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MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2007 ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES OBITUARIES FUNERALS TODAY Name, Residence Time Location Brandon Baker, Union Mills 3 p.m. Glenwood Baptist Metta Baker, Leicester 11 a.m. Chapel of Faith, Forest Lawn, Candler Amanda Bradley, Mill Spring 2 p.m. Silver Creek Baptist Mildred Buckner, Marshall 7:30 p.m. Blue Ridge, Mars Hill James Hall, Shelton, Wash.

1 p.m. Hope Chapel Martha Haymond, Bryson City 2 p.m. Crisp, Bryson City Thomas Johnson, Union Mills 11 a.m. Oak Springs Baptist James Jones, Asheville 11 a.m. St.

Mathias Episcopal Kandy Ledford, Pisgah Forest 2 p.m. Moody-Connolly, Brevard Linda Mosteller, Morganton 11 a.m. Westmoreland, Marion W.R. Queen, Weaverville 2 p.m. West, Weaverville Lillie Ray, Burnsville 2 p.m.

Church of God of Prophecy Kathleen Sturgill, Marion 11 a.m. Kirksey, Marion Capt. Vincent Taylor, Hendersonville 2 p.m. Pinecrest Presbyterian John Tutt Easley, S.C. 2 p.m.

RobinsonEasley, S.C. Hoyt West, Marion 4 p.m. Westmoreland, Marion Obituary Rates: The first 10 column lines are free. The cost is $3.75 per column line after the first 10 lines, and $30 for a photo. For more information on the Citizen-Times obituary policy, call Alexandra Duncan at (828) 232-5966, fax (828) 232-0377 or e-mail Deadline is 4 p.m.

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Harwood Home for Funerals is assisting the family. (828-669-2977) OLA GADDIS BROOM WAYNESVILLE Ola "Sue" Gaddis Broom crossed over to be with our Lord on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007, unexpectedly. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Allen Gaddis and Bertha Wyatt Gaddis, and also was preceded in death by her son, Buddy Allen Broom; and brother, Charles E. Gaddis.

Ola loved watching football, working flower gardens and watching her grandkids play sports. She he was the administrator of Mauney Cove Family Care for 14 years and a member of Lake Junaluska First Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Sherlie Ira Broom; two children, Janet Broom Fernandez and husband, Roger, of Waynesville, Wayne Broom and wife, Christy, of Waynesville; sister, Martha Gaddis Harrell, of Waynesville; two brothers, Joseph S. Gaddis and wife, Brenda, of Canton, Billy Wayne Gaddis and Juanita, of Waynesville; five grandchildren, Josh and Aaron Fernandez, and Patrick, Jacob and Bailey Broom, all of Waynesville; aunt, Meredith Sutton, of Sharon, S.C.; and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be at 11 a.m.

Tuesday at Moody Funeral Home Chapel, with the Revs. Johnny Norris and Jay Jones officiating. Leslie Monday will sing. Josh and Aaron Fernandez, Steve and Richard Gaddis, David Conklin Jr. and Kenny Broom will serve as pallbearers, with Patrick Broom serving as honorary pallbearer.

Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in Moody Funeral Home. Moody Funeral Home and Crematorium, 714 W. Main Sylva, (828-586-4014) is helping the family with arrangements. MILDRED TOLLEY BUCKNER MARSHALL Mildred Tolley Buckner, 90, of Elder- play.

Boys and girls leagues are available for ages 4-17 Teams hold practice within your local high school district. The season runs September-October. Regular registration is also available for the Us and U6 programs for ages 4-6 until Aug. 27. This is a beginning program designed to introduce soccer in an age-appropriate format.

To sign up, call 299-7277, ext. 305, or register online at www.abysa.org. Labor Day book sale WEAVERVILLE The Friends of the Weaverville Library will hold its annual book sale 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 1.

The sale will be at the library on Main Street, in the shall, passed away Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007. She was a lifelong resident of Madison County and the daughter of the late John and Julia Tolley. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Levi Burgin Buckner. She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church.

She is survived by her children, L.B. Buckner of Howard, Larry D. Buckner, of Gatlinburg, Jerry E. Buckner and wife, Rachel, of Weaverville, and Janis B. Hunter and husband, Eddie, of Marshall; five grandchildren and several great grandchildren.

