years. She was a daughter of the late Lon Rankin Payne...
Mark Thompson
Dec 20, 2005
Asheville - Mark Wayne Thompson, 49, of 51 Dix Creek Chapel Road, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, December 20, 2005 as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. A native of Gaston County, he had lived in Buncombe County since 1979. He was an underground foreman with M.B. Haynes Electric Company and was a member of Freedom Baptist...
John T. Reynolds Jr.
Dec 20, 2005
Arden John Timothy Reynolds, Jr., 28, of 27 Laurel Court, passed away Tuesday, December 20, 2005 following injuries substained in an automobile accident. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. John was the son of Sheila Ann Rhew Kimball and the late John Timothy Reynolds. In addition to his Dad he was also preceded in death by his paternal grandmother,...
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