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Deaths Funerals Othtr Deaths, Pacts 13A, 17A 16A ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES Sunday, Aug. 22, 1993 Rev. James F. Edmonds WEAVERVILLE The Rev. James Fulton "Big Jim" Edmonds, 78, of 20 Edmonds Road, died Friday, Aug.

20, in an Asheville hospital. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a son of the late Aster Fulton and Minnie Sue Rice Edmonds. He was a retired minis FUNERALS TODAY Nwn, Residence Time Location Neje Hughes, Newland 2 p.m. Pleasant Hill Baptist Earl Shuford, Spruce Pine 3 p.m. Webb Louise Baldwin, Blacksburg, Va.

2 p.m. Richardson-Home 1 Mary Ogle, Mill Spring 2 p.m. Big Level Baptist Jason Sweeney, Hendersonville 2 p.m. Ebenezer Baptist David Presley, Alexandria, Va. 2 p.m.

Riverside Cemetery ClaJ Jenkins, Mars Hill 2 p.m. Upper Laurel Baptist Ed jn Shook, Hazelwood 2:30 p.m. First Baptist, Hazelwood RuaJ. Riddle, Canton 2 p.m. Wells, Canton Bobby Wallen, Asheville 2 p.m.

Locust Grove Baptist Gewldine Rice, Weaverville 7 p.m. First Baptist, Weaverville Stall and Frankie Shoupe, Sylva 3 p.m. Stillwell Cemetery L'1 Befjha Chapman, Valdese 3 p.m. Kirksey MaJJprie Soens, Forest City 4 p.m. Padgett and King Judge James Israel, Candler 4 p.m.

Green Hills Cemetery REGIONAL DEATHS Key Rsher, 84, of Sylva, died Friday, Aug. 20; arrangements incomplete. Clsfonco "Junior" Whttealdea, 62, of Icard, died Friday, Aug. 20; services 3:30 p.m. Monday, Shoup's Grove Baptist Church.

Rofee Bryant, 60, a native of Bakersville, died Sunday; arrangements Incomplete. Beljha F. Chapman, 68, of Valdese, died Friday, Aug. 20; services 3 p.m. Sunday, Funeral Home.

MaJJorle Soens, 88, of Forest City, died Friday, Aug. 20; services 4 p.m. Sunday, Padgett andKing Mortuary. Frank Riddle Perkins, 83, of Morganton, died Saturday, Aug. 21; services 11 a.m.

Mofjpay, Friendship Baptist Church cemetery. ter and was a former pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church. He was an Army veteran of World War II and member of VFW Post No. 6483 of Mars Hill. Surviving are his wife, Meece Sprinkle Edmonds; three daughters, Elizabeth Shook of Asheville, Joyce Robinson and Pat McMa-han, both of Weaverville; six sons, Gary, Lonnie, Zane, and Alan Edmonds, all of Weaverville, Craig and Wesley Edmonds, both of Barnardsville; two sisters, Eva Kent of Asheville and Vistula Robinson of Weaverville; a brother, the Rev.

John R. Edmonds of Weaverville; and 17 grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Fellowship Baptist Church at Newbridge, of which he was a member. The Revs.

John R. Edmonds and Shelby Beaver will officiate. Burial will be in Skyview David Jack Ballard WEAVERVILLE David Jack Ballard, 27, of 20 Whitt Road, died Friday, Aug. 20. A native of Buncombe County, he worked for Thrifty Muffler Service and attended Bethel Baptist Church.

Surviving are his mother, Wanda Waldrup Gaddy; his father, Ronald J. Ballard; two Bisters, Alma Ruth Ballard of Weaverville and Pernee Gaddy of the home; and a brother, Jerry Ballard of the home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Madison Funeral Home chapel. The Revs.

Glenn Burrell and Troy Rogers will officiate. Burial will be in Bethel Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, and at other times, will be at the home of the mother on Paint Fork Road. Ruth White LAKE LURE Ruth Thomell Marsh White, 88, of Route 2, died Friday, Aug.

20, in a nursing center. Born in Columbia, S.C., she was a waitress at Greene's Restaurant She was a daughter of the late Jesse and Harriett Hodge Marsh. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Waverly, Fla. Surviving are three sisters, Mae Smith of Lake Lure, Marjorie Brown of Danville, and Gertrude Wallace of Columbia; two brothers, Henry Fields Marsh of DeSoto, and J.T. Marsh of Laurinburg; and a stepdaughter, Marilyn Moore of Salisbury.

