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Deaths Deaths And Funerals Funerals Today Samuel M. Morrow, 11 a.m., West Funeral Home, Weaverville. Mrs. Pearl Ellis, 2 p.m., Groce Funeral Home. Mrs.

Lucinda Grimes Mrs. Lucinda Breeding Grimes, 83, of 15 Murdock died at 5 p.m. Monday in an Asheville hospital after a brief illness. She was the widow of J. Grimes, who died in 1937.

A native of Letcher County, a daughter of the late Elisha and Nancy Amburgy Breeding, she was a member of Asheville Bible Church. Surviving are two sons, Charles P. and E. E. Grimes, both of Hendersonville; five daughters, Mrs.

Smith Bayes of Mt. Sterling, Mrs. C. A. Williams of Asheville, Miss Margaret Grimes of Indianapolis, Miss Mary Grimes of Miami, Fla.

and Mrs. Betty Daly of Columbus, 20 grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that contributions be made to the Eliada Home for Children. J. William Hendon Funeral Home will announce arrangements.

James G. Kerr HENDERSONVILLE James Gilbert Kerr, 63, of 300 Balsam Road, died Monday morning in an Asheville hospital after a brief illness. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Jackson Funeral Home. E.

Buckner Services for Harry E. Buckner, 56, of 53 Lanning who died Sunday in an Asheville hospital, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Groce Funeral Home. The Revs. Joe R.

Olachea and Enoch Ball Jr. will officiate. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Pallbearers will be W. W.

West, John Lanning, James Medford, Alvin Tucker, Swan Woody and Jack Herron. Honorary pallbearers will be fellow workers of the nylon textile draw twisting department of American Enka of which Mr. Buckner wa foreman. A native of Buncombe County, Mr. Buckner had been employed at American Enka Corp.

for 30 years. He was an Army veteran of World War IT. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ruby Farlow Buckner; three daughters, Mrs. William Wright of Asheville and Misses Nancy and Kathey Buckner of the home; three sisters, Mrs.

Clara Taylor of Newport News, Va. and Misses Irene Buckner of Asheville and Virginia Buckner of Atlanta; and a grandchild. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. John F.

Morris WAYNESVILLE -John F. Morris, 67, of 312 Oakdale Road, died unexpectedly early Monday in a Haywood County hospital. Services will be held at 3 p. m. Wednesday in Minev a Baptist Church, of which he was a member.

Pfc. Hollifield HENDERSONVILLE Services for Pfc. Donnie W. Hollifield 19, of HenGersonville Rt. 5, who was drowned Sunday, will be held at 2 p.m.

Wednesday in Locust Grove Baptist Church. The Rev. Dan Blackwell will officiate. Burial will be in Shepherd Memorial detachment from Fort Gordon, Ga. will conduct military graveside rites and serve as pallbearers.

Mr. Hollifield was a lifelong resident of Henderson County, a member of Arden Missionary Baptist Church. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in March, 1970 and was stationed in Fort Jackson, S. C.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Wanda Hunnicutt Hollifield; a son, Donnie W. Hollifield Jr. of the home; the parents, Dennis and Mildred Jackson Hollifield of Fletcher; three sisters, Mrs. Phylis Jones, Jennifer Anderson and Miss Janice Hollifieid and a brother, Ricky Hollifield, all of Fletcher; the maternal grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. James D. Jackson of West Asheville; and the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hollifield of Fletcher.

The body will be taken to the residence of Mrs. Joan Massey on Laurel Road Tuesday morning by Thos. Shepherd and Son Funeral Home, where it will remain until the service hour. Jesse Ray Owenby Services for Jesse Ray Owenby, 23, of 89 Cumberland who died Sunday morning from gunshot wounds, will be held at 4 p. m.

Wednesday in the chapel of Penland and Sons Funeral Rev. Robert Harris will officiate. Burial will be in Gashles Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Johnny Harrison, Chester and Walter Owenby, Vaughn Rice, Bruce Pippin and Harvey Cantrell. Mr.

Owenby was a native of Buncombe County and had been employed by Asheville Cab Co. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mildred Cantrell Owenby; a son, William Ray Owenby of the home; the mother, Mrs. Katherine H. Owenby of Asheville; three brothers, David of Asheville, Jay of Charlotte and James Owenby of Culhay, three sisters, Mrs.

Mary Hollifield, Mrs. Betty Guffey and Miss Kathy Owenby, all of Asheville. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p. Tuesday a at the funeral home. 02 take a little more interest in your money.

