Obituaries
Jack Reese
Jan 29, 2014
JACK REESE ASHEVILLE - Jack Reese, age 74, of 7 Oaken Court, died Wednesday, January 29, 2014. Mr. Reese was born September 7, 1939. Son of the late Edward A. and Edna Ball Reese. Surviving are his wife Mabel Metcalf Reese; daughters, Patricia Angel and Eva Blankenship; son, Jack Reese, Jr. and sisters, Phoebe Ramsey and Edna Selman. His funeral...
Emmitt Henry Phillips
Jan 26, 2014
EMMITT HENRY PHILLIPS WEAVERVILLE - Emmitt Henry Phillips, age 83, of 863 Reems Creek Road, went to be with the Lord, Sunday, January 26, 2014. Mr. Phillips was self-employed in both residential and commercial building. Son of the late Hubert and Minnie Cutshall Phillips, he was also preceded in death by his wife Ruby Griffin Phillips who died in 2002;...
Mary Katherine Fisher Cheek
Jan 25, 2014
MARY KATHERINE FISHER CHEEK WEAVERVILLE - Mary Katherine Fisher Cheek, age 78, of Weaverville died Saturday, January 25, 2014. Mrs. Cheek was born August 7, 1935 in Madison County to the late Leonard James and Ella Buckner Fisher. Mary was a co-owner of Brank Insurance Agency until 1998, retiring in 1999. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Weaverville...
Robert W. LaDu
Jan 24, 2014
DR. ROBERT W. LADU WEAVERVILLE - Dr. Robert Willet LaDu, age 93, of Weaverville, died suddenly at his Weaverville home on Friday, January 24, 2014. Dr. LaDu was born June 27, 1920 in Cleveland, Ohio to the late Roy and Nannie Sophia Anderson LaDu. Bob served as 1st Lieutenant with the 45th division of the U.S. Army Infantry in North...
Merion Arrington
Jan 23, 2014
MERION "ED" ARRINGTON CANDLER- Merion Edward "Ed" Arrington, age 76, of Candler died Thursday, January 23, 2014. Mr. Arrington was born September 29, 1937 in Buncombe County to the late C. C. "Lum" and Evelyn Evans Arrington. Also preceding him in death are his brothers, Jim, Bill and Coy Arrington. Mr. Arrington retired from Biltmore Forest Country Club and was...
Mary Emily Keetch Vincent
Jan 23, 2014
MARY EMILY KEETCH VINCENT WEAVERVILLE - Mary Emily Keetch Vincent, age 66, of Weaverville and Vicksburg, MS died January 23, 2014 at her home in Weaverville. She is survived by a sister Ellen Craig of Asheville and a former husband Linwood Vincent of Monterey, CA. She was preceded in death by her parents John Keetch and Florence Marshall Keetch and...
Lucille Harris Burleson
Jan 21, 2014
LUCILLE HARRIS BURLESON BARNARDSVILLE -Lucille Harris Burleson, age 82, of Martins Creek Road, died Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at Madison Health and Rehabilitation, where she had resided the last 5 years. Mrs. Burleson was born September 14, 1931 in Buncombe County where she had lived all of her life. She and her late husband sang with The True Gospel Quartet...
Rhea A. Parris
Jan 19, 2014
RHEA ALEXANDER PARRIS HIGH POINT - Rhea Alexander Parris, 93, of High Point, went home to be with her Heavenly Father on Jan. 19, 2014. She was born in Alexander on June 7, 1920. Her parents were the late Norman James and Vauda Carrie Bridges Alexander. Rhea attended French Broad High School and married Dennis Van Parris on Jan. 8,...
Donna Coddington Anderson
Jan 17, 2014
WEAVERVILLE - Donna Coddington Anderson, age 76, of 744 Reems Creek Rd., died Friday, January 17, 2014. Donna was born February 20, 1937, in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in Asheville from an early age. She was the cherished wife of her devoted husband Donald H. Anderson for 54 years. She was an active member of Reems Creek-Beech Presbyterian Church...
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...
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