Obituaries
Tommy E. Knighten
Feb 10, 2014
TOMMY E. KNIGHTEN MCDOWELL CO. - Tommy E. Knighten, age 48, of Marion, McDowell County died Sunday, February 9, 2014. Mr. Knighten was born April 19, 1965 in Buncombe County. Surviving are his wife, Karen Capps Knighten; daughter, Taylor Knighten; parents, John and Rosalie Turley Knighten; brothers, Jeff and John Knighten and maternal grandmother, Rosalie Brown Turley. A memorial service...
Harmie Honeycutt
Feb 9, 2014
HARMIE HONEYCUTT ALEXANDER - Harmie Honeycutt, age 98, of Flint Hill Road, died Saturday, February 8, 2014. Mrs. Honeycutt was born December 31, 1915, in Yancey County and was a resident of Buncombe County for most of her life. She retired from Vanderbilt Shirt Co. and was a member of Oak Ridge Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the...
Bobby Keith Robinson
Feb 6, 2014
BOBBY KEITH ROBINSON LEICESTER - Bobby Keith Robinson, age 75, of South Turkey Creek Road died Wednesday, February 5, 2014. Mr. Robinson was born April 10, 1938 in Buncombe County where he lived all of his life. A 1956 graduate of Leicester High School, he was a M.P. in the U.S. Army and retired from Square D, where he was...
William Francis Kindred
Feb 4, 2014
WILLIAM FRANCIS KINDRED WEAVERVILLE - William Francis Kindred, age 80, of Terrace Dr. died Tuesday, February 4, 2014. Mr. Kindred was born June 19, 1933 in Winchester, MA. He was a veteran of the Korean War serving in the U.S. Air Force. Son of the late Edmund and Nora O'Leary Kindred, he was also preceded in death by his son,...
Peggy Sluder Brown
Feb 1, 2014
PEGGY SLUDER BROWN WEAVERVILLE - Peggy Sluder Brown, age 85, of 26 Salem Road, died Saturday, February 1, 2014. Mrs. Brown was born October 23, 1928, in Buncombe County to the late David and Ellen Warlick Sluder. She was an avid reader, bowled and worked crossword puzzles. Mrs. Brown was a member of First Baptist Church, Weaverville, where she was...
Frances Mackey Poston
Jan 31, 2014
FRANCES MACKEY POSTON WEAVERVILLE - Frances Mackey Poston, age 96, passed away Friday, January 31, 2014 at Mars Hill Retirement Community. Mrs. Poston was born August 17, 1917, in Buncombe County where she had lived most of her life. Frances worked for Hahn Shoe Store and Hadley Corp. in Weaverville. She was a long time member of Weaverville United Methodist...
William A. “Bill†Shook
Jan 31, 2014
WILLIAM A. "Bill" SHOOK, SR. ASHEVILLE - William A. "Bill" Shook, Sr., age 84, of Asheville, died Wednesday, January 29, 2014. Mr. Shook was born November 2, 1929 in New Kensington, PA. He served 20 years active duty in the U.S. Navy, including the Korean War and 10 years in the Fleet Reserves. They settled in Gloucester, VA from 1967-2011,...
Evelyn Jones Styles
Jan 31, 2014
EVELYN "SISTER" JONES STYLES WEAVERVILLE/ CONCORD - Evelyn "Sister" Styles, age 73, of Concord died on Friday, January 31, 2014. Evelyn was born October 1, 1940, in Weaverville and was a resident of Concord since 1968. She retired from the Cabarrus County school system in 2007, after 30 years of service. Evelyn loved working in her flower garden and cherished...
Jack Reese
Jan 29, 2014
JACK REESE ASHEVILLE - Jack Reese, age 74, of 7 Oaken Court, died Wednesday, January 29, 2014. Mr. Reese was born September 7, 1939. Son of the late Edward A. and Edna Ball Reese. Surviving are his wife Mabel Metcalf Reese; daughters, Patricia Angel and Eva Blankenship; son, Jack Reese, Jr. and sisters, Phoebe Ramsey and Edna Selman. His funeral...
Emmitt Henry Phillips
Jan 26, 2014
EMMITT HENRY PHILLIPS WEAVERVILLE - Emmitt Henry Phillips, age 83, of 863 Reems Creek Road, went to be with the Lord, Sunday, January 26, 2014. Mr. Phillips was self-employed in both residential and commercial building. Son of the late Hubert and Minnie Cutshall Phillips, he was also preceded in death by his wife Ruby Griffin Phillips who died in 2002;...
