DEATHS FUNERALS B4 FUNERALS TODAY Name, Residence Clara Brittain, Morganton Mary Williams, Robbinsville Reid Bodford, Burnsville William Spivey, Asheville William Moore, Gastonia Lorena Fulghum, Candler Hazel Clark, Waynesville Charles Day Asheville William Moore, Brevard Andrew Oxtal, Bryson City Marvin Braswell, Morganton William Beeke, Horse Shoe Wilhelmina West, Murphy Isma Postell, Andrews Sara Hensley, Burnsville Andy Wilson, Marion ROBERT NEAL BURNS MURPHY Robert Neal Burns, 33, of Calhoun, formerly of Blairsville, died Saturday, Nov. 20, 1999. Private memorial services will I be held at Ivie Funeral Home, Murphy. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials may be made to Ivy Log Baptist Church Cemetery, 6055 Murphy Blairsville, Ga. 30512.
RUBY WATERS BOSTIC Ruby May Waters, 69, of 393 Toney Road, died Saturday afternoon, Nov. 20, 1999, at Rutherford Hospital. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23, at Cedar Grove United Methodist Church, with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Washburn Dorsey Funeral Home. JOHN SWANN SPRUCE PINE John Marshall Swann, 61, of Beaver Creek Road, died Saturday, Nov. 20, 1999, in an Asheville hospital. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m.
in Grindstaff Memorial Chapel of Webb Funeral Home. The family will receive friends Monday night from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. LAVERNA C. HOLEBROOKS ASHEVILLE Laverna C.
"Cookie" Holebrooks, 84, formerly of 120 Arthur Road, Malvern Hills, died Sunday, Nov. 21, 1999, at Greentree Ridge. She was the mother of Betsy Holebrooks and Donald C. Holebrooks. Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue will announce the arrangements.
THEODORE R. LOFTIS TUCKASEEGEE Theodore R. Loftis, 74, of Tuckaseegee, died Saturday, Nov. 20, 1999, at Harris Regional Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m.
Tuesday at Deep Gap Baptist Church of God with the Revs. Benny Bagwell, Larry Bryson and Arvil Nations officiating with burial in Brendle Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Bill Moody Funeral Home, Bryson City. ROBERT DOUGLAS BALDWIN ASHEVILLE Robert Douglas Baldwin, 28, of 314 Old Marshall died Sunday, Nov.
21, 1999. The family will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith, 99 Pinecrest Drive, Weaverville, N.C. 28787.
West Funeral Home, 17 Merrimon Weaverville, will announce arrangements. SANDRA M. DERDEN FLETCHER Sandra Marlene Richmond Derden, 47, of 49 Jones Circle, died Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1999, in Keith County, following injuries sustained in a tractor-trailer ASHEVILLE CITIZEN TIMES LARRY D. DERDEN FLETCHER Larry Don Derden, 45, of 49 Jones Circle, Thursday, Nov.
18, 1999, in bluff, following injuries tained in a tractor-trailer accident. accident. Mrs. Derden was a native of Porterville, and had resided in the Asheville area since 1989. She was a U.S.
Army Vietnam veteran and a member of Sweeten Creek F.W. Baptist Church. Mrs. Derden Sandra Derden was a driver for Larry Derden England Trucking Sandra Derden Co. where she had served for the past three years and was a trucker buddy for Wall Cottage at Broyhill Children's Home in Haywood County.
She was a daughter of Dorothy Joan Torrence Richmond and the late Elmer N. Richmond and wife of the late Larry Don Hobbs Derden, who died Nov. 18, 1999. Surviving, in addition to her mother, are her sons, Joshua Daniel Derden of the home and Jeremiah "Jeremy" Christopher Derden of Fairview; granddaughters, Brittny Michelle Derden and Hanna Marie Derden; sister, Jane Darlene Taylor of Warner Robbins, brother, James David Richmond of Fletcher. Joint funeral services with her husband will be held at 11 a.m.
Tuesday at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Skyland, with the Rev. Jim Stroupe officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends 7 to 9 p.m.
