Obituaries
James Thomas DeWeese
Apr 29, 2013
WEAVERVILLE-James Thomas DeWeese, age 90, of 37 Mountain Meadow Circle, went to be with the Lord on Monday, April 29, 2013. Mr. DeWeese was born June 12, 1922, in Buncombe County where he had lived all of his life. He graduated valedictorian from Woodfin High School at the age of 15 and graduated from Cecil's and Blanton's Business College. A...
Cecil Coolidge Fisher
Apr 28, 2013
WEAVERVILLE—Cecil Coolidge Fisher, age 88, of Sunset Drive, died Sunday, April 28, 2013.
Mr. Fisher was born June 3, 1924, in Madison County and was a resident of Buncombe County for most of his life. He was a 1942 graduate of Marshall High School. He was an owner-operator with North American Van Lines. Cecil served in the Pacific in...
Thomas L. Johnson
Apr 22, 2013
ALEXANDER—Thomas L. Johnson, age 77, of Alexander and Santeetlah Shores, went to his heavenly father on Monday April 22, 2013, from his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born December 11, 1935, in Buncombe County. He was the son of the late Coleman and Lockie Worley Johnson. His times on Lake Santeetlah with his wife and family were...
Ruth Ballard Wilson
Apr 21, 2013
WEAVERVILLE—Ruth Ballard Wilson, age 89, of Weaverville, died Sunday, April 21, 2013. Mrs. Wilson was born April 8, 1924, in Reems Creek where she had lived all of her life. She graduated from Weaverville High School as salutatorian, and attended Blanton's Business College. She retired from Mills Manufacturing. A member of Beech-Glen Baptist Church, she attended South Fork Methodist Church...
Faye Maxwell Honeycutt
Apr 19, 2013
WEAVERVILLE –Faye Maxwell Honeycutt, age 83, of 87 Herron Cove Rd., went to be with the Lord on Friday, April 19, 2013. Mrs. Honeycutt was born April 12, 1930, in Madison County and was a resident of Buncombe County for most of her life. She retired from Mills Manufacturing after 22 years of employment. She enjoyed flower gardening and bird...
Fergus Pope
Apr 19, 2013
BURNSVILLE—Dr. Fergus Pope—physician, Humanitarian, environmentalist, pacifist and devoted husband and father -- died peacefully at his home in Celo on April 19, 2013, after a lengthy battle with Parkinson's. He was 83.
Pope was a prominent pediatrician and child psychiatrist who moved to Yancey County in 1969 with his wife, Ruth, and their three young children. At the time,...
Lillian Mitchell Carson
Apr 18, 2013
CONWAY, AR/BARNARDSVILLE—Lillian Mitchell Carson, age 86, of Conway, Ark., formerly of Barnardsville, went to be with her Lord Thursday, April 18, 2013, in Conway. Mrs. Carson was born October 30, 1926, in Jacksonville, Ark., and was a resident of Washington, DC, and Maryland for a number of years before moving to Barnardsville in 1977. Lillian was co-owner and administrator of...
Jacqueline Maria Sluder Ivey
Apr 17, 2013
LEICESTER—Jacqueline Maria Sluder Ivey, age 59, of 1 Printers Lane, died Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Jacqueline was born May 26, 1953, in Buncombe County where she had lived most of her life. She was the first female deputy patrol officer in North Carolina. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Black Mountain. She was preceded in death by...
Betty Roberts Penley
Apr 16, 2013
WEAVERVILLE—Betty Roberts Penley, age 88, of 272 Hamburg Mountain Rd., died Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Mrs. Penley was born October 9, 1924, in Buncombe County where she had lived all of her life. She was the former owner of Kentucky Fried Chicken Restaurant in Hendersonville. Betty was a member of Weaverville United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by...
Della Dodd Davis
Apr 15, 2013
ASHEVILLE—Della Dodd Davis, age 86, of Asheville, died Monday, April 15, 2013. Mrs. Davis was born May 22, 1926. A native of Barnardsville, she was a resident of Yancey County for most of her life and lived in Buncombe County for the last 30 years. She was a member of Richland Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her...