Mary Katherine Fisher Cheek
Jan 25, 2014
MARY KATHERINE FISHER CHEEK WEAVERVILLE - Mary Katherine Fisher Cheek, age 78, of Weaverville died Saturday, January 25, 2014. Mrs. Cheek was born August 7, 1935 in Madison County to the late Leonard James and Ella Buckner Fisher. Mary was a co-owner of Brank Insurance Agency until 1998, retiring in 1999. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Weaverville...
Robert W. LaDu
Jan 24, 2014
DR. ROBERT W. LADU WEAVERVILLE - Dr. Robert Willet LaDu, age 93, of Weaverville, died suddenly at his Weaverville home on Friday, January 24, 2014. Dr. LaDu was born June 27, 1920 in Cleveland, Ohio to the late Roy and Nannie Sophia Anderson LaDu. Bob served as 1st Lieutenant with the 45th division of the U.S. Army Infantry in North...
Merion Arrington
Jan 23, 2014
MERION "ED" ARRINGTON CANDLER- Merion Edward "Ed" Arrington, age 76, of Candler died Thursday, January 23, 2014. Mr. Arrington was born September 29, 1937 in Buncombe County to the late C. C. "Lum" and Evelyn Evans Arrington. Also preceding him in death are his brothers, Jim, Bill and Coy Arrington. Mr. Arrington retired from Biltmore Forest Country Club and was...
Mary Emily Keetch Vincent
Jan 23, 2014
MARY EMILY KEETCH VINCENT WEAVERVILLE - Mary Emily Keetch Vincent, age 66, of Weaverville and Vicksburg, MS died January 23, 2014 at her home in Weaverville. She is survived by a sister Ellen Craig of Asheville and a former husband Linwood Vincent of Monterey, CA. She was preceded in death by her parents John Keetch and Florence Marshall Keetch and...
Lucille Harris Burleson
Jan 21, 2014
LUCILLE HARRIS BURLESON BARNARDSVILLE -Lucille Harris Burleson, age 82, of Martins Creek Road, died Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at Madison Health and Rehabilitation, where she had resided the last 5 years. Mrs. Burleson was born September 14, 1931 in Buncombe County where she had lived all of her life. She and her late husband sang with The True Gospel Quartet...
Rhea A. Parris
Jan 19, 2014
RHEA ALEXANDER PARRIS HIGH POINT - Rhea Alexander Parris, 93, of High Point, went home to be with her Heavenly Father on Jan. 19, 2014. She was born in Alexander on June 7, 1920. Her parents were the late Norman James and Vauda Carrie Bridges Alexander. Rhea attended French Broad High School and married Dennis Van Parris on Jan. 8,...
Donna Coddington Anderson
Jan 17, 2014
WEAVERVILLE - Donna Coddington Anderson, age 76, of 744 Reems Creek Rd., died Friday, January 17, 2014. Donna was born February 20, 1937, in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in Asheville from an early age. She was the cherished wife of her devoted husband Donald H. Anderson for 54 years. She was an active member of Reems Creek-Beech Presbyterian Church...
Charles Wesley Kelly
Jan 16, 2014
CHARLES WESLEY "WES" KELLY, JR. WEAVERVILLE - Charles Wesley "Wes" Kelly, Jr., age 43, of 26 Salem Acres, died Thursday, January 16, 2014. Wes was born in South Boston, Virginia and was a resident of Weaverville for the past 30 years. He was a graduate of North Buncombe High School and UNC Asheville. He loved deep sea fishing and N.C....
Margaret Sluder Ponder
Jan 15, 2014
MARGARET SLUDER PONDER WEAVERVILLE - Margaret Sluder Ponder, age 90, of 15 Harbeck Drive, died Wednesday, January 15, 2014. Mrs. Ponder was born August 15, 1923 in the Leicester community of Buncombe County. She married Vance Ponder in 1950 and they moved to Weaverville in 1951. She retired after 30 years from the National Climatic Data Center. Margaret was a...
Julia Mae Bradburn
Jan 12, 2014
JULIA MAE BRADBURN WOODFIN - Julia Mae Bradburn, age 84, of Woodfin, died Sunday, January 12, 2014. Miss. Bradburn was born August 7, 1929, in Union County, SC to the late Thomas M. Bradburn, Sr. and Lela Frisbee Bradburn. She was also preceded in death by her twin brother, Julius Bradburn; brother, Alvin Bradburn; and sisters, Iowa Candler and Frankie...
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