The funeral will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Robbie Capps Memorial Chapel of Blue Ridge Funeral Service, Mars Hill. The Revs. Phillip Parker and Sherman Tweed will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

prior to the service. Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Mars Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Grandsons and cousins will serve as pallbearers. Online condolences may be e-mailed to the family at www.

www.blueridge-funeral-service.com. RONDALL M. COLE CASHIERS Rondall M. Cole, 82, of Cashiers, died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007.

The graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Hyatt Cemetery, with visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Moody Funeral Home and Crematorium, 714 W. Main Sylva (828) 586-4014. LEE FISCHER OMAHA, NEB.

MARS HILL, N.C. Eva Lee Crowder Fischer died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007, in Omaha, Neb. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at West Funeral Home, 17 Merrimon Ave, Weaverville, N.C.

At other times, the family will be at the home of her brother, Kenneth Crowder, 106 North Swannanoa. RAYMOND M. FROMMER HENDERSONVILLE Raymond M. Frommer, 88, of Hendersonville, passed away Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007, at Pardee Hospital.

Thos. Shepherd Son Funeral Directors will announce the arrangements. HARRY NEVILLE HUGHES WEAVERVILLE Harry Neville Hughes, 78, of Weaverville, passed away Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007. West Funeral Home, 17 Merrimon Weaverville, will announce arrangements.

dler, died Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007, at Autumn Care Nursing Home of Waynesville. Born on April 29, 1937, in Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Henry and Virginia Setzer Walker, and was also preceded in MARTHA LEA HUGHES CANDLER Martha Lea Walker Hughes, 70, of Can- lower level. Call 645-3592. Asheville Theatre holds annual meeting ASHEVILLE Asheville Community Theatre will hold its 2006-07 Annual Meeting at 4:30 p.m.

Aug. 29. The meeting will be in the Mainstage Auditorium at ACT, at 35 E. Walnut St. Members of the theater (members are those who are subscribers) will vote in the 2007-08 Board of Directors and outstanding volunteers will be recognized.

Roberson student attends JROTC Honors Camp ASHEVILLE Roberson High junior Sam Pollock got to fly an airplane over Oklahoma City while attend- death by a brother, Charles Walker; brother-in-law, Larry Stanberry; daughter, Virginia Tabor, and grandson, Robert Harverson. She was a 1963 graduate of Memorial Mission Hospital School of Nursing and a member of Mount Moriah Wesleyan Church in Candler Survivors include her husband, James R. Hughes; daughters, Roberta Lea Harverson and husband, Douglas, of Bethel, and Donna Louise Cantrell and husband, Donald, of Weaverville; brother, William Walker, and wife, Joanne, of Lake Alfred, sister, Marie Stanberry, of Hendersonville; sister-in-law, Carolyn Walker Patton, of Weaverville; grandchildren, Courtney Tabor, Cassidy Harverson, James Douglas Harverson and Veronica Cantrell. The graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mount Moriah Wesleyan Church Cemetery, with the Revs.

Edsel Burgess and Matt Rampey officiating. Her family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue. The family request that, in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to Mount Moriah Wesleyan Church, 1 Fairmont Road, Candler, NC 28715. The family would like to thank the staff of Autumn Care Nursing Home for the excellent care that was given to Mrs.

Hughes. The memorial register is available at "Obituaries" at www.grocefuneralhome.com DR. BRUCE STONE KEENAN ASHEVILLE Dr. Bruce Stone Keenan, 68, of Asheville, a long-time resident of Houston, Texas, died peacefully at Solace Center in Asheville on Friday, Aug. 17, 2007.

He was a noted pediatric endocrinologist of Houston for 26 years. A native of New Orleans, Dr. Keenan was the son of the late Bruce Keenan and Louise Nowell Keenan, of New Orleans and Mobile, Ala. Dr. Keenan, a magna cum laude graduate of the University of the South, Sewanee, and a graduate of University Of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine, Dr.

Keenan completed his internship, residency and clinical fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at Duke University Hospital Durham. He completed a pediatric endocrinology fellowship in research at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore. While in the Navy, he served at the National Naval Hospital, Bethesda, and taught at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. At Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Dr. Keenan's principle career centered on research and development for treatment in specialized areas of pediatric endocrinology.

