Obituaries
Charles Wesley Kelly
Jan 16, 2014
CHARLES WESLEY "WES" KELLY, JR. WEAVERVILLE - Charles Wesley "Wes" Kelly, Jr., age 43, of 26 Salem Acres, died Thursday, January 16, 2014. Wes was born in South Boston, Virginia and was a resident of Weaverville for the past 30 years. He was a graduate of North Buncombe High School and UNC Asheville. He loved deep sea fishing and N.C....
Margaret Sluder Ponder
Jan 15, 2014
MARGARET SLUDER PONDER WEAVERVILLE - Margaret Sluder Ponder, age 90, of 15 Harbeck Drive, died Wednesday, January 15, 2014. Mrs. Ponder was born August 15, 1923 in the Leicester community of Buncombe County. She married Vance Ponder in 1950 and they moved to Weaverville in 1951. She retired after 30 years from the National Climatic Data Center. Margaret was a...
Julia Mae Bradburn
Jan 12, 2014
JULIA MAE BRADBURN WOODFIN - Julia Mae Bradburn, age 84, of Woodfin, died Sunday, January 12, 2014. Miss. Bradburn was born August 7, 1929, in Union County, SC to the late Thomas M. Bradburn, Sr. and Lela Frisbee Bradburn. She was also preceded in death by her twin brother, Julius Bradburn; brother, Alvin Bradburn; and sisters, Iowa Candler and Frankie...
Anna Mae Jones
Jan 10, 2014
ANNA MAE JONES WEAVERVILLE - Anna Mae Jones, age 72, died Friday, January 10, 2014. Mrs. Jones was born April 8, 1941, in Brooklyn, NY, the only child of the late Chester and Victoria Jankowski. She graduated from high school at age seventeen with the Latin medal and honors. Her first job was at the American Broadcast Company (ABC). In...
Wanda Ballew Jordan
Jan 1, 2014
WANDA BALLEW JORDAN WEAVERVILLE - Wanda Ballew Jordan, age 71, of 45 B Hillside St., died Wednesday, January 1, 2014. A daughter of the late Henry and Ollie Harwood Ballew, Mrs. Jordan was born June 27, 1942 in Buncombe County where she lived all of her life. She retired from Square D after 27 years. Wanda enjoyed ceramics, knitting, and...
Thomas Clark Brown
Dec 31, 2013
THOMAS CLARK BROWN ASHEVILLE - Thomas Clark Brown, age 77, of 16 Carrier Place, died Tuesday, December 31, 2013. Mr. Brown was born January 5, 1936 in Knox County, TN. He attended North Carolina State College (now North Carolina State University). He was employed by Troitino & Brown, Inc. from 1957 until 1973 doing roadway, bridge, tunnel and major stone...
Robert Daniel “Bob†Price
Dec 23, 2013
ROBERT DANIEL "BOB" PRICE, SR. WEAVERVILLE - Robert Daniel "Bob" Price, Sr., age 88, of Flat Creek School Rd., Weaverville passed away peacefully Monday, December 23, 2013 at the John F. Keever Solace Center in Asheville. Mr. Price was born on August 24, 1925 in Creston, NC, the eldest of thirteen children of the late Daniel Cleveland and Eula Mae...
Christiane M. Brown
Dec 20, 2013
CHRISTIANE BROWN ASHEVILLE -Christiane Brown, 99 of Asheville, passed away peacefully at her home on December 20th 2013. She is survived by her four children Edie Schneider of Asheville, Claudia Lozier of Johnstown, NY, Edward Woods of Asheville, and Antoinette Sanders of Asheville. She is also survived by eleven grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. Christiane's life spanned one of the...
Billy Dean Clayton
Dec 16, 2013
ASHEVILLE - Billy Dean Clayton, age 78, died peacefully Monday, December 16, 2013 in Asheville. Mr. Clayton was born May 9, 1935, in Butler, Oklahoma. He grew up in Southern California and after marrying and having children he moved to Springfield, MO. While living in Springfield he worked for the U.S. Postal Service as a letter carrier, retiring in 1990....
Randal Kirk Maney
Dec 14, 2013
RANDAL KIRK MANEY WOODFIN/CHAPEL HILL - Randal Kirk Maney, age 54 of Chapel Hill, formerly of Woodfin died Saturday, December 14, 2013. Randy was born August 14, 1959 in Buncombe County and was a resident of Chapel Hill for 25 years. He was an avid hunter, fisherman and loved the North Carolina Tarheels. He also loved to cook and take...
