Obituaries
Jewel R. Rhinehart
Jan 1, 2023
Jewel Dean Rice Rhinehart passed away January 1, 2023. She was the wife of the late Thomas Rhinehart, of Green Valley Road in Leicester, NC.
Also preceding her in death were her parents, Porter Rice and Annie Davis Rice, and grandparents Floyd Rice and Mae Jenkins Rice of Madison and Buncombe Counties. Also deceased are her three brothers and...
Winifred Fisher Womack
Dec 29, 2022
WEAVERVILLE – Winifred “Winnie” Fisher Womack, 76, of Weaverville went to be with her Lord and Savior on December 29, 2022 in the presence of her pastor and family.
Winnie was born in Florence, SC. She was the daughter of the late Charles Hollis Womack and Winifred Fisher Womack. She was also preceded in death by her brothers, Charles Hollis...
Jean Shope Kennett Haynes
Dec 23, 2022
Jean Shope Kennett Haynes, age 90, of Asheville passed away Friday, December 23, 2022. She was born July 14, 1932, to the late William W. and Rachel Daniel Shope. Jean grew up in Weaverville, attended Weaverville schools, and graduated from St. Genevieve of the Pines. She graduated with honors from Salem College in 1954, was listed in the Who’s Who...
Barbara Ellen Giroux Robison
Dec 23, 2022
Barbara Ellen Giroux Robison, 92, passed away December 23, 2022, at Mission Hospital following a fall and brief illness. Barbara was born December 22, 1930, in Nashville, TN, daughter of Frances Neunkirchen and Harold Ellsworth DeVilbiss Giroux. Her husband of 73 years, James Harry Robison passed away on May 29, 2022. They were high school sweethearts and married on...
Irene Nelon Harwood
Dec 23, 2022
WEAVERVILLE – Irene Harwood, age 101, of Weaverville, died Friday, December 23, 2022 at Four Seasons Elizabeth House. A native of Buncombe County, Irene was the daughter of late Eldred and Ethel Davis Nelon.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Patrick Lee Harwood who died in 1993; sisters, Genevieve Franklin, Audrey Searcy and...
Mary Elizabeth Crum Filer
Dec 21, 2022
Mary Elizabeth Crum Filer, age 89, of Weaverville formerly of Miami, died Wednesday, December 21, 2022.
Mrs. Filer was born in Miami-Dade where she had lived most of her life and was a resident of Buncombe County since 2007. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. Mary was a long-time member of Olympia Heights UMC where she served faithfully...
Charles "Jerry" Benfield
Dec 20, 2022
HORSE SHOE - Charles Jerry Benfield, age 81, of Horse Shoe, died Tuesday, December 20, 2022. Mr. Benfield was born March 31, 1941, in Burke County, NC. He was a resident of Buncombe County for most of his life and had resided in Horse Shoe for the past twenty years. He retired from Sears after 37 years. His life was...
Roy Kenneth Pike, Sr.
Dec 18, 2022
WOODFIN - Roy Kenneth Pike, Sr., age 81, of Asheville, died Sunday, December 18, 2022. Mr. Pike was born August 25, 1941, in Buncombe County where he lived all his life.
He did his undergraduate work at Mars Hill College and was a graduate of Western Carolina University, receiving a degree in education with a double major in history and...
Tony Whitson
Dec 17, 2022
BARNARDSVILLE - Michael Reed Whitson, 83, or “Tony” as most people knew him, was born in Buncombe County, NC to the late David Orville Whitson and Agnes Adkins Whitson. Tony was a 1957 graduate of North Buncombe High School. He worked in Los Angeles, California for a short time and then returned to North Carolina for a few months before...
Wanda S. Worley
Dec 14, 2022
ALEXANDER – Wanda S. Worley, 67, of Alexander, died Wednesday, December 14, 2022, at the Solace Center.
Wanda was born April 29, 1955, in Newport, Tennessee to the late Calvin and Novella Messer Suttles. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Gary Suttles and sister, Ethel Suttles.
