Obituaries
Jackie Fay Metcalf
Mar 14, 2019
WOODFIN – Jackie Fay Metcalf, age 88, of Woodfin, died Thursday, March 14, 2019.
Mrs. Metcalf was born September 5, 1930 in Buncombe County to the late Jack and Ida Webb Blankenship. She was a seamstress in the clothing manufacturing industry and worked in the Woodfin Board of Elections and was a chief judge at one time. Jackie was a beloved...
Janell Knight McLeod
Mar 11, 2019
ASHEVILLE – Janell was born July 26, 1926 in Jacksonville, FL to the late Bill and Jeanette Knight. She was a resident of Jacksonville, FL for most of her life. She also resided in Hendersonville, NC, and Gainesville, GA before settling in Asheville in their final years.
Janell retired from CSX Railroad, after which she pursued her lifelong dream of becoming...
David Wayne Beck
Mar 3, 2019
WEAVERVILLE– David Wayne Beck, age 69, of Weaverville, died Sunday, March 3, 2019.
David was born February 13, 1950 in Baltimore, MD and was a resident of Buncombe County since 1992. He was a U.S. Navy veteran having served on the USS Saratoga. David was a retired auto mechanic and was currently employed with Walmart in Weaverville for several years. He...
David Michael Beck
Mar 2, 2019
Asheville - David Michael Beck came into this world on June 25, 1983 in Asheville, NC and departed on March 2, 2019 in Worcester, MA.
David leaves behind his mother and stepfather, Martha and John Zeigler of Weaverville; father, L. Paul Beck and step-father John Parker of Asheville; half-brother, Stewart Noe of Franklin; step-brothers, Paul B. Zeigler of Montgomery, AL and...
Jerry Mitchell Davis
Mar 1, 2019
WEAVERVILLE– Jerry Mitchell Davis, age 80, died Friday, March 1, 2019.
Jerry was born October 3, 1938 in Buncombe County.
He was a retired parts manager of Matthews Ford.
He was an avid hunter and an award winning rider and horseman.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Ruth Bodenhamer Davis; daughter Tami Michael of Barnardsville; best friend, Rex Freeman of Marshall;...
Rodney Roberts
Mar 1, 2019
WEAVERVILLE – Robert Rodney Roberts, age 91, of Weaverville, died Friday, March 1, 2019.
Rodney was born December 1, 1927 in Buncombe County where he lived all his life, to the late Wayne S. and Jamie Cole Roberts. He was retired from the railroad and a member of Vance Masonic Lodge AF and AM #293, as well as a member of...
William Donnie "Don" Porter
Mar 1, 2019
WEAVERVILLE– William Donnie “Don” Porter died Friday, March 1, 2019 at his home in Weaverville after a period of declining health. He was 89.
Don was born June 10, 1929, in rural Cumberland County, NC. His parents were William Alton and Nancy Helen Lee Porter. He lived on a small cotton and produce farm as a child, but spent his teens...
Sammy Jones Cabe
Feb 21, 2019
WEAVERVILLE– Sammy Jones Cabe, age 76, of Weaverville, died Thursday, February 21, 2019.
Sammy was born November 18, 1942 in Buncombe County to the late Sam Q. and Ruth Burnette Jones; she was a resident of Buncombe County all of her life. She was a 1961 graduate of North Buncombe High School where she was an avid basketball player. Sammy worked...
Gary C. Morton
Feb 18, 2019
WEAVERVILLE– Gary C. Morton, age 72, of Weaverville, died Monday, February 18, 2019, just 3 days short of his 73rd birthday.
Gary was born February 21, 1946 in Buncombe County to the late Lawrence C. and Virginia Williams Morton. He lived in Medford, Oregon and was a resident of Lexington, Kentucky before returning to Weaverville in 1970. Gary served in the...
Jeanette Sluder Bosserman
Feb 17, 2019
Jeanette Sluder Bosserman, 80, of Leicester, NC went to be with the Lord, February 17, 2019.
Survived by her children, Dwayne Norton, LeAnn Norton Hinote, Bobbie Diaz and Robert Bosserman; grandchildren, Brad Hinote, Johnnie Lee Snodgrass, Tyler Diaz, Savannah Bosserman, Christian Colwell and Marissa Bosserman; sisters, Kay Taylor and husband Jay and Judy Morris of Leicester; neices Tonya Waites, Tammy Bowling...
