Obituaries
Christopher T. Lance
Mar 27, 2018
WEAVERVILLE– Chris Lance, age 56, of Weaverville, died Tuesday, March 27, 2018. Chris was born July 28, 1961 in Norfolk, VA. He was a resident of Buncombe County for most of his life. Chris was a welding robot programmer for Westinghouse, which became Eaton Cutler Hammer, and a licensed general contractor building homes in the area. He was an avid...
HILMA BENNETT SMITH
Mar 26, 2018
WEAVERVILLE – Hilma Bennett Smith, age 87, of Marietta GA, formerly of Weaverville, died Monday, March 26, 2018. Mrs. Smith was born October 5, 1930 in Yancey County to the late Ray and Lucille Hunter Bennett. She was a long time employee of the Veterans Administration. Hilma was active in numerous charities, and had received the Tampa Tribune Volunteer of...
Billy Byrd Hess
Mar 20, 2018
ASHEVILLE – Billy Byrd Hess, age 83, of Asheville, died Tuesday, March 20, 2018. Mr. Hess was born June 22, 1934 in Dade County, Florida to the late Elisabeth Byrd and Benjamin Valentine Hess. Billy was a rock and block mason. He raced cars from the time he was 16 years old until age 55, he then became a NASCAR...
Ann McMahan Honeycutt
Mar 18, 2018
ASHEVILLE – Quitsy “Ann” Nellieann McMahan Honeycutt, age 88, formerly of Weaverville, died Sunday, March 18, 2018. Ann was born October 15, 1929 in Buncombe County to the late Ernest Almond and Frances Elizabeth Lindsay McMahan. She lived in Powdersville, SC from 1974 until 1993 when she returned to the mountains of NC. She attended the Methodist Church. In addition...
Joe Marion Nix
Mar 17, 2018
BARNARDSVILLE– Joe Marion Nix, age 79, of Barnardsville, died Saturday, March 17, 2018. Joe was born December 3, 1938 in Henderson County to the late Rev. Ralph Marion Nix and Noreen Sue Hill. Mr. Nix served his country in the US Marine Corps and retired with 21 years of service. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Theresa Lynn...
Daniel Walter Rybarczyk
Mar 14, 2018
WEAVERVILLE– Daniel Walter Rybarczyk, age 88, of Weaverville, passed away on Wednesday, March 14, 2018. He left us during a snowstorm which seems only right for a fellow born June 8, 1929 in Buffalo, NY. Dan joined the army at an early age. After training at Ft. Bragg he joined the Peace Keeping Forces in Vienna, Austria; there he was...
Leonard Joe Hollifield
Mar 3, 2018
Leonard Joe Hollifield, age 91, well-known local musician and former member of the Stoney Creek Boys, passed away early Saturday morning at his home in Weaverville. He is survived by his daughter, Amy, of Asheville and his son, Leonard (Lynn), of Fletcher and one brother, Zane (Judy) of Travelers Rest, SC. His wife, Melba, passed away in 2000. He was...
Thomas Everette Griffin
Feb 26, 2018
HUDSON – Thomas Everette Griffin, age 58, of Hudson died Monday, February 26, 2018. Mr. Griffin was born May 15, 1959 in Buncombe County to Lydia Hill Clark and the late Joshua C. Griffin. In addition to his father, he was also preceded in death by a special uncle, Junior Griffin. Mr. Griffin is survived by his wife, Lori Riggs;...
Jerry Forker
Feb 24, 2018
WEAVERVILLE – Jerry Forker, age 65, of Reems Creek Road, died Saturday, February 24, 2018. Jerry was born October 20, 1952 in Elmira, NY and lived in Horseheads, NY before moving to Aiken, SC in 1992, and Weaverville in 2007. He was employed at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Weaverville. His father, Harry Forker; brother, Butch Sherman; father-in-law, Harold Cokely; sister-in-law,...
Joyce Sprinkle
Feb 24, 2018
WEAVERVILLE– Joyce Sprinkle, age 80 of Weaverville passed away Saturday, February 24, 2018 in Johnson City, TN at the home of her son Lewis, who was her caregiver. Mrs. Sprinkle was born March 24, 1937 in Swain County to the late Dock and Martha Bradley Smith. Joyce was raised on the Cherokee Reservation and was extremely proud of her heritage...