Monday at Anders-Rice Funeral Home, and at other times, will be at the home of her mother, Mrs. Dorothy Richmond, 49 Jones Circle, Fletcher. Memorials may be made to American Diabetic Association, 434 Fayetteville Street Mall, Two Hannover Square, Suite 1600, Raleigh, N.C. 27601 or American Cancer Society, Buncombe County Unit, 31 College Place, Building Suite 100, Asheville, N.C. 28801.
LUCILLE A. MASON SWANNANOA Lucille Aldridge Mason, 81, formerly of 122 Edwards died Saturday, Nov. 20, 1999, at Elderberry Health Care Center in Marshall, where she had lived for two years. Mrs. Mason was born in Avery County and was a daughter of the late Abe and Nina Dishman Aldridge.
She was married to Lawrence Babe Mason, former game warden at Bee Tree Lake, and was also preceded in death by a son, Richard Mason. She was a member of Faith Tabernacle. She is survived by three daughters, Barbara Pruette of Black Mountain, Vivian Taylor of Weaverville, and Teressa Smith of Arden; four sons, Mack Mason of Arden, David Mason of Cumming, Garry Mason of Fairview, and Tim Mason of Hollywood, 16 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Mason was one of 13 children, with two now remaining, Nemi Greggs and Daniel Aldridge, both of Melbourne, Fla.
Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Revs. R.E. Conner and T.S. Lipe officiating.
Burial will be in Black Mountain City Cemetery. Her family will receive friends from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. ANNIE RHODARMER CANTON Annie Lee Rhodarmer, 86, died Sunday, Nov. 21, 1999.
at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. Wells Funeral Home in Canton will announce arrangements. Future pairing of Jones, Randolph schools up for debate Schools from page B1 unpairing the schools would be that makes them feel like they're Patterson, PTO president teachers could better communicate Nancy at Jones, has one daughter at Jones about the progress of students from and a son who will be starting next one year to the next. She said she chose for her He said, however, he was conyear. to attend the school cerned about what would happen to daughter because she liked that it was a pri- the students if they were separated school.
She doesn't want the to form two schools. If the separamary school to change. tion occurred, students could end pairing "I think it's helped her keep her up in a school away from their closinnocence longer," Patterson said. est friends. Patterson said she felt better "I think the biggest thing would knowing her daughter did not have be emotionally," he said.
"Their to worry about being picked on by emotional state is reflected in their older students. schoolwork." Teacher Neal Compton of Ran- Compton said it's a big deal for dolph Elementary School said the the students to go to Randolph thing" about when the finish Jones because it only "significant Fletcher residents unsure of annexation's Fletcher from page B1 I American Coating Technology, Like Wallace, Jacobs isn't sure located west of the current town what annexation would mean to her limits and adjacent to Continental if approved by the town council. The consultant's report recommends the following areas for annexation in order of priority: Continental Teves, a 37-acre site located west of the town limits. The southeastern edge of the property is bounded by N.C. 280.
Meritor, 211 acres south of the current town limits. The tract is bordered by Interstate 26 to the west and Cane Creek to the north. Owen Manufacturing, several lots south of the town limits. Meritor is west of the property. HENRY J.
GLAZE ASHEVILLE Henry Jackson Glaze, of 127 Bartlett Apartment No. 142, died Thursday, Nov. 18, Mr. Derden native of Abilene, Texas, and had resided in the Asheville area since 1989. He was a U.S.
Army Vietnam veteran and attended Sweeten Creek F.W. Baptist Church. Mr. Derden was a senior driver for England where Trucking he had Co. Henry sus-: 1999.
A native of Tigman, he was a son of the late Quillie and Pinkey Willis Glaze. He grew up in Brevard where he was a member of Bethel A Baptist Church. He later moved to Asheville where he resided for over 50 years. He was a World War Army veteran and retired from Glaze the V.A. Medical Center as a nursing assistant after 38 years of service.
Surviving are his wife, Laura Allen Glaze; sons, Henry Michael Glaze and Jerry Glaze of Asheville and Eddie Glaze of Charlotte; daughter, Pamela Beck of Asheville; brothers, William Glaze and James Glaze of Brevard; sisters, Susie Little of Brevard, Emma Lou Mann of Pleasantville, Ohio, and Francis Jackson of Miami, six grandchildren; host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Hart Funeral Service. The Rev. Paul Robinson will officiate.