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(THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN, July 13, 1971 3 Mrs. Ruth Sursavage Dies C. Jesse Goodson Services for C. Jesse Goodson, 58, of Candler Rt. 3, who died Saturday in a Western North Carolina hospital, will be held at 3 p.

m. Tuesday in Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church. The Revs. Dwight Whitlock and Charlie D. Mehaffey will officiate.

Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Joe and Floyd Miller, Troy Stamey, Kenneth Stines, Elbert Thompson and Glenn Goodson. Wells Funeral Home, Canton, is in charge of arrangements Paul Z. Metcalf MARS HILL Services for Paul Zade Metcalf, 54, of Mars Hill Rt. 1, who was fatally injured Sunday in an auto wreck on N.

C. 36, will be held at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday in Little Ivy Baptist Church. The Rev.

Harold Ray will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Bobby, Jimmy, David, Wayne and Fred Metcalf and Oscar Edmonds. Mr. resident of Metcalf Madison was a County lifelong and an employe of Mars Hill College.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Esta Lee Metcalf; three daughters, Mrs. Richard Gwinup of Fremont, Ohio and Mrs. Lester Boone and Mrs. Boby Elkins, both of Mars Hill: two sisters, Mrs.

O. Edmonds cf College Park, Mid: and Mrs. Joe Ramsey of Marshall; two brothers, Charlie of West Asheville and Chaunchy of Marshall; and five granddaughters. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p. m.

Tuesday at Holcombe Funeral Home, where the body will remain until the service hour. Mrs. Eva Roberts Mrs. Eva Tweed Roberts, 84, of Old Leicester Highway, died unexpectedly Sunday at her home. A native of Madison County, she had lived in Buncombe County for 58 years.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Gladys Plemmons of West Asheville and Mrs. Edith Rogers, with whom she made her home; two sons, Albert T. of Asheville and Sanford M. of Candler; nine seven great-grandchildren Services will be held at 11 a.

m. Tuesday in Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, of which she was a member. The Revs. Ronnie Owen and Cecil Perry will officiate.

Burial will be in Green Hills Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Tim Barnette, Tom Wood, David Sluder, Fred Anders, Vernon Dover and W. M. Myers Jr. The body will remain at Anders-Rice Funeral Home until placed in the church 30 minutes prior to the services.

Mrs. Lockie Randolph Services for Mrs. Lockie Penley Randolph, 70, of Gorman Bridge Road, who died Sunday, will be held at 2 Wednesday in Woodfin Church of God, of which she was a member. The Revs. Ulysses Fulbright and A.

Nations will officiate. Burial will be in Ashlawn Gardens of Memory. A native of Yancey County, Mrs. Randolph had lived most of her life in Buncombe County. Surviving are the husband, Carl W.

Randolph; a daughter, Mrs. Edith Revis of Asheville; tvio sisters, Mrs. Nola Hendrix and Mrs. Eva Morris of Asheville; and a grandson. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.

m. Tuesday at Penland and Sons Funeral Home, where the body will remain until placed in the church 30 minutes prior to the services. Mrs. Ninnie Bryson WAYNESVILLE Mrs. Ninnies J.

Bryson, 74, of Waynesville Rt. 4, died Monday afternoon in a Haywood County hospital after a short illness. Crawford Funeral Home will announce arrangements. Mrs. Nell Roberts Services for Mrs.

Nell Roberts, 56, of Carolina Heights, Black Mountain, who died Sunday in an Asheville hospital, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Friendship Presbyterian Church, Black Mountain. Dr. E. S.

Currie will officiate. Burial will be in Mountain View Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Lawrence Curtis, Woodrow Cameron, Clarence and Warren Worley, Curtis Brown and Hubert Hudgins. The body will remain at Harrison Funeral Home, Black Mountain, until the service hour. Murder Suspect Identifies Self As Virginia Man A murder suspect, who refused to identify himself Sunday, told city police Monday that his name is A.

G. Clinton Tate, 33, of Richmond, formerly of Rutherford County, Asheville Police Chief J. C. Hall said Monday. Hall said the man's fingerprints have been sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratory in Washington, D.

for confirmation. The suspect is charged with the fatal shooting of Jesse Ray Owenby, 24, of 89 Cumberland wounding and, robbing Frank Lee Jones, of 11 Highland and Walter Lee Capps of 8 Montford Ave. late Sunday morning on Vance Gap Road. Owenby was shot in the chest, and Jones received a wound of the cheek from a bullet, Hall said, but was not seriously hurt. The suspect was arrested about 11:45 a.

m. near Eagle and Velvet streets. Grower Says America Still Land Of Plenty Hyman Young of Asheville who developed a $20 investment into a million dollar greenhouse business in the last 30 years, told the Asheville Agricultural Development Council's board of directors Monday that he is "grateful to have been born into an area where there was plenty of opportunity. in this country," he "There are great opportunities those who are willing to work for it and sacrifice. The opportunities here are still unlimited." Young's greenhouses service 15 Southeastern states and several foreign countries with flowers and vegetable plants.

