Obituaries
Maefrie Allen
Dec 1, 2012
BARNARDSVILLE—Maefrie Allen, age 94, of 31 Burleson Branch Rd., died Saturday, December 1, 2012. Mrs. Allen was born May 1, 1918, in Yancey County and was a resident of Buncombe County for most of her life. She was a loving mother who enjoyed gardening, working with flowers, and spending time making her home special for her family. She was preceded...
Pearlie Jane Haney Radcliff
Nov 30, 2012
PLEASE SEE NEW FUNERAL SCHEDULE LEICESTER—Pearlie Jane Haney Radcliff, age 78, of 471 Ridgeview Rd., died Friday, November 30, 2012. Mrs. Radcliff was born August 9, 1934, in Buncombe County. She retired from Square D in 1991 and was a member of Mt. View Freewill Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Horace and Mary Jane Paris...
Ada Lea Riddle
Nov 28, 2012
ASHEVILLE—Ada Lea Riddle, age 82, of Baird Cove Rd. died Wednesday, November 28, 2012. Mrs. Riddle was born July 25, 1930, in Yancey County and was a resident of Buncombe County for most of her life. She was formerly employed at Lion's Industry for the Blind. Ada Lea was a great cook and enjoyed flower gardening. She attended Union Chapel...
Jackie McGuinn
Nov 24, 2012
WEAVERVILLE—Jackie McGuinn, age 63, of Weaverville died Saturday, November 24, 2012. Surviving are his wife, Dottie McGuinn; daughter, Doris McGuinn of Henderson; stepdaughter, Angela and her spouse Bertrand Pollono, two step-grandsons, all of Annecy, France; and brother Buford McGuinn of Weaverville. His funeral service will be held at 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, November 28, 2012, in the Chapel of West Funeral...
Everette Bradburn
Nov 24, 2012
WEAVERVILLE—Everette Bradburn, age 82, of Michigan, formerly of Weaverville, died Saturday, November 24, 2012. Mr. Bradburn was born March 17, 1930, in Madison County and was a resident of Michigan for most of his life. He was a retired construction worker. He was preceded in death by his parents, Marion F. and Nettie Payne Bradburn; and his wife, Virginia "Betty"...
Hal Donald Ammons
Nov 21, 2012
Hal Donald Ammons, Sr., age 88, of Weaverville passed from this life at home, Wednesday, November 21, 2012.
Hal was born January 30, 1924, the son of Pender Donald Ammons and Jerlee Merrill Ammons. A native of Madison County, he became a resident of Buncombe County in 1946 upon moving to Craven Street in West Asheville, Royal Pines, and...
Shirley Kent Pegg
Nov 19, 2012
WEAVERVILLE—Shirley Kent Pegg, age 74, of 69 Pegg Rd., went to be with the Lord on November 19, 2012. Mrs. Pegg was born July 15, 1938 in Millwood, Va. She was a resident of Florida for 12 years before moving to Buncombe County in 1993. She was a former member of Clark's Chapel United Methodist Church. She was the daughter...
Frances Mary Dameron
Nov 14, 2012
ASHEVILLE—Frances Mary Dameron, age 90, of 3 Stonebridge Drive died Wednesday, November 14, 2012. Mrs. Dameron was born November 24, 1921, in Harlem, N.Y., and was a resident of Miami, Fla., for most of her life. She grew up in Colmar Manor, Md. She was a retired executive secretary for Universal Match in Miami, Fla. In the 1960s, she was...
Ken W. Williamson
Nov 14, 2012
WEAVERVILLE—Ken W. Williamson, age 79, of Weaverville died Wednesday, November 14, 2012. Mr. Williamson was born November 15, 1932, in Delaware County, Pa. He was preceded in death by his parents, Elmer and Jennie Cummings Williamson; daughter, Patricia Ann Williamson; and grandson, Mikie Williamson. Surviving are his wife of 58 years, Joan Zimmerman Williamson; daughters, Donna Williamson, Leigh Killeen and...
Wincie Lee Biggs
Nov 12, 2012
WOODFIN—Wincie Lee Biggs, age 86, of Weaverville Hwy. went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, November 12, 2012. Mr. Biggs was born March 26, 1926, in Buncombe County. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. He was a US Army veteran serving during World War II, and he retired from Sayles Biltmore Bleacheries. Mr....