Burial will be in Sunset Cemetery with military rites by Buncombe County Veterans Council Memorial Team. The family will be at 335 Old Asheland Ave. ANDY WILSON Henry Glaze MARION Andy Wilson, 69, of 149 Zion Hill Road, died Saturday, Nov. 20, 1999, at his home. He was born in Avery County to the late Charlie and Lula Barette Wilson.
He was also preceded in death by a brother, Amos Wilson. He is survived by his wife, Martha Hill Wilson; three sons, Terry Wilson of Marion, and wife Janet of Newton, wife Carolyn of Tommie, Statesville; a stepson, Rusty Wall of Asheville; four daughters, Becky Kelly and husband Dennis of Nebo, Cindy Wilson of Hickory, Shernon Vesta of Massachusetts, Angie Randolph and husband Paul of Marion; a stepdaughter, Penny Walters of Marion; a brother, C.W. Wilson of Virginia; sister, Bea Daniels of Newland; and a number of church family and friends. He also is survived by seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.
Monday at Zion Hill Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Gideon International, P.O. Box 1788, Marion, N.C. or Hospice of McDowell County, 116 N.
Logan Marion, N.C. 28752. Kirksey Funeral Home is in charge of the services. BONNIE PRESNELL WAYNESVILLE Bonnie Maneese Moody Presnell, 85, died Sunday, Nov. 21, 1999, at Baptist Hospital in Knoxville, Tenn.
She was born to the late Amos and Augusta Cagle Moody in Haywood County on April 2, 1914. She is survived by two daughters, Mary Lou Henson Carver of Waynesville and Ruth Coakley of Del Rio, Tenn. She is also survived by three sons, John M. Henson of Canton, Thad T. Henson of Waynesville and Wayne R.
Henson of Cosby, Tenn. She is also survived by 12 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; two great great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Presnell was preceded in death by her husband Clifford Presnell, two sisters, Eliza Mehaffey and Katherine Moody Allison, and three brothers, Amos Moody, Thad Moody and Hayes Moody. She was also preceded in death by a grandson, John Koebernik.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Garrett Funeral Home Chapel in Waynesville with the Revs. Jerry Nelson and Ernest Messer officiating. Friends are invited for visitation Monday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Garrett-Hillcrest Cemetery. BETTY MARION ANTREVILLE, S.C. Betty Ellis Marion, 73, of 193 Gin House Road, wife of Charles R. Marion died Sunday, Nov. 21, 1999.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Shiloh United Methodist Church Cemetery, new area. The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Harris Funeral Home, Abbeville. We Buy Estate Property R47616-200 served for the past 11 years, was a trucker buddy for Wall Cottage at Broyhill Children's Home in Haywood County and in 1998 received his Million Mile Award.
He was a son of the late Henry Johnson Derden and Billie Maxine Franklin Derden, and husband of the late Sandra Marlene Richmond Derden, who died Nov. 17, 1999. Surviving are his son, Joshua Daniel Derden of the home and Jeremiah "Jeremy" Christopher Derden of Fairview; granddaughters, Brittny Michelle Derden and Hanna Marie Derden; stepmother, Norma Kay Hobbs of Lubbock, Texas; mother-in-law, Dorothy Joan Torrence Richmond of Fletcher; sister, Cynthia Shaffer of Maryland; brother, Cliff Derden of Amarillo, Texas. Joint funeral services with his wife will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Mt.
Zion Baptist Church, Skyland, with the Rev. Jim Stroupe officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Anders-Rice Funeral Home, and at other times, the family will be at the home of his mother-inlaw, Mrs.
Dorothy Richmond, 49 Jones Circle, Fletcher. Memorials may be made to American Diabetic Association, 434 Fayetteville Street Mall, Two Hannover Square, Suite 1600, Raleigh, N.C. 27601. or American Cancer Society, Buncombe County Unit, 31 College Place, Building Suite 100, Asheville, N.C. 28801.