"We can appropriate all the money we want for bombs and supersonic planes," Young said, "but the greatest weapon you can have is food. "This." Young concluded, "is the thing that makes America great. We're one of the few nations in the world that has farms and more production every year." About 25 members of the board heard Young's address and various committee reports. Conviction Appealed John Gahagan, 23, of 33 Starnes Ave. was given a 60-day sentence by District Court Judge C.

Walter Allen Monday after conviction of carrying a concealed pistol in his pocket on June 19. He appealed to Superior Court. TUESDAY NIGHT SPECIAL Baked "Italian" Other No Crisp, Served Coffee French Green or Substituteiro Salad Tossed With: Bread Tea Bailey's CAFETERIA Now Two Convenient Locations NESTGATE TUNNEL ROAD Shopping Center Shopping Center "The Two Best Places To Eat Home and Barley's' ANDREWS Mrs. Ruth Russell Sursavage, school teacher, and long- -time correspondent for the Asheville Citizen-Times, died Monday afternoon in Iredell Memorial Hospital in Statesville after a short illness. She was born in Monticello, Mar.

22, 1917. She moved to Western North Carolina with her parents in 1933, and gradudated from Bryson City High School and Western Carolina University at Cullowhee. She also attended Mars Hill College for two years. She taught the eighth grade at Andrews Elementary School. she was active in civic affairs and in the Presbyterian Church.

Mrs. Sursavage, the wife of Joseph Sursavage, was a former member of the executive committee of Chamber of Commerce. A statement written some time ago by Mrs. Sursavage reads. "I can't imagine how anyone could ever become MRS.

SURSAVAGE or need to find something to do. For me, it has always been not enough time for all ol the exciting and enriching experiences that are crowded around, just waiting to be explored." The body is being returned to Andrews by Ivie Funeral Home, Murphy, for services and burial. Arrangements will be announced later. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Presbyterian Children's Home in Black Mountain. Norman Warner Dies Norman Joseph Warner, 83, of the Princess Anne Hotel, former Asheville lumberman, died monday night in an Asheville hospital after a long illness.

A native of Carroll County, he was born Feb. 22, 1888. He and Mrs. Warner, the forer Amy Ethel Blakeney of Baltimore, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 1968. They were residents of Asheville since 1911.

Active in the lumber business for about 60 years, of which 55 years were in the Asheville area, Mr. Warner was owner operator of the former Warner Lumber Co. Among his business affiliations he was a past director of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, past president of the Appalachian Lumberman's Club and past president of the Western Carolina Lumber and Association. Mr. Warner was a member of Central United Methodist Church and a former member of the board of stewards, a member of the Asheville Rotary Club, having been a charter member and former president.

He was a 32nd degree Mason, affiliated Slick Pavement Listed As Cause Of 4-Car Wreck Only minor injuries resulted from a four-car pile-up on N. C. 191 just west of the Smoky Park Bridge about 9:30 p. m. Monday, city police reported.

Patrolman M. E. Webb, who investigated, said one car, going south, slid into the curbing on rain-slick pavement, and knocked off a wheel. A car following pulled off the road behind and stopped, he said, when a third came along, slid into the second and then a fourth slid into the third, knocking third into the second, and the second into the first. No one was hospitalized, Webb said, but several of the cars received considerable damage.

Railroad Work To Interrupt Tryon Traffic TRYON Installation of "quarter mile ribbon rail" by Southern Railroad Co. will cause a curtailment of traffic in the Tryon area Tuesday and Wednesday, and will result in a detour of traffic on U. S. 176 through Tryon. Traffic on U.S.

176 through Tryon will be barred Wednesday afternoon for two and a half hours at the railroad crossing, located at the southern approach to the town. NORMAN J. WARNER with Mt. Herman Blue Lodge, past master, and was a former member of Country Club of Asheville, served on the board of directors, a member of tain City Club, Down Club, Black Mountain Rod and Gun Club and Asheville Chamber of Commerce. Surviving in addition to the widow are three daughters, Mrs.

George G. Warner of Raleigh, Mrs. Avery H. Fonda of Buffalo, N. Y.

and Mrs. Curtis K. Action of Scotts Bluff, three sons, Norman J. Warner Jr. of Statesville, and A.

Nelson and H. Warner of Asheville; 17 grandchildren and nine great -grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 to 0 p.m. Tuesday at Morris Funeral Home. Those who wish, may make memorials to Central United Methodist church.

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