Obituaries
Joretta Mae Hall
Apr 24, 2022
Joretta Mae Dillingham Hall, age 89, died on April 24, 2022, at Anderson, South Carolina.
Born on December 14, 1932 in the Big Ivy Community of Barnardsville, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Elender Carl Dillingham and Lula Vivian Carson Dillingham. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John Hugh Hall, a...
Larry Massey
Apr 18, 2022
WEAVERVILLE – Larry Massey, 74, passed away on April 18, 2022, at his residence surrounded by his family. Mr. Massey was born December 2, 1947 and was a resident of Buncombe County most of his life. He was the son of the late George and Edna Johnson Massey and was also preceded in death by his sister, Barbara Hensley and...
Katherine Melinda Banks
Apr 10, 2022
Katherine Melinda Banks, age 92, of Leicester died Sunday, April 10, 2022.
Mrs. Banks was born February 2,1930 in Buncombe County, where she lived all her life. She was the daughter of the late Raymond Hawkins and Elizabeth “Betsey” Alexander Hawkins and was the wife of Charles H. “Flashlight” Banks for 71 years.
Mrs. Banks was a lifetime member of Mountain View...
Bill Byrd
Mar 30, 2022
WEAVERVILLE – Bill Byrd, age 86, of Weaverville, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, March 30, 2022.
Mr. Byrd was born August 8, 1935, in Rockdale County, Georgia to the late Floyd and Doris Piper Byrd; he was a native of Covington, Georgia. Bill served in the US Army 1958-1964. He earned rank of Specialist E-5; served in Ft. Chaffee,...
Marvin Mackey
Mar 26, 2022
WEAVERVILLE- Marvin Mackey, 89, went to be with the Lord March 26, 2022. Mr. Mackey was born September 14, 1932, to the late Austin and Eujenia Mackey. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his wife of 56 years Birty Mackey in 2021, his brothers L.B, Charles, John, and Sam and sisters Frances, Lucile, and Carolyn....
Edna N. Allen
Mar 26, 2022
BARNARDSVILLE – Edna N. Allen, age 97, of Barnardsville, ran her race and crossed the finish line into Heaven on Saturday, March 26, 2022.
Mrs. Allen was born March 11, 1925 in Buncombe County to the late Garfer Roscoe and Sallie Ballard Burrell. She was a resident of Buncombe County for most of her life. She worked at Beacon Manufacturing during...
Louise Plemmons
Mar 22, 2022
Mrs. Annie Louise Radford Plemmons, 90, of 6 Wiley Drive, Asheville, passed away Tuesday, March, 22, 2022, after a period of declining health.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday, March 28, at the Chapel of West Funeral Home in Weaverville with the Rev. Wesley Pike and the Rev. Jerry Wheeler officiating. Burial will follow at the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church...
Jack Davis
Mar 20, 2022
WEAVERVILLE - John “Jack” Watson Davis, age 91, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, at the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville on Sunday, March 20, 2022.
Jack was born in Sylva, NC and was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He loved these Western North Carolina mountains. He was predeceased by his father and mother, Whitney E. and...
Eloise Marie Rice
Mar 19, 2022
ELOISE MARIE ANDERSON RICE
WEAVERVILLE – Eloise Marie Anderson Rice, age 80, of Weaverville died Saturday, March 19, 2022.
Mrs. Rice was born in Buncombe County to the late William Daniel Anderson and Jettie Lee Harwood Anderson. She was a resident of Buncombe County for most of her life. She was married to the late Gordon Edward Rice who passed away in...
Rita B. Ringwood
Mar 15, 2022
Rita B. Ringwood, age 80, arrived in the loving arms of God on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. She was born in St. Marys, Tasmania, Australia, on the 1st of July 1941 to the late Amy and Walter Scales. In addition to her parents, Rita is also joining in Heaven, her baby boy Danial, granddaughter, Nina “T.” Horan and her siblings,...
Melzar Lee Harwood
Mar 10, 2022
WEAVERVILLE – Melzar L. Harwood, age 78 of Weaverville went to be with his Savior and Lord Thursday, March 10, 2022.
