Obituaries
Madeline A. Gobbel
Oct 30, 2009
Cemetery: Asheville Area Alternative (Elmwood Cemetery, Columbia, SC)
Mary Virginia \ Forester
Oct 29, 2009
WEAVERVILLE—Mary Virginia "Ginger" Forester, age 68, of 43 Dogwood Dr., died Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. Ginger was born March 30, 1941, in Buncombe County where she had lived all of her life. She was a 1959 graduate of Lee Edwards High School. She married the love of her life April 9, 1963. Ginger was a long-time employee at Southern Bell...
Robert \ E. Hanrahan
Oct 27, 2009
WEAVERVILLE—Robert "Bob" E. Hanrahan, Jr., age 68, of Weaverville died Tuesday, October 27, 2009. Bob was born July 20, 1941, in Denver, Colo. where he lived until 1987, and California for two years before moving to Weaverville in 1989. He was a son of the late Robert E. Hanrahan, Sr., and Marguerite Buckles Hanrahan. He was also preceded in death...
Linda Buckner Prewitt & Son Donald R. Harwood
Oct 25, 2009
WEAVERVILLE—Linda Buckner Prewitt and her son, Donald R. Harwood both died October 25, 2009. Linda was born June 1, 1949 in Buncombe County and was formerly employed at Sonopress for 20 plus years. She is survived by her parents, Dewey & Magalene Crawford Buckner and brother, Jeff Buckner and wife, Linda. Donald was born March 17, 1970 in Buncombe County....
Betty Jeanne Kruger Pfann
Oct 24, 2009
WEAVERVILLE - Betty Jeanne Kruger Pfann, age 75 of the Reems Creek Golf Community in Weaverville, NC, passed peacefully on Saturday, October 24, 2009 in Asheville, NC. She was born in Octavia, Nebraska on April 30, 1934. She was 75 years young. Betty attended the University of Nebraska, where she was a sister in Pi Beta Phi Sorority, and met...
Leonard E. Sluder
Oct 23, 2009
WEAVERVILLE—Leonard E. Sluder, age 87, of Melbourne, Fla., passed away October 23, 2009.
Mr. Sluder was born in Weaverville, N.C., on August 22, 1922. He was a World War II veteran, trained as a pilot. After the war he traveled the world and met his wife of 41 years, Nadine Eilskov, while living in South Africa. They lived in...
Pauline Stines Ledford
Oct 22, 2009
ASHEVILLE—Pauline Stines Ledford, age 88, of 112 N. Ridge Dr., died Thursday, October 22, 2009, at Memorial Mission Hospital. Mrs. Ledford was born February 11, 1921, in the East Fork Community of Madison County but spent most of her life in Buncombe County. She was the daughter of the late Harvey and Bernice Peek Stines. Also preceding her in death...
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