Wesley \ Hurni
Apr 12, 2013
ASHEVILLE—Rev. Wesley "Wes" Hurni, age 92, of Asheville, died Friday, April 12, 2013. Rev. Hurni was born November 2, 1920, in St. Louis, Mo., where he lived for the first 15 years of his life. He then moved to Norfolk, Va., where he resided until going to college at Nyack College in N.Y. He was a resident of Asheville most...
Rita Arrington Smith
Apr 11, 2013
WEAVERVILLE—Rita Arrington Smith, age 59, of McLean Rd., died Thursday, April 11, 2013. Mrs. Smith was born November 23, 1953, in Madison County. She was a homemaker and formerly employed with Microswitch. She was a former member of Arrington Branch Baptist Church and currently a member of Locust Grove Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Cleophus and...
Roger Shepard Whitlock
Apr 10, 2013
WEAVERVILLE—Roger Shepard Whitlock, age 92, of Weaverville, died Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Mr. Whitlock was born September 18, 1920, in Cook County, Ill. He attended Princeton University class of 1942. He built transmitters for WKDN in Camden, N.J., and WGEM in Quincey, Ill. He was a ham radio operator since the age of 15. A veteran of the US Army...
Alva Hull Cowan
Apr 8, 2013
Alva Hull Cowan, Jr., of Bear Creek Road, Asheville, died Monday, April 8, 2013 at John F. Keever Solace Center.
Al was a native of Buncombe County and a lifelong resident, except during his military service. He was born to the late Alva Hull Cowan, Sr., and Ruby McCurry Cowan. Also preceding him in death were his wife, Ella...
Jerry Forest Henderson
Apr 8, 2013
WEAVERVILLE—Jerry Forest Henderson, age 69, of 362 Ox Creek Rd., died Monday, April 8, 2013. Jerry was born July 16, 1943, in Buncombe County where he lived most of his life. He had a generous giving heart and was a master storyteller with a great sense of humor. Jerry deeply loved his family, his church and farm. He was in...
William L. Richards
Apr 7, 2013
William L. Richards, age 88, of Asheville, died Sunday, April 7, 2013.
Mr. Richards was born August 16, 1924 in Newport News, VA and was a resident of Buncombe County since 1980.
Mr. Richards was a linotype machine operator with the Daily Press in Newport News with whom he spent his entire career. William was a veteran of World...
Maurice Maynor
Apr 7, 2013
BARNARDSVILLE –Maurice Maynor, age 69, of Martins Creek Rd., went to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 7, 2013, after an extended illness. Mr. Maynor was born May 27, 1943, in Buncombe County. He was the son of the late Joe and Nora Maynor. Surviving are his wife of 50 years, Mae McKinney Maynor; daughters, Kathy Phillips and husband...
John L. Chapman
Apr 4, 2013
ASHEVILLE—John L. Chapman, age 68, of Asheville, died Thursday, April 4, 2013, after a brief illness. Mr. Chapman was born October 21, 1944, in Walhalla, S.C., and was a resident of Asheville for most of his life. He was a longtime employee of Gerber Products, later in life selling and distributing produce. He was a member of Mt. Carmel Baptist...
Jacqueline M. \ Carrier Governo
Apr 4, 2013
WEAVERVILLE—Jacqueline M. \"Jackie\" (Carrier) Governo, 50, of Weaverville, N.C., formerly of Fall River, Mass., and Florence, S.C., died on April 4, 2013, at The John F. Keever Solace Center in Asheville, N.C., after a valiant battle with cancer. She was the wife of Dr. Scott Governo. Born in Fall River, Mass., a daughter of Helen Carrier and the late Joseph...
Onie Griffin Higgins
Apr 3, 2013
WEAVERVILLE—Onie Griffin Higgins, age 94, of Weaverville, died Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Mrs. Higgins was born June 7, 1918, in Buncombe County where she had lived all of her life. She was formerly employed at Swannanoa Laundry for 12 years. Onie was a caretaker for many loved ones and loved her family and working in her yard. She was preceded...
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