Services and burial will be in Florida. Crowe's Mortuary is in charge of local arrangements. Mary Tessem SYLVA Mary Tessem of Route 1 died Saturday, Aug. 21, in a Hendersonville hospital. Thos.

Shepherd Son Funeral Home in Hendersonville is in charge of arrangements. Nevada G. Keith MARSHALL Nevada Grooms Keith, 83, of 11 Grooms Road, died Friday, Aug. 20, in a Madison County health care center. A lifelong resident of Madison County, she was the daughter of the late James and Attie Norton Grooms and was married to Roy Keith, who died in 1983.

She was a member of East Fork Church of God. Surviving are a daughter, Shirley Rice of Marshall; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Madison Funeral Home chapel. The Revs.

Joe Rice and Kenneth Parker will officiate. Burial will be in Meadow Gap Family Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, and at other times, will be at the residence. Eulah D.

Ashe SYLVA Eulah D. Ashe, 86, of the Dillardtown Community, died Saturday, Aug. 21, in a Haywood County nursing center. A lifelong resident of Jackson County, he was retired from Mead Paper Corporation and was a member of Wilkesdale Baptist Church. He was the husband of the late Vera Buchanan Ashe and was the son of the late William and Amanda Jane Ashe.

Surviving are a daughter, Judy Miller of Asheville; and a grandchild. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Moody Funeral Home chapel. The Rev. Bill Stiles will officiate.

Burial will be in Fairview Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Rose S. Pressley Rose Stewart Pressley, 89, of Pinners Cove Road, Skyland, died Saturday, Aug.

21. Williams Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements. Carroll Taylor HENDERSONVILLE Carroll Taylor, 62, of Halsbury Avenue, died Saturday, Aug. 21, in a Hendersonville hospital. Taylor, a lifelong resident of Henderson County, was a son of Walter Honess Taylor of Hendersonville and the late Essie Pruitt Taylor.

He was a graduate of Blan-ton's Business College and Fruit-land Bible Institute. He retired in 1989 after 30 years as a driver with Greyhound bus lines and was an ordained Baptist minister. An Army veteran of the Korean Conflict, he was a member of Gethsem-ane Baptist Church and Kedron Masonic Lodge No. 387 A.F. and A.M.

Surviving, in addition to his father, are his wife, Evelyn W. Taylor; two daughters, Wanda Taylor of the home and Pam Williams of Arden; a son, James Carroll Taylor Jr. of the home; two brothers, Uyless Gary Taylor of Mills River and the Rev. Robert Lee Taylor of Rock Hill, S.C.; and a granddaughter. Services will be at 2 p.m.

Monday at Gethsemane Baptist' Church. The Revs. Jerry Orr Jr. and Robert Lee Taylor will officiate. Burial will be in Shepherd Memorial Park with rites by members of Kedron Masonic Lodge No.

387 A.F. and A.M. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday at Thos. Shepherd and Son Funeral Directors, where the body will remain until 30 minutes before the services.

Memorials may be made to Henderson County Cancer Service, P.O. Box 64, Hendersonville 28793. Judith Hockmeyer CEDAR MOUNTAIN Judith Stay vesant Hockmeyer, 62, died Saturday, Aug. 21, in a Transylvania County hospital. Thos.

Shepherd Son Funeral Directors is in charge of arrangements. Mamie MEI FLAT ROCK Mamie Charlotte Jones Hill, 94, of Route 2, Ridge-way Drive, died Saturday, Aug. 21, in a Hendersonville hospital. Jackson Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements. Hudson Woriey SKEAVERVIUI Lucy Hudson Wwley, 73, of Stoney Knob, died Fwday, Aug.

20, at her home. 2. lifelong resident of Buncombe Cffiinty, she was a retired nurse's aiJe from the WNG Baptist Home. 5 OL Lonnie H. Whftener Services for Lonnie Henry Whitener of 257 Montford who died Thursday, Aug.

19, will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Hart Funeral Service. The Rev. Eugene Kincaid will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Cemetery.

