Obituaries
Helen Sherlin Parton
Dec 29, 2009
WEAVERVILLE—Helen Sherlin Parton, age 83, of Weaverville died Tuesday, December 29, 2009. Mrs. Parton was born February 12, 1926, in Buncombe County where she had lived all of her life. She was a daughter of the late Lee Roy and Maggie Rutledge Sherlin. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Jasper N. Parton, Sr., who died in 1996....
Lelia S. Chambers-Howell
Dec 27, 2009
MARS HILL—Lelia Silverthorn Chambers-Howell, age 98 of Mars Hill died Sunday, December 27, 2009. Mrs. Howell was born November 26, 1911 in Pamlico County, NC and had lived in Asheville since 1929. She was self-employed as a tailor who would hand sew suits made from Biltmore Homespun Fabrics. Her clientele included international visitors to the Grove Park Inn and Biltmore...
Eleanor Yates
Dec 22, 2009
CHARLOTTE/FLETCHER - Eleanor Spittle Yates, age 94, formerly of Charlotte, died Tuesday, December 22, 2009, at Flesher's Fairview Healthcare Center. Mrs. Yates was born December 18, 1915, in Mt. Holly and was a resident of Charlotte most of her life. She was educated at Mt. Holly School and Wake Forest University with an English major. She was a member of...
Carolyn Griffin Justice
Dec 19, 2009
WEAVERVILLE—Carolyn Griffin Justice, age 70, of 96 Maney Branch Rd., died Saturday, December 19, 2009. Mrs. Justice was born August 27, 1939, in Buncombe County where she had lived all of her life. She retired from the State of North Carolina as the assistant manager of Vance Birthplace. Mrs. Justice was a member of South Fork Independent Methodist Church, of...
Mary Alice Skipper Thompson Lehr
Dec 11, 2009
ASHEVILLE—Mary Alice Skipper Thompson Lehr, 89 of 172 Cumberland Ave., died Friday, December 11, 2009 at the home of her son. Mrs. Lehr was born May 6, 1920 in Carbon Hill, Ala. She was born the eighth and youngest child to the late James Calvin Skipper and Sallie Allice Donahoo Skipper. She married Vernon Stevens Thompson in Arkansas in 1941...
Juanita Worley Atkins
Dec 8, 2009
BARNARDSVILLE—Juanita Worley Atkins, age 83, of 19 Hillcrest Drive, went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, December 8, 2009. Mrs. Atkins was born June 7, 1926, in Buncombe County, where she had lived all of her life. Mrs. Atkins was a long-time member of Barnardsville Church of God. She was a daughter of the late Barnard Wade and...
Bonnie Buckner Anders
Dec 8, 2009
WEAVERVILLE—Bonnie Buckner Anders, age 72, formerly of Whitt Road, died Tuesday, December 8, 2009. Bonnie was born September 15, 1937, in Buncombe County where she had lived all of her life. She was a daughter of the late Will and Ada Rice Buckner. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husbands, G.D. Waldrup who...
Sandra Whittemore Greene
Nov 29, 2009
WEAVERVILLE—Sandra Whittemore Greene, age 63, of Pleasant Grove Road died Sunday, November 29, 2009. Sandra was born March 26, 1946, in Buncombe County. She was a registered nurse with a Bachelor of Science degree from Western Carolina University. She was employed with Mission Hospitals for the past 43 years, working as a former flight nurse on MAMA. She loved her...
Odessa Ariail Woodard
Nov 29, 2009
ASHEVILLE—Odessa Ariail Woodard, age 91, of Asheville died Sunday, November 29, 2009. Mrs. Woodard was born March 5, 1918, in Maysville, Ga., she grew up in Georgia and later moved to Asheville. Her first job was at the S & W Cafeteria and later she was employed with the US Postal Service for 20 plus years, starting in Asheville and...
Geraldine Baker Wild
Nov 27, 2009
ASHEVILLE—Mrs. Geraldine Baker Wild age 95 of Asheville went to be with the Lord on Friday, November 27, 2009, surrounded by her family, whom she dearly loved. Mrs. Wild was born March 4, 1914 in Madison County and lived there until 1987 when she and her husband sold their farm and moved to Weaverville. Upon her husband's death in 2004...
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