Irwin Weil
Nov 12, 2012
ASHEVILLE - Irwin Weil, 91, of Asheville passed away peacefully at home on Monday, November 12, 2012.
Irwin was born in Buffalo, N.Y., on December 20, 1920, to Franklin Jacob and Alma Weil and retired to Asheville in 1985. He was active in the Buffalo community in the Auxiliary police and as President of the Buffalo Food Brokers Association....
Miles R. Hyatt
Nov 10, 2012
WEAVERVILLE—Miles R. Hyatt, age 54, of 38 Long's Chapel Road died Saturday, November 10, 2012. Miles was born August 18, 1958 in Buncombe County where he had lived all of his life. A self-employed handyman, Miles enjoyed fishing. He was the son of Margaret Carver Hyatt and the late Marshall Glenn Hyatt. Surviving in addition to his mother is his...
Geneva Peek Ray
Nov 4, 2012
WEAVERVILLE—Geneva Peek Ray, age 91, of Weaverville, died Sunday, November 4, 2012. Mrs. Ray was born September 8, 1921, in Madison County and was a resident of Buncombe County for most of her life. She was a graduate of Mars Hill College and received her master's degree from Western Carolina University. She retired after 30 years of teaching English from...
Inez Calloway Riddle
Nov 3, 2012
BARNARDSVILLE—Inez Calloway Riddle, age 90, of 11 Speedy Drive died Saturday, November 3, 2012. Mrs. Riddle was born September 22, 1922, in Buncombe County. One of her greatest pleasures was shopping at Rose's. She was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Christie Blankenship Calloway; and her husband, Richmond Vaughn Riddle who died in 1967 and son Jimmy V....
Anna Bromel McGarry
Nov 3, 2012
WEAVERVILLE/MARS HILL—Anna Bromel McGarry, age 82, formerly of KyFields died Saturday, November 3, 2012 in the Mars Hill Retirement Community. Mrs. McGarry was born April 29, 1930, in Kearny, NJ. She was a retired registered school nurse. Anna was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Francis "Frank" McGarry who died in 2007. Surviving are her daughter, Barbara...
Tuel Duco Singleton
Nov 2, 2012
ASHEVILLE—Tuel Duco Singleton, Jr., age 68, of Asheville, died Friday, November 2, 2012. Mr. Singleton was born April 1, 1944, in Buncombe County. He was preceded in death by his father, Tuel Duco Singleton Sr., and his wife, Judy Jones Singleton who died in 2009. Surviving are his mother, Ethel Haney Singleton of Asheville; son, Timothy D. Singleton and wife...
Duane Lofland
Oct 30, 2012
ASHEVILLE—Duane Lofland, age 79 passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2012.
He was born and raised in Sebring, Ohio. He graduated from Goshen High School and in 1960 graduated from Carnegie College in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a medical technologist in Ohio before moving to Bradenton, Fla. where he worked at Manatee Memorial Hospital. In 1995 he retired.
For four...
Kinsley Hope Conner
Oct 29, 2012
ASHEVILLE—Kinsley Hope Conner, one-year-old daughter of Chris and Cherith Baxter Conner of Hummingbird Lane, went to be with her Lord on Monday, October 29, 2012. Kinsley was born August 23, 2011, in Buncombe County. Jeremiah 29:11, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give...
Margaret Smoot Higgins
Oct 28, 2012
WEAVERVILLE—Margaret Smoot Higgins, age 89, of Weaverville died Sunday, October 28, 2012. Mrs. Higgins was born August 22, 1923, in McDowell County. She retired from Mills Manufacturing and was a member of Flat Creek Baptist Church. Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, Tom and Ida Huskins Smoot; husband, Edwin Lewis Higgins, Sr., who died in 2007; two sisters...
Ronnie Eugene Phillips
Oct 24, 2012
WEAVERVILLE—Ronnie Eugene Phillips, age 67, of Weaverville died Wednesday, October 24, 2012. Mr. Phillips was born April 18, 1945, in Yancey County and was a resident of Buncombe County for most of his life. He retired from Carolina Flooring Co. as project estimator. He enjoyed photography and helping friends and family members with their computer problems. He was the son...
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