A native of Spartanburg, S.C., he had lived in Asheville for 56 years and was a son of the late Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the church. Memorials may be made to Hospice, P.O. Box 16, Asheville 28802; Rock of Ages Prison Ministry, Route 2 Box 768, Marion 28752; or International Gideons, 198 Patton Asheville 28801.

Penland Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Jason R. Miller WEAVERVILLE Jason Randall Miller, 38, of 77 North Hill Road, died Saturday, Aug. 21, at his home. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m.

Monday at West Funeral Home, and at other times, will be at the home of Vestal and Peggy McHone Miller, 211 Herron Cove Road, Weaverville. 'ft- one was a daughter of the late William Date and Bertha Revis Hudson and the wife of Woodrow "Curley" Woriey, who died in 1988. Surviving are two daugh- Melvin Whitener and Ida Pearl Dawkins Whitener Garner. He was an Army veteran of the Korean Conflict and attended Stephens-Lee High School. He was a member of Ora Street Church of God.

Lonnie Whitener two brothers, Surviving are Jmamtf Jmttaffitvict BS6 Timnal M. Ashevllto, NC 298-5335 James W. Whitener of Pontiac, Ufcywoilcir Rogers and Lisa Wilson, both of Asheville; a son, Albert Woriey of Fletcher; five sisters, Nellie Edmonds and Mildred Waldrop, both of Weaverville, Eva Tresner and Vonnie Arrowood, both of Asheville, and Elizabeth Radford of Virginia; two brothers, Joe Hudson of Asheville and Howard Hudson of Atlanta, Ga seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at West Funeral Home chapel.

Thg.Rev. Jennis Sluder will officiate Entombment will be in AsSelawn Gardens of Memory. Jhe family will receive friends frqm 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the fu-nerel home, and at other times, wifi.be at the residence. and the Rev.

Albert Whitener of Asheville; and two sisters, Lucille W. Young and Lola W. King, both of Asheville. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, and at other times, will be at the home.

MADISON FUNERAL HOME, Inc. Locally Owned Hwy. 213, Marshall. NX. 704-649-9163 CARD OF THANKS We the family of the late MR.

LARRY CLARK Would like to thank friends and neighbors for kindness shown during the loss of our loved one, the calls, visits, food flowers and other contributions were a source of comfort. A v-ery special thank you to Rev. J.T. Jones Rev. R.J.

Knight, St. James Church Family, Berry Temple United Methodist Church Family, Dr. Diakas Staff at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Friends and Neighbors in Miami, Friends and Neighbors of Lee Walker Heights, Merion Presha and the Class of 1966 S.F.B. Hiah Sehnnl Locally Owned Groce Funeral Home Prearrangements Funerals Cremation Shipping Service Card of Thanks We the family of the late Audrey Craig Watkins Would like to express their heartfelt thanks to all their friends for the visits, telephone calls, flowers, food, monetary gifts and cards. Special thanks to Rev.

Carolyn Briggs, Elder Jerome Hughes, Rev. Gary McDaniels, Rev. William Robertson, Rev. Mary Tetter Allen, Rev. C.R.

Mosley, Rev. J.W. Brewster, Brown Temple Church, The Lords Church, H.B. Ferguson Church, 7-East Nurses at Memorial Mission Hospital, Sister Nurses of Duke Medical Center, Life After Cancer Pathways, Juvenile Evaluation Center, Kear-fott, Carolina Power Light, ITT Teves, Post Office, Hart Services, Staff Radiation Therapy Mission Hospital, Mr. Mrs.

Willie Man" Alexander, Mary Snivers, Willie Mae Harrison, Special Friend Benita Smith, Cynthia Washington, and all our many many friends. Your kindness will always be remembered. May God Bless You All. Craig Watkins Family Calvary Episcopal Churchyard A Public Cemetery 684-6266 Maple Springs CREMATORY Asheville Hiah Class of 1970. A Cilice.

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Wife Daris Daughters Pam, Sharon, Crystal Sons-in-law Ray, Jim, Scott Grandchildren Adam, Bradley, Rachel, Blakely, Trevor, Jerry, Carissa Mother Thelma Fore Brother Bruce Fore, Joan and Family Sister Shirley Arrowood, Bobbie and Famly Mother and Father-in-law atinyd Bill Hyatt Sadly Missed by: Daughters: Barbara Welborn Patsy Haynie Sons: James M. Wood Weldon Eugene Wood.