All Obituaries

Donald Lee Tinsley, age 79, of Asheville, NC, passed away on Monday, November 22, 2021, at Mission Hospital. Donald was born on June 18, 1942, in Transylvania County to the late John Tinsley and Ruth Bates Tinsley. He worked for the Gerber Baby Food Company, and he retired when they closed their factory in Asheville. He was a very funny guy who loved to talk and tell stories. He was one who you could say “never met a stranger”. His family says he was the most wonderful father...

James Arthur Cogswell was born November 29, 1922 in Houston, Texas, the second of four children of Prentiss Arthur Cogswell and Germaine Louise Eugenie Berbouchet Fayoudet Gireud. His family moved when  he was three to Little Rock, Arkansas, then several years later to Memphis, Tennessee, where he spent his formative years. Jim attended Southwestern-at-Memphis (Rhodes College) from 1938 to 1942, graduating as a pre-ministerial student with Honors in Greek. In the summer after...

Robert Lee Whitmire, age 30 of Asheville, NC, passed away on Friday, November 12, 2021, at Mission Hospital in Asheville. Robert was born on May 31, 1991, in Buncombe Co., to Latonda Whitmire. He was a much loved resident of Irene Wortham Center. He had an infectious personality and a smile that lit up the room! Robert enjoyed music, singing and macaroni and cheese. He enjoyed one-on-one time with his staff. He attended the TC Roberson PEP program and graduated in 2013. Robert loved local...

                Ruth Elaine Garrison Janes, age 95, of Black Mountain, NC, passed away on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at Givens Highland Farms Healthcare Center in Black Mountain. She was born on June 20, 1926, in the Sugar Creek community of Barnardsville, NC, to the late Thomas Garrison and Alma Medler Garrison.             Ruth enjoyed the adventure of living...

            Heaven gained another angel, Randy Burgess, on Sunday, November 7, 2021. He was 61 and lived in Asheville. He was born on December 13, 1959 in Waynesville (Haywood County) to the late Betty Burgess who passed away only a week before him. Randy worked as a luthier and attended Jonestown Freewill Baptist Church in Woodfin. He had a passion for music and was a very talented musician with a beautiful singing voice; taught music lessons and loved singing...

            Pauline Ensley Morgan, age 99, of Swannanoa, NC,  passed away on Thursday, November 4, 2021, at Pelican Health Asheville, in Swannanoa. She was born on May 14, 1922, in Madison County, NC, to the late Geter Ensley and Maggie Rector Ensley. Pauline was a member of Swannanoa Free Will Baptist Church and a homemaker.             In addition to her parents, Pauline was...

Betty “Jean” McIntosh Burton, age 84, of Fairview, NC, was called home by her Lord and Savior on Thursday, November 4, 2021 . She was born on March 7, 1937,  in Yancey Co., NC to the late Burt McIntosh and Althea Roland McIntosh. Jean loved her family dearly and was loved by all who knew her. She was someone who loved to laugh and she enjoyed spending time with the Primitive Quartet Singers. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph...

            Betty Flemming Reeves, 81, of Swannanoa, NC went home to the Lord on November 3, 2021 while at her residence in Swannanoa, surrounded by her family that loved her dearly. Betty ("Mamaw") was born September 9, 1940 in the Spring Creek community of Madison County to the late Harry and Annie Bell Caldwell Flemming. Betty was a member of the Spring Creek United Methodist Church. Mamaw was a wonderful mother to her two...

            Gary Todd Wood, age 79, of Black Mountain, NC, passed away on Tuesday, November 2, 2021. He was born on March 20, 1942 in Davenport, Iowa to the late Oprel and Josephine Wood. He was retired and an active member of the Swannanoa Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses. For most of his life he worked as a machinist starting at Aircraft Engineering with his father in Indianapolis, Indiana.             Gary was a loving...

            Kathy Lee Carver, 64 years old, went to be with the Lord and her soulmate, Mark Carver on October 16, 2021. Her husband preceded her in death October 16, 2017. They had been married 39 years. She was born on January 1, 1957, to William and Mary Hughes, who preceded her in death.             She is survived by three children, Christy Sanchez of Augusta, Georgia, Joseph Carver of Marion, North...