Annie Brigman Gaddy
Dec 13, 2013
ANNIE BRIGMAN GADDY BARNARDSVILLE - Annie Brigman Gaddy, age 98, of North Fork Road, died Friday, December 13, 2013. Mrs. Gaddy was born September 30, 1915, in Buncombe County to the late Grover and Nancy Jenkins Brigman. She was a member of Pisgah Forest Freewill Baptist Church. Annie was the wife of the late William B. Gaddy who died in...
Marcella Teague Morgan
Dec 11, 2013
MARCELLA TEAGUE MORGAN BARNARDSVILLE - Marcella Teague Morgan, age 67, of 210 Buckner Branch Road went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, December 11, 2013. Marcella was born August 13, 1946 and was a 1964 graduate of North Buncombe High School and was there after a graduate of Mars Hill College. She taught school for 32 years and was at...
Lucas & Charlotte Ducker
Dec 11, 2013
LUCAS & CHARLOTTE DUCKER WEAVERVILLE - Lucas and Charlotte Ducker, beloved infant son and daughter of Brandon and Sunny Williams Ducker, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 11, 2013. Also surviving are their maternal grandparents, Ted and Janis Williams of Leicester; paternal grandparents, Gary Ducker of Leicester, and Steve and Sandra Flynn Rice of Weaverville; maternal great...
Eva Burrell Corn
Dec 7, 2013
EVA BURRELL CORN CANDLER - Eva Burrell Corn, age 80, of 89 Pete Luther Road, died Saturday, December 7, 2013. Mrs. Corn was born November 6, 1933. She was a retired Buncombe County school teacher and a member of Canton First Baptist Church. A devoted Chevrolet owner, she loved teaching, animals, traveling, gardening and bird watching. Eva was also an...
Jerry L. Oakes
Dec 4, 2013
JERRY L. OAKES ASHEVILLE-Jerry L. Oakes, age 62, of Asheville died Wednesday, December 4, 2013. Mr. Oakes was born December 18, 1950 in Buncombe County to the late Novel Fred and Louise Brigman Oakes. He was employed for 10 years in the telecommunications field with Howard Collins. Jerry was a US Navy Veteran. He enjoyed antiquing, gun shows, antique cars,...
Johnnie Leatha Jane Henderson Anders
Dec 4, 2013
JOHNNIE LEATHA JANE HENDERSON ANDERS ASHEVILLE - Johnnie Leatha Jane Henderson Anders, age 93 of Pinecroft Road, died Tuesday December 3, 2013. Mrs. Anders was born June 16, 1920. She was the daughter of the late George S. Henderson and Athaliah Osteen Ingle Henderson. Johnnie was married to the late William Jefferson Anders who died Jan. 1, 1986. She was...
Carolyn Fox Ray
Dec 3, 2013
CAROLYN FOX RAY WEAVERVILLE -Carolyn Fox Ray, age 64, of Dogwood Drive, died Tuesday, December 3, 2013. Mrs. Ray was born December 12, 1948 in Buncombe County where she had lived all of her life. Mrs. Ray was employed as a secretary with the Adams-Hendon Law Firm for the past 25 years. Carolyn was a member of the Newbridge Baptist...
Howard Wayne Capps
Dec 3, 2013
WEAVERVLLE - Howard Wayne Capps, age 84, of Indian Camp Branch Rd. died Tuesday, December 3, 2013. Mr. Capps was born February 20, 1929, in Madison County and was a resident of Weaverville since 1970 where he was the former owner of Capps Grocery Store and later retired from Andrex Knitting Mill. He was a member of Westview Baptist Church....
Ora Parris Sluder
Nov 23, 2013
Ora Parris Sluder, age 92 of Alexander, died Saturday, November 23, 2013. Mrs. Sluder was born October 10, 1921, in Buncombe County where she had lived all of her life. She was a Charter member of Alexander Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late James Ervin Parris and Delia Haney Parris and wife of the late Arnold Lee...
Lawrence Albert Mason
Nov 20, 2013
LAWRENCE ALBERT MASON WOODFIN - Lawrence Albert Mason 69, went home to be with the Lord he served and loved with his whole heart on Wednesday, November 20, 2013. He was born in Alexander on September 16, 1944 to the late Lawrence and Oma Massey Mason. Also preceding him in death was his twin brother, James Mason. A veteran of...
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