JAMES DAVIS PISGAH FOREST James Larry Derden Pinkley Davis, 67, of Capps Road, died Thursday, Nov. 18, 1999, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Asheville. Born in Ware Shoals, S.C., he was son of the late Al Hawthorne and the late Ethel Davis Middleton. He retired from Ecusta, Pisgah Forest, and was a U.S.
Army veteran. He attended Glade Creek Baptist Church in Pisgah Forest. Surviving are his wife, Rosa Walker Davis of Pisgah Forest; a son, Kenneth Walker of Pisgah Forest; a daughter, Lynette Davis of Arden; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Glade Creek Baptist Church, Pisgah Forest, with the Rev.
David Suber officiating. Burial will be in Pisgah Gardens, Pisgah Forest. The family is at the home. Pilgrim's Funeral Home, Hendersonville, is in charge of arrangements. LUCILLE B.
OCHSNER FRANKLIN Funeral services for Lucille B. Ochsner, who died Saturday, Nov. 20, 1999, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23, in the chapel of Bryant Funeral Home.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. HUBERT BRUNO DERI WEAVERVILLE Hubert Bruno Deri, 91, of 112 Kyfields, beloved husband of Sylvia Oliver Deri, passed away Sunday, Nov. 21, 1999, at the Solace Hospice Care Center. Memorials may be made to Mountain Area Hospice, P.O.
Box 16, Asheville, N.C. 28802. West Funeral Home, 017 Merrimon Weaverville, was in charge of arrangements. PAUTHENE TINSLEY BREVARD Pauthene "Penny" Tinsley, 81, died Sunday, Nov. 21, 1999, at Brian Center.
She is survived by Charlie Tinsley. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Pisgah Gardens. Arrangements are by Moore Funeral Home in Brevard. WILHELMINA C.
WEST MURPHY Wilhelmina Cathron Sneed West, 42, was reunited with her heavenly family on Friday, Nov. 19, 1999. Services will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Ivie Funeral Home Chapel, Murphy. Burial will be in Sunset Cemetery.
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Townson-Smith Pete Young Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery Faith Baptist Groce, Patton Avenue Wells, Waynesville Central United Methodist Moody-Connolly Rowlands Creek Baptist Drexel First Church of God 3 p.m. Ivie, Murphy 8 p.m. Red Marble Baptist 8 p.m. Holcombe Brothers 2 p.m. Zion Hill Baptist Forest Lawn Memorial Park LORENA FULGHUM CANDLER Lorena Lowe Henderson Fulghum, Gudger Road, died Friday, 1999, at the home of her Marie Ray in Weaverville.
"Rena" 94, of 60 Nov. 19, daughter, Mrs. Fulghum was born in Buncombe County and was a daughter of the late Silas James Lowe and Mary Louise Rector Lowe. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Richard Franklin Henderson. She was a former resident of New York City Lorena Fulghum Lorena Fulghum where she worked at Macy's Department Store and was a member of the Stuyvesant-Parthenon Chapter No.
693, Eastern Star. She was a Right Worthy Matron and Grand Representative of New Mexico. In Asheville, she was a member of Abernethy United Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband, Charles Ezra Fulghum; a daughter, Marie Ray of Weaverville; and two sisters, Nellie Conner and Alice Jackson of Asheville. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m.
Monday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with Dr. James H. Johnson and the Eastern Star, Biltmore Chapter No. 38, officiating. Burial will be in Green Hills Cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers will be Bill Smith and Frank Brank. Her family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. RANDALL LIGHT ASHEVILLE Randall Light, 37, of 136 6 Swannanoa Asheville, died unexpectedly Sunday, Nov. 21, 1999.
Groce Funeral Home will announce the arrangements. NINA JORDAN WAYNESVILLE Mrs. Nina Jordan passed away early Sunday morning, Nov. 21, 1999, at her home. Services are pending at the Garrett Funeral Home in Waynesville where friends may call for further information.
CHARLES E. POTTS JR. HIGHLANDS Charles Edward Potts 50, of Blue Valley Road, died Saturday, Nov. 20, 1999, in Highlands. Memorial services will be held later.
Bryant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Teves. This tract could not be annexed until after Continental Teves is annexed. South Phase One, the commercial strip on U.S. 25 as well as two residential neighborhoods behind the commercial area.