He was a staff physician at Texas Children's Hospital. He was professor of pediatric endocrinology at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Prior to retirement, he served as a staff physician at East Tennessee Children's Hospital in Knoxville, and was on the faculty of University of Tennessee. Dr. Keenan was elected to The Endocrine Society, Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Society, the Society of Pediatric Research, the Southern Society for Pediatric Research and International Society for ROTC Aerospace and Technology Honors Camp this summer.

Pollock was the only cadet from Roberson selected for the all expensespaid, weeklong camp focusing on aerospace technology and flying. The highlight for most cadets was flying airplanes from the Sooner Flight Academy at the University of Oklahoma Westheimer Airport. They were taken up by a flight instructor, given the controls and then piloted the aircraft for an hour. Out of more than 107,000 potential nominees in the United States, Europe, the Pacific and Puerto Rico, more than 1,000 finalists were submitted and 447 cadets selected. an Air Force Junior Androgenic Disorders.

In 1961, Bruce Keenan married Mary Gray Haden, of Hendersonville. They retired to Asheville in 2003, and became communicants of All Souls Cathedral, Asheville. Dr. Keenan, a lifelong Episcopalian, actively participated in parish affairs throughout his life. Dr.

Keenan is survived by his wife Mary "Bunny" Haden Keenan, of Asheville; their four children, Bruce Stone Keenan and wife, Ann, of Tunbridge Wells, England, Mary Louise Keenan and husband, Aldo Waker, and Katherine Haden Keenan and Nick Mehl, of Austin, Texas, and Elizabeth Livingston Keenan, of Raleigh; and six grandchildren, Mathew and Stephanie Keenan, Asher and Magdalen Waker, and Megan and Allison Mehl; brother, Robert Wade Keenan, of Durham, Maine; and sister, Anne Keenan Blocker, of Alexandria, and Chicago. Memorial services in thanksgiving for the life of Dr. Keenan will be celebrated at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007, at All Souls Cathedral, Asheville, and on Saturday, Aug.

25, 2007, in Austin, Texas, at St. David's Episcopal Church. The family suggests memorial gifts be offered to any of the following: University of the South, Sewanee, www.sewanee.edu (select "giving to University of Pennsylvania Medical School, www.med.upenn.edu (select "Giving to Penn Med, Medical Class of 1964 Scholarship Cathedral of All Souls Biltmore, discretionary fund; CarePartners SOLACE, P.O. Box 5779, Asheville, NC 28813; Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Unit 432, Houston, TX 77030-4009.

Thos. Shepherd Son Funeral Directors is in charge of arrangements. An online book is available at www.thosshepherd.com. CLARENCE KEEVER FAIRVIEW Clarence Maynard Keever, 87, of Fairview, passed away Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007.

The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Williams Funeral Home, Asheville. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. CHRISTINE VIRGINIA LEE LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, OHIO Christine Virginia Lee, 35, died on Friday, Aug. 17, 2007, at her residence.

A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian on Long Shoals Road. LINDA ANN MOSTELLER MARION Linda Ann Mobley Mosteller, 39, of Morganton, passed away Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. The funeral will be at 11 a.m.

Monday in Westmoreland Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. GLADYS RADFORD TAYLOR MURPHY Gladys Radford Taylor, 87, died Friday, Aug. 17, 2007, in a Murphy care facility. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m.

Monday, at Ivie Funeral Home, Murphy. Family Fun Day planned ASHEVILLE Asheville Parks and Recreation will host Family Fun Day 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 8 at Carrier Park on Amboy Road. The day is designed especially for people with disabilities and their families and will feature family activities, music, crafts, games, information booths, GLADYS SUE BROWN WELLS ASHEVILLE Gladys Sue Brown Wells, of Asheville, died Sunday, Aug.

19, 2007, at the John F. Keever Hospice Solace Center. Mrs. Wells was born on Jan. 8, 1926, in Asheville.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Rankin Wells, who died on March 4, 1989. She leaves behind her sons, Kenneth Eric and Michael J. Wells; grandchildren, Kimberly Wells Abelon, and Ray, Randy, Scott, Welsey, and Eddie Wells; and great- grandchildren, Haley, Kyle and Autumn Abelon, and Ben and Avery Wells. No services are planned. Donations may be made to the Brick Church, Peggy Bennett, P.O.

