Louellen Pipes Deyton

Louellen Pipes Deyton, 98, of Asheville passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at CarePartners Solace Center in Asheville.

 Born February 6, 1924, in Cherokee County, NC, she was a daughter of the late William Cloyd Pipes and Emma Kate Queen.

 She was a graduate of Lynchburg School of Nursing in Lynchburg, VA class of 1954.  In 1991, she retired from McDowell Hospital and was a member of Tabernacle U.M.C.  Of her many hobbies, her favorites were working in her flower gardens and playing games at the club house of her Scenic Retirement Community.

 In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her spouse, Clyde “Bill” Deyton; and siblings, Eugene Pipes, Robert “Wayne” Pipes, Edward Pipes, Kathrine Dills, and Annabelle Elliott. Surviving are her children, Nancy Allen of Swannanoa, NC, and Katie Curtis of Black Mountain, NC; siblings, Jack Pipes and his spouse, Kay, of Swannanoa, NC, Ben Pipes and his spouse, Donna, of Murphy, NC, and Janet Parker of Asheville, NC; six grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; 3 great-great grandchildren; and her bestie, Joyce Justice of Asheville, NC.

 A funeral service will be held at 1 PM on Saturday, July 30, 2022, in the chapel of Penland Family Funeral Home in Swannanoa, NC with Rev. James Lamb and Rev. Taylor Fields officiating.  The family will receive friends an hour prior to the service.  A private burial will be held at Woody Cemetery in Green Mountain, NC.

 Penland Family Funeral Home is honored to serve the Deyton family at this time.

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