Junior Lee Wilson
Feb 13, 2019
WEAVERVILLE– Junior Lee Wilson, age 78, of Weaverville, entered into his heavenly home, Wednesday, February 13, 2019.
Junior was born December 22, 1940 in Buncombe County to the late Grover and Juanita Jarvis Wilson. Junior enjoyed hunting, fly fishing, bass fishing, camping and going to the lake with his family, as well as raising a garden to share with his neighbors....
Bryan Chambers
Feb 12, 2019
ASHEVILLE – Daniel Bryan Chambers of Asheville, died early in the morning on Tuesday, February 12, 2019, at Memorial Mission Hospital following a two year battle with cancer and complications from the flu and pneumonia.
Bryan was a 1981 graduate of Erwin High School. In 1985, he received a BS in both Business Administration and Computer Science from Appalachian State University. ...
Barbara Louise Gentry
Feb 12, 2019
WEAVERVILLE– Barbara Louise Gentry, age 76, of Weaverville, passed away Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at the Brian Center in Weaverville.
Barbara was born March 22, 1942 in Buncombe County to the late Carl Raymond and Esta Mae Hyder Gentry. She was a graduate of North Buncombe High School. Barbara also graduated from Appalachian State University with both a BS and MA...
Betty Davis Whitted
Feb 11, 2019
WEAVERVILLE– Betty Davis Whitted, age 85, of Weaverville, died Monday, February 11, 2019.
Betty was born May 18, 1933 in Buncombe County to the late Willaim and Lizzie Kate Buckner Davis; she was a resident of Buncombe County for most of her life. She was also preceded in death by her sisters, Mae Kent and Thelma Rice; brothers, Ed, Troy, Herman...
Beatrice Cole Cook
Feb 10, 2019
ASHEVILLE – Beatrice Cole Cook, age 92, of Asheville died Sunday, February 10, 2019.
Mrs. Cook was born April 4, 1926 in Buncombe County to the late Pozie and Vista Chambers Cole. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, Beatrice enjoyed being a wife and homemaker. She was a member of Salem United Methodist Church. She was also preceded in death by...
Mildred Wallen Snyder
Feb 9, 2019
WOODFIN– Mildred Wallen Snyder, age 98, of Woodfin died Saturday, February 9, 2019.
Mrs. Snyder was born September 5, 1920 in Buncombe County to the late William Franklin and Julia Holcombe Wallen; she was a resident of Buncombe County all of her life. She was a member of Richland Baptist Church for many years. In addition to her parents she was...
Zelma Smith Hunter
Feb 7, 2019
WEAVERVILLE– Zelma Smith Hunter age 80, of Weaverville, died Thursday, February 7, 2019.
Zelma was born October 15, 1938 in Wichita Falls, Texas to the late John David and Mamie Sitton Smith; she was a resident of Buncombe County for over half of a century. She was the wife of the late Howard Dale Hunter, Sr. who died in 2000. Also,...
Jay O'Donnell
Feb 5, 2019
ASHEVILLE – Jay O’Donnell, age 70, of Asheville, died Tuesday, February 5, 2019.
Jay was born April 1, 1948 in Los Angeles, CA to the late James B. and Stella Buckner O’Donnell; he was a resident of Buncombe County for the past six years. Living in Palmetto, FL where he worked as a supervisor on the docks, shipping and receiving goods. ...
Lenny Allen, Sr.
Feb 3, 2019
BARNARDSVILLE– Lenny John Allen, Sr., age 72, of Jacksonville, FL, formerly of Barnardsville, died Sunday, February 3, 2019.
Lenny was born August 15, 1946 in Buncombe County to the late James Gotch and Maefrie Boone Allen. He worked for 40 years in Tele Communications. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Vincent Scott Allen; brother,...
Robert Hadsell Huffaker
Feb 1, 2019
WEAVERVILLE -Dr. Robert H. Huffaker, DVM, 96, of Buncombe County, NC passed away on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. He was born on Dec 14, 1922 in Red Bluff, Tehama, California.
He received his Veterinary Degree from Colorado Aggies in Fort Collins, Colorado and immediately served in the Veterinary Corps as a Captain during WWII. Returning home, he married Darlene Henderson in...
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