Box 53, Leicester, NC, 28748. Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue is assisting the family. The online register is available at www.grocefuneralhome.com. JAMES LEON BOONE BARNARDSVILLE James Leon Boone, 67, of 412 Stoney Fork Road, died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007.

Leon was born July 15, 1940, in Buncombe County to Gay Wayne and Mabel Carter Boone, who preceded him in death. He was a resident of Buncombe County for all of his life. He was also preceded in death by his brothers, Billy and Ray D. Boone. Surviving are his sisters, Ruby J.

Bass, of Weaverville, Sally Ewing, of Nebo, and Josephine Ball, Patricia A. Webb and Joyce Ogle; brothers, Richard L. Boone and Thurman I. Boone, all of Barnardsville. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m.

Wednesday in Chestnut Grove Baptist Church, with the Revs. Brad Willis, Joe Rice and Charles English officiating. Burial will be in Webb Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, at West Funeral Home, 17 Merrimon Weaverville, where the body will remain until placed in the church one hour prior to the service.

At other times, the family will be at the home of Patricia Webb, 392 Stoney Fork Road, Barnardsville. Flowers are acceptable and appreciated. NORA BELL BOYD LEICESTER Nora Bell Boyd, 80, of Stoney Ridge Drive, went home to be with her Heavenly Father on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007, at the John F. Keever Jr.

Solace Center. She was the daughter of the late Julius and Ada Russell Bartlett. She is survived by her son, Ricky Boyd, of Leicester; granddaughters, Jessica Boyd, of Lexington, S.C., and Robin Boyd, of Leicester; great-grandson, Brett Hawkins, of Leicester. The graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Candler, with the Rev.

Earl Jones officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. BRIEFS Biltmore High reunions coming soon SWANNANOA The class of 1959 will be hosting a reunion for all students, of any class year, who attended Biltmore High School. The reunion will be at 5 p.m. Sept.

15 at the First Baptist Church on Park Street in Swannanoa. Attendees are asked to bring a covered dish to share. Live music by the Victory Five. For more, call Judy at 668- 9456 or Nellie at 684-1158. ABYSA registration continues ASHEVILLE Late registration for ABYSA fall soccer season is still open.

Any child interested can sign up and REGGIE A. WHITT ASHEVILLE Reggie Amelia Anders Whitt, 87, of 58 First passed away Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007, at Emerald Ridge Rehabilitation Care Center. Mrs. Whitt was a native and resident of Buncombe County, and a daughter of the late Levi Harris Anders and Manervia Catherine Haynes Anders.

She retired in 1980, from the North Buncombe High School cafeteria and was a member of Ivy Hill Baptist Church. She was the wife of the late Josephus Willard Whitt, and was also preceded in death by her daughter, Gladys Riddie; brothers, France and Redmon Anders; sisters, Pearl Anders, Ellen Smith and Alice Metcalf; and grandson, Rex Riddle. Surviving are her sons, Dennis Whitt and wife, Hedy, of Hudson, and Gary Whitt and wife, Kathy, of Cabot, Arkansas; daughters, Catherine Ballard and husband, the Rev. Bob Ballard, of Swannanoa, Ruth Ball and husband, Arthur, of Asheville, Lucille Gregory, of Swannanoa, Sandra Moore and husband, Roger, of Weaverville, and Linda Whitt, of Belton, S.C.; son-in-law, Locke Riddle, of Mars Hill; sister, Emma Rice, of Weaverville; 14 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. The funeral will be at 2 p.m.

Tuesday at Ivy Hill Baptist Church, with the Rev. Worth Emory Burial will be in Whitt Family Cemetery, Madison County. Pallbearers will be her grandsons. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Anders-Rice Funeral Home.

A special thanks to the staff of Emerald Ridge for their love and care. To sign Mrs. Whitt's guest book online, go to the "Funeral Schedule" at www.andersrice.com. food and demonstrations. The event will be a time to recognize the diversity of our community and promote community inclusion.

Admission is free. Call 274-0444. Volunteers are welcome. To get involved, call Courtney Peterson at 350-1111 or e-mail From staff reports I Buy Homes Specializing in Estate Properties, Divorces Distressed Properties Call Eric Albee (828) 712-9395 146058-105.