He was the son of the late Aaron C. Harwood and Ruby B. Harwood.
He was a resident of Buncombe County for most of his life. He retired from the U.S. Army after 22 years of service. He was an avid...
Wayne Martin Brown
Mar 10, 2022
WOODFIN - Wayne Martin Brown, age 81, of Woodfin died Thursday, March 10, 2022.
Mr. Brown was born July 20, 1940 in Buncombe County to the late S.R. and Violet Johnson Brown. He was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County, and was employed at Burlington Industries for many years.
Mr. Brown was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Christine Brown who...
Patricia Grace Reynolds
Mar 9, 2022
Patricia G. Reynolds, age 92, of Weaverville passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2022.
Patricia was born March 12, 1929, in Indianapolis, Indiana to the late John and Etta Hudnall Gavin. She was the wife of the late Raymond Lawrence Reynolds who died in 2021.
Surviving are her daughters, Dianna Billig-Belding, and Teresa Benner; sons, James Reynolds, John Benner and Lawrence Benner; four grandchildren,...
Lisa Gail Swann
Mar 9, 2022
Lisa Gail Swann, age 58, of Asheville went to be with her Heavenly Father Wednesday, March 9, 2022.
Ms. Swann was born March 17, 1963 in Maryland to Palmer Buttry and Joann Barr. She was a resident of Buncombe County for most of her life. Lisa loved all animals, from dogs, monkeys and elephants to her cat, Queenie. She loved everything...
John L. Goforth
Mar 6, 2022
John Lawton Goforth, 86, of Asheville, NC, passed in the early morning of March 6, 2022.
He might have been born in the early morning of Leap Day 1936 on Big Pine in Madison County, NC. He grew up loving cars, going fast, and a young girl who became our mother. He figured out how to make a living doing these...
Barbara Trahon
Mar 6, 2022
Barbara (Burke) Trahon was born in Cambridge, MA, daughter of Mary Quill and Maurice Burke. She grew up in a single parent household as one of eight siblings during The Great Depression.
She married her soulmate, Richard K. "Nish" Trahon, a Marine Corps Veteran of the Korean War, on a snowy day in January of 1958.
Barbara was a medical transcriptionist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston...
Joyce Davis King
Mar 3, 2022
WEAVERVILLE – Joyce Davis King, age 84, of Weaverville, died Thursday, March 3, 2022.
Mrs. King was born April 10, 1937, in Buncombe County, to the late Thomas Cornelius and Martha Ball Davis; she was a resident of Buncombe County most of her life.
Joyce was a dedicated and hardworking woman who worked until she was 74. She was a loving mother,...
Linda Kay Carson
Mar 2, 2022
Linda Kay Carson, age 67, of Arden, died Wednesday, March 2, 2022.
She was born October 3, 1954, in Buncombe County to the late Chester D. and Mildred Carson Carson.
Linda was a graduate of North Buncombe High School. She retired as an Assistant Clerk of Court in Buncombe County, after 32 years of service.
Linda enjoyed flower gardening, walking, and reading. She...
Sandra Kay Buckner
Feb 27, 2022
Sandra K. Buckner, 75, of Sylva passed away Sunday, February 27, 2022.
Sandra was born May 29, 1946 to the late W. T. “Ted” Buckner and Bernice Ray Buckner. A native of Barnardsville, she was a dedicated homemaker. Sandra was a talented self-taught decorator and decorated many beautiful homes. She also created beautiful floral pieces.
Sandra was a loving person, and loved...
Barbara "Bobbie" Horman Webster
Feb 25, 2022
ASHEVILLE – Barbara “Bobbie” Homan Webster, age 90, of Asheville, passed into heaven peacefully on Friday, February 25, 2022.
A native of Warren, Ohio, she was the daughter of James Edgar Homan and Ann Elizabeth Kerrigan Homan. She attended Penn State University. During those college years, Bobbie met her future husband who was an architectural student at Carnegie Mellon Institute of...
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