All Obituaries

Robbinsville resident, Bridget Rene Gibson-Eller (63) died July 29, 2020.  Rene was born May 19, 1957 and is proceeded in death by her parents, Thomas Cleveland Gibson and Barbara Lee Epperson Gibson, and her sister, Barbara Diane Gibson.  Survivors are her loving husband of 45 years, Buddy Ray Eller; son Roy Wells Eller, II, wife Tina Eller and children Ruby and Olivia; daughter Wendy Rochelle Eller Brown, husband Lloyd Brown, and children Sadie and Dyllan; daughter Beth LaRae...

     Bari Quinn Caton, née Barbara Latini, 71, of Weaverville, North Carolina passed July 24, 2020.      Bari was born in New York to the late Pierino W. Latini and Lee Latini.  For more than ten years Bari was an essential, respected and loved copy editor for getAbstract, the largest online library of summaries of business books and other resources. Her professionalism and her attention to the meaning and the details of language had a lasting...

Fred W. Hale, Black Mountain, North Carolina   Fred W. Hale, age 87, of Black Mountain, North Carolina died Tuesday July 14, 2020 at his home at Givens Highland Farms nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains.   Born on January 29, 1933 to Arthur and Sylvia Anthony Hale, he was brother to the late Arthur Hale and the late John Hale and to Betsy M.Hale Walega.  His birth was in Conway, New Hampshire, home to the world’s first weather observation bureau. Fred was a proud...

 Willis Allen Peek of Swannanoa, North Carolina, died Monday, July 20, 2020. He was ninety.             Willis was born to Willie Louise Miller Peek and James Archie Peek in Asheville, North Carolina, on November 11, 1929. He was a member of Campobello First Baptist Church and of The Gideons International.             Willis was preceded in death by both of his...

     Jo Ann McMeans Loyer, 81, went home to be with the Lord on July 20, 2020. She was born on January 30, 1939, in Stockdale, Texas, the youngest of Merle and Annie McMeans’ six children.      She was preceded in death by her parents, twin brother J.O. “Sonny” McMeans, sisters Merlene Metz-Goodson, Barbara Hines, and Bettye Main, nephews Clinton McMeans, Richard Kolberg, Chester Kolberg, Kenneth Kolberg, John Kolberg, Steve Hines, niece...

Penelope Barnwell Moore, 67,  A self described North Carolina mountain Girl died unexpectedly while working in her vegetable and flower garden on July, 17, 2020. She was born April 2, 1953 in Asheville, the daughter of Thomas Barnwell And Jean Henson Owenbey. Penelope graduated from Asheville, highschool, Class of 1970. Penelope enjoyed spending time with her granddaughter Liberty and watching hummingbirds and spending time in her garden outdoors. An Outdoorswoman who enjoyed...

          Malcolm Bruce Landers III Thursday, died July 16, 2020, at his home in Arden, North Carolina. He was sixty years old.           Malcolm was born to Etta Lee Smith Blanton and Malcolm Bruce Landers Jr. in Shelby, North Carolina, on April 1, 1960.           He was preceded in death by his mother, Etta Lee Smith...

Lamar Williamson, Jr. died peacefully July 11, 2020 at Givens Highland Farms, Black Mountain, NC, at the end of a very full life. He is survived by his children, Fred, Martha, and Allen Williamson and Ruth Simmons; his grandchildren Nathan, Ryan, Rachel, Tim, Ben, Hannah, Will, Sam, Bonnie, Charlie and Michael; and great grandchildren Tucker, Elliot, Emma, Benji, Kaia, Eli, Samuel, Max, and Heidi. Lamar was first and foremost a man of God, whose love of the Lord was seconded only by his love...

     Cynthia Ann Bird Miller Thompson, 55, of Asheville, NC, passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at her residence.      She was born in Neptune, New Jersey on December 20, 1964. She graduated from Wall High School with the class of 1982 and was a member of Elevation Church. She enjoyed gardening and loved spending time with her family and kids. She will be greatly missed.      Survivors include her husband, Carl Thompson of...

Corey Jason Snyder        Corey Jason Snyder, 42, of Candler, NC, passed away Friday, July 3, 2020, at his residence.      Corey was born in Orange County, New York on September 8, 1977, to Scott Timothy Snyder and Helen Margaret Fisher Snyder. Corey was a driver for Elite Transport. He had an amazing knowledge of history. He loved to spend time with his children and always supported his family and friends.      Those left...