Wanda was a supervisor at Dayco...
James Michael Moran
Dec 8, 2022
WEAVERVILLE - James Michael Moran, age 78, went to be with the Lord Thursday, December 8, 2022.
Mr. Moran was born August 14, 1944, in Syracuse, NY and lived there until he went away to college. He graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1966 with a degree in chemical engineering. While at Vanderbilt he met the love of his...
Paul V. Ratcliff
Dec 6, 2022
ALEXANDER – Paul V. Ratcliff, age 66, of Alexander, passed away on Tuesday, December 6, 2022.
Mr. Ratcliff was born December 27, 1955, and was resident of Buncombe County all of his life.
He was a hard worker. He worked for C & T Paving Company for fifteen years. He loved his job and his coworkers. He formed many life-long...
Walter Shelton
Dec 5, 2022
Walter Shelton, 101, of Marshall, NC passed away unexpectedly on Monday, December 5, 2022.
Walter was born November 7, 1921, at White Rock Hospital to the late Vera Shelton. He was preceded in death by his sister, Rosalee Shelton Jablonsky of West Roxbury, Massachusetts, and the grandparents who graciously raised him, Armp and Polly Shelton.
After high school, Walter...
Sarah Katherine McDevitt
Dec 4, 2022
WEAVERVILLE - Sarah Katherine (Rector) McDevitt, 80, of Weaverville, formerly of Swannanoa, died at John Keever Solace Center Sunday, December 4, 2022.
Sarah was born January 11, 1942, in Kingsport Tennessee to the late Tommie and Mary Rector. She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years Edward McDevitt.
After being a homemaker and rearing her daughters,...
Cynthia McConnell Keefer
Dec 1, 2022
WEAVERVILLE– Cynthia McConnell Keefer, age 72, of Weaverville passed away Thursday, December 1, 2022, at her home. She was born December 28, 1949, to the late Ellen Elizabeth Howey and Wayne Dallas McConnell. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her son, Robert Steven Keefer, Jr. in 2017; and sister, Judith Bragan.
Cynthia is survived...
Frances Batten Marley
Nov 30, 2022
WEAVERVILLE – Frances Dolores Marley, age 80, of Weaverville died unexpectedly of natural causes November 30, 2022, at Mission Hospital.
She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Charles Marley, and her son, Douglas Marley, both of Weaverville, North Carolina.
A memorial service for Frances will be planned for a later date.
In lieu of flowers,...
Beatrice Rosch King
Nov 26, 2022
Beatrice Rosch King, age 95, of Weaverville passed away Saturday, November 26, 2022. Beatrice was born March 31, 1927, in Brooklyn, NY to the late Arthur Rosch and Louise Jurgens. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Joseph P. King in 2013; and brother, Billy Rosch. She was a resident of Connecticut and New...
Edith P. Reece
Nov 22, 2022
Edith P. Reece, age 95, of Weaverville, died Tuesday, November 22, 2022.
Mrs. Reece was born August 29, 1927, in West Virginia. She was a resident of Buncombe County since 1950.
She was a member of the Vance Chapter Order of the Eastern Star #285 and was a member of Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Marshall.
Mrs. Reece was...
Janice Parkinson Tucker
Nov 22, 2022
WEAVERVILLE, NC - Janice was born in Blasdell, New York (near Buffalo) on December 26, 1937, and attended the public schools there. Upon graduation from high school, she attended and graduated from the State University of New York at Fredonia where she studied music. She moved to Maine, where she taught music and conducted choral groups in the public schools...
Joan Flynn Hubbard
Nov 21, 2022
KNOXVILLE, TN - Joan Flynn Hubbard, 90, passed away November 21, 2022, in Knoxville TN. Mrs. Hubbard was born in Port Jervis, N.Y. She lived her adult years in Asheville NC. She was preceded in death by her parents, Genevieve Viola Hughson Flynn and John Stephen Flynn; and her beloved brother Lenard John Flynn.
Mrs. Hubbard is...
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