This section could not be annexed until the Meritor plant is annexed. Of the parcels considered for annexation, 70 are residential, 19 are commercial and nine are vacant. South Phase Two, about 108 acres between U.S. 25 and the railroad tracks. The southern most end Road, Weaverville, died Sunday, Nov.
21, 1999, at the Brian Center in Weaverville. A native of Madison County and resident of Buncombe County for most of his life, he was preceded in death by his parents, J.C. and Laura Buckner Ballard, two sisters, Mary Gudger and Lucy Cornwall, two brothers, Ernest and Albert Ballard, and by two wives, Azalee Rev. Ballard "Polly" Pounders Ballard, who died in 1964, and Julia Merrill Ballard, who died in 1994. Rev.
Ballard pastored Baptist churches in the Buncombe and French Broad Associations and was also employed with Morris Austin and Citizens Hardware stores for 40 years. He was a member of Locust Grove Baptist Church. He is survived by three daughters, Linda Shook and Maxine Garrison of Weaverville and Gerry Broome of Asheville; a son, Jack Ballard of Concord; four sisters, Stella Harron of Canton, Della Bartett of Asheville, Marie Echols of Hendersonville and Ellie Shuford of Charlotte; 10 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Revs.
Walter Ponder, Ebb Jenkins and H.L. Wilson officiating. Burial will be in West Memorial Park. His family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
ISMA POSTELL ANDREWS Isma Postell, wife of the Rev. France Postell, of Andrews, died Saturday, Nov. 20, 1999, in an Atlanta hospital. She was a native and lifetime resident of Cherokee County. She was a daughter of the late Joseph and Amanda Trantham Holloway.
She was a homemaker and a member of Red Marble Baptist Church. Surviving, in addition to the husband, are five daughters, Bobbie Postell Mason and Jackie Postell Douthit, both of Andrews, Ginger Postell McClure of Columbia, S.C., Shelby Postell Yonce of Marble and Sandy Postell Moore of Orlando, three sons, Johnny Postell of Atlanta, Doug and James "Butch" Postell, both of Andrews; a sister, Ada Moody of Robbinsville; three brothers, Elbert Holloway of Blairsville, Wayne Holloway of Robbinsville and Claude Holloway of Marble; 16 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 22, in the Red Marble Baptist Church with the Revs.
Mickey Stewart and S.J. Waters officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers will be grandsons. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 7:45 p.m.
Monday evening at Red Marble Baptist Church. The family requests that memorials may be made to H. Lynn Mason Scholarship Fund, 123 Winding Stairs Road, Topton, N.C. 28781 or Red Marble Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, Martha Postell, 1201 Red Marble Road, Andrews, N.C. 28901.
Ivie Funeral Home, Andrews, is in charge of all arrangements. SARA W. HENSLEY BURNSVILLE Sara W. Hensley, 81, died Saturday, Nov. 20, 1999, in Yancey Nursing Center.
A native of Yancey County, she was a daughter of the late William Molt and Jane Elizabeth Ray Hensley. She retired with 39 years service, having started in a one-room school. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Burnsville, having been very active in youth activities. She is survived by several nieces and nephews and their families. Funeral services will be held at 8 p.m.
Monday in the Chapel of Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home. The Revs. Richard Muri and Harold Bennett Jr. will officiate. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m.
Monday at the funeral home. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Robertson Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Yancey County, P.O. Box 471, Burnsville, N.C.
28714. ting older. Faculty members of both schools, including Jones Principal Bonnie Hughes, said they are concerned about what a financial burden would be created if the schools were split. She said it would be expensive to move faculty from one school to the other and to transport books so that both media centers could have books serving all grade levels. Faculty at both of the schools have said they support the schools remaining paired.
Call Jenn Burleson at 232-2938 or e-mail at JBurleson impact on town of this section extends beyond the 126 interchange. Fletcher already has a couple of satellite annexations south of town near the interstate interchange. If the annexation plan is approved, the town limits would extend to those areas. "We could possibly look at doing everything south as one (annexation)," Honeycutt said. The only other involuntary annexation the town has undertaken was the area near the Asheville Regional Airport where Cafeteria and Fairfield Inn are located.
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