Ross Jay Miller
Feb 18, 2018
WEAVERVILLE– Ross Jay Miller, age 98, of Weaverville, went home to Jesus, Sunday, February 18, 2018. Ross was born October 24, 1919 in Eustis, Frontier County, Nebraska to the late Reverend Harvey C. and Golda Clark Miller. He was the oldest Eagle Scout in the country. Gardening was a passion of his that awarded him with prized Rhododendrons, Azaleas and...
Patricia Ann Rogers Rice
Feb 18, 2018
ASHEVILLE – Patricia Ann Rogers Rice (Pat), age 79, of Asheville, went to be with her Lord on February 18, 2018. She was born October 19, 1938 to the late Robert Noel Rogers, Sr. and Myra Edna Black Rogers. She and her four siblings grew up in the Flat Creek community of Buncombe County and were taught Godly values and...
John Roland Pyron
Feb 15, 2018
John Roland Pyron died February 15, 2018. John was born July 9, 1926 to the late Clifford and Agnes McCachren Pyron he grew up in Charlotte, NC. John served in the US Navy in WWII from 1943 to 1946 in the Pacific seeing action in the battles of both Iwo Jima and Okinawa. His ship, the LST 808 was later...
John M. Seaver
Feb 15, 2018
ASHEVILLE – John M. “Jack” Seaver, age 69, died Thursday, February 15, 2018. Mr. Seaver was born December 26, 1948 in Detroit Michigan to the late Harrison M. and Ora Little Seaver. From the age of 12, he loved playing the guitar. Jack retired from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Dept. with whom he served 23 years as a deputy. He...
Johnnie Clayton Parris
Feb 14, 2018
WEAVERVILLE– Johnnie Clayton Parris, age 79, of Weaverville, died Wednesday February 14, 2018, and was reunited with the love of his life on Valentine’s Day. Mr. Parris was born August 18, 1938, in Buncombe County to the late Clayton and Ethel Louise Haney Parris and was a resident of Buncombe County all of his life. He was a graduate of...
Wanda Roberts Mount
Feb 13, 2018
FLETCHER– Wanda Roberts Mount, age 81, of Fletcher, died Tuesday, February 13, 2018. Mrs. Mount was born December 10, 1936 in Buncombe County to the late George and Alice Rector Roberts; she was a resident of Buncombe County all of her life. She was the manager of Family Storage Center, Field-Young Inc. and a member of Cedar Mountain Baptist Church....
Jayne Gibbs Moore
Feb 11, 2018
WEAVERVILLE– Jayne Gibbs Moore, age 82, of Weaverville, died Sunday, February 11, 2018. Mrs. Moore was born August 6, 1935 in Buncombe County to the late Rudolph and Ada English Gibbs. Jayne attended Central United Methodist Church for a number of years. She retired from Mission Hospital after 20 years. Also preceding her in death are her husband, Bob Moore,...
Howard M. McKenna
Feb 8, 2018
SWANNANOA – Howard M. McKenna, age 86, of Swannanoa, joined his wife of 64 years, Harriet, in heaven, Thursday, February 8, 2018, she died on January 31, 2018. Howard was born September 19, 1931 in Akron, OH to the late George B. and Jennie Smith McKenna, and was a resident of Buncombe County for the past 35 yrs. He was...
Linda Faye Fisher
Feb 3, 2018
WEAVERVILLE– Linda Faye Fisher, age 70, of Weaverville, went to be with Jesus, February 3, 2018. Linda Faye was born May 5, 1947, in Buncombe County where she had lived all of her life. She spent her entire career working in Government Services and retired from the VA Medical Center. She is preceded in death by her parents, James Lee...
Myrtle Ballard Roberts
Feb 3, 2018
WEAVERVILLE– Myrtle Ballard Roberts, age 99, of Weaverville, passed away February 3, 2018. She was the daughter of the late Minnie Smith and Dennis Ballard. She, along with ten siblings, grew up on a farm/orchard in the Ox Creek Community of Buncombe County where they were taught the importance of Godly virtues, family, education, and a strong work ethic. Myrtle...
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